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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectible Books Auction Total Sales (GBP) 16,544.00
Auction Date August 07, 2019 - August 07, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,730.00
Sale Number #80719 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 14,950.00
Total Lots 287
Sold Lots 268 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,800.00
% of Lots Sold 93.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 16,610.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 QUEEN VICTORIA, SIGNATURES.

C. Grey, The Early Years of the Prince Consort, worn cond.

1877 1879 & 1880. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,292.50
5 RENNELL MAJOR.  

The Marches of the British Armies in the Peninsula of India during the Campaigns of 1790 & 1791.

1792 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 763.75
103 GAGE MICHAEL ALEXANDER.  

Trigonometrical Plan of the Town & Port of Liverpool including the Environs of Kirkdale, Everton, Lowhill, Edgehill & Toxteth Park from an Actual Survey.

1836 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 411.25
105 PICTON J. A. (Ed).  

Views in Modern Liverpool by William Herdman.

1864 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 376.00
116 SCARLETT DAVIS J.  Fourteen Views of Bolton Abbey.

Litho plates.

1829 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 352.50
215 SKENE DAVID.

 Instructions for the Overseers Upon the Military Roads in North Britain, anno 1787. Original manuscript.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 352.50
217 BOOK MARKS.  

A very extensive collection of late 19th & 20th cent.

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 317.25
108 ENFIELD WILLIAM.  

An Essay Towards the History of Leverpool (sic) Drawn Up from Papers Left by the Late Mr George Perry, & from Other Materials Since Collected.

1774 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 211.50
160 JOHN WESLEY & HIS CIRCLE.

 A Compendium of Logic, orig.

1756 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 176.25
33 HEDDON JACK.  

Scotcher Notes.

1975 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 164.50
97 MACKENZIE ALEXANDER.  

History of the Frasers of Lovat.

1896 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 164.50
214 CITY OF EDINBURGH. 

The Sett or Decreet Arbitral of King James VI ? Deciding All Differences Betwixt Merchants & Trades Anent the Government of the City of Edinburgh.

1726 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 164.50
120 KAYE THOMAS (Prntrs & Pubs).  

The Stranger in Liverpool or An Historical & Descriptive View of Liverpool & Its Environs.

(c.1807). GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 152.75
237 HUTCHINSON WILLIAM.

 The History of the County of Cumberland.

1794 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 152.75
44 HALFORD F. M.  

Floating Flies & How To Dress Them. Ltd.

1974 reprint of the 1886 ed. GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 141.00
45 PRITT T. E.  

The Book Of The Grayling.

1992 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 141.00
140 LAYER CHRISTOPHER.  

The Whole Proceeding Upon the Arraignment, Tryal, Conviction & Attainder ... For High Treason.

1722 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 141.00
161 JOHN WESLEY & HIS CIRCLE.  An Extract of Letters by Mrs L., Bristol, 1773; Letters Wrote by Jane Cooper, 1789; Hymns on the Trinity, Bristol, 1767; The Good Shepherd Carrying a Lamb in his Bosom, 1778; A Word in Season, 1763 & Robert Seagrave, Remarks Upo

All disbound.  (6).

1773 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 141.00
173 ARBUTHNOT JOHN.

 A Postscript to John Bull Containing the History of the Crown-Inn, c.1714, bound together with A Continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn, A Further Continuation, The Fourth & Last Part & An Appendix to the History of the Crown-Inn.

early 18th cent GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 141.00
246

Art Reference & Others.  A carton of books & softback publications incl.

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 141.00
43 FRANCIS FRANCIS.  

A Book On Angling.

1867 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 129.25
104 HERDMAN WILLIAM G.  

Ancient Liverpool.

1857 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 129.25
211 HURTLEY THOMAS.  

A Concise Account of Some Natural Curiosities in the Environs of Malham, in Craven, Yorkshire.

1786 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 129.25
24 THOMAS DYLAN.  

18 Poems.

(1942). GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 117.50
80 SANDS J.  

Out of the World or Life In St.

1878 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 111.63
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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