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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction

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Auction Name	Antiquarian Book Auction	Total Sales (GBP)	89,075.70
Auction Date	October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	36,330.00
Sale Number	#BK31	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	54,390.00
Total Lots	404
Sold Lots	306	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	48,910.00
% of Lots Sold	75.74%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	72,465.00
Unsold Lots	98	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	122.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
365	CORNALLI, Joan(n)is Jacobi [Piacenza, 15th century].	Christidis libri, manuscript on paper,	circa late 1480s	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 23,940.00
220		REGIMENTAL BADGES. A George III working manuscript copy book of shoulder plate badges of the British army regiments, Master Thomas Hill or Gill,	1794	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 4,032.00
371		NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. A mid 19th century autograph album associated with The City of London Truss Society, compiled by Mrs John Bannister.	mid 19th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 3,276.00
187A	PEAKE, Mervyn.	Shapes and Sounds	1941	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,024.00
376	PROUST, Marcel.	Du Cote de Chez Swann	1914 [i.e. 1913]	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,512.00
138	[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'.	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel, fifth thousand	1867	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 1,386.00
296	STONEHENGE. STUKELEY, William.	Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 1st edition	1740	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,260.00
323	PHILIPS	PHILIPS' New General Atlas... Delineating the Natural and Political Divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World. Constructed from the Best Authorities and Including the Most Recent Discoveries,	1853	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,197.00
201		THE ANNUAL REGISTER. or a View of the History, Politics and Literature, a complete run of 37 volumes [1758-95], mixed editions	1783-1816	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,008.00
295	STONEHENGE. JONES, Inigo.	The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, 1st edition	1655	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,008.00
75	JONES, Owen.	The Grammar of Ornament, Day and Son Ltd	1856	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 945.00
328	COLLINS, Captain Greenvile.	Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. In Two Parts. Being a new and Exact Survey of the Sea-Coast of England and Scotland from the River of Thames to the Westward and Northward, with the Isles of Scilly, and thence to Carlisle. Likewise the Islands of Orkney an	1692	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 945.00
137	DIDEROT, Denis & Jean le Rond D'Alembert.	Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers,	1781-82	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 882.00
218	MONTGOMERY, Bernard Law 'Monty'	MONTGOMERY, Bernard Law 'Monty', 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976). A collection of photographs and letters, the photographs include four signed		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 882.00
390	McCARTHY, Cormac.	Child of God,	1975	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 882.00
114		BIBLE, English.The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New	nd	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 819.00
61	[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] 'Lewis Carroll'.	Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There	1872	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 756.00
321	ATLAS. CAMDEN, William.	Camden's Britannia Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements...,	1695	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 756.00
98		THE BODLEY HEAD (publisher)	1927	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 693.00
122		BINDINGS. THEOLOGY. A run of works including part sets and odd volumes as well as sets and single volume complete works,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 693.00
6	AUDSLEY, George Ashdown (1838-1925).	The Ornamental Arts of Japan	1882-84	GBP 650.00 - 750.00	GBP 630.00
125		CHAPBOOK. Life and Adventures of the famous Colonel Blood....	circa1822-24]	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 630.00
23	NEWTON, William (1730-98).	[Designs for a house at Castle Eden, co. Durham],	no date [circa1765]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 604.80
234	CARTER, Howard and A. C. Mace,	The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen,	1923-33	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 567.00
118	BINDINGS. GOLDSMITH, Oliver.	The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II	1797	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 529.20

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD