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Bloomsbury Auctions

Auction Info

Sale Name
Natural History and Travel Books
Auction Date
02/25/2010 - 02/26/2010
Year of Sale
2010
Sale Number
#711
Total Lots
905
Sold Lots
785
Lots Sold
86.7%
Unsold Lots
120
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
511,467.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
254,445.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
370,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
307,545.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
445,580.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
114.79%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
916,646.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
40 Collins (William, publishers) The New Naturalist Library

1945-2009

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 13,420.00
316 Meyer (Henry Leonard) Illustrations of British Birds

[1835-41].

 GBP 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 9,150.00
659 Forbin (Louis, Comte de) Voyage dans le Levant

1819.

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 7,930.00
777 Arrowsmith (Aaron) A Map of the United States of North America, Drawn from a Number of Critical Researches

1802

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 6,710.00
52 Donovan (Edward) The natural history of British birds

1794-1819.

 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 5,856.00
322 Reid Henry (George Morison, 1891-1983, wildlife artist) A substantial and important collection of sketches of the birds of Ceylon

1936-71

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,856.00
870 Saxton (Christopher) and Philip Lea. [England and the Principality of Wales]

c.1760.

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,856.00
629 [Worlidge (Thomas)] [A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems]

[1768]

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,856.00
599 Costume of the Russian Empire (The)

1804, [1819]

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 5,612.00
41 Collins (William, publishers) The New Naturalist Library

1945-2009

 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 5,368.00
635 Eden (Hon. Emily) Portraits of the Princes & People of India

1844

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 5,368.00
113 Mosley (Seth Lister) A history of British birds, their nests and eggs

[1881-] 1884-87 [-92].

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 5,124.00
357 Lemaire (C.) and others. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe

1845-70

 GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 4,392.00
116 Mosley (Seth Lister) An account of the birds of the Huddersfield district

[1912-15].

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 4,392.00
89 Keulemans (J.G.) [A natural history of cage birds]

[1871].

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,148.00
417 Murray (David, jr.) A treatise on angling for trout,

1881

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 3,660.00
406 Curtis (John) British Entomology

1823-40

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,416.00
210 [New South Wales] The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine ;

1798-1802

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,416.00
561 Manuscript Logbook.- Expedition of Captain Beechey in 1821-2 to the coast of the Greater Sepentis in North Africa -

[1821-22].

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,172.00
793 [Mitchell (Samuel Augustus)] A New Universal Atlas

1844

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,172.00
707 Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic

1909

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,172.00
708 Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic

1909

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,172.00
752 Brosses (Charles de) Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

1756.

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 3,172.00
77 Hunt (John) British ornithology, containing portraits of all the British birds

1815-22

 GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 3,172.00
577 Loeffler, Severin, Bailey Bros., Scowen, Bourne and others. A World Tour Album,

1870s-1880s.

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,928.00
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