Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, 40126, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026
Page Size: 209 items in 9 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3176 S. BARING-GOULD (editor).

A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes… with Illustrations by Members of the Birmingham Art School under the Direction of A.J. Gaskin.

London 1895 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
3177 Basil Hall CHAMBERLAIN.

Things Japanese Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan For the Use of Travellers and Others.

London 1891 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 87.50
3178 Samuel White BAKER.

The Albert N’Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources.

London 1866 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 87.50
3179 James W. WELLS.

Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil: from Rio De Janeiro to Maranhao.

London 1886 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 125.00
3180 MARSH, George P.

Man and Nature; or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action.

London 1864 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 237.50
3181 OVIDIUS, Naso (Publius).George Sandys (translator).

Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished by G.S.

London 1626 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 687.50
3182 CLARKE, Hewson.

An Impartial History of the Naval, Military and Political Events from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Entrance of the Allies into Paris.

Bungay [1816-1817.] GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 68.75
3183 Paul-Emile BECAT (illustrator) and Jacotus BREDEDIN.

La Femme confidences intimes…

Paris 1968 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 450.00
3184 BARTHES, Roland.

Erte… edited by Franco Maria Ricci.

Parma 1973 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 75.00
3185 MORAND, Paul.

New-York.

Paris 1931 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 100.00
3186 Jacques VIALETAY (publisher).

Proverbes, Quatrains, Bon Vieux Temps.

[Paris circa 1945.] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 137.50
3187 MACKINNON, J.P. and Sydney SHADBOLT.

The South African Campaign.

1879 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
3188 A.H. THOMAS and I.D. THORNLEY (editors).

The Great Chronicle of London.

London and Aylesbury 1938 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 162.50
3189 TUER, Andrew W.

History of the Horn-Book.

London 1897 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 87.50
3190 SHAKESPEARE, William. A.T. BARTON (translator).

Gulielmi Shakespeare Carmina Quae Sonnets Nuncupantur Latine reddita ab al vredo Thoma Barton.

London 1913 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 50.00
3191 HORSFIELD, Thomas Walker.

The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex.

Lewes 1835 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 137.50
3192 KELLY, Christopher.

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography; or, An Authentic History and Interesting Description of the Whole World and Its Inhabitants.

London 1830-1819. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
3193

MANUSCRIPT. [A chronological record of historical events occurring between the years 1789 to 1837.

N.p. 1830-1840.] GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 175.00
3194 MANTELL, Gideon.

The Fossils of the South Downs; or, Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex.

[London 1822.] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 375.00
3195

The Bodyline Tour England v. Australia 1932-33.

Oxford 2000 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 68.75
3196 SCOTT, Walter.

[The Waverley Novels.]

Edinburgh 1851-1852. GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
3197 POTTER, Beatrix.

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.

London 1911 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 125.00
3198

The Illustrated London News.

London January-December 1879. GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 175.00
3199 Albert Edward RICHARDSON.

Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland During the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries.

London [1914.] GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.50
3200 VAUGHAN, W.E.

Autobiographica, With a Gossip on the Art of Printing in Colours.

[Brighton 1900.] GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old 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 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’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, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste 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.