Books, Maps, Postcards & Manuscripts

 

Next Sale: Wednesday 25 September

Entries invited for all future sales

Our full-time book specialist, Paul Hughes, heads up the highly successful and rapidly growing Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs Department.

At least four specialist sales are held each year, and many thousands of books are sold each month at our regular antiques sales.

Whether you wish to sell a large library or an individual item, Paul will be happy to advise you on its value and help you maximise the sale price.

All sales are catalogued and buyers can view lots online. Paul will happily discuss the condition of any lot before the sale and supply additional images if required.

Our use of the latest advances in live online bidding, together with more traditional methods, attracts buyers from around the world. We achieve outstanding selling rates and regularly break world auction records for individual titles.

 
Paul Hughes BSc(Hons) PGDip
Book Specialist
 
 
Telephone: 01969 623780
 
 
 

Gallery

 
  • May - Lot 87 - £9,500
    May - Lot 87 - Rocque (John,)A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark, £9,500
  • May - Lot 84 - £9,000
    May - Lot 84 - Rocque (John), An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, £9,000
  • May - Lot 58 - £5,200
    May - Lot 58 - Ord (John Walker), The History and Antiquities of Cleveland, £5,200
  • May - Lot 83 - £5,000
    May - Lot 83 - Horwood (R.), Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining, £5,000
  • May - Lot 118 - £3,000
    May - Lot 118 - New Naturalist Series, A collection of 80 volumes,£3,000
  • May - Lot 137 - £2,400
    May - Lot 137 - Receipts Book, An interesting manuscript recipe book, 18th century or earlier, £2,400
  • May - Lot 91 - £2,400
    May - Lot 91 - Braun (Georg) & Hogenberg (Franz), Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis, £2,400
  • May - Lot 88 - £2,000
    May - Lot 88 - Andrews (John) & Dury (Andrew), A Map of the Country Sixty Five Miles, Round London, 1774-7, £2,000
  • February - Lot 56 - £7,000
    February - Lot 56 - Ransome (Arthur), Swallows & Amazons, 1930, Cape, first edition, £7,000
  • February - Lot 124 - £5,000
    February - Lot 124 - Chandler (Alfred) and Booth (William Beattie), Illustrations and Descriptions of the Plants which Compose the Natural Order Camellieae, £5,000
  • February - Lot 104 - £2,200
    February - Lot 104 - Cotton (Mary Ann), Eight Letters written by Mary Ann Cotton from her prison cell together with her King James Bible,£2,200
  • February - Lot 112 - £1,950
    February - Lot 112 - Turner (Samuel), An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800, £1,950
  • February - Lot 113 - £1,800
    February - Lot 113 - Symes (Michael), An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, sent by the Governor-General of India in the Year 1795, £1,800
  • February - Lot 2 - £1,300
    February - Lot 2 - Bibliography, A large quantity of reference books on books, printing, bookbinding, maps, etc, £1,300
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Departments

Tennants has 24 separate specialist departments.

This specialisation enables us to provide our UK and international clients with the highest levels of personal service, combined with the expertise and in-depth knowledge for which we are renowned. Select a department from the list below for more information and galleries of items past, present & future.