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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.) £2,160
€2,522
US$ 3,373
2 BOND (MICHAEL) A Bear Called Paddington... With Drawings by Peggy Fortnum £1,560
€1,822
US$ 2,436
3 FLEMING (IAN) £1,080
€1,261
US$ 1,686
4 FLEMING (IAN) £660
€770
US$ 1,030
5 FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale £3,480
€4,064
US$ 5,435
6 FLEMING (IAN) Live and Let Die £2,280
€2,662
US$ 3,561
7 FLEMING (IAN) Moonraker £6,600
€7,708
US$ 10,309
8 FLEMING (IAN) Diamonds Are Forever £4,200
€4,905
US$ 6,560
9 FLEMING (IAN) From Russia with Love £3,600
€4,204
US$ 5,623
10 FLEMING (IAN) Dr. No £1,920
€2,242
US$ 2,999
11 FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger £1,800
€2,102
US$ 2,811
12 FLEMING (IAN) For Your Eyes Only £960
€1,121
US$ 1,499
13 FLEMING (IAN) Thunderball £1,080
€1,261
US$ 1,686
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 £1,680
€1,962
US$ 2,624
15 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of James Baldwin £360
€420
US$ 562
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 £2,640
€3,083
US$ 4,123
17 GERSON (MARK) Full-length portrait of Evelyn Waugh £480
€560
US$ 749
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 £1,104
€1,289
US$ 1,724
19 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of Salman Rushdie £480
€560
US$ 749
20 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of Edith Sitwell, holding her cat Leo £660
€770
US$ 1,030
22 HARDY (THOMAS) The Works, 37 vol., LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £2,400
€2,803
US$ 3,748
23 JAMES (HENRY) Works, 26 vol., NUMBER 138 OF 156 COPIES £2,280
€2,662
US$ 3,561
25 LAWRENCE (D.H.) £1,560
€1,822
US$ 2,436
26 LE FANU (JOSEPH SHERIDAN) In a Glass Darkly, 3 vol. £3,360
€3,924
US$ 5,248
27 POTTER (BEATRIX) £4,800
€5,606
US$ 7,497
28 ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £6,600
€7,708
US$ 10,309
29 ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £4,800
€5,606
US$ 7,497
30 SIMENON (GEORGES) Lost Moorings £3,000
€3,503
US$ 4,686
31 STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) £1,440
€1,681
US$ 2,249
32 TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS £5,040
€5,886
US$ 7,872
33 WAUGH (EVELYN) Helena, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £1,200
€1,401
US$ 1,874
34 WAUGH (EVELYN) The Holy Places, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER ONE OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR £1,320
€1,541
US$ 2,061
35 WELLS (H.G.) The Time Machine. An Invention £2,160
€2,522
US$ 3,373
36 WILDE (OSCAR) £1,920
€2,242
US$ 2,999
38 BERMUDA SPEED (JOHN) A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands once Called the Bermudas £960
€1,121
US$ 1,499
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 £4,800
€5,606
US$ 7,497
42 CARY (JOHN) Cary's New Universal Atlas containing distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World £3,000
€3,503
US$ 4,686
44 ENGLAND AND WALES SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of England £960
€1,121
US$ 1,499
45 ENGLAND and WALES SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) and ABRHAM ORTELIUS. Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum £1,200
€1,401
US$ 1,874
46 ENGLAND and WALES SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of England £600
€700
US$ 937
47 GREAT BRITAIN VRIENTS (JAN BAPTIST) and ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. Angliae et Hiberniae accurata descriptio, veteribus et recentioribus nominibus illustrata £1,200
€1,401
US$ 1,874
48 HEPTARCHY SPEED (JOHN) Britain as it Was Divided in the Tyme of the Englishe Saxons, Especially during the Heptarchy £2,640
€3,083
US$ 4,123
49 HODGSON (O., publisher) The Pocket Tourist & English Atlas, Being a New and Complete Set of County Maps £3,000
€3,503
US$ 4,686
50 LONDON DE WIT (FREDERICK) London £660
€770
US$ 1,030
51 LONDON HOMANN'S HEIRS. Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non suburbii Southwark £1,020
€1,191
US$ 1,593
52 ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Theatrum orbis terrarum] £8,400
€9,810
US$ 13,120
53 PIGOT & CO. (JAMES) [British Atlas of the Counties of England], in 3 original parts £840
€981
US$ 1,312
54 SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE Maps, vol. 2 only £1,080
€1,261
US$ 1,686
55 WORLD [ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Typus orbis terrarum £3,120
€3,644
US$ 4,873
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 £3,360
€3,924
US$ 5,248
57 BRITTEN (BENJAMIN) £3,360
€3,924
US$ 5,248
58 DEBUSSY (CLAUDE) £780
€911
US$ 1,218
59 DELIUS (FREDERICK) £780
€911
US$ 1,218
60 DVORAK (ANTON) £660
€770
US$ 1,030
62 ELGAR (EDWARD) £840
€981
US$ 1,312
63 ELGAR (EDWARD) £4,200
€4,905
US$ 6,560
64 ELGAR (EDWARD) £2,400
€2,803
US$ 3,748
65 GRIEG (EDVARD) £480
€560
US$ 749
66 JOACHIM (JOSEPH) £456
€532
US$ 712
67 LISZT (FRANZ) £540
€630
US$ 843
68 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) £3,000
€3,503
US$ 4,686
69 MUSIC and LITERATURE £1,560
€1,822
US$ 2,436
70 RAVEL (MAURICE) £720
€840
US$ 1,124
71 SCHUMANN (CLARA) £1,080
€1,261
US$ 1,686
72 WAGNER (RICHARD) £960
€1,121
US$ 1,499
73 ANSON (GEORGE) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV £2,280
€2,662
US$ 3,561
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 £2,280
€2,662
US$ 3,561
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 £660
€770
US$ 1,030
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 £6,600
€7,708
US$ 10,309
78 FONTENELLE (BERNARD DE BOVIER DE) Oeuvres diverses...nouvelle edition, augmentée & enrichie de figures gravées, 3 vol. £720
€840
US$ 1,124
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. £3,000
€3,503
US$ 4,686
80 FRYER (JOHN) A New Account of East-India and Persia... Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681 £1,920
€2,242
US$ 2,999
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 £6,000
€7,007
US$ 9,372
82 HOMER The Iliad, 6 vol. £3,600
€4,204
US$ 5,623
83 LE BRUN (CORNELIUS) Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East-Indies, 2 vol. £3,360
€3,924
US$ 5,248
84 LOCKE (JOHN) The Works, 3 vol. £1,140
€1,331
US$ 1,780
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. £1,140
€1,331
US$ 1,780
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 £1,560
€1,822
US$ 2,436
87 PLUMIER (CHARLES) L'art de tourner, ou de faire en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au tour £960
€1,121
US$ 1,499
88 POPE (ALEXANDER) The Works, 4 vol. £600
€700
US$ 937
89 RACINE (JEAN BAPTISTE) Oeuvres, 3 vol. £900
€1,051
US$ 1,405
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 £1,140
€1,331
US$ 1,780
93 AGRICOLA (RUDOLPHUS) Historia periucunda sanctissime matris Anne... carmine heroico: edita. Magister Joannes Martini saganensis £1,560
€1,822
US$ 2,436
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 £720
€840
US$ 1,124
96 ANNESLEY (GEORGE, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 3 vol. £780
€911
US$ 1,218
97 ANTARCTIC and EVEREST £504
€588
US$ 787
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 £1,080
€1,261
US$ 1,686
99 ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS) and JAMES WALKER A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, 3 vol. £2,040
€2,382
US$ 3,186
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 £1,680
€1,962
US$ 2,624
103 BAIRD and TELEVISION DINSDALE (ALFRED) Television, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY JOHN LOGIE BAIRD £1,440
€1,681
US$ 2,249
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