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Auction Name	Lots of Antiquarian & Collectable Books, Prints and Related Items	Total Sales (GBP)	30,468.33
Auction Date	May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	17,890.00
Sale Number	#52225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	27,580.00
Total Lots	264
Sold Lots	256.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	18,485.00
% of Lots Sold	96.97%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	28,555.00
Unsold Lots	8	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	106.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
140	LA NUEE BLEUE (Pubs).	La Grace de ... Collection sur les Cathedrales ... Francais. 16 vols. from this magnificent series of monographs on French cathedrals.	2000's.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,660.50
64	WILDE OSCAR.	The Picture of Dorian Gray.	1895	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,476.00
73	CHURCHILL WINSTON S. -	Signed letter. A seven line typed letter of thanks to The President, Central Council, Scottish Unionist Association, signed in ink "Winston S. Churchill"	April 11 1955	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,353.00
75	CAMERON JULIA MARGARET.	Early photograph portrait of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle.		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,107.00
216		VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. Report on the Scientific Results - Zoology. 5 vols. (1 to 5).	1880-1882,	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 984.00
65	WILDE OSCAR.	Salome, A Tragedy in One Act.		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 861.00
99	CALVIN JOHN.	The Institution of Christian Religion, written in Latine By Maister John Calvine and translated into Englishe accordyng to the Authors last edition, by T.N. Mainly black letter.	Anno 1562.	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 861.00
100	CAMDEN WILLIAM.	Manuscript binding. Anglica, Hibernica, Normannica, Cambrica, a Veteribus Scripta.	1602.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 861.00
190		Railways - 19th Century. Approx. 40 card mounted carte-de-visite size photographs of railway locomotives & other railway works,	c.1860's/70's.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 861.00
68	NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE -	NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE - Signed Inscription. Volume 1 only of H. M. Stanley, Through the Dark Continent	1878	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 492.00
257	DARWIN CHARLES.	The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. 2 vols.	1868	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 492.00
231	CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND ANT. & ARCH. SOCIETY.	Transactions, Old Series. Vols. 1 to 16, complete run.	1874-1900.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 467.40
254	WILKINS J., late Ld. Bp. of Chester.	Mathematical Magick or the Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanical Geometry.	1691	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 467.40
259	DARWIN CHARLES.	On the Origin of Species.	1882	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 430.50
76		BREECHES/GENEVA BIBLE. The Bible Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke. Eng. title to each Testament.	1607	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 393.60
217	SWIRE HERBERT.	The Voyage of The Challenger, A Personal Narrative of the Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe. 2 vols.	1938	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 344.40
252	BEWICK THOMAS.	History of British Birds. 2 vols.	1804	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 319.80
156	LOWE E. J.	Ferns, British & Exotic. 8 vols.	1872	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 270.60
258	DARWIN CHARLES.	The Descent of Man,	1885	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 270.60
153	BONNIER GASTON.	Flore Complete Illustree en Couleurs de France, Suisse et Belgique. 12 vols.	C.1911-1934	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 233.70
25		Scotland. A carton of various vols. Ex lib., some a.f.		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 209.10
251	BEWICK THOMAS.	The Fables of Aesop.	1818	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 209.10
1	BRUCE-MITFORD R.	The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial.	1975 - 1983.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 196.80
71	MILLER ARTHUR -	Signed Works. Salesman In Beijing.	1984	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 196.80
157	LOWE E. J.	Our Native Ferns. 2 vols. t	1874	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 196.80

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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