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<b><center>Sotheby’s<br> The Library of Henry Rogers<br>Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven<br>Part I<br>18 May 2022</b><b>Sotheby’s, May 18:</b> John James Audubon and James Bachman. <i>The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.</i> New York: J.J. Audubon, 1845-1848. £150,000 to £250,000.<b>Sotheby’s, May 18:</b> Thomas and William Daniell. <i>Oriental Scenery,</i> London, 1795-1807 [but 1841], 6 parts in 3 volumes, folio. £150,000 to £200,000.<b>Sotheby’s, May 18:</b> Mark Catesby. <i>The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands...</i> London, 1731-1743, 2 volumes. £100,000 to £150,000.<b>Sotheby’s, May 18:</b> Gould and Lear. <i>A monograph of the Ramphastidae,</i> 1854; <i>Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae,</i> 1832. £60,000 to £90,000. -
<b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Focus on Women<br>June 2, 2022</b><b>Swann June 2:</b> Susan B. Anthony & Ida Husted Harper, <i>The History of Woman Suffrage,</i> first edition set, New York, 1881-1922. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann June 2:</b> Georgia Douglass Johnson, <i>Bronze: a Book of Verse,</i> first edition, Boston, 1922. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann June 2:</b> Elaine Fried de Kooning, small archive of material. $2,000 to $3,000.<b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Focus on Women<br>June 2, 2022</b><b>Swann June 2:</b> Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, <i>Z Mého Detství Drevoryty,</i> first edition, Prague, 1929. $4,000 to $6,000<b>Swann June 2:</b> Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective, <i>Cry Out,</i> silkscreen poster, Chicago, 1972. $800 to $1,200.<b>Swann June 2:</b> Pearl S. Buck, <i>The Good Earth,</i> first edition, New York, 1931. $3,000 to $5,000. -
<b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th May 2022</b><b>Forum, May 26:</b> Birds.- Gould (John). <i>The Birds of Great Britain,</i> 5 vol., first edition, [1862-]1873. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Canadiana.- Cockburn (Maj. Gen. James Pattison, 1779-1847), After. [Six Landscape of Quebec City and Six Views of Niagara Falls], 2 suites in 1 vol., comprising 12 aquatints, 1833. £30,000 to £40,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> number 218 of 150 copies on verge d'arches, Paris, Shakespeare & Company, 1922. £15,000 to £20,000.<b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th May 2022</b><b>Forum, May 26:</b> Rowling (J.K.) <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> first paperback edition, signed by the author, 1997. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Du Maurier (Daphne). <i>Rebecca,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to her governess, 1938. £12,000 to £18,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Magna Carta.- An exact copy of King John's Great Charter of 1215, transcribed from the fire damaged but legible manuscript in the Cottonian Library, British Library, J. Pine, 1733. £10,000 to £15,000.<b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th May 2022</b><b>Forum, May 26:</b> Woolf (Virginia). <i>Mrs Dalloway,</i> first edition, Hogarth Press, 1925. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Tudor exiles opposed to the Marian regime.- Mary I (Queen of England) Letter signed "Marye the Quene" to Lord Paget, signed at head, titled at head "By the King and Quene", 1556. £8,000 to £10,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> America.- Newfoundland.- Whitbourne (Sir Richard). <i>A discourse and discouery of Nevv-found-land…,</i> second edition, By Felix Kingston, 1622. £6,000 to £8,000.<b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th May 2022</b><b>Forum, May 26:</b> Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de). <i>El Ingenioso Hidalgo Do Quixote de la Mancha,</i> 4 vol., Madrid, Por Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Stubbs (George). <i>The Anatomy of the Horse,</i> first edition, first issue, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author, 1766. £6,000 to £8,000.<b>Forum, May 26:</b> Cardiology.- Lower (Richard). <i>Tractatus de Corde item De Motu & Colore Sanguinus et Chyli in cum Transitu,</i> first edition, 1669. £5,000 to £7,000. -
<b><center>Gonnelli Auction House<br>Old master, modern and contemporary art<br>Maps & Orientalia<br>8th-9th-10th of June 2022<b>Gonnelli Auction House:</b> Giuseppe Aloja, Veduta di Napoli dalla parte di Chiaia. Starting price: € 1650<b>Gonnelli Auction House:</b> Abraham Ortelius, Mappa dell'Atlantico del Nord. Starting price: € 280<b>Gonnelli Auction House:</b> Max Klinger, Für alle. 1884. Starting price: € 360<b>Gonnelli Auction House:</b> Katsushita Taito II, Kacho gaden. Starting price: € 320<b>Gonnelli Auction House:</b> Blub, Galileo Galilei. Starting price: € 100
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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 103,741.00 |
| Auction Date | 12/16/2021 - 12/16/2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 56,020.00 |
| Sale Number | #2228 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 78,460.00 |
| Total Lots | 279 | ||
| Sold Lots | 250 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 68,190.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.61% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 95,540.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 108.58% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | Delrue (Paul, binder).- Thomas (Dylan) | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog |
1940 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 7,095.00 |
| 181 | Piper (John).- Thomas (Dylan) | Deaths and Entrances |
1984 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 7,095.00 |
| 260 | Travers (Martin) | Collection of 45 original drawings for the publication 'Pictures of the English Liturgy' |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,000.00 | |
| 108 | Keats (John) | [Poems] |
1914 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 268 | Kipling (Rudyard) | The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,625.00 | |
| 104 | ?apek (Karel) | Anglické Listy |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,500.00 | |
| 238 | Bowie (David) | Moonage Daydream. The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust |
2002 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 248 | Smith (Patti) | Witt |
1973 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 132 | Gross (Anthony).- Theocritus. | Sixe Idyllia... |
1971 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,125.00 |
| 5 | Daglish (Eric Fitch).- Walton (Izaak) & Charles Cotton. | The Compleat Angler |
1927 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 204 | Thomas (Dylan) | Under Milk Wood |
2013 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 214 | Craig (John) | Britten's Aldeburgh |
1997 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 38 | Fine Press Book Association (The). | Fine Press Book Association (The). Parenthesis: The Newsletter [Journal]... |
1998-2021. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 177 | Piper (John).- Thomas (R.S.) | The Mountains |
1968 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 105 | Delrue (Paul, binder).- Llewellyn (Richard) | How Green was my Valley |
1939 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 967.50 |
| 34 | Ward (Lynd) | Prelude to a Million Years |
1933 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 185 | Private Press Propsectuses.- A collection of prospectuses |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 937.50 | ||
| 197 | Semonides, of Amorgos. | Women |
1983 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 202 | Tanner (Heather & Robin) | Woodland Plants |
2 vol., one of 50 copies, this marked 'Publishers' Proof 1', Robin Garton Ltd. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 130 | Graham (Rigby) | Leicestershire |
1980 | GBP 650.00 - 750.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 190 | Meyer (Klaus) | Superimpositions: A Suite of Eight Groups of Relief Prints in Colour |
1995 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 198 | Shakespeare (William) | The Works |
10 vol., limited edition on handmade paper, Stratford-on-Avon | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 165 | Barnfield (Richard) | The Affectionate Shepheard |
1998 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 774.00 |
| 11 | Gibbings (Robert).- Lucian of Samosata. | The True Historie of Lucian the Samosatenian |
1927 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 124 | Gill (Eric) | Wood-Engravings... |
1924 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 750.00 |
