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Auction Name Books, Maps and Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 55,770.40
Auction Date April 15, 2026 - April 15, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 23,500.00
Sale Number #14311 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 37,210.00
Total Lots 138
Sold Lots 131.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 24,640.00
% of Lots Sold 94.93% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 38,940.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 143.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
137

An extensive collection of Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic cards, mostly gelatin silver prints

 c. 1898-1918 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 4,121.60
121 Priestley (Joseph, 1733-1804, and Timothy, 1734-1814).

A collection of letters written to Joseph Priestley's sister Martha Crouch, the majority from Joseph Priestley's brother, Timothy (Signed "T" or "Tim").

N/A GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,864.00
74 Edmonds (Harfield H.) & Lee (Norman N.).

Brook and River Trouting. A Manual of Modern North Country Methods with Coloured Illustrations of Flies and Fly-Dressing Materials,

[1916] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,189.60
9 Thatcher (Margaret).

The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher, edited by Robin Harris.

 1997 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,932.00
1 Lunardi (Vincenzo).

An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking.

1784 GBP 600.00 - 900.00 GBP 966.00
68 Shackleton (Ernest H.).

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.

 1919 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 966.00
55 Parry (William Edward).

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performd in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper.

1821 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 837.20
78 Step (Edward) & Watson (William).

Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse.

1896-97 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 837.20
113 Wells (H.G.).

A collection of Wells' political works, each with bespoke cloth-covered case, from the library of Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher, including The Idea of a World Encyclopaedia.

1936 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 772.80
29 [Defoe (Daniel)].

A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain. Divided into Circuits or Journies.

 1761-62 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 708.40
59 Rankin (Niall).

Antarctic Isle: Wild Life in South Georgia.

1951 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 708.40
89 Dickens (Charles).

Dombey and Son.

1848 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 708.40
117

A collection of printed and manuscript documents relating to Northumberland, Lancashire, and Cheshire,

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 708.40
119

A collection of approximately 69 manuscript documents, 16th-19th century

 16th-19th century GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 708.40
129

A large collection of pamphlets, broadsides, and other ephemera printed/published by Toni Savage of Leicester and the New Broom Private Press,

 N/A GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 708.40
40 Speed (John).

Oxfordshire described with ye Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of ye famous University.

 [1611 or slightly later] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 644.00
70 Whymper (Edward).

Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69.

1871 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 644.00
43 Amundsen (Roald).

The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.

 1912 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 618.24
111 Wells (H.G.).

The Island of Doctor Moreau.

 1896 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 618.24
125 Keats (John).

Endymion: A Poetic Romance.

1947 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 618.24
133 Turner (Paul, translator).

Apollonius of Tyre: Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri.

1956 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 618.24
50 M'Cormick (Robert).

Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas and Round the World: Being personal narratives of attempts to reach the North and South Poles;

1884 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 579.60
109 Tolkien (J.R.R.) -

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring.

1962 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 579.60
126 Walters (Gwyn, editor).

Pennant and his Welsh landscapes: Selected readings from A Tour in Wales (1778-1784).

2006 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 579.60
7 Leather Bindings.

Sixty-four leather-bound volumes, most published as part of the series of 'Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books',

[circa 1894 and later] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 540.96