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Auction Name Books, Maps and Ephemera Total Sales (GBP) 311,544.00
Auction Date July 28, 2021 - July 28, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 69,550.00
Sale Number #977 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 107,700.00
Total Lots 210
Sold Lots 206 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 70,100.00
% of Lots Sold 98.10% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 108,630.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 286.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
183 Rowling (J. K.).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,

1997 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 96,000.00
93 Cookery.

Manuscript receipt book of Ann Broke [Brooke],

c.1678-92. GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 22,800.00
101 Bible (English; Authorised).

The Holy Bible. Containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament,

1660 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
137 Elizabethan estate-book.

Manuscript estate-book of Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe, Lincolnshire, c.1564-1608.

c.1564-1608. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 13,200.00
203 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963; his copy).

Heimskringla, or the Lives of the Norse Kings, by Snorri Sturlason. Edited with notes by Erling Monsen, and translated into English with the assistance of A. H. Smith,

1932 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 11,400.00
199 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963).

Hamlet. The Prince or the Poem.

1942 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 7,200.00
201 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963).

The Personal Heresy. A Controversy [and:] Rehabilitations and Other Essays,

1939 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 7,200.00
202 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963).

The Pilgrim's Regress. An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism,

1933 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 6,600.00
198 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963).

Group of presentation copies to Cecil Harwood,

1942-62 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 5,760.00
132 Brontë Family.

'Form of Rate.

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,040.00
200 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963).

Miracles. A Preliminary Study,

1947 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 5,040.00
100 Bible (English; Authorised).

[The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the Originall Tongues and with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties Speciall Command.

1629 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 4,800.00
135 <br>Commonplace books.

Three manuscript commonplace books,

17th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,840.00
185 Rowling (J. K., 1965-).

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,

2007 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
197 Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963).

Collection of C. S. Lewis titles from the library of Cecil Harwood, mainly 1st editions,

 c.1936-1969 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,600.00
139 Jack the Ripper.

Two manuscript daybooks kept by Ludwig Freyberger (1865-1932) as pathologist to the London South Western District coroner's court, 1902 & 1908.

1902 & 1908. GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,360.00
129 Ballooning.

Turnor family ballooning archive, 18th-19th century, including: 1) Astra Castra.

1865 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,000.00
144 Surveying; Yorkshire.

Illustrated manuscript guide to surveying by Thomas Wilson, 1792-3.

1792-3. GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,400.00
148 Wordsworth (William, 1770-1850).

Autograph letter signed, Rydal Mount, 14 September 1849, single sheet of wove paper with black mourning border (226 x 184 mm), written in brown ink on one side only, addressed to 'Dear Mrs Lawrence', signed 'Wm Wordsworth' mounted, framed and glazed (moun

 1849 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,280.00
149 Yorkshire.

A large collection of deeds and indentures on vellum, 1576-1745, most apparently relating to Kildwick Grange near Skipton, Draughton (also near Skipton), and environs, and dating from the reign of Elizabeth I (1), James I (15), Charles I (10), Charles II

1576-1745 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,160.00
184 Rowling (J. K.).

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,

1998 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,040.00
141 Sausmarez (Ronald Philip Stanley de, 1880/1-1973, Commander RN).

Album of watercolour jeux d'esprit, 1947-54.

1947-54. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,680.00
37 Drake (Francis).

Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York,

1736 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,560.00
63 New Naturalists.

The Natural History of Orkney [and:] British Warblers.

1985 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,560.00
6 Moll (Herman).

A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales, etc. With the Great Roads and Principal Cross-Roads, etc. Shewing the Computed Miles from Town to Town,

 1724 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,440.00
  • 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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