Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1193, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 263 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Scottish Bindings.- Bible, English. The Holy Bible...,

Edinburgh 1715 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,150.61
52 Dugdale (Sir William)

Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies,

1718-23. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,338.83
53 Dougharty (John)

The General Gauger: or, the principles and practice of gauging beer,

1727. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 527.05
54 Mouhy (Charles de Fieux)

Injur'd innocence: being the instructive and diverting memoirs of the Marquess of Fieux,

1745. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 702.31
55

Forger & Highwayman.- A True, genuine and authentic account of the behaviour,

1763. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,865.88
56 Willison (Rev. John)

The Mother's cathechism for the young child,

Dumfries 1773 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,493.52
57 [Bickerstaffe (Isaac)]

The Sultan: or, a peep into the Seraglio. A comedy in two acts As performed at the Theatre-Royal,

Dublin 1780. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 702.31
58 Falconbridge (Alexander)

An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa,

1788 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,108.20
59 Shakespeare (William)

The Dramatic Works,

1802 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 9,588.60
60

Broadside poem.- The Lamp-Lighter's Poem, Humbly Presented to all his Worthy Masters and Mistresses,

[c. 1810] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
61 [Austen (Jane)]

Sense and Sensibility,

1813. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,625.08
62 [Barker (Mary) & William Wordsworth].

Lines addressed to A Noble Lord; (His Lordship will know why,)

1815. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 12,204.36
63 Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft)

Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,

1831 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 10,460.52
64

Theatre.- Album of Playbills for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 189 playbills,

1833-34. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 7,846.02
65 [Poe (Edgar Allan)]

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket, North America,

1838. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,230.63
67 [Bronte (Charlotte)] , "Currer Bell".

Shirley. A Tale,

1849. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,405.89
68 [Evans (Marian)] "George Eliot"

"George Eliot" [Novels] 19 vol.,

Edinburgh and London 1858-76. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,493.52
69

Book of Common Prayer (The),

[c.1872]. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,141.73
70 Owen (Lieut.-Colonel C. H.)

Short Notes on the Manufacture of Ordnance, Carriages, and Ammunition ...,

Woolwich 1872. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
71 Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich)

Buried Alive Or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia,

New York 1881 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,284.73
72 Flaubert (Gustave)

Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners,

1886 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,581.15
73 Marx (Karl)

Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production. Edited by Frederick Engels,

New York [c.1891]. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,581.15
74 Dickens (Charles)

Works...,

1894 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,493.52
75 Wells (H.G.)

The Time Machine,

1895. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,318.26
76 Kock (Charles Paul de)

The Works,

Boston & Paris 1904 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Chiswick Auctions
    Books & Works on Paper
    12th March 2026
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.