Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1052, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 355 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
102	Fry (Elizabeth, penal reformer and philanthropist, 1780-1845)	Autograph Letter signed to the Ladies British Society [for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners]		12th January 1844	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
103		Library catalogue.- [Library catalogue]	no place	[c.1850]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 279.40
104	Thackeray (William Makepeace, novelist, 1811-63)	Autograph Note signed to "Mrs Brookfield"	[Brighton]	[c. 1850s]	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
105		Royal tours by a member of the entourage of Edward VII as Prince of Wales		1858-60	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
106	Louis Philippe (Prince, Duke of Orleans, Count of Paris, 1838-94)	Claimant to the French throne.- 3 Autograph Letters signed to "Sir", 2 in French and 1 in English	Claremont [Esher] & York House, Twickenham	26th August & 14th October 1863 & 4th November 1865	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
107		Boer War.- Collection of letters and envelopes addressed to Captain John Harington		1899	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 12.70
108	Abercrombie (Jack, survivor of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, of Rusholme, Manchester)	Sinking of the Empress of Ireland.- Autograph Letter signed "Jack" to his mother	Montreal, Place Viger Hotel, [Canada]	30th May 1914	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 584.20
109		First World War.- Surrender of the German High Sea Fleet Position of ships at 9am 21st Nov, 1918 en route for Firth of Forth		1918	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
110	Forster (E.M., writer, 1879-1970)	Autograph Letter signed to Baroness [Moura] Budberg		17th February 1940	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 254.00
111	[Webbe (George)]	The Practise of Quietnes: Directing a Christian how to live quietly in this troblesome world		1618	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
113	[Gauden (John)] Eikon Basilike [graece]	The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings		1649	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 533.40
114	Scudery (Georges de)	Curia Politiae: or, Apologies of Severall Princes		1654	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 241.30
115	Reynolds (Edward)	Reynolds (Edward) The Works of ...		1658	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 203.20
116	Charles I (King of England) Basilika [graece]	The Workes of King Charles		1662	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 165.10
117	Lloyd (David)	Memoires of Lives, Actions, Sufferings & Deaths of those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages, that suffered ... for the Protestant Religion		1668	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
118	d'Heauville (Louis le Bourgeois)	Bindings.- Catechisme en Vers, dedie a Monseigneur le Dauphin	Paris	1669	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 558.80
119	Guillim (John)	Heraldry.- A Display of Heraldry		1679	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 215.90
120	Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of)	The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641	Oxford	1702-04	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 355.60
121	[Goodwin (Thomas)]	The History of the Reign of Henry the Fifth, King of England, &c		1704	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
122		Binding.- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), containing the Old and New Testaments	Oxford	1715	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,032.00
123	Cave (William)	Apostolici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms ...		1716	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 203.20
124	Fiddes (Richard)	The Life of Cardinal Wolsey		1724	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 762.00
125	Parkyns, of Bunny Park (Sir Thomas) Progymnasmata [graece]	The Inn-Play: or, Cornish-Hugg Wrestler		1727	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 330.20
126	Gueriniere (Francois Robichon de la)	Ecole de Cavalerie, contenant la Connoissance l'instruction, et lat conservation du Cheval	Paris	1736	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 457.20
127	Abraham van St. Clara (Peter)	Emblemata.- De Kapelle der Dooden, of de algemeene Doodenspiegel ...	Amsterdam	1741	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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