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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Baker (Ezekiel) | Remarks on rifle guns : being the result of forty years practice and observations with specific remarks on fowling pieces |
1821 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 202 | Irving (Washington) | A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus |
1829 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 203 | Dickens (Charles) | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club |
1837 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 204 | Dickens (Charles) | Little Dorrit |
1857 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 205 | Bronte (Charlotte)] Currer Bell. | Shirley. A Tale, |
1849. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 206 | Sharp (Granville) | The Gilbart Prize Essay |
1854 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 207 | Keynes (John Maynard) | The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money |
1936 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 208 | Pardon (George Frederick)], Capt. Rawdon Crawley. | The Handy Book of Games for Gentlemen. Billiards, Bagatelle, Backgammon, Chess |
?1860 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 88.90 | |
| 209 | Keach (E.F., acting and stage manager) | Boston Museum Benefit of Mr. Edwin Adams Don Caesar! Or, Love and Honour To be followed by Madison Morton' Popular Farce |
Boston, | 1861 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 210 | Walker (John) | Progressive Specimens of Penmanship |
Stamford, | 1862 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 50.80 |
| 211 | Randolph (Paschal Beverly) | Eulis! The History of LoveBeing the Third Revelation of Soul and SexAlso, Reply to "Why is Man Immortal?" The Solution of the Darwin Problem. An Entirely New Theory |
Toledo, Ohio, | 1874 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 |
| 212 | Holt (William) | A Carol for the Present Times |
Oxford, | 14th December | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 95.25 |
| 213 | Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)] Lewis Carroll. | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1882 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 214 | Zola (Emile) | The "Assommoir" (The Prelude to "Nana"). A Realistic Novel |
1884 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 215 | Zola (Emile) | Germinal; or, Master and Man. A Realistic Novel |
1885 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 216 | Zola (Emile) | Piping Hot! (Pot-Bouille.) |
1885 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 217 | Zola (Emile) | His Excellency Eugene Rougon. A Realistic Novel |
1887 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 218 | Ibsen (Henrik) | Hedda Gabler |
1891 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 219 | Raven-Hill (L., editor) | The Butterfly: A Humorous and Artistic Monthly |
1893-94 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 220 | Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) | Poor Folk |
1894 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 221 | Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) | The People's Rights |
1910 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 107.95 | |
| 222 | Hopkins (Gerard Manley) | Poems |
1918 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 223 | Breshkovsky (Catherine) | The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution |
Boston | 1919 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 63.50 |
| 224 | Kipling (Rudyard) | The Years Between |
1919 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 225 | Čapek (Karel) | R. U. R. Rossumaj Universal Robotoj |
Olomouc | 1926 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 63.50 |
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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.