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Auction Name	Rare Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	64,534.34
Auction Date	June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,200.00
Sale Number	#61225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	47,280.00
Total Lots	382
Sold Lots	307.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	36,130.00
% of Lots Sold	80.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	60,500.00
Unsold Lots	75	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	106.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
256	William and Thomas Daniell	Two aquatints showing Indian scenes	c.1801	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 11,017.60
192		The Frank Strike Collection of Cornish Shipwrecks Over 200 Postcards of the Cornish Coastline -- Many by the Gibson Family		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,879.60
183	Edward Twycross (ed)	The Mansions of England and Wales. County of Cornwall	1846	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,629.20
126		A 1960's Aerial view of Dubai Large photographic print	c.1960's	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 2,504.00
76	Seth Lister Mosley	A History of British Birds, Their Nests, and Eggs	1884 and 1887.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,690.20
22		Pictures of the Indian Artist Raja Ravivarma	early 20th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 1,314.60
57	Arthur Young	Annals of Agriculture and Other Useful Arts	1784, 1808	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,314.60
191		The Frank Strike Collection of Cornish Shipwrecks- Archive Two boxes of photographs, postcards, letters and other related ephemera		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,252.00
94	Isaac Taylor	County of Gloucester	c.1777	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,001.60
100	J. R. R. Tolkien	The Lord of the Rings	1962	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,001.60
88	(Wiltshire) Greenwood publishers	Map of the County of Wiltshire, from actual survey in the years 1819 & 1820	1820	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 901.44
130	Lucas Janzoon	Waghenaer Zee caerte van Engelants Eijndt, Alsoe hem tselfde Landt verthoont beginnende van Sorlinges tot Pleijmondt	circa 1590	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 876.40
49	Robert Baker	A Robert Baker 1615 'Breeches' bible. The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers languages...	1615 and 1616	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 751.20
98		Bacon's Map of London 1881	1881	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 751.20
193	(F. E. Gibson)	Shipwreck photographs Twenty four		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 651.04
93		Greenwood & Co Map of the County of Cornwall from a detailed Survey made in the Years 1826 and 1827	c.1827	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 626.00
134	Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes	The Paper Chase	1908	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
150	William Borlase	Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall	1754	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
151	William Borlase	The Natural History of Cornwall	1758	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
74		An Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-1945 Compiled by Headquarters Second Army	1945	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 563.40
131	John Norden	Speculi Britanniae Pars:		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 563.40
8	Thomas Rowlanson illustrations	The English Dance of Death	1815-16	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 525.84
95		Greenwood, Pringle & Co Map of the County of Devon	c.1827	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 525.84
21		International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883 The Fisheries Exhibition Literature, vols. 1-13 (complete), 1884	1884	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 500.80
50	John Calvin and Thomas Norton (trans)	[The Institution of Christian Religion....]	1578	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 475.76

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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