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Auction Name Books, Maps and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 109,320.00
Auction Date May 18, 2022 - May 18, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 36,290.00
Sale Number #181 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 61,200.00
Total Lots 189
Sold Lots 178 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 39,590.00
% of Lots Sold 94.18% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 66,700.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 163.90%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2132 Wisden (John)

The Cricketer's Almanack, for the Year 1864 - 2018

 1893 and 1894 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 15,600.00
2091 Original Artwork

Two albums of original 'grotesque style' artwork, comprising

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,800.00
2179 Cherry-Garrard (Apsley)

The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic, London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922

 1922 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,640.00
2058 Laurel and Hardy.

Collection of signed letters and photographs from Stan Laurel (1890-1965), comprising one autograph letter signed 'Uncle Stan/Laurel' and addressed to 'My dear Frank and Jean' (1952)

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,520.00
2004 Hockney (David)

A Bigger Book, Taschen, 2016

 2016 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,400.00
2056 Autograph Albums

Two nineteenth century albums;

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,280.00
2071 Dugdale (Sir William)

The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Forein Parts, and in this Kingdom, London: Alice Warren, 1662.

 1662 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,920.00
2158 Humphreys (Henry Noel, & John Obadiah Westwood).

Humphreys (Henry Noel, & John Obadiah Westwood). British Butterflies and their Transformations [and:] British Moths and their Transformations, London: William Smith, 1841 & 1843-5

 1841 & 1843-5 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,800.00
2036 Dickens (Charles)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, 1838

 1838 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,680.00
2093 Lang (Andrew)

The Rainbow Fairy Books, The Folio Society, 2008-13

 2008-13 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,680.00
2113 Brenton (Edward Pelham)

Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, Henry Colburn, 1838

 1838 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,680.00
2038 Dickens (Charles)

The Biographical Edition of the Works, London: Chapman and Hall Ld, c.1900

 c.1900 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,560.00
2055 Ephemera

Several books including A Handy Book for Floral Decorators, 1867

 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,560.00
2099 Yates (William)

The County Palatine of Lancaster, surveyed by Will'm Yates, 1786

 1786 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,560.00
2186 Partition of India; Bangladesh; Pakistan.

iii) Manuscript notebook of N. L. Hindley, district judge, Tippera, 1933

 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,560.00
2130 Folio Society

A collection of books published by the Folio Society including Raymond Chandler's Complete Novels (seven volumes), The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (seven volumes) and Graham Greene's The Complete Entertainment (six volumes), 122 volumes in total, 1

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,440.00
2131 Signed by Nelson Mandela

Forman (Lionel) and Sacks (E.S. 'Solly'), The South African Treason Trail, John Calder, 1957

 1957 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,200.00
2188 Shackleton (Ernest H.)

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

 1919 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,140.00
2024 Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de).

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, London: T. McLean, 1819

 1819 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,080.00
2090 Rowling (J. K., 1965-).

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury, 1998

 1998 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,080.00
2092 Saint-Exupery (Antoine de)

The Little Prince, William Heinemann, 1944

 1944 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,080.00
2165 Magee (Lesley).

Magee (Lesley). Fly Fishing. The North Country Tradition, Otley: Smith Settle, 1994

 1994 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,080.00
2189 Hunter (John)

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean ...., John Stockdale, 1793

 1793 GBP 600.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,020.00
2044 Luther (Martin)

A Commentarie or Exposition upon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude ... familiarlie translated into Englishe by Thomas Newton, London: for Abraham Veale, 1581

 1581 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 960.00
2187 Ross (James Clark)

A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43

 1847 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 960.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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