Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Thursday 27th September 2018 1:00pm BST

Download catalogue

Download catalogue

Please note that bidding at auction constitutes an irrevocable and binding agreement to purchase. We recommend that you carefully examine any items you intend to bid on as refunds will not be given for Buyer’s Remorse. This doesn’t affect your statutory rights.

Close

Showing 21 - 40 out of 365 lots

How to bid

How to Bid?

Filter

Estimate Range

£

£

Currency

21 Pacific.- Shillibeer (Lt. John) A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island..., second edition, 12 etched plates, 1817.

Lot 21

Pacific.- Shillibeer (Lt. John) A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island..., second edition, 12 etched plates, 1817.

Hammer Price: £420

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

22 South Africa.- Meillon (Henry Clifford de, active 1823-1856), attributed to. An album of 26 watercolours of South African figures [1820s].

Lot 22

South Africa.- Meillon (Henry Clifford de, active 1823-1856), attributed to. An album of 26 watercolours of South African figures [1820s].

Hammer Price: £1,200

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

23 Voyages.- Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World..., 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, 1843.

Lot 23

Voyages.- Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World..., 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, 1843.

Hammer Price: £600

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

24 Voyages.- Harris (John) Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, 2 vol., second edition, 61 engraved maps and plates, T.Woodward [& others], 1744.
&n

Lot 24

Voyages.- Harris (John) Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, 2 vol., second edition, 61 engraved maps and plates, T.Woodward [& others], 1744.

Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

25 Voyages.- Vancouver (Capt. George) A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World..., 3 vol., first edition, engraved map and 17 plates,

Lot 25

Voyages.- Vancouver (Capt. George) A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World..., 3 vol., first edition, engraved map and 17 plates, for G. G. & J. Robinson, 1798.

Hammer Price: £1,400

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

26 Lowthorp (John) and others, editors. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections...Abridg'd, vol.1-6, 8 & 9 only, for J. Knapton [& others], 172

Lot 26

Lowthorp (John) and others, editors. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections...Abridg'd, vol.1-6, 8 & 9 only, for J. Knapton [& others], 1722.

Estimate: £500 - 700

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

27 Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) and others., The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle, f

Lot 27

Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) and others., The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle, first English edition, T. Cox [& others], , 1738.

Hammer Price: £260

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

28 Birds.- Willughby (Francis) Ornithologiae Libri Tres, first edition, 77 engraved plates, John Martyn, 1676.

Lot 28

Birds.- Willughby (Francis) Ornithologiae Libri Tres, first edition, 77 engraved plates, John Martyn, 1676.

Hammer Price: £1,550

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

29 Wallace (Alfred Russel) Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A Series of Essays, first edition, original cloth, 1870 & others (6)

Lot 29

Wallace (Alfred Russel) Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A Series of Essays, first edition, original cloth, 1870 & others (6)

Hammer Price: £1,500

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

30 Wallace (Alfred Russel) [Collection of Works], 13 works in 16 vol, most first editions, uniform later half green morocco, 1876.

Lot 30

Wallace (Alfred Russel) [Collection of Works], 13 works in 16 vol, most first editions, uniform later half green morocco, 1876.

Hammer Price: £2,200

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

31 17th century Barber Surgeon.- Napkyn (Hugh, Barber Surgeon, of London) A Booke Conteyning divers excellent & approoved Remedyes in Phisique - and Chyrugery

Lot 31

17th century Barber Surgeon.- Napkyn (Hugh, Barber Surgeon, of London) A Booke Conteyning divers excellent & approoved Remedyes in Phisique - and Chyrugery, drawne from grave and learned Authors and experienced Phisitians, collected and gathered by ye paines and industrie of Hugh Napkyn Chyrugian and Maister in Anatomie..., ?autograph manuscript, title within an ink decorated border, original vellum, 1631.

Hammer Price: £35,000

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

32 Senegal.- [David (Pierre Félix-Barthélémy, Governor of Senegal for the East India Company, fl. 1740s)] Journal de mon voyage du Sénéga

Lot 32

Senegal.- [David (Pierre Félix-Barthélémy, Governor of Senegal for the East India Company, fl. 1740s)] Journal de mon voyage du Sénégal a Bambouc, manuscript in French, 135pp., slightly browned, some dampstaining and worming affecting upper and lower endpapers, old bookseller's description on front pastedown, original boards, ink marks, original ties, lacks lower half of spine, folio, [c. 1744].

Hammer Price: £600

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

33 Byzantine music.- Collection of hymns, with late Byzantine musical notation, decorated manuscript on paper, Greece, [after 1814]

Lot 33

Byzantine music.- Collection of hymns, with late Byzantine musical notation, decorated manuscript on paper, Greece, [after 1814]

Hammer Price: £700

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

34 Maritime.- Ship Maria, manuscript account book, pen and ink watercolour of Samuel Bryant who saved a boy from drowning in Bristol dock loosely inserted, 1793-9

Lot 34

Maritime.- Ship Maria, manuscript account book, pen and ink watercolour of Samuel Bryant who saved a boy from drowning in Bristol dock loosely inserted, 1793-96 & 1870-72.

Hammer Price: £260

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

35 Hunt (Leigh) The Examiner Newspaper Receipts, manuscript account book partly in the autograph of Leigh Hunt, 1825-28; and another (2).

Lot 35

Hunt (Leigh) The Examiner Newspaper Receipts, manuscript account book partly in the autograph of Leigh Hunt, 1825-28; and another (2).

Hammer Price: £1,100

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

36 Chess.- Photograph of J.H. Blackburne and Captain G.H. Mackenzie and other famous chess players seated and standing around a chess board, albumen print, 1891 p

Lot 36

Chess.- Photograph of J.H. Blackburne and Captain G.H. Mackenzie and other famous chess players seated and standing around a chess board, albumen print, 1891 photograph including W.G. Grace on verso, 1885.

Hammer Price: £600

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

37 Kafiristan.- An account of Syed Shah's journey into Kafiristan, manuscript, [c. 1888].

Lot 37

Kafiristan.- An account of Syed Shah's journey into Kafiristan, manuscript, [c. 1888].

Hammer Price: £950

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 31.2% up to £20,000, plus 30% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 24% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 15% above £1,000,001.

View Details

38 Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 2 vol., first edition, Teerink's "A" edition, Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726.

Lot 38

Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 2 vol., first edition, Teerink's "A" edition, Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726.

Hammer Price: £40,000

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

39 Conjuring.- Illusionist.- Rose & Son (J.) Highman Palatine, The Original, broadside with woodcut and letterpress, [circa 1760-1800].

Lot 39

Conjuring.- Illusionist.- Rose & Son (J.) Highman Palatine, The Original, broadside with woodcut and letterpress, [circa 1760-1800].

Hammer Price: £4,000

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

40 Automaton Chess Player.- Mechanical Illusion.- Reynell (H.) The Famous Chess-Player, No. 14, St. James's-Street, next Brooks's, broadside advertisement

Lot 40

Automaton Chess Player.- Mechanical Illusion.- Reynell (H.) The Famous Chess-Player, No. 14, St. James's-Street, next Brooks's, broadside advertisement with letterpress, [1784].

Hammer Price: £9,000

Buyer’s premium (inc. VAT) is charged on the hammer price at the following rates: 26% up to £20,000, plus 25% from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% from £500,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% above £1,000,001.

View Details

Items per page:

Terms and Conditions

All bidders accept full liability for bids submitted.

Please note that by submitting a bid you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions.

I accept all of the above

Newsletter Signup

Keyword Alerts

Email:^*

Select your interests

Subscribe to all auctions

You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.

Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below

Add Keywords (e.g. Dickens)

{{keyword}}

Set a password to save your keyword alerts

Password:^*

Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.

Re-Enter Password:^*

I agree to the terms and conditions and privacy policy.*

I would like to receive news and alerts from Forum Auctions

Thank you for signing up for email notifications.

Thank you, your preferences have been saved and a "lite" account has been created for you. Should you wish to buy or sell with Forum, please login to create a "full" account.

Return to homepage Create an account Login Create an account