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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps and Documents

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Auction Name	Printed Books, Maps and Documents	Total Sales (GBP)	291,953.18
Auction Date	June 18, 2025 - June 18, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	127,920.00
Sale Number	#61825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	191,870.00
Total Lots	419
Sold Lots	369.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	142,290.00
% of Lots Sold	88.07%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	213,020.00
Unsold Lots	50	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	137.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
265		Cookery Manuscript. A Book of receipts Sept: ye 30th 1695, compiled by Alice Phelipps, 1695-1840	1695	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 15,860.00
155		World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618	circa 1618	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 12,810.00
63	Blome (Richard)	Britannia: or a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms...., 1st. edition, 1673	1673	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 5,856.00
64	Booth (Charles)	Life and Labour of the People in London, 17 vols., 1st-3rd Series & final vol., 1902-03	1902-03	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,880.00
80	Darwin (Charles)	On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860	1860	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,880.00
56	Churchill (Winston S.)	The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31	1923-31	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,636.00
24	Mercator (Gerard & Jodocus Hondius)	Historia Mundi: or Mercator's Atlas, 1635	1635	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,392.00
256	Machiavelli (Niccolo)	The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel..., 1st edition, 1675	1675	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,392.00
134	Moll (Herman)	A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715	circa 1715	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,297.60
39	Churchill (Winston S.)	A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 volumes, one signed		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,148.00
338	Menger (Carl)	Grundsatze der Volkswirtschaftslehre ... [all published], Vienna, 1871	1871	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,904.00
166		Birds. Twenty-Eight Watercolours, circa 1810		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 3,539.20
10	Devan (Thomas T.)	The Beginner's First Book in the Chinese Language..., 1847	1847	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 3,416.00
31	Roberts (David)	The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56	1855-56	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,172.00
177	Gillray (James)	The Plumb-pudding in Danger..., H. G. Bohn [1851]	[1851]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 3,033.60
151		World. Hondius (Henricus), Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica..., circa 1636	circa 1636	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,684.00
269	Cunningham (Peter)	The Story of Nell Gwyn, 2 volumes, 1883, extra-illustrated	1883	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,562.00
421		Antiquarian. A collection of 19th century antiquarian books	19th century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,562.00
321	Earlom (Richard)	Liber Veritatis or a collection of Two Hundred prints..., 2 volumes, 1777	1777	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,440.00
77		British Sports & Sportsmen, 16 volumes, 1908-1939	1908-1939	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,196.00
326	Martin (John, illustrator)	The Paradise of Milton..., 1858	1858	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,196.00
358	Churchill (Winston S.)	My Early Life, a roving commission, reprint, 1937	1937	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,196.00
53	Churchill (Winston S.)	The People's Rights, 1st edition, 1909	1909	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,074.00
153		World. Price (C.), A New and Correct Map of the World Projected Upon the Plane..., 1714	1714	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,022.40
103		Australia. Arrowsmith (A.), Dr Ludwig Leichhardt's route in Australia..., 1847	1847	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,952.00

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.
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