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Auction Name
Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Date
06/19/2025 - 06/19/2025
Sale Number
#30730
Total Lots
193
Sold Lots
171
Lots Sold
88.60%
Unsold Lots
22
Total Sales (GBP)
1,046,760.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
359,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
530,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
479,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
708,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
147.68%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9

Manuscript speech, titled "Draft of the King Emperor's Announcement:- Delhi and Bengal.",

 1911 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 190,900.00
42 AUSTEN (JANE)

Two pages of an autograph letter to her niece Caroline Austen,

1816 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 102,000.00
195 TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)

The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION,

1937 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 58,820.00
171 ROWLING (J.K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING,

1997 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 56,280.00
144 FLEMING (IAN)

Complete set of the 14 James Bond novels, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS,

GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 43,520.00
51 BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD)

Autograph manuscript of his poem "Farewell to Malta"

1811 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 33,280.00
183 SEARLE (RONALD)

A little foxed, otherwise a very desirable item', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 24,320.00
184 SEARLE (RONALD)

Bound together in a Single Volume', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 24,320.00
189

Hunger strike medal awarded by the WSPU to Frances McPhun, with original box and portrait photograph

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 20,480.00
52 BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD)

A Sketch from Private Life, FIRST EDITION,

1816 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
187

Hunger strike medal awarded by the WSPU to Margaret McPhun, with original box and portrait photograph

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
72

Collection of c.30 autograph letters by women writers to various recipients,

majority first half nineteenth century GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 17,920.00
54 DICKENS (CHARLES), BROWNE (HABLOT K., 'PHIZ')

Original drawing for 'The Ghostly Passengers in the Ghost of a Mail', INSCRIBED BY DICKENS

 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
168 POPPER (KARL)

12 books by Popper personally inscribed to the philosopher Bryan Magee; and others (collection)

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
155 JOYCE (JAMES)

Ulysses, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 750 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER,

1922 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,360.00
191

Collection of letters smuggled out of Holloway Prison by Scottish suffragettes, Frances and Margaret McPhun, and other papers

 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
30

Caricature "octopus" map of Europe,

c.1880 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 12,800.00
182 SEARLE (RONALD)

Pseudo-Morocco', from "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable. The Wicked World of Book Collecting", WATERCOLOUR, PEN AND INK,

undated, but 1989 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 12,800.00
38 TERENTIUS AFER (PUBLIUS)

Comoediae Commentaries by Aelius Donatus and Guido Juvenalis. Edited by Jodocus Badius Ascensius,

1493 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,160.00
67

By Permission of ...the named... Trustees of the Cottonian Library... Engraved Facsimile of the 1215 Magna Carta, ENGRAVED BY JOHN PINE AND PRINTED ON VELLUM,

1733 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 10,880.00
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  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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