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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Children’s & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Original Illustrations

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Children’s & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Original Illustrations	Total Sales (GBP)	230,496.72
Auction Date	December 11, 2025 - December 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	122,490.00
Sale Number	#121125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	184,750.00
Total Lots	364
Sold Lots	290.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	145,360.00
% of Lots Sold	79.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	218,700.00
Unsold Lots	74	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	105.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
725	Gibran (Kahlil)	The Prophet	1923	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,848.00
737	Lewis (Clive Staples, 1898--1963)	Autograph Letter Signed	2 June, no date, c. 1950	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 7,584.00
375	Dickens (Charles)	A Christmas Carol, in Prose	1843	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,320.00
770	Wilde (Oscar)	De Profundis by Oscar Wilde	[1905]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 5,561.60
519	Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll')	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	1866	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,056.00
580	Stevenson (Robert Louis)	Treasure Island	1883	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,297.60
729	Joyce (James)	Dubliners	1914	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,297.60
736	Lewis (C. S.)	The Silver Chair	1953	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,286.40
711	Christie (Agatha)	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	1926	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,907.20
455	Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943)	Autograph Illustrated Letter	c. 1920	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,780.80
733	Le Carre (John, i.e. David Cornwell, 1931-2020)	British author of espionage novels	1987-2019	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,780.80
411	[Hardy, Thomas]	Desperate Remedies. A Novel	1871	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,528.00
445	Potter (Beatrix)	Ginger & Pickles	1909	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,528.00
377	Bronte (Charlotte, "Currer Bell")	Jane Eyre: An Autobiography	1848	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,401.60
395	Dickens (Charles)	Great Expectations	1861	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
734	Lewis (C. S.)	The Horse and His Boy	1954	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,275.20
417	Hardy (Thomas)	Far from the Madding Crowd	1874	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,148.80
430	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	[1902]	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,148.80
556		Botanical Card Game. The Botanical Pastime	circa 1800-1820	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,148.80
715	Doyle (Arthur Conan)	The Hound of the Baskervilles	1925	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,148.80
454	Potter (Beatrix)	The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin	after 1919	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,022.40
509	Austen (Jane)	Pride & Prejudice, ...	1894	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,022.40
515	[Cameron, Katharine, 1874-1965, artist]	Lachryde Musarum and Other Poems	1892	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,022.40
678	John Milton	Golden Cockerel Press. Paradise Lost. A Poem	1937	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,022.40
709	Charteris (Leslie)	A set of 10 'Saint' novels	1959-79	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,022.40

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.