Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper, 936, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Page Size: 299 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101

Sweden.- Panoramas.- Karta ofver Segelleden fran Stockholm Kanalvagen till Gotheborg

Stockholm [c.1851] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 176.40
102 Switzerland.- Leuthold (H.F., publisher)

Panorama du Lac de Zurich dessine depuis l'Hotel Baur

Zurich [c.1840] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.20
103 Britain.- Bradshaw (George)

Bradshaw's Map of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Rail Road &c. in the Midland Counties of England from Actual Survey

1830 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 126.00
104 British Isles.- Bayley (John)

The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London

1821 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 94.50
105 London.- Delaune (Thomas)

Angliae metropolis: or, the Present State of London...

1690 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.20
106 Scotland and Fishing.- Buchanan (Rev. John Lanne)

Travels in the Western Hebrides: from 1782 to 1790

1793 bound with A General View of the Fishery of Great Britain, Drawn up for the Considerations of the Undertakers of the North British Fishing for Tho. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 252.00
107 Scotland.- Panoramas.- Shearer (James E.)

Panorama seen from the Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis

[c.1895] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 163.80
108 [Dodsley (Robert)

with contributions by Samuel Johnson] The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education

1748 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 176.40
109 Gavin (Hector)

On Feigned and Factitious Diseases

[1843]. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 252.00
110 Gemology.- Geology.- Boodt (Anselmus Boetius de)

Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia

Leiden 1636 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
111

Geological books & maps auction catalogue.- Catalogue de livres et d'une belle collection de cartes geologiques provenant de la biblotheque de feu M. P.-L.-A. Cordier

Paris 1861 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
112

Mining broadside.- Woman company owner.- [Granting permission to mine coal in Araches-la-Frasse (Haute-Savoie)

Chambery [1758]. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 252.00
113

Mining.- Colliery explosion.- Full account of the dreadful colliery explosion at Pennycraig

Bristol [1884]. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 693.00
114

Broadside.- Water wells at the notorious Bicetre Hospital.- Puits de la Maison de Bicetre, Dependente de l'Hopital-General de Paris

[Paris] [c.1782]. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
115 Lawrence (W)

Lectures on Physiology, Zoology and the Natural History of Man Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons

1819 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
116 Newton (Sir Isaac).- Pemberton (Henry)

A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy

1728 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.20
117 Picard (Jean)

Traite du Nivellement

Paris 1684 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 100.80
118 Botany.- Gerard (John)

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes

1633 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 756.00
119 Darwin (Erasmus)

Phytologia or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening

1800 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 107.10
120 Farming & Farm Buildings.- Maxwell (Robert)

Select Transactions of the Honourable the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland

Edinburgh 1743 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 138.60
121 Fishing.- D[ennys] (J[ohn])

The Secrets of Angling

1883 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 277.20
122 Grew (Nehemiah)

Musaeum Regalis Societatis. or A Catalogue & Description Of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society And preserved at Gresham College... Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts

[1681]. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 327.60
123 Jefferies (Richard)

The Gamekeekper at Home

1880 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 163.80
124 Tennis.- de Montbrun (Monsieur le Marquis)

Memoires de Monsieur le Marquis de Montbrun

Amsterdam 1701 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,638.00
125 Caesar (Gaius Julius)

Commentarii di Gaio Giulio Cesare

Venice 1547 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,134.00
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
  • Doyle
    Stage & Screen
    November 14 & 15
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A studio-sanctioned Darth Vader Touring Costume from The Empire Strikes Back. $50,000 to $100,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An original Al Hirschfeld's illustration of the cast of On Golden Pond. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An Important Archive of Musical Manuscripts of Truman Capote and Harold Arlen's House of Flowers. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The archive of an original Merrily We Roll Along Broadway cast member. $5,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Jerry Herman's Yamaha Model C7 Ebonized Grand Piano. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A large group of Jerry Herman musical posters. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Group of awards presented to Jerry Herman. $300 to $400.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Six pages of original art for "The MAD Game of Basebrawl," a complete story published in MAD #167, pages 31-36, June 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A MAD book made for Al Jaffee, containing original art and writings from many MAD contributors. 2011. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A Jaffee-themed MAD Fold-In - "What honor should the creator of the MAD Fold-Ins be given?" $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: MAD Fold-In - "What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed?" $800 to $1,200.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.