Auction Reports

Dominic Winter Book Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Children’s & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Original Illustrations
Auction Date
06/19/2025 - 06/19/2025
Sale Number
#61925
Total Lots
391
Sold Lots
355
Lots Sold
90.79%
Unsold Lots
36
Total Sales (GBP)
384,051.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
172,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
257,550.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
199,950.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
298,350.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
128.72%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
780 Saint-Exupery (Antoine de, 1900-1944)

Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1st edition, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock [February 1942]

[February 1942] GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 23,180.00
797 Tolkien (J. R. R., 1893-1973)

Autograph Letter Signed twice, Oxford, 12 September 1957

1957-09-12 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 20,224.00
794 Tolkien (J. R. R.)

The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937

1937 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 12,810.00
714 Brittain (Vera)

Testament of Youth, 1st edition, presentation copy, 1933

1933 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 10,370.00
646

Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, by William Morris, London: Kelmscott Press, 1894 with Crane bookplate

1894 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 8,052.00
716 Burgess (Anthony)

A Clockwork Orange, 1st edition, 1st issue, double-signed, 1962

1962 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 7,564.00
589

Lewis Carroll. Le Avventure d'Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie, 1872, signed and with letter

1872 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 6,588.00
800 Waugh (Evelyn)

Brideshead Revisited, pre-publication copy, 1945 [1944]

1945 [1944] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,344.00
586 Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll')

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1866

1866 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,612.00
774 Pullman (Philip)

His Dark Materials, 3 volumes, 1st editions, London: Scholastic, 1995-2000

1995-2000 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,124.00
592 Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll')

The Nursery "Alice", 1890, inscribed by the author

1890 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,880.00
752 Huxley (Aldous)

Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932

1932 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,636.00
807 Waugh (Evelyn, 1903-1966)

A Shropshire Lad, inscribed by the author, 1914..., embroidered stool etc.

1914 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,297.60
649 Rilke (Rainer Maria)

Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino..., 1931

1931 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,148.00
681 Ransome (Arthur)

Swallows & Amazons, 1st edition, 1930

1930 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,904.00
680 Ransome (Arthur)

Swallows & Amazons, 1st edition, 1930, inscribed

1930 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,904.00
760 Le Carre (John)

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1st edition, double-signed, 1963

1963 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,904.00
709 Adams (Richard)

Watership Down, 1st edition, 1972

1972 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,660.00
712 Amis (Kingsley)

Lucky Jim, 1st edition, signed, London: Gollancz, 1953

1953 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,660.00
662

Gwasg Gregynog. George Herbert, Sundrie Pieces, limited edition, 2003

2003 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,660.00

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