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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
473

(Talwin Morris designs) Charles Dickens Thirty volume set

London [c.1901] GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 137.72
474 after Albrecht Durer

The Annunciation from The Life of the Virgin

late 19th century GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
475

(Archaeology and Antiquities)

1928 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
476 Anne Pratt

(Botany) The Ferns of Great Britain, and Their Allies...

London no date GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 75.12
477 David MacRitchie

The Testimony of Tradition

London 1890 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
478 James Hall and J. D. Whitney

(Geology) Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa: Embracing the Results of Investigations Made During Portions of the Year 1855, 56 & 57

1858 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 37.56
479 Leonard Eckstein Opdyke (translated)

(Limited Edition) The Book of the Courtier by Count Baldesar Castiglione (1528)

London; New York 1902 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
480

Beatrix Potter Five reprints

London GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
481

A late victoria signature book profuse with signatures

1874-75 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
482

A bombers training manual

mid 20th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
483 Hugh Thomson (illustrations) and Austin Dobson (intro)

Coridon's Song And other Verses

London 1894 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 25.04
484 William Belsham

History of Great Britain from the Revolution 1688 to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Amiens 1802

London 1806 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
485 Thomas Lound (1802-1861)

'Etchings and Drypoints; A Set of New Impressions'

London GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 56.34
486 Thomas Lound (1802-1861)

'Etchings and Drypoints; A Set of New Impressions'

London GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
487 Samuel Rowe

(Pre first edition, with MS and marginalia) A Perambulation Of Antient & Royal Forest of Dartmoor

Hamilton; London 1846 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 162.76
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
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    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.