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Auction Name: The April Library Sale – To Include Counter-Culture & Underground Publishing
Auction Date: 04/15/2025 - 04/15/2025
Sale Number: #41525b
Total Lots: 187
Sold Lots: 126
Lots Sold: 67.38%
Unsold Lots: 61

Total Sales (GBP): 35,196.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 23,010.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 38,730.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 41,810.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 69,820.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 50.41%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
62	Winston Churchill / George VI	Winston Churchill / George VI / Autographs / Sheffield Blitz...	1940-41	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 5,375.00
82	EINSTEIN, (Albert).	SIGNED FIRST EDITION. The Meaning of Relativity: Four Lectures Delivered at	1922	GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 5,125.00
92		The Bible [Geneva version]. An English "Breeches Bible", woodcut title page, separate title pages	1596-97	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,062.50
33	LANG, (Andrew).	Rainbow Fairy Books. A collection of seven Fairy Books, sealed/unopened in	2003-2013	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,000.00
47		American & British Actors, Writers & Cartoonists. A collection of 1930s autographs, photographs	1930s	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 812.50
83	EINSTEIN, (Albert).	Relativity: The Special & The General Theory, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first	1920	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 750.00
46	[Hugh Cecil (1889-1974)].	An original glass plate negative of Edward VIII (1894-1972), produced	[1936]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 750.00
65	BLYTON, (Enid).	Five Go Adventuring Again, first edition, 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with unclipped	1943	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 687.50
70	BLYTON, (Enid).	Five On a Treasure Island, fifth impression, 8vo, publisher's cream cloth with a	1948-05-01	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 625.00
138		[World War II]. An Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-1945, in two volumes, "	1945	GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 575.00
67	BLYTON, (Enid).	Five On Kirrin Island Again, first edition, 8vo, publisher's red imitation morocco	1947	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 525.00
126		Anglo-Zulu War 1879...	1830	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 525.00
101		English Civil War and Restoration...	1643	GBP 100.00 - 300.00	GBP 500.00
31	ASSANGE, (Julian).	The Wikileaks Files: The World According to US Empire, first edition paperback,	2016	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 475.00
50	MASSIE, Chris.	Death Goes Hunting, incomplete manuscript draft, entirely handwritten in black ink,	[c. 1953]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 450.00
81		[Association Copy - Owned by Florence Nightingale]. KINGSLEY, (Charles).	1878	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 450.00
66	BLYTON, (Enid).	Five Go to Smuggler's Top, first edition, 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with unclipped	1945	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 450.00
74		The Dandy Monster Comic, an exceptionally well-preserved example, remarkably bright boards, neat	[1946]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 425.00
11		Counterculture Archive: Hasheesh...		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 400.00
32	Nick Walker (British, b. 1969).	Mona Simpson, screenprint in colours, limited edition numbered 555/	[2006]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 400.00

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