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Auction Reports

Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectors' Books Total Sales (GBP) 41,433.75
Auction Date November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 21,530.00
Sale Number #112625 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 33,550.00
Total Lots 216
Sold Lots 190.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 32,460.00
% of Lots Sold 87.96% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 49,500.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4033 W.H. Medhurst (compiler)

CHINA. -- Chinese and English Dictionary

1842-1843 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,750.00
4074 George Henry ROBERTSON

MANUSCRIPT. -- [A hand-written diary of a tour around Europe by Brigadier General George H. Robertson]

[January-October 1845] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,875.00
4061 SHAKESPEARE, William

The Works of Shakespear

1771-1770 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,625.00
4068 NASH, Paul (illustrator)

Genesis

1924 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,062.50
4094 George Henry ROBERTSON

MILITARY. -- Brigade Parade Diagrams for the Three Arms

1853 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,062.50
4010 MILNE, A.A.

Winnie-the-Pooh

1926 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 875.00
4142 John Henry SYLVESTER

INDIA. -- Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India Under Major General Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.B.

1860 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 750.00
4056 W.B. YEATS and Edward John ELLIS (editors)

BLAKE, William. -- The Works of William Blake, Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical

1893 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 687.50
4003 THATCHER, Margaret

The Path to Power

1995 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 625.00
4105 SOWERBY, John Edward

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants...

1863-1892 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 600.00
4173 Albert DE LIEGE

TYPESCRPT. -- A Few Impressions and Experiences of Active Service in East Africa and Other Places During the First World War

[circa 1950] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 550.00
4141

BIBLE, In English. The Holy Bible Containing the old Testament and the New

1663 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 525.00
4032 LANG, Andrew

The Violet Fairy Book

1901 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 500.00
4102

PULP SCIENCE FICTION. Thrilling Wonder Stories, the Magazine of Prophetic Fiction

October 1936-March 1953 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 500.00
4100

PULP SCIENCE FICTION. Astounding Stories of Super-Science

October 1930-February 1960 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 475.00
4104

COMICS. Tiger

11th September 1954- 27th September 1958 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.00
4034 Christina ROSSETTI

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). -- Goblin Market

1933 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
4052 Henry F. NORBURY

SIGNED BOOK. -- The Naval Brigade in South Africa

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 450.00
4144 R. NORTH

INDIA. -- The Punjab Frontier Force

1934 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 450.00
4012 BOWDLER-SHARPE, R. (editor)

Lloyd's Natural History

1896-1897 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 400.00
4108 CHRISTIE, Agatha. Mrs.

McGinty's Dead

1952 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 400.00
4025 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

The Lord of the Rings

1963-1965 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 375.00
4041 Ian FLEMING

FOLIO SOCIETY. -- [James Bond Novels]

2015-2021 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 375.00
4118 DOWER, John

A New General Atlas of the World

March 1832 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 375.00
4121 John COCKBURN

PIRATES. -- A Faithful Account of the Distresses and Adventures of John Cockburn, Mariner, and Five other Englishmen who Were taken Prisoners by a Spanish Pyrate

1740 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 375.00
  • 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.
  • 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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