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Auction Name The Library Auction Total Sales (GBP) 58,051.25
Auction Date November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 43,160.00
Sale Number #111225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 68,880.00
Total Lots 266
Sold Lots 157.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 82,030.00
% of Lots Sold 59.02% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 127,730.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 45.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 ROWLING, (J. K.).

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

1999 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
4 TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)

Autograph Letter Signed

1968 GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
53 Arthur Rackham RWS

The Quack Frog

c. 1912 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,875.00
115 MOLL, (Herman).

A System of Geography: or, A New & Accurate Description of the Earth in All its Empires, Kingdoms and States

1701 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,500.00
114 BYRNE, (Oliver).

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

1847 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
135 [COCKERAM, Henry].

The English Dictionarie: or, an Interpreter of Hard English Words

1626 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,687.50
62 O'BRIAN, Patrick

Folio Society set

2009 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,625.00
44 Sir Arnold Bax

Manuscript music score for 'Mask'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,375.00
83 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells

1955 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,250.00
126 OVINGTON, (J.).

A Voyage to Suratt

1696 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
3 ROWLING, (J. K.).

Harry Potter, Deluxe Editions, a complete set

1999-2007 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 GBP 1,125.00
157

The Holy Bible

1613/ 1612 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 937.50
31 ELSIE BOWERMAN & WYCOMBE ABBEY SCHOOL

An Edwardian album of photographs

1904-08-01 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 687.50
13 Pauline Baynes

Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle Earth, BBC dramatisation poster

1981 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 625.00
181 LAZARNICK, George.

Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read their Signatures

1982 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
111 [BATE, (John)].

The Mysteryes of Nature and Art

1634 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 575.00
163 CORNWALLIS, Kinahan.

Two Journeys to Japan 1856-7

1859 GBP 450.00 - 800.00 GBP 575.00
182 MEINERTZHAGEN, Frederick.

The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum

1986 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 550.00
265

Boxing archive: original boxing photographs

GBP 300.00 - 600.00 GBP 525.00
27 LEWIS, (C. S.)

A collection of first editions

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 475.00
241

Muhammad Ali vs. Rudi Lubbers 20th October 1973, ARCHIVE

1973 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.00
113

Bye-Laws of the Northern Lodge of China, No. 570, Shanghai

1864 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 450.00
158 LUCKOMBE, (P.)

The History and Art of Printing in two parts

1771 GBP 300.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
257 [OXBERRY, William].

Pancratia or a History of Pugilism

1812 GBP 400.00 - 800.00 GBP 450.00
183

The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Iwami Netsuki, Volumes 1 & 2

2000 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 425.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.