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Auction Name
Literature and Illustrated Books Auction
Auction Date
12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
Sale Number
#121225
Total Lots
26
Sold Lots
19.0
Lots Sold
73.08%
Unsold Lots
7
Total Sales (EUR)
6,832.12
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
12,505.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
15,370.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
20,005.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
24,620.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
27.75%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99623149 Franz Kafka

Der Prozess. Roman.

1925 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,335.25
99576579 James Joyce

Ulysses (8th. printing)

1926 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 817.50
99576046 Ernest Hemingway

Across The River And Into The Trees (First Ed.)

1950 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 801.15
99409002 John Milton

The Poetical Works of John Milton in Vellucent Binding

1897 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 EUR 763.00
99507203 Signed, Sir Rabindranath Tagore

The Gardener - Translated from The Original Bengali - Bernhard Tauchnitz

1921 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 524.29
99478581 Ian Fleming

Moonraker: First edition, first impression

1955 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 392.40
99474671 Karin Blixen.

Out of Africa

1937 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 305.20
99467861 Charles Dickens, Talwin Morris [design]

Charles Dickens Thirty volume set with Talwin Morris designs

1901 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 283.40
99577708 Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov / Ivan Aleksandrovitch Gontcharov

Oblomov / Oblomov

1862 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 243.07
99556436 Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover

Victorian Detective Fiction (Signed Limited Ed.)

1966 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 240.89
99461726 Robert Musil

Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften. Band I und II. FIRST EDITION

1930/1933 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 239.80
99576900 Friedrich von Schiller / Bruno Goldschmitt (illustrations)

Wilhelm Tell. Ein Schauspiel in funf Aufzugen von Friedrich von Schiller.

1922 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 163.50
99484674 A. Poenaru

Inconfidarea Roselei sau Nenoricirea si Constinta

1852 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 152.60
99511834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge/Willy Pogany

The Rime of an Ancient Mariner

1910 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 147.15
99575593 W. E. Henley and T. F. Henderson (Editors) / William Hole

The Poetry of Robert Burns (in 4 Vol.)

1897 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 125.35
99398749 Signed, Pierre Boulle

The Good Leviathan, 1st US Edition, HC & DJ,

1978 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 109.00
99527257 Eduard Norden / Walter Tiemann (illustrations)

Amor und Psyche. Marchen von Apulejus. Ubertragen von Eduard Norden

1902 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 83.93
99488345 Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott's "Graphic" Pictures Limited Numbered Edition

1891 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 82.84
99579342 Mr.Limon & Fr. Joaquim De S.Ta Anna

Portugiesische Werke,Dissertacao Critica,Historica, E Liturgica Sobre A Nota Do Prelado Ao Antigo

1769/1801 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 21.80
99623282 Rainer Maria Rilke

Geschichten vom lieben Gott

1904 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 Not Sold

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  • 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
  • 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.