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| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 97,479.90 |
| Auction Date | October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 61,110.00 |
| Sale Number | #936 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 87,590.00 |
| Total Lots | 299 | ||
| Sold Lots | 257 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 79,310.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.95% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 113,340.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 86.01% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Salmon Flies.- Phair (Charles) | Atlantic Salmon Fishing |
1937 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 80 | Salmon Flies.- Schmookler (Paul) | and Ingrid V. Sils. Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials: A Natural History |
1994 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
| 35 | Canada.- Sturges (Lee) | Salmon Fishing on Cain River New Brunswick |
1919 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 205 | Military History.- Oman (Charles) | A History of the Peninsular War |
1902-30. | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 124 | Tennis.- de Montbrun (Monsieur le Marquis) | Memoires de Monsieur le Marquis de Montbrun |
1701 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 133 | Patron Saint of Artists.- Mansueti (Christoforo) | Vita della Beata Caterina di Bologna |
1599 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 257 | Bassi (Martino) | Dispareri in Materia d'Architettura |
1572 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 165 | [Paris (Matthew)], "Matthew of Westminster". | Flores Historiarum |
1570 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,197.00 |
| 177 | Newton (Sir Isaac) | Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John |
1733 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,197.00 |
| 89 | France.- [Funeral of the Emperor Napoleon] |
[c.1840] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,134.00 | |
| 125 | Caesar (Gaius Julius) | Commentarii di Gaio Giulio Cesare |
1547 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,134.00 |
| 29 | Canada.- Kienbusch (Carl Otto von) | Jupitagan River Diary |
1966 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,071.00 |
| 81 | Salmon Flies.- Taverner (Eric) | and others. Salmon Fishing |
1931 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 132 | Binding.- Genealogy.- Vitignano (Cornelio) | Vera genealogia e discendenza della serenissima et invittissima prosapia d'Austria |
1599 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 209 | Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) | The Second World War |
1948-54. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 127 | Emblemata.- Alciatus (Andreas) | Diverse imprese accommodate a diverse moralita |
1551 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 128 | Catullus (Gaius Valerius) | Carmina et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti |
1554 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 179 | [Watson (Thomas, editor)] | The Oxford Sausage or, Select Poetical Pieces |
1764 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 204 | Naval & Maritime.- Mahan (Capt. A. T.) | The Life of Nelson |
1898 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 207 | Macaulay (Thomas Babington) | The Complete Works |
1906 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 1 | Ashley-Cooper (John) | The Great Salmon Rivers of Scotland. An Angler's Guide to the rivers Dee, Spey, Tay and Tweed |
1980 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 57 | Photograph Album.- Norway.- Album of Salmon Fishing at Torrisdal on the Namsen River |
1887 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 118 | Botany.- Gerard (John) | The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes |
1633 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 138 | Ryer (Andre du) | L'Alcoran de Mahomet. Translate d'Arabe en Francois |
1647 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 168 | Bolton (Robert) | Mr Bolton's Last and Learned Worke of the Foure last Things, Death, Judgement, Hell, and Heaven |
1633 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 756.00 |
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")