-
Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly! -
Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
-
Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, BK32, Exeter
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2025 - May 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | BEAUMONT, Cyril W. | The Mysterious Toyshop, A Fairy Tale |
London | 1924 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 189.00 |
| 27 | BLANCHE, Emmanuel (illustrator). | Ma vie de Garcon, Faits et gestes du Vicomte de Nantel |
Paris | [1945] | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 28 | BLYTON, Enid. | Fourteen first editions and other works, the fourteen: IDEM. Summer Term at St. Clare's |
London | 1943 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | CALDECOTT, Randolph. | Randolph Caldecott's "Graphic" Pictures Complete Edition |
London | 1898 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 30 | EDWARDS, Monica. | The Midnight Horse, Collins 1949; No Mistaking Corker, Collins nd; Hidden in a Dream, The Children's Book Club 1953; Wish for a Pony, The Children's Press nd; cloth, djs, mixed condition, 8vo; .... |
London | 1863 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 37.80 |
| 31 | CHINA. The Story of Rice, |
poss. Shanghai | nd [early C20th] | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 63.00 | |
| 32 | DAVIS, F. Hadland. | Myths & Legends of Japan |
London | 1912 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 151.20 |
| 33 | DORE, Gustave (illust.). | The History of Don Quixote by Cervantes, 2 vols. |
London | nd [c.1870] | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 107.10 |
| 34 | DUGDALE, Rose Sydenham. | A Wreath of Flower Legends, |
Birmingham | 1950 | GBP 25.00 - 35.00 | GBP 31.50 |
| 35 | HARDY, Thomas. | Set of 6 vols. |
London | 1988-1992 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 37.80 |
| 36 | GIBSON, Charles Dana. | London as seen by Charles Dana Gibson |
London | 1898 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 50.40 |
| 37 | GILES [Ronald 'Carl']. | Daily Express & Sunday Express Cartoons, a run, First to Sixtieth Series [2nd-5th facsimiles] and Collections to 2022 |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 38 | GILL, Eric. | Art & Love, |
Bristol | 1927 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 100.80 |
| 39 | GOLDSMITH, Oliver. | The Deserted Village |
London | 1909 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 31.50 |
| 40 | GRAHAM, Rigby (illustrator) & SCOTT, Thea. | Fingal's Cave |
Leicester | 1961/2 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | GREAT EXHIBITION. The World's Fair; or Children's Prize Gift Book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 |
London: | [1851] | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 42 | GREENAWAY, Kate (illust.). | Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her Seven Wonderful Cats..., |
Orpington | 1885 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 44.10 |
| 43 | HOFFMAN, Heinrich. | The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures |
London | nd | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 18.90 |
| 44 | LEECH, John. | Pictures of Life and Character from the collection of "Mr. Punch", 3vols. |
London | 1886 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 45 | PATON, J. Noel (engr.). | Compositions from Shakespeare's Tempest |
London | 1845 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 151.20 |
| 46 | ADAM & CHARLES BLACK (pub.) | Rome, 1st ed. |
London | 1905 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 37.80 |
| 46A | KINGSLEY, Charles. | The Water Babies, 1st edition 2nd issue (without 'l'Envoi' leaf), |
London & Cambridge | 1863 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 81.90 |
| 47 | KINGSLEY, Charles. | The Water Babies |
London | nd [c.1915] | GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 48 | KIPLING, Rudyard. | Just So Stories, 1st edition, 2nd state |
London | 1902 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 113.40 |
| 49 | LANG, Andrew. | The Olive Fairy Book, 1st edition |
London | 1907 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 163.80 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
