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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Travel & Ornithology, Music & Theatre, Ex-Libris

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Auction Name Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Travel & Ornithology, Music & Theatre, Ex-Libris Total Sales (GBP) 318,679.68
Auction Date January 28, 2026 - January 28, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 156,170.00
Sale Number #12826 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 228,320.00
Total Lots 428
Sold Lots 377.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 171,340.00
% of Lots Sold 88.08% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 250,420.00
Unsold Lots 51 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 127.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
44 Gould (John)

The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73

 1862-73 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 37,920.00
72 Edwards (George)

A Natural History of Uncommon Birds/Gleanings of Natural History, 7 vols, 1743-64

 1743-64 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,640.00
270 Micheli (Antonino di, 1615-1680)

La Nuova Chitarra di Regole..., 1st edition, Palermo, 1680

 1680 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,640.00
28 Ross (James Clark & William Jackson Hooker)

Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1843

 1843 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 10,112.00
43 Dresser (Henry E.)

A History of the Birds of Europe, 11 vols., 1871-1910

 1871-1910 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,468.80
26

Mica Paintings. An Album containing 85 paintings, circa 1850

 circa 1852 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 6,825.60
304 Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer)

A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955

 c. 1955 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,067.20
202 Ovidius (Publius Naso)

Epistole Heroides Ovidii, Venice: Ioannem Tacuinum, 1505

 1505 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,561.60
73 Edwards (George)

Outlines of the Seven Volumes of History of Birds, 18th c manuscript

 circa 1778 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,044.80
273 Playford (William)

The Dancing-Master..., 1719..., and others

 1719 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,792.00
36 Booth (Edward Thomas),

Rough Notes on the Birds... 3 vols, 1881-87

 1881-87 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,539.20
364

Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda...Les Mosquees de Samarcande,

 1905 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,286.40
374

British Bookplates. Collection of approximately 300 bookplates, many by Reynolds Stone, Leo Wyatt

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,286.40
317

Manuscript Sermons. A bound volume of three manuscript sermons, early 17th century,

 early 17th century, GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,654.40
455

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 30 volumes, limited edition, 1996-2025

 1996-2025 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,654.40
57 Peregrine, publisher.

The Journal of Edward Simmons Steward, 1873-1954, by J. Whitaker, 1988

 1873-1954 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,528.00
100

Burma. A Geographical Sketch of the Burmese Empire..., 1825

 1825 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,528.00
66 Wolley (John)

Ootheca Wolleyana, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1864-1907

 1864-1907 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,401.60
280 Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy

 [1910] GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,401.60
172 Grasset (Eugene)

50 plates from La Plante et ses Applications ornementales, published by Chapman

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,896.00
209 Foxe (John)

[Actes and Monuments of matters most speciall and memorable..., 1596]

 1596] GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,896.00
306 Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965)

Two Typed Letters Signed, 'W' and 'W. S. Churchill'

 5 October 1963 , 1/27/1964 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,769.60
48 Krause (Georg)

Oologia Universalis Palaearctica, 3 volumes, 1906-13

 1906-[1913] GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,643.20
277 Gadsby (Henry Robert, 1842-1907)

Autograph full score for Symphony in C Major, Op. 2, 1864

 1864 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,643.20
476

Antiquarian. A collection of 18th, 19th & early 20th Century leather bound literature,: Bentham (James). The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely: from the foundation of the monastery, A.D. 673 to the year 1771,

 1771 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,643.20
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
    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 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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
    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