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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 69,518.75
Auction Date July 03, 2019 - July 03, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 46,180.00
Sale Number #2107 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 66,330.00
Total Lots 257
Sold Lots 240 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 50,430.00
% of Lots Sold 93.39% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 72,230.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 96.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
238 Bindings.- Secundus (Joannes)

The Basia, or Kisses, 1824 § Gore (William)

1824 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,500.00
35 Dibdin (Rev. Thomas Frognall)

A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and …

 1821 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,625.00
100 Talbot (Bertram, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury)

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable …

 1857 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,250.00
62 Lowther (Lancelot, 6th Earl of Lonsdale)

[Sale Catalogue] Lowther Castle, near Penrith, …

 1947 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,187.50
9 Bennett (Sir William)

A Collection of Rare Old Chinese Porcelains, Gorer, 1910 & Chinese ceramics sale …

 1910 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 937.50
29 Clerk (John, Lord Eldin)

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the...Valuable Collection of Pictures..., …

 1833 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
46 Grave (Robert)

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive Collection of …

 1805 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 937.50
81 Rogers (Samuel)

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Very Celebrated Collection of Works of …

 1856 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 937.50
26 [Caulfield (Francis, 2nd Earl of Charlemont)]

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of some Highly Important and Valuable Books and Manuscripts of a Nobleman…

 1865 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 875.00
209

1953 British Mount Everest Expedition.- Collection of signatures, comprising: Edmund Hillary, John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay & Alfred Gregory

 28th June 1953 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 875.00
59 Krahl (Regina)

Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue, 3 …

 1986 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
63 Lugt (Frits)

Répertoire des Catalogues de Ventes Publiques, vol.1-3 (1600-1900), The Hague, …

 1938-53-64. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
71 Neale (John Preston)

Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, …

 1818-29. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
85 Roscoe (William)

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the very select and valuable Library..., , bound …

 1816 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 812.50
168 Rogers (Woodes)

A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the …

 1712 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 812.50
91 Sotheby (Samuel)

A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal Libraries which have been sold …

 1828 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
97 Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (Richard, 2nd Duke of Buckingham)

[Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Contents of Stowe House, Christie & …

 1848 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 750.00
143 Powilewicz (A.J., illustrator).- Régnier (Henri de)

Moi, Elle, et lui, hors commerce copy,

1935 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
148 Thomson (Hugh).- Austen (Jane)

Pride and Prejudice, 1894.

 1894 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
41

Elgin Marbles.- House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles,

 1816 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 687.50
54 Fox-Strangways (Amelia)

Catalogue of Pictures belonging to the Earl of …

 1883 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 687.50
104 Towneley (John)

[Sale Catalogue] Bibliotheca Towneleiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive …

 1814 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 687.50
110 [Waldie (John)]

A Catalogue of Pictures, Statues...Books...at Hendersyde Park

 1825 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 687.50
200

Miniature Book.- Binding.- Souvenir, hand-coloured engraved title vignette and illustrations

 [1828]. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 687.50
153 Planck (Max).- Physics.- Meitner-Graf (Lotte)

Portraits Max Planck and his wife Marga, c.1938 § …

 [c.1938] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 625.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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