Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Books, Maps and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 310,368.00 |
Auction Date | November 24, 2021 - November 24, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 69,490.00 |
Sale Number | #1040 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 112,060.00 |
Total Lots | 251 | ||
Sold Lots | 251 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 69,490.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 112,060.00 |
Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 276.97% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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182 | Medieval English manuscript. Illuminated folding almanac on vellum, c.1425 |
c.1425 | GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 114,000.00 | |
176 | Keats (John). | Poems, London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817 |
1817 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 12,000.00 |
7 | Camden (William). | The Abridgment of Camden's Britannia, London: John Bill, 1626 |
1626 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 6,240.00 |
36 | Harris (Moses). | [The Aurelian: Or, Natural History of English Insects], 1794 |
1794 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
50 | Godman (Frederick Du Cane). | A Monograph of the Petrels, 1st edition, 1907-10 |
1907-10 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 4,800.00 |
22 | Littler (Sir John Hunter, 1783-1856). | Diaries of Sea Voyages, 1824-6, original manuscript |
1824-6 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 4,200.00 |
61 | Legge (W. Vincent). | A History of the Birds of Ceylon, 1st edition, 1880 |
1880 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,200.00 |
104 | Keith Hope Shackleton MBE (1923-2015). | Grebes inside the breakers, signed oil |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,200.00 | |
15 | Bernucca (Francesco). | Viaggio pittorico ai tre laghi ... c.1816-18 |
c.1816-18 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
67 | New Naturalist Monographs. Eric Hosking's personal complete set, 1st editions, 1948-71 |
1948-71 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,600.00 | |
153 | Bible (English; Authorised). | [The Holy Bible], 3rd folio edition, 1613 |
1613 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,600.00 |
119 | Hasselblad Xpan Standard Kit |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,120.00 | ||
93 | Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935). | Lammergeier, Spain, signed watercolour |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,000.00 | |
235 | Milne (A. A.). | Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926, & 4 other Pooh books |
1926 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,760.00 |
240 | Rowling (J. K.). | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone [-Goblet of Fire], 1999-2000, signed |
1999-2000 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,640.00 |
44 | Booth (Edward Thomas). | Rough Notes on Birds, 1st edition, 1881-7, & 3 others |
1881-7 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,160.00 |
162 | Cosway Binding. French Prints of the Eighteenth Century, 1908 |
1908 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,160.00 | |
152 | Austen (Jane). | [The works], 1897-8, & 4 other works, finely bound |
1897-8 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,040.00 |
8 | Lizars (W. H.). | Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, 1841, with 2 early maps of Texas |
1841 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
23 | Near East. Album of photographs, c.1920, and others similar |
c.1920 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,920.00 | |
30 | Phillips (John). | Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire, 1st edition, 1829-36, & 4 others |
1829-36 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
69 | New Naturalists, numbers 26-50, 1st editions, 1953-67 |
1953-67 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,680.00 | |
79 | Scott (Sir Peter). | Wild Chorus, 1939, inscribed for Eric Hosking, & other works by Scott |
1939 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,680.00 |
211 | Braby (Dorothea). | Original designs for The Labyrinth of the World, Golden Cockerel Press, 1950 |
1950 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |
223 | Orwell (George). | Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, 1949 |
1949 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |