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| Auction Name | Online: Modern Literature | Total Sales (GBP) | 179,114.45 |
| Auction Date | September 18, 2025 - September 18, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 78,830.00 |
| Sale Number | #1046 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 111,170.00 |
| Total Lots | 392 | ||
| Sold Lots | 345.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 90,620.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.01% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 127,780.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 140.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 361 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Two Towers; The Return of the King |
1954-55. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 10,160.00 |
| 6 | Eliot (T.S.) | East Coker, The New English Weekly (Supplement) |
1940 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,096.00 |
| 11 | Eliot (T.S.) | 7 Autograph Letters signed "Tom Possum" or variants to Andrew Roberts |
1944 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,334.00 |
| 8 | Eliot (T.S.) | Little Gidding |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,826.00 | |
| 13 | Eliot (T.S.) | 14 Christmas Cards signed by T.S. Eliot |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,556.00 | |
| 211 | Kavan (Anna) | 4 unpublished short stories |
[1960s] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 132 | Eliot (T.S.) | The Rock |
1934 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 305 | Pym (Barbara) | Excellent Women |
1952 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 304 | Pym (Barbara) | Some Tame Gazelle |
1950 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 210 | Kavan (Anna) | Ice |
1967 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 148 | Forster (E.M.) | A Room With a View |
1908 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 251 | Lehmann (Rosamond) | A Note in Music |
1930 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 138 | Fitzgerald (F. Scott) | The Great Gatsby |
1925 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 186 | Herron (Mick) | Down Cemetery Road |
2003 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 387 | Woolf (Virginia) | To the Lighthouse |
1927 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 68 | Benchley (Peter) | Jaws |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 160 | Green (Henry) | Party Going |
1939 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 208 | Kafka (Franz) | America |
1938 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 7 | Eliot (T.S.) | East Coker, extract from The New English Weekly |
1940 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 61 | Baring-Gould (Sabine) | Margery of Quether and other stories |
1891 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 209 | Kavan (Anna) | A Scarcity of Love |
1956 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 16 | MacNeice (Louis) | Blind Fireworks |
1929 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 88 | Camus (Albert) | The Myth of Sisyphus |
1955 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 228 | Le Carre (John) | The le Carre Omnibus |
1964 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 29 | Mitchell (David) | Ghostwritten |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
