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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 66,631.50
Auction Date September 17, 2020 - September 17, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 39,170.00
Sale Number #2174 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 56,710.00
Total Lots 281
Sold Lots 260 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 44,700.00
% of Lots Sold 92.53% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 64,630.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
30 Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.)

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, 1909.

 1909 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,250.00
66 Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles)

Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminine Monarchy; or the history of bees; shewing their admirable nature and property, their generation and colony, and government, loyalty, art, industry, enemies, wars, magnamity, &c., rare, Printed for G. Conyers, and

1704 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 2,000.00
70 Bees.- John Thorley's copy.- Rusden (Moses)

Bees.- John Thorley's copy.- Rusden (Moses) A further discovery of bees, first edition, printed for the author, 1679.

 1679 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,000.00
1 Africa.- Blixen (Karen)

Africa.- Blixen (Karen) Out of Africa, first edition, 1937.

 1937 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,875.00
86 Horses.- Veterinary.- La Fosse (E?tienne-Guillaume)

Horses.- Veterinary.- La Fosse (E?tienne-Guillaume) Observations and discoveries made upon horses, with a new method of shoeing, first edition in English, Printed for J. Nourse, 1755.

 1755 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,187.50
5 Asia.- Gill (William)

Asia.- Gill (William) The River of Golden Sand: the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Thibet to Burma, 2 vol., first edition, 1880; and others similar (28)

 1880 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,125.00
281 World Turned Up-side Down (The)

World Turned Up-side Down (The), or the Comical Metamorphoses, a work entirely calculated to excite laughter in grown persons, and promote morality in the young ones of both sexes, Edward Ryland, c.1790.

 c.1790. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,125.00
24 Polar.- Cherry-Garrard (Apsley)

Polar.- Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, presentation inscription by author, 2 vol., 1937.

 1937 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 937.50
67 Bees.- Gedde (John)

Bees.- Gedde (John) The English apiary: or, the compleat bee-master, unfolding the whole art and mystery of the management of bees, first edition, Printed for E. Curll, W. Mears, and T. Corbet, in the Strand, 1721.

 1721 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 937.50
95 Shaw (George)

Shaw (George) General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, 12 vol. only (of 14) in 22, for G. Kearsley, 1800-1819.

 1800-1819. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
47 Naval.- Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper)

Naval.- Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 17

 1802 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 875.00
197 Binding.-

Binding.- [The Holy Bible], in handsome contemporary red morocco, richly decorated, [John Bill, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills], [1679].

 1679 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 812.50
198 Quakers.- Penn (William)

Quakers.- Penn (William) A brief examination and state of liberty spiritual, both with respect to persons in their private capacity, and in their church society and communion, first edition, printed by Andrew Sowle, 1681; and 2 others, 17th century Quaker

 1681 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 687.50
201 Herringbone binding.-

Herringbone binding.- [Psalms], 1698; and a 1705 Book Of Common Prayer in a contemporary black morocco binding, 8vo (2)

 c.1698 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 687.50
12 Europe.- Fermor (Patrick Leigh)

Europe.- Fermor (Patrick Leigh) The Violins of Saint-Jacques, first edition, 1953; and others or or by the same (11)

 1953 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
159 America.- Colony of Virginia.- Andros (Sir Edmund, colonial governor)

America.- Colony of Virginia.- Andros (Sir Edmund, colonial governor) A certificate issued at the request of Robert Paine of Essex County of of William Moseley's and Henry Dyer's deposition taken in the General Court, D.s. "Andros", "Will: Moseley" & "H D

 1695 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 624.00
31 Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.)

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) South: the Story of Shackleton's last Expedition 1914-1917, first edition, second impression, December 1919.

 1919 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 575.00
207 Fencing.- Hope (Sir William)

Fencing.- Hope (Sir William) A new, short, and easy method of fencing: or, the art of the broad and small-sword rectified and compendized, rare third edition, printed for G. Strahan, at the Golden Ball in Cornhill, 1744.

 1744 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 575.00
7 Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)

Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, first edition, 1933.

 1933 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 550.00
20 Mountaineering.- Howard-Bury (Lieut.-Col. C. K.)

Mountaineering.- Howard-Bury (Lieut.-Col. C. K.) Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921, first edition, 1922; and others, Everest, 8vo & 4to (38)

 1922 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 525.00
191 Bible, English.-

Bible, English.- , The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, London [i.e. Amsterdam], by the Deputies of Christopher Barker [i.e. J.F. Stam], 1599.

 1599 i.e. ?1639 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 525.00
23 Polar.- Amundsen (Roald)

Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) "The North West Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the "Gjoa" 1903-1907, 2 vol., first English edition, 1908; and others on or by Amundsen (6)

 1908 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 500.00
28 Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin)

Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin) The North Pole, first English edition, 1910; and others Polar (13)

 1910 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 500.00
132 Greek printing.- Anacreon.

Greek printing.- Anacreon. Anacreontis et aliorum Lyricorum aliquot poetarum Odae [graece], Paris, Guillaume Morel & Robert Estienne, 1556.

 1556 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 500.00
4 Africa.- Roosevelt (Theodore)

Africa.- Roosevelt (Theodore) African Game Trails, first English edition, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt IV, 1910; and others, Africa (23)

 1910 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 475.00
  • Sotheby’s
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  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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