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Auction Name Books Total Sales (GBP) 16,383.60
Auction Date December 06, 2019 - December 06, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 4,770.00
Sale Number #1839 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 6,420.00
Total Lots 256
Sold Lots 190 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 7,880.00
% of Lots Sold 74.22% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,530.00
Unsold Lots 66 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 155.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1184

STRAITS OF CHINA, JAPAN BY P&O "LUXURIOUS MODERN STEAMERS" 14.500 TO 17.000 tons,

[circa 1931] GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 1,440.00
1148 W FADEN (PUB):

TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK REDUCED TO A SCALE OF 2 STATUTE MILES TO ONE INCH FROM THE LARGE MAP IN SIX SHEETS; SURVEYED BY THOMAS MILNE AND C LONDON 1803

 1803 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 780.00
1097

Series of six advertising posters, mid-20th century, for Air France to various locations and TransWorld Airlines (6)

 Not Available GBP 744.00
1095

Group: eight advertising posters for BEA (British European Airways)

 Not Available GBP 660.00
1108 SIR EDWARD ELGAR

SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934), autograph letter signed (in initials), headed notepaper from Sir Edward Elgar, O.M, KCVO, Master of the King's Musick, Lord Chamberlain's Office, St James's Palace, London

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 576.00
1118

Postcard album containing approx 150 picture postcards,

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 276.00
1145 JOHN DOWER (DRAWN AND ENGRAVED):

LONDON GUIDE TO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1862

 1862 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 264.00
1092

Packet: containing approx 100 Leicester City FC programmes, mainly from 1949 to 1958

 1949 to 1958 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 240.00
1150 G F CRUCHLEY:

CRUCHLEY'S NEW PLAN OF LONDON IMPROVED INCLUDING THE EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS,

1846 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 228.00
1121

Box: approx 300 early 20th century picture postcards, mainly topographical,

 early 20th century GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 216.00
1181 THOMAS WILLIAM ARMES (ARTIST):

SHERINGHAM "TWIXT SEA AND PINE"

 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 216.00
668

FOLIO SOCIETY: COLLECTION 37 ASSORTED TITLES including boxed sets

 Not Available GBP 204.00
1040

Packet: containing 48 erotic Edwardian photos, all postcard size

 Not Available GBP 204.00
1175 THOMAS SIDNEY:

COOPER'S SUBJECTS,

[circa 1845] GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 192.00
1197 JOHN BURKILL:

BOLTON ILLUSTRATED: A SERIES OF VIEWS OF THE SCENERY AROUND BOLTON ABBEY, WHARFEDALE, YORKSHIRE, THE PICTURESQUE DOMAIN OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE,

1858 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 192.00
718

Three boxes: Norfolk Archaeology, 49 bound volumes 1847-2017 various bindings quantity of modern parts

 1847-2017 Not Available GBP 180.00
716

Box: North Sea Surge, Ports of the Eastern Counties, Drifter men, Wherries and Waterways etc

 Not Available GBP 168.00
667

FOLIO SOCIETY: COLLECTION 60 ASSORTED TITLES

 Not Available GBP 156.00
1047

Victorian board game THE NEW GAMES OF BOG circa 1880

 circa 1880 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 156.00
1172 SAMUEL KING:

A NEW PLAN OF THE CITY OF NORWICH engraved plan

 1766 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 156.00
1154 EDWARD STANFORD:

6 engraved Ordnance maps

 1890-1899 Not Available GBP 144.00
1193

Assortment: 40+ coloured 19th century prints including FREDERICK L LEVE (1877-1968), aquatint signed to lower right margin in pencil

19th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 144.00
1134

Large box: containing quantity of postcards, mainly topographical and others, (qty)

 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 132.00
1174 JAN JANSSON:

EPISCOPATUS DUNELMENSIS VULGO THE BISHOPRIKE OF DURHAM, engraved map

[1659] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 132.00
1192

Small box: assorted 19th century engravings including equestrian, coaching, natural history, hunting, horse racing etc

 19th century GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 132.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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