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Auction Name	Rare Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	60,452.82
Auction Date	February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	25,020.00
Sale Number	#22626	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	41,360.00
Total Lots	350
Sold Lots	295.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	29,910.00
% of Lots Sold	84.29%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	49,180.00
Unsold Lots	55	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	122.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
18	Edmund Sawyer	Memorials of Affairs of State in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. Collected (chiefly) fromt the Original Papers....Sir Ralph Winwood	1725	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 2,879.60
8	James Sowerby and Sir James Smith	(Fine Binding) English Botany	1790-1814	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,629.20
12		[Geneva or Breeches Bible in English]	1599 [after 1600]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,316.20
320	Samuel Gawith	(Pipe Tobacco) Full Virginia Flake Twenty unopened 50g tins	2016-2017	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 1,752.80
23	Daphne Du Maurier	(Signed First Edition) Rebecca	1938	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,502.40
11	Melesina Trench	(Early Irish Female Poetry and Authors presentation copy with marginalia) Campaspe, An Historical Tale; and Other Poems	1815	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,377.20
188	Harry Clarke	(Signed and Inscribed) Ephemera		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 1,252.00
27	John Gerard	(Botany) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes	1636	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,101.76
325		(Pipe Tobacco) A large quantity Mostly in kilner style jars, tins and vacum packed, mostly ms labled with dates		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,001.60
323		(Pipe Tobacco) McClelland 'Blackwoods Flake'		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 976.56
326		(Pipe Tobacco) A large quantity Mostly opened in kilner style jars, tins etc, many ms lables with dates		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 939.00
2		(Antarctic and Natural History) Report on the Collections of Natural History Made in the Antarctic Regions During the Voyage if the "Southern Cross"	1902	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 901.44
322		(Pipe Tobacco) Fifteen tins McClelland Beacon Extra...		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 876.40
30	James Sullivan	(Americana) The History of the District of Maine	1795	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 751.20
263		(Atlases) Nine 'Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough'	c.1820	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 726.16
321		(Pipe Tobacco) Fourteen tins Peterson of Dublin Irish Flake...		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 726.16
10	Hiob Ludolf	(Ethiopia) A New History of Ethiopia, being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia...	1682	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 688.60
28	Rudyard Kipling	The Power of the Dog	December 12th, 1923	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 688.60
16	John Nichols editor and publisher	(Antiquities) Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica	1780 to 1791	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 563.40
25	William Sanderson	(British Monarchy) Eight works	1656	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 563.40
31	David Ramsay	(Americana) The History of the American Revolution	1789	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 563.40
64	Francis Bacon	Three works	1631	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 563.40
69	William Camden	Six works	1657	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 563.40
24	Richard Baker	(British Monarchy) Four works	1684	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 525.84
111	[Duncan Campbell]	(Scotland) Nine works	1888	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 525.84

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.