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Auction Name	Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items	Total Sales (GBP)	32,526.00
Auction Date	March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	14,045.00
Sale Number	#31926b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	21,765.00
Total Lots	244
Sold Lots	223.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	15,655.00
% of Lots Sold	91.39%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	24,315.00
Unsold Lots	21	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	133.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
110		Narrative of a Tour Made from Whitehaven - by Cockermouth - Keswick - Hexham During the Present Summer of 1820, in Letters to a Friend.	1820	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 3,600.00
100	WAINWRIGHT ELIZABETH.	Early 18th century manuscript recipe book. A Queen Anne period 8vo volume closely written in ink with a wealth of recipes for meat, desserts, cakes, biscuits, wines & cordials, medicines & cures.	1711. 1931/32. A copy of the "Ordinary Edition" is included with the lot.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,640.00
92	PONTING HERBERT G.	Polar photograph, Scott`s Expedition. Eruption of Mount Erebus, telephoto view.	1910". Pencil title "The eruption" & initialled "H G P No.30 in pencil". 32cm x 43cm.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,800.00
91	PONTING HERBERT G.	Polar photograph, Scott`s Expedition. Western Geological Party, Debenham, Griffith-Taylor, Gran & Forde on the deck of the Terra Nova after their return (1912)	N/A	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,200.00
67	SLEIDANUS JOHANNES.	De Quatuor Summis Imperiis. Small 8vo. Old calf.	1595	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 840.00
104	ESTIENNE ROBERT (Pubs).	Novum Testamentum ex Bibliotheca Regia, Greek text in Garamont`s Cicero fount	1549	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 660.00
64	YOUNG ROBERT, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majestie.	The Booke of Common Prayer & Administration of the Sacraments.	1637	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 576.00
90		Horsemanship - Heavy Horses - North & East Scotland. Early 20th cent. manuscript in a readable ink hand,	Early 20th cent.	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 540.00
60		Shipping & Maritime. Defective copy of the souvenir number of "The Shipbuilder"	1911	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 504.00
87	CAMDEN WILLIAM.	Britannia. Eng. title (chipped & det.), letterpress title with large coat of arms, additional title for Hiberniae.	1600	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 504.00
54		Astronomy & Telescopes. 6 various vols.; also Albert Einstein, Relativity	1920.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 456.00
175	ORWELL GEORGE.	Nineteen Eighty-Four.	1949	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 456.00
21	JOYCE JAMES.	Exiles, A Play in Three Acts.	1918	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 360.00
127	CHUBB CHARLES.	The Birds of British Guiana Based on the Collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell.	1916-1921.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 360.00
216	(SERVETUS MICHAEL), Allwoerden Henricus Ab, Compiler.	Historia Micaelis Serveti quam Praeside Io. Laur. Moshemio. Eng. port. frontis of Servetus.	1728	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 360.00
9	MENPES MORTIMER.	Durbar.	1903	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 336.00
72		A Log Book containing the Proceedings on Board the RYS Zingara from the Port of Beaumaris to the Mediterranean Sea, Commanded by Sir Richard Bulkely, kept by William Jones, Chief Officer.	26th Feb.1888 to 6th July1888	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 312.00
195		Bindings & odd volumes. A carton, incl. some well bound works. (20).	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 312.00
22	YEATS W. B.	The Pot of Broth.	1911	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 288.00
63	RALEIGH SIR WALTER.	The Historie of the World in Five Bookes. Commences with "The Minde of the Front",	1652	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 288.00
68	DALHUSI JOHN H. (Ed).	De Regum Regnorumque ... Oratio Theologico-Politico-Historica ... in Usum Academicae Juventutis Scotorum. Old calf.	1691	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 288.00
142	HIGGINS P. G. & others.	Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 1 (x2), vol. 5 & vol. 7,	N/A	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 288.00
203	(LEGH GERARD).	The Accedence of Armorie, Newly Corrected & Augmented. Eng. title (loss to outer edge),	1612	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 288.00
1	MILTON JOHN.	Paradise Lost.	1817	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 264.00
42	KNEEN J. J.	The Place-Names of the Isle of Man.	1925-1928	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 264.00

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 April

Sotheby’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.