Lawrences Auctioneers: September Book Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | September Book Sale | Total Sales (EUR) | 57,874.78 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | September 05, 2026 - September 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 31,241.00 |
| Sale Number | #4555 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 31,241.00 |
| Total Lots | 316 | ||
| Sold Lots | 219.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 45,493.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 45,493.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 97 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 127.22% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5276832 | Faisal II; Al-Naip Youssef; Abdul-Sattar Majid | Ways to Defend Yourself |
1951 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 6,989.65 |
| 5174629 | Ponting Herbert George | The Great Wall of China |
circa 1907 | EUR 1,091.00 - 1,091.00 | EUR 3,058.38 |
| 5275343 | Bonaparte Napoleon; Dejean Pierre Francois Marie Auguste | Officer's commission |
c. 1793; 1811 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 2,039.28 |
| 5330517 | Speed John | A Newe Mape of Poland |
1676 or later | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 1,456.63 |
| 5165880 | Mercator Rumold; Mercator Gerard | Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris |
1609-1619 | EUR 1,091.00 - 1,091.00 | EUR 1,451.25 |
| 5269992 | Outhwaite Ida Rentoul; Rentoul Annie R. | Elves and Fairies |
1916 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 1,267.43 |
| 5312663 | Kipling Rudyard | Departmental Ditties, and Other Verses |
1886 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 1,238.40 |
| 5303561 | A Collection of Victorian and Later Carte de Visite and Cabinet Photographs |
N/A | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 1,180.35 | |
| 4945038 | Timur Mirza | The Baz-Nama-Yi Nasiri: A Persian Treatise on Falconry |
1908 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 1,106.18 |
| 5301979 | Dahl Roald | The Works of Roald Dahl |
1991 | EUR 955.00 - 955.00 | EUR 1,075.00 |
| 5267898 | Nielsen Kay | In Powder & Crinoline |
n.d. #1913 | EUR 818.00 - 818.00 | EUR 1,042.75 |
| 5202294 | Tristram H. B. | Pathways of Palestine: A Descriptive Tour through the Holy Land |
n.d. [c. 1881-1882] | EUR 818.00 - 818.00 | EUR 964.28 |
| 4958996 | Milne A. A. | 4 Books, including: When We Were Very Young |
1924-1926; 1929 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 947.07 |
| 5276843 | Faisal II; Yahya Ahmad Muhammad | Correspondence to Mrs Jolliffe |
1950; 1953; 1957; 1958 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 801.95 |
| 5176327 | Beaton Cecil (1904-1980) | Portrait of Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur |
1944 | EUR 682.00 - 682.00 | EUR 708.43 |
| 5258333 | Dahl Roald; Blake Quentin | Matilda |
1988 | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 658.97 |
| 5281390 | Scott Walter | Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft |
1830 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 655.75 |
| 5276842 | Faisal II | Christmas and New Year Card |
1954; ND | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 641.78 |
| 5324711 | Austen Jane | Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility |
1907-1908 | EUR 546.00 - 546.00 | EUR 626.73 |
| 5276837 | Faisal II; Mahmoud A. | Christmas and New Year Card |
ND | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 625.65 |
| 5280341 | Ryder C. H. D.; Burrard S. G. | A Farewell Address to W. Mortimer Esquire; Assam and Bhutan; Assam and Bhutan |
1930; 1917 | EUR 205.00 - 205.00 | EUR 611.68 |
| 5268407 | Keynes John Maynard | The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money |
1936 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 609.53 |
| 5297679 | Indenture Manuscript |
1593;1563-1564;1598;1600;1608 | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 590.18 | |
| 5227898 | Loddiges Conrad | The Botanical Cabinet |
1828-1830 | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 590.18 |
| 5091415 | George III; Whittaker John | 4 Books, including: Answer of His Late Most Gracious Majesty King George III to Lord Grenville |
1807 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 521.38 |
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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.