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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectible Books Total Sales (GBP) 42,851.70
Auction Date October 07, 2021 - October 07, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 21,795.00
Sale Number #100721 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 33,445.00
Total Lots 320
Sold Lots 291 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 24,370.00
% of Lots Sold 90.94% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 37,480.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 114.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
175 LEWIS C.S.

Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

 1950 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,012.00
186 MOORE THOMAS.

 The Ferns of Great Britain & Ireland, edited by John Lindley, nature-printed by Henry Bradbury.

 1855 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,360.00
16

Letters by Scottish Women. An interesting collection of 40 plus manuscript letters spanning the period 1686 to 1820s.

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 2,242.00
17 DUFF HUGH ROBERT, of Muirtown.

Radiger or The Hall of Odin, A Tragedy, In Five Acts. 52pp anonymous publication, the leaves

1819 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 1,652.00
315 THE INGRAM SISTERS, of Staindrop Hall, Co. Durham.

 "Etchings". A square quarto Victorian album in dark half morocco containing 40 etchings by the daughters of John Ingram of Staindrop Hall, a noted art collector & Italian traveller.

 circa 1816 - 1820s. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,121.00
12 McNAB FRANCIS.

Australia. 6 detailed manuscript letters, each a folded folio sheet "ship letter" of varying legibility (some written crossed across the paper) to his mother & family in Saltcoats,

C. early 1840s. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,062.00
7 WARRAND ALEXANDER M.D.

Military Surgeon serving in India. Slim manuscript account book

 1828-1833 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,003.00
14 McNAB WILLIAM, 

Buenos Aires & Montevideo. 6 very detailed & descriptive manuscript "ship letters"  & similar, each on a folded folio sheet, written to family in Scotland.

1829 - early 1830s. GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 1,003.00
15 FAMILY OF HUNTER.

 Australia etc. 3 bundles of correspondence & documents ref. the court case, Hunter v Hunter (Supreme Court, Colony of Victoria),

c.1860 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 944.00
124 THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.

 The 79th News. A complete run from No. 1, April 1891 to 1960 in 60 vols.

 1891 to 1960 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 708.00
153 LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN.

 The Comet. Issue for May 1912, No. 9.

 1888-1968 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 531.00
18

New South-Sea Annuities. 9 certificates of the purchase of Stock. Printed in red & black with manuscript details.

1770s/1780s GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 472.00
8 WARRAND Lt. ALEXANDER J. C., 35th Regiment.

Quarto exercise book in marbled brds., full, containing a diary (whilst he was in India), hurriedly written in pencil

 1855 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 413.00
113 DUGDALE WILLIAM.

 The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes & Armes, beautified with Maps, Prospects & Portraictures.

 1656 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 413.00
163 PARRY WILLIAM EDWARD.

 Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific ... in His Majesty's Ships Hecla & Griper under the orders of William Edward Parry RN FRS & Commander of the Expedition.

1821 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 413.00
265 BILLINGTON WILLIAM.

 A Series of Facts, Hints, Observations & Experiments on the Different Modes of Raising Young Plantations of Oak ... the Fencing, Draining, Pruning & Training (of) Young Trees ... Fruit Trees.

 1825 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 413.00
184 LATHAM JOHN.

 A General History of Birds.

1822 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 377.60
5 BURNLEY-CAMPBELL LT. COL. HARDIN (1843-1920).

 Letts's Diary & Almanac for 1878 with many manuscript entries

 1879 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 354.00
33 WARRAND DUNCAN (Compiler).

 2 large folio ledgers containing copious information of historical & antiquarian interest re. Invernesshire, the Highlands, the clans & Northern families (incl. Forbes of Culloden).

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 354.00
239 FRASER WILLIAM.

 The Douglas Book.

 1885 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 354.00
13 McNAB WILLIAM.

Buenos Aires. Very detailed manuscript "ship letter" to Irvine, Ayrshire describing his journey, the country, its beef farming etc. (Very legible but with a hole with loss).

 1829". GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 330.40
177 STEPHENSON JOHN & CHURCHILL JAMES M.

 Medical Botany or Illustrations & Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants.

 1831 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 330.40
191 SPEED JOHN.

 The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes & Normans ... with the Successions, Lives, Acts & Issues of the English Monarchs.

1632 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 330.40
19

Insurance Certificates. United and Most Beneficial Society for Perpetual Insurance Upon Lives. 3 folio certificates

 1713 & 1714 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 306.80
176 RICHARDSON WILLIAM.

 The Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire.

 1843 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 306.80
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
  • 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.
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