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Auction Info

Auction Name
The Library Auction
Auction Date
09/10/2025 - 09/10/2025
Sale Number
#91025
Total Lots
224
Sold Lots
164
Lots Sold
73.21%
Unsold Lots
60
Total Sales (GBP)
64,636.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
27,390.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
44,040.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
38,980.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
62,030.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
104.20%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
83

[THIRD RABBINIC BIBLE]. Sha'ar Bet HaShem ha-Kadmoni

[1546-48] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
41 SPINOZA, (Benedictus)

De Rechtzinnige Theologant [Tractatus Theologico-Politicus or Theologico-Political Treatise]

1693 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
21

[THE ZOHAR]. Liber Sohar / Sefer ha-Zohar al ha-Torah

1684 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,250.00
56

[HEBREW BIBLE - PENTATEUCH]. The first Pentateuch produced for the Karaite community

1833-35 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,000.00
38 BROUGHTON, Hugh (Transl.)

Daniel His Chaldie Visions and His Ebrew

1596 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,187.50
22

[MASECHET ZEVACHIM, TALMUD BAVLI]. Zevachim [Sacrifices] in relation to the Babylonian Talmud

[1580] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,562.50
1

[POLYGLOT BIBLE]. Hebrew Bible, Greek New Testament, and Greek Apocrypha

1584 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,062.50
59

GERSONIDES/RALBAG. [Levi ben Gershon]. Perush al ha-Torah [philosophical commentary on the Pentateuch]

1547 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,062.50
10 DIODATI, (Giovanni)

[FIRST PROTESTANT BIBLE IN ITALIAN]. La Bibbia, Old & New Testament

1607 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,000.00
14 CALVIN, (John)

A Commentary upon the Prophecie of Isaiah

1609 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
60

[SIFRA]. A Midrash halakha on Leviticus

1545 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 812.50
90 HARRIS, (Benjamin)

The Protestant Tutor, Instructing Children to Spel and read English, and Grounding them in the True Protestant Religion, and Discovering the Errors and Deceits of the Papists

1679 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 812.50
66 Talmud Bavli

[BABYLONIAN TALMUD]. Massechet Erachin

1580 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 812.50
11

HESYCHIUS OF ALEXANDRIA. [Hesychiou lexikon = Hesychii dictionarium], an important second edition of this ancient Greek lexicon

[1520] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 750.00
89

Holy Bible

1634 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 750.00
87

[MISCELLANEOUS HEBRAICA]. A mixed collection of books

19th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 750.00
9 WILKINS, (David)

[EGYPTIAN NEW TESTAMENT]. Novum Testamentum Aegyptium vulgo Copticum [New Testament in Coptic]

1716 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 687.50
61 SABA, (Abraham)

byvr 'l htvrh [Commentary on the Torah], Tzror HaMor

1546 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 687.50
135

[PETERLOO MASSACRE - RADICAL JOURNALS, PAMPHLETS, PERIODICALS]. A sammelband of works comprising: Peterloo Massacre, Containing A Faithful Narrative of the Events which preceded, accompanied, and followed the fatal Sixteenth of August, 1819

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 600.00
20

[HEBREW BIBLE]. Biblia Sacra Hebraea

[1659-1661] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 525.00

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    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
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    Beatrix Potter:
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    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
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    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
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    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
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    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
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