Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collectors' Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian and Collectors' Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 42,200.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 21,560.00 |
| Sale Number | #40126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 33,790.00 |
| Total Lots | 209 | ||
| Sold Lots | 187.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 23,660.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.47% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 37,410.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 112.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3009 | SHELLEY, Mary. | Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. |
1849 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 3080 | [Fanny PARKES.] | Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, During Four-and-Twenty Years in the East; with Revelations of Life in the Zenana. |
1850 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 3011 | CHRISTIE, Agatha. | The Secret of Chimneys. |
1925 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
| 3069 | MANUSCRIPT. Notes Collected while attending The Artillery Depot of Instruction at Kirkee…[by]…Director of the Depot. |
1860-1861. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
| 3124 | CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. | A Chronological Description of the most Noble Achievements of his Most Sacred Majesty William the III. King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. |
1696 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 3046 | COLLINS, Wilkie. | The Moonstone. A Romance. |
1868 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 3042 | MAUND, Benjamin. | The Botanist; containing Accurately Coloured Figures, of Tender and Hardy Ornamental Plants. |
[1837-1846.] | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 3161 | The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised. |
1620 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 875.00 | |
| 3204 | Clifford Henry MECHAM. | Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow. From Drawings Made During the Siege. |
1858 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 750.00 |
| 3117 | WISDEN, John (publisher). | Cricketer’s Almanack. |
1928-2022. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 3181 | OVIDIUS, Naso (Publius).George Sandys (translator). | Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished by G.S. |
1626 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 3067 | William CAMDEN. | Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland… Revised, Digested, and Published, with Large Additions, by Edmund Gibson. |
[circa 1730.] | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 650.00 |
| 3007 | Helena Petrovna BLAVATSKY. | The Key to Theosophy. |
[1889.] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 3035 | William JACKSON. | The New and Complete Newgate Calendar, or Malefactors’ Universal Register. |
[circa 1818.] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 3062 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings. |
1965-1966. | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 3040 | FASHION. | Le Beau Monde; or, Literary and Fashionable Magazine. |
Nov 1806-Jan 1809. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 3089 | DICKENS, Charles. | A Christmas Carol, in Prose. |
1905 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 3120 | Kelly’s Directory of Worthing and Neighbourhood. |
1960-1975. | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 600.00 | |
| 3008 | GRATIAN. | [Decretum Gratiani.] Decreti huius plenissimum argumentum. |
1516 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 575.00 |
| 3010 | POE, Edgar Allan. | [The Purloined Letter.] The Gift: A Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Present. |
1845 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 562.50 |
| 3079 | BURTON, Richard F. | The Book of the Sword. |
1884 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 3166 | [Joseph HASELWOOD.] Roach’s Authentic Memoirs of the Green Room, Containing the Lives of all the Performers of the Theatres Royal. | London: by J. |
10th February 1796. | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 3109 | TV 21 Century. |
January 23 2065 [1965] January 14 2067 [1967]. | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 500.00 | |
| 3144 | Drill and Rifle Instruction for the Corps of Rifle Volunteers. | London: for H.M.S.O by W. |
1860 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 3052 | [VERSTEGAN, Richard. | Theatrum Crudelitatum Haereticorum Nostri Temporis. |
circa 1590.] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 475.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
