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Auction Name	Antiquarian and Collectable Books	Total Sales (GBP)	10,491.90
Auction Date	November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,740.00
Sale Number	#112124	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	10,550.00
Total Lots	272
Sold Lots	116	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	19,440.00
% of Lots Sold	42.65%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	29,330.00
Unsold Lots	156	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	35.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100	GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH.	Two signed presentation photographs. George VI by Hugh Cecil printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, "George R.I.", 1942, 48cms x 36cms; Queen Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, "Elizabeth R, 1942",		GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 984.00
12	FILMER SIR ROBERT.	The Free-holders Grand Inquest Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and his Parliament to which are added Observations upon Forms of Government, concludes with An Advertisement to the Jury-Men of England Touching Witches.	1684	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 467.40
15	HUXLEY THOMAS HENRY.	Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.	1863	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 430.50
9	(JOHNSON SAMUEL).	Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands.	1771	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 319.80
11	WESLEY JOHN (Trans).	Advices with Respect to Health Extracted from a Late Author (S-A Tissot).		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 270.60
27	WALSH C. W. & HOLTON G. F. (Photographers).	A Selection of Camera Studies of Native Types & Views Around Southern Persia, including the Abadan Refinery of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.	c.1920's.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 270.60
101	BYRON LORD.	A folio vol.	early 19th cent.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 246.00
98	WALLIS JOHN.	The Natural History & Antiquities of Northumberland & So Much of the County of Durham as Lies Between the Rivers Tyne & Tweed.	1769	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 221.40
74	JAILLOT ALEXIS HUBERT.	Les Isles Britanniques.	c.1681.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 209.10
99	BONWICKE R., & others (Pubs).	A Complete History of England With the Lives of All the Kings & Queens Thereof.	1719	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 209.10
45	HEWISON JAMES KING.	The Isle of Bute in the Olden Time.	1893	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 196.80
88	DORRET JAMES.	A General Map of Scotland & Islands Thereto Belonging.	C.1750.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 172.20
5	ATKINSON MATTHEW HUTTON.	Four manuscript diaries kept by engineer & amateur watercolourist Matthew Hutton Atkinson (1843-1917), for the years 1875-1888	1875-1888	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 147.60
13	GIBBON JOHN.	Introductio Ad Latinam Blasoniam, An Essay to a More Correct Blason in Latine Than Formerly Hath Been Used.	1682	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 147.60
79	BLAEU JOHANNES.	Lancastria Palatinatus Anglis Lancaster.	, c.1646.	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 147.60
89	CRAWFORD WILLIAM.	Plan of the Estate of Colinton ... County of Edinburgh, the Property of Sir James Foulis.	An 1898 tracing of the 1798 original. Rolled. 98cm x 98cm.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 147.60
48		Dumfriesshire.	1871	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 135.30
81	BLAEU JOHANNES & PONT TIMOTHY.	Annandiae Praefectura, Vulgo vie Stewartrie of Annandale.	, c.1654.	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 135.30
92	FRYER JOHN.	Plan of Lands in the Manor of Ravensworth & Lamesley in the Parish of Chester-le-Street Surveyed for Sir Henry George Liddell Bart.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 135.30
10	HOWARD CHARLES.	Historical Anecdotes of Some of the Howard Family.	1877	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 123.00
50	BUCHAN TELFER CAPT. J.	The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont.	1885	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 123.00
71	BOWEN EMANUEL & KITCHIN THOMAS.	An Accurate Map of Cambridgeshire Divided into Its Hundreds.	1760's.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.00
56	LUBBOCK BASIL.	14 illus.		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 116.85
70	BOWEN EMANUEL & KITCHIN THOMAS.	An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire Divided into Its Hundreds.	1760s.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 110.70
109	BRAITHWAITE J. W.	Guide to Kirkby Stephen, Appleby, Brough, Warcop, Ravenstonedale, Mallerstang &c.	1884	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 110.70

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