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Auction Name Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 159,146.00
Auction Date July 17, 2024 - July 17, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 88,120.00
Sale Number #71724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 138,260.00
Total Lots 225
Sold Lots 184 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 135,720.00
% of Lots Sold 81.78% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 211,560.00
Unsold Lots 41 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 75.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10 AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century).

A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, inscribed, "Radolphus Ayres, Cook, Oxford, 1722", boards.

1722 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,150.00
189

Private Eye,

1961-2024 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,500.00
203 SEGOVIA, Andres (1893-1987).

Autograph music manuscripts comprising an important collection of transcriptions and works commissioned by Segovia for the guitar,

GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,500.00
66 collected by Julius Barras.

BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of pressed Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper with watercolour backgrounds

1868 and later GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 5,850.00
14 BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832).

Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. To which is added, a Letter to Adam Smith,

1787 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,460.00
118 JAMES, Henry (1843-1916).

Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle Mansions,

1913 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,550.00
160

MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume

[?later 18th-century] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 4,160.00
195 RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001).

The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters of the novel "Friends in Low Places",

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,900.00
13 [BELL, Vanessa (1879-1961)] -

Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Nov. 8th to Jan 15th 1910-11,

[1910] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,380.00
74 CONRAD, Joseph (1847-1924).

Autograph letter, signed ("J. Conrad"), to [Edward] Garnett,

[1897]. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,120.00
136 LEAR, Edward (1812-88).

Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871.

1871 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,860.00
1

The Abu Album, 1895-96.

[1895-96] GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,600.00
26 Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817).

Pride and Prejudice,

1894 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,600.00
88 FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).

Casino Royale,

1953 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,600.00
204 SMITH, Stevie (1902-71).

71 original drawings comprising illustrations for her poems,

[n.d. but c.1937-1957] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 2,470.00
133 LEAR, Edward (1812-88).

Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Emily, Lady Tennyson, address given phonetically as "Oatlands Parcotel, Waltnontems, Surry", 14 January 1861,

1861 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,210.00
135 LEAR, Edward (1812-88).

Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, Nice, 14 March 1865.

1865 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,210.00
155 MALORY, Thomas (1416-71) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator).

The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur,

1927 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,210.00
156 MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others.

Reflections in Prison,

2001 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,210.00
124 JOYCE, James (1882-1941).

Ulysses,

1922 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,080.00
208 SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80).

24 autograph letters & 7 typed letters, signed ("Graham Sutherland" or "Graham"), to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook,

Cap-d'Ail GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,080.00
62 BULOW, Hans von (1830-94).

A series of 27 autograph letters, signed ("H. v. Bulow"), to Dr Carl Gille,

1863-1869. GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 1,950.00
134 LEAR, Edward (1812-88).

Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Hallam Tennyson, Varese and Monte Generoso, 16 and 21 September 1880.

1880 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,950.00
161

MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies,

[late 18th-century/early 19th-century] GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 1,950.00
114 HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666).

Londinopolis,

1657 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,820.00
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    Leland Little, Jan. 22: The Richly Illustrated First French Edition of Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales.
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    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Humphrey's An Historical Account, Complete with Scarce Folding Maps.
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    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Edward Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
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