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| Auction Name | Online: Modern Literature | Total Sales (GBP) | 136,302.75 |
| Auction Date | December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 67,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #1051 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 95,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 334 | ||
| Sold Lots | 302.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 78,460.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.42% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 111,240.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 122.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 | Milne (A.A.) | When We Were Very Young |
1924 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,318.00 |
| 1 | Mitford (Nancy) | The Pursuit of Love |
1945 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 34 | [Russell (George) | ] |
1936 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 24 | Yeats (William Butler) | Eight Poems |
1916 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 31 | Gregory (Isabella Augusta, Lady) | Seven Short Plays |
1909 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 94 | Cocteau (Jean) | La Difficultie D'etre |
1947 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 235 | Murdoch (Iris) | Under the Net |
1954 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 225 | McCarthy (Cormac) | The Road |
2006 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 268 | Remarque (Erich Maria) | All Quiet on the Western Front |
1929 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 234 | Murakami (Haruki) | The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World |
1991 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 246 | Orwell (George) | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 115 | Du Maurier (Daphne) | The Loving Spirit |
1931 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 20 | Yeats (William Butler) | Where There Is Nothing: A Play in Five Acts. Supplement to The United Irishman |
1902 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 4 | Mitford (Nancy) | Noblesse Oblige |
1956 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 37 | Roosevelt (Franklin D.).- Lindley (Ernest K.) | Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Career in Progressive Democracy |
1931 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 174 | Hughes (Ted) | The Iron Giant |
1968 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 96 | Cornwell (Bernard) | Sharpe's Eagle |
1981 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 301 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | A Middle English Vocabulary |
1922 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 100 | Cornwell (Bernard) | [The Saxon Stories] |
2004-2019 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 302 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit |
1946 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 95 | Cornwell (Bernard) | [The Sharpe Novels] |
1981-2006 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 263 | Proust (Marcel) | [In Remembrance of Things Past] |
1922-1961 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 44 | Reagan (Ronald) | An American Life |
1990 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 64 | Borges (Jorge Luis) | El Libro de Arena |
1975 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 218 | Lorac (E. C. R.) | Shroud of Darkness |
1954 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 |
