Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 72326, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 23, 2026 - July 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bagster Samuel | The Management of Bees |
1834 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 2 | Bonner James | The Bee-master's companion, and assistant |
Berwick | 1789 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 3 | Bonner James | A new plan for speedily increasing the number of bee-hives in Scotland |
Edinburgh | 1795 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 4 | Bradley Richard | 2 Books, including: The Country gentleman and farmer's monthly director |
Covent-Garden | 1727 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 5 | Butler Charles | The Feminin' Monarchi', or the histori of bee's |
Oxford | 1634 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 6 | Chylinski Dobrogost | The Beekeeper's Manual |
1845 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 7 | Cotton William Charles | My Bee Book |
1842 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 8 | Filleul Philip Valpy Mourant | The English Bee-Keeper |
1851 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 9 | Gedde John | The English apiary: or, the compleat bee-master |
1721-1722 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 10 | Gelieu Jonas de | The Bee Preserver |
Edinburgh | 1829; 1876 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 11 | Herrod-Hempsall William | 25 Books, including: Bee-Keeping New and Old Described with Pen and Camera |
1930-1937 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 12 | Hill Thomas | A Profitable instruction of the perfite ordering of bees |
1579 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 13 | Huish Robert | The Cottager's Manual for the Management of his Bees |
1822 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 14 | Johnstone Christian Isobel | 23 Books, including: Scenes of industry displayed in the Bee-hive and Ant-Hill |
?1827 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 15 | Keys John | The Practical bee-master |
Cheshunt-Street | [1780] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 16 | Keys John | The Antient bee-master's farewell |
1796; 1814 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Kirby William | Monographia apum Angliae |
Ipswich | 1802 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 18 | Lawson William | A New orchard, and garden |
1653 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 19 | Levett John | The Ordering of bees |
1634 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 20 | Maeterlinck Maurice | The treasure of the humble |
1906 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 21 | Markham Gervase | Cheape and good husbandry |
1648 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 22 | Mills John | An Essay on the management of bees |
1766 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 23 | Milton John | The Practical Bee-Keeper |
West Strand | 1843 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 24 | Pettitt Wyatt J. | The Management of bees |
Dover | c.1867 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 25 | Pile Matthew | The Bee cultivator's assistant |
Gateshead | 1838 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 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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