Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1010, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Rousseau (Jean Jacques) | Histoire de la Vie et des Ouvrages |
Paris | 1821 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 228.60 |
| 127 | Derome (Leopold) | Le Luxe des livres |
Paris | [1879] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 44.45 |
| 128 | Zandjani (Abu Abdullah Al) | Islamic.-The History of The Koran, text in Arabic |
Cairo | 1935 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 69.85 |
| 129 | Bible, New Testament, Part of Gospel of St Matthew |
[?England] | [c. 1400] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 130 | James II and VII (as Duke of York and Lord High Admiral, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701) | Letter signed to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Ordinance "Whereas His Majesty's Shipp the Hound is now come upp to Deptford...' |
Whitehall | 1664 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 |
| 131 | Yorkshire.-An Accompt of wh. is due to the High Sheriff for the Seal of Judiciall [writs] & other p[ro]cesse contained in this Booke |
1720-21 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 82.55 | ||
| 132 | Wentworth (Thomas, first Earl of Strafford, diplomat and army officer, 1672-1739) | South Sea Bubble.-Certificate to Jonathon Grigsby, accountant to the South Sea Company |
1713 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 133 | Grosvenor (Richard, first Earl Grosvenor, politician and landowner, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 1731--1802) | [Account Book] |
1755-1805 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 134 | Mellors (James, of the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster, builder of the houses on Parliament Street, Whitehall) | Westminster builder.-Obligation bond Mellors bound to Samuel Cox for "One Thousand Pounds", D.s. |
1756 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 50.80 | |
| 135 | Northamptonshire, Middleton Cheney.-Court Baron, manuscript roll |
1776 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 136 | Meade (George, American merchant, politician and slave trader; grandfather of Civil War general George Gordon Meade, 1741-1808) | American Merchant.-Autograph Letter signed to "Sir" |
Philadelphia | 1785 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 38.10 |
| 137 | 19 century family.-Collection of deeds, documents business correspondence, photographs, relating to the Purkiss (of Glass House Yard, Aldersgate), Imray (Mulgrave Villa, Sutton & elsewhere) & associated families |
v.s. | v.d., 1793-1914 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 138 | Blank paper |
[c. 1800] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 279.40 | ||
| 139 | Blackburne (John, MP., of Hale Hall, nr. Liverpool and Orford Hall, nr. Warrington, Lancashire, 1754-1833). | General Election 1807.-To the Gentlemen, Clergy and Freeholders of the County of Lancaster |
v.s. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 101.60 | |
| 140 | Miscellany.-Collection of letters, including: Sir William Sidney Smith, Lord Althorp, Edward Stanhope, Lord Stanhope (2) |
v.s. | v.d., 1818-93 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 | |
| 141 | Miscellany.-Collection of letters, including: Duchess of Richmond, Samuel Waldegrave (Bishop of Carlisle), Charles Abbot, first Baron Colchester (Speaker of the House of Commons) |
v.s. | v.d., 1829-90 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 142 | Fry (Elizabeth, penal reformer and philanthropist, 1780-1845) | Cut signature, laid down on card, n.d.; and 10 others |
v.s. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 76.20 | |
| 143 | Mining.-Of the Proceedings at the half yearly meeting of the General Mining Association...31st January 1839 |
1839 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 | ||
| 144 | Lupton (Harry) | Nova Virere Fronde |
1857 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 145 | Germany & Norway.-[Diary of an English family living in Wismar and a tour of Norway] |
1892-[93] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 76.20 | ||
| 146 | Short stories & a play etc.-Les Beaux Esprits se Rencontent [&] Patience [&] Work... |
[c. 1900] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 63.50 | ||
| 147 | Lee Hall (of Mottram St Andrew, Prestbury) | Cheshire.-List of Repairs required of Old Lee Hall... |
[c. 1901] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 148 | Heal (Sir Ambrose, shopkeeper and furniture designer, 1872-1959) | The Bell Family: Eighteenth Century Cabinet-Makers, autograph manuscript article for the "Antique News" of New York |
v.s. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 149 | Minney (Rubeigh James, British film producer, journalist, playwright, editor and author, 1895-1979) | Film Producer.-Collection of correspondence, books, photographs etc. |
v.s. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 150 | Watson (Francis, OBE, Director of Counter-Propoganda to the Government of India, of 14 Luxembourg Gardens & South Grove, Highgate Village, 1907-88) | India.-Collection of numerous typescript articles ("Gandhi", "Starboard Home" etc.), manuscript notes, correspondence etc. |
v.s. | v.d., 1934-78 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
