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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Early Printed Books, Incunabula, Maps & Decorative Prints. Ex-Libris from a Private Collection

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Auction Name	Early Printed Books, Incunabula, Maps & Decorative Prints. Ex-Libris from a Private Collection	Total Sales (GBP)	388,252.40
Auction Date	January 29, 2025 - January 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	164,770.00
Sale Number	#12925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	244,950.00
Total Lots	490
Sold Lots	440.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	180,670.00
% of Lots Sold	89.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	268,950.00
Unsold Lots	50	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	144.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
277	Hippocrates.	Octoginta volumina	1525...	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 24,000.00
68		Estate Plan. A Map of the Manor of Newnton in the County of Wilts...	1748	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 15,600.00
190		Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe	1568]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 14,400.00
436	Kipling (Rudyard).	Just So Stories	1902	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 12,600.00
334	Bacon (Francis).	Instauratio Magna [Novum Organum]	1620	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,400.00
244		Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New	1717	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 6,240.00
214		Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New	1613	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 6,000.00
191		Bible [English]. [The Bible in English, that is to say: The content of all the holy Scripture	1569]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,280.00
160		Bible [Latin]. Incipit epistola beati Hieronymi ad Paulinum presbyterii de omnibus...	1486	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 5,040.00
196		Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures...	1582	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,040.00
258	Byrne (Oliver).	The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid...	1847	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,320.00
162	Valerius Maximus (Gaius).	Facta et dicta memorabilia...	1493	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,080.00
186	Boccaccio (Giovanni).	The Falls of... Princes and Princesses, translated by John Lydgate	1554	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,080.00
138	Roberts (David).	Six Lithographs of Egypt and the Holy Land [1843 - 48]		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,968.00
423	Churchill (Winston S.)	Collected works & essays, 38 volumes	1973	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,840.00
176	Fabyan (Robert).	Fabyans cronycle newly prynted,	1533	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,600.00
181		Liturgical Primer. The Primer set forth by the Kinges Maieste...,	1545	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,360.00
194	Holinshed (Raphael).	Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irlande, 3 vols	1577	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,360.00
207		Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New	1602]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,360.00
420	Bawden (Edward, illustrator).	A collection of 9 Fortnum & Mason catalogues	1950s	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 3,360.00
363		Watson, Crick & the Discovery of DNA, Nature, 25 April 1953		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,120.00
149		Early English manuscript leaves. Two leaves on vellum from a Latin Missal, England,	circa 1150-1200	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,976.00
365		American Bookplates. Approximately 750 bookplates by various artists	circa 1880-1940	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,976.00
170		Bible [Latin]. Biblia	1516	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,640.00
218		Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New...,	[1629]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,640.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.