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Auction Name	Books, Ephemera, Maps, and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	46,706.06
Auction Date	November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	23,900.00
Sale Number	#110624	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	36,755.00
Total Lots	1183
Sold Lots	1050	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	27,270.00
% of Lots Sold	88.76%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	41,845.00
Unsold Lots	133	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	111.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1149		REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALITY TO EXAMINE AND CONSIDER THE EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE TACTICS EMPLOYED BY NELSON AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR,	1913	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,148.80
1036		ONE PACKET: Sales particulars for various Norfolk estates: HANWORTH HALL ESTATE, CROMER, to be sold at auction by Messrs Debenham, Tewson, Farmer and Bridgewater on Tuesday 10th July 1900,		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 1,112.32
998		INDIA HOUSE - LONDON: Grand opening brochure, in original envelope. Opened by His Majesty King George the Fifth, Emperor of India, July 8th 1930.	1930	Not Available	GBP 707.84
1141		LADY HAMILTON'S ATTITUDES AND A SECOND PART TO LADY HAMILTON'S ATTUTUDES,		Not Available	GBP 492.96
215		FOLIO SOCIETY: MALCOLM ANDREW AND RONALD WALDRON: THE POEMS OF THE PEARL MANUSCRIPT - PEARL, CLEANNESS, PATIENCE, SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT	2015	GBP 280.00 - 350.00	GBP 442.40
720	AENEAS ANDERSON	A JOURNAL OF THE FORCES WHICH SAILED FROM THE DOWNS IN APRIL 1800 ON A SECRET EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUT-GEN PIGOT TILL THEIR ARRIVAL IN MINORCA AND CONTINUED...	1802	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 391.84
1035		ONE PACKET: Sales particulars for various Norfolk estates: THE CANTLEY MANOR ESTATE to be sold at auction by Messrs Lumleys on Tuesday 21st July 1896.		Not Available	GBP 391.84
578		A collection of manuscript recipe books, together with MRS I WILLAMSON: THE PRACTICE OF COOKERY AND PASTRY ADAPTED TO THE BUSINESS OF EVERY DAY LIFE	1854	Not Available	GBP 379.20
636	ELLEN G LANDAU	LEE KRASNER - A CATALOGUE RAISONNE	1995	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 353.92
986		Small folio containing JC HARRISON'S BRITISH BIRD CHRISTMAS CARDS, 1934 - 53. [The Norfolk Naturalists Trust]	1934 - 53	Not Available	GBP 328.64
264	LEWIS CARROLL	THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE: 2 editions:	1872	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 290.72
485		LIBER CARTARUM PRIORATUS SANCTI ANDREE IN SCOTIA - E REGISTRO IPSO IN ARCHIVIS BARONUM DE PANMURE HODIE ASSERVATO [THE BOOK CHARTERS THE PRIORY OF ST ANDREWS IN SCOTLAND - ...	181	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 290.72
961		A collection of interesting pamphlets and small books relating to Nelson		GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 278.08
281	HAROLD JONES (Illus)	4 Titles: SONGS FROM SHAKESPEARE	1961	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 265.44
990	CHARLES MILLS	THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES FOR THE RECOVERY AND POSSESSION OF THE HOLY LAND	1822	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 265.44
1031		ONE PACKET: Sales particulars for various Norfolk estates: BARTON HALL WITH PART OF BARTON ROAD AND OUTLYING PORTIONS OF THE BEESTON HALL ESTATE,.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 265.44
1054		THE GUNTON ESTATE, NORFOLK: Two sets of sales particluars: Sale at auction by Messrs Irelands on Saturday 20th December 1919 [with original maps] and sale at auction by Messrs Bidwell and Sons on Saturday 26th July 1913, together with sales documentation		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 265.44
823		ONE BOX: ALAN HUNTER: 33 Titles		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 252.80
1069		ONE PACKET: Sales particulars for various Norfolk Estates: THE DIDLINGTON ESTATE, to be sold at auction by Messers Knight, Frank and Rutley, London on Tuesday 29th November		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 252.80
296	ROALD DAHL AND QUENTIN BLAKE (Illus)	THE TWITS	1980	GBP 45.00 - 70.00	GBP 240.16
572		LE BEAU MONDE OR, LITERARY AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE, VOL 1 - FROM NOV 1806 TO JULY 1807		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 240.16
1017		An interesting late c19th/early 20th century scrapbook	late c19th/early 20th century	Not Available	GBP 227.52
33	EDWARD KITE	THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WILTSHIRE - A SERIES OF EXAMPLES OF THESE MEMORIALS RANGING FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENBTURIES.	1860	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 214.88
763	WILLIAM CURTIS	THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 214.88
1126	MollHerman	Hand Coloured Map of the East Indies c.1736		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 214.88

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