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Auction Name	Interiors	Total Sales (GBP)	6,578.00
Auction Date	November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,100.00
Sale Number	#1133	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,940.00
Total Lots	57
Sold Lots	36.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	5,060.00
% of Lots Sold	63.16%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	9,370.00
Unsold Lots	21	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	70.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5	LEWIS, C. S.	'PRINCE CASPIAN, THE RETURN TO NARNIA' illustrated by Pauline Baynes,	1951	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,235.00
105		A 17TH CENTURY BIBLE	1615	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,105.00
172		A VINTAGE BRITISH RAIL TRAIN STATION SIGN - 'DARWEN'		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 975.00
471	ROBERT MORDEN (1650-1703)	'Dorset Shire'		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 286.00
52		A LARGE COLLECTION OF MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES	19th century and later	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 260.00
251		A VINTAGE ENAMELLED STREET SIGN - 'CITY OF LONDON FENCHURCH BUILDINGS E.C.3'		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 221.00
57		OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851' volumes 1-4,	1851	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 208.00
101		TWO BOXES OF 19TH CENTURY AND LATER MINIATURE BOOKS	19TH CENTURY AND LATER	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 208.00
219		A WOOD ADVERTISING SIGN FOR THE VESSEL 'UNITY ' OWNED BY 'J.& R.J HAXBY'		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 195.00
10		A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE PENGUIN AND PELICAN BOOKS including Wells, H. G. - 'A Short History of the World', A5, 1938 (345)	1938	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 182.00
135		A PHILIPS' CHALLENGE GLOBE 1963,	1963	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 182.00
524	BOXING INTEREST: CHARLES TURNER (1774-1857) AFTER T. BLAKE (fl. 1818-1831)	'The Interior of the Fives Court with Randall and Turner Sparring'		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 182.00
525		THE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN TOM SAYERS & J.C. REED Jim Ward's version of the bout,		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 182.00
12		A VINTAGE PAINTED GLASS SHOP SIGN - '52 R.SMI' white, green and black lettering on a brown ground		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 78.00
62	REEVE, LOVELL	'THE LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS [OF] THE BRITISH ISLES'	1863	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 78.00
79		A LARGE COLLECTION OF EDWARDIAN NEGATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS PLATES mostly town and portrait subjects,		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 78.00
411		A SEMI-PRECIOUS INLAID GLOBE ON BRASS PLATED REVOLVING STAND		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 78.00
604		A VICTORIAN PRINTED AND EMBROIDERED SILK THEATRE ROYAL POSTER	1856	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 78.00
609		A VICTORIAN PRINTED SILK ST JAMES' THEATRE POSTER		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 78.00
96	STODDARD, JOHN L.	'LECTURES' volumes 1-10,	1891	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 65.00
435	MANNER OF A KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792)	Three ladies within an interior	20th century,	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 65.00
419		A VINYL BANNER FOR BATMAN BEGINS, 2005, DC	2005	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 58.50
37	HAWKER, ROBERT REV.	'THE WORKS' volumes 1-10,	1831	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.00
67	J. AYLAGE BLUSH (?),	'The Lone Pine' with a photographic print - 'Perpetual Friendship Lodge No. 135'; ...		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.00
86	GARDNER, JAMES	'FAITHS OF THE WORLD' volumes 1-8,	published by Fullerton & Co, Edinburgh & London	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 52.00

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.
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.
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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