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
200	Sir Walter Scott	Ballads and Lyrical Pieces	Edinburgh	1806	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.56
201	Sir Walter Scott	(Douglas & Foulis Bindings) The Journal of.....From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford	Edinburgh	1891	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 100.16
202	Sir Walter Scott	Waverley Novels		1901-10	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 87.64
203	Sir Walter Scott	(Bindings) Waverly Novels	Edinburgh	1867-1869	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.04
204	Hamish Henderson	(Scottish Poetry) Elegies For The Dead In Cyrenaica	London	1948	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 175.28
205	Sydney Goodsir Smith and Rendell Wells (illustrations)	(Signed Scottish Prose & Poetry) Carotid Cornucopius. The First Hauf Galloon	Edinburgh	1964	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 137.72
206	Robin Graham Bell (ed)	(Scottish Poetry) Twelve scarce works	New Jersey, New York	1970	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 137.72
207	Hugh MacDiarmid	(Scottish Poetry) Two works	Preston	30th June 1967	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.34
208	Alexander Scott	(Scottish Poetry) Akros Publications Eighteen scarce works	Preston	1968	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.12
209	Alan Riddell (ed)	(Scottish Poetry) Lines Review. New Poetry Scotland	Edinburgh	Summer 1953	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.56
209A	Albert Mackie	(Scottish Poetry) Sixteen works	Glasgow	1944	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 137.72
210	Hugh MacDiarmid	(Scottish Poetry) Hugh MacDiarmid and Akros Publications Scarce publications		1863	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 125.20
211	William Christie	(Scottish Poetry) Castledaw Press Nine scarce works	Peeblesshire	20th August, 1971	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 43.82
212	John Locke	An Essay Concerning Human Understanding	London	1731	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 75.12
213	Leonard Eckstein Opdyke (translated)	(Limited Edition) The Book of the Courtier by Count Baldesar Castiglione (1528)	London, New York	1902	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
214		(Scotland) Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus Memoirs of a Highland Lady. Being The Autobiography of......Afterwards Mrs. Smith of Baltiboys 1789-1830	Edinburgh	1897	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
215	Enid Blyton	Thirty four reprints			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
216		(Isles of Scilly) The Scillonian. The Quarterly Magazine		1987	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.30
217	Jessie Mothersole	(Islands of Scilly) A large collection of works		[1914]	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 43.82
218	[Thomas Burnet]	(Geodesy) 'The Sacred Theory of the Earth: containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes which it hath undergone, or is to undergo, till the Consummation of all Things...	London	1726	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 75.12
219	H[ilda] D[oolittle]	Hymen	London	1921	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 100.16
220		Britain in Pictures Sixty-Seven Works			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 150.24
221		Guinness Christmas Booklets Seven works		1934	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 187.80
222	Joseph Urban	(Signed Limited Edition) Theatres	New York	1929	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
223	Arthur Rackham	(Signed Limited Edition) The Chimes by Charles Dickens	London	1931	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 125.20

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.