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| Auction Name | Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items | Total Sales (GBP) | 24,169.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 13,055.00 |
| Sale Number | #20526a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 20,270.00 |
| Total Lots | 230 | ||
| Sold Lots | 208.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 15,825.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.43% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 24,230.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 99.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | GREENWOOD C. | Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster from an Actual Survey Made in the Year 1818 by C. Greenwood, Wakefield. |
1818 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 91 | Campbell Thomas. | The Poetical Works. |
1854 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 40 | DE LAMARCK J.B.P.A. | Histoire Naturelle des Animeaux Sans Vertebres. |
1815 - 1822. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 480.00 |
| 70 | BETTS JOHN. | The London Modern Atlas. |
N.d., but mid 19th cent. | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 456.00 |
| 196 | William Shakespeare. | The Works of William Shakespeare. |
1864 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 456.00 |
| 17 | SIBLY E. | A New & Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology or The Art of Foretelling Future Events & Contingencies. |
1812 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 420.00 |
| 53 | CLARKE JAMES. | A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland & Lancashire together with an Account ... of the Adjacent Country to which is added a Sketch of the Border Laws & Customs. |
1789 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 420.00 |
| 92 | THE SCOTS MAGAZINE. Bound vol. |
1775 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 420.00 | |
| 226 | ALBERT PAUL. | Poetes et Poesies. Arts & Crafts brown leather bdg. |
1881 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 420.00 |
| 90 | Ritson Joseph. | Fairy Tales Now First Collected to which are Prefixed Two Dissertations 1. On Pygmies 2. On Fairies. |
1831 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 396.00 |
| 190 | BRONTE CHARLOTTE & HER SISTERS. | The Haworth Edition of the Works. |
1916-1926. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 384.00 |
| 89 | AUSTEN JANE. | Jane Austen's Works. |
c.1900. | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | GBP 336.00 |
| 164 | BLACKWOOD WILLIAM & SONS (Pubs). | Blackwood's County Maps. |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 312.00 | |
| 230 | D'ARBLAY MADAME (FANNY BURNEY). | Diary & Letters ... Edited by Her Niece. |
1854 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 312.00 |
| 154 | SPEEDE JOHN. | The West Ridinge of Yorkeshyre with the Most Famous & Fayre Citie Yorke. |
1610 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 288.00 |
| 228 | NONESUCH PRESS. | Swift, Gulliver's Travels & Selected Writings in Prose & Verse. |
1949 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 288.00 |
| 68 | CARY JOHN. | New Map of England & Wales With Part of Scotland. |
1794 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 264.00 |
| 109 | Cumberland - Curwen Family. An interesting collection of 18th cent. |
1788-1816. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 264.00 | |
| 201 | ELLIS HENRY. | Original Letters Illustrative of English History. |
1825-1846. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 264.00 |
| 204 | FROISSART SIR JOHN. | Chronicles of England, France, Spain & the Adjoining Countries. |
1839 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 264.00 |
| 49 | (WORLIDGE JOHN). | Systema Agriculturae, the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered ... to which is added Kalendarium Rusticum or The Husbandman's Monthly Directions ... |
1697 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 240.00 |
| 133 | HULME F. EDWARD. | Familiar Wild Flowers. |
N.d. | GBP 180.00 - 250.00 | GBP 240.00 |
| 157 | SPEEDE JOHN. | Northumberland. |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 240.00 | |
| 208 | BROUGHAM LORD. | Speeches. |
1838 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 240.00 |
| 55 | DARWIN CHARLES. | The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. |
1888 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 228.00 |
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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.