Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 136

The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (136)

 

Lot 32
Gauss (Carl Friedrich). Disquisitiones...

Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000

Lot 109
Egypt and the Middle East Travel Journals....

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 9
Gillray (James). Twenty-one caricatures,...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 140
Wine and Distillation. Three works in one,...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 39
Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in...

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 69
Raffles (Thomas Stamford). The History of Java....

Sold for £2,300
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 14
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). A History of...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 126
Hughes (Ted) and Lloyd (R.J., illustrator)....

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 51
Atlas. The Edinburgh Geographical and...

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 30
Boyle (Robert). Tracts: Containing I....

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 56
Ogilby (John). Britannia: or the Kingdom of...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 12
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). A History of...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 94
Crowne [(John)]. Darius, King of Persia. A...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 134
The Gregynog Press. The Life of Saint David....

Sold for £950
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 16
Adam (Robert). Ruins of the Palace of the...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 67
Dampier (William). A New Voyage Around The...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 91
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice. London:...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 74
[Ray (John)]. Catalogus plantarum circa...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 90
[Street (Cecil)], Burton (Miles). To Catch a...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 131
Private Press. Jones (Glyn & T. J. Morgan)....

Sold for £800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 10
[Hogarth (William)]. [The Works...from the...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 35
Heywood (Thomas). The Hierarchie of the...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 44
Sale (Robert Henry). The Defence of Jellalabad....

Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 7
Langley (Batty). New Principles of Gardening:...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 2
Folio Society. A collection of works published...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 19
Ware (Isaac and William Kent). The Plans,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 36
Mandey (Ven[terus]). Mechanic Powers; or, the...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 50
[Jefferys (Thomas).] [A Description of the...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 77
De Gray (Thomas). The Compleat Horseman and...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 84
Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 108
Charterhouse. A manuscript document appointing...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 139
The Old Stile Press. Tanner (Robin). The More...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 65
Burckhardt (John Lewis). Travels in Syria, and...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 142
Holland Tunnel Construction. An album of...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 47
Skelton (Joseph). Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata,...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 63
Allom (Thomas, illustrator, and G.N. Wright)....

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 86
Salvin (Francis Henry and William Brodrick)....

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 52
Blome (Richard). [Britannia: or a Geographical...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 70
Sandby (Paul). A Collection of One Hundred and...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 125
Gregynog Press. Hughes-Stanton (Blair,...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 138
The Old Stile Press. Lemaire (Angela,...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 22
Hughes (Ted) and Lloyd (R.J., illustrator)....

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 24
Milne (A.A.). Winnie-The-Pooh. London: Methuen,...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 49
Surtees Society. The Publications of the...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 98
Lee (Laurie). Cider with Rosie. London: The...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 25
Potter (Beatrix). The Pie and Patty-Pan....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 66
Cook (James). A Voyage towards the South Pole,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 96
Dugdale (William) Monasticon Anglicanum: A...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 128
Matrix: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 26
Rosetti (Christina). Poems. London, Glasgow &...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 45
Sutherland (William). Britain's Glory: Or,...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 82
Ray (John). A Collection of English Proverbs...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 110
Grant of Arms. Grant of Arms to Mathew Martin...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 29
Botany. Botanical Specimens. Copies from...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 37
Melanchthon (Philip and Michael Maius, editor)....

Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 107
Catherine of Braganza (Queen of Charles II)....

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 111
Henrietta Maria of France (Queen of Charles I...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 3
Oldham (J. Basil). Shrewsbury School Library...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 38
[Le Marchant (John Gaspard)]. By His Majesty's...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 43
Nelson (Horatio, Viscount). The Letters of...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 64
Anson (George). A Voyage Round The World, In...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 6
[Dezallier D'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] and...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 48
Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 61
Speed (John) York Shire. Sudbury and Humble,...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 80
La Quintinie (Jean de). The Compleat Gard'ner;...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 8
Handel (George Frideric). Six Sonatas for Two...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £60 - £90

Lot 11
[Rubens (Peter Paul).] [La Gallerie du Palais...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 20
Bewick (Thomas). The Fables of Aesop, and...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 40
Fencing. [Angelo (Domenico). L'Ecole Des Armes....

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 55
Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 58
Speed (John). The Countie Pallatine of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 62
Yorkshire. Teesdale (Henry & Stocking C.). To...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 112
Manuscript and Printed Documents. A quantity...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 130
Private Press. Graham (Rigby). A Song in...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 133
The Golden Cockerel Press. Consequences. A...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 143
Photographs. A collection of approximately 129...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 13
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). The History...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 28
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Adventures of Tom...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 41
Geographical Handbook Series. Naval...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 54
Camden (William). Britannia: or, a...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 59
Speed (John). Wales. Sudbury and Humble, 1610...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 83
Ray (John). A Collection of English Words Not...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 141
Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway. Plan...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 144
Holy Land. Twenty-five mounted albumen print...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 106
Warburton (John). Vallum Romanum: or, the...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 129
Nash (John). Six Wood Engravings by John Nash...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 27
Tolkien (J. R. R.). [The Lord of the Rings...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 85
Ray (John). Observations Topographical, Moral,...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 87
Sowerby (James). English Botany; or, Coloured...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 95
Dickens (Charles and Arthur Rackham,...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £60 - £90

Lot 71
Spratt (Lt. Thomas Abel Bremage and Prof....

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 78
Freeman (Gage Earle and Francis Henry Salvin)....

Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 79
Hills (Robert). Cattle in Groups for the...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £70 - £100