Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 60426, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 04, 2026 - June 04, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Hickes George | 20 Books, including: Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica |
Oxford | 1711 | Not Available | GBP 825.50 |
| 52 | Diaper William | 22 Books, including: Nereides: or, Sea-Eclogues |
1712 | Not Available | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 53 | Oldys William | 17 Books, including: The British Librarian |
1738 | Not Available | GBP 508.00 | |
| 54 | 18 Books, including: The Plain Truth |
1741 | Not Available | GBP 584.20 | ||
| 55 | Cibber Colley | 13 Books, including: A Letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope |
1742 | Not Available | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 56 | Bolingbroke Henry St.John | Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism |
1749 | Not Available | GBP 762.00 | |
| 57 | Robertson Alexander | Poems, on Various Subjects and Occasions |
Edinburgh | ?1752 | Not Available | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 58 | Browne Thomas; Johnson Samuel | Christian Morals |
1756 | Not Available | GBP 762.00 | |
| 59 | Montesquieu Charles Secondat | Miscellaneous Pieces |
1759 | Not Available | GBP 203.20 | |
| 60 | Smollett Tobias | The British Magazine, or Monthly Repository for Gentlemen & Ladies |
1760-65 | Not Available | GBP 533.40 | |
| 61 | Johnson Samuel | The Idler |
1761 | Not Available | GBP 215.90 | |
| 62 | Brooke Frances; Riccoboni Marie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezieres | Letters from Juliet Lady Catesby, to her friend Lady Henrietta Campley |
1764 | Not Available | GBP 533.40 | |
| 63 | Virgilius Maro Publius; Andrews Robert | The Works |
Birmingham | 1766 | Not Available | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 64 | Gray Thomas | Poems by Mr. Gray |
Dublin | 1768 | Not Available | GBP 609.60 |
| 65 | Bayly Anselm | A Collection of Anthems used in His Majesty's Chapel Royal |
1769 | Not Available | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 66 | Collier John | The Miscellaneous Works |
Manchester | 1775 | Not Available | GBP 406.40 |
| 67 | Burke Edmund | A Letter on the Affairs of America |
Bristol | 1777 | Not Available | GBP 889.00 |
| 68 | Bates Ely | A Chinese Fragment |
1786 | Not Available | GBP 952.50 | |
| 69 | Barbieri Monsignor | The Life of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro |
1791 | Not Available | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 70 | Smedley Jonathan | Gulliveriana: or, A Fourth Volume of Miscellanies |
1728 | Not Available | GBP 825.50 | |
| 71 | Lupton David | The Glory of their times |
1640 | Not Available | GBP 952.50 | |
| 72 | Holy Bible |
1646 | Not Available | GBP 698.50 | ||
| 73 | Holy Bible |
Newcastle | 1811 | Not Available | GBP 762.00 | |
| 74 | Juvenal | Juvenal's Sixteen Satyrs |
1647 | Not Available | GBP 279.40 | |
| 75 | Howell James | The Nuptialls of Peleus and Thetis |
1654 | Not Available | GBP 228.60 |
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14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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