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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectible Books Auction Total Sales (GBP) 16,544.00
Auction Date August 07, 2019 - August 07, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,730.00
Sale Number #80719 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 14,950.00
Total Lots 287
Sold Lots 268 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,800.00
% of Lots Sold 93.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 16,610.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 QUEEN VICTORIA, SIGNATURES.

C. Grey, The Early Years of the Prince Consort, worn cond.

1877 1879 & 1880. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,292.50
5 RENNELL MAJOR.  

The Marches of the British Armies in the Peninsula of India during the Campaigns of 1790 & 1791.

1792 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 763.75
103 GAGE MICHAEL ALEXANDER.  

Trigonometrical Plan of the Town & Port of Liverpool including the Environs of Kirkdale, Everton, Lowhill, Edgehill & Toxteth Park from an Actual Survey.

1836 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 411.25
105 PICTON J. A. (Ed).  

Views in Modern Liverpool by William Herdman.

1864 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 376.00
116 SCARLETT DAVIS J.  Fourteen Views of Bolton Abbey.

Litho plates.

1829 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 352.50
215 SKENE DAVID.

 Instructions for the Overseers Upon the Military Roads in North Britain, anno 1787. Original manuscript.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 352.50
217 BOOK MARKS.  

A very extensive collection of late 19th & 20th cent.

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 317.25
108 ENFIELD WILLIAM.  

An Essay Towards the History of Leverpool (sic) Drawn Up from Papers Left by the Late Mr George Perry, & from Other Materials Since Collected.

1774 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 211.50
160 JOHN WESLEY & HIS CIRCLE.

 A Compendium of Logic, orig.

1756 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 176.25
33 HEDDON JACK.  

Scotcher Notes.

1975 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 164.50
97 MACKENZIE ALEXANDER.  

History of the Frasers of Lovat.

1896 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 164.50
214 CITY OF EDINBURGH. 

The Sett or Decreet Arbitral of King James VI ? Deciding All Differences Betwixt Merchants & Trades Anent the Government of the City of Edinburgh.

1726 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 164.50
120 KAYE THOMAS (Prntrs & Pubs).  

The Stranger in Liverpool or An Historical & Descriptive View of Liverpool & Its Environs.

(c.1807). GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 152.75
237 HUTCHINSON WILLIAM.

 The History of the County of Cumberland.

1794 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 152.75
44 HALFORD F. M.  

Floating Flies & How To Dress Them. Ltd.

1974 reprint of the 1886 ed. GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 141.00
45 PRITT T. E.  

The Book Of The Grayling.

1992 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 141.00
140 LAYER CHRISTOPHER.  

The Whole Proceeding Upon the Arraignment, Tryal, Conviction & Attainder ... For High Treason.

1722 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 141.00
161 JOHN WESLEY & HIS CIRCLE.  An Extract of Letters by Mrs L., Bristol, 1773; Letters Wrote by Jane Cooper, 1789; Hymns on the Trinity, Bristol, 1767; The Good Shepherd Carrying a Lamb in his Bosom, 1778; A Word in Season, 1763 & Robert Seagrave, Remarks Upo

All disbound.  (6).

1773 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 141.00
173 ARBUTHNOT JOHN.

 A Postscript to John Bull Containing the History of the Crown-Inn, c.1714, bound together with A Continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn, A Further Continuation, The Fourth & Last Part & An Appendix to the History of the Crown-Inn.

early 18th cent GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 141.00
246

Art Reference & Others.  A carton of books & softback publications incl.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 141.00
43 FRANCIS FRANCIS.  

A Book On Angling.

1867 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 129.25
104 HERDMAN WILLIAM G.  

Ancient Liverpool.

1857 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 129.25
211 HURTLEY THOMAS.  

A Concise Account of Some Natural Curiosities in the Environs of Malham, in Craven, Yorkshire.

1786 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 129.25
24 THOMAS DYLAN.  

18 Poems.

(1942). GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 117.50
80 SANDS J.  

Out of the World or Life In St.

1878 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 111.63
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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