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Auction Date
February 25, 2026 - February 25, 2026
Page Size: 76 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
194 PIOBERT, Guillaume

Traite d'artillerie

Paris 1860 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
195 PONTING, Herbert

The Great White South

New York 1923 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
196 PRESCOTT, William

Spanish history volumes (set of 15)

Philadelphia 1875 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
197 PRIESTLEY, Joseph

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

London 1775 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
198 PRIESTLEY, Joseph

Memoirs of Joseph Priestley

London 1806 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
199 PUNCH

Punch, or the London Charivari

London 1860 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
200 PURCHAS, Samuel

Purchas his pilgrimes

London 1625-1626 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
201 RAYMOND, Howard

Cyclopedia of Mechanical Engineering

Chicago 1908 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
202 RIPLEY, George, and DANA, Charles

American Encyclopedia Set

New York 1873-1876 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
203 ROBERTSON, John

A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments

London 1775 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
204 ROBINSON, H.

An Elementary class book on Astronomy

Cincinnati 1857 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
205 ROUHALT, Jacques

Rohault's System of Natural Philosophy

London 1735 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
206 ROSE, Joshua

Modern Machine-shop Practice

New York 1918 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
207 THE ROYAL SOCIETY

The Antiquities of Palmyra, Alias Tadmor

London 1705 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
208 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

The Philosophical Transactions

London 1721-1734 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
209 ROYAL SOCIETY LONDON

The Philosophical Transactions

London 1749 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
210 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

The Philosophical Transactions

London 1756 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
211 SANGER, William, and HOLLICK, Frederick

The History of Prostitution, and The Male Generative Organs

New York 1897 and 1853 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
212 SELECT COMMITTEE ON ORDNANCE

Report on the Select Committee on Ordnance, 1863

London 1863 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
213 SMITH, John Thomas

Ancient Topography of London

London 1815 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
214 SPRAT, Thomas

The History of the Royal Society of London

London 1734 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
215 STEPHENS, John L.

Incidents of Travel

New York 1841 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
216 TALBOT, Frederick

Moving Pictures

London 1912 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
217 TIMMERHANS, C.

Poudre a canon

Paris 1839 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
219 WATSON, Richard

Chemical Essays

London 1800 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
  • 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.
  • 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