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
349	Pat KEELY (1901-1970)	Your First Accident May Be Your Last (1944)			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
350	Bruce ANGRAVE (1914-1983)	Don't Take Chances With Electricity - Report Damaged Cables (World War II)		(1914-1997)	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 87.64
351	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	Replace Covers - Prevent Falls (WWII)			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 43.82
352	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997) and Eric LOMBERS (1914-1978)	Point Out The Dangers - Help New Workers To Work Safely (WWII)			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 112.68
353	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	"London Underground -War Effort" (1945)			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
354	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	"London Underground -War Effort" (1945)			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
355	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997) and Eric LOMBERS (1914-1978)	Peace By Discussion (WWII)	London		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
356	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	"Broken Rings Cause Broken Limbs", poster design for Ministry of Labour (1940')	London		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 56.34
357	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	Poison Splinters - Get First Aid			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 112.68
358	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	Stamp It Out - Prevent Fire (WWII)			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 62.60
359	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997) and Eric LOMBERS(1914-1978)	Pedestrians Use the Proper Crossings (c.WWII)			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
360	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	You Bought Him a Bicycle - Be Sure He's Taught To Ride (1944)			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
361	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	Don't Gamble With Life - Be Sure of Their Road Safety (1944)			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 75.12
362	Tom ECKERSLEY (1914-1997)	Progress with the RAF - Join the Regular Air Force (1945)			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.36
363	Eric and Frank C.	Pape illustrations Six works	New York	1923	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 112.68
364	Gladys Peto illustrations	Seven works			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 125.20
365	Stephen Southwold (ed)	(Illustrated Juvenile Works and Annuals) Sixteen works	London	1928 to 1929	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.30
366	Sir James D.	(Signed Limited Edition) Linton Shakespeare's Comedy of The Merchant of Venice	London	[c.1909]	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 25.04
367	Jan Le Witt	Children's Illustrated Works Twelve works	London	1956	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.30
368	Austin Dobson and Hugh Thomson (illustrations)	The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century	London	1892	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 62.60
369	J.R.R TOLKEIN	Poems and Songs of Middle Earth		1967	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 62.60
369a	J.R.R. Tolkein	The Lord Of The Rings (audio)			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.52
370		(Cloth Bindings) Forty three works			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 350.56
371	H.M.Tomlinson	London Dockland Three Works	London	1935	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.30
372	David W.Bone	Maritime		1923	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 62.60

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.