Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper, 976, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 06, 2025 - March 06, 2025

Page Size: 294 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226		Penrose Annual: A Review of the Graphic Arts (The)...			Not Available	GBP 100.80
227	Dickens (Charles)	Reynolds (Frank).-The Old Curiosity Shop...	London, New York & Toronto	[1913]	Not Available	GBP 94.50
228	Steinberg (Saul, illustrator)	The Passport		1954	Not Available	GBP 6.30
229	Theocritus	The Complete Poems		1929	Not Available	GBP 107.10
230	Blake (William)	Trianon Press.-There is No Natural Religion...		1971	Not Available	GBP 201.60
231	Williams (Kit)	Masquerade...		1982	Not Available	GBP 63.00
232	Piranesi (Francesco)	Art & architecture.-Monumenti Degli Scipioni...	[Rome]	1785	Not Available	GBP 69.30
233	Strang (William)	Arts and Crafts movement.-Three silverpoint portraits, one of Laurence W. Hodson (of Compton Hall, 1864-1933)...		1896	Not Available	GBP 504.00
234	Letarouilly (Paul)	Architecture.-Edifices de Rome Moderne...	Paris	1866-68	Not Available	GBP 277.20
235	Chevreul (Michel Eugene)	Colour Theory.-Expose d'un Moyen de Definir et de Nommer les Couleurs...		1861	Not Available	GBP 1,512.00
236	Banks (Mrs. G. Linnaeus)	Needlework & Embroidery...	Birmingham	[c.1880]	Not Available	GBP 81.90
237		Picasso.-Verve: An Artistic and Literary Quarterly...		1954	Not Available	GBP 478.80
238		Textiles.-Die Neue Deutsche Kunstspinn-Faser [The New German Synthetic Spinning-Fibre]...			Not Available	GBP 50.40
239	Graham (Paul)	Photography & art.-Beyond Caring...		1986	Not Available	GBP 214.20
240	Butler (Rev. Charles)	Bees.-The Feminine Monarchie or a treatise concerning bees, and the due ordering of them...	Oxford	1609	Not Available	GBP 9,450.00
241	Bewick (Thomas)	Bewick (Thomas) The Works		1885-87	Not Available	GBP 2,268.00
242	Harris (Capt. William Cornwallis)	Big Game.-Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa	Rhodesia	1976	Not Available	GBP 37.80
243	Attenborough (David)	Birds.-The Life of Birds...		1998	Not Available	GBP 138.60
244	Audubon (John James)	Birds.-Birds of America, with an introduction by David Allen Sibley		2011	Not Available	GBP 126.00
245	Bannerman (David Armitage)	Birds.-The Birds of the British Isles...	Edinburgh and London	1953-63	Not Available	Not Sold
246	Hoyo (Josep del) and others	Birds.-Handbook of the Birds of the World...		1992-2013	Not Available	GBP 378.00
247	Klein (Jacob Theodor)	Birds.-Stemmata avium. Geschlechtstafeln der Vogel...	Leipzig	1759	Not Available	GBP 189.00
248	Magaud d'Aubusson (L.)	Birds.-Les Oiseaux De La France...Premiere Monographie Corvides...	Paris	1883	Not Available	GBP 352.80
249	Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen)	Birds.-A History of British Birds...		1851-55	Not Available	GBP 403.20
250	Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen)	Birds.-A History of British Birds...		1903	Not Available	GBP 252.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000