Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper
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| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 116,746.00 |
| Auction Date | July 28, 2022 - July 28, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 55,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #2250 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 80,440.00 |
| Total Lots | 300 | ||
| Sold Lots | 289 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 57,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 96.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 83,190.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 140.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | Egan (Pierce) | Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, 5 vol. |
1812-28 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 5,500.00 |
| 252 | Louys (Pierre) | Les Chansons de Bilitis, illustrations by Mariette Lydis, |
1948 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,750.00 |
| 186 | Kipling (Rudyard) | The Sussex Edition of the Complete Works in Prose and Verse, 33 vol. only (of 35), limited edition signed by author |
1937 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,000.00 |
| 66 | Hyde (Thomas) | De Ludis Orientalibus, 3 parts in 1, |
1694 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,375.00 |
| 33 | Nansen (Fridtjof) | Farthest North being the Record of the Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, 2 vol., cut signature of author pasted to half-title |
1898 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
| 67 | Lewis (William) | Chess for Beginners, first edition |
1835 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 160 | Scott (Sir Walter) | Waverley Novels, 25 vol., centenary edition |
1871 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 185 | Louys (Pierre) | Les Chansons de Bilitis, |
1931 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
| 182 | Wells (H.G.) | The World of William Clissold, 3 vol., limited edition signed by author |
1926 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
| 255 | Traeger (Tessa) | Voices of the Vivarais, one of 250 copies signed by the author/photographer |
2010 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
| 113 | Touchet (Mervin, second Earl of Castlehaven, convicted rapist and sodomite) | Confession of Faith, D.s. "Castelhaven", manuscript, |
?1631. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,560.00 |
| 44 | Ellis (William) | Polynesian Researches ... in the Society and Sandwich Islands, 4 vol. |
1853 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 247 | Hemingway (Ernest) | Oeuvres Completes, 8 vol., Paris, André Sauret; and 47 others, similar, French press and illustrated (55) |
1963-9 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 167 | Pepys (Samuel) | The Diary of … 10 vol., edited by Henry B. Wheatley |
1893-1900 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 27 | Speed (John) | The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described |
1626 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 196 | Woolf (Virginia) | Between the Acts |
1974 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 168 | Dickens (Charles) | The Works, 38 vol. inc. Forster's 'Life of ...', |
1897 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,187.50 |
| 2 | Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) | Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, 2 vol. |
1850 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 156 | Borrow (George) | Lavengro, 3 vol., first edition |
1851 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 188 | Russell (Leonard) | and John Hadfield, editor. Saturday Book (The), vol. 1-34, a complete run, some the editor's own copy |
1941-75 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 24 | [Bell (Gertrude) | The Arab of Mesopotamia, first edition, |
1917 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 64 | Bindings.- British Sports and Sportsmen |
c.1910 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 239 | Malory (Sir Thomas) | Le Morte Darthur The Birth and Life and Acts of King Arthur, 2 vol., one of 1500 copies |
1893-4. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 65 | Cochrane (John) | A Treatise on The Game of Chess, first edition |
1822 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 937.50 |
| 179 | Mardrus (Joseph Charles) | Histoire D'Ali Ben-Bekar et de la Belle Schamsennahar, |
1923 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 937.50 |
