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Auction Name	Rare Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	37,359.68
Auction Date	August 14, 2025 - August 14, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	17,980.00
Sale Number	#81425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	31,310.00
Total Lots	311
Sold Lots	256	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	21,860.00
% of Lots Sold	82.32%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	37,770.00
Unsold Lots	55	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	98.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
115	Jawaharlal Nehru	Glimpses of World History	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,690.20
151	Olaudah Equiano	The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olauda	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,627.60
7	Dr. Nathaniel Vincent	Dr. Nathaniel Vincent (1634-1772) Manuscript Letter of Recommendation Signed by Six Prominent Figure	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,126.80
12		(Early Aviation and Lanark Aviation Ground) Thirteen signed postcards by aviation pioneers	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 851.36
168	Reginald Lloyd (Director)	Twentieth Century Impressions of Chile: Its History, People, Commerce, Ind	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 851.36
8	Emma Pescatore, Benjamin Vallotton and Albert Froidevaux	(ALS archive) Emma Pescatore, Benjamin Vallotton and Albert Froidevaux Patience!....	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 726.16
161	Bern Conner	The History of Poland, in Several Letters to Persons of Quality	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 651.04
86		Some of the Analects of Confucius Shanghai, 1887	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 626.00
123	J. G. Wilkinson	Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 626.00
257	Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) British	Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-13 'Osman' the lead huskey	GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 563.40
10		Military archive of the Ellingworth family	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 500.80
45		Descrizione delle quattro citta dell'Antica Siracusa. [Palermo], 1717 Large engraved map of Syracuse	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 500.80
49		Roger Moore as James Bond.....Live and Let Die British Quad Poster	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 500.80
165	Laurence Echard	The History of the Revolution, and the Establishment of England in the Year 1688. I	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 500.80
57		The Standard, Approved on by the Society, for Shew of Canary Birds R. H. Laurie, London, 1823	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 475.76
46		Medical pamphlets & printed dissertation Approximately ninety	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 438.20
88	Ithell Colquhoun	The Living Stones	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 438.20
164		(Ireland) Ten good works	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 438.20
22		(Sigfried Sassoon) An original MS for a BBC Radio 3 broadcast	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 400.64
54	William DANIELL	William DANIELL Sixty one aquatints	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 400.64
125		A finely bound 1785 miniature Almanack	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 400.64
1		(London) Survey of London by the Greater London Council A large collection of facsimile maps, charts	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 375.60
166	John Evelyn	The Life of Mrs. Godolphin	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 375.60
289	James Cook and George Forster	A Voyage Round the World	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 375.60
18	Count A. D. R. Metaxa	Count A. D. R. Metaxa Two Manuscript Journals from HMS Resolution and HMS Cambrian, 1921--1924	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 350.56

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.
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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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