Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1191, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025

Page Size: 262 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
130	Nwoko (Demas, editor.)	et al.. New Culture: A Review of Contemporary African Arts		1979	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
131	Osborne (John)	Look Back in Anger		1957	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,778.00
132	Peake (Mervyn)	[The Gormenghast trilogy]		1946-59	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,905.00
133	Pinter (Harold)	The Homecoming		1965	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,270.00
134	Powell (Anthony)	Agents and Patients		1936	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
135	Powell (Anthony)	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant		1960	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 825.50
136	Rowling (J.K.)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets		1998	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,334.00
137	Rowling (J.K.)	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone		1999	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
138	Steinbeck (John)	The Grapes of Wrath	New York	1939	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,302.00
139	Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Michael H.R. Tolkien's copies.- Flaubert (Gustave)	OEuvres Completes		1964	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 508.00
140	Tolkien (J.R.R.)	The Hobbit		1937	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 13,860.00
141	Tolkien (J.R.R.)	The Hobbit		1937	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,556.00
142	Tolkien (J.R.R.)	The Hobbit; or There and Back Again	Boston and New York	1938	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 10,080.00
143	Tolkien (J.R.R.)	The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring		1954	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 7,560.00
144	Tolkien (J.R.R.)	The Hobbit		1961	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 7,560.00
145	Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Baynes (Pauline)	[Artist's Proof Illustration for the First Paperback Edition of The Hobbit]		1961	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,651.00
146	Tolkien (J.R.R.)	and Pauline Baynes (illustrator). The Adventures of Tom Bombadil		1973	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
147	Wallace (Edgar)	and Merian C. Cooper. King Kong. Novelization by Delos W. Lovelace	New York	1932	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,334.00
148	Windsor (Edward, Duke of)	A King's Story: The Memoirs of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor		1951	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 889.00
149	Engel (Jean, binder).-	Quinze Joyes de Mariage (Les)	Paris	1887	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,079.50
150	Theocritus.	Les Syracusaines ou Les Fetes d'Adonis	Paris	1900	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.00
152	Kieffer (Rene, binder).- Longus.	Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe	Paris	1745	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,064.00
153	Kieffer (Rene, binder).- Mauclair (Camille)	Le Poison des Pierreries	Paris	1903	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 952.50
154	Michel (Henri Marius, binder).- Musset (Alfred de)	Lorenzaccio	Paris	1895	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 825.50
155	Michel (Henri Marius, binder).- [Regnault (Jeanne-Julie)], "Julia Bartet".	Causerie sur l'Art Dramatique	Paris	1903	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.