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Auction Name	Weekly Featuring Books	Total Sales (GBP)	79,891.88
Auction Date	February 24, 2025 - February 24, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	42,720.00
Sale Number	#22425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	62,020.00
Total Lots	258
Sold Lots	218	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	46,250.00
% of Lots Sold	84.50%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	67,250.00
Unsold Lots	40	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	118.80%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1281		Manuscript devotional work;	first half of 15th century	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 13,125.00
1502		[Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll.	1866	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,200.00
1394	Grahame, Kenneth	The Wind in the Willows	1908	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,600.00	GBP 2,625.00
1388	Stevenson, Robert Louis	Treasure Island	1883	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	GBP 2,493.75
1395	Ecclesiasticus	The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach	1932	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,231.25
1392	Piper, John	Brighton Aquatints. Twelve original aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist	1939	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,100.00
1532	Francis Bacon (1909-1992)	Exhibition poster Galerie Claude Bernard 1977	1977	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,100.00
1418	Hardy, Thomas	Tess of the D'Urbavilles a pure woman faithfully presented...in three volumes.	1891	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,100.00
1475	Botany	Sheldrake, Timothy. Botanicum Medicinale; an Herbal of Medicinal Plants on the College of Physicians List	[1759]	GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,837.50
1451	Christie, Agatha	Murder on the Orient Express	1934	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,575.00
1400	Woolf, Virginia	To The Lighthouse	1927	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,181.25
1343		[Polydore Vergil]. (De Inventoribus Rerum). An Abridgemente of the Notable Worke of Polydore Virgile. Conteining the deuisers and fyrste fynders onte aswell (sic) of antyquities	(?1560).	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,115.63
1425	Neuberg, Victor, B.	The Triumph of Pan,	1910	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,050.00
1449	Lewis C.S	The Magician's Nephew	1955	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 984.38
1793	Samuel Thornton (18th. C)	set of six coloured maps to include: 'India', 'Coremandell' and the 'Coast of Mallabar'		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 853.13
1384	Homer	The Iliad / The Odyssey. (Translated by Alexander) Pope. Limited Edition	1931	GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 787.50
1423	Capote, Truman	Breakfast at Tiffany's. A Short Novel and Three Stories	1958	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 787.50
1295	Venn, Thomas, Tacquet, Andrew and Others	Military & Maritine Discipline in Three Books... Military Observations on Tacticks put into Practice for the Exercise of Horse and Foot... an Exact Method of Military Architecture... the Compleat Gunner	1672	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 721.88
1320	Hasted, Rev. Edward	The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the ancient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical	1778-99	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 721.88
1377	Rackham, Arthur	The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm	1932	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 721.88
1369	Dulac, Edmund	A Fairy Garland: Being Fairy Tales from the Old French	1928	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 656.25
1413	Conan Doyle, Arthur	Works; Sherlock Holmes Long Stories; Sherlock Holmes Short Stories; Historical Romances (2) & Stories,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 630.00
1454	Bannerman, Helen	The Story of Little Black Sambo. No. 4 in 'The Dumpy Books for Children' series.	1899	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 551.25
1495	Collins, Lieutenant-Colonel David	An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, From its First Settlement in January 1788 to August 1801: With remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that Country.	1804	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 551.25
1267	Martin, C. Francois	Le Regulateur Universel des Poids et Mesures	1809	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 525.00

Fonsie Mealy’s
Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
April 30th & May 1st

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
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Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

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Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR

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