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25 Blythe Road

Auction House Name	25 Blythe Road
Site URL	http://www.25blytheroad.com/
About Us	A HUB OF SPECIALIST AUCTIONEERS<br><br>Originally part of the great complex of Blythe House, the Edwardian Baroque portal of 25 Blythe Road juts out in the sharp bend of the road, opposite the new West Hall Entrance of the Olympia Exhibition Centre.<br><br>25 Blythe Road was founded in 2007 by Thomas Del Mar and is now a hub of specialists holding two sales in each dedicated field a year.<br><br>Pre sale viewings for both online and live auctions take place at the formal gallery of 25 Blythe Road, in which live auction also accur.<br><br>For upcoming sales see our home page
Who do I contact if I have questions?	enquiries@25BlytheRoad.com
City	LONDON
Country	United Kingdom
Zipcode	W14 0PD
Contact Number	+44 (0) 20 7806 5541
Buyer's Fee	€0 to €50,000 4%; €50,000.01 to €200,000 3%; €200,000.01 to €350,000 1%; €350,000.01 to €500,000 0.5%; €500,000 0.25%
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AUCTION LIST

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Ptolomaeus (Claudius). Cosmographia, first edition, Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475. £150,000 to £200,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Schoener (Johann). Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition,The Honeyman copy in contemporary binding, Nuremberg, J. Montanus and U. Neuber, 1551. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, with fine illuminated title-page, Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496. £20,000 to £30,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Pian (Jean Baptiste de). [Architectural Alphabet], 26 chromolithographs by Leopold Muller after Pian, Vienna, 1842-44. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Rogers (Bruce).- Holy Bible (The)..., one of 200 copies on handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers, bound in modern crimson morocco, gilt, Oxford, 1935. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Jenner (Edward). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae…, first edition, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. £8,000 to £12,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, second edition, Charles Dilly...& James Phillips, 1784. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first state, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: [Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". Herod, for 'Salome: Drame en un Acte', original drawing in red & black ink over pencil, [c.1922]. £4,000 to £6,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to A.C. Benson, 1904. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Remarque (Erich Maria). All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1929. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas). A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke...Utopia, one of 100 copies, bound in black goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, Ashendene Press, 1906. £3,000 to £4,000.
Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, first edition, descended from William Alexander, London, 1776. $70,000 to $90,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: George Gershwin, photograph signed & inscribed with autograph musical quotation, An American in Paris, 1928. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England, first edition, NY, 1887. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Bury St. Edmunds Witch Trials, first edition, London, 1682. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Robert Rey, Estampes, complete portfolio of 12 wood engravings, Paris, 1950. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Archive of 47 letters by Enrico Caruso to a lady friend, 1906-20. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Books of Hours in Flemish, Netherlands, 15th century. $8,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Jack Kerouac, Doctor Sax, deluxe limited edition, signed, NY, 1959. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Walt Disney, signature on title-page of Ward Greene’s Lady and the Tramp, first edition, first printing. $3,000 to $4,000.
Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 1. Albertus Magnus, De Natura Locorum, 2nd edn, 1515. £3000 to £4000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 22. George Cooke, Scenery of the East India Islands, 1811-13. £4500 to £5500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 23. J.M. Crozet, Nouveau vouage a la Mer du Sud, 1st edn, 1783. £4000 to £6000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 27. J.P.J.Du Bois, Vies des Gouverneurs Generaux, 1st edn, 1763. £1200 to £1800.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 28. Wm Ellis, Authentic Narrative...Captain Cook, 1st edn, 1782. £2500 to £3500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 31. Thomas Forrest, Voyage to New Guinea, 1st edn, 1779. £1500 to £2000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 32. Forster & Forster, Voyage round the World, 1st edn, 1777-78. £4500 to £5500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 38. Gianetti, Elogy of Captain James Cook, 1st edn, 1785. £2500 to £3500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 46. Otto von Kotzebue, Entdeckungs Reise, 1st edn, 1821. £3500 to £4500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 52. Alejandro Malaspina, Viaje politico-scientifico, 1st edn, 1885. £2000 to £3000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 60. Sydney Parkinson, Journal of Voyage to the South Seas, large paper, 1773. £4500 to £5500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 64. Nathaniel Portlock, A Voyage round the World, 1st edn, 1789. £4000 to £6000.
<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Property from The Eric C. Caren Collection Bidding Closes July 21st

Sotheby’s: Albert Einstein. Typed letter signed “A. Einstein” to Ensign Guy H. Raner Jr. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s: Alfred Swaine Taylor. Early "photogenic drawing" photograph of a fern. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s: The Chicago Seven. Cook County Jail identification cards. $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Property from The Eric C. Caren Collection Bidding Closes July 21st

Sotheby’s: Harper Lee. A fine group of letters to Claudia Durst Johnson and other manuscript material. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s: A. R. Gurrey Jr.. The Surf Riders of Hawaii. Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s: George Herman “Babe” Ruth. The Babe Ruth Story by Babe Ruth as told to Bob Considine. $10,000 to $15,000.