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Auction Name Books, Maps and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 77,215.60
Auction Date December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 28,850.00
Sale Number #14257 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 45,330.00
Total Lots 144
Sold Lots 132.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 31,650.00
% of Lots Sold 91.67% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 49,730.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 155.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2105 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909.

 1909 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,894.40
2122 Hayek (F.A.).

The Road to Serfdom.

 1944 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,121.60
2033 Potter (Beatrix).

The Fairy Caravan, by Beatrix Heelis ("Beatrix Potter").

 1929 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,864.00
2131 Vellum Bindings.

Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey.

1907-1908 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,606.40
2078 Saxton (Christopher).

Eboracensis comitatus (cuius Incolae olim Brigantes appellabantur) Longitudine Latitudine hominumque nemero relequis illustrior.

 1577 [1579] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,962.40
2030 Potter (Beatrix & Rupert). Potter (Rupert).

Physiology, Containing Vital Operations of Animals, Digestions & Absorption, On the Blood & its Circulation, Respiration, Formation of Tissues. Manuscript journal/excerise book, signed 'Rupert Potter. 1850-51

 1850-51 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,833.60
2125 Lewis (C.S.).

The Screwtape Letters.

1942 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,833.60
2102 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.

 1919 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 2,318.40
2103 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.

 1919 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,932.00
2108 Worsley (Frank Arthur).

Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure.

 1931 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 1,674.40
2059 Bible, [English] - Geneva-Tomson-Junius Version.

The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in diuers Languages.

1633 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,416.80
2135 Yorkshire - Manuscript Documents.

A collection of approximately fifty-three 16th-19th century manuscript documents, mostly indentures, ...

 16th-19th century GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,416.80
2110 Blome (Richard).

The Gentlemans Recreation.

 1686 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,094.80
2137 Thomas (Dylan) & Piper (John, illustrator).

Deaths and Entrances.

1984 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,094.80
2084 Amundsen (Roald).

The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.

 1912 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,030.40
2107 Wild (Frank).

Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest... From the Original Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin.

 1923 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,030.40
2121 Hayek (F.A.).

Law, Legislation and Liberty: A new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy.

 1973-79 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,030.40
2091 Howard-Bury (C.K.).

Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921.

1922 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 966.00
2111 Botanical Studies.

A collection of nineteenth century botanical drawings, ink and watercolour,

 nineteenth century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 966.00
2139 India.

Views of Benares from the River Side. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares [cover-title].

No date [circa 1920-30] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 966.00
2008 Shakespeare (William).

[Plays], Bell's Edition.

1785 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 901.60
2021 Knight (Henry Gally).

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy.

 1842-1844 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 901.60
2057 Bible, [English] - Geneva Version.

The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers languages...,

1615 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 901.60
2058 Bible, [English] - Geneva Version.

[The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke: and conferred with the Best Translations in Divers Languages.]

 1588 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 901.60
2138 Cartes de Visite - Royalty.

An album of approximately 95 cartes de visite of royalty and emperors of the UK, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, China, etc.,

 c.1860s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 901.60
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    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
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    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.
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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