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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 92,623.75
Auction Date April 21, 2022 - April 21, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 47,030.00
Sale Number #2241 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 66,620.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 211 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 58,000.00
% of Lots Sold 84.40% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 82,250.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
124

India.- Miniature book.- Minature book in Hindi, ?early 20th century

 ?early 20th century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 4,000.00
30 Darley (Felix Octavius Carr)

Six albums with 418 "Rough Sketches of Designs for Lossing's History of 'Our Country'"

 1873-1874. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,750.00
160 Burton (Sir Richard Francis)

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 vol., first edition

 1855-56. GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
218 Le Rouge (Georges-Louis)

Introduction a la Geographie

 1756 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,250.00
37 Mercator (Michael)

America Sive India Nova

 c.1595 or slightly later GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,750.00
63 Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)

Ruins of the Desert Cathay, 2 vol., first edition, presentation inscription "Dunlop Smith from the Author" to half-title

 1912 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,750.00
61 Hedin (Sven)

Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lasa, 2 vol., first edition, Autograph Note signed from the author to Colonel F. M. Bailey

 1903 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,625.00
42 Hamilton (William John)

Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth

 1842 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,375.00
222 Fries (Lorenz)

Untitled World Map, later 'Typus Orbis descriptione Ptolemaei', woodcut

 c.1525-1535. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,375.00
166 Lawrence (T.E.)

Crusader Castles, 2 vol., number 624 of 1,000 copies

 1936 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,250.00
3 Baker (Sir Samuel White)

The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., first edition

 1866 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,187.50
182 Prejevalsky (Nikolai)

Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet, 2 vol., first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the translator

 1876 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,187.50
91 Murtadhá ibn Al-Khafif.

The Egyptian History, Treating the Pyramids, the Inundation of the Nile, and Other Prodigies of Egypt,,,, done into English by J. Davies of Kidwelly, first edition in English

 1672 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,062.50
175 Speed (John)

The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described

 1626 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,062.50
132 Tallis (John) and others.

and others. Collection of 14 maps of India and Ceylon

 18th and 19th century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,000.00
54 Baedeker (Karl)

Madeira, Canary Island, Azores, Western Morocco, first edition, Leipzig

 1939 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 937.50
81 Bonvalot (Gabriel)

Across Thibet, translated by C.B.Pitman, 2 vol., first edition in English

 1891 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 875.00
142 Wit (Frederik de)

Insula sive Regnum Siciliae Urbibus Praecipuis Exornatum

 c.1680. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 812.50
235

Space.- Apollo 7, 8, 9 & 11.- Collection of 14 images of astronauts and spacecraft, signed by Walt Cunningham, Wally Schirra, Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, Rusty Schweickart, Jim McDivitt, late 20th century, (14)

 late 20th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 780.00
28 Urban (Sylvanus)

The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume XLV, 3 folding maps of Boston

 1775 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 750.00
87 Montgomery McGovern (William)

To Lhasa in Disguise, first edition

 1924 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
151 Wit (Frederik de)

Insula Malta Accuratissime Delineata, Urbibus, et Fortalitiis

 c.1680. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 750.00
164 Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)

Old Routes of Western Iran: Narrative of an Archaeological Journey, first edition

 1940 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
173 Philby (Harry St. John Bridger)

The Empty Quarter, Being a Description of the Great South Desert of Arabia Known as Rub' al Khali, first edition

 1933 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 750.00
176 Stark (Freya)

The Valleys of the Assassins, second printing, Autograph Letter signed from the author

 1934 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 750.00
  • 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
  • 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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