Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30730, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025
Page Size: 193 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
177 SEARLE (RONALD)

Outwardly Cracking', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,816.00
178 SEARLE (RONALD)

Stitching a Little Loose', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,584.00
179 SEARLE (RONALD)

Some Minor Faults, Otherwise in Excellent and Entirely Unsophisticated State', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,880.00
180 SEARLE (RONALD)

Some Grafitti of the Period', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,072.00
181 SEARLE (RONALD)

A Nice Bright Set', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,584.00
182 SEARLE (RONALD)

Pseudo-Morocco', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 12,800.00
183 SEARLE (RONALD)

A little foxed, otherwise a very desirable item', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 24,320.00
184 SEARLE (RONALD)

Bound together in a Single Volume', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 24,320.00
185 SEARLE (RONALD)

L'Eurosceptique', PEN AND INK,

1997 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 2,048.00
186 SEARLE (RONALD)

A collection of 71 works by, illustrated by or about Searle, ; and 12 by Ralph Steadman (83)

GBP 500.00 - 500.00 GBP 332.80
187

Hunger strike medal awarded by the WSPU to Margaret McPhun, with original box and portrait photograph

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
188 JOHN (NANCY A., editor)

Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway prison

Glasgow 1912 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,432.00
189

Hunger strike medal awarded by the WSPU to Frances McPhun, with original box and portrait photograph

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 20,480.00
190 JOHN (NANCY A., editor)

Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway prison

Glasgow 1912 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,920.00
191

Collection of letters smuggled out of Holloway Prison by Scottish suffragettes, Frances and Margaret McPhun, and other papers

GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
193

Group of autograph and typed letters, with a scarce WSPU Christmas card

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 896.00
195 TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)

The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION,

George Allen & Unwin 1937 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 58,820.00
196 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 800 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER,

Leonard Smithers 1898 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,536.00
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