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| Auction Name | Online: Modern Literature | Total Sales (GBP) | 135,591.55 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 65,440.00 |
| Sale Number | #1073 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 92,610.00 |
| Total Lots | 312 | ||
| Sold Lots | 285.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 78,290.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.35% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 111,260.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 27 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 121.87% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | Lewis (C.S.) | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
1952 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,318.00 |
| 236 | Orwell (George) | A Clergyman's Daughter |
1935 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 288 | Stewart (Mary) | Madam, Will You Talk? |
1954 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 234 | Orwell (George) | Down and Out in Paris and London |
1933 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 116 | Forster (E.M.) | The Longest Journey |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 278 | Simenon (Georges) | On the Danger Line |
1944 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 106 | Fleming (Ian) | Diamonds are Forever |
1956 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 117 | Forster (E.M.) | A Room with a View |
1908 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 239 | Owen (Wilfred) | Poems |
1920 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 224 | Milne (A.A.) | [The Christopher Robin Books] |
1924-28. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,524.00 |
| 63 | Christie (Agatha) | A Murder in Announced |
1950 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 91 | Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan, writer, 1859-1930) | Autograph postcard signed to Lady Lindsay-Hogg |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 159 | Huxley (Aldous) | Eyeless in Gaza |
1936 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 279 | Simenon (Georges) | Aunt Jeanne |
1953 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 283 | Spark (Muriel) | The Comforters |
1957 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 84 | Dahl (Roald) | [Collected Works for Children] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,206.50 | |
| 274 | Sacks (Oliver) | The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,206.50 | |
| 92 | Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).- Holmes (William Gordon) | The Age of Justinian and Theodora |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,143.00 | |
| 290 | Stoppard (Tom) | Travesties |
1975 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 83 | Dahl (Roald) | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 172 | Larkin (Philip) | The North Ship |
1945 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 124 | Gibson (William) | Count Zero |
1986 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 235 | Orwell (George) | Burmese Days |
1935 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 17 | Mantel (Hilary) | Wolf Hall |
2009 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 93 | Drinkwater (John) | A Collection of c. 115 books mostly by Drinkwater |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 952.50 |
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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.