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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood

Auction Info

Auction Name: Antiquarian Book Auction
Auction Date: 05/13/2025 - 05/13/2025
Sale Number: #BK32
Total Lots: 413
Sold Lots: 284
Lots Sold: 68.77%
Unsold Lots: 129

Total Sales (GBP): 63,535.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 32,925.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 52,885.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 84,030.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 127,655.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 49.77%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
247	PARE, Ambroise.	The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey Translated out of Latine and compared with the French by Tho: Johnson ...	1649	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 6,048.00
337	MAHLER, Gustav.	Autograph letter signed 'Gust Mahler', on the letterhead of Hotel zu den vier Jahreszeiten, Munchen, concerning performance arrangements for 'Ravelli' in Budapest during 1889-1890	1889-1890	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 5,670.00
302		PLAYING CARDS, POPISH PLOT. Horrid Popish Plot playing cards, circa 1679-1704	1679-1704	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 3,528.00
96	CHURCHILL, Winston S.	The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill, 34 vols., with The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill, 4 vols., Centenary Limited Edition, number 499	1973-1976	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,638.00
75		The Bible that is, The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament	1607	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,512.00
303		South Sea Bubble playing cards,	1720-1721	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,512.00
411	TOLKIEN, J.R.R.	The Return of the King, 1st edition	1955	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,386.00
410	ORWELL, George.	Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition	1949	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,260.00
385	FLEMING, Ian.	Live and Let Die, 1st edition	1954	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,260.00
361	CARROLL, Lewis (DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge) (British, 1832-1898)	Dorothy Kitchin, May 1880	1880	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,134.00
265	WISDEN.	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, a run, 1931-2024	1931-2024	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,008.00
51	MILNE, A. A.	Winnie-The-Pooh, 1st edition	1926	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 945.00
74		The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues: ...	1620	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 945.00
8	BOYDELL, John.	A Collection of Prints, Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in England.	1769	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 945.00
167	NEWTON, Sir Isaac.	Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John.,	1733	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 882.00
151	KORAN, English.	The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the most Approved Commentators.	1795	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 819.00
94	SHERWOOD [Mary Martha] and CAMERON [Lucy Lyttelton].	Twenty-nine chapbooks, new / various editions	1853-58	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 819.00
41		GREAT EXHIBITION. The World's Fair; or Children's Prize Gift Book of the Great Exhibition of 1851	[1851]	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 756.00
282	ELLIS, John.	Ellis's English Atlas: or, a Compleat Chorography of England and Wales: in Fifty Maps...	1768	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 693.00
272	COLLINS, Captain Greenvile.	Great Britain's Coasting Pilot.	1692	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 693.00

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