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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026
Page Size: 167 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
433 SIMSON, ROBERT

'ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS'

Glasgow 1817 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
434 EDWARD GOREY, THE GILDED BAT

Jonathan Cape, 1967, 1st edition, with Marjorie Bennett, The White Camel, E E Lee, 1953

1967, 1953 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
435 GIRARDIN, M.J.

'LECONS DE CHIMIE ELEMENTAIRE'

Paris 1873 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 19.50
436

'RECREATIVE SCIENCE: A RECORD AND REMEMBRANCER'

London 1860 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
437 OZANAM, M.

'RECREATIONS MATHEMATIQUES ET PHYSIQUES'

Paris 1790 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 26.00
438 VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS

TWO WORKS - 'SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY' AND 'NEW ATLANTIS'

London 1631 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 221.00
439

FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING, THE ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE 1824

London 1824 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
440 IRVING, WASHINGTON

'A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'

London 1828 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 156.00
441 SNAFFLES (CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE)

'THE ROE DEER. A MONOGRAPH'

Southampton 1987 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 26.00
442 LOWE, E. J.

'A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES'

London 1891 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 58.50
443

R V - RICHARD VERSTEGEN, A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED IN TELLIGENCE IN ANTIQUITIES

Antwerp 1605 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 338.00
444 PLANTA, EDWARD

'A NEW PICTURE OF PARIS'

London 1824 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 32.50
445 HUNT, ROBERT

'URE'S DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINES'

London 1878 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 26.00
446 LAVATER, J.C.

'PHYSIOGNOMY'

London, GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 45.50
447

WINKLE'S ARCHITECTURAL AND PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND WALES

London 1860 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 19.50
448 HOOD, THOMAS

'POEMS'

London 1870 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 32.50
449 A.W.N. PUGIN

GOTHIC FURNITURE OF THE 15th CENTURY

London 1835 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 104.00
450 SIR GEORGE BYNG

AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE BRITISH FLEET TO SICILY

London 1739 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 52.00
451 GIUSEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA

THE LEOPARD

1960 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
452

THE METROPOLIS OF LONDON DISPLAYED CHEATS AND VILLANIES

London GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.00
453 A A MILNE

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG

1924 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 39.00
454 GEORGE DEWAR

THE BOOK OF THE DRY FLY

London 1897 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 32.50
455 KENNETH GRAHAME,

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Arthur Rackham illustrations

1954 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 19.50
456 GRAHAM, ELEANOR AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

TWO COPIES OF 'J.M BARRIE'S PETER PAN'

1962 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 19.50
457 GRAVES, ROBERT

TWO COPIES OF 'ANN AT HIGHWOOD HALL'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000