Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 257,956.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 12, 2026 - March 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 129,410.00 |
| Sale Number | #31226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 182,110.00 |
| Total Lots | 333 | ||
| Sold Lots | 251.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 184,040.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.38% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 255,520.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 82 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 100.95% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Lane's Celestial Globe |
1811 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 20,160.00 | |
| 119 | Rodrigues (Etienne Alexandre) | [The complete Hindoo Pantheon, comprising the principal deities worshipped by the natives of British India throughout Hindoostan |
[1842] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 274 | Giles [Carl Ronald Giles O. B. E.] | Cover artwork for the ninth series Giles Annual |
1954-55 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 260 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
1999 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 259 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,500.00 |
| 120 | Indian watercolour: Tirmula Nayak's Palace at Madurai |
n.d. [c. 1850] | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 | |
| 270 | Giles [Carl Ronald Giles O. B. E.] | 'No Camping', featuring the Giles family, with Mother glowering at Father, and a Traveller family |
N/A | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 41 | Sylvanus Urban [Edward Cave] | American Constitution: The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle |
Jan 1731 - May 1865 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,796.00 |
| 210 | The Letterpress Shakespeare |
2009 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,796.00 | |
| 216 | Milne (A.A.) | When We Were Very Young |
1974 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,292.00 |
| 31 | Taylor (John) | Verbum Sempiternum [and] Salvator Mundi, miniature, 1693 |
1693 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
| 197 | Shelley (Percy) | The Prose and Poetical works of Shelley (Percy) |
1876-80 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
| 15 | [Bible, English] Four works bound in one: The booke of common prayer and administration of the sacraments: and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England |
1628 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 4,788.00 | |
| 255 | Orwell (George) | Animal Farm |
1945 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,284.00 |
| 111 | Gray (Lieutenant R.S.) [artist] | [East India Company's Sixteenth Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry] |
[1858 -- 1862] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 137 | Cook (James) | A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world |
1777 | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 275 | Giles [Carl Ronald Giles O. B. E.] | Father Christmas descending a chimney, artwork for a Christmas card |
n.d. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 110 | Gantz (John) | Indian Microcosm |
[1827] | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 118 | Ponting (Herbert George) 1871-1935 | Midnight in Antarctic Summer 1910 |
N/A | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 96 | Collection of documents, manuscripts and papers related to Shrewsbury and Ludlow |
c. 1655 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 206 | Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- The Book of Kells |
1990 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 211 | Bond (Michael) | A Complete run of the Paddington Bear Books |
1958 | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 247 | Fleming (Ian) | Dr. No |
1958 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
| 329 | Aviation. Collection of Pamphlets and Programmes, 1919 -- 1971 |
9th. Auh 1919 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,394.00 | |
| 29 | Peck (Samuel) | A sermon preached at the funeral of Sir Henry Johnson, Kt. who was interr'd in the chappel at Popler, November the 19th. 1683 |
1683 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,268.00 |
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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. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.