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Auction Name Books, Maps and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 77,215.60
Auction Date December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 28,850.00
Sale Number #14257 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 45,330.00
Total Lots 144
Sold Lots 132.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 31,650.00
% of Lots Sold 91.67% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 49,730.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 155.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2105 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909.

1909 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,894.40
2122 Hayek (F.A.).

The Road to Serfdom.

1944 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,121.60
2033 Potter (Beatrix).

The Fairy Caravan, by Beatrix Heelis ("Beatrix Potter").

1929 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,864.00
2131 Vellum Bindings.

Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey.

1907-1908 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,606.40
2078 Saxton (Christopher).

Eboracensis comitatus (cuius Incolae olim Brigantes appellabantur) Longitudine Latitudine hominumque nemero relequis illustrior.

1577 [1579] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,962.40
2030 Potter (Beatrix & Rupert). Potter (Rupert).

Physiology, Containing Vital Operations of Animals, Digestions & Absorption, On the Blood & its Circulation, Respiration, Formation of Tissues. Manuscript journal/excerise book, signed 'Rupert Potter. 1850-51

1850-51 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,833.60
2125 Lewis (C.S.).

The Screwtape Letters.

1942 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,833.60
2102 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.

1919 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 2,318.40
2103 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.

1919 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,932.00
2108 Worsley (Frank Arthur).

Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure.

1931 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 1,674.40
2059 Bible, [English] - Geneva-Tomson-Junius Version.

The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in diuers Languages.

1633 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,416.80
2135 Yorkshire - Manuscript Documents.

A collection of approximately fifty-three 16th-19th century manuscript documents, mostly indentures, ...

16th-19th century GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,416.80
2110 Blome (Richard).

The Gentlemans Recreation.

1686 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,094.80
2137 Thomas (Dylan) & Piper (John, illustrator).

Deaths and Entrances.

1984 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,094.80
2084 Amundsen (Roald).

The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.

1912 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,030.40
2107 Wild (Frank).

Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest... From the Original Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin.

1923 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,030.40
2121 Hayek (F.A.).

Law, Legislation and Liberty: A new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy.

1973-79 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,030.40
2091 Howard-Bury (C.K.).

Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921.

1922 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 966.00
2111 Botanical Studies.

A collection of nineteenth century botanical drawings, ink and watercolour,

nineteenth century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 966.00
2139 India.

Views of Benares from the River Side. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares [cover-title].

No date [circa 1920-30] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 966.00
2008 Shakespeare (William).

[Plays], Bell's Edition.

1785 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 901.60
2021 Knight (Henry Gally).

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy.

1842-1844 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 901.60
2057 Bible, [English] - Geneva Version.

The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers languages...,

1615 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 901.60
2058 Bible, [English] - Geneva Version.

[The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke: and conferred with the Best Translations in Divers Languages.]

1588 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 901.60
2138 Cartes de Visite - Royalty.

An album of approximately 95 cartes de visite of royalty and emperors of the UK, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, China, etc.,

c.1860s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 901.60
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000