Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1191, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 262 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

[The World Crisis Series]

1941 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
104 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

The Second World War

1948-54 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 889.00
105 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

A History of the English Speaking People

1956-58 GBP 650.00 - 850.00 GBP 762.00
106 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

The Collected Works

1973 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,270.00
107 Bateman (Henry Mayo)

Portrait of Winston Churchill

circa1925 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
108 Greene (Graham)

Our Man in Havana

1958 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,286.00
109 Dahl (Roald)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

New York, 1964 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,397.00
110 Eddings (David)

[The Belgariad]

1983 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,079.50
111 Eliot (T.S.)

The Cocktail Party

1950 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,032.00
112 [Geisel (Theodore)], "Dr. Seuss".

The Cat in the Hat

New York, c1957 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,540.00
113 Fleming (Ian)

Live and Let Die

1954 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
115 Fleming (Ian)

Diamonds Are Forever

1956 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,556.00
116 Fleming (Ian)

Dr. No

1958 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
117 Fleming (Ian)

For Your Eyes Only

1960 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 18,900.00
118 Fleming (Ian)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1963 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
119 Grass (Gunter)

The Tin Drum

1962 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
120 Hemingway (Ernest)

To Have and Have Not

New York 1937 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 952.50
121 Hemingway (Ernest)

The Old Man and the Sea

New York 1952 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,524.00
122 Joyce (James)

Dubliners

1914 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,560.00
123 le Carre (John)

A Murder of Quality

1962 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,445.00
125 Lees-Milne (James)

[A collection of 24 first editions

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,413.00
126 Lennon (John)

John Lennon in His Own Write

1964 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,794.00
127 Lewis (C.S.)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

1950 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,286.00
128 Mandela (Nelson)

Long Walk to Freedom

1994 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
129 Milne (A.A.)

Set of Winnie-the-Pooh books, comprising: When We Were Very Young

1924 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 825.50
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