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
207	Watson (James D.)	Manners for Science		2006	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 508.00
208	Watson (James D.)	The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix	Norwalk	2013	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,032.00
209	Celestial atlas.- Flamsteed (John)	Atlas celeste de Flamsteed	Paris	1776	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,905.00
210	Dalton (John)	A New System of Chemical Philosophy	Manchester	1808	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 635.00
211	Darwin (Charles)	On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection		1860	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
212	Darwin (Charles)	Om Arternas Uppkomst [On the Origin of Species]	Stockholm	1871	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
213	Davy (Humphrey) - Beddoes (Thomas, editor)	Contributions to physical and medical knowledge	Bristol	1799	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
214	Bryan (Margaret)	A Compendious System of Astronomy		1797	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,556.00
215	Greenough (George Bellas)	Geological Map of England and Wales		July	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
216	Hawking (Stephen) and Leonard Mlodinow.	A Briefer History of Time		2005	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,270.00
217	Euclid.	Evclidis megarensis mathematici clarissimi elementorum geometricorum libri XV.	Basel	1558	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
218	[Newton (Sir Isaac)]	Arithmetica Universalis: sive de Compositione et Resolutione Arithmetica Liber		1722	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
219	Franklin (Benjamin, printer).- Saunders (Richard)	Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the bissextile year 1748	Philadelphia	1747	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
220	Nightingale (Florence)	Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia		1865	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,143.00
221	Pickering (Charles Percy)	Photographs of Public and other Buildings &c.	New South Wales	1872	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
222	Potter (Charles, publisher)	Photographs. New South Wales	Sydney	1896	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
223	Spilhaus (Margaret Whiting)	Australia		1929	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,206.50
224	BurBurmese School (late 19th century)	Folding manuscript		late	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 952.50
225	Simpson (William)	The Seat of War in the East... First Series [&] Second Series		1855-56	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 635.00
226		China.- [Parliamentary Papers relating to the Second Opium War and the Treaty of Tianjin]		1859-71	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 3,302.00
228	Octopus map.- Rose (Fred W.)	Serio-Comic War Map for the Year 1877		1877	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 952.50
229	Belloguet (Achille)	Two anthropomorphic maps from 'Phrenologie Topographique de la France'		circa1870-1871	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 381.00
230	Charpentier (Henri, editor.)	Paris dans sa Splendeur. Monuments, Vues, Scenes Historique	Paris	1861	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
231	Berlin.- Schleuen (Johann David)	Die Konigl. Residenz Berlin, so wie selbige seit Ao. 1734 unter voriger Konig		circa1755	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,778.00
232	Berlin.- Schleuen (Johann David)	Abriss der Koniglichen Preussischen Residentz-Stadt Berlin		circa1800	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,032.00

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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.