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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Children’s & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Original Illustrations

Auction Reports

Auction Name Children’s & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Original Illustrations Total Sales (GBP) 230,496.72
Auction Date December 11, 2025 - December 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 122,490.00
Sale Number #121125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 184,750.00
Total Lots 364
Sold Lots 290.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 145,360.00
% of Lots Sold 79.67% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 218,700.00
Unsold Lots 74 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
725 Gibran (Kahlil)

The Prophet

1923 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,848.00
737 Lewis (Clive Staples, 1898--1963)

Autograph Letter Signed

2 June, no date, c. 1950 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,584.00
375 Dickens (Charles)

A Christmas Carol, in Prose

1843 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,320.00
770 Wilde (Oscar)

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

[1905] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,561.60
519 Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll')

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1866 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,056.00
580 Stevenson (Robert Louis)

Treasure Island

1883 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,297.60
729 Joyce (James)

Dubliners

1914 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,297.60
736 Lewis (C. S.)

The Silver Chair

1953 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 3,286.40
711 Christie (Agatha)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

1926 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,907.20
455 Potter (Beatrix, 1866-1943)

Autograph Illustrated Letter

c. 1920 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,780.80
733 Le Carre (John, i.e. David Cornwell, 1931-2020)

British author of espionage novels

1987-2019 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,780.80
411 [Hardy, Thomas]

Desperate Remedies. A Novel

1871 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,528.00
445 Potter (Beatrix)

Ginger & Pickles

1909 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,528.00
377 Bronte (Charlotte, "Currer Bell")

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

1848 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,401.60
395 Dickens (Charles)

Great Expectations

1861 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,401.60
734 Lewis (C. S.)

The Horse and His Boy

1954 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,275.20
417 Hardy (Thomas)

Far from the Madding Crowd

1874 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,148.80
430 Potter (Beatrix)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

[1902] GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,148.80
556

Botanical Card Game. The Botanical Pastime

circa 1800-1820 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,148.80
715 Doyle (Arthur Conan)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1925 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,148.80
454 Potter (Beatrix)

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

after 1919 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,022.40
509 Austen (Jane)

Pride & Prejudice, ...

1894 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,022.40
515 [Cameron, Katharine, 1874-1965, artist]

Lachryde Musarum and Other Poems

1892 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,022.40
678 John Milton

Golden Cockerel Press. Paradise Lost. A Poem

1937 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,022.40
709 Charteris (Leslie)

A set of 10 'Saint' novels

1959-79 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,022.40
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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.
    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.