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Auction Name Book Sale - Day 2 Total Sales (GBP) 16,773.60
Auction Date August 30, 2019 - August 30, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 6,420.00
Sale Number #1804 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 8,450.00
Total Lots 139
Sold Lots 90 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 12,140.00
% of Lots Sold 64.75% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 15,600.00
Unsold Lots 49 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 107.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1228 HENRY LYTTON EARLE BULWER

HENRY LYTTON EARLE BULWER, a collection of autograph lettrs 1861-1872

 1861-1872 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 7,200.00
1241

Report of and comments on the trial at the Norwich Assizes, March 1848, for breaches of covenants

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 1,680.00
1221

Two 1935 menu cards signed by Walt Disney and others and a postcard signed by Jack Dempsey

GBP 180.00 - 200.00 GBP 840.00
1276

Collection 37 soccer programmes, 1940-1949

 1940-1949 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 528.00
1280

Collection of circa 240 soccer programmes predominantly 1950s

 1950s GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 408.00
1258

Collection of Stanfield Hall murder newspapers (notorious Victorian double murder), 28 November 1848

 1848 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 360.00
1309

Two stockbooks GB, UN, QEII, decimal commemoratives 1973-to recent

 GBP 350.00 - 400.00 GBP 360.00
1321 R CREIGHTON:

A MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS AND DIOCESE

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 360.00
1333 NICHOLAS VISSCHER:

CARTE DE L'AFRIQUE MERIDONALE OU PAYS ENTRE LA LIGNE ET LE CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE ET L'ISLE DE MADAGASCAR,

circa 1740 GBP 280.00 - 320.00 GBP 252.00
1234

BOX: Bolingbroke family interest photographs, postcards etc, mainly late Victorian to 1920s including two cased Ambrotypes,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 204.00
1357

Packet assorted 19th century topographical engravings

19th century GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 180.00
1327 JOHN SPEEDE:

RUTLAND, engraved hand coloured map [1610],

 [1610] GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 168.00
1353

PLAN OF THE CITY OF NORWICH, folding engraved plan with ornamental seals, 1746

 1746 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 144.00
1239

Packet 30+ Norwich Hippodrome programmes and flyers, mainly 1946-54,

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 132.00
1268

Box 37 assorted LPs including The Beatles SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, PMC7027

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 132.00
1307

World mint and used stamp collection in three albums,

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 132.00
1240

Packet WWII mainly East Anglia ephemera

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 120.00
1304

UK £2 silver proofs 1994-98 + £1 proofs 1995, 1998, + 1994 D-Day 50p silver proof + Guernsey 1999 silver proof "Collar" 1999 Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on £1 silver proof and 1999 Prince Edward & Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 120.00
1326 THOMAS BAKEWELL:

THE NORTH PART OF GREAT BRITAIN CALLED SCOTLAND engraved map 1715

 1715 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 120.00
1236

Packet mixed various ephemera includes local indentures etc. From the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor.

 Not Available GBP 108.00
1278

Collection of circa 60 soccer programmes 1950s

1950s GBP 50.00 - 75.00 GBP 108.00
1205

Box assorted ephemera including Pears annual dated 1893, Pears Pictorial 1896 Christmas issues, also Black and White dated 1891

GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 102.00
1302

Assorted World coins + a few bank notes

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 102.00
1320 WILLIAM MAITLAND (PUBLISHED):

A VIEW OF LONDON ABOUT THE YEAR 1560, engraved hand coloured view [1739]

 [1739] GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 96.00
1216

THE SHOOTING TIMES and COUNTRY MAGAZINE, approx 100 issues, 1960 to 1964

 1960 to 1964 Not Available GBP 90.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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.
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