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Auction Name	2-Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works of Art	Total Sales (GBP)	99,987.46
Auction Date	July 16, 2025 - July 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	43,640.00
Sale Number	#71625	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	74,807.00
Total Lots	1479
Sold Lots	1327	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	50,725.00
% of Lots Sold	89.72%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	85,777.00
Unsold Lots	152	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	116.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1433		17th Century MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT - GONORRHEA c1680	17th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 3,286.40
539		NORFOLK MAPS INTEREST: 4 Titles: T CHUBB: A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE PRINTED MAPS OF NORFOLK 1574-1916	1928	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 2,275.20
97	ELLEN WILMOTT:	THE GENUS ROSA	1914	GBP 1,050.00 - 1,400.00	GBP 1,390.40
739		.) WILLIAM DANIELL (ILL.); CAUNTER: 'THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL, OR SCENES IN INDIA	1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1840	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,162.88
1285	JACK FINNEY:	THE BODY SNATCHERS	1955	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,112.32
1324		JAPAN. LIEUTENANT GENERAL FUJIWARA IWAICHI SIGNED BOOK + SIGNED LETTER + SIGNED COMPLIMENTS CARD		GBP 400.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,011.20
1029		Studio (The): An Illustrated Magazine of Fine & Applied Art	1894-1970	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 973.28
1321		CHINA. Rare 21 volumes "Masterpieces of Chinese	1971	GBP 150.00 - 400.00	GBP 948.00
188		EMILY NOYES VANDERPOEL: COLOR PROBLEMS - A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR THE LAY STUDENT OF COLOR	1902	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 910.08
1434		CHINA - HONG KONG Report of the missionary hospital at Kum-lee-Fow, in the western suburbs of Canton : for the year 1858-59	1859	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 821.60
1367		CHEMISTRY MANUSCRIPT. 18th Century[?]	18th Century[?]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 783.68
1098		TRANSLATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK: JOHANNES ANGELUS: ASTROLOGY, 1488	1848	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 758.40
720		F C WEBB: UP THE TIGRIS TO BAGDAD	1870	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 707.84
1181		MANUSCRIPT BOOK: Pertaining to Rome		Not Available	GBP 695.20
1494	JOHN LIZARS:	A SYSTEM OF ANATOMICAL PLATES OF THE HUMAN BODY	ND	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 695.20
256		HILARY MANTEL INSCRIBED FIRSTS: WOLF HALL	2009	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 682.56
40		INDIAN CONFLICT: 4 Titles: GENERAL SIR CHARLES REID: EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS AND NOTES WRITTEN DURING THE SIEGE OF DELHI IN 1857	1849	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 644.64
1369	Sir James Crichton-Browne	A.L.S Letter regarding letters from CHARLES DARWIN	1927	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 644.64
1464		INDIA CHOLERA REPORTS WITH 15 MAPS	1869	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 606.72
1286	MICK HERRON:	DOWN CEMETERY ROAD	2003	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	GBP 581.44
624		RICHARD BURTON: THE LAND OF MIDIAN	1879	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 505.60
1190		An early 19th century vellum-bound recipe book, mainly preserves, wines, meat and cakes	19th century	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 505.60
625	SIR PERCY SYKES:	A HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN	1940	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 492.96
1119		MAP OF PALESTINE		Not Available	GBP 480.32
327	SIR ARTHUR QUILTER COUCH AND EDMUND DULAC [Illus]:	THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES	ND	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 467.68

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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