Auction Reports
Chiswick Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books and Works on Paper
- Auction Date
- 05/29/2025 - 05/29/2025
- Sale Number
- #52925
- Total Lots
- 206
- Sold Lots
- 162
- Lots Sold
- 78.64%
- Unsold Lots
- 44
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 134,600.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 64,810.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 93,130.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 82,320.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 118,190.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 113.88%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | Marvel Comics. A large collection of c. 1800 comics, with highlights including: |
c. 1800 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 | |
| 140 | Rowling (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, |
1999 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 143 | Tolkien (J.R.R.). | The Fellowship of the Ring, 1st. ed., 2nd impression, 1954; The Two Towers, 1st. ed., 2nd impression, 1955; The Return of the King, 1st ed., 1955, |
1954-55 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 101 | Lenthall (Elizabeth [& Mary]) | Elizabeth Lenthall Wife of John Lenthall Her Book 1706 |
1706 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 95 | Cookery Recipe Manuscript Book (H.B.Jones) | 'The Sweet Meat Book' |
n.p., [1740] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 5,544.00 |
| 134 | Buchan (John) | Collected stories, all 28 titles,historical works, |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 5,040.00 | |
| 47 | [Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel August Florent de, Count )] | Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece |
1782-1809-22. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,536.00 |
| 11 | [Missale ad usum ac consuetudinem Sarum.] |
n.d. [early c.15th.] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,772.00 | |
| 61 | Daniell (Thomas & William) | Part of the Black Town, Madras., [Chennai], plate no. 8 from 'Oriental Scenery. Twenty Four Views In Hindoostan', |
1797 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
| 60 | Daniell (Thomas & William) | An Hindoo Temple, at Madura., plate no. 16 from 'Oriental Scenery. Twenty Four Views In Hindoostan', |
1798 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
| 124 | Dickens (Charles) | A Christmas Carol, in Prose, being A Ghost Story of Christmas... |
1843 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 42 | Urania's Mirror, or, a View of the Heavens, |
[c. 1825] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,764.00 | |
| 152 | Buckland Wright (John) Porter (Quincy) Composer. | 12 Songs for Helen on Mother Goose Rhymes, |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 41 | Stanford (Edward) | Stanford's Library Map of London and Its Suburbs, |
n.d. [1891] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 89 | Elizabeth Cresswell | Elizabeth Cresswell Her Receipt Book April 14th 1759- February 20th 1761 |
[1759 -- 1761] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 33 | Hoare (Sir Samuel), Viscount Templewood. | Collection of letters to Max Aiken, Lord Beaverbrook, 1921 -- 1950 |
1921 -- 1950 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 56 | 'Rose Deep, Limited. Chinese Labour Record of Service': gold mining in South Africa |
1905-1908. | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 102 | [Glasse (Hannah)] | The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy, which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published, ... to which are added, by way of Appendix, |
1760; | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 36 | [Jamieson (Alexander) | [Celestial Atlas, comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps], |
1822 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 155 | Rimbaud (Arthur) | Deux Poemes |
1932 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
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![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<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.")
