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Auction Name: Two-Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper
Auction Date: 01/14/2026 - 01/15/2026
Sale Number: #11426
Total Lots: 1196
Sold Lots: 1112.0
Lots Sold: 92.98%
Unsold Lots: 84

Total Sales (GBP): 88,372.60
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 30,269.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 62,085.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 35,164.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 70,045.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 126.17%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1029		CLAYBURY HOSPITAL An extensive archive of admissions paperwork for female patients of the hospital, from 1900.	1900	GBP 150.00 - 350.00	GBP 3,918.40
1116	W. .S GILBERT. By W. S. Gilbert.	Harlequin Cock-Robin Jenny Wren; or, Fortunatus and the water of life. The Three Bears, The three Gifts, the three Wishes...	1867-8.	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 2,401.60
306	FOLIO SOCIETY ANDREW LANG	ANDREW LANG FAIRY BOOKS		GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
1012	RUDYARD KIPLING.	Manuscript poem "The Young Queen"		Not Available	GBP 2,199.36
123		AMERICA - CHINA. Narrative of the American Embassy to Peking, in July 1859. Read before the society SHANGHAI October 25th 1859.	1859	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,390.40
44	E DONOVAN	THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH INSECTS; EXPLAINING THEM IN THEIR SEVERAL STATES, WIITH THE PERIODS OF THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS, THEIR FOOD, ECONOMY, &C. TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORY OF SUCH MINUTE INSECTS AS REQUIRE INVESTIGATION BY THE MICROSCOPE	1804 - 1811	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,339.84
467	GEORGE R STEWART	GEORGE R STEWART EARTH ABIDES	1949	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,327.20
1077	SUZANNA ET GEORGES RAMIE	CERAMIQUES DE PICASSO,	c1948	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 1,137.60
154	WINSTON CHURCHILL.	WINSTON CHURCHILL. Title; The Funeral of the Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. 30th January 1965.	1965	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 771.04
729		MAGICIANS - MAGIC - RAISING THE DEVIL - OCCULT. A Collection of 17 early 19th century chapbooks bound,		GBP 300.00 - 800.00	GBP 733.12
1009		ABOLITION OF SLAVERY - EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE SLAVE TRADE CRUELTIES, LATE 18TH CENTURY. Part of a letter	LATE 18TH CENTURY	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 733.12
1053		CHINA. Chinese emigration the Cuba commission report of The Commission sent by China to Ascertain the condition of Chinese Coolies in Cuba	1876	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 695.20
976		WILLIAM PULTENEY 1st Earl of Bath, Prime Minster of England. Document dated 6th October 1714	1714	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 669.92
1129		Black and white postcard photograph depicting Adolf Hitler and bearing signature to bottom right corner.		GBP 280.00 - 420.00	GBP 568.80
133a		EARLY COMPUTING - COMPUTERS The Arithmachinist A Practical Self Instructor in Mechanical Arithmetic by HENRY GOLDMAN.	1898	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 556.16
577	THE SISTER NIVEDITA AND ANANDA K COOMARASWAMY	MYTHS OF THE HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS	1913	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 556.16
42	E DONOVAN	THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH INSECTS; EXPLAINING THEM IN THEIR SEVERAL STATES, WIITH THE PERIODS OF THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS, THEIR FOOD, ECONOMY, &C. TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORY OF SUCH MINUTE INSECTS AS REQUIRE INVESTIGATION BY THE MICROSCOPE	1792 - 1797	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 556.16
465	W G SEBALD	THE RINGS OF SATURN	1998	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 530.88
756		BIBLE; OLD/NEW TESTAMENT, APOCRYPHA& CONCORDANCE; BARKER	c1613	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 505.60
1135		WINSTON CHURCHILL. Buckingham Palace Buffet Luncheon list of attendees. 30th January 1965.	1965	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 480.32

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