Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books & Works on Paper- Polperro: The works of Arthur Wragg & Frederick Roberts Johnson, 21324, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. M. Barrie | Peter and Wendy |
1911 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 237.88 | |
| 2 | (Australian Horse Racing) Victoria Racing Club 1900 |
[Melbourne] | 1900 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 175.28 | |
| 3 | Owen Simmons Book of Bread |
London | [1903] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 4 | H. C. Elphinstone & Harry D. Jones, W. Edmund M. | Reilly Siege of Sebastopol, 1854-5... |
London | 1859 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 237.88 |
| 5 | [Sir Thomas Malory] | (Le Morte d'Arthur) The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table |
London | 1816 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 162.76 |
| 6 | MacDonald Gill | (London Wonderground Map) London The Heart of Britain's Empire Here Is Spread Out For Your View |
London | [1927] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 7 | (The Great Exhibition) Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations |
London | 1851 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 751.20 | |
| 8 | Josephus Gaertner | (Botany) De fructibus et seminibus plantarum |
Lipsiae | 1801, 1802 and 1805 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 438.20 |
| 9 | John Rocque (1704--1762) | Plan de la ville et faubourgs d' Exeter ... |
1744 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 500.80 | |
| 10 | David Davies | (Economics) The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered... |
London | 1795 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 11 | Bernard Leach | (Signed and Inscribed) Kenzan's Edo Densho |
London | 1961 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 11A | Bernard Leach | (Signed) Drawings, Verse & Belief |
London | 1973 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 12 | John Speed (1551/2--1629) | Nine maps, seven of which are rare copies published by Roger Rea... |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 250.40 | ||
| 13 | (Early Printed Leaf) Antiphonal |
Venice | 1544 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 87.64 | |
| 14 | Benjamin Donn | (Devon) A Map of the County of Devon, with the City of Exeter |
[c.1765] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 250.40 | |
| 15 | after Edward Coley BURNE-JONES (1833-1898) | Emile Boilvin Vespertina Quies |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 901.44 | ||
| 16 | (Early Prague Printing) Ji?i Melantrich of Aventino |
1570 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 50.08 | ||
| 17 | Edward Gibbon | (Bindings) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
London | 1802 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 18 | Samuel Clarke | Generall Martyrologie |
London | 1651 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,064.20 |
| 19 | Ian Rankin | (Signed) Knots and Crosses |
New York | 1987 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 237.88 |
| 20 | Christopher Hampton (ed). | (Signed) 'Poems For Shakespeare,' volumes one and two |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 851.36 | ||
| 21 | Josiah Wedgwood | A Letter to a Respectable Proprietor of the Navigation from The Trent to The Mersey |
1785 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,754.40 | |
| 22 | (Canals, Pottery and the Industrial Revolution)... |
1790 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,502.40 | ||
| 23 | Sun Fire Office Three ephemeral items |
1786 and 1794 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 24 | MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus | (United States of America) Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, etc... |
Philadelphia | 1872 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 475.76 |