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Auction Details

Auction Date
February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026
Page Size: 501 items in 21 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Beier, Ulli, ed.

20 issues of Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature

Ibadan, Nigeria 1957-1966 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
2 Cullen, Countee, editor

Caroling Dusk. An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets

New York & London 1927 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
3 Anderson, Sherwood

Dark Laughter

New York 1925 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
4 Auster, Paul

Collected Poems [with] Here and Now

London [2004; 2013] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
5 Ballantyne, Robert Michael

The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean

London 1858 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
6 Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Italian Prose: Containing a Hundred Curious Novels, by Seven Honorable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Framed in Ten Days

London 1684 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
8 Bowles, Paul

The Sheltering Sky

London 1949 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
9 Brunton, Mary

Emmeline. With Some Other Pieces.

Edinburgh 1819 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
10 Cameron, James

Titanic: A Screenplay

No place 1996 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
11 Camus, Albert

The Plague

New York 1948 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
12 Capote, Truman

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

New York [1965] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
13 Capote, Truman

A Tree of Night and Other Stories

New York [1949] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
14 Cather, Willa Sibert

My Antonia

Boston and New York 1918 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
15 Cather, Willa Sibert

O Pioneers!

Boston & New York 1913 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
16 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The Friend: A Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper, Excluding Personal and Party Politics, and the Events of the Day.

Penrith 1809 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
17 Conrad, Joseph & Ford M. Hueffer

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story

London; New York 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
18 Conrad, Joseph

Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River

London 1895 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
19 Conrad, Joseph

Chance: A Tale in Two Parts

London 1914 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
20 Conrad, Joseph

The End of the Tether [in] Blackwood's Magazine

Edinburgh & London 1902 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
21 Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim. A Tale.

Edinburgh & London 1900 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
22 Conrad, Joseph

The Mirror of the Sea

London [1906] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
23 Conrad, Joseph

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

London 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
24 Conrad, Joseph

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

New York 1904 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
25 Conrad, Joseph

The Point of Honor: A Military Tale

New York 1908 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
26 Conrad, Joseph

The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows

London 1920 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.