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Auction Name Books, Medals, Militaria and Collectables Total Sales (GBP) 26,603.32
Auction Date September 28, 2021 - September 28, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 12,410.00
Sale Number #92821 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 19,575.00
Total Lots 223
Sold Lots 183 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 15,940.00
% of Lots Sold 82.06% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 25,125.00
Unsold Lots 40 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
389 Joyce, James

"Dubliners",

1914 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 3,294.00
409 Blome, Richard 

The Gentlemans Recreation. In two parts. The first being an encyclopaedy of the arts and sciences ...

 1686 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,281.00
400 Austen, Jane

[Bentley's Standard Novels]

 1833 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,220.00
408 Stevenson, Robert (Civil Engineer) 

An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House, including the details of the erection and peculiar structure of that edifice to which is prefixed a historical view of the institution and progress of the Northern Lighthouses ...,

1824 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 915.00
313 Crichton, Alexander

" An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Mental Derangement. …"

 1778 GBP 350.00 - 500.00 GBP 585.60
305

Travel and exploration to include:- "Travels in Northern Asia; compiled from authentic sources",

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 549.00
278A

Quantity of childrens books:- Cynthia Harnett, many volumes, mainly with dj

 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 463.60
407 Gent, J P (made English)  

 "A New History of Ethiopia being a full and accurate description of the Kingdom of Abyssinia, vulgarly, though erroneously called the Empire of Prester John in four books ..."

 1862 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 463.60
357

British Sports and Sportsmen - Modern Flat Racing, Steeple Chasing, Point-to-Point Racing, Coursing and Greyhound Racing,

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 427.00
355

Josephi de Antiqvi Tatibvs Ivdaeorvm Libri X Posteriores, Apvd Seb. Gryphivm Lvgdvni 1539,

 1546 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 414.80
266 Milne, A A , with decorations by Ernest H Shepard,

"Winnie the Pooh"

 1926 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 390.40
339 Weever, John

"Ancient Funeral Monuments within the United Monarchy of Great Britaine, Ireland and

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 390.40
267 Dahl, Roald  illustrations by Quentin Blake

"The Witches", ,

1983 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 366.00
330 Butler A.G.

" The Lutyens Memorial - The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, vol Country Houses,

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 366.00
395 Austen, Jane

The Novels of Jane Austen - the Text Based on Collation of the Early Editions by R W Chapman in five volumes

 1933 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 366.00
258 Lea, Philip 

"An Epitome of Sr. William Petty's Large Survey of Ireland"

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 341.60
360 Barrie, J M

J M Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, retold for Little People

 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 341.60
257 Seutter, Matthaus 

Map of "Africa",

circa 1770 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 292.80
380 Webster Noah

" A Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language"

 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 268.40
272 The Whittington Press 

"The Wood Engravings of Gwenda Morgan"

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 244.00
334 Josephus 

"Opera Omnia Graece et Latine, Cum Notis Nova Versione",

1726 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 244.00
365

Jewish religion to include 8 vols of "The Talmud"

 1935 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 244.00
255

Collection of 19th century world maps including Fullarton 1864 and others, in portfolio (approx 85)

 19th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 231.80
344 Waite, Arthur Edward

"The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal ...",

1909 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 231.80
148

Jersey Occupation currency- £1,

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 219.60
  • 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
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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
  • 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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