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Auction Name Online: The Pity of War, The First World War in words and images Total Sales (GBP) 295,763.95
Auction Date November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 149,820.00
Sale Number #1054 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 216,030.00
Total Lots 221
Sold Lots 208.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 156,620.00
% of Lots Sold 94.12% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 226,080.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
122 Sassoon (Siegfried)

The Old Huntsman. And other Poems

 1917 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 34,925.00
123 Sassoon (Siegfried)

The Old Huntsman

 1917-05-01 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 26,035.00
45 Graves (Robert)

Over the Brazier

 1916 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
61 Hardy (Thomas)

Late Lyrics and Earlier

 May 24th. 1922 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,065.00
59 Hardy (Thomas)

Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses

 1917 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
207 Fraser (Claud Lovat)

De Re Belli. A Book of Drawings made in Ypres during the Campaign of 1914-1916...for his friend Holbrook Jackson...

 21. March. 1916 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,588.00
132 Sassoon (Siegfried)

Vigils

 1934 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,334.00
121 Sassoon (Siegfried)

Morning Glory

 [1916] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,080.00
48 Graves (Robert)

Fairies and Fusiliers

 1917 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,572.00
158 Yeats (William Butler)

Yeats (William Butler) Selected Poems

 Nov. 15 1929 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,572.00
70 Jones (David)

In Parenthesis. Seinnyessit e gledyf ym penn mameu

 1937 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,318.00
105 Pound (Ezra)

Cathay: Translations by Ezra Pound for the most part from the Chinese

 1915 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,318.00
38 Frost (Robert)

Mountain Interval

 1916 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,064.00
125 Sassoon (Siegfried)

To Any Dead Officer. Reprints from the Cambridge Magazine

 August, 1917 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,556.00
56 Gurney (Ivor)

War's Embers and other Verses

 1919 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
60 Hardy (Thomas)

A Call to National Service

 1917 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
39 Frost (Robert)

Mountain Interval

 1916 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,048.00
58 Hardy (Thomas)

Hardy (Thomas) Selected Poems

 1916 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,048.00
69 Huxley (Aldous)

The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems

 [1918] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,048.00
97 Owen (Wilfred)

Owen (Wilfred) Poems

 1920 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,048.00
209 Lawrence (T.E.)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

 1935 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,048.00
149 Wharton (Edith)

Wharton (Edith) Twelve Poems

 1929 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,794.00
85 [Manning (Frederic)]

The Middle Parts of Fortune

 1929 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,540.00
28 Cannan (May Wedderburn)

In War Time: Poems

 1917 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,413.00
31 Crosby (Harry)

Red Skeletons, one of 333 copies on on verge Hollande Van Gelder, signed

 1927 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,413.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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