Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Maps & Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 111,656.72 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 21, 2026 - August 21, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 40,580.00 |
| Sale Number | #82126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 62,390.00 |
| Total Lots | 185 | ||
| Sold Lots | 177.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 43,380.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 66,590.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 167.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 29 Books, including: The Wipers Times |
1916-1918;1917 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 9,016.00 | |
| 134 | Orwell George | Nineteen-Eighty Four |
1949 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,152.00 |
| 150 | Tolkien J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings |
1955 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 5,152.00 |
| 89 | Dalrymple Alexander | A Collection of Charts and Memoirs |
1771-1772 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,606.40 |
| 98 | Mornay | A Picture of St. Petersburgh |
1815 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,606.40 |
| 148 | Tolkien J.R.R. | 21 Books, including: The Hobbit or There and Back Again |
1955; 1962; 1977; 1924 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,220.00 |
| 51 | Speed John | The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New |
1612 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,833.60 |
| 143 | Tartt Donna; Cronin Justin; Smith Ali; Mitchell David | 53 Books, including: The Little Friend |
2002; 2010; 2014 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,189.60 |
| 15 | Kyd Stewart | A Treatise on the Law of Corporations |
1793-94 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 2,060.80 |
| 115 | Churchill Winston Spencer | The Collected Works |
1973-76 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,060.80 |
| 127 | Fleming Ian | 10 Books, including: Live and Let Die |
1954; 1961; 1959 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 2,060.80 |
| 91 | Harris John | Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca |
1744-1748 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,932.00 |
| 22 | Albo Robert J. | Classic Magic Series |
1973-2005 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,803.20 |
| 161 | Ranson Stansfeld | 8 Books, including: Manuscript Albums |
c.1906-15; 1796; 1700 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 1,674.40 |
| 4 | Hotten John Camden; Bailey N.; Moffat Robert | 66 Books, including: Abyssinia and Its People |
1868; 1724; 1842 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,545.60 |
| 95 | Lear Edward | Views in the Seven Ionian Islands |
1863 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,545.60 |
| 170 | Specimens of ornamental turning |
c. 1858-52 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,545.60 | |
| 113 | Carnegie Andrew | The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays |
1901 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,416.80 |
| 149 | Tolkien J.R.R. | The Hobbit, or There and Back Again |
1976 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,416.80 |
| 20 | Gaultier Camille; Maseklyne Nevil; Devant David; Ganson Lewis; Berg Joe; Avadon David; Lewis Eric C.; Kaufman Richard; Goldston Will; Gardner Martin | 92 Books, including: Magic Without Apparatus: A Treatise on the Principles, Old and New, of Sleight-of-Hand with Cards, Coins, Billiard Balls, and Thimbles |
1945; 1946; ND; 1983; 1986; 1990; 1993 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,288.00 |
| 121 | Magna Carta | Magna Charta, cum statutis, tum antiquis, tûm recentibus |
1618 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,223.60 |
| 52 | The Holy Bible |
1861 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,159.20 | |
| 58 | Churchill Winston S. | The World Crisis |
1923-31 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,094.80 |
| 125 | Dickens Charles | 11 Books, including: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club |
1837; 1839; 1840-41 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,094.80 |
| 133 | McCarthy Cormac; White Patrick; Greene Graham; Waugh Evelyn | 22 Books, including: Outer Dark |
1970; 1957; 1955; 1930 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,094.80 |
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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan. -
