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Auction Info

Auction Name
Books and Manuscripts
Auction Date
07/02/2013 - 07/02/2013
Sale Number
#2886058
Total Lots
417
Sold Lots
0
Lots Sold
0.00%
Unsold Lots
417
Total Sales (GBP)
0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
51,075.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
NaN%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99

Karachi Brigade Manoeuvres,

1905 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
135 MAYHEW (Horace)

editor: Letters left at the Pastry cook's...,

1854 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
136 Edward Johnston & Co.,

One Hundred Years of Coffee,

1942 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 Unknown
137 MARSHALL (A. B.)

The Book of Ices,

1860 GBP 35.00 - 60.00 Unknown
138 [ROBERTS (G.)& PORTER (H.)]

Cups and their Customs

1863 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
139 HINDLEY (C.)

Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings,

1875 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
140 HAMMOND (R.)

The Electric Light in our Homes,

1884 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
141 SOYER (Alexis)

The Modern Housewife or Menagerie,

1853 GBP 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
142

The Racing Pigeon, [Weekly]

1925 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
143 MANSON (J. B.)

Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers,

1925 GBP 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
144 BEACH THOMAS (Sir W.)

Country Life,

1952 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
391 SKELTON (R. A.)

Two Hundred and Fifty Yeats of Map-Making in the County of Sussex,

1970 GBP 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
400 KEYNES (G.)

A Bibliography of William Blake,

1921 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
399 JEUDWINE (Wynne)

Art and Style in Printed Books,

1979 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
398 BRAND HOLLIS (Thomas)

Memoirs of...,

1808 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
397 [HAYM (N.)]

Notizia de' Libri Tati...,

1726 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
396 NIXON (H.)

Broxbourne Library. Styles and Designs of Bookbindings,

1956 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
395 ROUSE (J.)

Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex,

1825 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
394 HORSFIELD (T.)

The History,

1835 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
393 LOWER (M.)

The Worthies of Sussex,

1865 GBP 120.00 - 160.00 Unknown
  • SwannPrinted & Manuscript African AmericanaMarch 20, 2025 SwannPrinted & Manuscript African AmericanaMarch 20, 2025
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • GonnelliAuction 58Books, Autographs & ManuscriptsMarch 11th-13th 2025 GonnelliAuction 58Books, Autographs & ManuscriptsMarch 11th-13th 2025
    Gonnelli
    Auction 58
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    March 11th-13th 2025
    Gonnelli
    Auction 58
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    March 11th-13th 2025
    Gonnelli: Manuscript and illuminated book of hours, mid-15th century.
    Gonnelli: Sumptuous Koran manuscript by Bukhara illuminators in the mid-nineteenth century.
    Gonnelli: Rowling J. K., Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale. Firenze: Adriano Salani, 1998.
    Gonnelli: Fontana Lucio, Dix eaux-fortes. Milano: Galerie Schwarz, 1962.
    Gonnelli: Valli Antonio, Il canto de gl'augelli. In Roma, Nicolò Mutij, 1601.
    Gonnelli: Moniglia Giovanni Andrea, Il Mondo Festeggiante. In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.
    Gonnelli: Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.
    Gonnelli: Foresti, Novissime historiarum. Venezia, Rusconi, 1506.
    Gonnelli: Hieronymus (santo), Vita di sancti Padri vulgariter historiada. Venezia, Otino da Pavia, 1501.
    Gonnelli: Ghisi Andrea, Laberinto dato novamente in luce. In Venetia: per Euangelista Deuchino, 1616.
    Gonnelli: Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.
    Gonnelli: Napier John, Rabdologiae, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Edinburgi: Andreas Hart, 1617.
    Gonnelli: Ortelius Abraham, Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae: Aegid. Coppenium Diesth, xx Maii 1570.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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