Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, 40126, West Sussex
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3001 | BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrator). A.T.G. PRICE. | Simplicity. |
London | 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 81.25 |
| 3002 | BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrator). Vincent BROWN. | My Brother. |
London | 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 81.25 |
| 3003 | � Anthony POWELL. | The Valley of Bones. |
London | 1964 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 350.00 |
| 3004 | John GALSWORTHY. | The White Monkey. |
London | 1924 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 3005 | BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrator). H. de Vere STACPOOLE. | Pierrot! A Story. |
London | 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 3006 | BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrator). H. de Vere STACPOOLE. | Pierrot! A Story. |
London | 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 3007 | Helena Petrovna BLAVATSKY. | The Key to Theosophy. |
London | [1889.] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 3008 | GRATIAN. | [Decretum Gratiani.] Decreti huius plenissimum argumentum. |
Paris | 1516 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 3009 | SHELLEY, Mary. | Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. |
London | 1849 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 3010 | POE, Edgar Allan. | [The Purloined Letter.] The Gift: A Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Present. |
Philadelphia | 1845 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 562.50 |
| 3011 | CHRISTIE, Agatha. | The Secret of Chimneys. |
London | 1925 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
| 3012 | DAHL, Roald. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
New York | N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 200.00 |
| 3013 | STEINBECK, John. | East of Eden. |
New York | 1952 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 3014 | Ras Prince MONOLULU. | I Gotta Horse… as told to Sidney H. White. |
London | [1950.] | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 100.00 |
| 3015 | [BANNERMAN, Helen.] | The Story of Little Degchie-head. An Awful Warning to Bad Bears. |
London | 1903 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 3016 | EINSTEIN, Albert and Sigmund FREUD. | Why War? A Correspondence Between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. |
[London:] Peace Pledge Union | April 1939. | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 93.75 |
| 3017 | The Scots Scourge: Being a Compleat Supplement to the British Antidote to Caledonian Poison. |
London | [circa 1764.] | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 3018 | William BURDON. | The Gentleman’s Pocket-Farrier. Shewing How to use your Horse on a Journey. And what Remedies are proper for common Misfortunes that may befall him on the Road. |
London | 1732 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 3019 | Huey NEWTON. | Huey Newton Talks to the Movement. |
Boston, Massachusetts | [circa 1968.] | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 3020 | Seamus HEANEY. | Electric Light. |
London | 2001 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 81.25 |
| 3021 | W.H. AUDEN. | A Certain World. |
London | 1971 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 37.50 |
| 3022 | [Thomas PERCY, translator.] | Five Pieces of Runic Poetry Translated from the Icelandic Language. |
London | 1763 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 3023 | DUFF, Charles. | A Handbook on Hanging. |
London | 1928 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 225.00 |
| 3024 | Edward BULWER-LYTTON. | [The Works:] London: George Routledge and Sons, [circa 1850.] 23 vols., New Edition, 8vo (163 x 100mm.) (Spotting to preliminaries.) Contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, red and green morocco lettering pieces to the spines (some rubbi |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 75.00 | |
| 3025 | George Adolphus WIGNEY. | A Philosophical Treatise on Malting and Brewing. |
London | 1823 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950