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Auction Name	Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	109,661.00
Auction Date	October 14, 2021 - October 14, 2021	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	69,580.00
Sale Number	#2221	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	99,830.00
Total Lots	295
Sold Lots	224	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	96,880.00
% of Lots Sold	75.93%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	139,070.00
Unsold Lots	71	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	78.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
114	Torrens (Sir Arthur Wellesley,	West Indies.- Barbados & Saint Lucia.- Torrens (Sir Arthur Wellesley) An important collection of over 85 travel drawings, military figure studies, and other studies from life, pen and ink, [c. 1840s and later].	c.1840s	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 8,450.00
280	Saxton (Christopher)	Northampton.- Saxton (Christopher) Northamton Bedfordiae, Cantabrigiae, Huntingdoniae et Rutlandiae ..., 1576.	1576	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,250.00
144	Kitchin (Thomas)	World.- Kitchin (Thomas) A General Atlas, describing the whole Universe, 24 map sections, [c. 1773].	c.1773.	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,000.00
129	Ackermann (Rudolph)	London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) Eight views from the series 'Views of London, aquatints with hand-colouring, c. 1811-1822 (8)	c.1811-1822	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,860.00
58	Gardener (D., compiler)	India.- Gardener (D.) The Original Calcutta Annual Directory and Bengal Register for Anno Domini 1816, Calcutta, [1816].	1816	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,750.00
295	Saxton (Christopher)	Somerset.- Saxton (Christopher) Somersetensem Comitat (agri fertiltate Celebrem) hec ob oculos ponit Tabula, [1579].	1579	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,500.00
77	Baedeker (Karl)	Middle East.- Baedeker (Karl) Palestine and Syria. Handbook for Travellers, Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1876; and others, guides and handbooks for the Middle East (c.90)	1876	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,375.00
259	[Rocque (John) and Richard Parr]	London.- [Rocque (John) and Richard Parr] Central section and parts of Rocque's 'An Exact Survey of the City's of London, Westminster ye Borough of Southwark...', [1746] (13)	1746 (13)	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,375.00
203	Allen & Co. (William H.)	India.- Allen & Co. (William H.) Map of India, from the most recent Authorities, 1844.	1844	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,250.00
276	Weller (Edward)	London.- Weller (Edward) London, 8 double-page map sheets only (of 9), [1863]; together with 32 further miscellaneous map sheets of London by Weller and Cassell, [c. 1863].	1863	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,125.00
279	Stanford (Edward)	London.- Stanford (Edward) Stanford's New Map of the County of London, On the Scale of Four Inches to One Mile, 1894.	1894	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,000.00
105	Wood Taylor (Charles "Carlos" Chatworthy,	South America.- Chile.- Wood (Charles "Carlos" Chatworthy) H.M. Ships "Collingwood" 80 Guns, "Asia" 84, and "Constance", 50 - Taken with the Camera Obscura, in the bay of Valparaiso, watercolour, 1848.	1848	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,950.00
139	SDUK.	Atlases.- SDUK. Complete atlas of modern, classical and celestial maps together with plans of the principal cities of the world..., 2 vol., 1877.	1877	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,875.00
134	Lizars (Daniel)	Atlases.- Lizars (Daniel) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, [1842].	1842	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,500.00
275	Illustrated London News (The)	London.- Illustrated London News (The) London from the South Side of the Thames, 1861.	1861	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,500.00
208	Griffiths (Richard) and Thomas Larcom.	Ireland.- Griffiths (Richard) A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners shewing the Principal Physical Features and Geological Structure of the Country, [1839].	1839	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,375.00
274	Tallis (John)	London.- Tallis (John) Tallis's Illustrated Plan of London and its Environs in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, 1851.	1851	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,375.00
287	Stephenson (George & Robert)	Railways.- Stephenson (George & Robert) Plans & Sections of the Chester & Holyhead Railway, 1843; together with a set of 10 contract plans, showing Contract No.3 from Rhyl to Colwyn Bay, [c. 1844] (2)	1843	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,375.00
237	Walker (John)	England & Wales.- Walker (John) Map of the Inland Navigation, Canals, and Rail Roads with the Situations of the various Mineral Productions throughout Great Britain, 1830.	1830	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,250.00
263	Horwood (Richard)	London.- Horwood (Richard) Twenty map sheets from 'Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house', [1795] (20)	1795	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,125.00
264		London.- Miscellaneous collection of single sheet maps of London, approx. 90 sheets, 19th century (90)	19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,125.00
34	Thomson (John)	China.- Thomson (John) Through China with A Camera, 1899.	1899	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,062.50
72	Kaempfer (Englebert)	Japan.- Kaempfer (Englebert) Historia Imperii Japonici [The History of Japan], translated by J. Scheuchzer, 1 vol. only (of 2), 1727.	1727	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,000.00
132	De L'Isle (Guillaume)	De L'Isle (Guillaume) Atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondo, nel quale sono esattamente descritti, [c.1740-1750].	c.1740-1750.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,000.00
138	SDUK.	Atlases.- SDUK. Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 2 vol., 1844.	1844	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,000.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission. $5,000 to $8,000.
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DOYLE
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
July 23, 2025

DOYLE
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
July 23, 2025

DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500

DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000

DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800

DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.

DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600

DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800