Chorley's: The Childhood Auction / The Cricket Auction / Fine Art & Antiques, 102825, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025

Page Size: 311 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
266		Cricket Photography: Sheffield Park v Parsees, 1886			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 143.00
267		Cricket Photography: Swindon Cricket Club, 1897			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.00
268		Cricket Photography: W. Strutt Cavel's, XII v XVIII of Twickenham, featuring WG Grace to centre			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 260.00
269	After Francis Hayman (circa 1708-1776)	A Game of Cricket (The Academy Club, Marylebone Fields) circa 1750		circa 1750	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 117.00
276		A quantity of Railway Official postcard empty paper envelope sets		early 20th Century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
277		A London Underground Map		circa 1912	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.00
278		A Queen's Dolls' House Postcards Album	London	1924	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
279		A L & N. W Pictorial Postcards pamphlet		1907	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
280		Ten pictorial Railway Official postcards			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 91.00
281		North Eastern Railway Official Series of 20 poster pictorial postcards			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 169.00
282		Three postcards Midland Railway Official Holiday Travel series			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
283		Two Railway Official advertising postcards			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
284		Seven Great Western Railway Official pictorial poster postcards			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 182.00
285		Two Furness Railway Official advertising poster postcards			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
286		Four Railway Official pictorial poster postcards			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
287		Eleven Railway Official pictorial poster postcards,			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.00
288		Eleven Railway Official advertising postcards			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
289		Caledonian Railway Official postcards			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 130.00
290		Eight Railway Official Exhibition adverting postcards			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
291		Nine Railway Official advertising postcards			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 78.00
292		Mixed Railway Official advertising and other postcards			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
293		Four Underground Railway Official pictorial advertising postcards			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 91.00
294		Four Underground Railway Official advertising postcards			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 78.00
295		Three Underground Railway Official advertising postcards			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.00
296		Six London Underground Electric Railway Official advertising postcards			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 91.00

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.
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.
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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