Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1197, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Bonfils (Felix) | Levant.- Souvenirs D'Orient Album Pittoresque ... de la Terre-Sainte |
Ales | 1877 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 254 | Brindesi (Jean) | Levant.- Elbicei Atika Musee des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople |
Paris | [c.1855] | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,556.00 |
| 255 | Mauritius printed law.- Code Civil des Francais |
L'Isle de France [Mauritius] | 1805 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,206.50 | |
| 256 | Middle East.- Decorative Album, polychrome-painted, lacquered and enamelled album cover with khatamkari... |
[Iran] | [late 19th-early 20th century] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 257 | [Dowson (Sir Ernest)] | Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E).- A Short Note on the Design and Issue of Postage Stamps prepared by the Survey of Egypt for His Highness Husein Emir & Sherif of Mecca & King of the Hejaz |
Al-Qahira [Cairo] | 1918 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,556.00 |
| 258 | Lawrence (T.E.) | Middle East.- Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
1935 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 259 | Gramaye (Jean-Baptiste) | Middle East.- Asia, sive historia universalis Asiaticarum gentium et rerum domi forisque gestarum... |
Antwerp | 1604 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 260 | Peake (Frederick G.) | Middle East.- Tarik sarqi al-Urdunn wa-qaba'iliha [A History of Trans Jordan and its Tribes] |
Al-Quds [Jerusalem] | [1934] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 261 | Mignan (Capt. Robert) | Middle East.- Phillipps copy.- Travels in Chaldaea |
1829 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 262 | Reckendorf (Hermann, translator) | Middle East.- Kuran 'o ha-Mikra': Ne'etak Mi Leshon 'Aravit li-leshon 'lvrit u mevoar [Der Koran] |
Leipzig | 1857 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 263 | [Gordon (Arthur Charles Hamilton, 1st Baron Stanmore)] | Oceania.- Fiji. Records of Private and of Public Life 1875-1880 |
Edinburgh | 1897-1904 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 264 | La Mottraye (Aubry de) | Turkey & Europe.- Voyages...en Europe, Asie & Afrique |
The Hague | 1727 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 265 | Du Tertre (Jean Baptiste) | West Indies.- Histoire Generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois |
Paris | 1667 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 266 | Blome (Richard) | Britain.- Britannia: or, A Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.... |
1673 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 | |
| 267 | Havell, Junr. (Robert) | London.- An Aeronautical View of London |
1836 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
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Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.