Gorringes: Weekly Featuring Books, 22425, Lewes

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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
1450	Williams, Tennessee	Cat On a Hot Tin Roof	London	1956	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 144.38
1451	Christie, Agatha	Murder on the Orient Express	London	1934	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,575.00
1454	Bannerman, Helen	The Story of Little Black Sambo. No. 4 in 'The Dumpy Books for Children' series.	London	1899	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 551.25
1455	Assorted Poetry, Private Press etc; 1. De La Mare	The Traveller		1946	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 131.25
1456		Bird & Bull Press.- Heaney (Howell J.) & Henry Morris. Thirty Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography 1958-1988	Newtown, Pa.,	1988	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 131.25
1457		Assorted bindings; mostly Common Prayer 1. Common Prayer		1854	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 131.25
1459	Lewis, C.S.	Beyond The Bright Blur. first edition	NY:	1963	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 183.75
1460	Wilde, Oscar	The Ballad of Reading Gaol		1898	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 420.00
1461	Delille, Jacques	The Gardens, a poem. Translated from the French of the Abbe de Lille by Mrs. [Maria H.] Montolieu	London:	1805	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 525.00
1465	Dixon, Frederick	The Geology of Sussex; or the Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. new edition. revised and augmented by T. Rupert Jones. 65 lithographed plates (3 hand-coloured	Brighton	1878	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 65.63
1466	Bewick, Thomas	A History of British Birds		1805	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 124.69
1467	Bewick, Thomas	Bewick Gleanings: Being Impressions From Copperplates and Wood Blocks...	Newcastle	1886	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 210.00
1468	Bewick, Thomas	History of British Birds, 2 vols. (Land and Water Birds)	Newcastle	1797 [1798]-1804.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 472.50
1469	Bewick, Thomas	Wood Engravings of Thomas Bewick...	London	1953	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.38
1471	Biddell, Herman	The Suffolk Stud Book; a history and register of the county breed of cart horses	Diss:	1880	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 525.00
1472	Chenu, Jean Charles	Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paleontologie Conchyliologique	Paris	1859-62	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 98.44
1473	Zoology	Lydekker, R. (editor)The Royal Natural History. 6 vols.	London and New York	1893-1896.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 144.38
1474	Dixon, Frederick	The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations	London	1850	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 367.50
1475	Botany	Sheldrake, Timothy. Botanicum Medicinale; an Herbal of Medicinal Plants on the College of Physicians List		[1759]	GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,837.50
1476	Jardine, Sir William	British Salmonidae. Facsimile Limited Edition		1979	GBP 160.00 - 200.00	GBP 131.25
1477		Buffon's Natural History		1866	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 472.50
1480	Martinet, Jan Floris	Katechismus der natuur	Amsterdam	1778	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
1481	Elizabeth W. Duval	T. E. Lawrence. A Bibliography.	New York	1938	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 118.13
1482	Lawrence, T.E	9 works: Seven Pillars of Wisdom		1935	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 105.00
1483	Lawrence, T.E	a collection of biographies: Wilson, Jeremy -,Lawrence of Arabia. The Authorised Biography		1989	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 91.88

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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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
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.

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