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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 67,375.70
Auction Date May 19, 2022 - May 19, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 45,140.00
Sale Number #2245 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 64,000.00
Total Lots 278
Sold Lots 242 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 53,140.00
% of Lots Sold 87.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 75,400.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 89.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
155 Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)

Bindings.- Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Poetical Works, 10 vol., 1879; and others, most leather bindings (c.80)

 1879 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,625.00
160 Austen (Jane)

Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, second 'Peacock' edition, 1895.

 1895 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,500.00
98

Thames Tunnel.- , Sketches of the Works for the Tunnel under the Thames, Harvey & Darton, 1830 & 2 others, similar (3)

 1830 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,375.00
23 Goode (Herbert)

Botany & Gardens.- Goode (Herbert) The Japanese Garden at Cottered, Herts. 1905-1937, typescript, [c.1937] & others (24)

 c.1937 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,187.50
40 Perrault (Claude)

Perrault (Claude) Memoir's for a Natural History of Animals..., first edition in English, by Joseph Streater...to be sold by T.Basset, 1688.

 1688 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,062.50
262

Hong Kong, Pekin, & Macao.- Photograph album, 1929-31.

 1929-31. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,000.00
67 Clark (D.Kinnear)

Engineering.- Clark (D.Kinnear) Tramways: their Construction and Working, 2 vol., first edition, 1878 & others (18)

 1878 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
257 Guthrie (John)

Pear Tree Press.- Guthrie (John) Collection of 16 original drawings for Guthrie's 'First Designs for the Theatre' and 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', [c. 1918-1930] together with a small collection of Pear Tree Press ephemera, circa 1901-1930 (Sm. Qty.)

 circa 1901-1930 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 937.50
38 Goüan (Antoine)

Marine Life.- Goüan (Antoine) Historia Piscium...; Histoire des Poissons..., only edition, Strasbourg, 1770 & others (20)

 1770 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 812.50
42 Plinius Secundus (Gaius)

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Natural Historie..., 2 vol. in 1, by Adam Islip, 1634.

 1634 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 812.50
46 Pollard (Hugh B. C.)

Sporting.- Pollard (Hugh B. C.) The Gun Room Guide, one of 225 copies signed by the author, 1930; and 6 others, sporting and birds, most signed limited edition (7)

 1930 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 812.50
133 Dodsley (Robert, editor)

Bindings.- Dodsley (Robert, editor) A Collection of Poems in six volumes by several hands, 6 vol., for J. Dodsley, 1775; and others, most in leather bindings (c.100)

 1775 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 812.50
31 Darwin (Charles)

Darwin (Charles) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, second edition, 1878 & others by or on Darwin & evolution (13

 1878 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
139 Fox (Charles James)

Wellesley (Arthur, Duke of Wellington).- Fox (Charles James) A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second, inscribed from Sir Arthur Wellesley on title, 1808; bound with another on Fox, together 2 works bound as 1 vol.

 1808 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 687.50
267 Mailer (Norman)

Space.- Mailer (Norman) Moonfire. The Epic Journey of Apollo 11, one of 1969 copies accompanied by a framed photographic print signed by Buzz Aldrin, Cologne, Taschen, 2009.

 2009 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 687.50
270 Saxton (Christopher)

England & Wales.- Saxton (Christopher) Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum, [1603].

 1603 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 650.00
135 [Johnson (Samuel)]

Bindings.- [Johnson (Samuel)] A Selection form the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, which principally regard the English History, 1793; and others, most in leather bindings (c.60)

 1793 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 625.00
230 McDowell (William)

Maritime.- McDowell (William) Collection of 20 original book illustrations for 'The Shape of Ships', [c. 1952].

 circa 1952 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 625.00
233 Elgar (Edward)

Music.- Elgar (Edward) The Apostles. Parts I & II, signed presentation inscription from the composer, Novello and Company, 1903.

 1903 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 625.00
6 [Bennett (Edward)]

[Bennett (Edward)] The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, 2 vol., 1835 & others, natural history (c.30)

 1835 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 600.00
99 Young (Thomas)

Young (Thomas) A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts, 2 vol., second edition, original cloth, 1845 & others, physics (19)

 1845 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 600.00
272 Ortelius (Abraham)

Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hibernaie, Britannicae Insuale, engraved map, [c. 1590].

 circa 1590. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 600.00
57 Neumann (Caspar)

Chemistry.- Neumann (Caspar) The Chemical Works, first edition in English, 1759 & others (19)

 1759 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 575.00
60 Wilson (Benjamin)

Chemistry.- Wilson (Benjamin) A Series of Experiments on the subject of Phosphori, and their Prismatic Colours..., second edition, John Nourse, 1776 & others (6)

 1776 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 575.00
61 Field (George)

Colour.- Field (George) Chromatics; or, the Analogy, Harmony, and Philosophy of Colours, New Edition, 1845 & others on colour (19)

 1845 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 575.00
  • 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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