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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps and Documents

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Auction Name Printed Books, Maps and Documents Total Sales (GBP) 428,148.00
Auction Date November 06, 2019 - November 06, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 172,300.00
Sale Number #733 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 259,190.00
Total Lots 495
Sold Lots 473 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 181,670.00
% of Lots Sold 95.56% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 272,740.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 156.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
210 Gould (John)

A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, 25 original parts

 [1849]-61 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 67,200.00
267 Stonham (Charles)

The Birds of the British Islands, illustrated by Lilian M. Medland, 5 volumes

 1906-11 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 12,000.00
256 Mosley (Seth Lister)

A History of British Birds, their Nests, and Eggs, with Hand-Coloured Figures of all the Species and Varieties, with Text revised by a Fellow of the Zoological Society, 3 volumes

 [1881]-92 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 10,800.00
339 Roberts (David)

Eight views in Egypt, Nubia and the Holy Land

 circa 1838 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 10,200.00
94 Lubben (Eilhard)

Nova Illustrissimi Principatus Pomeraniae Descriptio,

 1618 [but 1757] GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
247 Jardine (William, & Prideaux John Selby)

Illustrations of Ornithology, 4 volumes

 [1826-43] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,400.00
59 Heather (William)

Untitled Composite Atlas of fourteen Sea Charts of the British coastline

 1793 - 1805 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,000.00
257 Mosley (Seth Lister & Frederick Ormrod)

An Account of the Birds of the Huddersfield District

 [1912-15] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,040.00
9 Goos (Pieter)

Paskaerte Zynde t'Oosterdeel van Oost Indien, met Alle de Eylanden daer Ontrendt Geleegen van C. Comorin tot aen Japan,

[1666] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,800.00
151 Hastings (Warren, 1732-1818)

[A Narrative of the Insurrection which happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District]

 1782] GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,080.00
255 Meyer (Henry Leonard)

Illustrations of British Birds, 4 volumes in 2,

[1835-44?] GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
264 Rowley (George Dawson, editor)

Ornithological Miscellany, 3 volumes

 1876-8 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,840.00
265 Saunders (Howard)

An Illustrated Manual of British Birds

 1889 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 3,840.00
360

Cookery. A manuscript receipt book, with ownership names of Miss Hitch and Polley Lee, dated 1730 and 1733

 1730 and 1733 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,720.00
349 Aesop.

Aesop's Fables with his Life: in English, French & Latin. The English by Tho. Philipott Esq; The French and Latin by Rob. Codrington M.A., Illustrated ... by Francis Barlow

 1666 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,480.00
277 Peregrine Books (publisher)

Raven Nest Sites in Northumberland [by] W. M. Trobe,

 2009 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 3,120.00
261

[Oology]. Oeufs des principaux oiseaux de France. J. L. Fougère, C. Briquel

 c.1880] GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,760.00
227 Wolf (Joseph)

Zoological Sketches. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from Animals in their Vivarirum, in the Regent's Park. Edited, with Notes, by Philip Lutley Sclater, Secretary to the Society

 [1856]-61 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,640.00
497

Antiquarian. A large collection of miscellaneous 18th & 19th century literature & reference

 18th & 19th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,640.00
223 Sowerby (James)

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth, to which will be added, Occasional Remarks [by James Edward Smith], 41 volumes bound in 25 (complete)

1790-1866 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,520.00
344

Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair Album: A show of sovereigns, statesmen, judges, and men of the day, volumes I-XVIII

 1869-86 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,400.00
259

[Oology]. 'The Nests and Eggs of British Birds. By S. U. Duer'

 1878 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,340.00
29 Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz)

Cracovia Minoris Poloniae Metropolis,

circa 1617 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,280.00
188 Dugdale (William)

The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Illustrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes and Armes: Beautified with Maps, Prospects and Portraictures, 2 volumes, 2nd edition

 1730 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,280.00
307

After Philibert-Louis Debucourt, La Promenade Publique, Paris 1782

 1782 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 2,280.00
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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