Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 826,207.20 |
| Auction Date | September 26, 2024 - September 26, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 481,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #1152 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 686,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 503 | ||
| Sold Lots | 392 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 588,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.93% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 838,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 111 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 98.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 445 | Shepard (Ernest) | Wind in the Willows Toad Escapes from Prison |
c.1931. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 36,540.00 |
| 306 | Shelley (Mary) | Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus |
1823 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 25,200.00 |
| 303 | Economics.- Smith (Adam) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
1778 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 365 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | Farmer Giles of Ham |
1949 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 207 | Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica |
1671 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 | |
| 353 | Lewis (C.S.) | [The Chronicles of Narnia] |
1950 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 202 | More (Sir Thomas) | La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, & l'exemplaire de vie heureuse |
1550 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 304 | Wollstonecraft (Mary) | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects |
1792 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 435 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings |
1972 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 407 | Gregynog Press.- Euripides. | The Plays |
1931 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 484 | Burma.- Burmese School (probably circa 1870s or slightly later) | Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions |
circa 1870s | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 362 | Sassoon (Siegfried) | The War Poems |
1919 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 9,450.00 |
| 505 | World.- Blaeu (Johannes) | Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu |
circa 1662-1672 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 9,450.00 |
| 301 | Kipling (Rudyard) | The Works |
1937 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 394 | Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) | Troilus and Criseyde |
1927 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 183 | Westminster Bridge.- Price (John) | A Short History of Bridges, Ancient and Modern...Part I [?all published] |
1728 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 197 | Renouard's copy.- Longolius (Christophorus) | Perduellionis rei defensiones duae |
c.1518. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 366 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings |
1955 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 162 | Thomas (William) | Original Designs in Architecture |
1783 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 337 | Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) | Marlborough, His Life and Times |
1933-38. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 386 | Essex House Press.- Ashbee (C.R., editor) | [Great Poems of the Language series] |
1900-04. | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 415 | Gregynog Press.- Rossetti (Christina) | Poems chosen by Walter de la Mare |
1930 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 373 | [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1866 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,552.00 |
| 236 | Livius (Titus) | The Romane Historie written by T. Livius of Padua |
1600 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 217 | Napoleon family copy.- Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de France en 1815 |
1820 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 5,670.00 |
![<b>Gonnelli:</b> Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fc9560f4-73da-4dfd-8070-2fb3b8892dd9.JPG "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.")
![<b>Gonnelli:</b> Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ebc18788-ba83-4c96-bbc8-fe8f2b287c31.JPG "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> DANTE ALIGHIERI. [<i>La Divina Commedia</i>]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e3e80376-a777-4744-b4ac-5f6a3f98f0a9.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> DANTE ALIGHIERI. [<i>La Divina Commedia</i>]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> PINDARE. <i>Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia.</i> [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b4f46ce2-16e6-4487-82b1-5e20fe5013f7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> PINDARE. <i>Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia.</i> [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.")
