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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: English Literature, Early Printed Books & Theology; Antiquarian Cookery

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Auction Name English Literature, Early Printed Books & Theology; Antiquarian Cookery Total Sales (GBP) 239,717.00
Auction Date September 06, 2017 - September 06, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 129,060.00
Sale Number #90617 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 191,760.00
Total Lots 539
Sold Lots 494 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 136,170.00
% of Lots Sold 91.65% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 202,200.00
Unsold Lots 45 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 118.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
443 Thomson (Charles Wyville & Murray, John)

Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, under the command of Captain George S. Nares and Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, 40 volumes bound in 50,

1880-95 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,962.50
501

Highgrove Florilegium. The Highgrove Florilegium, Watercolours depicting Plants grown in the Garden at Highgrove

2008-09 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,365.00
283

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, 60 volumes

1870-1900 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,736.00
289

Philipot Pedigree Roll - Capel Family of Cassiobury House. The Series, and Genealogie of the Auntient and Illustrious Family of the Capells;

circa 1640-1780 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,019.00
500

Gutenberg Bible. Johannes Gutenberg’s Swei und Vierzigzeilige Bibel, 2 volumes,

1977-78 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,780.00
288

Le Perroquet, Journal Politique Charivarique Illustré Colorié, 2 volumes

1876-77 & 1878-79 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,302.00
271 [Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855].

Autograph envelope cover, addressed to ‘Mrs Gaskell, Plymouth-Grove, Manchester’, postmarked 6 April 1852

1852 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,824.00
358 Sheridan (Richard Brinsley)

The School for Scandal, contemporary manuscript copy,

circa 1780s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,704.50
273

Cookery Receipts. A manuscript cookery receipts book, kept by Dorothy Shirley,

dated 1693/4 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 3,226.50
331 Knox (John, 1514-1572)

The Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland; containing five books: together with some treatises conducing to the history

1644 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,868.00
505

Lindisfarne Gospels. The Lindisfarne Gospels/Das Büch von Lindisfarne, Cotton MS Nero D. iv of the British Library

2002 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,868.00
23 Ackermann (Rudolph)

The Microcosm of London

1808 - 1810 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,509.50
330

Juvenilia. A bound collection of six scarce illustrated juvenile works

1820s GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,270.50
55 Harmont (Pierre de)

Le Miroir de Fauconnerie, ou se verra l’instruction pour choisir, nourrir, & traicter, dresser & faire voler toute sorte d’Oyseaux, …

1650 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,210.75
301

Bible [English, Matthew’s Version].

1549 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,210.75
73 Willughby (Francis)

The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the County of Warwick..., in Three Books,

1678 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,031.50
393 Darwin (Charles)

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, [second edition, second issue], ‘Fifth Thousand’,

1860 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,792.50
535 Bellamy (D)

Nature Delineated: being, A New Translation of those Universally Admir’d Philosophical Conversations, Entitled, Spectacle de la Nature:

1739-40 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,792.50
144 British Isles. Speed (John)

The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland,

1676 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,732.75
8 Fossati (Gaspard)

Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. The Sultan Abdul Medjid,

1852 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,673.00
149 England & Wales. Stent (Peter)

A new map of the Kingdome of England and the Principality of Wales, taken out of J. S.,

1673 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,613.25
150 England & Wales. Willdey (George)

A new and correct map of England & Wales now called South Britain, done from the latest surveys and best observations.

circa 1717 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,613.25
276

Cookery Receipts. A pair of 18th and 19th-century manuscript cookery receipt books,

18th and 19th-century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,613.25
350 Power (Anastasia, binder)

Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas,

1885 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,613.25
275

Cookery Receipts. A cookery receipts books kept by the Honorable Mrs Sarah-Maria Molesworth,

dated 1792 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,493.75
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
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    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
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