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Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper

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Auction Name	Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	383,660.00
Auction Date	March 16, 2023 - March 16, 2023	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	169,670.00
Sale Number	#31623	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	238,640.00
Total Lots	410
Sold Lots	350.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	211,540.00
% of Lots Sold	85.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	296,210.00
Unsold Lots	60	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	129.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
224		The Artists's own copy Golden Cockerel Press.-	1947	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 60,000.00
93	SPEED, John (1552-1629).	A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World….together with The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine ...	1676	GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 33,750.00
53	Vidal (Emeric Essex) artist	[Napoleon]	1821	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 12,500.00
225	Buckland _ Wright (John) Artist/Illustrator	Original Sketch Books (3)	1943-46	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 12,500.00
114	Du Halde (P.J.B.)	A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the Kingdoms of Korea and Tibet; containing the Geography and History(Natural as well as Civil) of those Countries, with notes Geographical, Historical, and Critical, and Other Impro	1738-41	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,250.00
24	Pico della Mirandola (Giovanni Francesco).	Libro detto Strega, o delle illusioni del Demonio, [trans.by Leandro degli Alberti from the Latin]	1524	GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 8,125.00
257	Rowling (J.K.)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,	1999	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
213	Stoker (Bram)	Dracula,	1897	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 5,250.00
123	Stein (Sir Aurel)	Innermost Asia.	1928	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,500.00
153	Parkinson (John)	Paradisi in Sole Paradissus Terrestri..., woodcut allegorical title of the Garden of Eden by A. Switzer, a German artist living in England, woodcut portrait of Parkinson facing A1, 110 full-page and three small woodcut text illustrations, woodcut initials	1629	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,250.00
85	Narborough (Sir John), Captain Jasmen Tasman, Captain John Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh.	Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North. Towards the Streights of Maggellen, the South Seas…..To which are annexed a large introduction and supplement, giving an account of other navigations to those regions of the globe	1694	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,000.00
13	Grotius (Hugo)	De jure belli ac pacis,	1631	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,750.00
54	Nelson (Horatio)	Autograph letter signed ('Nelson') to Sir William Hamilton, reading "I have to request that your Excellency will demand from this Government whether the King of the Two Siciles is at War with a Country calling itself the Ligurian Republic, or weither the	1798	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,500.00
109	Allen (W.H.)	Map of the Punjab, and the Sikh Territory,	1849	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,500.00
191	Larkin (Philip)	The Whitsun Weddings,	1964	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,500.00
208		Sammelband. A collection of pamphlets relating to wine etc., mostly uncut, some damp staining, later full sheep, rubbed, sm.,4to.,	1691	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,500.00
289	Krahl (Regina)	Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection.	2006-10	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,500.00
4	[Cloppenburgh (Jan Evertszoon, editor)]	Le Miroir de la Cruelle, & Horrible Tyrannie Espagnole perpertree au Pays Pas, par le Tyran Duc de Albe…de les Tyrannies Commises aux Indes Occidentales par les Espagnols	1620	GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 3,250.00
107	Mayer (Luigi) Artist	Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,	1803	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,250.00
302	Beek (Harmsen van der)Illustrator.	Original artwork		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,250.00
315	Milne (A.A,)	[The Christopher Robin Books]	1924-28	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,250.00
349	Christo and Jeanne-Claude	Christo and Jeanne-Claude Career Archive	1970s to 2010s	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,000.00
408		A large collection, including:		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 3,000.00
84	Morden (Robert)	Geography rectified: or, A Description of the World.	1680	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	GBP 2,750.00
146	Gerard (John)	The Herball Historie of Plantes, edited and enlarged by Thomas Johnson, second edition, Johnson's first edition, errata present, engraved title-page by Payne (1607-1647) incorporating a bust of the author, urns with flowers and herbs, and full-length seat	1633	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	GBP 2,750.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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