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<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> ALBUM AMICORUM OF SCHELOMITH FLAUM. Autograph album containing drawings, autograph quotations and signatures from over 47 contributors, India, Europe, America, Israel and elsewhere, 1923–50. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> FLEMING, Ian (1908–1964). <i>Live and Let Die.</i> London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> HISTORY OF CINEMA. Animal Farm (1954), an animation archive from the Halas and Batchelor studios, [c.1954]. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> LE HAY, Jacques – [Charles de FERRIOL]. <i>Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant...</i> Paris, 1714. [With:] <i>Explication des cents Estampes.</i> Paris, 1715. £25,000 to £35,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> THE LAST JUDGEMENT, historiated initial 'A' on a leaf from an Antiphonal on vellum illuminated by Nikolaus Bertschi [Augsburg, first quarter 16th century]. £7,000 to £10,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413–1484). <i>De re militari.</i> [Verona:] Johannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. £170,000 to £250,000.
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<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Macbeth: A Tragedy.</i> London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. <i>In Our Time.</i> Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. <i>Fanshawe, A Tale.</i> Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. <i>Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.</i> Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.</i> London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for <i>The Agony in the Kindergarten,</i> one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> VERNE, JULES. <i>A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.</i> New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> KING, STEPHEN. <i>Carrie.</i> New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> PLATO. <i>Timaeus</i> [AND] <i>Critias</i> [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. <i>On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection.</i> London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.
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<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> SHAKESPEARE, William. <i>Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies.</i> The second Impression. London, 1632. £120,000 to £180,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. <i>Das Römische Carneval.</i> Berlin and Gotha, 1789. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [SHAKESPEARE, William]. Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to <i>Henry IV,</i> part I, n.p. [perhaps Oxford or London], n.d. [c.1580s – before c.1620]. £25,000 to £35,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832). <i>Faust. Ein Fragment... Ächte Ausgabe.</i> Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790. £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> SHAKESPEARE, William. <i>The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre.</i> London, 1683. £60,000 to £90,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. <i>Die Leiden des jungen Werthers.</i> Leipzig: Weygand, 1774. £15,000 to £20,000.
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Books, Maps and Prints, BK22, Exeter
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- 09/04/2019 - 09/04/2019
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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1 | ART REFERENCE | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
2 | BAILEY, David & EVANS, Peter | Goodbye Baby & Amen | 1969 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | |
3 | BAUMER, W & SCHNORR, I (editors) | The Workshop a Monthly Journal Devoted to Progress of the Useful Arts | c1870s | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
4 | BLAND, David | A History of Book Illustration | 1969 | GBP 50.00 - 75.00 | GBP 55.35 | |
5 | BUECHNER, Thomas S | Norman Rockwell. Artist and Illustrator | 1983 | GBP 25.00 - 40.00 | GBP 36.90 | |
6 | CAIN, Julien | The Lithographs of Chagall | 1960 | GBP 120.00 - 200.00 | GBP 393.60 | |
7 | CALDER, Alexander | Derriere Le Miroir | 1971 | GBP 75.00 - 100.00 | GBP 104.55 | |
8 | COOK, T. A | Twenty-Five Great Houses of France | n.d. | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 43.05 | |
9 | The Receipt Book of Mrs. Ann Blencowe A.D. 1694 | 1925 | GBP 50.00 - 75.00 | GBP 55.35 | ||
10 | DAVIES, Gerald S | Frans Hals | 1902 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 18.45 | |
11 | EVELYN, John [ Freart, Roland ] | A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern | 1664 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
12 | FITZGERALD, Francis | Heads of Lectures, on the Polite Arts | 1784-86 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 116.85 | |
13 | GARNER, Thomas & STRATTON, Arthur | The Domestic Architecture of England During the Tudor Period | 1911 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 67.65 | |
14 | GERNSHEIM, Alison | Fashion and Reality | 1963 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 43.05 | |
15 | GILL, Eric | Art & Prudence an essay | 1928 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 516.60 | |
16 | GILL, Eric | The Engravings of Eric Gill | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 147.60 | ||
17 | GILL, Eric | The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ | 1987 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 344.40 | |
18 | GODDEN (Geoffrey A.) | The Illustrated Guide to Masons Patent Ironstone China: | 1971 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 12.30 | |
19 | GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS | The Phaedo of Plato. Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett | 1930 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 61.50 | |
20 | HARDIE, Martin | Water-colour Painting in Britain | 1968 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 18.45 | |
21 | HEANEY, Seamus | The Forge | GBP 120.00 - 200.00 | GBP 270.60 | ||
22 | HOCKNEY, David | Three Glyndebourne Festival programmes, 1975, 89, 95, with covers and title-pages after designs by Hockney. (3) | 1975, 89, 95 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
23 | HONEY, William Bowyer | The Ceramic Art of China | 1954 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 6.15 | |
24 | JAMES, Louis | Print and the People 1819-1851 | 1976 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 55.35 | |
25 | JONES, Thomas | The Gregynog Press. A paper read to the Double Crown Club on 7 April 1954 | 1954 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 43.05 |