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Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs

Auction 17860
London, New Bond Street
23 Nov 2010, starting at 13:00 GMT.
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MORE (THOMAS) A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the new yle called Utopia; wirtten in Latine by Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson
Sold for £62,400 inc. premium
MORE (THOMAS) A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle ...
ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, 3 vol.
Sold for £38,400 inc. premium
ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, 3 vol.
ROBERTS (DAVID) Egypt and Nubia... With Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon, 3 vol. in 2
Sold for £16,800 inc. premium
ROBERTS (DAVID) Egypt and Nubia... With Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon, 3 vol. in 2
ELIZABETH I
Sold for £16,800 inc. premium
ELIZABETH I

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1 AUDEN (W.H.) £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
2 BOND (MICHAEL) A Bear Called Paddington... With Drawings by Peggy Fortnum £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
3 FLEMING (IAN) £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
4 FLEMING (IAN) £659
€781
US$ 1,005
5 FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale £3,479
€4,119
US$ 5,301
6 FLEMING (IAN) Live and Let Die £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
7 FLEMING (IAN) Moonraker £6,599
€7,812
US$ 10,054
8 FLEMING (IAN) Diamonds Are Forever £4,199
€4,971
US$ 6,398
9 FLEMING (IAN) From Russia with Love £3,599
€4,261
US$ 5,484
10 FLEMING (IAN) Dr. No £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
11 FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
12 FLEMING (IAN) For Your Eyes Only £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
13 FLEMING (IAN) Thunderball £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
14 FLEMING (IAN) The Spy Who Loved Me, [1962]; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, [1963]; You Only Live Twice, [1964]; The Man With the Golden Gun, [1965], FIRST EDITIONS £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
15 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of James Baldwin £359
€426
US$ 548
16 GERSON (MARK) Faber poets [T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice]; W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot and his wife Valerie £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
17 GERSON (MARK) Full-length portrait of Evelyn Waugh £479
€568
US$ 731
18 GERSON (MARK) Portaits of William Golding (playing chess), [1970]; Walter de la Mare, [1953]; Roald Dahl; John Osborne (with a backdrop of "Look Back in Anger" at the Royal Court Theatre £1,103
€1,306
US$ 1,681
19 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of Salman Rushdie £479
€568
US$ 731
20 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of Edith Sitwell, holding her cat Leo £659
€781
US$ 1,005
22 HARDY (THOMAS) The Works, 37 vol., LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
23 JAMES (HENRY) Works, 26 vol., NUMBER 138 OF 156 COPIES £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
25 LAWRENCE (D.H.) £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
26 LE FANU (JOSEPH SHERIDAN) In a Glass Darkly, 3 vol. £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
27 POTTER (BEATRIX) £4,799
€5,682
US$ 7,312
28 ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £6,599
€7,812
US$ 10,054
29 ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £4,799
€5,682
US$ 7,312
30 SIMENON (GEORGES) Lost Moorings £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
31 STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
32 TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS £5,039
€5,966
US$ 7,677
33 WAUGH (EVELYN) Helena, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
34 WAUGH (EVELYN) The Holy Places, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER ONE OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR £1,319
€1,562
US$ 2,010
35 WELLS (H.G.) The Time Machine. An Invention £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
36 WILDE (OSCAR) £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
38 BERMUDA SPEED (JOHN) A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands once Called the Bermudas £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
40 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britain, or a Chrorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adioyning, out of the Depth of Antiquitie; Beautified with Mappes of the Severall Shire of England £4,799
€5,682
US$ 7,312
42 CARY (JOHN) Cary's New Universal Atlas containing distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
44 ENGLAND AND WALES SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of England £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
45 ENGLAND and WALES SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) and ABRHAM ORTELIUS. Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
46 ENGLAND and WALES SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of England £599
€710
US$ 914
47 GREAT BRITAIN VRIENTS (JAN BAPTIST) and ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. Angliae et Hiberniae accurata descriptio, veteribus et recentioribus nominibus illustrata £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
48 HEPTARCHY SPEED (JOHN) Britain as it Was Divided in the Tyme of the Englishe Saxons, Especially during the Heptarchy £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
49 HODGSON (O., publisher) The Pocket Tourist & English Atlas, Being a New and Complete Set of County Maps £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
50 LONDON DE WIT (FREDERICK) London £659
€781
US$ 1,005
51 LONDON HOMANN'S HEIRS. Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non suburbii Southwark £1,019
€1,207
US$ 1,553
52 ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Theatrum orbis terrarum] £8,399
€9,943
US$ 12,796
53 PIGOT & CO. (JAMES) [British Atlas of the Counties of England], in 3 original parts £839
€994
US$ 1,279
54 SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE Maps, vol. 2 only £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
55 WORLD [ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Typus orbis terrarum £3,119
€3,693
US$ 4,753
56 WYLD (JAMES) A New General Atlas of Modern Geography, Consisting of a Complete Collection of Maps of The Four Quarters of the Globe... Including also the Latest Geographical and Nautical Discoveries £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
57 BRITTEN (BENJAMIN) £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
58 DEBUSSY (CLAUDE) £779
€923
US$ 1,188
59 DELIUS (FREDERICK) £779
€923
US$ 1,188
60 DVORAK (ANTON) £659
€781
US$ 1,005
62 ELGAR (EDWARD) £839
€994
US$ 1,279
63 ELGAR (EDWARD) £4,199
€4,971
US$ 6,398
64 ELGAR (EDWARD) £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
65 GRIEG (EDVARD) £479
€568
US$ 731
66 JOACHIM (JOSEPH) £455
€539
US$ 694
67 LISZT (FRANZ) £539
€639
US$ 822
68 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
69 MUSIC and LITERATURE £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
70 RAVEL (MAURICE) £719
€852
US$ 1,096
71 SCHUMANN (CLARA) £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
72 WAGNER (RICHARD) £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
73 ANSON (GEORGE) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
75 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
76 CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Works... Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable Mss. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never before Printed, by John Urry £659
€781
US$ 1,005
77 CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome £6,599
€7,812
US$ 10,054
78 FONTENELLE (BERNARD DE BOVIER DE) Oeuvres diverses...nouvelle edition, augmentée & enrichie de figures gravées, 3 vol. £719
€852
US$ 1,096
79 FROISSART (JEAN) Here Begynneth the Fyrst Volum [the thirde and fourthe boke] of Syr Johan Froyssart: of the Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaynge, Flaunders: and other Places Adioynynge. Translated out of Frenche into our Materall Englysche Tonge by Johan Bouchier Knyghte Lorde Berners, 2 works in one vol. £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
80 FRYER (JOHN) A New Account of East-India and Persia... Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681 £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
81 HAKLUYT (RICHARD) The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land, to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarter of the Earth, at Any Time within the Compasse of these 1600 Yeeres, 3 vol. in 2 £5,999
€7,102
US$ 9,140
82 HOMER The Iliad, 6 vol. £3,599
€4,261
US$ 5,484
83 LE BRUN (CORNELIUS) Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East-Indies, 2 vol. £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
84 LOCKE (JOHN) The Works, 3 vol. £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
85 MORYSON (FYNES) An Itinerary... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy. Turkey, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, 3 parts in one vol. £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
86 PICART (BERNARD) Le temple des muses orné de LX. tableaux ou sont représéntes les evenemens les plus remarquables de l'antiquité fabuleuse; dessinés & gravés par B. Picart Le Romain... et accompagnés d'explications et de remarques, qui découvrent le vrai sens des fables, & le fondement qu'elles on dans l'histoire £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
87 PLUMIER (CHARLES) L'art de tourner, ou de faire en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au tour £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
88 POPE (ALEXANDER) The Works, 4 vol. £599
€710
US$ 914
89 RACINE (JEAN BAPTISTE) Oeuvres, 3 vol. £899
€1,065
US$ 1,371
91 VERGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) The Works of Virgil: containing his Pastoral, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF JOHN DRYDEN'S TRANSLATION £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
93 AGRICOLA (RUDOLPHUS) Historia periucunda sanctissime matris Anne... carmine heroico: edita. Magister Joannes Martini saganensis £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
95 ALMANAC Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1762... Adorn'd with Many Delightful and Useful Verities, Fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy £719
€852
US$ 1,096
96 ANNESLEY (GEORGE, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 3 vol. £779
€923
US$ 1,188
97 ANTARCTIC and EVEREST £503
€596
US$ 767
98 ANTIGUA OLIVER (VERE LANGFORD) The History of the Island of Antigua. One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, From the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 36 OF 150 COPIES £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
99 ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS) and JAMES WALKER A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, 3 vol. £2,039
€2,414
US$ 3,107
101 AURELI (AURELIO) and BERNADO SABADINI Il favore de gli dei. Drama fantastico musicale fatto... Duca di Parma nel suo gran teatro per principe Odoardo suo primo genito con... Dorotea Sofia di Neoburgo £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
103 BAIRD and TELEVISION DINSDALE (ALFRED) Television, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY JOHN LOGIE BAIRD £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
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