Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 15th Apr, 2026 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 136

To include a historically significant archive of letters relating to the family life of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), the West Yorkshire-born chemist, natural philosopher, theologian and political thinker whose work helped shape modern science. Amongst other highlights are a good first edition of An Account of the first Aerial Voyage in England... by pioneering balloonist Vincenzo Lunardi, an extensive collection of Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic cards dating from circa 1898 to 1918 comprising hundreds of cards of countries such as Palestine, Australia, Congo, Russia, and Norway alongside images of the Second Boer War and the First World War. The sale will also include a good, small section of polar exploration books, and a nice first edition copy of H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau, published in 1896.

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Name: Ruari Williams
Email: [email protected]

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (135)

 

Lot 99
Mallinson (Allan). Thirteen signed first...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 100
Miniature. Shakespeare (William). [Works]....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £50 - £80

Lot 101
Naval Fiction. Forester (C.S.). The Commodore....

Sold for £120
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 102
Orwell (George). Animal Farm: A Fairy Story....

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 103
Pamphlets. The Crisis. Number LXXII. To be...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 104
Pullman (Philip). The Book of Dust. Three...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 105
Rimbaud (Arthur). A Season in Hell. London:...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 106
Scott (Sir Walter). The Fortunes of Nigel....

Sold for £300
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 108
Swift (Jonathan). Three sermons: I. On mutual...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 109
Tolkien (J.R.R.) - The Lord of the Rings...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 110
Wells (H. G.). The Invisible Man: A Grotesque...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 111
Wells (H.G.). The Island of Doctor Moreau....

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 112
Wells (H.G.). A collection of first editions,...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 113
Wells (H.G.). A collection of Wells' political...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 114
Yeats (William Butler). Michael Robartes and...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 115
Assorted Documents. A collection of seven...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 116
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition....

Sold for £100
Estimated at £40 - £60

Lot 117
Documents & Ephemera. A collection of printed...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 118
Illuminated Manuscript. Sketches of the Lives...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 119
Manuscript Documents. A collection of...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 120
Northumberland. A collection of approximately...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 121
Priestley (Joseph, 1733-1804, and Timothy,...

Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000

Lot 124
Butcher (David). The Stanbrook Abbey Press...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 125
Golden Cockerel Press. Keats (John). Endymion:...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 126
Gregynog Press. Walters (Gwyn, editor)....

Sold for £450
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 127
Lemaire (Angela, illustrator) & McDowall...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 128
Lessing (Doris). On not Winning the Nobel...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 129
Private Press. A large collection of pamphlets,...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 130
Private Press. Methuen-Campbell (James)....

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 131
Private Press. Powers (Alan, et al.). In Place...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 132
Private Press. Reed (Ronald). The Nature and...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 133
Private Press. Turner (Paul, translator)....

Sold for £480
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 134
The Elmete Press. Moran (James). Heraldic...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 135
The Nonesuch Press. Homer. The Iliad,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 136
The Whittington Press. Gerry (Vance, et al.)....

Sold for £80
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 137
Stereo Views. An extensive collection of...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 138
Shipping. Fourteen volumes of bound minutes of...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400