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
203	Tully (Miss)	Letters written during a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli	1819	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 189.00
204	Vertot (Abbe De)	Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem	1726	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,276.00
205	Ville-Hardouin (Geoffrey de)	La Conquete de Constantinople, folding map at end	1872	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 302.40
206	Whiston (William)	Cellarius's	1986	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 819.00
207		Middle East .- Al Hasa Cookbook, illustrations	1976	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
208		Middle East.- Al-Ula.- L'Illustration: Le Chermin de Fer d'Islam	1908	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 453.60
209	Amin (Mohamed, photographer)	The Holy Mosque at Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Finance and National Economy	1980	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 693.00
210	War Office (Geographical Section)	[Map of South Western coast of Saudi Arabia and part of Yemen], three detailed map sections printed in colours	1915-1916	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
211		Britain's Arabian Oil Empire, 28pp. extract from a larger work	1968	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 189.00
212	Burton (Lady Isabel)	The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton	1893	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 151.20
213	Lawrence (T.E.)	Seven Pillars of Wisdom	1935	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 126.00
214	Macdonald (A. D.)	Euphrates Exile	1936	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 189.00
215		Middle East.- Mineral Deposit Map of the Arab World Explanatory Notes	1987	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
216	Persian Gulf (The)	Administration Reports 1873-1947	1986	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 214.20
217	Speed (John)	The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described, engraved map on laid paper	[1676]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 378.00
218	Sylvanus (Bernardus)	Quinta Asiae Tabula	1511	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,512.00
219	Conway (Sir William Martin)	Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas	1894	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 302.40
220	Hillary (Sir Edmund)	No Latitude for Error	1961	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 31.50
221	Kurz (Marcel)	The Mountain World 1954	1954	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 756.00
222		Mountaineering.- [Matterhorn and Swiss High Alps (The)]	c.1926	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 151.20
223		Mountaineering.- Military.- [Archive of Papers from a member of the Royal Engineers and Army Mountaineering Association], collection of typescript and manuscript papers and reports mostly on British military mountaineering expeditions	c.1953-76	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 69.30
224	Morris (James)	Coronation Everest	1963	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 504.00
225	Admirality Hydrographic Office (The)	Pacific Ocean. New Zealand	1868	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 378.00
226	Earle (Augustus)	A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand	1832	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 176.40
227	Amundsen (Roald)	The North West Passage	1908	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 327.60

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