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Auction Name	Books and Manuscripts - online 6/10	Total Sales (GBP)	903,170.00
Auction Date	June 20, 2024 - June 20, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	396,600.00
Sale Number	#30293	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	624,700.00
Total Lots	274
Sold Lots	237	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	504,500.00
% of Lots Sold	86.50%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	791,600.00
Unsold Lots	37	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	114.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
236	TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)	The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, George Allen and Unwin, 1937	1937	GBP 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 70,250.00
26	BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN)	Autograph letter signed twice ("Beethoven"), including a canon, [n.p. but Vienna], 3 May 1825	3 May 1825	GBP 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 56,280.00
238	TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)	The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPESSIONS, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES, George Allen and Unwin, [1954-1955]	1954-1955	GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 46,080.00
88	STANHOPE (HESTER)	Correspondence to Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Anderson (1767-1851), the majority from Syria and Lebanon, 1809-1814 (12)	1813 (1803)	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 35,840.00
122	LOGGAN (DAVID)	Cantabrigia illustrata, Cambridge, [1690]	1690	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 28,160.00
71	EDWARD III - YORKSHIRE	Illuminated Royal Licence, bearing the great seal, Westminster, 15 November 1368	1368	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
264	SUFFRAGETTE HUNGER STRIKE MEDAL	Awarded by the WSPU to Rona Robinson, 1909	1909	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 21,760.00
66	DICKENS (CHARLES)	The Christmas Carol, FIRST EDITION, FIRST "TRIAL" ISSUE, Chapman & Hall, 1844 [but 1843]	1844 but 1843	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 20,480.00
219	PHILOSOPHERS - BERTRAND RUSSELL & G.E. MOORE	Collection of letters to eminent Cambridge philosopher Casimir Lewy (1919-1991)	c.1945-1964	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 16,640.00
245	WITTGENSTEIN (LUDWIG)	Correspondence to his pupil, the eminent Cambridge philosopher Casimir Lewy (1919-1991)	1939-1945	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 16,640.00
250	COMPUTERS, CODING, TURING AND MANCHESTER MARK I - ALICK E. GLENNIE	An important archive relating to A.E. Glennie's work on computer programming (small quantity)	1951	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 15,360.00
248	CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO & FLORIANO)	Icones anatomicae, FIRST EDITION, 1801-1814 (9)	1801-1814	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 14,080.00
259	NEWTON (ISAAC)	The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy... Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To Which are Added, the Laws of the Moon's Motion, According to Gravity. By John Machin, 2 vol., Benjamin Motte, 1729	1729	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 14,080.00
213	LAWRENCE (D.H.)	The Rainbow, FIRST EDITION, Methuen, [1915]	1915	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 12,160.00
85	PENINSULAR WAR -- MOORE, ANDERSON and STANHOPE	Archive of correspondence to Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Anderson (1767-1851), Moore's aide-de-camp	1830	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 11,520.00
138	SHOBERL (FREDERIC)	The World in Miniature, FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE IN 43 VOLUMES, R. Ackerman, [1821-1827]	1821-1827	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 11,520.00
265	SUFFRAGETTE ALBUM -- PANKHURSTS & THE WSPU	Autograph album of Helen Kirkpatrick Watts, 1908-1962	1908 to 1962	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 10,880.00
75	HARLEQUINADE - MANUSCRIPT FLAP-BOOK	A seventeenth century manuscript pictorial flap-book "Painted By Sal. Court, Price 2s.", [c.1753]	c.1753	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 10,240.00
15	HAWTHORNTHWAITE (SAMUEL)	Mr. Hawthornthwaite's Adventures among the Mormons, Manchester, 1857	1857	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 9,600.00
62	CHATTERTON (THOMAS)	Autograph fragment from a lost letter to his sister Mary, [London, 30 May 1770]	30 May 1770	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 9,600.00
237	TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)	Farmer Giles of Ham, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, George Allen and Unwin, 1949	1949	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 9,600.00
215	LEAR (EDWARD)	Series of correspondence to The Rev. Edward Carus Selwyn, San Remo, 1880-1887	1888	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,960.00
243	WAUGH (EVELYN)	Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, ONE OF 50 SPECIALLY ISSUED PRE-PUBLICATION COPIES, Chapman & Hall, 1945 [1944]	1945 1944	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 8,960.00
164	ART -- ARTHUR HUGHES & THE PRE-RAPHAELITES	Archive relating to the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), including sketches and correspondence		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 8,320.00
241	TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)	The Road Goes Ever On. A Song Cycle. Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. Music by Donald Swann, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM TOLKIEN TO MARGARET WISEMAN, Allen and Unwin, 1968	1968	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 8,320.00

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Bibliotheca Brookeriana:
A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M
18 October 2024

Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Herodianus Syrus, Herodiani Historiarum, Venice, Heirs of Aldo & Torresano, 1524, Parisian binding for Jean Grolier by Jean Picard, ca. 1540

Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Musaeus, Opusculum de Herone et Leandro, Venice, Aldo, 1495 (Greek text), interleaved with 1497–1498 (Latin text), English olive morocco by Charles Lewis, the Botfield copy

Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Horatius Flaccus, Horatius, Venice, Aldo, 1501, Bolognese brown goatskin (between 1501 and 1503), arms of Mino Rossi and illuminated initials throughout

Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Lucretius, De rerum natura, Venice, Aldo, 1500, English early eighteenth-century red morocco, the Fletcher copy

Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Dante, Le terze rime, Venice, Aldo, 1502, illuminated, contemporary Bolognese morocco binding
Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. $100,000 - $150,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. $30,000 - $50,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: EARLIEST MAP DEVOTED TO NORTH AMERICA. FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571. $20,000 - $30,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: HAMILTON DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804. $20,000 - $30,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. $5,000 - $8,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATIONS OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: RICHARD FEYNMAN'S ANNOTATED COPY, WITH TWO EARLY FEYNMAN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COMPUTING. TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. $30,000 - $50,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: FINE OIL PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY EUGEN SPIRO. $40,000 - $60,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: PENICILLIN MOLD MEDALLION INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER FLEMING. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. $30,000 - $50,000

Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: APPLE "TWIGGY" MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. $80,000 - $120,000
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October 17th, 2024

One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Abraham Lincoln Signed Letter on Executive Mansion Stationary To Secretary of The Navy re: Appointment for Naval Academy!

One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Extremely Rare Ben Franklin Printed: Considerations on Keeping Negroes...Part Second. 1762.

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One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Rarest Naval Autograph James Lawrence “Don’t give up the ship On " U.S. Ship Hornet June 19th 1812.

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One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: [Maps] Gio. Ant. Magnini, Italia, 1620.

One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: LAWMAN SALOON JUDGE ROY BEAN Signed Legal Document 1895-RARE!

One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Autograph Album with James Garfield as President, Chester A. Aurthur as VP, William T. Sherman, Burnside, P.T. Barnum and many more!

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One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Four Language Ship's Paper.

One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Hector Berlioz Autograph Musical Quotation Signed.

One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Important Memorandum the Day after Gettysburg July 5th, 1863 where Lincoln asks all Department Heads of the cabinet to meet him at the Executive Mansion.

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