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The Library Of An English Bibliophile, Part VI
20 October 2016 • London
Sale Total: 1,103,020 GBP    Sale Number: L16416
199 lots
  • 1. Two works, comprising:
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    15,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 2. Darwin, Charles
    On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. <em>London: John Murray, 1860</em>
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    6,875 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 3. Darwin, Charles
    On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. <em>London: John Murray, 1861</em>
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    3,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 4. Darwin, Charles
    The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. <em>London: </em><em>John Murray, 1868</em>
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    5,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 5. Kepler, Johannes
    Epitome astronomiae copernicanae. <em>Frankfurt: Johann Friedrich Weiss for Johann Gottfried Schönwetter, 1635</em>
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    11,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 6. [Apperley, C.J.]
    The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod. With thirty-six coloured illustrations, by Henry Alken. <em>London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1842</em>
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 7. Three works in 9 volumes, comprising:
    Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 8. [Surtees, Robert Smith]
    Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities; being the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of the Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks...<em>London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843</em>
    Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 9. Surtees, Robert Smith
    A collection of 5 works in the original parts, comprising:
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 10. The English Spy: An original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous...by Bernard Blackmantle. <em>London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826</em>
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    1,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 11. Wisden, John
    John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1898...Edited by Sydney H. Parson. <em>London: John Wisden and co., 1898</em>
    Estimate: 2,500 – 4,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 12. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    Unrecorded autograph sketch-leaf for the Fifth Piano Concerto in E flat major, op.73 (“Emperor”), dedicated to the Archduke Rudolf, containing themes and ideas for the main material of the first and last movements
    Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    377,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
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