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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Vintage Games and Toys

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Auction Name Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Vintage Games and Toys Total Sales (GBP) 322,399.20
Auction Date December 13, 2024 - December 13, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 152,570.00
Sale Number #121324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 235,520.00
Total Lots 421
Sold Lots 389.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 162,070.00
% of Lots Sold 92.40% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 249,720.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 129.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
715 Rowling (J. K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression,

 1997 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 48,000.00
402

Indian playing cards. Dashavatara Ganjifa, Cuddapah (Dekkan) type, Nossam, Andhra Pradesh, India

 circa 1884 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 12,400.00
623 Hughes (Ted)

The Hawk in the Rain, 1st edition,

 1957 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
725 Stoppard (Tom)

The Real Inspector Hound, 1968; Enter a Free Man, 1968; Albert's Bridge and If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, 1969;

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 5,040.00
740 Tolkien (J. R. R.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers, The Return of the King, 1st editions,

 1954-55 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,800.00
547 Beckett (Samuel)

Waiting for Godot. A tragicomedy in two acts, 3rd impression,

 1957 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,560.00
601 Heaney (Seamus)

Ugolino,

1979 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,080.00
445 Milne (A. A.)

The House at Pooh Corner, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard,

 1928 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
473 Boyle (Eleanor Vere, 1825-1916)

Six original illustrations to Child's Play

 circa 1852 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,852.00
686 Orwell (George)

Animal Farm, 1st edition,

 1945 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,760.00
630 Huxley (Aldous)

Brave New World,

 1932 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,640.00
758 Wells (H. G.)

The Time Machine, 1st edition, 1st issue,

 1895 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,520.00
403

Indian playing cards. Dashavatara Ganjifa, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra, India

 circa 1950 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,480.00
406

Mont Blanc game. The New Game of the Ascent of Mont Blanc, 2nd edition

 circa 1861 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,480.00
551 Blyton (Enid)

Five on a Treasure Island, 1st edition,

 1942 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,400.00
759 Wells (H. G.)

The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue,

 1898 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,400.00
531

Arts and Crafts binding. The Game of Chess.

 1921 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,280.00
365

Educational card game. Elements of Conchology, on the Linnaean System: Arranged in Question and Answer,

 1828 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,232.00
437 Lang (Andrew)

A set of all 12 Fairy Books (Blue, Pink, Yellow, Red, Green, Violet, Brown, Grey, Crimson, Orange, Olive, Lilac),

2006-13 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,160.00
677 McCarthy (Cormac)

Outer Dark, 1st UK edition,

 1970 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,160.00
761 Wells (Herbert George, 1866-1946)

The First Men in the Moon, reprint,

 1913 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,160.00
749 Waugh (Evelyn)

Labels. A Mediterranean Journal,

 1930 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,040.00
763 Williams (Charles)

Descent Into Hell, 1st edition,

 1937 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,040.00
739 Tolkien (J. R. R.)

The Hobbit, 2nd edition, 6th impression,

 1954 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,920.00
665 Le Carre (John, 1931-2020, British espionage author)

16 autograph letters and notecards, all written to David Gillard MBE

 2008-2020 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,860.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
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    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.