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Chorley's: Folio, Octavo & Quarto | Timed Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Folio, Octavo & Quarto | Timed Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 20,222.80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 23, 2026 - August 23, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 11,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #82326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 17,830.00 |
| Total Lots | 116 | ||
| Sold Lots | 113.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 11,740.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 17,960.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 3 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 112.60% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Melville Herman | Moby-Dick or The Whale |
2009 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 702.00 |
| 2 | Gill Eric; Nash Paul; Jones David | 3 Books, including: The Song of Songs |
2017 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 572.00 |
| 3 | Brinkley F; Totman Conrad | Japan described and illustrated by the Japanese; A History of Japan |
2012; 2013 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 546.00 |
| 72 | The Luttrell Psalter |
2006 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 97 | Powell Anthony | A Dance to the Music of Time |
2006 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 520.00 |
| 44 | Salomons David Lionel | Breguet (1747-1823); Supplement. Breguet (1747-1823); Addenda to the Appendix |
1921 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 468.00 |
| 43 | Atkins Samuel Elliott; Overall William Henry; Atkins Charles Edward | 11 Books, including: Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London |
1881; 1902; 1931 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 455.00 |
| 112 | Faulkner William | The Sound and the Fury |
2012 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 455.00 |
| 63 | Mercer Vaudrey; Robinson Henry; Henderson E.; Cudworth William | N Books, including: John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762-1843; The Frodshams; The Diary of Robert Hooke |
1972; 1981; 1935; 1867; 1889 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 429.00 |
| 9 | Liber Bestiarum |
2008 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 416.00 | |
| 60 | Evans Jeremy; Britten F.J.; Loseby T.; Dent Edward J.; Coole P.G.; Edwardes Ernest; Jagger Cedric; Plomp A. | N Books, including: Thomas Tompion at the Dial and three Crowns; Old English Clocks; An Account of the Improvements in Chronometers |
2006; 1907; n.d.; 1841; 1972; 1965; 1968; 1979 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 403.00 |
| 117 | Pasternak Boris | Doctor Zhivago |
2019 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 390.00 |
| 65 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Canterbury Tales; Troilus & Criseyde |
2010 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 377.00 |
| 11 | Doughty Charles M | Travels in Arabia Deserta |
2013 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 364.00 |
| 115 | Gill Eric; Nash Paul; Jones David | N Books, including: The Song of Songs |
2017 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 351.00 |
| 39 | Lee Ronald A. | The Knibb Family Clockmakers |
1964 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 312.00 |
| 6 | Malory Thomas | Le Morte Darthur: The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur |
2003 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 299.00 |
| 64 | Johnson Samuel | A Dictionary of the English Language |
2006 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 299.00 |
| 71 | Young Edward | Night Thoughts |
2005 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 299.00 |
| 87 | Burton Robert; Sprenger Jacobus; Saint Augustine | 18 Books, including: The Anatomy of Melancholy |
2005; 1968; 2012 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 299.00 |
| 73 | Virgil | The Aeneid |
2010 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 286.00 |
| 113 | Voltaire | Candide or Optimism |
2011 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 286.00 |
| 42 | Rates of Chronometers on Trial for Purchase by the Board of Admiralty |
1831-1842 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 273.00 | |
| 47 | Gould Rupert T. | 7 Books, including: The Marine Chronometer |
1923 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 273.00 |
| 53 | Furniture History: The Journal of the Furniture History Society |
1966-1997 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 273.00 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.