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Auction Name Online: Modern Literature Total Sales (GBP) 136,302.75
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 67,550.00
Sale Number #1051 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 95,100.00
Total Lots 334
Sold Lots 302.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 78,460.00
% of Lots Sold 90.42% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 111,240.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 122.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228 Milne (A.A.)

When We Were Very Young

 1924 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,318.00
1 Mitford (Nancy)

The Pursuit of Love

 1945 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,048.00
34 [Russell (George)

]

 1936 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,286.00
24 Yeats (William Butler)

Eight Poems

 1916 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,159.00
31 Gregory (Isabella Augusta, Lady)

Seven Short Plays

 1909 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 2,159.00
94 Cocteau (Jean)

La Difficultie D'etre

 1947 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,159.00
235 Murdoch (Iris)

Under the Net

 1954 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,032.00
225 McCarthy (Cormac)

The Road

 2006 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,905.00
268 Remarque (Erich Maria)

All Quiet on the Western Front

 1929 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
234 Murakami (Haruki)

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

 1991 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,778.00
246 Orwell (George)

Nineteen Eighty-Four

 1949 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,778.00
115 Du Maurier (Daphne)

The Loving Spirit

 1931 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,651.00
20 Yeats (William Butler)

Where There Is Nothing: A Play in Five Acts. Supplement to The United Irishman

 1902 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,524.00
4 Mitford (Nancy)

Noblesse Oblige

 1956 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,397.00
37 Roosevelt (Franklin D.).- Lindley (Ernest K.)

Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Career in Progressive Democracy

 1931 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,397.00
174 Hughes (Ted)

The Iron Giant

 1968 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,397.00
96 Cornwell (Bernard)

Sharpe's Eagle

 1981 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,206.50
301 Tolkien (J.R.R.)

A Middle English Vocabulary

 1922 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,143.00
100 Cornwell (Bernard)

[The Saxon Stories]

 2004-2019 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,079.50
302 Tolkien (J.R.R.)

The Hobbit

 1946 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,079.50
95 Cornwell (Bernard)

[The Sharpe Novels]

 1981-2006 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,016.00
263 Proust (Marcel)

[In Remembrance of Things Past]

 1922-1961 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,016.00
44 Reagan (Ronald)

An American Life

 1990 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 952.50
64 Borges (Jorge Luis)

El Libro de Arena

 1975 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 952.50
218 Lorac (E. C. R.)

Shroud of Darkness

 1954 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 952.50
  • <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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