Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1048, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025

Page Size: 303 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Gerald Massey	On Charlotte Bronte, in the Bradfordian	Bradford	1861	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 31.75
177		Broadside.- The South Wales Sack Hiring Company beg to inform the public that the following is a list of their principal depots and agencies, where sacks can be hired or returned...		1875	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
178	Charles B. Tripp	Tripp (Charles B., artist and sideshow performer, 1855-1930) Portrait cabinet card, signed to mount verso		c. 1885	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
179	John S. Farmer	Old & New, A Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Colloquialisms Peculiar to the United States..., limited edition, signed by author		1889	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 203.20
180	William Morris	The Wood Beyond the World, one of 50 copies		1895	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 558.80
181		Tamworth Gold Mining Company. Printed circular		1896	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 69.85
182	Mary Elizabeth Braddon	London Pride or When the World Was Younger, presentation inscription "To Montagu White from The Author"		1896	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 381.00
183	Benjamin Disraeli	Henrietta Temple: A Love Story, new edition		1898?	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 457.20
184	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Works, 12 vol., Author's Edition, one of 1000 signed by the author to vol. 1		1903	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,206.50
185	Baroness Orczy	The Elusive Pimpernel		1908	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
186		Shakespeareana.- Tercentenary festival of the birth of Shakespeare to be held at Stratford-on-Avon	Stratford-upon-Avon	1916	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
187		Police Gazette (The), HMSO		1921-24	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 355.60
188	Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch	The Oxford book of English Verse	Oxford	1926	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 57.15
189	Thomas Love Peacock	The Works, 10 vol., 'The Halliford Edition', one of 675 sets		1934	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 177.80
190	N. B. L. Pevsner	The King Penguin Series, c.75 vol., mostly first editions		1939-59	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 139.70
191	Ibn Khaldun	The Muqaddimah		1958	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 355.60
192	Arthur J. Marder	From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, vol.1-4 only (of 5)		1966-69	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
193	Kenneth M. Setton	A History of the Crusades	Madison, WI	1969-85	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,079.50
194	Richard Terry	Catholic Church Music, presentation copy from the author to Sir Walter Parratt		1907	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 12.70
195	C. W. Hempel	The Commercial Tourist; or, Gentleman Traveller, second edition, Autograph note signed by I.R. Cruikshank		1822	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 228.60
196	William Hogarth	The Complete Works		c. 1875	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 482.60
197	Stephen Ayling	Photographs from Sketches by Augustus Welby N. Pugin, 2 vol.		1865	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 584.20
198	Edmund Dulac	Five sheets of 8 sketches, presented as one		early to mid-20th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
199	Carlo Collodi	La Storia di un burratino & La Avventure di Pinocchio, 19 parts only (of 26)		1881-82	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 177.80
200	Omar Khayyam.	James (GIlbert).- Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, one of 10 copies on Japan Vellum signed by the publisher	New York	1901	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 533.40

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.