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Auction Name	Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	45,874.35
Auction Date	August 07, 2024 - August 08, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	21,430.00
Sale Number	#80724	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	32,490.00
Total Lots	621
Sold Lots	564	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	24,530.00
% of Lots Sold	90.82%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	36,930.00
Unsold Lots	57	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	124.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
432		A good collection of mostly 19th century Norfolk auction catalogues, held within green box files		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,907.20
524		A bound compendium of various 19th century sales particulars pertaining to Norfolk Estates sold at auction,		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 1,959.20
154	Loudon (Mrs Jane)	The Ladies Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials, 2 vols.	1843 - 44	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,516.80
153	REV GILBERT WHITE	THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE...WITH ENGRAVINGS AND AN APPENDIX.	1789	GBP 280.00 - 320.00	GBP 872.16
148	ALEXANDER MCDONALD	A COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL GARDENING, 2 volumes	1807	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 758.40
163	JOSEPH PITT	THE COMPLEAT HERBAL OF THE BOTANICAL INSTITUTIONS ETC, 2 volumes	1719 and 1730	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 606.72
604		A substantial collection of ephemera - engravings, prints, drawings, etc relating to the death of Admiral Lord Nelson.		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 505.60
607		An ink and watercolour picture within mount depicting The Royal Navy College, Greenwich - The West Gate showing the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes,		Not Available	GBP 492.96
152	JEAN DE LA QUINTINIE AND JOHN EVELYN	THE COMPLEAT GARDENER, 2 volumes bound into one	1693	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 467.68
483		AN IMPORTANT LETTER DATED 8TH JUNE 1790 FROM WILLIAM PITT OF THREADNEEDLE STREET		Not Available	GBP 417.12
229	George R. R. Martin , illustrated by Jonathan Burton	George R. R. Martin titles, illustrated by Jonathan Burton		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 391.84
288	J K ROWLING	HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN	1999	Not Available	GBP 391.84
283	JOHN LE CARRE	SMILEY'S PEOPLE	1980	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 379.20
605		A large collection of various engravings, plates etc depicting Admiral Lord Nelson, various sizes		GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 379.20
608		A large collection of various engravings, plates, prints etc, depicting contemporaries of Admiral Lord Nelson. To include		GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 379.20
534	JOSEPH CROSS	CROSS'S POCKET PLAN ON LONDON AND IMPROVED GUIDE	c1837	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 366.56
564		Sales particulars for various Norfolk estates		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 366.56
609		A large folio on Nelson and his Captains. Contemporary cloth binding, some engravings but many have been removed. Ex libris		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 366.56
14		Blyton E; Bimbo and Topsy Illust by Lucy Gee 1st Ed with dust jacket (good condition) , The Boy Next Door illust A E Bestall ...		GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 341.28
302		Psychological Analysis of Nietzsche's Zarathusa		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 341.28
463	Cooke	Eccles Next The Sea, Norfolk and the Erosion of the East Coast handwritten with sketches together with two letters dated 1914 to R H Mason,		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 341.28
143	REV F. O. MORRIS	A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 6 Volumes (second editions)	1870	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 328.64
492	HENRIETTA BELLGRAVE	A TRUE AND AFFECTING HISTORY OF HENRIETTA DE BELLGRAVE...Written by herself and addressed to her daughter Zoa	c1815	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 328.64
606		A collection of late 19th century clippings from The Graphic / London Illustrated News relating to Admiral Lord Nelson		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 316.00
303		A series of cloth bound lecture notes given by Prof. C G Jung at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich in the 1930s		Not Available	GBP 303.36

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

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