Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, 60926, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 09, 2026 - June 09, 2026
Page Size: 521 items in 21 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Adams Henry

ARCHITECTURE. A group of works, including: ADAMS, Henry.

London; Cumbernauld 1913; 1958 Not Available GBP 13.12
2

FASHION. The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, A Monthly Publication...

London 1834 Not Available GBP 78.72
3 Flight Claude

FLIGHT, Claude. The Art and Craft of Lino Cutting and Printing, 1st edition, London: B. T.

London 1934 Not Available GBP 124.64
4 Furst Herbert; Simon Oliver; Rodenberg Julius

FURST, Herbert (ed.). The Woodcut, An Annual, No.

London 1928 Not Available GBP 118.08
5 Gilbert; Sullivan

GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Three vocal scores, for: The Gondoliers; The Yeomen of the Guard; H.M.S.

1921; 1922 Not Available GBP 13.12
6 Jones Inigo

JONES, Inigo.

London 1727 Not Available Not Sold
7 Jones Owen; Humphreys Henry Noel

JONES, Owen (illust.). The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages...

London 1849 Not Available GBP 459.20
8 Kablus Oscar

KABLUS, Oscar. Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst, 2 vols.

Altona-Bahrenfeld 1935 Not Available GBP 6.56
9 Freudenberger Sigmund; Moreau Jean-Michel; Restif de la Bretonne Nicolas Edme

'MONUMENT DU COSTUME', 1774-1789, 3 vols.

Paris; Neuwied sur le Rhin 1774; 1776; 1789 Not Available GBP 1,049.60
10

NEEDLEWORK.

Dublin 1846 Not Available GBP 9,840.00
11 Racinet Auguste

RACINET, Auguste.

London 1870's Not Available GBP 65.60
12 Serlio Sebastiano

SERLIO, Sebastiano. Tutte l'Opere d'Architettura di Sebastiano Serlio Bolognese...

Venice 1584 Not Available Not Sold
13 Solon Marc Louis Emmanuel

SOLON, Marc Louis Emmanuel.

London 1903 Not Available GBP 13.12
14 Stuart James; Revett Nicholas

STUART, James & REVETT, Nicholas. Antiquities of Athens, vol.

London 1830 Not Available GBP 65.60
15 Symonds Mary; Preece Louisa

SYMONDS (Antrobus), Mary & PREECE, Louisa.

London 1928 Not Available GBP 32.80
16 Shuffrey L. A.

SHUFFREY, L. A. The English Fireplace, 1st edition, London: B. T. Batsford, nd [1912], num.

London nd [1912] Not Available GBP 98.40
17 Tretchikoff Vladimir; Buncher Richard; Timmins Howard; Hocking Anthony

TRETCHIKOFF, Vladimir. 4 vols. related, comprising: BUNCHER, Richard.

Cape Town; London 1953; nd [1969]; nd; 1973 Not Available Not Sold
18 Aesop

AESOP. AEsop's fables: with his Life, Morals and Remarks...

Glasgow 1800 Not Available GBP 111.52
19 Ainslee Kathleen

AINSLEE, Kathleen. Lady Tabitha and Us, London: Castell Brothers Ltd., nd [c.1905], num.

London nd [c.1905] Not Available Not Sold
20 Allingham William

ALLINGHAM, William. The Music Master, ...

London 1855 Not Available Not Sold
21 Archer Thomas

ARCHER, Thomas. Charles Dickens A Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters...

London c.1894 Not Available Not Sold
22 Ardizzone Edward

ARDIZZONE, Edward (illust.).

London 1948 Not Available GBP 39.36
23 Attwell Mabel Lucie

ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie (illust.).

London 1924; 1932; 1941; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1959; 1960; 1963; 1964; 1974; 1930's; 1918 Not Available GBP 223.04
24

BANCROFT & Co. Ltd. (pub). Pop-Up My Doll's House, London: c.

London 1963 Not Available GBP 19.68
25 Barrie J. M.

BARRIE, J. M., Peter and Wendy, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton,

London 1911; 1937 Not Available GBP 196.80
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000