Chorley's: The Ombersley Court Library, 91724, Gloucestershire

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 17, 2024 - September 17, 2024
Page Size: 521 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 Gage (Thomas)

Gage (Thomas) A New Survey of the West-Indies

London 1699 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 897.40
77 Kotzebue (Augustus Von)

Kotzebue (Augustus Von) Travels from Berlin, Through Switzerland to Paris in the Year 1804

London 1804 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 833.30
78 [Pechel (Samuel)

[Pechel (Samuel)] An historical account of the settlement and possession of Bombay

London 1781 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 769.20
79 Le Canu (Jean Dominique Etienne)

Le Canu (Jean Dominique Etienne) Troupes Francaises

n.d. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,794.80
80 Brydone (Patrick)

Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta

London 1774 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 166.66
81 Scott (John)

Scott (John) A Visit to Paris in 1814 and Paris Revisited in 1815

London 1816 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 192.30
82 Le Vaillant (Francois)

Le Vaillant (Francois) Voyage ... dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique

Paris 1790 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 141.02
83 [Robinson (John)

[Robinson (John)] An Account of Sueden

London 1694 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 320.50
84 Burrish (Onslow)

Burrish (Onslow) Batavia Illustrata

London 1728 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 128.20
85 Fryke (Christopher)

Fryke (Christopher) and Schewitzer (Christopher) A Relation of ... Voyages Made into the East-Indies

London 1700 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 2,051.20
86 Coxe (William)

Coxe (William) Sketches of the Natural, Civil, and Political state of Swisserland

London 1779 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 115.38
87 Playfair (James)

Playfair (James) A System of Chronology

Edinburgh 1784 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,089.70
88 Rymer (Thomas)

Rymer (Thomas) Foedera

London 1704-1735 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 961.50
89 Bayle (Pierre)

Bayle (Pierre) Dictionaire Historique et Critique

Rotterdam 1720 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 153.84
90 De Larrey [(Isaac)

De Larrey [(Isaac)] Histoire d`'Angleterre, d`Ecosse et d`'Irlande

Rotterdam 1707-1713 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 320.50
91 Chambers (Ephraim)

Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia

London 1728 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 7,692.00
92

Medicine

London 1799 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 487.16
93

Trade & Commerce

London 1698 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 192.30
94 [Defoe (Daniel)

[Defoe, Daniel] A Plan of the English Commerce

London 1728 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,871.60
95 Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d')

Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d') A complete body of Ancient Geography

London 1777 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 705.10
96 Rousseau (Jean-Jacques)

Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) Collection Complete des Oeuvres

Geneva 1782 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 897.40
97 Colden (Cadwallader)

Colden (Cadwallader) The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada

London 1755 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 320.50
98 [Amhurst (Nicholas)

[Amhurst (Nicholas)] Terrae-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford

London 1726 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 166.66
99

Short Hand

London 1786 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 166.66
100 Charron (Peter)

Charron (Peter) Of Wisdome

London 1670 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 961.50
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
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