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Auction Date: December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025

Page Size: 297 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
255	Fordyce (Lieut. Alex. Dingwall)	Maritime.- Navy.- Outlines of Naval Routine		1837	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 355.60
256	[Bernacchi (L.C.) and others]	Polar.- The Polar Book		[1930]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 381.00
257	Borchgrevink (C. E.)	Polar.- First on the Antarctic Continent		1901	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 698.50
258	Fuchs (Sir Vivian) and Sir Edmund Hillary	Polar.- The Crossing of Antarctica		1958	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 889.00
259	Parry (William Edward)	Polar.- Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific		1821	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 228.60
260	Shackleton (Ernest H.)	Polar.- The Heart of the Antarctic		1909	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 215.90
261	Charcot (Dr. Jean)	Polar.- Antarctica.- The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic		[1911]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 698.50
262	Bulkeley (John) & James Cummins	Voyages.- A Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1	Philadelphia	1757	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 215.90
263	Murray-Oliver (Anthony)	Voyages.- Captain Cook's Artists in the Pacific 1769-1779	New Zealand	1969	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 698.50
264	Parry (William Edward)	Voyages.- Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific		1824	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 1,016.00
265	Vincent (William)	Voyages.- The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea		1800	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 215.90
266	Acton (Roger)	Africa.- Ethiopia.- The Abyssinian Expedition and the Life and Reign of King Theodore		1920s-30s	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 381.00
267	[Saleb (Lieutenant Colonel Hamed)]	Africa.- [Egyptian Army. Maps, Aerial Photographs, Field Drawings, Land Navigation]	[Cairo]	[1949]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
268	Statham (Colonel J.C.B.)	Africa.- Through Angola: A Coming Colony		1922	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 95.25
269		Asia.- Singapore 1936-1937, c.170 vintage photographic prints, mounted on thin card	[Singapore]	[c.1937]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
270	Langlois (Hyacinthe, publisher)	Atlas.- Nouvel atlas portatif er itineraire de l'Europe	Paris	1819	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
271	Canadian School (19th century)	Canadiana.- Spencer Wood, Quebec, the Seat of M. H. Perceval, Esqr.		[circa 1820 or slightly later]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,413.00
272	Ellis (Henry)	China.- Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China		1817	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 635.00
273	Garstang (John)	Egypt.- The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, plates, some folding, newspaper clippings about Egypt loosely inserted, scattered spotting or foxing and marginal toning, cracking at gutter		1907	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 152.40
274		Europe.- Costume.- De Moleville (Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria		1804 [but c.1820]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 304.80
275	Skelton (Joseph)	Europe.- Historical Illustrations of the Chateau D'Eu		1844	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 457.20
276	Charpentier (Henri, editor)	France.- Paris dans sa Splendeur	Paris	1861	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 431.80
277		France.- Monaco.- Descriptive Catalogue (A) of Chateau Malet, the Residence of Sir Edward and Lady Ermyntrude Malet...		1898	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
278	Drinkwater (John)	Gibraltar.- A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar		1785	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 330.20
279		India.- [Photograph Albums]		c.1931-37	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 952.50

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.