Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1101, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | Shu-Chiung, Mrs. Wu Lien-teh. Yang Kuei-Fei. The Most Famous Beauty of China |
Shanghai, | 1923 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 44.45 | |
| 328 | Sun Yat-sen, Dr. San Min Chu I. | The Three Principles of the People |
Shanghai, | 1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 |
| 329 | Teichman (Eric) | Travels of a consular Officer in North-West China |
Cambridge | 1921 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 330 | Prout (Samuel) | Facsimiles of Sketches Made in Flanders and Germany and Drawn on Stone |
1833 | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 331 | My Life on the Ledo Road |
1944 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | ||
| 332 | Japan.- An Album |
c.1900. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 165.10 | ||
| 333 | Ogawa (Kazumasa)] | Sights and Scenes in Fair Japan |
Washington | 1856 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 334 | Japanese facsimiles.- Machikeshi Soraie no Zu Illustrations of Town Firemen's Attire] |
Tokyo | 1979 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 335 | Morton-Cameron (W.H.) & W.Feldwick. | Present Day Impressions of Japan: The History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources of Japan |
Chicago, | 1919 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 165.10 |
| 336 | Alberti (Leandro) | Descriptio totius Italiae |
Cologna, | 1567 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 337 | History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth (The), in the County of Surrey, |
1786 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | ||
| 338 | Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) | The Ancient History of Wiltshire |
1812-21 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,048.00 | |
| 339 | Maitland (William) | The History of London |
1756 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 340 | Rooke (Octavius) | The Channel Islands Pictorial |
1857 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 120.65 | |
| 341 | Burney (Charles) | An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon in Commemoration of Handel |
1785 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 342 | Noorthouck (John) | A New History of London, including Westminster and Southwark, |
1773 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 343 | Collection of Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire and North Wales Views |
n.d. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 152.40 |
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Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.