Forum Auctions: Online: Modern Literature, 42326, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Greene Graham; Lawrence D.H.; Eliot T.S.; Bolt Robert; George Ernest | Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes |
1983; 1920; 1935; 1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 27 | Guare John; Rabe David; Foote Horton | Lydie Breeze |
New York | 2003; 1970; 1993; 2001; 1985; 1989 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 28 | Hampton Christopher; Frayn Michael | The Philanthropist |
1970; 1974; 1983; 1995; 2008 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 29 | Hare David; Gray Simon | Fanshen |
1976; 1978; 2000; 1971; 1987 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 30 | Hart Moss | Winged Victory |
New York | 1943; 1947 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 82.55 |
| 31 | Hecht Ben; Kanin George; Schulberg Budd | Nothing Sacred |
New York | 1937; 1953; 1983 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 32 | Heyward DuBose; Goldsmith Clifford; Goldman James; Gershwin | Brass Ankle |
New York | 1931; 1939; 1966; 1959 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 139.70 |
| 33 | Howard Sidney | Paths of Glory |
New York & Los Angeles; New York & London | 1935; 1930; 1933 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 101.60 |
| 34 | Kaufman George S.; Marc Connelly; Alexander Woollcott | Minick |
New York | 1924; 1924; 1934 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 |
| 35 | Kelly George | Craig's Wife |
Boston; New York; New York and Los Angeles | 1926; 1923; 1931 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 57.15 |
| 36 | Knott Frederic | Wait Until Dark |
c.1966 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 37 | Krasna Norman | John Loves Mary |
New York; New York & Los Angeles | 1947; 1935; 1945 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 31.75 |
| 38 | Kushner Tony; Crystal Billy; Durang Christopher; Labute Neil | A Bright Room Called Day |
New York | 1994; 1992; 2005; 1985; 1999 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 39 | Laurents Arthur; Kanin Garson; Lewis Sinclair; Lloyd Lewis | Home of the Brave |
New York | 1946; 1953; 1962; 1935 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 107.95 |
| 40 | Lawrence Jerome; Robert E. Lee | Auntie Mame |
New York | 1957; 1960; 1972 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 381.00 |
| 41 | Leigh Mike; Kureishi Hanif | Smelling a Rat & Ecstasy |
1989; 2006; 1999; 1999 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 42 | Lyndon Barre; Lonsdale Frederick; Maude Cryil; Thomas Dylan; Bagnold Enid | They Came at Night |
London and New York; New York | 1937; 1939; 1925; 1927; 1954; 1964 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 304.80 |
| 43 | Mamet David | Lakeboat |
New York | 1981; 1979; 1983 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 558.80 |
| 44 | Mamet David | The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Hollywood, CA | 1981 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 45 | Manners John Hartley | Peg O'My Heart |
1914 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 25.40 | |
| 46 | Maugham William Somerset | Jack Straw |
1912; 1912 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 47 | McNally Terrence | Sweet Eros, Next and Other Plays |
New York | 1969; 1986; 1974 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 44.45 |
| 48 | McNally Terrence | Next |
c.1969; 1971 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 25.40 | |
| 49 | Mitchell Margaret | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 50 | Nichols Peter; Mercer David; Gray Simon; McEwan Ian | Chez Nous |
1974; 1971; 1977; 1968; 1981 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 381.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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.