What: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on PaperWhere: Forum Auctions, 220 Queenstown Road, London, SW8 4LPWhen: Mar 22, 10:30 AM GMTPublic Viewing: 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP - Tuesday 13th March 10.00am - 5.30pm / Wednesday 14th March 10.00am - 5.30pm / Thursday 15th March 10.00am - 5.30pmTop Lots of the Sale:- "Ireland-Lighthouses" - Callwell (Robert), Commissioner of Irish Lights, author of "A Short History of the Lighthouses of Ireland", fl. 1860-71. Estimated Price: £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,920 - 10,560)- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" - Rowling (J.K.); first edition, first printing, [one of 500 copies], usual light browning to text margins. Rare in any condition. Estimated Price: £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,920 - 10,560)- "Greece" - Moncel (Théodose du) De Venise a Constantinople a travers la Grèce et Retour par Malte, Messine, Pizzo et Naples, first edition. This one covers mostly Greece but includes fine views of Venice, Corfu, Athens, Corinth, Constantinople and Malta. Estimated Price: £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,920 - 10,560)- "Crealock" (Col. Henry Hope); among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest, 80 plates on 28 sheets (67 numbered), [1870]. This is scarce. Estimated Price: £5,000 - 8,000 ($6,600 - 10,560)- "Birds" - Meyer (Henry Leonard); Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs , 7 vol. in 2, wood-engraved title-vignettes, 1842-50. Estimated Price: £5,000 - 7,000 ($6,600 - 9,240)- "Smallpox & Vaccination" - Jenner (Rev. George Charles) The Evidence at Large, as Laid Before the Committee of the House of Commons, Respecting Dr Jenner's Discovery of Vaccine Inoculation, first edition. Estimated Price: £4,000 - 6,000 ($5,280 - 7,920)- "The Man Within" - Greene (Graham); first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, lower hinge tender, original cloth, spine slightly browned. Estimated Price: £4,000 - 6,000 ($5,280 - 7,920)- "Country Life" - a complete run, profusely illustrated, the vast majority bound in contemporary or modern green cloth, a few issues in original wrappers, occasional wear or soiling, folio, 1897-2017. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 5,000 ($3,960 - 6,600)- "Smallpox & Vaccination" - Ring (John) A Treatise on the Cow-Pox; containing the History of Vaccine Inoculation, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author to Rev. George Charles Jenner inscribed "Revd. Mr. Jenner from the Author". Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)- "Birds" - Gould (John) Monograph of the Pittidae, part 1 only (of 2), first edition, 10 hand-coloured lithograph plates, a few minor spots, original cloth-backed boards, slightly foxed and soiled, modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Nissen IVB 377; Fine Bird Books, p.78], folio, published by the author, 1880. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)- "Paradise Lost" - Milton (John); first edition, 7th title-page with 1669 imprint, with no comma after Helder, and with "Angel" in roman type. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)- "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems" - Keats (John); first edition, lacking half-title and advertisement leaves, some light foxing. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)- "An Entirely New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts", by Mr. Wilkie Collins, called The Frozen Deep... In Rememberance of the Late Mr. Douglas Jerrold [at the] Gallery of Illustration, Regent Street, Under the Management of Mr. Charles Dickens. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)- "Music" - Mendelssohn (Felix ) First Time of Performance in this Country, St. Paul, An Oratorio, Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, with an autograph signed musical notation by Mendelssohn, text marked and numbered in red ink, lacking title. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)- "Americas" - Laet (Johannes de) L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes Occidentales, first edition in French, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device. Estimated Price: £3,000 - 4,000 ($3,960 - 5,280)For details, visit: https://www.forumauctions.co.ukClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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