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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Dickens (Charles) | Tale of Two Cities |
1859 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 103 | Vase (Gillan) | Dickens (Charles).- A Great Mystery Solved: Being a Sequel to "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" |
1878 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 104 | [Evans (Marian)] | Scenes of Clerical Life |
1858 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,334.00 | |
| 105 | Newbrough (John Ballou) | Oahspe: A New Bible in the Words of Jehovih and his Angel Embassadors |
New York and London | 1882 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 106 | Du Maurier (George) | Trilby |
Osgood | 1894 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 107 | Ruskin (John) | Deluxe binding.- The Works |
London & New York, Edinburgh | 1903-12 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 108 | Creber (Theophilus, Plymouth-based publisher) | Stowe (Harriet Beecher).- ...Uncle Tom's Cabin... Under the Guidance of Josh A. Hybert... Corn Exchange, Maidstone... the Only Reliable and Special Version of Slave Life in America... |
[circa 1900] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) | Theatre Royal Chatham.- Two London theatre posters for Doyle and Gillette's Sherlock Holmes |
[after 1901] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 110 | Morrow (Albert) | Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).- Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle and William Gillette. The Supreme Success of the London Season |
Paris | [1902] | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 111 | Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
1902 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 | |
| 112 | Paget (John) | Churchill (Sir Winston S.).- The New "Examen" |
1934 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 113 | Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) | The Second World War |
1948-54 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,143.00 | |
| 114 | Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) | A History of the English Speaking People |
1956-58 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 115 | Jackson (William Alexander) and Emma Virginia Unger | Library catalogue.- Pforzheimer (Carl H.).- The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, English literature, 1475-1700 |
New York | 1940 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 116 | Benchley (Peter) | Jaws |
1974 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,540.00 | |
| 117 | Bond (Michael) | A Bear Called Paddington |
1958 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 118 | Boston (L.M.) | The Children of Green Knowe |
1954 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,778.00 | |
| 119 | Christie (Agatha) | The Secret Adversary |
1922 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 120 | Christie (Agatha) | The Mystery of the Blue Train |
1929 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,778.00 | |
| 121 | Christie (Agatha) | Peril at End House |
1932 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 | |
| 122 | Christie (Agatha) | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
1933 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 123 | Christie (Agatha) | Murder on the Orient Express |
[1934] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 | |
| 124 | Christie (Agatha) | The ABC Murders |
1936 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 125 | Craddock (Harry) | Cocktails.- The Savoy Cocktail Book |
1930 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,413.00 | |
| 126 | Dahl (Roald) | James and the Giant Peach |
1961 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
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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.