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Auction Name
Online: Modern Literature
Auction Date
02/12/2026 - 02/12/2026
Sale Number
#1073
Total Lots
312
Sold Lots
285.0
Lots Sold
91.35%
Unsold Lots
27
Total Sales (GBP)
135,592.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
65,440.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
92,610.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
78,290.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
111,260.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
121.87%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
180 Lewis (C.S.)

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

1952 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,318.00
288 Stewart (Mary)

Madam, Will You Talk?

1954 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,794.00
236 Orwell (George)

A Clergyman's Daughter

1935 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,794.00
234 Orwell (George)

Down and Out in Paris and London

1933 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,286.00
116 Forster (E.M.)

The Longest Journey

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
278 Simenon (Georges)

On the Danger Line

1944 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,778.00
239 Owen (Wilfred)

Poems

1920 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,651.00
117 Forster (E.M.)

A Room with a View

1908 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,651.00
106 Fleming (Ian)

Diamonds are Forever

1956 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,651.00
224 Milne (A.A.)

[The Christopher Robin Books]

1924-28. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,524.00
283 Spark (Muriel)

The Comforters

1957 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,270.00
63 Christie (Agatha)

A Murder in Announced

1950 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,270.00
91 Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan, writer, 1859-1930)

Autograph postcard signed to Lady Lindsay-Hogg

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,270.00
279 Simenon (Georges)

Aunt Jeanne

1953 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,270.00
159 Huxley (Aldous)

Eyeless in Gaza

1936 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,270.00
84 Dahl (Roald)

[Collected Works for Children]

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,206.50
274 Sacks (Oliver)

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,206.50
92 Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).- Holmes (William Gordon)

The Age of Justinian and Theodora

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,143.00
290 Stoppard (Tom)

Travesties

1975 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,143.00
83 Dahl (Roald)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,079.50

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  • Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (AMERICA). COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR. Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale…, Paris, 1826 (but printed 1804/5). $60,000 to $90,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (INCUNABLE). SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENTOMOLOGY). MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam, 1719. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. <>Le Flambeau de la Navigation…, Amsterdam, 1620. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). MERCATOR, GERARD. L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde et Figure diceluy, Amsterdam, 1613. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ORNITHOLOGY). GOULD, JOHN. The Birds of Great Britain, London, (1862-)73. First edition. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM & JOHANNES. Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris…, Amsterdam, 1631. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (BOTANY). WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM. Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende…, Amsterdam, 1739-48. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENGLAND). KIP, JOHANNES. Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne, London, 1714-16. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ARCHITECTURE). PIRANESI, GIOVANNI. (Miscellaneous). Prima parte di architetture e prospettive, (Paris, circa 1800). $12,000 to $18,000.
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000