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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items Total Sales (GBP) 39,148.80
Auction Date March 16, 2023 - March 16, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 67,234.00
Sale Number #31623 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 33,535.00
Total Lots 308
Sold Lots 294 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 68,444.00
% of Lots Sold 95.45% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 35,375.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 110.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
44

Breeches Bible.  Old Testament with no title or prelims, New Testament with eng. title, 1608 & concludes with Two Right Profitable & Fruitfull Concordances ... Collected by R. F. H., 1608. Small quarto. Rebound dark leather, internal wear, many annotation

1608 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,560.00
100 THE LITERARY AGENCY OF LONDON.

THE LITERARY AGENCY OF LONDON. Charles Francis CAZENOVE (1870-1915) and George Herbert PERRIS (1866-1920). A remarkable collection of correspondence dated from 1896 until Cazenove's death in 1915.

1896- 1915. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 900.00
101 SMITH ADAM.

SMITH ADAM.  An Inquiry into the Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations. 3 vols.

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 720.00
282 SCOTT JOSEPH NICOL.

SCOTT JOSEPH NICOL.  A New Universal Etymological English Dictionary. Folio. Eng. frontis & 12 eng. plates on eleven. Rebound qtr. calf, marbled brds. 1764.

1764 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 720.00
14 CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND ANT. & ARCH. SOCIETY.

CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND ANT. & ARCH. SOCIETY.  Transactions. Complete run of the Old Series. Some in half calf, some in orig. prntd. wrappers, varying cond. 1874-1900.

1874-1900. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 660.00
65

The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament & the New.  Prelims followed by eng. title for Robert Barker, 1634, concludes with Sternhold & Hopkins, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1640. Old calf, rebacked, close cropped.

1634, 1640. GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 660.00
117

Manuscript Material, Legal Documents, etc.  A collection of various items, mainly 17th & 18th cent., legal, letters & others, some on vellum.

17th & 18th cent. GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 660.00
294 MEYRICK SAMUEL RUSH.

MEYRICK SAMUEL RUSH.  A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour as it Existed in Europe but Particularly in England. 80 eng. plates, of which 70 are hand coloured. Hand col. initials & decs. Folio. Old red morocco, internal foxing & spotting but a good set.

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 660.00
256 ACKERMANN R. (Pubs).

ACKERMANN R. (Pubs).  The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities & Monuments. 2 vols.

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 576.00
296 WHALLEY REV. PETER.

WHALLEY REV. PETER.  The History & Antiquities of Northamptonshire Compiled from the Manuscript Collections of the Late ... John Bridges. 2 vols.

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 576.00
78 BISSET J.

BISSET J.  Critical Essays on the Dramatic Excellencies of Young Roscius by Gentlemen of Distinguished Literary Talents & Theatrical Amateurs ... Faithfully Compiled by J. Bisset, Museum, Birmingham. N.d.; bound in simulated rosewood calf (bookplate of Pa

N.d. GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 480.00
307 BLACKWALL JOHN.

BLACKWALL JOHN. A Hidstory of Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 480.00
2 FOSTER ARTHUR (Prntr).

FOSTER ARTHUR (Prntr).  The Queen Dowager's Visit to Kirkby Lonsdale. 24pp. Eng. frontis & vignette. Small frontis. Orig. cloth with title label. Kirkby Lonsdale, 1840.

1840 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 420.00
304 ROY WILLIAM.

ROY WILLIAM. The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. 51 good fldg., dbl. pge & other eng. plates & maps. Large folio. Old calf, recased. 1793.

1793 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 420.00
222 BRIDGE WILLIAM, of Yarmouth.

BRIDGE WILLIAM, of Yarmouth.  The Works. 5 vols.

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 360.00
113 MAYHEW JONATHAN, Pastor of the West-Church in Boston.

MAYHEW JONATHAN, Pastor of the West-Church in Boston.  Sermons Upon the Following Subjects. Old calf. Boston, 1755.

1755 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 336.00
147 BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE J. B.

BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE J. B.  China, Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures &c. 4 vols.

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 336.00
225 LAMBARD WILLIAM, of Lincolnes Inne.

LAMBARD WILLIAM, of Lincolnes Inne.   Eirenarcha or Of the Office of the Justices of Peace in Foure Bookes. Eng. border to title, small repaired hole but with no loss of text. 634pp plus Epilogue, Processes, Appendices & Table. Printed for the Companie of

1619 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 312.00
235 FULLER THOMAS.

FULLER THOMAS.  The Church-History of Britain. Titles, double page plate of arms, eng. initials & decs. Folio. 19th cent. panelled calf, internal damp stng. & browning. 1655;

1655 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 312.00
264 GRIMESTON EDWARD.

GRIMESTON EDWARD.  A Generall Historie of the Netherlands. 1,415pp plus Table. Eng. title (worn & relaid) & eng. text portraits, early leaves & final leaf quite chipped. Folio. Rebacked calf. 160?.

160?. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 312.00
280 DICKENS CHARLES (Ed).

DICKENS CHARLES (Ed).  All The Year Round, A Weekly Journal. vols.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 312.00
303 MORRIS REV. F. O.

MORRIS REV. F. O. A History of British Birds. 6 vols.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 312.00
82 CHURCHILL WINSTON S.

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.  My African Journal. Photograph illus. Publisher's catalogue at end. Orig. pict. red cloth depicting Churchill beside a rhino. First Edition, 1908.

1908 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 288.00
237 (KIRKPATRICK JAMES).

(KIRKPATRICK JAMES).  An Historical Essay upon the Loyalty of Presbyterians in Great-Britain & Ireland from the Reformation to the Present Year 1713. Small quarto. Crude old rebind, internal soiling & foxing. 1713;

1713 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 288.00
268 MEYRICK S. R. & HAMILTON SMITH C.

MEYRICK S. R. & HAMILTON SMITH C.  The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands & Adjacent Coasts of the Baltic. Hand col. aquatint title & 23 good hand col. aquatint plates. Folio. Half red morocco, marbled brds. An Improved Edition, n.

n.d. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 288.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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