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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 83,339.75
Auction Date July 29, 2021 - July 29, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 45,410.00
Sale Number #2206 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 64,870.00
Total Lots 294
Sold Lots 270 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 51,960.00
% of Lots Sold 91.84% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 74,570.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 111.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
40 Bewick (Thomas)

Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., presentation copy to his daughter Jane, Newcastle, by Edward Walker for T.Bewick, 1805.

 1805 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,750.00
291 Catalogue (A)

Sale Catalogue.- Gainsborough (Thomas).- Catalogue (A) of the Pictures and Drawings of the late Mr. Gainsborough... To be sold by private contract by Mr. Gainsborough Dupont, 1789.

 1789 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,250.00
104 [Wolffhart (Conrad)]

Monsters, prodigies and portents.- [Wolffhart (Conrad)], "Lycosthenes". Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1557.

 1557 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,500.00
41

Bewick (Thomas).- Sportsman's Progress (The): a Poem..., first separate edition, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820.

 1820 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,750.00
147 Barkstead (Col. John)

Regicides.- Barkstead (Col. John) The speeches, discourses, and prayers, of Col. John Barkstead, Col. John Okey, and Mr. Miles Corbet; upon the 19th of April, being the day of their suffering at Tyburn, no printer, 1662; and others, most 17th English Lite

 1662 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,625.00
35 Rutter (John)

Wiltshire.- Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, large paper copy, Shaftesbury, 1823.

 1823 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,250.00
199 [Dickens (Charles)]

[Dickens (Charles)] Mrs. Joseph Porter; Dinner at Poplar Walk and others, in The Albion or British Colonial, and Foreign Weekly Gazette. New series, 1834-35.

 1834-35. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,000.00
136

Eastern ms..- Jain cosmological chart, Gujarat, [19th century].

 19th century. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 910.00
10

London.- Illustrated Exhibitor...the Principal Objects in the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. 1851, John Cassell, 1851 & others on London (c.90)

 1851 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 875.00
280 Hinks & Son's, Birmingham.

Lighting.- Hinks & Son's, Birmingham. [Trade Catalogue] Illustrated Catalogue of James Hinks & Son's, [1875]; and 4 others similar (5)

 1875 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 875.00
223 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War, 2 vol., first edition, 1899.

 1899 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
127 Bachwitz (Atelier Arnold)

Fashion.- Parisian Haute couture.- Bachwitz (Atelier Arnold) Collection of ten original and five printed designs for dresses, [c.1932] (15).

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 780.00
253 Austen (Jane)

Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson and in original peacock pictorial cloth, George Allen, 1895.

 1895 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 750.00
61 Troil (Uno von)

Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland..., made, during a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks..., first edition in English, Printed by and for W. Richardson, 1780.

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 687.50
238 Hitler (Adolf)

Hitler (Adolf) Mein Kampf, first illustrated edition, Hutchinson and Co., 1939.

 1939 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 687.50
95 Gesner (Konrad)

Zoology.- Quadrupeds.- Gesner (Konrad) Thierbuch; das ist, ausfuhrliche Beschreibung...aller vierfussigen Thieren, [Heidelberg], [Johann Lancellot for Andreas Cambier], 1606; and 3 others, defective Bewick (4)

 1606 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 625.00
244 Greenaway (Kate)

Greenaway (Kate) Almanacks for 1883-1895, 13 vol., 1892.

 1892-94. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 625.00
262 Shelley (Percy Bysshe)

Bindings.- Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Sensitive Plant, London & Philadelphia, [1911]; and others similar (3)

 1911 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
26 Stukeley (William)

British Antiquities.- Stukeley (William) Palaeographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain, Numbers I-III, London and Stamford, 1743-46-52.

 1743-46-52 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 600.00
105

Broadside.- Carrying of illegal weapons.- Republic of Venice. Sommario delle parti prese nell illustris. Conseglio di Diese 1561. & 1563. Circa le Armi, [Venice], Rasse, 1589.

 2021-11-14 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 600.00
171 Paine (Thomas)

Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, ninth edition, for D. Jordan, 1792; The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, 1796 (2)

 1792 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 600.00
278 Valentiner (Wilhelm R.)

Italian Art.- Valentiner (Wilhelm R.) Studies of Italian Renaissance Sculpture, 1950 & others on Italian art and architecture (c.120)

 1950 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 600.00
3 Boulton (William B.)

London.- Boulton (William B.) The Amusements of Old London, 2 vol., 1901 & others on central London and the West End (c.35)

 1901 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 575.00
28 Muilman (Peter)

Essex.- Muilman (Peter) A New and Complete History of Essex, from a Late Survey..., 6 vol., Chelmsford, Lionel Hassall, 1770-72 & others on Essex (16)

 1770-72 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 575.00
211

Bindings.- Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát ..., third edition, 1872; and 2 other editions of the same (3)

 1872 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 575.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
  • 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.
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