• <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919 <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th May 2025</b></center> <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Darwin (Charles). <i>On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,</i> first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). <i>Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus.,</i> first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. <i>Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet.,</i> first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000. <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th May 2025</b></center> <b>Forum, May 29:</b> America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). <i>Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory,</i> first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). <i>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects,</i> first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. <i>Principia Mathematica,</i> 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, <i>Candlelight,</i> pen and ink, circa 1900. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, <i>"I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson."</i>, oil on canvas, 1957. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, <i>Thumbelina,</i> gouache and pencil, 1945. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, <i>The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard,</i> watercolor and gouache, 1932. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, <i>Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth,</i> gouache, circa 1953. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, <i>2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air,</i> pen and ink and wash, 1947. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, <i>Confetti Hourglass,</i> mixed media, 1973. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, <i>Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine),</i> charcoal, circa 1915. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, <i>Rue De Buci, Paris,</i> casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, <i>Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch,</i> pencil, 1988.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
  • <b><center>Fonsie Mealy’s<br>Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale<br>April 30th & May 1st</center></b> <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) <i>Maps of the Roads of Ireland,</i> Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Messingham (Thos.) <i>Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia,</i> Paris 1624. €350 to €500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>The Haw Lantern,</i> L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) <i>Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis,</i> Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Powerscourt (Viscount). <i>A Description and History of Powerscourt,</i> Lond. 1903. €350 to €500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Moryson (Fynes). <i>An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…,</i> Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> After Buffon, <i>Birds of Europe,</i> c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Dunlevy (Andrew). <i>An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer,</i> Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> <i>The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin,</i> 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Scale (Bernard). <i>An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland,</i> L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. <i>Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,</i>L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. <i>An Almanac of Twelve Sports,</i> Lond. 1898. €300 to €400. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Heaney (Seamus) trans. <i>The Light of the Leaves,</i> 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Fleming (Ian). <i>Moonraker,</i> L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. <i>Squarings, Twelve Poems,</i> D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.

Hansons: The May Library Auction, 10816, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
Page Size: 156 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 London 1997 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,125.00
2 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 London 1997 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
3 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 London 1997 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
4 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 London 1997 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
5 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 London 1997 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
6 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 London 1997 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
7 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

 London 1998 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
8 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

 London 1999 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,625.00
9 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 London 2000 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 812.50
10 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 London 2016 GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,250.00
11 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 London 2000 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 625.00
12 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter. A collection of three books SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author for close friends

 London 1998-2000 GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
13 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter. CAST-SIGNED. A complete set of 7 novels

 London 2000-2007 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
14 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 London 1997-2007 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.00
15 ROWLING, (J. K. ).

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 London 1997 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
16 Tuck Tai (Chinese, fl. 1890).

Shanghai Bund & Chinese Views

 circa 1890 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
17

Views of the Chinese Empire

 Shanghai circa 1900 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 325.00
18 MCINTOSH, (Gilbert).

[Chinese History Manuscripts]. Notes of a Trip to Tsung Ming Island [Chongming Island, Shanghai],

1888 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
19

Shanghai Municipal Jubilee Medal, 17 November 1893

circa 1920-30 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
20

PHOTOGRAPHY. An album of 24 mounted photographs,

circa 1890 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 250.00
22

All Demons Are To Be Deleted' original Chinese Communist propaganda poster from 1968

Shanghai 1968 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
23

All The Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers' original Chinese Communist propaganda poster from 1968

Shanghai 1968 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
24

Always Ready to Wipe Out The Invading Enemy' original Chinese Communist propaganda poster from 1970

Shanxi 1970 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
25

Bomb Capitalist Headquarters' original Chinese Communist propaganda poster from 1976

Shanghai 1976 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
26

Chairman Mao Is Heart To Heart With Us' original Chinese Communist propaganda poster from 1970

 Shanghai 1970 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919 <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th May 2025</b></center> <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Darwin (Charles). <i>On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,</i> first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). <i>Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus.,</i> first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. <i>Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet.,</i> first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000. <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th May 2025</b></center> <b>Forum, May 29:</b> America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). <i>Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory,</i> first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). <i>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects,</i> first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. <i>Principia Mathematica,</i> 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, <i>Candlelight,</i> pen and ink, circa 1900. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, <i>"I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson."</i>, oil on canvas, 1957. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, <i>Thumbelina,</i> gouache and pencil, 1945. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, <i>The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard,</i> watercolor and gouache, 1932. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, <i>Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth,</i> gouache, circa 1953. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, <i>2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air,</i> pen and ink and wash, 1947. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, <i>Confetti Hourglass,</i> mixed media, 1973. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, <i>Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine),</i> charcoal, circa 1915. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, <i>Rue De Buci, Paris,</i> casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955. <b>Swann, June 17:</b> Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, <i>Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch,</i> pencil, 1988.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
  • <b><center>Fonsie Mealy’s<br>Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale<br>April 30th & May 1st</center></b> <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) <i>Maps of the Roads of Ireland,</i> Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Messingham (Thos.) <i>Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia,</i> Paris 1624. €350 to €500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>The Haw Lantern,</i> L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) <i>Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis,</i> Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Powerscourt (Viscount). <i>A Description and History of Powerscourt,</i> Lond. 1903. €350 to €500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Moryson (Fynes). <i>An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…,</i> Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> After Buffon, <i>Birds of Europe,</i> c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Dunlevy (Andrew). <i>An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer,</i> Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> <i>The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin,</i> 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Scale (Bernard). <i>An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland,</i> L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. <i>Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,</i>L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. <i>An Almanac of Twelve Sports,</i> Lond. 1898. €300 to €400. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Heaney (Seamus) trans. <i>The Light of the Leaves,</i> 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Fleming (Ian). <i>Moonraker,</i> L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1:</b> Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. <i>Squarings, Twelve Poems,</i> D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.