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Auction Name Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 37,300.00
Auction Date May 10, 2018 - May 10, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 18,530.00
Sale Number #2051 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 26,940.00
Total Lots 141
Sold Lots 111 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 24,250.00
% of Lots Sold 78.72% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 35,110.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 106.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76

[Collection of c.900 bookplates]

[1690 - 20th century] (5) GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,750.00
100

Graphic (The). An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper

1870-1933 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,750.00
83 Wesley (John)

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament

1765 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,625.00
58

Greek.- Divinae Scripturae

1545 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,500.00
77 Leland (John)

The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary

1710-12. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,500.00
121 Rossini (Luigi, 1790-1857)

Ten views of Rome and its environs

1821-1823 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,125.00
135

Food for the Mind; or

1797 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,062.50
120 Rossini (Luigi, 1790-1857)

Fourteen views of Rome and its environs

1820-1823 and later GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,000.00
71 Latimer (Hugh)

[The Fyrste Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latimer]

1549 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 937.50
88 Milton (John)

Poems Upon Several Occasions

1785 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 937.50
105

Counter Culture.- Oz Magazine

1967-71 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 937.50
38 Brookshaw (George)

Three plates for 'Pomona Britannica'

[circa 1804-09] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 875.00
99

Illustrated London News (The)

1845-1900 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 750.00
26 Willis (Nathaniel Parker)

American Scenery; or

1840 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 625.00
40 Thornton (Dr. Robert John)

[The Temple of Flora

1812 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 625.00
73 Boyle (Robert)

Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H. Scriptures

1661 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 600.00
110 Bartolozzi (Francesco, 1727-1815)

20 plates from John Chamberlaine's 'Drawings by Hans Holbein'

[circa 1792 and later] (20). GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 550.00
130 Ashley (George Aurmand, fl. 1920-1940)

A collection of 28 original interior designs

[circa 1930-1940] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 525.00
129

Imagin & Co. A collection of approximately 70 original designs

[circa 1930-1950] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 500.00
90 [Clarkson (Thomas)] An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1786; and another, similar, 8vo (2)<br /><br />? Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846)

An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

1786 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 475.00
3 [Bellegarde (Jean Baptiste Morvan de, Abbé)]

A General History of all Voyages and Travels throughout the Old and New World..by Monsr. du Perier of the Royal Academy

1708 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 400.00
36 Audubon (John James), After.

The Birds of America

[late 20th century]. GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 400.00
109 Bartolozzi (Francesco, 1727-1815)

24 plates from John Chamberlaine's 'Drawings by Hans Holbein'

[circa 1792 and later] (24). GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 375.00
111 Bartolozzi (Francesco, 1727-1815)

13 plates from John Chamberlaine's 'Drawings by Hans Holbein'

[circa 1792 and later] (13). GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 350.00
117 Piroli (Tommaso, 1752-1824)

A group of four mythological plates in decorative gilt frames

[circa 1785] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 350.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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