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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Robinson Ray Charles | Ray Charles |
New York | 1965 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 78 | Fresco Monty | Album of 18 Photographs of British Rock and Pop Musicians |
c.1960s | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 79 | Turner William | A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England |
1568 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 80 | Cogan Thomas | The Hauen of health |
1605 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | |
| 81 | Heywood Thomas | Philocothonista, or, The drunkard, opened, dissected, and anatomized |
1635 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 82 | Taylor John | Drinke and vvelcome: or The famous historie of the most part of drinks |
1637 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 83 | An Act for limiting and setling the prices for vvines |
Westminster | 1657 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 84 | Charleton Walter | Two discourses |
1669 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 85 | Rose John | The English vineyard vindicated |
1669 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 86 | Worlidge John | Vinetum Britannicum: or A treatise of cider, and other wines and drinks |
1678 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 87 | Ames Richard | The Bacchanalian sessions; or The contention of liquors |
1693 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 88 | Y-Worth William | The Britannian magazine: or, A new art of making above twenty sorts of English wines |
[1700] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 89 | Vintner's mystery display'd (The): or, The whole art of the wine trade laid open |
[?1717-1733] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 90 | Ward Edward | The Delights of the bottle; or, the complete vintner |
1743 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 91 | Cooper Ambrose | The Complete Distiller |
1757 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 92 | Barry Edward | Observations historical, critical, and medical, on the wines of the ancients |
1775 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 93 | Croft John | A Treatise on the Wines of Portugal |
1787 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 94 | Jullien Andre | The Topography of all the known vineyards |
1824 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 95 | Jullien Andre | The Wine Merchant's Companion and Butler's Manual |
1825 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 96 | West William | Wine and Spirit Adulterators Unmasked |
1828 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 97 | Holdsworth J.H. | Memoranda on Tours and touraine |
Tours | 1842 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 98 | Denman James L. | Wine, as it is drank in England, and as it should be |
1865 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 99 | The Cellar-Book: or, the Butler's Assistant |
1754 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 100 | Lindsay David | A Dialogue betweene Experience and a Courtier |
1581 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 101 | Holinshed Raphael | The First and Second Volumes of Chronicles |
London | 1587 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 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