Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1049, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Tyndall (John) | Six Lectures on Light Delivered in America in 1872-73 |
1873 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 202 | Auldjo (John) | Sketches of Vesuvius |
1833 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 203 | Hibbert (Samuel) | History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied on the Lower Rhine |
Edinburgh, | 1832 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 204 | Wallace (Alfred Russel) | Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection |
1870 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 205 | Watson (Richard) | Chemical Essays |
1789-91 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 206 | Bacon (Sir Francis) | The Naturall and Experimentall History of Winds |
1653 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 207 | Charlton (George) | The Bee-keeper's guide, first edition, wood-engraved illustration of a hive to title (the upper wrapper) |
Hexham, | 1887. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 63.50 |
| 208 | Ranking (John) | Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans |
1826 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 209 | Barraband (Jacques) After. | Nineteen plates from Francois Le Vaillant's 'Histoire naturelle des perroquets', stipple-engravings |
[1805] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 210 | Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) | and Francois Martinet. Collection of c.100 plates from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux', etchings with hand-colouring |
Paris, | [circa 1770-1786] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 211 | Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) | and Francois Martinet. Collection of c.100 plates from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux', etchings with hand-colouring |
Paris, | [circa 1770-86] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 212 | Edwards (George) | Fourteen plates from 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds' |
19th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 213 | Birds.- Selected Bird and Flower Paintings from the Palace Museum |
Beijing, | 1981 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 214 | Botany.- Album of botanical ink and watercolours, 22 botanical watercolours |
Europe, | [?1870s]. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 215 | Brook (Richard) | The Cyclopaedia of Botany |
[1854] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 50.80 | |
| 216 | Millais (John Guille) | The Natural History of British Surface-feeding Ducks |
1902 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 217 | Holmes (Arthur) | A set of 12 country sport dioramas, Box of Delights |
1920 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 218 | Barth (Henry) | Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa |
1857-58. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 219 | Campbell (Rev. John) | Travels in South Africa... being a Narrative of a Second Journey in that Interior of that Country |
1822 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 220 | Denham (Maj. Dixon) | and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822 |
1826 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 221 | Dolman (A.) | Three maritime scenes off the Coast of Ichaboe Island, watercolour and pen and inks |
1844 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 222 | Freeman (John Joseph) | A Dictionary of the Malagasy Language |
Antananarivo, | 1835. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 223 | Lichtenstein (Henry) | Travels in Southern Africa |
1812-15. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 224 | Mawson (Sir Douglas) | The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914 |
1915 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 225 | Corbett (Jim) | Man-Eaters of Kumaon |
1944 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 609.60 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
