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Auction Name	Open House \| With Arms and Militaria	Total Sales (GBP)	5,661.50
Auction Date	December 01, 2025 - December 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,600.00
Sale Number	#A1254	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	8,650.00
Total Lots	59
Sold Lots	50.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	6,600.00
% of Lots Sold	84.75%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	10,150.00
Unsold Lots	9	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	55.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
409	Saxton, C:	Essexiae Comitat' Nova vera ac absaluta Descripto,1576	C1595.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 572.00
402	Leerhsen, C:	1- Trump, surviving at the top.	1990	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 533.00
403		THREE MAPS OF AFRICA: 1- Dapper, Olfert: Africae Accurata Tabula	1686 or later.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 214.50
450	EDINBURGH: 1- SHEPHERD, T. H:	Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views, or EDINBURGH, in the nineteenth century;.	1829 1	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 208.00
427	DORE, Gustave (ill):	THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE	no date c1870.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 175.50
430	CAVENDISH Lab- 1- BRAGG, William Lawrence:	Autograph letter Signed:	1947	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 175.50
425		Eleven Maps: LONDON WARDS (All hand coloured):		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 169.00
411	ROBERT, Leo-Paul:	Unsere einheimischen Vogel.	c.1933	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 156.00
424		ESSEX, TWO MAPS: 1- Speed, J: Essex divided into hundreds, with the most ancient and fayre towne Colchester..	1713	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 130.00
407	SCOTT, Capt. Robert F:	The Voyage of the Discovery, 2 Volume Set.	1905	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
439	1590- JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus:	Giustino historico illustre, ne le historie esterne di Trogo Pompeo, tradotto dal sig. Bartolomeo Zucchi, da Monza.	1590	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
441	1526- Diodorus Siculus:	Delle antique historie fabulose nuovamente fatto volgare & con diligenza stampato	1526	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
455		Mixed:1- The Museum of Natural History, 2 vols.	nd C1860.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
440		3 Maps- AFRICA: 1- Sanson, N: Afrique,	1650	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
449		Reference books, important Natural History Auction catalogues, etc.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
408	SCHUYLER, Eugene:	Turkistan, Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja, 2 volumes.	1877	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 110.50
426		EDINBURGH Directories: 1829-1902 (11), including: The Post Office annual Directory	1829-1902	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 110.50
437	Albert Houthuesen (Dutch-British, 1903-1979)	Albert Houthuesen, An Appreciation'	1969	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 110.50
428	Dionigi de Carli:	Der nach Venedig uberbrachte Mohr, oder: Curiose	[1692].	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 104.00
429	Crompton, Richmal:	(7) 1st. Edns. With Dust Jackets, including: William the lawless;		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 104.00
416	MACILWAIN, George	(Seven first editions bound in one volume): The general nature & treatment of Tumours	1845	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
434	ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa:	Royal Institute discourse: 'Nature of Light'.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
435	ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa:	Manuscripts for Christmas lectures given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, adapted for juvenile auditory founded by Faraday.	1927-28.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
436	ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa:	1- High Vacuum- A 24 Page Manuscript of his discourse given at the Royal Institution, London, Feb, 2, 1951.	1951	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
452	William, Vincent:	Voyage de Nearque des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'a l'Euphrate ou le journal de l'expedition de la flotte d'Alexandre.	1800	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00

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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