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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
483 HEBBEL, FRIEDRICH

'THE NIEBELUNGS'

London GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
484

'TOWNSON & MERCER'S CATALOGUE OF CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS'

1881 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 45.50
485

TIM'S TELESCOPIC VIEW OF HER MAJESTY'S CORONATION

1977 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 19.50
486 EDWARD HUTTON & FRANK BRANGWYN

THE PAGEANT OF VENICE

1922 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00
487

L'ALBUM DE LA GUERRE, 1914-1919

Paris 1926 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 19.50
488 FLORENCE UPTON

The Golliwogg at the Sea-Side and the Golliwogg's Circus

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
489 BRIAN LEIGH DAVIS;

BADGES & INSIGNIA OF THE THIRD REICH

1933-1945 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
490

THE FOXHOUND KENNEL STUD BOOK

1800 - 1844 to 2019 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 91.00
491

'THIRTY LETTERS TO AND FROM BASLE 1504-1940'

1960 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 58.50
492 FOURCROY, A.F.

'A GENERAL SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE'

London 1804 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 26.00
493 NICHOLSON, WILLIAM

'THE BRITISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA or DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES'

London 1809 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
494 FABRE, J.H.

'THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER', 'THE MASDON-BEES' and 'BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS'

1912, 1914 and 1915 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
495 JESSE, EDWARD

'GLEANING IN NATURAL HISTORY'

London 1832 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 32.50
496 ANATOLE FRANCE, FRANK C PAPE,

THE WELL OF ST CLARE

1928 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 117.00
497 HULME, EDWARD F.

'BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRY SIDE'

London 1903 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 52.00
498 ARISTOPHANE

'LYSISTRATA'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.00
499

THE CHILDREN,S HOUR, WAVERLY BOOK Co LONDON

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
500

A COLLECTION OF FISHING, HUNTING, COUNTRY BOOKS

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 117.00
501

A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
502

A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON WATCH REPAIRING

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 32.50
503 WALTER THORNBURY

'OLD AND NEW LONDON'

1897 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 32.50
504 WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL

'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS'

London 1938-1941 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 52.00
505

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART HISTORY

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 91.00
506 BAILY

BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY

1950s to 2007 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
507 AUGUSTUS GRIMBLE

'THE SALMON RIVERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES' ILLUSTRATED

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 312.00
  • 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