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Auction Name: Antiquarian and Collectors' Books
Auction Date: 04/01/2026 - 04/01/2026
Sale Number: #40126
Total Lots: 209
Sold Lots: 187.0
Lots Sold: 89.47%
Unsold Lots: 22

Total Sales (GBP): 42,200.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 21,560.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 33,790.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 23,660.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 37,410.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 112.80%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots 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
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
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
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
3181	OVIDIUS, Naso (Publius).George Sandys (translator).	Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished by G.S.	1626	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 687.50
3117	WISDEN, John (publisher).	Cricketer’s Almanack.	1928-2022.	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
3120		Kelly’s Directory of Worthing and Neighbourhood.	1960-1975.	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 600.00
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
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

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