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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Carter Clive | The Archive of Frank Strike Shipwreck Lists |
c.1950s–1960s | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 813.80 | |
| 77 | Penaluna W | Fifteen manuscript notebooks |
Porthleven | 1848; 1956; 1769; 1862; 1656; 1954; 1871; 1898; 1824 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 175.28 |
| 78 | Pilly Frederick H; Sullivan B G | Bye Laws, for the Good Rule and Government of the Borough of St. Ives; Opening Ceremony of Carbis Bay & Lelant Water Supply; Gems of St. Ives |
1871; 1894; 1911; 1867; 1869; 1822; 1670; 1933; 1870; 1895; 1882; 1873 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 79 | The Archive of Frank Strike |
c.1930s; 1931-1942; 1937; c.1934 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 75.12 | ||
| 80 | Description of the Rocket Apparatus for Saving Life from Shipwreck |
London | 1927 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 81 | Gibson | Maritime photographs |
1954 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 75.12 | |
| 82 | Johns C A; Gilly William O S; Anderson John | 5 Books, including: The Loss of the Amazon |
London | 1852; 1851; c.1934 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 25.04 |
| 83 | Gibson James; Sulivan B J | Anson Wreck Salvage Photographs and Research Archive |
c.1902 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 3,380.40 | |
| 84 | Betjeman John | Cornwall Illustrated in a Series of Views; Nautical Jottings; Dear Old Cornwall |
London; Redruth | 1935; 1953 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 50.08 |
| 85 | Forty Seven Glass Slides |
late 19th and early 20th century | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 | ||
| 86 | Gibson | Postcards and Photographs |
early 20th century; 1965 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 37.56 | |
| 87 | Twenty seven postcards and photographs |
early to mid-20th century | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.12 | ||
| 88 | Strike Frank E.; Knight G. E. O. | Spotlights on Cornwall; Service of Dedication of Memorial Cross in the Wrestling Field; Cornish Shipwrecks |
Porthleven, Helston, Cornwall | 1951; 1949; 1965 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 100.16 |
| 89 | Postcards and later photographs |
early 20th century; mid 20th century | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 56.34 | ||
| 90 | Doble G. H.; Walke Bernard; Dexter T. F. G. | The Rector of Concoret. A Mystery Play; Cornish Saints; The Church of Saint Hilary; A Cornish Legend: The Three Churches of Perranzabuloe |
Shipston on Stour; Penzance | c.1926; c.1929 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 56.34 |
| 91 | Postcard album depicting wrecks ashore in West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
c.1960s | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 776.24 | ||
| 92 | Hale Thomas | A Prospectus for 'A Compleat Body of Husbandry' |
1755 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 237.88 | |
| 93 | Matthew Allison Bookseller and Stationer, on the Market-Strand Falmouth |
Falmouth | c.1750–1757 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 600.96 | |
| 94 | Henry Skelton, Gamekeeper under Four Squires |
Fawley, Berkshire | c.1910–15 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 150.24 | |
| 95 | Indenture Manuscript agreement between the parishes of Padstow and Gerrans |
1795 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 137.72 | ||
| 96 | The John Vaughan Archive relating to Melingriffith Iron Works and the South Wales iron trade |
c.1781–1855 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,314.60 | ||
| 97 | Stokes Adrian | Uplands and Sky |
1888 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 98 | Two Georgian Playbills |
1801 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 112.68 | ||
| 99 | Ludolphus de Saxonia | Jesus' Sermon at Sea |
early 17th century | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 162.76 | |
| 100 | Faldoni Anton | Madonna and Child; Madonna and Child between St Jerome and St Francis |
c.1724 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
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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. -
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. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000.