Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collector's Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian and Collector's Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 38,116.92 |
| Auction Date | November 11, 2020 - November 11, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 18,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #111120 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 27,370.00 |
| Total Lots | 210 | ||
| Sold Lots | 188 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 23,430.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.52% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 34,440.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 110.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3021 | Noel COWARD. | Present Laughter. |
1943 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,992.00 |
| 3025 | The New Naturalist Library. |
1949-2016 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,618.50 | |
| 3037 | Robert Falcon SCOTT. | The Voyage of The 'Discovery'. |
1905 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,494.00 |
| 3126 | KIPLING, Rudyard. | Kim. |
1901 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,494.00 |
| 3121 | Stephen CRANE. | Wounds in the Rain. |
1900 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,120.50 |
| 3065 | RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). | Jacob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl GRIMM. |
1909 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,058.25 |
| 3120 | Jane AUSTEN. | [The Novels.] |
1978 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 684.75 |
| 3009 | HUNTER, J.A. | White Hunter. |
1938 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 622.50 |
| 3172 | John STOW. | A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Present State and Government of those Cities. |
1754 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 622.50 |
| 3057 | COWARD, Noel. | Pomp and Circumstance. |
1960 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 572.70 |
| 3103 | ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator) and James REEVES. | The Angel and the Donkey. |
1969 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 572.70 |
| 3036 | Frank WILD. | Shackleton's Last Voyage, the Story of 'The Quest'… from the Official Journal and Private Diary Kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin. |
1923 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 522.90 |
| 3069 | Michael BOND. | Paddington Abroad. |
1961 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 498.00 |
| 3083 | Henry BOLINGBROKE. | A Voyage to the Demerary, containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There, and of those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana. |
1807 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 448.20 |
| 3138 | Nikolai PREJEVALSKY. | Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet, Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia… translated by E. Delmar Morgan. |
1876 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 423.30 |
| 3056 | BATES, H.E. | The Country of White Clover. |
1952 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 398.40 |
| 3085 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings. |
1963 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 398.40 |
| 3045 | Archibald ALISON. | History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. |
1853-1856 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 373.50 |
| 3054 | [SHIRLEY, John.] | The History of the Turks, Describing the Rise and Ruin of their First Empire in Persia, the Original of their Second. |
1683 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 373.50 |
| 3055 | SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. | Frankenstein: the Modern Man-Demon. |
circa 1870. | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 373.50 |
| 3077 | P.F. WARNER (editor). | Imperial Cricket. |
1912 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 373.50 |
| 3150 | VERGIL, Polydore. | Urbinatis de Rerum Inuentoribus libri Octo. |
1550 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 373.50 |
| 3178 | FLAXMAN, John. | Compositions… from the Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri, containing Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. |
1807 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 373.50 |
| 3012 | DARWIN, Charles. | Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle Round the World. |
1845 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 323.70 |
| 3071 | AUGUSTUS JOHN. | Poetry London X… edited by Tambimuttu. |
1944 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 323.70 |
