Forum Auctions: Online: Modern Literature, 42326, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026

Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Albee Edward	The Zoo Story and the Sandbox	New York	1960; 1966; 2002	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 635.00
2	Albee Edward	The Man Who Had Three Arms	New York	1982; 1997	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 82.55
3	Anderson Maxwell; Stallings Laurence	3 American Plays	New York	[1926]; 1927; 1932	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 88.90
4	Anderson Robert	The Days Between	New York	1965; 1968; 1972	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 63.50
5	Barrie J.M.	The Admirable Crichton		[1914]; [1916]; [1913]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 203.20
6	Barry Philip	White Wings	New York	1927; 1923; 1926	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 44.45
7	Behan Brendan	The Hostage	New York	1958	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 482.60
8	Behrman S.N.	Brief Moment	New York	1931; 1927; 1928; 1934	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 82.55
9	Berkoff Steven; Ackbourn Alan; Brenton Howard	Kvetch and Acapulco		1986; 1987; 1977; 1988; 1974	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 215.90
10	Berlin Irving; Rogers Richard; Hart Lorenz; Harbach Otto; Hammerstein Oscar; Mandel Frank	Mr. President		c.1962; ND	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 139.70
11	Blyton Enid	The Mountain of Adventure		1949; 1950	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 177.80
12	Bolt Robert	A Man for All Seasons	New York	1960; 1958; 1971	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 177.80
13	Boothe Clare; Kennedy Margaret; Gordon Ruth	Margin for Error	New York	1940; 1926; 1947; 1944	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 95.25
14	Brecht Bertolt; Molnar Ferenc; Fugard Athol; Devenish Ross	Baal	Potsdam; New York; Johannesburg	1922; 1932; 1982	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 482.60
15	Capote Truman	In Cold Blood	New York	[1965]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,206.50
16	Coward Noel	Easy Virtue	New York & London	1926; 1930; 1931; 1932	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 215.90
17	Davis Owen; Davis Donald; Akins Zoe; Hecht Ben; Herbert F. Hugh	Ethan Frome	New York	1936; 1935; 1937; 1943	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 88.90
18	Donleavy J. P.; Colton John; Connelly Marc	The Ginger Man. A Play	New York	1961; 1923; 1929	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 304.80
19	Druten John van; Monks John; Finklehoffe Fred R.	After All	New York; New York and Los Angeles	1931; 1932; 1936; 1937	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
20	Durrell Lawrence; Hamilton Patrick; Dennis Nigel	Acte	New York	1966; 1942; 1958	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00
21	Fry Christopher	The Lady's Not for Burning	Cambridge	1949; 1946; 1951; 1954	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 177.80
22		Le Balcon		N/A	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 533.40
23	Gibson William	The SeeSaw Log with the text of Two for the Seesaw	New York	1959; 1957	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 31.75
24	Gordon Ruth; Kanin Garson	Pat and Mike		1951	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
25	Green Paul	The Field God and in Abraham's Bosom	New York	1927	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 12.70

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
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.