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Auction Name: Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables
Auction Date: 06/03/2025 - 06/03/2025
Sale Number: #60325
Total Lots: 180
Sold Lots: 157
Lots Sold: 87.22%
Unsold Lots: 23

Total Sales (GBP): 22,411.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 10,055.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 15,630.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 14,275.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 21,640.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 103.56%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
363	Eliot, T.S.	"The Waste Land"	1923	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,932.00
263	Potter, Beatrix	"The Tailor of Gloucester",	1903	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,094.80
185		Royal Interest - A Victorian album containing programmes for musical evenings at Buckingham Palace, embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms	1867 to 1887	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 875.84
282	Steadman, Ralph - illustrator	"Gonzo v Art"	1998	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 772.80
331		Bindings and antiquarian to include Stuart, Sir Henry Bart, "The Planters Guide; or a practical essay on the best method of giving immediate effect to wood ..., originally intended for the climate of Scotland",	1828	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 708.40
261	Nielsen, Kay (ills.)	"East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North",	1914	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 618.24
266	Fuller,Thomas	"A Pisgah - Sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon.."	1650	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 579.60
24		Stamps of Japan: Brown box file of written up Japanese postal history and thematics of various issues, ...		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 540.96
330		"The Bradenham edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli First Earl of Beaconsfield",	1926	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 515.20
323	Carter, Angela	"Nights at the Circus",	1984	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 515.20
354	The Fleece Press - Ullmann, Anne (ed)	"Tirzah Garwood - Long Live Great Bardfield and Love To You All, her autobiography 1908-1943",	2012	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 450.80
355	The Fleece Press - Ullmann, Anne	"Hornet and Wild Rose, the Art of Tirzah Garwood",	2020	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 450.80
365		King James Bible - "The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New...by His Majesty's Special Command...",	1676	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 386.40
298		Quantity of modern first editions to include Richard Adams, Arthur Haley, John Braine, James Herbert, Ernest Hemingway, ...		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 360.64
326	Barker, Nicholas (ed)	"Horace Walpole's Description of the Villa at Strawberry Hill, a facsimile of the copy extra illustrated for Charles Bedford in the collection of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill",	2010	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 334.88
257	Tolkien, J.R.R.	"Lord of the Rings Trilogy" - "The Fellowship of the Ring",	1968	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 334.88
362	Lewis CS	"Perelandra"	1943	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 283.36
301		Quantity of mid-century and later children's books, observer books and Puffin books		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 283.36
295	Colquhoun Ithell	"The Living Stones Cornwall" Peter Owen Ltd	1957	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 257.60
368		The Holy Bible containing The Old and The New....	1635	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 257.60

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