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A SELECTED PORTION OF THE LIBRARY REMOVED FROM LILFORD HALL, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE The Property of the Rt. Honble. Lord Lilford (deed.) [Sold by Order of the Executors] THE SECOND AND FINAL PORTION
Auction Date
07/04/1949 - 07/04/1949
Year of Sale
1949
Sale Number
#WREN
Total Lots
445
Sold Lots
444
Lots Sold
99.8%
Unsold Lots
1
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
8,536.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
1,449,090.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
589 GOULD (J.) THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA

1848-69

 GBP - 340.00
595 GOULD (J.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROCHILIDAE, OR FAMILY OF HUMMING BIRDS

1861-87

 GBP - 340.00
280 ALEXANDER (WILLIAM, Earl of Stirling) AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLONIES

1625

 GBP - 310.00
441 PLANTAGENET (BEAUCHAMP) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW ALBION

1648

 GBP - 270.00
594 GOULD (J.) THE BIRDS OF ASIA

1850-83

 GBP - 260.00
492 WILLIAMS (EDWARD) VIRGINIA: MORE ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH PART THEREOF

1650

 GBP - 250.00
596 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS

1875-88

 GBP - 240.00
453 ROYAL SOCIETY (THE)

1665-1731

 GBP - 170.00
640 MALHERBE (ALF.) MONOGRAPHIE DES PICIDEES ou Histoire Naturelle des Picides

1861-62

 GBP - 165.00
465 SMITH (CAPT JOHN) NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS

1622

 GBP - 160.00
693 SHARPE (R. BOWDLER) MONOGRAPH OF THE PARADISEIDAE or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae or Bower Birds

1891-98

 GBP - 160.00
586 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF EUROPE

1837

 GBP - 140.00
366 [HIGDEN (RANULF, d. 1364) POLYCHRONICON] THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY JOHN DE TREVISA

GBP - 140.00
629 LEWIN (WILLIAM) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN with their Eggs accurately figured

1789-94

 GBP - 135.00
641 MANETTI (S.), L. LORENZI AND V. VANNI STORIA DEGLI UCCELLI

1767-76

 GBP - 130.00
704 TEMMINCK (C. J.) AND MEIFFREN LAUGIER BARON DE CHARTROUSE

[1820-39]

 GBP - 130.00
592 GOULD (J.) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1873

 GBP - 120.00
569 ELLIOT (D. G.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHASIANIDAE OR FAMILY OF THE PHEASANTS 2 vol 79 coloured plates and 2 uncoloured

1872

 GBP - 110.00
480 Strode (Thomas) Tracts

GBP - 100.00
570 ELLIOT (D. G.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE PARADISEIDAE

1873

 GBP - 98.00
691 SELBY (P. J.) PLATES TO SELBY'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY

1841

 GBP - 95.00
281 ALLEN (C.) Curious Observations in that difficult part of Chirurgery

GBP - 92.00
285 A[SH] (T[HOMAS]) CAROLINA

1682

 GBP - 85.00
509 AUDEBERT (J. B.) AND L. P. VIEILLOT Histoire Naturelle et Generale des Colibris

1802

 GBP - 78.00
284 ARCHDALE (JOHN) A New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina

1707

 GBP - 75.00
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    December 15, 2025
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.