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Auction Name Books, Ephemera, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History Total Sales (GBP) 8,737.70
Auction Date August 28, 2024 - August 28, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 7,075.00
Sale Number #428 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,780.00
Total Lots 182
Sold Lots 119 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 10,571.00
% of Lots Sold 65.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 14,676.00
Unsold Lots 63 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
65 Saddam Hussein

Building Up Iraq Together, Dar al-Ma'mun, 1983, First Edition, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of the frontispiece.

1983, GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 437.00
33 James Joyce

Ulysses, Folio Society, 2022, the Centenary Edition, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, No.424 of 500, signed by the artist

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 GBP 391.00
168

Great Britain 2007-2012 First Class commemorative stamps in sheetlets plus Olympics Winners self-adhesives.

GBP 270.00 - 320.00 GBP 310.50
34 Ian Fleming

Casino Royale Vintage, 2013, 60th Anniversary edition for Bentley Motors, No.

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 GBP 287.50
68

New Large Scale Atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, with Plans of Towns, George W.

[1881] GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 287.50
167

Great Britain Decimal Presentation Packs, a collection to 2011, face value PS617.66.

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 287.50
126

British C/Wealth M&U ranges in stockbook, mostly Pacific Islands with good mid-period New Guinea and Papua, modern UM sets of Samoa & Tokelau;

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 161.00
122

All-period British C/Wealth M&U ranges in three large stockbooks with much QE2 but including useful earlier with interest in Indian States, Gibraltar

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 155.25
105

Military Art, Napoleonic, early 20th Century, various artists and series, mostly hand-coloured, the majority plain-back.

GBP 130.00 - 150.00 GBP 149.50
25

The Central China Religious Tract Society's Union Hymn Book, 1890s, full leather, gilt, Chinese text, the Index in English, printed on rice paper,

1890s GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.75
124

British C/Wealth QV/QE2 mint & used ranges in stockbook

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 143.75
12 James Joyce

Ulysses

2017 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 138.00
27 Agatha Christie

Ten Little Niggers, Collins Crime Club, [1939] an early edition, probably for export,

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 138.00
130

Box of covers & cards from c.1900, commercial, military and philatelic

c.1900 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 138.00
9

Country Life 1910/1911, 1912/1913, July-Dec.1915, and July- Oct. 1917

1910-1917 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 132.25
143

Collection of Coin Covers in two albums & loose, UK & Foreign, wide variety of themes, the UK coins with values to PS5 (8)

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 126.50
31 Paul Nash

Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorized Version, Folio Society 2017, No.498 of 750

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 120.75
123

British C/Wealth QV/QE2 mint & used ranges in album with interest in Gibraltar with QV to 50c and GV to 2s

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 120.75
140

World Postal History mix, all periods with much pre-1950.

pre-1950. GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 120.75
75

Golf Tournament programmes comprising Ryder Cup 1961 (small tear to front cover), and the British Open 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969 and 1974.

1961 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 115.00
125

British C/Wealth QV to QE2 M&U ranges on stockleaves with good proportion QV/GVI

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 110.40
42

Gilbert & George: a group of sixteen PPCs issued by the Gilbert & George Centre, all autographed by the artists, seven signed on reverse.

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 108.10
61

H.M.S. Apollo, 1936-38, a collection of snapshot photos taken on a world tour,

1936-38, GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 105.80
145

Collection of Coin Covers, 1980s to 2000s, all Royalty themes, UK and C/Wealth, with UK coins to PS5 (12).

1980s GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 98.90
114

World accumulation 1920s/1970s in boxes, tins, on leaves & loose, with interest in British C/Wealth, French Colonies & others;

1920s/1970s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 94.30
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
    Gonnelli
    Futurism
    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
  • ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
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