Forum Auctions: 10th Anniversary Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale, 71626, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 16, 2026 - July 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | Wisden John | Cricketers' Almanack for 1897 |
1897 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 265 | Lee Bruce | 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book |
c. 1960 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 266 | Hart Lockyer Willis | Character & costumes of Afghaunistan |
1843 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 267 | Madagascar |
c.1895-1900s | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 268 | Stanley Henry Morton | In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Govenor of Equatoria |
1890 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 269 | Cockburn James Pattison 1779-1847 | Views of Quebec |
1833 | GBP 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 270 | Warre Henry James | Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory |
1848 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 271 | Polo Marco | In cui si tratta le meravigliose cose del mondo per lui vedute |
Venice | 1555 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Unknown |
| 272 | Norie John William | The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world |
1826 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 273 | Imray James & Son | The New and Complete East-India Pilot |
c.1855 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 275 | Amiot Jean-Joseph-Marie | Memoires Concernant des Chinois |
Paris | 1776-1814 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 276 | Mao Tse-tung; Kim Il-sung | Note book for visitors from China to Korea |
Beijing | 1954 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 277 | Champollion Jean Francois | Pantheon Egyptien |
Paris | 1825 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 278 | Hay Robert | Illustrations of Cairo |
1840 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 279 | Royal Air Force Albums |
c.1920s-30s | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 280 | Adam Albert | Voyage Pittoresque et Militaire de Willenberg en Prusse jusqu'a Moscou, fait en 1812 |
Munich | 1827 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 281 | Reilly Franz Johann Joseph von | Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt |
c.1789-1806 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 282 | Colebrooke Robert Hyde | Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of the Tippoo Sultan |
1794 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 283 | Mecham Clifford Henry | Sketches & Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow |
1858 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 284 | 4 Books, including: Photograph Album |
c.1862 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 285 | Roy Raja Ram Mohan | The Precepts of Jesus, the guide to peace and happiness |
Calcutta | 1820 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 286 | Tayler William | Sketches Illustrating the Manners & Customs of the Indians and Anglo Indians |
1842 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 287 | Wilkins Charles | The Bhagvat-Geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon |
1785 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 288 | Williamson Thomas | Oriental Field Sports |
1807 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 289 | Middleton John | Grecian Remains in Italy, A Description of Cyclopian Walls, and of Roman Antiquities |
1812 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
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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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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000