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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Travel & Exploration, Science & Medicine

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Auction Name Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Travel & Exploration, Science & Medicine Total Sales (GBP) 328,788.00
Auction Date October 07, 2020 - October 07, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 149,030.00
Sale Number #100720 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 222,290.00
Total Lots 451
Sold Lots 373 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 171,830.00
% of Lots Sold 82.71% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 256,040.00
Unsold Lots 78 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 128.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
375 Wallis (John, 1616-1703)

Wallis (John). A Collection of letters intercepted in Cipher during the late warres in England, 1653

 1653 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 34,800.00
381 Newton (Isaac)

Newton (Isaac). The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, London, 1729

 1729 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 26,400.00
66

Canada.Journal of a Voyage to Hudson’s Bay, and the Red River Settlement, [Manitoba, Canada]

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 14,640.00
382 Halley (Edmond, editor)

Halley (Edmond). Menelai Sphaericorum, 1758, inscribed by Benjamin Franklin to Robert Simson

 1758 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 13,800.00
109 Polynesian Researches by William Ellis (1794-1872)

Polynesia. Polynesian Researches by William Ellis (1794-1872), mid 1820s

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,640.00
149 Curtis (William)

Curtis (William). The Botanical Magazine; ... , vols. 1-24 bound in 12, Stephen Couchman, 1793-1806

 1793-1806 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,760.00
386

Astronomy manuscript. An illustrated student's astronomy manuscript by H.F. Pelerin, 1811

 1811 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
62 Broelmann (Stephan)

Broelmann (Stephan). Epideigma, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Cologne, 1608

 1608 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 4,320.00
82 Hastings (Warren, 1732-1818)

Hastings (Warren). Two original tickets for the trial of Warren Hastings, c.1795, & others on India

 0 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 4,320.00
84

India. Collection of letters to L. B. Bowring, commissioner of Mysore, 1867-1906

 1867-1906 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,320.00
380 Huygens (Christian)

Huygens (Christian). The Celestial Worlds Discover'd, 1st edition in English, 1698

 1698 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,080.00
60 Bowen (Emanuel, et al.)

Bowen (Emanuel). The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History, 1766

 1766 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,600.00
108 Playfair (R. Lambert & Gunther, Albert C.L.G.)

Playfair (R. Lambert & Gunther, Albert C.L.G.). The Fishes of Zanzibar, 1st edition, 1866

 1866 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
188 Daniell (William)

Daniell (William). An Elevated View of the New Docks & Warehouses ... Isle of Dogs, 1802

 1802 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,600.00
81 [Hakluyt, Richard].

Hakluyt (Richard). Principall Navigations, 1st edition, 1589, & Medina, L'art de naviguer, 1569

 1589 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,480.00
158

Oologist. The Young Oologist [-The Oologist], volumes 1-58 in 15, 1884-1941

 1884-1941 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,120.00
124 Bowen (Emanuel, the late, & Thomas)

Bowen (Emanuel, the late, & Thomas). Atlas Anglicanus..., 1777

 1777 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
376 Thomson (George)

Thomson (George). Loimotomia

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,760.00
396 Rossetti (Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882)

Rossetti (Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882). The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain... , by C.A. Stothard

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,640.00
71 Chinese Export School.

Chinese Export School. Album of pith paintings (trades), Canton: Wing Tai Hing, 19th century

 19th century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,520.00
336 Beacon or Becon (Richard)

Beacon or Becon (Richard). Solon his Follie, 1st edition, Oxford, 1594

 1594 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,520.00
22 Saxton (Christopher)

Hertfordshire. Saxton (Christopher), Hartfordiae Comitatus nova, vera ac particularis, 1579

 1579 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,280.00
75 Dihlawi (Munshi Bulaqi Das Sahib)

Dihlawi (Munshi Bulaqi Das Sahib). Tawarikh-i Ghuri, Delhi, 1881, & 2 others

 1881 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,220.00
99

Middle East, India & Far East. Group of letters and ephemera, 19th-20th century

 19th-20th century GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 2,220.00
360 Johnson (Samuel)

Johnson (Samuel). The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language, 1st edition, 1747

 1747 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,040.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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