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Auction Name Online: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 139,117.55
Auction Date September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 74,050.00
Sale Number #1045 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 106,000.00
Total Lots 298
Sold Lots 270 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 80,900.00
% of Lots Sold 90.60% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 115,750.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 120.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
19 Ravilious (Eric)

Original woodblock of engraving of cockerel

 [1933]; GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 10,130.00
235

SlaveryEngraved plate of a plan showing lower deck of a slave ship

 [?c.1788] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 4,826.00
265 Curtis (William)

Flora Londinensis; or, Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London

 1777-98 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,318.00
49 Bawden (Edward)

Borough market, from 'Six London Markets'

 1967 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,048.00
22 Ravilious (Eric).- Hennell (Thomas)

Poems

 1936 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,794.00
26 Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.)

High Street

 1938 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,159.00
30 Ravilious (Eric)

The Wood Engravings...

 1972 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 2,159.00
76 Bawden (Edward)

Broomfield Church, Somerset,

circa 1978 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
221

Royal BindingBook of Common Prayer (The), engraved title

 1669 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
20 Ravilious (Eric)

49th Dinner Double Crown Club Cafe Royal

 [1935] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,778.00
15 Ravilious (Eric)

Kynoch Press Note Book 1933

 1932 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,651.00
6 Ravilious (Eric).- Furst (Herbert, editor)

The Woodcut: An Annual

 1927-30. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,524.00
4 Ravilious (Eric).- Fraser (Ronald)

Flower Phantoms, signed by the author

 1926 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,397.00
17 Ravilious (Eric).- Marlowe (Christopher)

The Famous Tragedy of the rich Jew of Malta

 1933 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,397.00
41 Ravilious (Eric).- Garwood (Tirzah)

Long Live Great Bardfield & love to you all: her Autobiography, 1908-43

 2012 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,397.00
44 Bawden (Edward)

Cattle Market, Braintree, l

 1937 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,397.00
3 Ravilious (Eric)

Exhibition of Modern Wood Cuts and Book Decoration

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,270.00
16 Ravilious (Eric).- Shakespeare (William)

Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

 1932 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,270.00
73 Nash (Paul).- Aldington (Richard)

Death of a Hero

 1929 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,270.00
67 Nash (Paul).- M. (G.A.)

Six Satires

 [1919] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,206.50
216

German RoyaltyMarie (Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Vladimir "Miechen" of Russia 1854-1920) Portrait photograph signed

 1904 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,206.50
1 Ravilious (Eric).- Bliss (Douglas Percy) & A.E. Chistopherson, editors.

The Gallimaufry: A New Magazine of the Students of the R.C.A. which will appear for this once only

 1925 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,143.00
7 Ravilious (Eric)

Kensington Gardens at night

 1927 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,079.50
28 Ravilious (Eric)

Monotype Corporation Ltd. [Calendar for 1954]

 [1953] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,079.50
164 Serlio (Sebastiano)

Libro Primo d'Architettura... [& Il Secondo Libro di Perspettiva...]

 1562 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,079.50
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    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.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    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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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    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