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Auction Name	Books, Maps and Manuscripts	Total Sales (GBP)	74,472.00
Auction Date	April 10, 2024 - April 10, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	24,980.00
Sale Number	#41024	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	41,870.00
Total Lots	116
Sold Lots	109.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	33,980.00
% of Lots Sold	93.97%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	55,470.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	134.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
32	Charles Coote, The Duke of Devonshire and Charles Dickens.	An interesting archive of letters and ephemera belonging to the composer Charles Coote, personal pianist of the 6th Duke of Devonshire, comprising:		GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 5,400.00
82		'Views taken during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger'.		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,560.00
84	'Agricola'.	Description of The Barossa Range and its Neighbourhood, in South Australia. Illustrated with Maps and Coloured Plates, from Original Drawings Made on the Spot by George French Angas.	1849	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,200.00
85	Angas (George French).	The Kafirs Illustrated, in a Series of Drawings, taken among The Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa Tribes; also Portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and other Races inhabiting Southern Africa ...	1849	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,360.00
66	Tolkien (J.R.R.) et al.	A Northern Venture: Verses by Members of the Leeds University English School Association.	1923	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,000.00
95	Bennett (Sir Ernest),	Apparitions and Haunted Houses, A Survey of Evidence.	1939	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,640.00
28	Saxton, (Christopher).	[Yorkshire] - Eboracensis Comitatus (cuius Incolae olim Brigantes appellabantur) Longitudine Latitudine hominumque numero reliquis illustrior.	1577	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,520.00
64	Milton (John).	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.	1688	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,680.00
115		Holy Bible - Bishop's Version. [The Holy Byble, conteyning the olde Testament and the New. Set foorth by aucthoritie ... ].	1575	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,656.00
48	Martin (John).	[Paradise Lost]. Twenty-Four Proof Copies of John Martin's Illustrations for Paradise Lost.	1825-27	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,560.00
57	Folio Society	A large collection of books on historical subjects published by the Folio Society.		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,560.00
75		Polar Exploration. A large quantity of books on exploration, predominantly polar exploration, including;		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,560.00
111	Dummett (Michael),	The Game of Tarot, from Ferrara to Salt Lake City.	1980	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,440.00
65	Bell (Currer) [Charlotte Bronte].	Villette.	1853	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,080.00
61	[Sterne (Laurence)].	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Volumes I - IX.	1763-61	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,020.00
114		The Bible: That Is, The Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and New Testament: Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke ...... The New Testament of Our Lord .... Englished by L. Tomson.	1595	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,020.00
5	Nash (Joseph).	The Mansions of England in Olden Time. Series 1-4.	1869-72	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 960.00
22	Drake (Francis).	Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York ....	1736	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 840.00
23		An outstanding collection of 19th century photographs, comprising:		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 840.00
60	Swift (Jonathan).	The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen.	1758	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 840.00
41	Dante Alighieri.	Inferno.	2007	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 780.00
91	[Hayes (William)].	[Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds with their Descriptions from the Manager of Osterley Park, in the County of Middlesex].		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 780.00
45	Dahl (Roald).	Matilda.	1988	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 720.00
34	HM Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Ephemera	Comprising:	1959	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 660.00
44	Poe (Edgar Allan).	The Bells, and other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac.	no date [1912]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 660.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.