Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 52324, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 23, 2024 - May 23, 2024
Page Size: 504 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151

Pottery and Sculpture interest Eleven works

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 43.82
152 Harry Clarke (illustrations)

'Tales of Mystery and Imagination,'

London 1928 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 237.88
153 Ben NIcholson

Ben NIcholson Three Publications

1993 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.60
154

Newlyn School of Art Interest Eight publications

2009 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 112.68
155

St Ives School of Art interest Sixteen publications

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 112.68
156

Cornish literature. Eighteen works

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 37.56
157 Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne Du Maurier Five works

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.30
158 John Mullins and Sons

'The Divining Rod: Its History, Truthfulness & Practical Utility,'

Bath 1914 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
159

Fiction and young adult literature. Eighteen works

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
160 E. Hoppus

'Practical Measuring Made Easy To the Meanest Capacity By a New Set of Tables,'

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.30
161 POCOCK, Noel (illustrations)

'Grimm's Fairy Tales,'

London c.1930 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 56.34
162 JORIOUX, Felix (illustrations)

'Don Quixote,'

London 1930 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
163

Twenty-Two Publications Including Picasso, Monet and Leonardo da Vinci titles

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 62.60
164

Liber Precum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Christi

1726 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
165 DORE, Gustave

'Historical Cartoons from the 1st Century to the 19th Century,'

London c.1880 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.56
166 (Photography) BLOSSFELD, Karl

'Art Forms in Nature. Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct From Nature,'

London 1935 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 225.36
167

(World War One Poets) Twelve works.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 62.60
168 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Six works

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 37.56
169 W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats Five works

GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 18.78
170 Ian McEwan.

'On Chesil Beach,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, Jonathan Cape, London, 2007; Reynolds Price. 'The Promise of the Rest,' signed and inscribed, US first edition, unclipped dj, finr, Scribner, New York, 1995; 'A Whole New Life,' signed and inscribed,

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
171 HUGHES, Ted

'Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow,'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 43.82
172

Early Railways Seven works.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 62.60
173

(Literature) Four works.

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 12.52
174 W. B. Yeats and Shree Purohit Swami (trans)

'The Ten Principal Upanishads,'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
175 Patrick Heron

A signed Barbican Art Gallery exhibition catalogue and three other publications

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 62.60
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
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