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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Coleridge Samuel Taylor | The Friend: A Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper |
Penrith | 1809 | Not Available | GBP 190.50 |
| 102 | Smith Adam | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
Edinburgh | 1809 | Not Available | GBP 508.00 |
| 103 | The Lamp-Lighter's Poem |
[c. 1810] | Not Available | GBP 1,397.00 | ||
| 104 | Beaumont Francis; Fletcher John | The Works |
Edinburgh | 1812 | Not Available | GBP 190.50 |
| 105 | Dewar Douglas | Observations on the Character, Customs, and Superstitions of the Irish |
1812 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 106 | Bernard Thomas | Spurinna: Or the Comforts of Old Age |
Brighton | 1813 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 107 | Dyer G. | History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge |
1814 | Not Available | GBP 101.60 | |
| 108 | Boswell James | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
1816 | Not Available | GBP 457.20 | |
| 109 | Hone William | Ancient Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays |
1823 | Not Available | GBP 254.00 | |
| 110 | Roberts George | The History of Lyme-Regis |
Sherborne | 1823 | Not Available | GBP 177.80 |
| 111 | Cosnett Thomas | The Footman's Directory, and Butler's Remembrancer |
1825 | Not Available | GBP 558.80 | |
| 112 | Glascock William Nugent | Naval Sketch-Book; or, The Service Afloat and Ashore |
1826 | Not Available | GBP 228.60 | |
| 113 | Dobbs Henry | Album of blank lined paper |
1830 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 114 | Tennyson Alfred | Poems, Chiefly Lyrical |
1830 | Not Available | GBP 254.00 | |
| 115 | Wilson R. W. | 12 Books, including: The Vicar of St. Mary's, Nottingham versus the Catholic Church of St. Barnabas |
1842 | Not Available | GBP 19.05 | |
| 116 | Thackeray William Makepeace | Vanity Fair |
1848 | Not Available | GBP 228.60 | |
| 117 | Wellington Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) | Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda |
1858-72 | Not Available | GBP 825.50 | |
| 118 | James William | The Naval History of Great Britain |
1859 | Not Available | GBP 152.40 | |
| 119 | Trollope Anthony | 38 Books, including: Orley Farm |
1862 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 120 | Steinman Steinman George | Some Particulars contributed towards A Memoir of Mrs. Myddelton, The Great Beauty of the Time of Charles II |
1864 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 121 | Eliot George | Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life |
1871-72 | Not Available | GBP 431.80 | |
| 122 | Coleridge Samuel Taylor | 26 Books, including: The Poetical and Dramatic Works |
1877 | Not Available | GBP 279.40 | |
| 123 | Stevenson Robert Louis | Treasure Island |
1883 | Not Available | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 124 | Deveson & Co | 5 Paper Ephemera, including: Deveson & Co. Purveyors of asses milk |
[c.1890] | Not Available | GBP 44.45 | |
| 125 | Book of Wine (A) and the Wholesale Prices of Wines in the Savoy Cellars |
1937 | Not Available | GBP 203.20 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
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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