Sworders: The Georgian Group | Charity Auction, A1262, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 25, 2026 - January 25, 2026

Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
54		Three engravings of churches		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
56		Three engravings of churches		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
58		Seven engravings of country seats		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
61	Thomas Watson (1743-1781) after Sir Peter Lely	Frances Duchess of Richmond, from the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor	1779	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
62		'English Country Houses':	1986	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
63	Dan Cruickshank,	'A Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain & Ireland',	1985	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
64	David Watkin,	'Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and The Royal Academy Lectures'	1996	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
65		Three architectural volumes:		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
66	Nick Kollerstrom,	'The Dark Side of Isaac Newton, Science's Greatest Fraud?',	2018	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
67		Art and Architecture - eight volumes:		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
68	edited by Margaret Richardson and Mary Anne Stevens	John Soane, Architect,	1999	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
69	Gill Perry	'Spectacular Flirtations',	2007	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Unknown
70	Dan Cruickshank	'A Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain & Ireland',	1985	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
71		Grand English interiors - six volumes,		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
72	Andor Gomme, Shaun Tyas,	'Smith of Warwick: Francis Smith, Architect and Master-Builder',	2000	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
73	edited by Cinzia Maria Sicca	'John Talman: An Early-Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur'	2008	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
74	Samuel Johnson,	'A Dictionary of the English Language in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals',	1785	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
75	David Watkin,	'Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and The Royal Academy Lectures',	1996	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
76	Helen Wyld,	'The Art of Tapestry',	1988	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
77		Three architectural and garden books:		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.