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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Darwin Charles | The Descent of Man; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals; Insectivorous Plants |
London | 1901; 1904; 1908 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.68 |
| 52 | Darwin Charles | N Books, including: Voyage of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. 'Beagle' |
London | 1889; 1897; 1876; 1899; 1888; 1892 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 525.84 |
| 53 | Wallace Alfred Russel | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions; Island Life; Darwinism; Malay Archipelago; Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro |
London | 1905; 1895; 1889; 1922 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 112.68 |
| 54 | Beauvoir Simone de; Huxley T. H.; Moseley H. N. | N Books, including: The Second Sex |
London | 1953; 1894; 1944 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.08 |
| 55 | Cholmondeley-Pennell H.; Bickerdyke John; Griswold Frank Gray; Blakey Robert | N Books, including: The Modern Practical Angler |
London; New York | 1870; 1863; 1923; 1921; [c.1891] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 56 | Best Thomas; Parry Nicholas | A Concise Treatise in the Art of Angling |
Market Drayton | 1992 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 57 | Cholmondeley-Pennell H. | The Sporting Fish of Great Britain with Notes on Icthyology |
London | 1886 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 112.68 |
| 58 | Wheeldon J. P. | Sporting Facts and Fancies |
London | 1894 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 56.34 |
| 59 | Gaffey Laurie | A Free Lance Angler in Ireland |
Dublin | n.d. [1930] | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.08 |
| 60 | Fisher P.; Cairncross David; Stewart W. C. | The Angler's Souvenir; The Origin of the Silver Eel; The Practical Angler Or the Art of Trout-Fishing |
London; Edinburgh | 1845; 1862; 1857 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.68 |
| 61 | Walker C. F. | The Angling Letters of G. E. M. Skues |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 37.56 | |
| 62 | Ellis Henry; Heddon Jack | A Catalogue of Books on Angling |
1977 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 | |
| 63 | Heddon Jack; Simpson John | Scotcher Notes |
London | 1975 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 64 | Caine William | An Angler at Large |
London | 1911 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 31.30 |
| 65 | Frost Winifred E.; Brown Margaret E. | The Trout |
1966 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 31.30 | |
| 66 | 6 Books, including: Particulars of the Porthleven Harbour and Land, Houses, Fish Cellars, Wharfage and Warehouses |
Helston | 1848; 1852; 1869 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 162.76 | |
| 67 | Original letterpress broadside advertising the iron screw steamer Bride |
Hayle | 1874 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 100.16 | |
| 68 | A contemporary manuscript deputation concerning The Headland Hotel and Public Rights over the Headland |
c.1890s | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 87.64 | ||
| 69 | A complete manuscript survey, relating to the letting of a lease at Trevosa, St Enoder, on behalf of Philip Rashleigh |
1798 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.12 | ||
| 70 | Matthews William | Harbour of Refuge Report Inquiry. North Coast of Devon and Cornwall |
London | 1904; 1906 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 |
| 71 | An Early Photographic Record of Porthleven |
circa 1905 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 31.30 | ||
| 72 | 6 Books, including: School photograph with contemporary annotations |
Gwinear; Hayle; Glasgow | 1900 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 87.64 | |
| 73 | A good collection of postcards and photographs |
Reigate | c.1884 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 | |
| 74 | 9 Books, including: A rare documentary photograph recording boatbuilding at Porthleven |
St Breage; Helston | N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 100.16 | |
| 75 | Ephemera, Postcards and Photographs |
Bristol | c.1872; c.1937 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 |
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Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
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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.