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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
101 David (Elizabeth).

A Book of Mediterranean Food.

London 1958 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 600.00
102 Bronte (Charlotte, Emily & Anne).

The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters - The Haworth Edition.

London 1916-1926 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 420.00
103 Strachey (Lytton).

Elizabeth and Essex, A Tragic History.

London 1928 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 80.00
104

A small collection of fifty-three books published by the Folio Society, including Shakespeare, Edward Gibbon, Daniel Defoe, etc., all in slipcases.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 250.00
105

Three printed Acts of Parliament from the Commonwealth of England, comprising: An Act for the Improvement Of the Revenue of the Customs and Excize

1656 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 70.00
106

Four nineteenth century documents relating to mineral and botanical subjects and geology in Scotland,

nineteenth century GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 50.00
107

A detailed journal of shooting, fishing and stalking kept by H.D.K. Money. Ink manuscript entries from 1914-1944

1914-1944 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 650.00
108

A Victorian autograph album containing mostly 19th century autograph letters signed,

19th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,800.00
109 Baden-Powell (Robert and Olave).

Two signed greetings cards by Robert and Olave Baden-Powell,

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 100.00
110

A collection of cartes de visite, cabinet cards and mounted photographs, mostly late-19th/early-20th century.

late-19th/early-20th century. GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 50.00
111

An album of mounted photographs of Italy, including Florence, Genoa, Venice, Milan, Paris, Basel and Zurich, by Alinari, Gebr. Wehrli, and others,

GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 80.00
112

Twenty-six large albumen print photographs of Rome,

No dates [c.1860s or slightly later] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,000.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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 .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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