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Auction Name Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 1,006,736.00
Auction Date November 25, 2021 - November 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 475,100.00
Sale Number #1093 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 677,150.00
Total Lots 534
Sold Lots 472 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 541,900.00
% of Lots Sold 88.39% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 771,850.00
Unsold Lots 62 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
232

Medieval manuscript.- Prayerbook, in Flemish and a small part in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, with 7 full-page miniatures in full borders, and other miniatures and initials, Bruges, [second half of the 15th century].

 second half of the 15th century. GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 90,000.00
512 Darwin (Charles)

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859.

 1859 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 60,000.00
464 Waghenaer (Lucas Janszoon)

Atlases.- Waghenaer (Lucas Janszoon) The Mariners Mirrour, [1588].

 1588 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
517 Euclid.

Geometry.- Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, the Christ-Church-John Rylands copy of the first edition of the first complete English translation, by John Daye, 1570.

 1570 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
230 Laurent d'Orleans (Frere)

Medieval Manuscript.- Laurent d'Orleans (Frere) La Somme le Roi, ou Livre des Vices et des Virtus, illuminated manuscript on vellum, in French, France, [late 13th or early 14th century].

 late 13th or early 14th century. GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
474 Simpson (William)

India.- Simpson (William) India Ancient and Modern, 50 chromolithographs, Day & Son, 1867.

 1867 GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
478 Mirza (H. A. and Sons, photographers)

Mecca & Medina.- Mirza (H. A. and Sons, photographers) 12 mounted photographs of Mecca, Medina, and other holy places, Delhi, [early 20th century].

 early 20th century. GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 20,800.00
431 Lewis (C.S.)

Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56.

 1950-56. GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
207 Holland (Peter)

Lake District.- Holland (Peter) Sketches of the Lakes, an album containing 62 original watercolour studies, [c. 1771]; together with Holland's 'Select Views of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire', 1772 (2)

 c. 1771 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 13,750.00
429 Lewis (C.S.)

Lewis (C.S.) [The Space Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, 1938-45.

 1938-45. GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
460 Catlin (George)

America.- Catlin (George) Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, 2 vol., ninth edition, deluxe issue, one of c.12 copies, Henry G. Bohn, 1857.

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
497 Wing (John)

Astronomy.- Wing (John) Astronomia Nova Britannica, or The New British Astronomy Containing an Exact Theorie of the Coelestial Motions, manuscript, contemporary panelled calf, 1691.

 1691 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,700.00
80 Maret (Russell)

Maret (Russell) Aethelwold etc: Twenty Six Letters..., one of 44 copies, Port Chester and New York, 2009 & an envelope of ephemera (2)

 2009 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 9,375.00
170 Bailey (David)

Bailey (David) David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups, 1965.

 1965 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
201 Hancarville (Pierre-Francois Hugues d')

Hamilton (Sir William).- Hancarville (Pierre-Francois Hugues d') Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities..., vol.1 & 2 only (of 4), Naples, Morelli, 1766-67.

 1766-67. GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
123 Owen (Wilfred)

Weather Bird Press.- Owen (Wilfred) Selected War Poems, one of 125 copies, colour linocuts, Pasadena, 1983 & others from the press including many pamphlets(c.60)

 1983 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 8,125.00
482 Lashly (William)

Polar.- Lashly (William) The Diary of W. Lashly, A record of the return journey of the last supporting party with Capt. Scott to the South Pole, number 25 of 75 copies, 1938-39.

 1938-39. GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
236 Hammet (James Lacon, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard)

Malta.- Hammet (James Lacon, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard) Photograph album of Edward VII's visit to Malta in 1903, c. 40 photographs, a few pieces of ephemera inserted, original half morocco, gilt, 1902-4.

 1902-4. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 7,500.00
448 Woolf (Virginia)

Woolf (Virginia) [The complete novels], 10 vol., first editions, 1915-41.

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
520 Grimaldi (Francesco Maria)

Light.- Diffraction.- Grimaldi (Francesco Maria) Physico-Mathesis De Lumine, Coloribus, et Iride, first edition, Bologna, heirs of Vittorio Benacci, 1665.

 1665 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
498 Wing (John)

Astronomy.- Wing (John) Scientia Stellarum, 3 parts in 1, manuscript text and tables, original calf, dated in text 1693.

 1693 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,150.00
398 Wilde (Oscar)

Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, first edition, one of 200 copies, designs by Charles Ricketts, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1894.

 1894 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 6,875.00
502 Bacon (Roger) and others.

Alchemy.- Bacon (Roger) and others. Le Miroir d'Alquimie, 4 parts in 1, first edition in French, Lyon, Macé Bonhomme, 1557.

 1557 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
516 Franco (Pierre)

Franco (Pierre) Traité des Hernies, Lyon, Thibauld Payan, 1561.

 1561 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
508 Boyle (Robert)

Boyle (Robert) The General History of the Air, first edition, 1692.

 1692 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 6,250.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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