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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28 Total Sales (GBP) 1,399,419.00
Auction Date August 04, 2020 - August 04, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 694,550.00
Sale Number #L20409 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,016,750.00
Total Lots 194
Sold Lots 147 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 907,000.00
% of Lots Sold 75.77% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,300,550.00
Unsold Lots 47 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 107.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
68 CAPOTE, TRUMAN

CAPOTE | Breakfast at Tiffany's, revised typescript, 1958

 GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 378,000.00
168 WILDE, OSCAR

WILDE | Autograph letter signed, to George Alexander, outlining the plot of The Importance of Being Earnest, 1894

 1894 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 126,000.00
4 ANNING, MARY

ANNING, MARY | autograph letter signed, to William Buckland, [1829]

 1829 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 100,800.00
31 ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD

ELLIOT, D.G. | A Monograph of the Phasianidae, New York 1870-1872, 2 volumes

 1870-1872 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 69,300.00
21 CORONELLI, VINCENZO

CORONELLI | Atlante Veneto, 1691

 1691 GBP 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 56,700.00
160 WILDE, OSCAR

WILDE | 'Confessions of Tastes, Habits and Convictions', authorial manuscript, 1877

 1870 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 47,880.00
170 WILDE, OSCAR

WILDE | The Importance of Being Earnest, 1898, one of 100 copies, presentation copy inscribed to Reginald Turner

 1899 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 47,880.00
29 EINSTEIN, ALBERT

EINSTEIN I Signed photograph, 1955

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 40,320.00
30 ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD

ELLIOT, D.G.| A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, New York 1873, folio, 36 plates

 1873 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
28 EDWARDS, GEORGE

EDWARDS | A natural history of birds [Gleanings of natural history], 1802–1806 (watermarks 1816–1824)

 1802–1806 (WATERMARKS 1816–1824) GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 20,160.00
63 DANTE ALIGHIERI

ASHENDENE PRESS | Dante, la Divina Commedia, 1902-1905

 1902-1905 GBP 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
105 LAWRENCE, T.E.

LAWRENCE, T.E. | Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1926, 1st US edition, NO.7 OF 22 COPIES, signed by Doran

 1926 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
175

WORLD WAR II | Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Hong Kong, 16 September 1945

 1945 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
37 GOULD, JOHN

GOULD, J. | Monograph of the Trogonidae, London 1835-1838, folio

 1835-1838 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
40 JAILLOT, CHARLES HUBERT--NICOLAS SANSON D'ABBEVILLE

JAILLOT AND SANSON | Atlas Nouveau. Contenant toutes les parties du Monde, 1692-1693, 2 volumes

 1692-93 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
149 SCARFE, GERALD

SCARFE | Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - Teacher, Wife, Mother and Pink, original drawing

 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
164 WILDE, OSCAR

WILDE | The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, number 114 of 250 copies signed by the author

 1891 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
47

MEDICINE | Manuscript medical and culinary recipe book, 17th centuy

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 15,120.00
5 [ASTLEY, JOHN]

ASTLEY | The art of riding, London, 1584, later calf, drop-back box

 1584 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
53 PENNANT, THOMAS

PENNANT | The British zoology, 1761-1766

 1761-1766 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 10,710.00
78 GIBBON, EDWARD

GIBBON, E. | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-1788, 6 volumes

 1776-1788 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
49 MEYER, JOHANN DANIEL

MEYER | Angenehmer und nuetzlicher Zeit-vertreib mit Betrachtung curioser vorstellungen allerhand... Thiere, 1748–1756

 1748-56 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
82 HOLLAR, WENCESLAUS

HOLLAR | Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, London, 1640, modern calf

 1639 or 1640 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
88 JOYCE, JAMES

JOYCE | Ulysses, no.762/750 copies, 1922

 1922 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
153 SCARFE, GERALD

SCARFE | Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - Teacher ("We don't need no education"), original drawing

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 9,450.00
  • 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
    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
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    Modern First Editions
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    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.
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