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Auction Info

Auction Name
Antiquarian and Collectors' Books
Auction Date
07/23/2025 - 07/23/2025
Sale Number
#72325
Total Lots
198
Sold Lots
177
Lots Sold
89.39%
Unsold Lots
21
Total Sales (GBP)
62,685.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
27,930.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
42,220.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
33,830.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
50,770.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
123.47%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3047 WORDSWORTH, William.

Two Addresses to the Freeholders of Westmorland. Kendal: Airey and Bellingham, 1818.

1812 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 11,205.00
3084 MANTELL, Gideon Algernon.

The Fossils of the South Downs; or, Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex.

1822 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,735.00
3037 Louis Brion de la TOUR.

Atlas General, Civil et Ecclesiastique, methodique et elementaire pour l'etude de la geographie et de l'histoire.

1767 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,365.50
3121

VOGUE. [An incomplete run of Vogue Magazine.

1952-1975. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,867.50
3006 WAUGH, Evelyn.

Wine in Peace and War.

1947 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,618.50
3038 Angelus de CLAVASIO.

Summa angelica de casibus conscientiae.

1487 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,618.50
3003 BORGES, Jorge Luis.

El Aleph.

1955 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,182.75
3065 Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

1972 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,182.75
3005 John Maynard KEYNES.

The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money.

1936 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 996.00
3008 MILNE, A.A.

When We Were Very Young.

1924 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 996.00
3017 FREUD, Lucian (dust-jacket design) and Franz WERFEL.

Paul Among the Jews... translated by Paul Levertoff.

1943 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 871.50
3031 HANWAY, Jonas.

A Sentimental History of Chimney Sweepers, in London & Westminster, Shewing the Necessity of Putting them under Regulations to Prevent the Grossest Inhumanity to the Climbing Boys.

1785 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 809.25
3014 MILNE, A.A.

The House at Pooh Corner.

1928 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 809.25
3193 Charles T. QUELCH.

[A First World War trench diary written by Private Charles Quelch of the 'A' Company, 3rd Hants. Regiment.

1915 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 809.25
3002 Dante ALIGHIERI.

[The Divine Comedy.]

1904 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 809.25
3001 GUTHRIE, James.

The Elf, A Sequence of Seasons.

1911 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 747.00
3058 Rose GREENHOW.

My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington.

1863 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 684.75
3066 [Barnard Law] MONTGOMERY, Viscount of Alamein.

A History of Warfare.

1969 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 684.75
3049 AMIS, Kingsley.

Lucky Jim.

1953 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 684.75
3074 CHINA. C. Noel DAVIS.

A History of the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club 1863-1930.

1930 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 597.60

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