Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 112724, Leyburn

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Auction Date
November 27, 2024 - November 27, 2024
Page Size: 112 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 Carne (John).

Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated. In a series of views drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c.

London 1836-1838 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 200.00
77 Roberts (David).

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea and Arabia [and] Egypt and Nubia.

2014 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
78 Forbes (Lieut. F. E.).

Five Years in China; from 1842 to 1847. With an account of the occupation of the islands of Labuan and Borneo by Her Majesty's Forces.

London 1848 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 130.00
79 Blome (Richard).

The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories of America.

London 1687 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,000.00
80

A small collection of natural history books, including Pennant (Thomas), British Zoology, New Edition.

London 1812 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 550.00
81 Sowerby (John E.) and Jonhson (Charles).

The Ferns of Great Britain.

London 1855 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 380.00
82 Sowerby (John Edward).

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Third edition, enlarged, re-arranged...

London 1880-91 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 500.00
83

The New Naturalist Series.

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 480.00
84 Jardine (Sir William).

The Naturalist's Library.

Edinburgh 1833-1843 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,900.00
85 Morris (F. O.).

A History of British Birds.

London 1870 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 300.00
86 Macintyre (Major-General Donald).

Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport On and Beyond the Himalayas.

Edinburgh and London 1889 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 160.00
87

A collection of botany books, including Hogg (Robert) and Johnson (George W.), The Wild Flowers of Great Britain...

London 1874-1880 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,100.00
88

Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Compiled Upon a New Plan.

Edinburgh 1771 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 950.00
89 Wilson (Alexander) and Bonaparte (Prince Charles Lucien).

American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States.

London, Paris & New York no date [circa 1880] GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 120.00
90 Morris (F. O.).

A History of British Birds.

London 1851-1857 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 420.00
91 Christie (Agatha).

4.50 From Paddington.

London 1957 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 500.00
92 Ishiguro (Kazuo).

Never Let Me Go.

London 2005 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 350.00
93 Lee (Harper).

To Kill a Mockingbird.

London 1960 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 300.00
94 Tolkien (J.R.R.) -

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring.

London 1963 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 700.00
95 Dickens (Charles).

The Works of Charles Dickens - Gadshill Edition. With introductions, general essay, and notes by Andrew Lang.

London 1899 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 250.00
96 Mantel (Hilary).

Wolf Hall.

London 2022 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 180.00
97 Le Carre (John).

A Most Wanted Man.

London 2008 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 500.00
98 Verey (Christopher D., editor) and Others,

The Durham Gospels: Together with Fragments of a Gospel Book in Uncial. Durham, Cathedral Library, MS A. II. 17.

Copenhagen 1980 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 140.00
99 Milton (John).

Paradise Lost, A Poem.

Glasgow 1770 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 180.00
100 Mantel (Hilary)

Wolf Hall.

London 2009 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 180.00
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD