Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 90,907.72 |
| Auction Date | November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 39,380.00 |
| Sale Number | #110625 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 65,520.00 |
| Total Lots | 490 | ||
| Sold Lots | 403.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 50,070.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 82,490.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 87 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 110.21% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) | The Three Norns Winding the Rope of Fate |
1911-11-01 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,510.40 |
| 54 | Arran Inlet (c.1933) | Jessie Marion KING (1875-1949) |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,756.00 | |
| 138 | Thomas Martyn | (Cornwall) A New and Accurate Map of the County of Cornwall, from Actual Survey |
1844 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,003.20 |
| 103 | Edward Twycross (editor) | The Mansions of England and Wales. County of Cornwall |
1846 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,878.00 |
| 406 | The Cellar-Book: or, The Butler's Assistant, in Keeping A Regular Account of His Liquors |
1794 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 1,752.80 | |
| 3 | Geoffrey C. Warren and Harry Clarke (illustrations) | Elixir of Life [Usige Beatha] Being a Slight Account of the Romantic Rise to Fame of a Great House |
1925 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,565.00 |
| 71 | Jane Austen and Hugh Thomson illustrations | (Peacock Binding) Pride and Prejudice |
1984 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,565.00 |
| 1 | Albert WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) | The Procession of the Magi |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,252.00 | |
| 15 | (Dylan Thomas interest) Botteghe Oscure IX |
1952 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 1,252.00 | |
| 2 | Arthur Symons (ed) and Aubrey Beardsley illustrations | The Savoy |
1896 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,064.20 |
| 104 | David Roberts | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubi |
1855-56 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,026.64 |
| 380 | Charles Booth Labour & Life of The People - East London |
1889 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,026.64 | |
| 27 | (Signed and inscribed) Louis Golding Magnolia Street |
1932 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 901.44 | |
| 20 | [Ornament Design] Jugendstil Ornamentik der Gegenwart |
[c.1906] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 876.40 | |
| 106 | Owen (John & Bowen Emanuel) | Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a Correct Coppy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales... |
1720 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 100 | William Camden and Edmund Gibson (additions) | Britannia: Or a Chorological Description of Great Brita |
1722 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 776.24 |
| 23 | J. Griffyth Fairfax and Lionel Lindsay illustrations | (Signed Presentation Edition) The Troubled Pool and Other Poems |
1911 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 751.20 |
| 38 | Arthur Rackham | (Signed with an Original Sketch) The Springtide of Life |
[1918] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 751.20 |
| 33 | Arthur Rackham | Four limpbacks |
[1908] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 726.16 |
| 195 | (Charles I) | Manuscript Receipt for the Royal Chamber, 1640-41 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 688.60 | |
| 24 | [Carr family of Frognal and Eshott Heugh, Felton, Co. Northumberland] An Early 19th Century Sketchbo |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 651.04 | ||
| 226 | (Queen Victoria) The Queen is Slowly Dying A.L.S on Windsor Castle headed paper |
July 1883 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 651.04 | |
| 127 | (Maritime) Nine illustrated works |
1842 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 626.00 | |
| 263 | Henry Cotton Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae | (Ireland) The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland |
1851-1860 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 626.00 |
| 331 | Andreas PEDRETT (1892-1977) | Klosters, Graubunden-Grisons (1943) |
-1943 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 626.00 |
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<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>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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<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.")
