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Auction Name	Books, Maps, Manuscripts	Total Sales (GBP)	116,339.20
Auction Date	August 22, 2025 - August 22, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	51,010.00
Sale Number	#14258	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	76,790.00
Total Lots	135
Sold Lots	129	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	60,460.00
% of Lots Sold	95.56%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	90,940.00
Unsold Lots	6	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	127.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
72	Gould (John).	The Birds of Great Britain.	[1862]-1873	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 24,400.00
121		Forty-two seventeenth century manuscript Calendars of Prisoners, comprising dates: March 1686, July 1686, July 1687, April 1688, August 1688,		GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 13,420.00
61	Ross (Sir John).	A manuscript journal/commonplace book of Sir John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer, including sketches and copied verse.	No date	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 9,760.00
45	Tolkien (J.R.R.).	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.	1955	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 5,368.00
120		A bound collection of ten chapbooks, comprising: A Concise Abridgment of that Popular and Interesting Work, the Spirit of "The Book", or Memoirs of Caroline, Princess of Hasburgh, a Political and Amatory Romance. London: W. Mason, J. Johnston, 1812, hand-		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 3,050.00
82	McCarthy (Cormac).	[The Border Trilogy]: All the Pretty Horses, 1993;		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,196.00
101	Modern Literature.	A large collection of 20th/21st literature, mostly first editions, many signed, including Vonnegut (Kurt), Slaughterhouse-Five, 1970;		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,952.00
2	Rock (Mick).	Psychedelic Renegades, with photographs of Syd Barrett.	2001	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,708.00
32	Milne (A.A.).	Winnie-the-Pooh.	1973	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,708.00
62	Bankes (Thomas).	A Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography...The Whole Forming a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels.	[1790?]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,586.00
85	Trollope (Anthony).	Doctor Thorne.	1858	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 1,342.00
92		Hartley (L.P.). The Go-Between.	1953	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,342.00
114	[Sterne (Laurence)].	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.	1760-1767	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,342.00
100	Signed by Henry James.	Vogue (Le Vicomte E.-M. De). The Russian Novel. London: Chapman and Hall, 1913	1913	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,159.00
106	Graves (Robert).	I, Claudius.	1934	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,159.00
123		A large collection of manuscript documents forming part of a family archive. The majority are autograph letters and manuscript diaries from the 19th and 20th centuries.	19th and 20th centuries	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,159.00
83	McCarthy (Cormac).	The Orchard Keeper.	1966	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,098.00
33	Milne (A.A.).	Winnie-the-Pooh.	1926	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,037.00
70	[Lewin (John William)].	[A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, Collected, Engraved and Faithfully Painted after Nature].	1838]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,037.00
93	Trollope (Anthony).	A collection of first editions, comprising: Orley Farm,	1862	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,037.00
119		Greene (Graham). Our Man in Havana.	1958	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,037.00
19	Wood (Ronnie).	Wood on Canvas: Every Picture Tells a Story.	1998	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 976.00
47		[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages	printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 976.00
46		[The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in diuers Languages.]	1610	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 915.00
67	[Ray (John)].	Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium...[bound with]: Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis.	1660	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 854.00

Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000