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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectors' Books Total Sales (GBP) 61,969.88
Auction Date December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 24,950.00
Sale Number #120424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 38,560.00
Total Lots 237
Sold Lots 191 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 31,350.00
% of Lots Sold 80.59% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 48,220.00
Unsold Lots 46 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 128.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3229

ILLUMINATED LEAVES.

mid-15th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,233.00
3007 Arthur Edward WAITE.

The Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition under the Veil of Divination.

1910 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 2,988.00
3235

ILLUMINATED LEAVES.

early 16th century GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,988.00
3230

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

mid-15th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,739.00
3234

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

late 15th -- early 16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,241.00
3228 [Giustino di GHERARDINO.]

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

14th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,116.50
3023 Morgan ROBERTSON.

Futility.

1898 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3226 [NERIO.]

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

early 14th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3231

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

mid-15th century GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,743.00
3236

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

early 16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,743.00
3227 [Giustino di GHERADINO.]

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

14th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,618.50
3237

ILLUMINATED INITIALS.

late 15th -- to early 16th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,494.00
3233

ILLUMINATED LEAF.

late 15th- early 16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,245.00
3110 Galilei GALILEO.

Galileo a Madama Christina di Lorena (1615).

1896, 1897. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,058.25
3063 GREGYNOG PRESS (publisher). Robert BRIDGES.

A Poem in XII Measures.

1935 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 871.50
3201 BIBLE, In English.

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.

1717-16. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 871.50
3217 A.S.G. BUTLER.

The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

1984 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 871.50
3011 [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] 'Lewis Carroll'.

Three Sunsets and Other Poems.

1898 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 684.75
3066 RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). Jacob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl GRIMM.

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm... translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas.

1909 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 684.75
3135 WELLS, H.G.

The New Teaching of History. With a Reply to some Recent Criticisms of The Outline of History.

1921 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 684.75
3015 HUNT, John.

The Ascent of Everest.

1993 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 622.50
3207 George A. HOYEM (compiler).

British Sporting Guns and Rifles.

1996 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 597.60
3213 WILME, B.P.

A Manual of Writing and Printing Characters, both Ancient and Modern, for the Use of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, Engravers, Printers, Decorators, and Draughtsmen.

1845 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 547.80
3024 Robert JONES.

A New Treatise on Artificial Fireworks.

1765 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 522.90
3161 Harry PRICE.

Stella C. An Account of Some Original Experiments in Psychical Research.

1925 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 498.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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”.
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    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 .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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