Forum Auctions: Online sale: Travel Books, Maps & Atlases, 977, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025

Page Size: 295 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Asia.- [Goguryeo Mural Pattern]	1962	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 378.00
2	Bushell (Stephen W. )	Chinese Art	1905	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 945.00
3	Chinese Export School (19th century)	Three scenes: Chinese nobleman on a palanquin; Young family dining at a table; Mother nursing	19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 378.00
4	Tsiu-Sen (Lin)	Meisterwerke Chinesischer Malerei 12. Bis 18. Jahrhundert, title in red and black	1944	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 189.00
5	Hunter (G. W.)	Mohammedan "Narratives of the Prophets" covering the period from Zachariah to Paul, first edition	c.1916	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 107.10
6	Hodgson (B. H.)	A Disputation Respecting Caste	1831	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 18.90
7	Malet (H. P.)	Circle of Light, or Dhawalegeri	1869	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,394.00
8		Kostbahrer Munchner-Schatz, Wider Verhoffen, Jedermann offen, Niemand verdecket, Allen Er klecket.	[1691]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,008.00
9	Hindoglu (Artin)	Theoretisch-pracktische Turkische Sprachlehre fur Deutsche, scattered spotting	1829	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 428.40
10	Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel)	A Map of Arabia and Syria Laid down chiefly from Original Surveys... [with 13 others related]	1850	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,780.00
11	Du Loir (Nicolas)	Les Voyage [sic] du Sieur du Loir ensemble de ce qui se passa a la mort du seu Sultan Mourat dans le Serrail	1654	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
12	Selden (John)	De Dis Syris Syntagmata II, engraved portrait frontispiece	1680	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 554.40
13	Peter (Rene)	La Creation du Monde	[1912]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 693.00
14	Mylonas (Cyriacus Dion)	De Smyrnaeorum rebus gestis: pars prima, early portrait photograph to front pastedown	1866	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,016.00
15	Sparrman (Anders)	Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Esperance et Autour du Monde avec le Capitaine Cook	1787	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 428.40
16	Various cartographers (18th and 19th century)	Collection of over 40 folding maps of the British Isles	1911	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,134.00
17	Arnot (Fred S.)	Garenganze; or, Seven Years' Pioneer Mission Work in Central Africa	c.1890	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 189.00
18	Baker (Sir Samuel White)	The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources	1866	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 163.80
19	Barbot (Alexandre)	Souvenirs d'Egypt	c.1850	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 378.00
20	Budge (E.A. Wallis)	The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt	1902	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 352.80
21	Burton (Sir Richard Francis)	The Lake Regions of Central Africa	1860	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 504.00
22	Casati (Maj. Gaetano)	Ten Years in Equatoria	1891	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
23	Davis (Rev. Nathan)	Evenings in my Tent; or, Wanderings in Balad Ejjareed...Various Arab Tribes of the African Sahara	1854	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 579.60
24	Dickinson (Captain F. A.)	Lake Victoria to Khartoum with rifle & camera	1910	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 189.00
25	Drummond (Henry)	Tropical Africa	1888	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

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