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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026
Page Size: 501 items in 21 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Beier, Ulli, ed.

20 issues of Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature

Ibadan, Nigeria 1957-1966 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,875.00
2 Cullen, Countee, editor

Caroling Dusk. An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets

New York & London 1927 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 468.75
3 Anderson, Sherwood

Dark Laughter

New York 1925 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
4 Auster, Paul

Collected Poems [with] Here and Now

London [2004; 2013] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
5 Ballantyne, Robert Michael

The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean

London 1858 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
6 Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Italian Prose: Containing a Hundred Curious Novels, by Seven Honorable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Framed in Ten Days

London 1684 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
8 Bowles, Paul

The Sheltering Sky

London 1949 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
9 Brunton, Mary

Emmeline. With Some Other Pieces.

Edinburgh 1819 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
10 Cameron, James

Titanic: A Screenplay

No place 1996 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,750.00
11 Camus, Albert

The Plague

New York 1948 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
12 Capote, Truman

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

New York [1965] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
13 Capote, Truman

A Tree of Night and Other Stories

New York [1949] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
14 Cather, Willa Sibert

My Antonia

Boston and New York 1918 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.25
15 Cather, Willa Sibert

O Pioneers!

Boston & New York 1913 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
16 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The Friend: A Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper, Excluding Personal and Party Politics, and the Events of the Day.

Penrith 1809 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
17 Conrad, Joseph & Ford M. Hueffer

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story

London; New York 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
18 Conrad, Joseph

Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River

London 1895 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
19 Conrad, Joseph

Chance: A Tale in Two Parts

London 1914 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
20 Conrad, Joseph

The End of the Tether [in] Blackwood's Magazine

Edinburgh & London 1902 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 562.50
21 Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim. A Tale.

Edinburgh & London 1900 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
22 Conrad, Joseph

The Mirror of the Sea

London [1906] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
23 Conrad, Joseph

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

London 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
24 Conrad, Joseph

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

New York 1904 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
25 Conrad, Joseph

The Point of Honor: A Military Tale

New York 1908 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
26 Conrad, Joseph

The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows

London 1920 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
  • 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.