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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectors' Books Total Sales (GBP) 61,969.88
Auction Date December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 24,950.00
Sale Number #120424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 38,560.00
Total Lots 237
Sold Lots 191 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 31,350.00
% of Lots Sold 80.59% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 48,220.00
Unsold Lots 46 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 128.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3229

ILLUMINATED LEAVES.

mid-15th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,233.00
3007 Arthur Edward WAITE.

The Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition under the Veil of Divination.

1910 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 2,988.00
3235

ILLUMINATED LEAVES.

early 16th century GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,988.00
3230

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

mid-15th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,739.00
3234

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

late 15th -- early 16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,241.00
3228 [Giustino di GHERARDINO.]

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

14th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,116.50
3023 Morgan ROBERTSON.

Futility.

1898 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3226 [NERIO.]

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

early 14th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3231

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

mid-15th century GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,743.00
3236

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

early 16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,743.00
3227 [Giustino di GHERADINO.]

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

14th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,618.50
3237

ILLUMINATED INITIALS.

late 15th -- to early 16th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,494.00
3233

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

late 15th- early 16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,245.00
3110 Galilei GALILEO.

Galileo a Madama Christina di Lorena (1615).

1896, 1897. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,058.25
3063 GREGYNOG PRESS (publisher). Robert BRIDGES.

A Poem in XII Measures.

1935 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 871.50
3201 BIBLE, In English.

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.

1717-16. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 871.50
3217 A.S.G. BUTLER.

The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

1984 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 871.50
3011 [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] 'Lewis Carroll'.

Three Sunsets and Other Poems.

1898 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 684.75
3066 RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). Jacob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl GRIMM.

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm... translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas.

1909 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 684.75
3135 WELLS, H.G.

The New Teaching of History. With a Reply to some Recent Criticisms of The Outline of History.

1921 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 684.75
3015 HUNT, John.

The Ascent of Everest.

1993 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 622.50
3207 George A. HOYEM (compiler).

British Sporting Guns and Rifles.

1996 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 597.60
3213 WILME, B.P.

A Manual of Writing and Printing Characters, both Ancient and Modern, for the Use of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, Engravers, Printers, Decorators, and Draughtsmen.

1845 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 547.80
3024 Robert JONES.

A New Treatise on Artificial Fireworks.

1765 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 522.90
3161 Harry PRICE.

Stella C. An Account of Some Original Experiments in Psychical Research.

1925 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 498.00
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
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