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    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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    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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    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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    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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    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
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    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps and Documents

Auction Reports

Auction Name Printed Books, Maps and Documents Total Sales (GBP) 232,794.00
Auction Date October 03, 2018 - October 03, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 104,580.00
Sale Number #100318 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 156,180.00
Total Lots 536
Sold Lots 493 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 119,940.00
% of Lots Sold 91.98% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 179,180.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 129.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
34 Johnston (Robert)

The Arctic Expedition of 1875-6, compiled from Official Sources, with a Summary of Previous Adventures in the Arctic Sea

1877 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 6,000.00
35 Kuznetsov (Yakov Pavlovich)

Uchebniy atlas Rossiyskoy imperii ['Educational Atlas of the Russian Empire'], [St Petersburg]

1852 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 5,760.00
456 Barclay (Robert)

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers.

1765 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,320.00
255

Album. Caricatures by Cruikshank, Rowlandson, Woodward etc. 1799 - 1822,

1799 - 1822 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
14 Cherry-Garrard (Apsley)

The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 volumes

1922 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,120.00
220 World. Teesdale (Henry)

A New Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, with the Tracks of the most Celebrated & Recent Navigators

1845 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,760.00
162 Europe. Rose (Fred W.)

John Bull and his friends. A serio-comic map of Europe by Fred W. Rose. Author of "Angling in Troubled waters" &c. &c.,

1900 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,100.00
206 * Suffolk. Saxton (Christopher)

Suffolciae comitatus continens in se oppida Mercatoria

1579 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,800.00
482

Polar Exploration. Collection of late-19th and early-20th century polar narratives,

late-19th and early-20th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,740.00
455 Lavater (John Casper)

Essays on Physiognomy...,

1789 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,680.00
78 Blanckley (Thomas Riley)

A Naval Expositor, shewing and explaining the Words and Terms of Art belonging to the Parts, Qualities, and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing, and Fitting a Ship for Sea

1750 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,560.00
451 Fisher (Alexander)

A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the years 1819 & 1820

1821 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,560.00
519 Nansen (Fridtjof)

Farthest North,

1898 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,560.00
86

Naval Chronicle. The Naval Chronicle, for 1799 [-1818]

1799-1818 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,500.00
46 Morisot (Claude Barthélemy de)

Orbis maritimi, sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia Dijon

1643 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,440.00
85 Murray (Mungo)

A Treatise on Ship-Building and Navigation ... to which is added by way of Appendix, an English Abridgement of another Treatise on Naval Architecture, lately published at Paris by M. Duhamel

1754 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,380.00
154 * East Indies. Ortelius (Abraham)

Indiae Orientalis Insularmque adiacentium typus

1570 or later GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,380.00
94 Collins (Greenville)

[Cartes et plans de plusieurs parties des côtes d'Angleterre, d'Écosse et d'Irlande, copiées sur celles du Pilote Côtier de la Grande Bretagne, de Greenville-Collins] in French,

1757 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,320.00
256

Album. Caricatures. Drawn & Etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks (sic) &c.

circa 1830 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,260.00
363

[Weisse, Christian Felix]. Moral Songs for Children, Translated from the German

1789 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,260.00
57 Shipton (Eric)

Nanda Devi

1936 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,200.00
70 Denham (Major Dixon & Captain Hugh Clapperton)

Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823 and 1824 by Major Denham Captain Clapperton and the Late Doctor Oudney

1826 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,200.00
128 Allegorical map. Ellis (J.)

A new map of the Land of Matrimony drawn from the latest surveys,

1772 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,200.00
333 Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de)

Il Novelliere Castigliano...,

1626 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,200.00
399 Fleming (Ian)

Moonraker

1955 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,200.00
  • 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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    Part IX
    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.
  • 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
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