Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 684,584.10 |
| Auction Date | November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 383,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #1191 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 543,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 262 | ||
| Sold Lots | 215.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 489,350.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.06% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 696,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 98.30% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | Brenner (Sydney).- | Collection of Medals and Certificates awarded to Sydney Brenner for his scientific accomplishments |
1972-2020 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 37,800.00 |
| 256 | Heber Percy (Algernon) | and Mrs [Alice] Heber Percy. Journal of Two Excursions in the British North West Territory of North America |
1878 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 18 | Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) | [The Brothers Karamazov] |
1881 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 32,760.00 |
| 73 | [Bronte (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". | Jane Eyre. An Autobiography |
1847 | GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | GBP 31,500.00 |
| 98 | Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) | Autograph Letter signed to Pamela [Plowden, later Countess of Lytton] |
1899 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 117 | Fleming (Ian) | For Your Eyes Only |
1960 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 113 | Fleming (Ian) | Live and Let Die |
1954 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 116 | Fleming (Ian) | Dr. No |
1958 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 45 | [Brant (Sebastian)] | Stultifera Navis...The Ship of Fooles |
1570 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 140 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit |
1937 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 200 | Crick (Francis Harry C.) | Printed genetic code chart from Francis Crick's own hand-drawn version |
?1966 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 23 | Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") | [Anna Karenina] |
1878 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 |
| 188 | [Venables (Robert)] | The Experienc'd Angler: or Angling Improv'd |
1662 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 67 | [Austen (Jane)] | Pride and Prejudice: A Novel...By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility" |
1813 | GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 142 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit; or There and Back Again |
1938 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 249 | English School (circa 1830s) | Album containing 48 original watercolour landscapes of Malta and Gozo |
circa1832-1835 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 71 | Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) | Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus |
1831 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 191 | Dioscorides (Pedanius) | De medicinali materia libri sex |
1543 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 95 | Hayek (Friedrich August) | Law Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy |
1973-79 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 122 | Joyce (James) | Dubliners |
1914 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 143 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring |
1954 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 144 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit |
1961 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 7 | Dance of Death.- Holbein (Hans) | Les Images de la Mort |
1547 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 118 | Fleming (Ian) | On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1963 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 261 | Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney) | A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship The Endeavour |
1784 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
