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Sale Name
THE ALDENHAM LIBRARY CATALOGUE OF THE FAMOUS LIBRARY. The Property of the Rt. Honourable Lord Eldenham. THE SECOND AND FINAL PORTION.
Auction Date
05/03/1937 - 05/03/1937
Year of Sale
1937
Sale Number
#03May1937
Total Lots
703
Sold Lots
702
Lots Sold
99.9%
Unsold Lots
1
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
2,725.38
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
1,123,900.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
674 CHAUCER GEOFFREY WORKS

1896

 GBP - 130.00
573 DIBDIN T. F. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON

1817

 GBP - 85.00
537 CHAUCER SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS

1868-1916

 GBP - 82.00
623 GROSART A. B. OCCASIONAL ISSUES OF UNIQUE OR EXTREMELY RARE BOOKS

1875-83

 GBP - 40.00
974 COCKERELL S. C. A BOOK OF OLD TESTAMENT ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

1927

 GBP - 40.00
950 TRANSCRIPT OF THE REGISTERS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS, FROM 1640-1708 A.D.

1913-14

 GBP - 39.00
944 G. F. Warner BENEDICTIONAL (THE) OF SAINT ÆTHEWOLD, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, 963-984

1910

 GBP - 35.00
995 SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES

1623, 1862-4

 GBP - 34.00
692 LITTA CONTE POMPEO FAMIGLIE CELEBRI ITALIANE

1819-74

 GBP - 27.00
675 LAUDES BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS, ONE OF 10 COPIES ON VELLUM

1896

 GBP - 26.00
960 BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT) TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW INTO CASTILLAN BY RABBI 4TOSES ARRAGEL OF GUADALFAJARA (1422-33?)

1918-21

 GBP - 26.00
959 Riviere GOSPELS OF MATILDA, COUNTESS OP TUSCANY, 1055-1115

1917

 GBP - 23.00
656 Blith Walter, Hill Thomas, Austen R., Weston Sir Richard, Mascall Leonard, Hartlib Samuel HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING. The English Improver, or a new Survey of Husbandry, The Gardeners Labyrinth, A Treatise of Fruit-Trees, A Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and Flanders, The Country-Man's New Art of Planting & Grafting

1649, 1652, 1653, 1650, 1651, n.d.

 GBP - 21.00
976 M. R. James BESTIARY (THE)

1928

 GBP - 21.00
751 Mill James, Ricardo David, Robertson John, Tooke Thomas, Torrens R. PAMPHLETS ON THE CURRENCY Weston (Ambrose) Two Letters, describing a Method of Increasing the Quantity of Circulating-Money, Commerce Defended, Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency, Letter ... upon the subject of Bank-Note Forgery, Letter ... o

1799, 1808, 1819, 1816, 1822, 1829, 1844, 1856, 1847

 GBP - 21.00
966 M. R. James APOCALYPSE (THE) IN LATIN AND FRENCH (Bodleian MS. Douce 180)

1922

 GBP - 19.00
592 Esther Scroll of Esther (Mëghilläh)

c. 1600

 GBP - 18.00
782 RACKHAM ARTHUR IRVING WASHINGTON RIP VAN WINKLE

1905

 GBP - 18.00
412 C. W. Sherborn BINDING. Breviarium Romanum

1614

 GBP - 17.00
967 Robert T. Gunther APULEIUS BARBAKUS. THE HERBAL OF

1925

 GBP - 17.00
961 H. Y. Thompson LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM AND THE SPANISH ARMADA

1919

 GBP - 17.00
943 A. W. Pollard EPISTOLE ET EVANGELII ET LECTIONI VOLGARI IN LINGUA TOSCANA. The Woodcuts of the Florentine Edition of July 1495 reproduced in facsimile with the Text

1910

 GBP - 17.00
527 Knill R. Chap-Books. The Cries of London, Sandford and Merton, Goody Two Shoes, The Butterfly's Ball, The Peacock "At Home,", A Drunken Youth Reclaimed, Houlston and Stoneman

1796, 1799, 1793, 1807, 1808, 1819, n.d.

 GBP - 16.05
1046 Walton Izaak, Cotton Charles The Compleat Angler, The Compleat Angler

1676

 GBP - 16.00
774 PROCTOR ROBERT AN INDEX TO THE EARLY PRINTED BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

1898-1903

 GBP - 16.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    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.
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    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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