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| Auction Name | Online: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 110,070.90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 58,830.00 |
| Sale Number | #1071 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 84,620.00 |
| Total Lots | 306 | ||
| Sold Lots | 275.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 66,430.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.87% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 95,470.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 31 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 115.29% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | [Collier (Jane)] | An Essay on the Art of ingenious Tormenting, engraved frontispiece, |
1753 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 36 | Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord), William Wilberforce, Spencer Perceval and others | Extensive collection of signatures of Members of Parliament and the House of Lords, |
1811 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 126 | Strickland (Agnes) | Lives of the Queens of England, |
1844-48 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 240 | Jones (Owen) | The Psalms of David Illuminated, |
[1861] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 205 | Jones (Glyn) & T.J. Morgan. | The Story of Heledd, |
1994 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 218 | Chaucer (Geoffrey) | The Works, |
1928-29. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 246 | Knight (Henry Gally) | The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy, |
1843-44 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 93 | Smith (Adam) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, |
1802 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 151 | Sitwell (Edith) | The Collected Poems, |
1930 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 187 | Beekman (E.M.) | Narcissus, |
1974 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 200 | Lawrence (T.E.) | Crusader Castles, |
1936 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 66 | Restoration binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), and Administration of the Sacraments, |
1687 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 145 | Poe (Edgar Allan) | The Works, |
1902 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 155 | Low (David) | Twelve Biographies, |
1933 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 226 | Reeves (James) | Arcadian Ballads, |
1977 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 229 | Dulac (Edmund) Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) | The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, |
n.d. | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 68 | Milton (John) | The Works of John Milton, |
1697 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 195 | Eliot (T.S.) | Geoffrey Faber 1889-1961, |
1961 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 219 | Spark (Muriel) | Not to Disturb, |
1971 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 224 | Tucker (Alan) & Morris Cox. | In Line: The Poems [&] The Collages, |
1988 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 287 | Stuart (James) | and Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens. Measured and Delineated, |
1762-1816; | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 119 | Dickens (Charles) | Hard Times. For These Hard Times, |
1854 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 249 | Prisse d'Avennes (Emile) | La Decoration Arabe, |
[1885] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 256 | Ruskin (John) | The Stones of Venice, |
1851-53 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 74 | Trials (The) of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony, and Charles White, for the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere, |
1741 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 889.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
