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Auction Name Online: Books and Works on Paper Total Sales (GBP) 110,070.90
Auction Date January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 58,830.00
Sale Number #1071 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 84,620.00
Total Lots 306
Sold Lots 275.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 66,430.00
% of Lots Sold 89.87% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 95,470.00
Unsold Lots 31 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 115.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
78 [Collier (Jane)]

An Essay on the Art of ingenious Tormenting, engraved frontispiece,

1753 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,159.00
36 Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord), William Wilberforce, Spencer Perceval and others

Extensive collection of signatures of Members of Parliament and the House of Lords,

1811 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,651.00
126 Strickland (Agnes)

Lives of the Queens of England,

1844-48 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,651.00
240 Jones (Owen)

The Psalms of David Illuminated,

[1861] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,651.00
205 Jones (Glyn) & T.J. Morgan.

The Story of Heledd,

1994 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,524.00
218 Chaucer (Geoffrey)

The Works,

1928-29. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,524.00
246 Knight (Henry Gally)

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy,

1843-44 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,524.00
93 Smith (Adam)

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,

1802 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,397.00
151 Sitwell (Edith)

The Collected Poems,

1930 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,397.00
187 Beekman (E.M.)

Narcissus,

1974 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,397.00
200 Lawrence (T.E.)

Crusader Castles,

1936 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,397.00
66

Restoration binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), and Administration of the Sacraments,

1687 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,270.00
145 Poe (Edgar Allan)

The Works,

1902 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,270.00
155 Low (David)

Twelve Biographies,

1933 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,270.00
226 Reeves (James)

Arcadian Ballads,

1977 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,206.50
229 Dulac (Edmund) Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur)

The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales,

n.d. GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 1,206.50
68 Milton (John)

The Works of John Milton,

1697 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,079.50
195 Eliot (T.S.)

Geoffrey Faber 1889-1961,

1961 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,079.50
219 Spark (Muriel)

Not to Disturb,

1971 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,079.50
224 Tucker (Alan) & Morris Cox.

In Line: The Poems [&] The Collages,

1988 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,016.00
287 Stuart (James)

and Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens. Measured and Delineated,

1762-1816; GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,016.00
119 Dickens (Charles)

Hard Times. For These Hard Times,

1854 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 952.50
249 Prisse d'Avennes (Emile)

La Decoration Arabe,

[1885] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 952.50
256 Ruskin (John)

The Stones of Venice,

1851-53 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 952.50
74

Trials (The) of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony, and Charles White, for the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere,

1741 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 889.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000