Spring Bibliotheca
187 Lots Now Open
First editions, illuminated manuscripts, and signed proofs — curated for collectors who understand the weight of a colophon page.
Herbarium Vivae Eicones
£12,400
Faulkner, First State — Sartoris
£8,750
Book of Hours, Flemish c.1460
£31,200
Herbarium Vivae Eicones
£12,400
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Herbarium Vivae Eicones
Otto Brunfels · Strasbourg, 1530
Provenance
Ex libris: Wellcome Collection duplicate; Christie's South Kensington, 2019
Condition
Fine
Prev. Sale (2022)
£9,800
Current Bid
£12,400
Est. £10,000 – £15,000
Closing In
02:14:37
Sartoris — First State, First Issue
William Faulkner · Harcourt Brace, 1929
Provenance
Original dust jacket, first state binding. From the library of a Mississippi collector, thence by descent.
Condition
Very Good+
Prev. Sale (2020)
£6,200
Current Bid
£8,750
Est. £7,500 – £11,000
Closing In
04:22:11
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Flemish Workshop · c.1460–1470
Provenance
18 full-page miniatures, gold leaf intact. Sotheby's London, 1994; private European collection.
Condition
Good
Prev. Sale (2018)
£24,500
Current Bid
£31,200
Est. £28,000 – £38,000
Closing In
00:47:02
On the Origin of Species — 1st Ed.
Charles Darwin · John Murray, 1859
Provenance
Green cloth binding, all points of the first issue present. Deaccessioned from a Cambridge college library.
Condition
Good+
Prev. Sale (2019)
£38,000
Current Bid
£47,500
Est. £40,000 – £60,000
Closing In
06:55:20
Ulysses — Signed Presentation Copy
James Joyce · Shakespeare & Co., 1922
Provenance
Inscribed "To Harriet Weaver, with gratitude, J.J." One of 100 copies on Dutch hand-made paper.
Condition
Fine
Prev. Sale (2021)
£68,000
Current Bid
£89,000
Est. £75,000 – £100,000
Closing In
11:30:00
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Book of Hours, Flemish c.1460
£31,200
00:47:02
Keats — Lamia, 1820, 1st Ed.
£4,100
01:12:44
Hooke's Micrographia — 1665
£18,600
02:05:18
Audubon Octavo — 4 plates
£9,750
03:33:55
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