Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 22626, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026

Page Size: 350 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
224		(Original Parts) Including eight parts for 'Cassell's Popular History', 'The Oracle Encyclopaedia' and 'With the Flag to Pretoria'			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
225	William Buckler and H. T. Stainton (ed)	The Larvae of the British Butterflies & Moths	London	1884-1899	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 162.76
226		(Signed Limited Edition) Painted Veils	New York	1920	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
227	Jorn Merkert (ed)	(Art) Nineteen work	Munich	1986	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.04
228	E. H. Shakleton	(Artic and Antarctic Exploration) Ten works	London	1909	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 200.32
229		[Ornament Design] Jugendstil Ornamentik der Gegenwart	Plauen	[c.1906]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.20
230	R. Montgomery Martin	(19th Century Illustrated Works)		n.d. [1858]	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.34
231	Georgiana Hill	(Cookery) The Cook's Own Book: A Manual of Cookery, For The Kitchen and The Cottage	London	1860	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 87.64
232	Graham Green	Six first edition	London	1958	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 62.60
233	J. R. R. Tolkien	(Folio Society) The Lord of the Rings	London	1977	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 162.76
234		The London Illustrated News			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.30
235	T. S. Eliot	(Poetry) Eighteen works	London	1941	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 125.20
236		(Signed by cast and crew of the film) Mary Webb Gone to Earth	London	1948	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 438.20
237	Thomas Burnet, Mead and Foxton (trans)	Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus	London	1736	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.08
238		Charles Dickens the Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit	London	1844	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.30
239		(Buddhism and Burmese Publishing) Two scarce survivors'	Kaba-Aye, Rangoon	[c.1978]	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.56
240	Wen Chen Ming, Kate Kerby and Mo Zung Chung	An Old Chinese Garden. A Three-fold Masterpiece of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting	Shanghai	[1923]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.20
241	Jack Flam (editor)	(20th Century Art) Matisse. A Retrospective	New York	1988	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.04
242	Daniel C. Matt (translation and commentary)	The Zohar. Pritzker Edition	California	2004-2009	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
243	Martin Friedman	(Modern Art) David Hockney Six works	London	1983	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 100.16
244	Ernest Hemingway	The Old Man and the Sea	New York	1952	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 175.28
245	John Betjeman	(Cornwall) Twelve works	London	April, 1935	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 43.82
246		(Poetry) Seamus Heaney Door Into the Dark	London	1969	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 212.84
247		(The Ashendene Press) A Chronological List, with Prices, of the Forty Books Printed at The Ashendene Press 1895-1935		1935-03-01	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 62.60
248	Dylan Thomas	Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices	London	1954	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 150.24

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.