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

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Auction Report
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
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
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    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
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    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
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