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John Nicholson Fine Art Auctioneer

Auction Info

Auction Name
Books and Manuscripts
Auction Date
07/02/2013 - 07/02/2013
Sale Number
#2886058
Total Lots
417
Sold Lots
0
Lots Sold
0.00%
Unsold Lots
417
Total Sales (GBP)
0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
30,030.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
51,075.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
-0.82%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
135 MAYHEW (Horace)

editor: Letters left at the Pastry cook's...,

1854 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
391 SKELTON (R. A.)

Two Hundred and Fifty Yeats of Map-Making in the County of Sussex,

1970 GBP 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
136 Edward Johnston & Co.,

One Hundred Years of Coffee,

1942 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 Unknown
392 HORSFIELD (T.)

The History and Antiquities of Lewes,

1824 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
137 MARSHALL (A. B.)

The Book of Ices,

1860 GBP 35.00 - 60.00 Unknown
393 LOWER (M.)

The Worthies of Sussex,

1865 GBP 120.00 - 160.00 Unknown
138 [ROBERTS (G.)& PORTER (H.)]

Cups and their Customs

1863 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
394 HORSFIELD (T.)

The History,

1835 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
139 HINDLEY (C.)

Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings,

1875 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
395 ROUSE (J.)

Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex,

1825 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
140 HAMMOND (R.)

The Electric Light in our Homes,

1884 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
396 NIXON (H.)

Broxbourne Library. Styles and Designs of Bookbindings,

1956 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
141 SOYER (Alexis)

The Modern Housewife or Menagerie,

1853 GBP 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
397 [HAYM (N.)]

Notizia de' Libri Tati...,

1726 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
142

The Racing Pigeon, [Weekly]

1925 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
398 BRAND HOLLIS (Thomas)

Memoirs of...,

1808 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
143 MANSON (J. B.)

Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers,

1925 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
399 JEUDWINE (Wynne)

Art and Style in Printed Books,

1979 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
144 BEACH THOMAS (Sir W.)

Country Life,

1952 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
400 KEYNES (G.)

A Bibliography of William Blake,

1921 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
  • <b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana:<br>March 30, 2023</b>
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book,</i> New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> E. Simms Campbell, <i>A Night-Club Map of Harlem,</i> New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.
  • <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> CASAS (BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS). <i>La Découverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols,</i> Paris, 1697. €1,500 to €2,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Primera parte de los commentarios reales, que tratan del orígen de los Yncas…,</i> Lisbonne, 1609 [1608 au colophon]. €8,000 to €10,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Histoire des Yncas rois du Pérou. On a joint à cette édition l'Histoire de la conquête de la Floride,</i> Amsterdam, 1737. €800 to €1,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAET (JOHANNES DE). <i>L'Histoire du nouveau monde, ou description des Indes occidentales,</i> Leyde, 1640. €8,000 to €10,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAFITAU (JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS). <i>Mœurs des sauvages amériquains, comparées aux mœurs des premiers temps,</i> Paris, 1724. €1,200 to €1,500.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> ORRIO (FRANCISCO XAVIER ALEXO DE). <i>Solución del gran problema acerca de la población de las Americas,</i> Mexico, 1763. €1,500 to €2,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> [ROCHEFORT (CHARLES DE)]. <i>Histoire naturelle et morale des Îles Antilles de l'Amérique,</i> Amsterdam, 1716. €800 to €1,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> TURGOT (ANNE-ROBERT-JACQUES). <i>Mémoire sur les colonies américaines, sur leurs relations politiques avec leurs métropoles…,</i> Paris, 1791. €1,000 to €1,200.
  • <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Speed (John). <i>The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine...</i> bound with <i>The Prospect of the most Famous parts of the World,</i> Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676. £20,000 to £30,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> China. De Jode (Cornelis), <i>China Regnum,</i> Antwerp [1593]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Hondius (Henricus), <i>Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.</i> Auct: Henr. Hondio. Amsterdam, circa 1630. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), <i>Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula</i> auct: Guilelmo Blaeuw, Amsterdam [1635 - 58]. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Acosta (Emanuel). <i>Rerum a Societate Iesu in Oriente gestarum ad annum usque à Deipara Virgine…,</i> 1st edition, Dillingen: Sebald Mayer, 1571. £3,000 to £5,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Ruggieri (Francesco). <i>Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne della Citta di Firenze…,</i> 4 volumes bound in two, Florence, Appresso l'Editore, 1755. £3,000 to £4,000.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Parry (William). <i>Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage,</i> 6 vols in 5, 1st editions, 1821-27. £2,000 to £3,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Hunter (John). <i>A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds,</i> 1st edition, 1794. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Furber (Robert). <i>The Flower-Garden Display'd, in above Four Hundred Curious Representations of the most Beautiful Flowers…,</i> 1st quarto edition, London, 1732. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Friedman (Milton). <i>A Theory of the Consumption Function,</i> 1st edition, 1957. £500 to £800.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Clarkson (Thomas). <i>The history of the ... abolition of the African slave-trade,</i> 2 vols., 1808. £800 to £1,200.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Civil War Pamphlets. A sammelband of 19 pamphlets relating to events of the English Civil War, 1640-1661. £2,000 to £3,000.
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