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Auction Name	Rare Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	64,534.34
Auction Date	June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,200.00
Sale Number	#61225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	47,280.00
Total Lots	382
Sold Lots	307	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	36,130.00
% of Lots Sold	80.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	60,500.00
Unsold Lots	75	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	106.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
256	William and Thomas Daniell	Two aquatints showing Indian scenes	c.1801	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 11,017.60
192		The Frank Strike Collection of Cornish Shipwrecks Over 200 Postcards of the Cornish Coastline -- Many by the Gibson Family		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,879.60
183	Edward Twycross (ed)	The Mansions of England and Wales. County of Cornwall	1846	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,629.20
126		A 1960's Aerial view of Dubai Large photographic print	c.1960's	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 2,504.00
76	Seth Lister Mosley	A History of British Birds, Their Nests, and Eggs	1884 and 1887.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,690.20
22		Pictures of the Indian Artist Raja Ravivarma	early 20th century	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 1,314.60
57	Arthur Young	Annals of Agriculture and Other Useful Arts	1784, 1808	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,314.60
191		The Frank Strike Collection of Cornish Shipwrecks- Archive Two boxes of photographs, postcards, letters and other related ephemera		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,252.00
94	Isaac Taylor	County of Gloucester	c.1777	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,001.60
100	J. R. R. Tolkien	The Lord of the Rings	1962	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,001.60
88	(Wiltshire) Greenwood publishers	Map of the County of Wiltshire, from actual survey in the years 1819 & 1820	1820	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 901.44
130	Lucas Janzoon	Waghenaer Zee caerte van Engelants Eijndt, Alsoe hem tselfde Landt verthoont beginnende van Sorlinges tot Pleijmondt	circa 1590	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 876.40
49	Robert Baker	A Robert Baker 1615 'Breeches' bible. The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers languages...	1615 and 1616	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 751.20
98		Bacon's Map of London 1881	1881	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 751.20
193	(F. E. Gibson)	Shipwreck photographs Twenty four		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 651.04
93		Greenwood & Co Map of the County of Cornwall from a detailed Survey made in the Years 1826 and 1827	c.1827	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 626.00
134	Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes	The Paper Chase	1908	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
150	William Borlase	Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall	1754	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
151	William Borlase	The Natural History of Cornwall	1758	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
74		An Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-1945 Compiled by Headquarters Second Army	1945	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 563.40
131	John Norden	Speculi Britanniae Pars:		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 563.40
8	Thomas Rowlanson illustrations	The English Dance of Death	1815-16	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 525.84
95		Greenwood, Pringle & Co Map of the County of Devon	c.1827	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 525.84
21		International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883 The Fisheries Exhibition Literature, vols. 1-13 (complete), 1884	1884	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 500.80
50	John Calvin and Thomas Norton (trans)	[The Institution of Christian Religion....]	1578	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 475.76

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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