Gorringes: Weekly Featuring Books, 22425, Lewes

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 24, 2025 - February 24, 2025

Page Size: 258 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1513		Folio society (32): works of Jane Austen and other collected novels			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 91.88
1532	Francis Bacon (1909-1992)	Exhibition poster Galerie Claude Bernard 1977		1977	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,100.00
1557		Assorted Agatha Christie novels			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 196.88
1590		A Gilbert & George Tate Modern exhibition poster			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 131.25
1598		A collection of thirteen books to include; Watson, William, The Gardeners Assistant, John's Flowers of The Field, Twain, Tramp Abroad etc			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
1606		A late 19th / early 20th century Russian lacquer tea caddy and photograph album, largest 16cm high. Condition, fair/good, , ,			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 249.38
1607	Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Lloyd Osbourne	The Wrong Box, first American edition	New York	1889	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 32.81
1609	Whitfield, Christopher	The Wood Gatherer and other poems		1921	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.63
1613	Marshall, William	The Rural Economy of Yorkshire		1788	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 59.06
1631	Richards, James	Bits from de old book, being one or more bits from each of de sixty six books of de Bible. Put into de Sussex tongue by Jim Cladpole, Tunbridge Wells, , ,		1936	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.38
1638		Fifty one volumes of 'Britain in Pictures' pub. Collins.			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.38
1658		Four indentures to include an Elizabethan parchment indenture		1603	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 85.31
1686	[Seacome, John]	Memoirs, Containing A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Antient and Honourable House of Stanley, from the Conquest, to the Death of James... also A Full Description of the Isle of Man, &c.,		1767	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
1726	Patrick Amos (b.1957)	colour silkscreen print, 'Sea lion'			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 111.56
1733		A diptych			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
1736	Aroe (Contemporary, Brighton)	colour print 'Vandals must obey'			GBP 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
1740	Jacques Callot (1592-1635)	two etchings		1618	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
1741		Contemporary colour print 'Girl straightens blue stockings II'			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
1742	Ben Allen (Contemporary)	colour screen print, Hope Series, 'Mini pink'			GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 105.00
1743	Peter Laszlo Peri (1899--1967)	etching and aquatint, Gulliver's Travels			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1746		A pair of 19th century French colour lithographs 'Exhumation of Napoleon' and one other			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.00
1756	Kid B (contemporary)	colour print 'Close your eyes and dream with me, you'll hear the sound of music'			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 52.50
1759	David Gentleman (b.1930)	colour lithograph 'Gordale Scar'			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.38
1766		A collection of 18th / 19th century engravings including a pair after Giovanni Battista Cipriani and a pair engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi		18th / 19th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.75
1778	David Shrigley (b.1968)	lithographic poster Animal series 'Some of my best friends are pigs'			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 91.88

Fonsie Mealy’s
Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
April 30th & May 1st

Fonsie Mealy’s
Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
April 30th & May 1st

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: The New-England Primer Improved. For the more easy attaining the true reading of English. Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyles, 1770. EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN PRIMER.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Lansford W. Hastings. The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California. Cincinnati. George Conclin, 1845. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, 1951. first edition, a fine copy, in an unrestored first issue dust jacket.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. THE VERY FINE A.E NEWTON COPY.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. K. Rowling. Only known complete set of full unbound imposed sheets for the First Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility: A Novel in Three Volumes. By a Lady. London: for the author by C. Roworth and published by T. Egerton, 1811. FIRST EDITION IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. First Editions, First Impressions. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954-1955. A VERY FINE SET.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Declaration of Independence. In: The Pennsylvania Ledger: Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey Weekly Advertiser. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, No. LXXVII, 13 July 1776.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: William Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO.

Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, 1965. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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