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Auction Info

Sale Name
Military Books
Auction Date
11/06/2013 - 11/06/2013
Year of Sale
2013
Sale Number
#20623
Total Lots
80
Sold Lots
79
Lots Sold
98.8%
Unsold Lots
1
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
226,364.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
13,980.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
20,090.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
15,480.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
22,090.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
1024.74%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
385,128.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
317 Military Intelligence.- Military Intelligence.- - A small quantity of items,

c.1940-50.

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 59,520.00
271 John Roberts (20th Century) John Roberts (20th Century) - British War Ships at Sea, Queen Elizabeth and Howe

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 37,200.00
230 Bernard Law Montgomery Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

1943

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 16,120.00
265 [India] - Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919) 45th Rattray

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 11,780.00
256 "Curry & Rice ", On Forty Plates or The Ingredients Of Social Life...

1858

 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 8,680.00
263 [India] - Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919) King Edwards Lancers

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 8,060.00
264 [India] - Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919) Sikh Infantry Officer

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 6,820.00
309 Waterloo.- Waterloo.- - The Times,

1815

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 6,820.00
260 [India] - Captain J.Bayley, Two Coloured Stippled Engravings

1817, 1822

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 6,820.00
270 [Naval] - Thomas Medland after Robert Cleveley 'The Glorious First of June 1794

1795

 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 5,952.00
304 Jones (George) Jones (George) - The Battle of Waterloo,

1817

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 5,952.00
254 Thacker's Indian Albums No. 1 Elcutta Views' by Thacker, Spink & Co

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 4,836.00
267 James Ward after Sir W. Beechey - 'His Majesty Reviewing the 3rd or Prince...

1800

 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 3,968.00
268 M. Place after R. K. Porter 'The Loyal Associated Ward and Volunteer Corps...

1799

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 2,728.00
290 Lovett, Major A.C. (illustrator), & MacMunn, Major G.F. The Armies of India

1911

 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 2,108.00
261 [India] - Edward Stalker after Robert Home ' The Death of Col

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 2,108.00
258 John Harris after Henry Martens A Collection of Five Coloured Engravings by John Harris after...

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 1,984.00
318 The Home Front.- a small quantity of items relating to the home front including The Ministry...

1942

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 1,736.00
319 German Invasion.- German Invasion.- - Militargeographische Angaben Uber England,

1939-40

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 1,612.00
269 [Naval] - William Ward after S. Drummond A.R.A The Windsor Castle Packet of 150 Tons and 28 Men, Commanded by Captain Rogers

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 1,488.00
308 Churchill second issue with errata slip, maps and plans, 1 folding, lacking half-title

1898

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 1,488.00
291 Scott and Co's Bengal Directory, and Register, for the year of our Lord, 1839

as dated.

 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 1,240.00
280 British School (20th Century) British School (20th Century) - An Afrika Kores Four-Wheeled Armoured Car

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 1,178.00
227 A Collection of Boer War and South Africa Related Ephemera and Photographs

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 1,178.00
274 Geoff Hunt (b. 1948) Geoff Hunt (b. 1948) - Japanese Capital Ships at Sea

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 1,054.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.