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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items Total Sales (GBP) 30,241.20
Auction Date April 04, 2024 - April 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 17,120.00
Sale Number #40424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 26,590.00
Total Lots 298
Sold Lots 278 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 18,640.00
% of Lots Sold 93.29% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 28,900.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
118 HOLLAND P.

Select Views of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, from Drawings made by P. Holland, Engraved by C. Rosenberg, (dedicated to) Daniel Daulby Esq., a Lover of the Arts.

1792 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,840.00
106 CLEMENS SAMUEL LANGHORNE ("MARK TWAIN").

The Writings of Mark Twain.

1899 - 1903. GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,320.00
33 (WOOD ROBERT).

The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor in the Desart (sic).

1753 GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 780.00
222 STURLSON SNORRI (Icelandic, 1197 - 1241)

Heimskringla edr Noregs Konunga Sogor, af Snorra Sturlusyni. Ed. by Gerhard Schoning.

1777 -1783. GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 600.00
1 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

The Philosophical Transactions ...

1809 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 576.00
105 CLEMENS SAMUEL LANGHORNE ("MARK TWAIN").

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).

1884 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 540.00
204

Documents & Ephemera - Berkshire - Reading - Maiden Erlegh Estate.

Late 19th/early 20th century. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 540.00
15 DAVID MACBRAYNE LIMITED.

A good collection of 44 copies & editions of MacBrayne's Summer Tours in the Western Highlands & Islands and Summer Tours in Scotland.

Late 19th/early 20th cent. (49). GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 456.00
104 BOSWELL JAMES.

Life of Johnson, ed.

1887 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 456.00
49 MILTON JOHN.

The Works of Mr. John Milton.

1697. The first edition of Milton's Collected Prose Works. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 420.00
59 MASON JOHN.

An Essay on Elocution or Pronunciation, 2nd ed., 1748, bound with An Essay on the Power of Numbers & Principles of Harmony, 1749 & An Essay on the Power & Harmony of Prosaic Numbers, 1749.

1748, bound with An Essay on the Power of Numbers & Principles of Harmony GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 420.00
14 ANDREWS FRED H.

Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia Recovered by Sir Aurel Stein.

1948 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 384.00
46 DIONYSIUS THE CARTHUSIAN.

Opus Commentariorum in Psalmos Omnes Davidicos.

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 384.00
201

Documents & Ephemera - Shropshire & Wales. 1870's.

1870's. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 384.00
66

CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND ANT. & ARCH. SOCIETY. Transactions - Old Series. Vol. 1 (Part 3, facsimile title), Vol. 2 (Part 1, no title), Vol. 3 (Parts 1 to 3) & Vol. 4 to Vol. 16, some in parts. All but two vols. in neat rebound green cloth (some titles in

1883-1900. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 360.00
10 BALDWIN R. (Prntr).

Fitz-Harys's Last Sham Detected or A Vindication of His Sacred Majesty from Those Foul Aspersions Cast Upon Him by That Impudent Libel called Fitz-Harys's Last Confession, Left under His Own Hand, & Published by Doctor Hawkins ...

1681 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 336.00
16

SOUTHAMPTON RECORD SOCIETY. Publications.

Early-mid 20th cent. GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 336.00
45 BOSWELL JAMES.

An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to That Island & Memoirs of Pascal Paoli.

1768 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 336.00
279 BACON G.W.

Folding col. linen maps of the World, Great Britain, Yorkshire & South East & Central England.

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 336.00
110 CONRAD JOSEPH.

The Works.

1921 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 288.00
116 GREENWOOD C. & I.

Map of the County of Cumberland.

1823 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 288.00
25 SANGERMANO FATHER.

A Description of the Burmese Empire ...

1833 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 264.00
29 GROSE FRANCIS.

The Antiquities of England & Wales.

1783-1787. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 264.00
200 RACKHAM ARTHUR (Illus).

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

N.d. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 264.00
226

The Holy Bible. 1 vol.

1701 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 240.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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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
    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
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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