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Auction Name	Single Owner Collections	Total Sales (GBP)	4,933.94
Auction Date	November 26, 2024 - November 26, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,680.00
Sale Number	#112624	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	4,090.00
Total Lots	44
Sold Lots	41	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,810.00
% of Lots Sold	93.18%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,280.00
Unsold Lots	3	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	115.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4742	A small collection of early 20th century shooting related advertising material and novelties	early 20th century	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 398.40
4726	A collection of early to mid-20th century ephemera relating to shooting and game hunting	early to mid-20th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 373.50
4737	A large collection of mainly early to mid-20th century trade catalogues relating to shooting and game hunting	early to mid-20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 373.50
4539	A rare late Victorian/early Edwardian advertising showcard, 'Eley Ammunition Unequalled'	late Victorian/early Edwardian	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 323.70
4735	A collection of mainly early to mid-20th century ephemera relating to shooting, game hunting and cartridges	early to mid-20th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 298.80
4734	A large collection of early to mid-20th century ephemera relating to shooting, game hunting, explosives and cartridges	early to mid-20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 199.20
4757	A late Victorian red leather bound game book/ledger, possibly relating to the Dundreggan Estate in Scotland		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 199.20
4741	An extensive collection of Victorian and later dog licences dating from the late 1860s to the 1980s	late 1860s to the 1980s	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 186.75
4754	Two rare late 19th century tooled red leather game hunting ledgers/registers relating to Red Rice near Andover, Hampshire, and probably the property of Red Rice House and park	late 19th century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 149.40
4771	A large collection of 20th century military reference books	20th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 124.50
4547	A post-1952 advertising showcard, 'Agents for Gallyons Precision Loaded Cartridges, Gallyon & Sons Ltd, 52 High Street, King's Lynn, and 66 Bridge Street, Cambridge, Cartridge Makers to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II',	post-1952	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 118.28
4740	A large collection of ephemera relating to Kynoch and Eley Kynoch		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 118.28
4765	A collection of late 19th and early 20th century leather and cloth bound game registers and records books	late 19th and early 20th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 112.05
4739	A large collection of early to mid-20th century trade catalogues and ephemera relating to Parker-Hale	early to mid-20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 105.83
4759	A large collection of early 20th century ephemera relating to shooting and game hunting	20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 105.83
4728	A collection of mainly early to mid-20th century game cards and ephemera relating to shooting	early to mid-20th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 99.60
4761	A collection of early 20th century letters from Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson KCMG to J.D.B. Campbell Esq of 25 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh	early 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 99.60
4760	A large collection of scarce 19th and 20th century photographs relating to shooting, game hunting and rural affairs	19th and 20th century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 93.38
4764	A group of early to mid-20th century game books and registers	early to mid-20th century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 93.38
4753	A large collection of 19th and 20th century ephemera relating to game hunting, shooting and rural affairs	19th and 20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 87.15
4747	A collection of various 19th and 20th century licences, tax forms and inhabited house duty tickets	19th and 20th century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 80.93
4745	A large collection of later 20th century gun and shooting related trade catalogues and advertising brochures	later 20th century	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 74.70
4751	A collection of ephemera relating to Bryant gun case makers		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 74.70
4755	An early 20th century blue leather and part cloth bound game hunting ledger/register belonging to James M. Carnegie (1908-1985)	early 20th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 74.70
4731	A large collection of mainly late 19th century and early to mid-20th century ephemera relating to shooting and game hunting	late 19th century and early to mid-20th century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 68.48

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