Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 110625, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025

Page Size: 490 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
274		(Ireland) Thirteen works	Dublin	1872	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 313.00
275	Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (compiler)	(Ireland) Leabhar Mor Na nGenealach - The Great Book of Irish Genealogies...	Dublin	2003	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 150.24
276	Samuel Lewis	(Ireland) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland	Galway	1995	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 87.64
277		(Ireland) Three facsimile sets	Dublin	1979	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 150.24
278	Kenneth Nicholls (intro) and Tomas G. O Canaan (preface)	(Ireland) 'The Irish Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns	Dublin	1994	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 162.76
279	Robert C. Simington	(Ireland) The Civil Survey A. D. 1654-1659. Coimisiun Laimhscribhinni Na hEirean	Dublin	1953	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 313.00
280		(Ireland) Calendar of State Papers Twelve works	London	1867	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.34
281	John Healy	(Ireland) Thirty works	Dublin	1874	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 250.40
282	[N. C. MacNamara, editor]	(Ireland) Thirty nine works	London	1896	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 237.88
283	Nicholas Canny	(Ireland) Thirty seven works		1982	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 162.76
284	Gearoid Mac Niocall (ed)	(Ireland) Twenty nine works	Dublin	1992	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 175.28
285	Robert Dudley Edwards	(Ireland) Fourty three works	Dublin & Cork	n.d	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 162.76
286	Margaret Dickson Falley	(Ireland) Fifty one works	Illinois	1962	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 150.24
287		(Ireland) Tipperary Historical Journal, 1992 to 2015			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.34
288		(Ireland) Old Kilkenny Review. A near complete run from 1955 to 2016			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 162.76
289		(Ireland) Riocht Na Midhe. Records of Meath Archaeological and Historical Society		1996-09-01	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 137.72
290	Rev. M. Comerford	(Ireland) Fifteen good works	Dublin	[c.1883]	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 175.28
291	Rev. William Carrigan and Rev Dr. Brownrigg (preface)	(Ireland) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory	Dublin	1905	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 187.80
292	Peter O'Keefe and Tom Simington	(Ireland) Twenty one works	Dublin	1991	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 100.16
293	Christian Corlett and Mairead Weaver	(Ireland) Twenty three works	Dublin	2002	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 112.68
294	John Milto	(Signed Limited Edition) Robert Medley illustrations Samson Agonistes. A Dramatic Poem by John Milto	Norwich	1979	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
295	Randolph Caldecott illustrations	Twelve works	London	1892	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.30
296		(Decorative Cloth) Twenty six works			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 187.80
297	William Cowper	Charles E. Brock illustrations The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper	London	1899	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 100.16
298	Edward Lucie-Smith	(Signed Limited Edition) William Scott (Illus) A Girl Surveyed		1971	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 275.44

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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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.