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Auction Name Books, Ephemera, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History Total Sales (GBP) 8,737.70
Auction Date August 28, 2024 - August 28, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 7,075.00
Sale Number #428 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,780.00
Total Lots 182
Sold Lots 119 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,571.00
% of Lots Sold 65.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 14,676.00
Unsold Lots 63 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
65 Saddam Hussein

Building Up Iraq Together, Dar al-Ma'mun, 1983, First Edition, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of the frontispiece.

1983, GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 437.00
33 James Joyce

Ulysses, Folio Society, 2022, the Centenary Edition, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, No.424 of 500, signed by the artist

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 GBP 391.00
168

Great Britain 2007-2012 First Class commemorative stamps in sheetlets plus Olympics Winners self-adhesives.

GBP 270.00 - 320.00 GBP 310.50
34 Ian Fleming

Casino Royale Vintage, 2013, 60th Anniversary edition for Bentley Motors, No.

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 GBP 287.50
68

New Large Scale Atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, with Plans of Towns, George W.

[1881] GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 287.50
167

Great Britain Decimal Presentation Packs, a collection to 2011, face value PS617.66.

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 287.50
126

British C/Wealth M&U ranges in stockbook, mostly Pacific Islands with good mid-period New Guinea and Papua, modern UM sets of Samoa & Tokelau;

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 161.00
122

All-period British C/Wealth M&U ranges in three large stockbooks with much QE2 but including useful earlier with interest in Indian States, Gibraltar

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 155.25
105

Military Art, Napoleonic, early 20th Century, various artists and series, mostly hand-coloured, the majority plain-back.

GBP 130.00 - 150.00 GBP 149.50
25

The Central China Religious Tract Society's Union Hymn Book, 1890s, full leather, gilt, Chinese text, the Index in English, printed on rice paper,

1890s GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.75
124

British C/Wealth QV/QE2 mint & used ranges in stockbook

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.75
12 James Joyce

Ulysses

2017 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 138.00
27 Agatha Christie

Ten Little Niggers, Collins Crime Club, [1939] an early edition, probably for export,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 138.00
130

Box of covers & cards from c.1900, commercial, military and philatelic

c.1900 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 138.00
9

Country Life 1910/1911, 1912/1913, July-Dec.1915, and July- Oct. 1917

1910-1917 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 132.25
143

Collection of Coin Covers in two albums & loose, UK & Foreign, wide variety of themes, the UK coins with values to PS5 (8)

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 126.50
31 Paul Nash

Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorized Version, Folio Society 2017, No.498 of 750

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 120.75
123

British C/Wealth QV/QE2 mint & used ranges in album with interest in Gibraltar with QV to 50c and GV to 2s

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 120.75
140

World Postal History mix, all periods with much pre-1950.

pre-1950. GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 120.75
75

Golf Tournament programmes comprising Ryder Cup 1961 (small tear to front cover), and the British Open 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969 and 1974.

1961 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 115.00
125

British C/Wealth QV to QE2 M&U ranges on stockleaves with good proportion QV/GVI

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 110.40
42

Gilbert & George: a group of sixteen PPCs issued by the Gilbert & George Centre, all autographed by the artists, seven signed on reverse.

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 108.10
61

H.M.S. Apollo, 1936-38, a collection of snapshot photos taken on a world tour,

1936-38, GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 105.80
145

Collection of Coin Covers, 1980s to 2000s, all Royalty themes, UK and C/Wealth, with UK coins to PS5 (12).

1980s GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 98.90
114

World accumulation 1920s/1970s in boxes, tins, on leaves & loose, with interest in British C/Wealth, French Colonies & others;

1920s/1970s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 94.30
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.