Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 22626, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 224 | (Original Parts) Including eight parts for 'Cassell's Popular History', 'The Oracle Encyclopaedia' and 'With the Flag to Pretoria' |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 225 | William Buckler and H. T. Stainton (ed) | The Larvae of the British Butterflies & Moths |
London | 1884-1899 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 162.76 |
| 226 | (Signed Limited Edition) Painted Veils |
New York | 1920 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 227 | Jorn Merkert (ed) | (Art) Nineteen work |
Munich | 1986 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 25.04 |
| 228 | E. H. Shakleton | (Artic and Antarctic Exploration) Ten works |
London | 1909 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 200.32 |
| 229 | [Ornament Design] Jugendstil Ornamentik der Gegenwart |
Plauen | [c.1906] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 125.20 | |
| 230 | R. Montgomery Martin | (19th Century Illustrated Works) |
n.d. [1858] | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 56.34 | |
| 231 | Georgiana Hill | (Cookery) The Cook's Own Book: A Manual of Cookery, For The Kitchen and The Cottage |
London | 1860 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 87.64 |
| 232 | Graham Green | Six first edition |
London | 1958 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 62.60 |
| 233 | J. R. R. Tolkien | (Folio Society) The Lord of the Rings |
London | 1977 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 162.76 |
| 234 | The London Illustrated News |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 31.30 | ||
| 235 | T. S. Eliot | (Poetry) Eighteen works |
London | 1941 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 125.20 |
| 236 | (Signed by cast and crew of the film) Mary Webb Gone to Earth |
London | 1948 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 438.20 | |
| 237 | Thomas Burnet, Mead and Foxton (trans) | Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus |
London | 1736 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.08 |
| 238 | Charles Dickens the Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit |
London | 1844 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 31.30 | |
| 239 | (Buddhism and Burmese Publishing) Two scarce survivors' |
Kaba-Aye, Rangoon | [c.1978] | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.56 | |
| 240 | Wen Chen Ming, Kate Kerby and Mo Zung Chung | An Old Chinese Garden. A Three-fold Masterpiece of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting |
Shanghai | [1923] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 125.20 |
| 241 | Jack Flam (editor) | (20th Century Art) Matisse. A Retrospective |
New York | 1988 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 25.04 |
| 242 | Daniel C. Matt (translation and commentary) | The Zohar. Pritzker Edition |
California | 2004-2009 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 243 | Martin Friedman | (Modern Art) David Hockney Six works |
London | 1983 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 100.16 |
| 244 | Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea |
New York | 1952 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 175.28 |
| 245 | John Betjeman | (Cornwall) Twelve works |
London | April, 1935 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 43.82 |
| 246 | (Poetry) Seamus Heaney Door Into the Dark |
London | 1969 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 212.84 | |
| 247 | (The Ashendene Press) A Chronological List, with Prices, of the Forty Books Printed at The Ashendene Press 1895-1935 |
1935-03-01 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 62.60 | ||
| 248 | Dylan Thomas | Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices |
London | 1954 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 150.24 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.