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
124		British topographical views Eight works			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 150.24
125	John Le Keux and Thomas Wright	Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge	London	1842	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 187.80
126	(Maritime) J. Spurling and Basil Lubbock Sail	The Romance of the Clipper Ships	London	1927-07-01	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.56
127		(Maritime) Nine illustrated works	London	1842	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 626.00
128	E. W. Cooke	(Maritime) Fifty Plates of Shipping and Craft, Drawn and Etched by....	London	1829	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 162.76
129		Stanfield Clarkson Stanfield's Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel	London	1836	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 275.44
130	[John Feltham]	A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places: With a Description of the Lakes	London	[c.1806]	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 275.44
131	[William Combe]	The Tour of Dr. Syntax.... In Search of the Picturesque, In Search of Consolation, and In Search of a Wife	London	1855	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 62.60
132	Arthur Rackham illustrations	Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J. M. Barrie	London	1910	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 187.80
133	J. Britton & E. W.	(Cornwall) Brayley Devon & Cornwall Illustrated	London	1832	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 87.64
134	J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Devon & Cornwall	(Bindings & Cornwall) Illustrated, from Original Drawing	London	1832	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 313.00
135	J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Devon & Cornwall	(Bindings & Cornwall) Illustrated, from Original Drawing	London	1832	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.20
136	J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Devon & Cornwall	(Bindings & Cornwall) Illustrated, from Original Drawing	London	1832	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 162.76
137	J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Devon & Cornwall	(Bindings & Cornwall) Illustrated, from Original Drawing	London	1832	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 150.24
138	Thomas Martyn	(Cornwall) A New and Accurate Map of the County of Cornwall, from Actual Survey	London	1844	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,003.20
139	F. W. L. Stockdale	(Cornwall) Excursions in the County of Cornwall	London	1824	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 175.28
140	Henry Besley publishers	(Cornwall) Two scarce works	Exeter	[c.1853]	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 275.44
141	G. A. Cooke	(Cornwall) 'Topographical Survey of the County of Cornwall,'	London	[c.1810]	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 162.76
142	William Borlase	(Cornwall) The Natural History of Cornwall	Oxford	1758	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 400.64
143		(Cornwall) Three works	London	1853	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
144	Thomas Cross	Five works	London	1904	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 125.20
145		(Natural History and Ornithology) Twelve works	London	1918	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 212.84
146	W. H. Bartlett	Findden's Views of the Ports, Harbours of Watering Places of Great Britain	London	1842	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.34
147	John Sanford	(Plymouth and Portsmouth) Five works	London	1828	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 100.16
148		(Chapbook) The Book of Trades, Or Library of the Useful Arts	London	1806	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 25.04

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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