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| Auction Name | Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 880,919.41 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 350,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #1193 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 497,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 263 | ||
| Sold Lots | 220.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 467,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 657,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 133.98% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Molesworth Family, of Brackenstown near Swords, Dublin, Edlington, Yorkshire & elsewhere. | Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, |
1690-1783 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 33,125.40 |
| 1 | Duns Scotus (Johannes) | Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, |
1472. | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 27,895.14 |
| 208 | Roberts (David) | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, |
1842-49. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 26,152.56 |
| 250 | Herschel (Sir John F. W.) | Collection of 69 offprints, |
[1813-50]. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 26,152.56 |
| 187 | Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) | Innermost Asia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran, |
1928 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 21,792.96 |
| 191 | Morrison (Rev. Robert) | A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, |
1815-22. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 19,178.46 |
| 5 | Lucian of Samosata. | Opuscula Erasmo Roterodamo interprete, |
May 1516. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,434.62 |
| 122 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | The Hobbit, |
1937 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 15,690.78 |
| 205 | Coste (Pascal) | Monuments Modernes de la Perse, |
1867 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,690.78 |
| 203 | Nolli (Giovanni Battista) | Nuova Pianta di Roma, |
1748 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 14,818.86 |
| 4 | Plato. | [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], |
1513. | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,948.20 |
| 18 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome, |
c.1460] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 13,948.20 | |
| 20 | Malta.- Knights of Malta. Statuti et Ordinationi Capitolari della Religione de' Cavalieri Gerosalemitami, |
[c. 1578]. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 13,948.20 | |
| 8 | Navagero (Andrea) | Orationes duae, Carmina que Nonnulla, |
1530. | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,204.36 |
| 62 | [Barker (Mary) & William Wordsworth]. | Lines addressed to A Noble Lord; (His Lordship will know why,) |
1815. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 12,204.36 |
| 115 | Powell (Anthony) | [A Dance to the Music of Time], |
1951-75 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,204.36 |
| 233 | Lowther (Lancelot, 6th Earl of Lonsdale) and others, editors. | The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, |
1929-[40]. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,204.36 |
| 2 | Capua (Johannes de) | Directorium humanae vitae, |
[c.1489]. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 45 | Stukeley (William).- | Bible, English. The Holy Bible Containing the old Testament and the New, |
1683 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 108 | Joyce (James) | Ulysses, |
1922 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 202 | Blouet (Guillaume Abel) and others. | Expedition scientifique de Moree, |
1831-38. | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 36 | Montemayor (Jorge de) | Diana of George of Montemayor: Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong, |
1598 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,809.54 |
| 21 | Charles II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1630-85) | Patents Granted for Creations of Honour from Dukes to Baronets since the Restauration of King Charles the Second by the Docquet Books in the Signet Office... Pardons... Privy Seals for payment of Monys at the Exchequer and other places, |
1660-68. | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 10,460.52 |
| 63 | Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) | Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, |
1831 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 10,460.52 |
| 111 | Lewis (C.S.) | [The Chronicles of Narnia], |
1950-1956 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,460.52 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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.