Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 500,748.30 |
| Auction Date | July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 289,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #1176 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 412,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 252 | ||
| Sold Lots | 202 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 367,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.16% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 522,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 50 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 95.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 249 | Sowerby (George Brettingham, Jr., 1812-1884) | Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity |
[circa 1840] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 |
| 126 | Yeats (William Butler) | The Secret Rose |
1897 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 251 | Euclid. | De gli Elementi, collation: *2 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 | |
| 2 | Lucianus Samosatensis. | Dialogoi |
1496, 1517 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 |
| 98 | Christie (Agatha) | Cards on the Table |
1936 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 11,430.00 |
| 250 | [Stensen (Niels)] | De Solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus |
1669 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 11,430.00 |
| 23 | Henry VII & Philip the Fair | [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy] |
25th April 1499 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,160.00 |
| 196 | Ogilby (John) | America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World... |
1671 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 9,525.00 |
| 175 | Miro, Kandinsky etc, Spender (Stephen) | Fraternity |
1939-03-01 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 8,255.00 |
| 110 | Lewis (C.S.) | [The Chronicles of Narnia] |
1950-1956 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 |
| 127 | Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) | Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There |
1893 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 |
| 167 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost: A Poem |
1937 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 |
| 148 | Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt |
1841 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,985.00 |
| 3 | Petrarca (Francesco) | Le Cose Volgari |
1501 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 104 | Du Maurier (Daphne) | Rebecca |
1938 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 109 | le Carre (John) | A Murder of Quality |
1962 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 199 | Staunton (Sir George) | An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China |
1797 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,096.00 |
| 239 | Thornton (Dr. Robert John) | Collection of 17 botanical plates, from 'The Temple of Flora' |
1810-1812 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,096.00 |
| 39 | Chaucer (Geoffrey) | The Workes of Geffray Chaucer newlye printed |
[1542] | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 41 | Bible, English. The Holy Bible |
1613 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 | |
| 178 | Nash (Paul) - Browne (Sir Thomas) | Urne Buriall and the Garden of Cyrus |
1932 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 96 | Bond (Michael) | A Bear Called Paddington |
1958 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,334.00 |
| 138 | Gillray (James) | The Works... from the Original Plates |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,334.00 | |
| 155 | Logan (James) | and R. R. McIan. The Clans of the Scottish Highlands |
1845-47. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 75 | Dickens (Charles) | A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas |
1843 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,826.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
