Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1193, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | [Tickell (Thomas, poet and government official 1685-1740)] | Lucy and Colin, |
Dublin | 1725. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 527.05 |
| 27 | [Owen (Hugh, Church of England clergyman and antiquary 1760-1827)] | [Antiquarian notes on people and places in Shropshire], |
[c. 1820s]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 878.84 | |
| 28 | Collins (Wilkie, writer 1824-89) | Autograph Letter signed to actor Fred Gould, |
London | 18th July 1882 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,108.20 |
| 29 | Dickens (Charles) Wright (Thomas, antiquarian and biographer 1859-1936) | Archive relating to Wright's The Life of Charles Dickens, |
v.s. | 1935 (sm. qty). | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 527.05 |
| 30 | Dario (Ruben) | Autograph manuscript poem, |
Buenos Aires, | October 1912 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,318.26 |
| 31 | Wilberforce (Basil) Ingrey (Mabel) | [Some of Rector's thoughts on Easter], |
1914. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,493.52 | |
| 32 | Burra (Edward, English painter, draughtsman and printmaker 1905-76) | A substantial archive of c.120 autograph and typed letters and postcards, chiefly to the artist Edward Burra, |
v.s. | 1920s-70s. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,974.10 |
| 33 | Hasell-Miller (A.E.) | [Uniforms of the Scots Guards], |
1961 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,757.68 | |
| 34 | Brooke (Sir Robert) | La graunde abridgement, |
1576 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 878.84 | |
| 35 | [Allen (William)] | A True sincere and modest defence of English Catholiques that suffer for their faith both at home and abrode: against a false, |
[Rouen] | [1584]. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,405.89 |
| 36 | Montemayor (Jorge de) | Diana of George of Montemayor: Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong, |
1598 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,809.54 | |
| 37 | Serres (Jean de) | An Historical collection, of the most memorable accidents, |
1598. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 878.84 | |
| 38 | [Fletcher (Phineas)] | The Purple Island, or The Isle of Man: together with piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies, |
1633. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 878.84 | |
| 39 | Fasciculus florum: or, a Nosegay of Flowers, |
1634 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 40 | [Chapman (George), attributed to] Sir Gyles Goose-cappe Knight. | A Comedy lately Acted with great applause at the private House in Salisbury Court, |
1636. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 7,846.02 | |
| 41 | Donne (John) | Poems, &c....With Elegies on the Authors Death..., |
1669 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,865.88 | |
| 42 | Leybourn (William) | The Art of Dialling, |
[1669]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 966.47 | |
| 43 | Fanshawe (Sir Richard, translator) Hurtado de Mendoza (Antonio) | Querer por solo querer: to love only for love sake: a dramatick romance. Represented at Aranjuez before the King and Queen of Spain, |
1671. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,581.15 | |
| 44 | [Winstanley (William)] | Poor Robins Perambulation from Saffron-Walden to London, |
1678. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 45 | Stukeley (William).- | Bible, English. The Holy Bible Containing the old Testament and the New, |
Cambridge | 1683 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 46 | Comber (Thomas) | A Discourse of Duels, shewing the Sinful Nature and Mischievous Effects of Them, |
1687. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 668.02 | |
| 47 | Locke (John) | An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, |
1690. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 48 | Herodotus. | The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek, |
1709. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,217.67 | |
| 49 | White (John) | Art's Treasury of Rarities: and Curious Inventions. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Mystery of Dying Cloth, ... |
[c.1710]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,865.88 | |
| 50 | Motteux (Peter) | A Poem Upon Tea, |
1712 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,163.57 |
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