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Auction Name Books Total Sales (GBP) 47,974.80
Auction Date December 05, 2019 - December 05, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 36,200.00
Sale Number #1838 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 50,530.00
Total Lots 643
Sold Lots 444 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 61,055.00
% of Lots Sold 69.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 84,740.00
Unsold Lots 199 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
340 FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY

THE ORNITHOLOGY OF FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY... IN THREE BOOKS WHEREIN ALL THE BIRDS HITHERTO KNOWN BEING REDUCED INTO A METHOD SUTABLE TO THEIR NATURES ARE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED...TO WHICH ARE ADDED THREE CONSIDERABLE DISCOURSES... BY JOHN RAY

 1678 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,440.00
462 [ANTOINE JOSEPH DEZAILLER D'ARGENVILLE]

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING WHEREIN IS FULLY HANDLED ALL THAT RELATES TO FINE GARDENS COMMONLY CALLED PLEASURE GARDENS...

 1712 GBP 600.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,140.00
479 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

TRANSACTIONS

 1812-30 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 960.00
245 [GIOACHIMO GRECO]

THE ROYALL GAME OF CHESSE-PLAY SOMETIMES THE RECREATION OF THE LATE KING WITH MANY OF THE NOBILITY ILLUSTRATED WITH ALMOST A HUNDRED GAMBETTS BEING THE STUDY OF BIOCHIMO THE FAMOUS ITALIAN

 1656 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 936.00
174 H E BATES

FLOWERS AND FACES

 1935 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 660.00
92 SIR ARTHUR CONAN-DOYLE

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

 1902 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 576.00
172 JOHN FLAXMAN

COMPOSITIONS FROM THE TRAGEDIES OF AESCHYLUS ENGRAVED BY THOMAS PIROLI

 1795 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 576.00
209

THE LUTTRELL PSALTER

 2006 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 528.00
473 WILLIAM CURTIS

LECTURES ON BOTANY AS DELIVERED TO HIS PUPILS

 1803-05 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 528.00
609 RICHARD GARDINER "WILLIAM HONEYCOMB"

THE HISTORY OF PUDICA A LADY OF N-RF-LK WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HER FIVE LOVERS VIZ DICK MERRYFELLOW, COUNT ANTIQUARY, YOUNG SQUIRE FOG OF DUMPLIN-HALL, JACK SHADWELL OF THE LODGE AND MILES DINGLEBOB OF POPGUN-HALL ESQ TOGETHER WITH MISS PUDICA'S SENSE OF THE

1754 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 504.00
179 HENRY PEACHAM

THE COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN FASHIONING HIM ABSOLUTE IN THE MOST NECESSARIE AND COMMENDABLE QUALITIES CONCERNING MINDE OR BODIE THAT MAY BE REQUIRED IN A NOBLE GENTLEMAN WHEREUNTO IS ANNEXED A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORDER OF A MAINE BATTAILLE OR PITCHED FIELD

 1627 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 480.00
419 R J BERRY

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY

 1985 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 468.00
478 RICHARD BLOME

THE GENTLEMEN'S RECREATIONS...

 1710 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 468.00
115 OSCAR WILDE

WORKS

 1909-11 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 456.00
482 JANE LOUDON

THE LADY'S FLOWER-GARDEN OF ORNAMENTAL GREENHOUSE PLANTS

 1860 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 444.00
460 SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS

A DISSERTATION ON ORIENTAL GARDENING...TO WHICH IS ANNEXED AN EXPLANATORY DISCOURSE BY TAN CHET-QUA OF QUANG-CHEW-FU GENT

 1773 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 384.00
48 W E JOHNS

BIGGLES GOES TO WAR - THE SPY FLIERS

 1938 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 372.00
485

NOTICES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE COSTUME PROCESSIONS, PAGEANTRY ETC FORMALLY DISPLAYED BY THE CORPORATION OF NORWICH

 1850 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 372.00
574 THOMAS BAINES

EXPLORATIONS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA...

 1864 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 372.00
31 RUDYARD KIPLING

THE JUST SO STORIES ill Niroot Puttapipat

 2012 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 360.00
52 FRANK RICHARDS

BUNTER COMES FOR CHRISTMAS

 1959 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 360.00
68

Vintage wooden Pollock's Toy Theatre and three boxes assorted backdrops

 various periods GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 360.00
459 JOHN LAWRENCE

THE HISTORY AND DELINEATION OF THE HORSE...

 1809 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 360.00
336 HENRY STEVENSON AND THOMAS SOUTHWELL

THE BIRDS OF NORFOLK

 1866-90 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 324.00
549 ROBERT HINDRY MASON

NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED

 [1865] GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 324.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • 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.
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