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Auction Name	Online: Tales and Morals: The Fables Collection of the late Eric Sweet	Total Sales (GBP)	124,299.00
Auction Date	May 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	78,000.00
Sale Number	#1026	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	110,550.00
Total Lots	198
Sold Lots	186.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	86,500.00
% of Lots Sold	93.94%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	122,250.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	101.68%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
123	Kelmscott Press.- Caxton (William, translator)	The History of Reynard the Foxe	1892	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,544.00
153	Vergilius Maro (Publius)	The Georgics...	1931	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,780.00
4	Aesop.	Fabellae graece et latine	1534	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,276.00
150	Gregynog Press.- Aesop.	The Fables of Esope	1931 [1932]	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,276.00
37	Aesop.	The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse...by John Ogilby	1665	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,520.00
138	Mansfield (Edgar, binder).- Stevenson (Robert Louis)	Fables	1914	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,394.00
142	Cranach Press.- Vergilius Maro (Publius)	Les Eclogues...	1927	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 2,268.00
50	Reynard the Fox.- [Shirley (John) & Alexander Shields, translators.]	The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox [with] The Most Pleasant and Delightful History of Reynard the Fox.	1701-1681-1684	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,016.00
122	Kelmscott Press.- Morris (William)	Poems by the Way	1891	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,016.00
22	Aesop.	Fabulae...	1586	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,890.00
180	Officina Bodoni.- Aesop.	The Fables...printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco...	1973	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,890.00
125	Kelmscott Press.- [Orbeliani (Sulkhan-Saba)]	The Book of Wisdom and Lies	1894	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,764.00
136	Aesop.	Aesop's Fables	1912	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,512.00
144	Curwen Press.- Simon (Oliver, editor)	A Specimen Book of Types & Ornaments in use at the Curwen Press	1931	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,512.00
79	Aesop.	Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists	1761	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,260.00
61	Aesop.	Fables of Aesop and others	1722	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,197.00
62	Aesop.	Fables of Aesop and others	1722	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,197.00
88	La Fontaine (Jean de)	Fables Choisies	1783	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,197.00
14	Aesop.	Fabulae	1560	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,134.00
77	Dyke (Thomas)	Reading Made Perfectly Easy; or	1755	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,134.00
164	Sweet (Eric)	Calligraphic manuscript.- The Craft of Gilding: Materials and History	1953	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,134.00
166	Golden Cockerel Press.- Browne (William)	Circe and Ulysses	1954	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,134.00
10	Aesop.	Vita & fabulae [graece]	1546	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,071.00
18	Aesop.	Vita [Favole] di Esopo	1580	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,071.00
24	Ovidius Naso (Publius)	Metamorphoses	[1591]	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,071.00

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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.