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Auction Name	Antiquarian and Collectors' Books	Total Sales (GBP)	63,509.94
Auction Date	April 24, 2024 - April 24, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	35,440.00
Sale Number	#42424	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	54,070.00
Total Lots	240
Sold Lots	224	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	45,160.00
% of Lots Sold	93.33%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	68,970.00
Unsold Lots	16	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	92.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3103	James BURNEY.	A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean.	1803-1817.	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,237.00
3055	DONOVAN, Edward.	The Natural History of British Insects.	1792-1813.	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,992.00
3111	JONES, Owen (designer).	The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorised Version.	circa 1860.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,867.50
3049	PIPER, John.	Brighton Aquatints...with...an Introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas.	1939	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,618.50
3010	LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan.	The Purcell Papers... with a Memoir by Alfred Percival Graves.	1880	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,245.00
3074	Owen SIMMONS.	The Book of Bread.	1903	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,245.00
3045	CHURCHILL, Winston S.	The River War, an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan.	1899	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,120.50
3220	CAMDEN, William.	Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson.	1695	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,120.50
3102	John BULKELEY and John CUMMINS.	A Voyage to the South-Seas in 1740-1.	1743	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,058.25
3048	NASH, Paul (illustrator).	Genesis. Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version.	1924	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 996.00
3110	[FOXE, John.]	[Actes and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church...	1596-1597.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 996.00
3017	SIBLY, Ebenezer (editor).	An Universal System of Natural History, including the Natural History of Man; the Orang-Outang; and the Whole Tribe of Simia; all the Known Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Amphibious Animals... forming A Magnificent View of the Three Kingdoms of Nature.	1794-1808.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 933.75
3062	BIBLE, In English.	The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongue And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised.	1619-1620.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 871.50
3011	LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan.	The Watcher and Other Weird Stories.	1894	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 809.25
3107	BLIGH, William.	A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty... Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage	1792	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 809.25
3015	CAPEK, Karel.	R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots).	1923	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 747.00
3008	LE FANU, Jospeh Sheridan.	The Evil Guest.	1895	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 684.75
3085	A.H. GORDON.	Streets of Shanghai, a History in Itself.	1941	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 684.75
3109	BIBLE, In Latin.	[Biblia sacra, ad optima quaeque veteris et vulgatae translationis exemplaria... cum Hebraicorum, Caldoeorum et Graecorum nominum interpretation.	1566	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 684.75
3132	R.L. JARMAN (editor).	Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports. 1841-1941.	1996	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 684.75
3027	O'BRIAN, Patrick.	[A Complete set of the 'Aubrey-Maturin' novels.]	1970-1999.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 622.50
3086	HORSE-CARRIAGES.	A Catalogue of the Valuable Stock and Property of Messrs. Hobson & Co. Coachmakers, Whose Partnership Has Become Dissolved by Effluxion of Time; Consisting of About One Hundred and Twenty Carriages... which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Foster and S	1838	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 622.50
3044	CHURCHILL, Winston S.	Thoughts and Adventures.	1932	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 572.70
3125	John KEATS.	The Poetical Works... edited by Harry Buxton Forman.	1884	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 572.70
3141	Miss [Sarah] SMITH.	Studies of Flowers from Nature.	circa 1818.	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 560.25

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Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR