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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- September Book Sale
- Auction Date
- 09/05/2026 - 09/05/2026
- Sale Number
- #4555
- Total Lots
- 316
- Sold Lots
- 219.0
- Lots Sold
- 69.30%
- Unsold Lots
- 97
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 57,874.80
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 31,241.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 31,241.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 45,493.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 45,493.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 127.22%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5276832 | Faisal II; Al-Naip Youssef; Abdul-Sattar Majid | Ways to Defend Yourself |
1951 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 6,989.65 |
| 5174629 | Ponting Herbert George | The Great Wall of China |
circa 1907 | EUR 1,091.00 - 1,091.00 | EUR 3,058.38 |
| 5275343 | Bonaparte Napoleon; Dejean Pierre Francois Marie Auguste | Officer's commission |
c. 1793; 1811 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 2,039.28 |
| 5330517 | Speed John | A Newe Mape of Poland |
1676 or later | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 1,456.63 |
| 5165880 | Mercator Rumold; Mercator Gerard | Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris |
1609-1619 | EUR 1,091.00 - 1,091.00 | EUR 1,451.25 |
| 5269992 | Outhwaite Ida Rentoul; Rentoul Annie R. | Elves and Fairies |
1916 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 1,267.43 |
| 5312663 | Kipling Rudyard | Departmental Ditties, and Other Verses |
1886 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 1,238.40 |
| 5303561 | A Collection of Victorian and Later Carte de Visite and Cabinet Photographs |
N/A | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 1,180.35 | |
| 4945038 | Timur Mirza | The Baz-Nama-Yi Nasiri: A Persian Treatise on Falconry |
1908 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 1,106.18 |
| 5301979 | Dahl Roald | The Works of Roald Dahl |
1991 | EUR 955.00 - 955.00 | EUR 1,075.00 |
| 5267898 | Nielsen Kay | In Powder & Crinoline |
n.d. #1913 | EUR 818.00 - 818.00 | EUR 1,042.75 |
| 5202294 | Tristram H. B. | Pathways of Palestine: A Descriptive Tour through the Holy Land |
n.d. [c. 1881-1882] | EUR 818.00 - 818.00 | EUR 964.28 |
| 4958996 | Milne A. A. | 4 Books, including: When We Were Very Young |
1924-1926; 1929 | EUR 409.00 - 409.00 | EUR 947.07 |
| 5276843 | Faisal II; Yahya Ahmad Muhammad | Correspondence to Mrs Jolliffe |
1950; 1953; 1957; 1958 | EUR 273.00 - 273.00 | EUR 801.95 |
| 5176327 | Beaton Cecil (1904-1980) | Portrait of Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur |
1944 | EUR 682.00 - 682.00 | EUR 708.43 |
| 5258333 | Dahl Roald; Blake Quentin | Matilda |
1988 | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 658.97 |
| 5281390 | Scott Walter | Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft |
1830 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 655.75 |
| 5276842 | Faisal II | Christmas and New Year Card |
1954; ND | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 641.78 |
| 5324711 | Austen Jane | Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility |
1907-1908 | EUR 546.00 - 546.00 | EUR 626.73 |
| 5276837 | Faisal II; Mahmoud A. | Christmas and New Year Card |
ND | EUR 137.00 - 137.00 | EUR 625.65 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.