Sworders: Books and Maps - online 10/18, A1170, Essex

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Auction Date: October 27, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Page Size: 453 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
102	Gibbon, Edward:	The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire.		1816	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 153.60
103	Cuvier, Baron:	The Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to its Organization.		1834- 1837	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,472.00
104	CHURCHILL (Winston S)	Collected Works in 38 volumes.		1973-76	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,464.00
105	BRITTON, J & BRAYLEY, E W:	The Beauties of England and Wales, or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, 18 vols.		1801- 1818	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 281.60
106	Shakespeare: [Johnson (Ben)]:	The Plays of William Shakespeare, 10 vols.	Dublin	1766	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 332.80
107		Mixed Quantity, including: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 4 vols.		1953	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
108	DICKENS, Charles	(Two First editions): 1- A Tale of Two Cities.		1859	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 921.60
109	DICKENS, Charles	(Three First editions): 1- The Personal History of David Copperfield.		1850	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 691.20
110	DICKENS, Charles	(Three First editions): 1- Little Dorrit.		1857	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 921.60
111	Charles DICKENS	(Six First Editions): The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.		1837	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 793.60
112	DICKENS, Charles:	David Copperfield.		1850	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,792.00
113	1- [Hey, Rebecca]:	The Moral of Flowers, Illustrated by Coloured Engravings		1836	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 281.60
114	LOUDON, Mrs	(Two works): 1- The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants.	London	1841	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 896.00
115	Dalla Torre, Dr. K.W.v.; Hartinger, Anton:	Atlas der Alpenflora.	Wien	1884	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 166.40
116	LOUDON, Mrs:	The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials	London	1849	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 512.00
117	Sowerby, J.E. and Smith, J.E:	English Botany; Or, coloured figures of British Plants, in 12 volumes plus a Supplement volume.		1877- 1892	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 281.60
118	Sowerby, J.E. and Smith, J.E:	English Botany; Or, coloured figures of British Plants, in 12 volumes .		1835-44	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
119	Langley (Batty):	Pomona: or, the Fruit-Garden Illustrated. Containing sure methods for improving all the best kinds of fruits now extant in England.	London	1729	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 2,368.00
120	LOWE E J:	Ferns British and Exotic, 7 of 8 volumes (lacking vol. 6).		1872	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 217.60
121	Evelyn, John; Hunter, A [ed.]:	Silva: or A Discourse of Forest - Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As it was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662.	York	1786	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 76.80
122	HILL, Sir John:	Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; From the Practice of the most successful Gardeners, and the Result of Long Experience.		1757	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
123	Meyer, H L:	Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs. In Seven Volumes.	London	1857	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 512.00
124	Morris, F O:	1- A History of British Birds, in 6 vols.		1870	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 384.00
125	Morris, F O:	A History of British Birds, 8 vols.		C 1880	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
126	DONOVAN, Edward:	The Natural History of British insects... The Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures	London	1793-1816	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold

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The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

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A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

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Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

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The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

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Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD