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| Auction Name | Online: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 164,020.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 75,170.00 |
| Sale Number | #1101 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 107,180.00 |
| Total Lots | 342 | ||
| Sold Lots | 310.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 85,620.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.64% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 121,980.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 134.47% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289 | Pennant (Thomas) | Synopsis of Quadrupeds |
1771 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 4,572.00 |
| 250 | Yeats (Jack Butler, 1865-1939) | John Morrissey, the Irish American politician |
1911 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,318.00 |
| 309 | Plattes (Gabriel) | A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure: (viz.) |
1679 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 287 | Soane (Sir John) | Designs in Architecture; consisting of Plans, Elevations and Sections |
1778 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 68 | Cicero (Marcus Tullius) | Opera |
1499 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 172 | Wilkins (John) | An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language |
1668 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 198 | Austen (Jane)] Sense and Sensibility |
1813. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,048.00 | |
| 312 | Piso (Willem) and Georg Marcgraf. | Historia natvralis Brasiliae |
1648 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 338 | Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) | The Ancient History of Wiltshire |
1812-21 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 146 | Garnett (Charles Henry, of 132 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London) | Journal of a tour to Mexico, Salvador and Guatemala] |
1908-09. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 161 | Whately (William) | A Bride-bush: or, A direction for married persons. Plainely describing the duties common to both, and peculiar to each of them. |
1619 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 114 | Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet, writer and philosopher, 1694-1778). du Deffand (Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise, hostess and patron of the arts, 1696-1780) | Portrait de mad[a]m[e] du Chatelet, manuscript in French |
[c. 1745] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 199 | Austen (Jane) | Pride and Prejudice |
1894 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 251 | Repton (Humphry) | Odd Whims and Miscellanies |
1804 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 310 | Warltire (John) | Analysis Of a Course of Lectures in Experimental Philosophy |
1769 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 333 | Ogawa (Kazumasa)] | Sights and Scenes in Fair Japan |
1856 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 71 | Alighieri (Dante) | Comedia con l'espositione di Christophoro Landino |
23rd January 1529 | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 192 | Baxter (John)] | The Sister Arts, or A concise and interesting View of the Nature and History of Paper-Making |
1809 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 86 | Rossi (Domenico de) | Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra gli Ornamenti di Porte e, Finestre tratti da alcune Fabbriche insigni di Roma |
1702-11. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 308 | Jung (Carl Gustav) | Interpretation of Visions. Notes on the Seminar in Analytical Psychology |
1930-34 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 341 | Burney (Charles) | An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon in Commemoration of Handel |
1785 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 159 | Bible, English. Bible (The), that is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament |
1599 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 160 | Bible, English.- Bible (The), That is The Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament |
1610 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 239 | Meinhold (William) | Sidonia the Sorceress |
1893 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 336 | Alberti (Leandro) | Descriptio totius Italiae |
1567 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950