Back

Forum Auctions: Online: Tales and Morals: The Fables Collection of the late Eric Sweet

Auction Reports

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
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • 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.