Duke's: Avenue Auction, 21026, Dorchester
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | SIMSON, ROBERT | 'ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS' |
Glasgow | 1817 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 434 | EDWARD GOREY, THE GILDED BAT | Jonathan Cape, 1967, 1st edition, with Marjorie Bennett, The White Camel, E E Lee, 1953 |
1967, 1953 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 | |
| 435 | GIRARDIN, M.J. | 'LECONS DE CHIMIE ELEMENTAIRE' |
Paris | 1873 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 19.50 |
| 436 | 'RECREATIVE SCIENCE: A RECORD AND REMEMBRANCER' |
London | 1860 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 437 | OZANAM, M. | 'RECREATIONS MATHEMATIQUES ET PHYSIQUES' |
Paris | 1790 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 438 | VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS | TWO WORKS - 'SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY' AND 'NEW ATLANTIS' |
London | 1631 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 221.00 |
| 439 | FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING, THE ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE 1824 |
London | 1824 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 | |
| 440 | IRVING, WASHINGTON | 'A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' |
London | 1828 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 441 | SNAFFLES (CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE) | 'THE ROE DEER. A MONOGRAPH' |
Southampton | 1987 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 442 | LOWE, E. J. | 'A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES' |
London | 1891 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 443 | R V - RICHARD VERSTEGEN, A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED IN TELLIGENCE IN ANTIQUITIES |
Antwerp | 1605 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 338.00 | |
| 444 | PLANTA, EDWARD | 'A NEW PICTURE OF PARIS' |
London | 1824 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 445 | HUNT, ROBERT | 'URE'S DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINES' |
London | 1878 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 446 | LAVATER, J.C. | 'PHYSIOGNOMY' |
London, | N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 45.50 |
| 447 | WINKLE'S ARCHITECTURAL AND PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND WALES |
London | 1860 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 19.50 | |
| 448 | HOOD, THOMAS | 'POEMS' |
London | 1870 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 449 | A.W.N. PUGIN | GOTHIC FURNITURE OF THE 15th CENTURY |
London | 1835 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 450 | SIR GEORGE BYNG | AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE BRITISH FLEET TO SICILY |
London | 1739 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 451 | GIUSEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA | THE LEOPARD |
1960 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 452 | THE METROPOLIS OF LONDON DISPLAYED CHEATS AND VILLANIES |
London | N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 143.00 | |
| 453 | A A MILNE | WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG |
1924 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 39.00 | |
| 454 | GEORGE DEWAR | THE BOOK OF THE DRY FLY |
London | 1897 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 455 | KENNETH GRAHAME, | THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Arthur Rackham illustrations |
1954 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 19.50 | |
| 456 | GRAHAM, ELEANOR AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD | TWO COPIES OF 'J.M BARRIE'S PETER PAN' |
1962 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 19.50 | |
| 457 | GRAVES, ROBERT | TWO COPIES OF 'ANN AT HIGHWOOD HALL' |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.