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Cotswold Auction Company: Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables​

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables​ Total Sales (GBP) 22,411.20
Auction Date June 03, 2025 - June 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 10,055.00
Sale Number #60325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 15,630.00
Total Lots 180
Sold Lots 157.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 14,275.00
% of Lots Sold 87.22% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 21,640.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
363 Eliot, T.S.

"The Waste Land"

 1923 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,932.00
263 Potter, Beatrix

"The Tailor of Gloucester",

1903 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,094.80
185

Royal Interest - A Victorian album containing programmes for musical evenings at Buckingham Palace, embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms

 1867 to 1887 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 875.84
282 Steadman, Ralph - illustrator

"Gonzo v Art"

1998 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 772.80
331

Bindings and antiquarian to include Stuart, Sir Henry Bart, "The Planters Guide; or a practical essay on the best method of giving immediate effect to wood ..., originally intended for the climate of Scotland",

 1828 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 708.40
261 Nielsen, Kay (ills.)

"East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North",

1914 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 618.24
266 Fuller,Thomas

"A Pisgah - Sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon.."

1650 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 579.60
24

Stamps of Japan: Brown box file of written up Japanese postal history and thematics of various issues, ...

 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 540.96
323 Carter, Angela

"Nights at the Circus",

1984 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 515.20
330

"The Bradenham edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli First Earl of Beaconsfield",

1926 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 515.20
354 The Fleece Press - Ullmann, Anne (ed)

"Tirzah Garwood - Long Live Great Bardfield and Love To You All, her autobiography 1908-1943",

2012 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 450.80
355 The Fleece Press - Ullmann, Anne

"Hornet and Wild Rose, the Art of Tirzah Garwood",

2020 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 450.80
365

King James Bible - "The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New...by His Majesty's Special Command...",

 1676 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 386.40
298

Quantity of modern first editions to include Richard Adams, Arthur Haley, John Braine, James Herbert, Ernest Hemingway, ...

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 360.64
257 Tolkien, J.R.R.

"Lord of the Rings Trilogy" - "The Fellowship of the Ring",

1968 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 334.88
326 Barker, Nicholas (ed)

"Horace Walpole's Description of the Villa at Strawberry Hill, a facsimile of the copy extra illustrated for Charles Bedford in the collection of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill",

2010 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 334.88
301

Quantity of mid-century and later children's books, observer books and Puffin books

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 283.36
362 Lewis CS

"Perelandra"

 1943 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 283.36
295 Colquhoun Ithell

"The Living Stones Cornwall" Peter Owen Ltd

1957 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 257.60
368

The Holy Bible containing The Old and The New....

 1635 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 257.60
375 Clarke Arthur C

"2001 Space Odyssey"

1968 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 244.72
259 Littledale, St. George R.

"A Journey Across Tibet, From North to South, and West to Ladak - from the Geographical Journal for May 1896"

1896 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 218.96
358 The Fleece Press - Lawrence, Simon

"Dunbar Hay Limited 1935-40, the achievements of Cecilia Dunbar Kilburn"

 2016 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 218.96
272 Faulkner, William

"The Sound and the Fury" introduction by Richard Hughes,

1931 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 206.08
321

Woodcut illustrators, to include Keith Henderson, Claire Leighton, John Kettlewell, John Farleigh, Joan Hassall, Miriam McGregor, Elizabeth Gray, ...

 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 206.08
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    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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