Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books & Works on Paper, 82726, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 27, 2026 - August 27, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Books, including: Narative of the Battles if Drumclog, and Bothwell Bridge |
Glasgow | c.1850 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 2 | Defoe Daniel | The History of R. Crusoe, of York, Mariner |
London | 1801 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 475.76 |
| 3 | Soltau G. W. | Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall, and When and How to use Them |
Plymouth; London | 1847 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 87.64 |
| 4 | Nobbes Robert | The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling |
c.1790 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 275.44 | |
| 5 | Best Thomas | A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling |
London | 1810 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 |
| 6 | Salter T. F. | The Troller's Guide |
London | 1820 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 7 | Red Spinner | A Mixed Bag. A Medley of Angling Stories and Sketches |
London | 1895 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 8 | Williamson John | The British Angler |
London | 1740 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 187.80 |
| 9 | Marston Edward; Marston E. M. | Days in Clover; By Meadow and Stream. Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Places |
London | 1892; 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 62.60 |
| 10 | Venables Robert; Hamilton Edward; Watson John; Dennys John; Westwood Thomas; Saville Kent W.; Boccius Gottlieb | N Books, including: The Experienced Angler |
London | 1827; 1886; 1890; 1883; 1841 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 200.32 |
| 11 | Festus Sextus Pompeius | De Verborum Significatione |
Rome | 1581; 1582 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 313.00 |
| 12 | Wolf Friedrich August | Prolegomena ad Homerum |
Halos Saxonum | 1795 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 13 | Nightingale Florence | Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not |
London | c.1860 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 175.28 |
| 14 | Jones William; Franklin Benjamin | An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess |
London | 1816 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 |
| 15 | Tolkien J. R. R. | The Hobbit or There and Back Again |
London | 1965 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 |
| 16 | Tolkien J. R. R. | J. R. R. Tolkien Calendar |
London | 1973 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 37.56 |
| 17 | Barker George; Mitchell Julien | 18 Books, including: Poems; Lament and Triumph; Eros in Dogma |
London; Warwick | 1935; 1940; 1944; 1950; 1954; 1957; 1962; 1966; 1968; 1971; 1973; 1988; 1969 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 125.20 |
| 18 | Spenser Edmund | Faerie Queene |
London | 2011 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 187.80 |
| 19 | Morris William | Love is Enough |
London | 2018 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 100.16 |
| 20 | Le Carre John | Call for the Dead |
New York | 1962 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,314.60 |
| 21 | Le Carre John | A Murder of Quality |
1962 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 626.00 | |
| 22 | Le Carre John | The Spy Who Came in From the Cold |
London | 1963 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 23 | Le Carre John | 4 Books, including: Le Carre Omnibus; The Looking Glass War; A Small Town in Germany |
London | 1969; 1965; 1968; 1971 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Le Carre John | 4 Books, including: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People |
London; New York | 1974; 1977; 1980 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,439.80 |
| 25 | Le Carre John | 8 Books, including: The Little Drummer Girl; A Perfect Spy; The Russia House |
London | 1983; 1986; 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1996; 1999 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 651.04 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.