Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 22nd Aug, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 135

A first edition copy of the landmark 19th century ornithological publication The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould is coming up for sale with an estimate of £25,000-35,000. Celebrated for its scientific accuracy, artistic excellence and detailed life-like depictions, the five-volume work was published between 1862 and 1873 and features 367 hand-coloured lithographs depicting all the bird species in Britain that were known at the time.

Also of note is a very good copy of the fine botanical work Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei…. An Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus by John Miller will be offered in the same sale with an estimate of £8,000-12,000. Miller, born Johann Sebastian Mueller in Nuremberg, published the work in parts between 1770 and 1777, and the volume is filled with accurate and beautiful illustrations of the landmark system of Carl Linnaeus.

The sale will also include interesting 17th century Stafford Gaol Calendars of Prisoners, and a good variety of books, maps and manuscripts encompassing a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents.

Click here to find out more about consigning to upcoming sales

Name: Ruari Williams
Email: ruari.williams@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (135)

 

Lot 1
Putland (Michael). Pleased to Meet You....

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 2
Rock (Mick). Psychedelic Renegades, with...

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

Lot 3
The Rolling Stones. Gruen (Bob, photographer)....

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 4
Genesis Publications. A Time to Live....

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 5
Vollmer (Jürgen). From Hamburg to Hollywood....

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 6
Clatpon (Eric and Peter Blake). 24 Nights: The...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 7
The Beatles. Kirchherr (Astrid) and Klaus...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 8
The Beatles. Gunther (Curt, photographer)....

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

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The Beatles. Gunther (Curt, photographer)....

Sold for £200
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Lot 10
Quinn (Anthony). Lovers and Other Strangers:...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 11
Lennon (John), Yoko Ono, and Bob Gruen....

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 12
Sykes (Christopher Simon). T.O.T.A. '75: The...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 13
Shankar (Ravi) and George Harrison (editor)....

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 14
Williams (Kay) and Pauline Sutcliffe. Stuart:...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 15
The Who. Halfin (Ross, compiler). The Who Live....

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 16
The Beatles in Germany. Guildford: Genesis...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 17
[George Harrison.] Harrison (Olivia) and Brian...

Sold for £400
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Lot 18
Kirchherr (Astrid). When We Was Fab. Guildford:...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 19
Wood (Ronnie). Wood on Canvas: Every Picture...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 20
Victorian Jigsaw. History of England/Histoire...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 21
Keynes (Geoffrey). John Ray: A Bibliography....

Sold for £130
Estimated at £50 - £80

Lot 22
Folio Society. A collection of works published...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 23
Agriculture. Hale (Thomas). A Compleat Body of...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 24
Agriculture. [Young (Arthur)]. A Six Months...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 25
Architecture. Colvin (H.M., et. al). The...

Not Sold
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Lot 26
Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.). Joey and Co. in Tirol....

Sold for £480
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Lot 27
Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.). The Rivals of the...

Sold for £400
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Lot 28
Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.). Mary-Lou at the Chalet...

Sold for £350
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Lot 29
Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.). The School at the...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 30
Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter Deluxe Editions:...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 32
Milne (A.A.). Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 33
Milne (A.A.). Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen,...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 34
Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter Deluxe Editions,...

Sold for £140
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Lot 35
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit....

Sold for £320
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Lot 36
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit....

Sold for £450
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Lot 37
Potter (Beatrix). The Roly-Poly Pudding....

Sold for £200
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Lot 38
Illustrated. A collection of mostly...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 39
Jones (Owen, illustrator). Fruits from the...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 40
Pullman (Philip). The Amber Spyglass. London:...

Sold for £30
Estimated at £40 - £60

Lot 41
Le Cain (Errol). King Arthur's Sword. London:...

Sold for £60
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 42
Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). East of the Sun...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 43
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, or There and...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 44
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings....

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 45
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings: The...

Sold for £4,400
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 46
Bible, [English] - Geneva-Tomson-Junius...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 47
Bible, [English] - Geneva Version. [The Bible....

Sold for £800
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 48
Geology - Mineralogy - Mining. De La Beche...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 49
Mining. Budge (J.). The Practical Miner's...

Sold for £50
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 50
Military - Signed. Rogers (Jim). Tunnelling...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 51
Military. [Daniel (John E.)]. Journal of an...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 52
WWI Diary. The War Diary of Major General Sir...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 53
Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). An History of...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 54
Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and...

Sold for £320
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Lot 55
Farey (John). General View of the Agriculture...

Sold for £150
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Lot 56
Speed (John). Glocestershire, contrived into...

Sold for £220
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Lot 57
Poland. Ortelius (Abraham) & Godreccio...

Sold for £350
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Lot 58
Atlas. Stanford's Family Atlas of General...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 59
Speed (John). The Countie of Westmorland and...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 60
Yorkshire. Jefferys (Thomas). The County of...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 61
Ross (Sir John). A manuscript...

Sold for £8,000
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 62
Bankes (Thomas). A Modern, Authentic and...

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

Lot 63
Forestry. Manwood (John). A Treatise of the...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 65
Hunting. Ogilvie-Grant (W. R. ), J. G. Millais...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 66
Stonham (Charles). The Birds of the British...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 67
[Ray (John)]. Catalogus plantarum circa...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 68
Miller (John). Illustratio Systematis Sexualis...

Not Sold
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000

Lot 69
Gardening. The Garden, An Illustrated Weekly...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 70
[Lewin (John William)]. [A Natural History of...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 71
Attenborough (David). Zoo Quest for a Dragon....

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 72
Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain....

Sold for £20,000
Estimated at £25,000 - £35,000

Lot 73
[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". Memoirs...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 74
Waugh (Evelyn). Men at Arms. London: Chapman &...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 75
Manning (Olivia). [The Balkan Trilogy]: The...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 76
Sebald (W.G.). Austerlitz. London: Hamish...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 77
Trollope (Anthony). Framley Parsonage. London:...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 78
Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen....

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 79
Japanese Literature. Ishiguro (Kazuo). An...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 80
Buchan (John). The Courts of the Morning....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 81
Murdoch (William Gordon Burn). A Procession of...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 82
McCarthy (Cormac). [The Border Trilogy]: All...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 83
McCarthy (Cormac). The Orchard Keeper. London:...

Sold for £900
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Lot 84
Capote (Truman). Breakfast at Tiffany's....

Sold for £280
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 85
Trollope (Anthony). Doctor Thorne. London:...

Sold for £1,100
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Lot 86
Kesey (Ken). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest....

Sold for £200
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 87
Barnes (Julian). Flaubert's Parrot. London:...

Sold for £160
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Lot 88
Trollope (Anthony). Collection of first...

Sold for £300
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Lot 89
Pynchon (Thomas). V. London: Jonathan Cape,...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 90
McCarthy (Cormac). Child of God. London:...

Sold for £500
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Lot 91
Greene (Graham). The Power and the Glory....

Sold for £400
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 92
Literature. Hartley (L.P.). The Go-Between....

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 93
Trollope (Anthony). A collection of first...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 94
Murakami (Haruki). Kafka on the Shore. London:...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 95
Bates (H.E.). Love for Lydia. London: Michael...

Sold for £500
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Lot 96
Toole (John Kennedy). A Confederacy of Dunces....

Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300