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Auction Name	Books, Maps and Manuscripts	Total Sales (GBP)	77,215.60
Auction Date	December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,850.00
Sale Number	#14257	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	45,330.00
Total Lots	144
Sold Lots	132.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	31,650.00
% of Lots Sold	91.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	49,730.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	155.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2105	Shackleton (Ernest H.).	The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909.	1909	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,894.40
2122	Hayek (F.A.).	The Road to Serfdom.	1944	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,121.60
2033	Potter (Beatrix).	The Fairy Caravan, by Beatrix Heelis ("Beatrix Potter").	1929	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,864.00
2131	Vellum Bindings.	Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey.	1907-1908	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,606.40
2078	Saxton (Christopher).	Eboracensis comitatus (cuius Incolae olim Brigantes appellabantur) Longitudine Latitudine hominumque nemero relequis illustrior.	1577 [1579]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,962.40
2030	Potter (Beatrix & Rupert). Potter (Rupert).	Physiology, Containing Vital Operations of Animals, Digestions & Absorption, On the Blood & its Circulation, Respiration, Formation of Tissues. Manuscript journal/excerise book, signed 'Rupert Potter. 1850-51	1850-51	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,833.60
2125	Lewis (C.S.).	The Screwtape Letters.	1942	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,833.60
2102	Shackleton (Ernest H.).	South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.	1919	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 2,318.40
2103	Shackleton (Ernest H.).	South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917.	1919	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 1,932.00
2108	Worsley (Frank Arthur).	Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure.	1931	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 1,674.40
2059	Bible, [English] - Geneva-Tomson-Junius Version.	The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in diuers Languages.	1633	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,416.80
2135	Yorkshire - Manuscript Documents.	A collection of approximately fifty-three 16th-19th century manuscript documents, mostly indentures, ...	16th-19th century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,416.80
2110	Blome (Richard).	The Gentlemans Recreation.	1686	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,094.80
2137	Thomas (Dylan) & Piper (John, illustrator).	Deaths and Entrances.	1984	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,094.80
2084	Amundsen (Roald).	The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.	1912	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,030.40
2107	Wild (Frank).	Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest... From the Original Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin.	1923	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,030.40
2121	Hayek (F.A.).	Law, Legislation and Liberty: A new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy.	1973-79	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,030.40
2091	Howard-Bury (C.K.).	Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921.	1922	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 966.00
2111	Botanical Studies.	A collection of nineteenth century botanical drawings, ink and watercolour,	nineteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 966.00
2139	India.	Views of Benares from the River Side. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares [cover-title].	No date [circa 1920-30]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 966.00
2008	Shakespeare (William).	[Plays], Bell's Edition.	1785	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 901.60
2021	Knight (Henry Gally).	The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy.	1842-1844	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 901.60
2057	Bible, [English] - Geneva Version.	The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers languages...,	1615	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 901.60
2058	Bible, [English] - Geneva Version.	[The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke: and conferred with the Best Translations in Divers Languages.]	1588	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 901.60
2138	Cartes de Visite - Royalty.	An album of approximately 95 cartes de visite of royalty and emperors of the UK, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, China, etc.,	c.1860s	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 901.60

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.