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Auction Name 2 Day Book Sale Total Sales (GBP) 23,696.40
Auction Date May 11, 2022 - May 12, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 13,840.00
Sale Number #110522 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 19,545.00
Total Lots 445
Sold Lots 273 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 20,950.00
% of Lots Sold 61.35% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 29,715.00
Unsold Lots 172 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
258

THE BIBLE..., London, Christopher Barker, 1583

 1583 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,340.00
543 HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866-1946)

HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866-1946)

 1889, 1890 and 1893 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,740.00
166 CYRIL CONNOLLY 'PALINURUS'

CYRIL CONNOLLY 'PALINURUS': THE UNQUIET GRAVE

 1944 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 864.00
127 AGATHA CHRISTIE

AGATHA CHRISTIE: DEATH ON THE NILE

 1937 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 396.00
260

THE HOLY BIBLE..., London, Christopher Barker, 1661

 1661 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 396.00
237 ELIZABETH RAFFALD

ELIZABETH RAFFALD: THE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSE-KEEPER FOR THE USE OF LADIES HOUSE-KEEPERS, COOKS ETC...

 London and by Eliz Raffald Confectioner near The Exchange GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 360.00
559

Box: Hethel interest, vellum and other documents, mainly 19th century

 mainly 19th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 360.00
570

Box: assorted vellum and other documents, 19th century and some items much earlier

 19th century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 360.00
571

Spalding Crowland Manor, court rolls, 2 vols, 1698 to 1806, fo, old blind samped calf + another 2 vols, 1867-1890, fo, vellum (4)

 1698 to 1806 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 336.00
194 KARL MARX, FREDERICK ENGELS

KARL MARX, FREDERICK ENGELS: COLLECTED WORKS

 1975-92 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 324.00
34 [GABRIELLE-SUZANNE DE VILLENEUVE]

[GABRIELLE-SUZANNE DE VILLENEUVE]: THE STORY OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

 1908 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 276.00
553

Two old postcard albums containing 320+ postcards including UK topography, military including Great War with Bruce Bairnsfather (11), other subjects including Royalty, comic, maritime etc

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 276.00
566

Box: good quantity Norfolk interest, vellum and other documents, 19th century and earlier

 19th century and earlier GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 264.00
577

Box: assorted comics including good quantity BOYFRIEND and GIRL

 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 264.00
141 MERVYN PEAKE

MERVYN PEAKE: TITUS GROAN - GORMANGHAST - TITUS ALONE

 1946 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 228.00
294 [MOSTYN JOHN ARMSTRONG]

[MOSTYN JOHN ARMSTRONG]: HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK

 1781 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 216.00
556

Box: large quantity Spalding interest, vellum and other documents, 18th and 19th century

 18th and 19th century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 216.00
187 [ELIZABETH RIGBY, LATER LADY EASTLAKE]

[ELIZABETH RIGBY, LATER LADY EASTLAKE]: LIVONIAN TALES, THE DISBONENT, THE WOLVES, THE JEWESS

 1849 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 204.00
218 CHARLES GODFREY LELAND

CHARLES GODFREY LELAND: GIPSY SORCERY AND FORTUNE TELLING

 1891 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 204.00
264 FOLIO SOCIETY

FOLIO SOCIETY: 35 assorted vols including 31 in slip-cases (35)

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 204.00
312 JAMES GRIGOR

JAMES GRIGOR: THE EASTERN ARBORETUM OR REGISTER OF REMARKABLE TREES, SEATS, GARDENS ETC IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK WITH POPULAR DELINEATIONS OF THE BRITISH SYLVA

 1841 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 192.00
573

Box: Italian military interest and other ephemera

 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 192.00
592 FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD

FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD: PLAN OF THE CITY OF NORWICH

 [1806] GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 192.00
66

THE NEW RUPERT BOOK [1948] ANNUAL

 1948 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 180.00
310 [WILLIAM C EWING] (ED)

[WILLIAM C EWING] (ED): NORFOLK LISTS FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT TIME...

 1837 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 GBP 180.00
  • 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
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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