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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 32,237.50
Auction Date April 11, 2018 - April 11, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 21,380.00
Sale Number #2047 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 30,840.00
Total Lots 154
Sold Lots 118 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 28,980.00
% of Lots Sold 76.62% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 42,110.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28 Wallace (Alfred Russel)

The Malay Archipelago, 2 vol., first edition, 1869 & another (3)

1869 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,625.00
102 Holinshed (Raphael)

The firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, vol.1 …

1577 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,375.00
58 Sowerby (James)

and James Edward Smith., English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British …

1790-1814. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,250.00
83

[Leap Castle]. Archive relating to the Darby Family of Leap Castle, 1693-1833; and a …

c. 1740 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,000.00
27

Stereoscopic Views, c.180 cards, many of American scenes, [mid-late 19th century]

[mid-late 19th century] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
31 Dickens (Charles)

[Christmas Books], 4 vol. & another, 1845-48 (5)

1845-48 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
126 Palgrave (Francis T.)

The Golden Treasury, handsome richly gilt green morocco by John …

1904 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
29 Carnegie (David W)

Spinifex and Sand; A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and …

1898 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 600.00
17 Rousseau (Jean Jacques)

Discours qui remporté a l'Academie de Dijon, en l'année 1750, first …

1744 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 550.00
93 Opie (Amelia)

Song, & Chorus, for the Bazaar, 1820; and 2 others (3 pieces).

n.d. c. 1820 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 525.00
103 Purchas (Samuel)

Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in …

1617 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 500.00
39 Bodmer (Karl, 1809-1893)

Massika (Saki Indian)

1839-1844 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 475.00
40 Bodmer (Karl)

Mehkskeme-Sukahs (Blackfoot chief)

1839-1844 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 475.00
1 Luther (Martin)

Der prophet Habacuc, Wittenberg, Michael Lotter, 1526.

1526 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 450.00
52 Mudge (Lt. Col. William)

Isaac Dalby and Capt. Thomas Colby. An Account of the …

1799-1811. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
119 Hewat (Margaret, active 1881-1891)

An album of 36 poems with original botanical illustrations, …

1881-1891. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 450.00
98 Watts (George Frederic)

2 Autograph Letters signed, [c. 1868] & 1884; and 9 other pieces, Artists …

c. 1868 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 425.00
105 Dugdale (Sir William)

The Baronage of England, 3 vol. in 2, first edition, by Tho. Newcomb, for …

1675-76. GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 425.00
26 Phillips (George)

Travels in North America, first edition, …

1822 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 400.00
30

Photograph Album, c.180 albumen prints, mostly Shropshire & Lake District, [c.1860].

c.1860 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 400.00
35 Woolnough (C. W.)

The Whole Art of Marbling..., third edition, with 54 samples on …

1881 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 400.00
64 Petrarca (Francesco)

Sonetti, Canzoni e Triomphi, Venice, Pietro & Gioanmaria Fratelli de Nicolini …

1549 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 400.00
15 Pomey (François)

Pantheum mythicum, seu fabulosa deorum historia..., Amsterdam, A.Schonenburg, …

1730 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 375.00
41 Bromme (Traugott)

Atlas zu Alex. v. Humboldt's Kosmos, first edition, 40 colour maps and 3 …

1851 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 375.00
47 Oberkogler (Georg, 1774-1856)

Vue des montagnes de glace pendant le Carnevale à Moscou, …

1799 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 375.00
  • 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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    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
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • 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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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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    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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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