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Auction Name	Antiquarian and Collectable Books	Total Sales (GBP)	32,254.80
Auction Date	June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	19,990.00
Sale Number	#62625	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	30,620.00
Total Lots	272
Sold Lots	253	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	21,670.00
% of Lots Sold	93.01%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	33,180.00
Unsold Lots	19	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	97.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
143	ARROWSMITH A.	Large linen map of Ireland	1821	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,200.00
118	BARRIE SIR JAMES M.	BARRIE SIR JAMES M., creator of Peter Pan. A small collection of autograph letters.	1903	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,140.00
15	LOCKE JOHN.	Two Treatises of Government in the Former, the False Principles & Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer & His Followers Are Detected & Overthrown, the Latter is an Essay Concerning ... Civil-Government.	1698	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,020.00
102	BROWN WILLIAM,	Greenockmains Farm, Mauchline. Tourist's Journal.		GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 1,020.00
58		LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE. An extensive & comprehensive collection of postcards, photographs & images in 5 albums.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 780.00
57		LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE. An extensive & comprehensive collection of postcards, photographs & images in 6 albums.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 660.00
133	MALPIGHI MARCELLO.	Anatome Plantarum qui Subjungitur Appendix ...	1675	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 660.00
100	BEAUMONT FRANCIS & FLETCHER JOHN.	SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM.	1679	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 600.00
54	WITHAM HENRY.	Observations on Fossil Vegetables.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 576.00
56		COLNE & DISTRICT. An extensive & comprehensive collection of postcards, photographs & images in 9 vols.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 576.00
234	DE LUC J. A.	Recherches sur les Modifications di L'Atmosphere.	1986"	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 504.00
53	WITHAM HENRY.	Observations on Fossil Vegetables Accompanied by Representations of Their Internal Structure As Seen Through the Microscope.	1831	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 456.00
78		WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Memoirs.	1811-(1839)	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 456.00
243	STEWART DUGALD.	Attendance Card for a Moral Philosophy Lecture,	1787	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 456.00
60		BURNLEY. An extensive & comprehensive collection of postcards, photographs & images relating to Burnley & District, in 9 numbered albums.		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 420.00
162	HOUGHTON JOHN.	Husbandry & Trade Improv'd, Being a Collection of Many Valuable Materials Relating to Corn, Cattle, Coals, Hops, Wool &c.	1727 & 1728	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 420.00
142	SHACKLETON E. H.	The Heart of the Antarctic Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909.	1909	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 360.00
62		RIBBLE VALLEY. An extensive & comprehensive collection of postcards, photographs & images in 7 albums.		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 336.00
63		LANCASHIRE, RIBBLE VALLEY & DISTRICT. An extensive & comprehensive collection of postcards, photographs & images in 7 albums.		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 336.00
134	EVELYN JOHN.	Silva or A Discourse of Forest-Trees.	1791	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 336.00
176	HARTLIB SAMUEL.	His Legacy of Husbandry Wherein are Bequeathed to the Common-Wealth of Englan d ...	1655	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 336.00
1		Missale Anglicanum, The English Missal.	1934	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 312.00
51	HAMILTON SIR WILLIAM.	Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna & Other Volcanoes in a Series of Letters Addressed to the Royal Society ...	1774	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 312.00
217	MEUX MSS.	Lady Meux manuscripts numbers 2-5 ...	1900	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 312.00
45	CHAMBERS ROBERT.	Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, 5th ed.	1846	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 288.00

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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