Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1050, London

Auction Details

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
127	Cooper (Capt. T.H.)	The Military Cabinet, being a collection of extracts from the best authors...		1809	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
128	Peacock (Thomas Love)	The genius of the Thames, signed presentation inscription from the author to his son to front endpapers "E. G. Peacock 2nd January 1844"		1810	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
129	Bewick (Thomas)	Binding.- The Fables of AEsop, and others	Newcastle	1818	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 584.20
130		Monkeys.- Apology Addressed to the Travellers Club or Anecdotes of Monkeys, bookplate and bookbinder's label to front pastedown, scattered spotting		1825	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
131		Irish Library Catalogue.- Catalogue of the Library of John Ussher Congreve, Esq.		MDCCCXXVII	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
132	Schiller (Friedrich)	The Ghost-Seer!		1831	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 95.25
133	Carlyle (Thomas)	The French Revolution: A History		1839	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 330.20
134	Shelley (Percy Bysshe)	The Poetical Works		1839	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
135	Hunt (Leigh)	The Town; its Memorable Characters and Events		1848	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 241.30
136	Tyrrell (Henry)	Women.- Woman and her failings		1857	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 101.60
137	[Gilbert (Elizabeth Rosanna)]	"Madame Lola Montez". The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet	New York	[1858]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 139.70
138	Arnold (Mathew)	Merope. A Tragedy		1858	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 609.60
139	Dickens (Charles)	A Tale of Two Cities		1859	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 406.40
140	Hawthorne (Nathaniel)	The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni	Boston	1860	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 584.20
141	Mayhew (Henry)	London Labour and the London Poor		1861-62	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00
142	Macdonald (George)	At the Back of the North Wind	New York	1871	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
143	Carroll (Lewis)	Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There		1874	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,143.00
144		Tom Brown's School Days		1879	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 952.50
145	Rietstap (J.B.)	Heraldry.- Wapenboek van den Nederlandschen Adel	Groningen	1883-87	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 431.80
146	Morris (William)	News from Nowhere		1891	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
147	Bierce (Ambrose)	Black Beetles in Amber	San Francisco & New York	1892	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 76.20
148	[Guthrie (Thomas Anstey)]	"F. Anstey" The Talking Horse and Other Tales		1892	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 95.25
149		Bookmarks.- [A large quantity of bookmarks]		[c.1900-2000]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 203.20
150	Stevenson (Robert Louis)	The Works		1906-7	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 381.00
151	Rook (Clarence)	Switzerland: The Country, Its People	New York & London	1907	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 6.35

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.