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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | O'Casey Sean; Wilde Oscar; Beckett Samuel; Deane Hamilton; John L. Balderston | The Plough and the Stars |
New York | 1926; 1902; 1961; 1971 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 52 | Odets Clifford; Mosel Tad; Osborn Paul; Patrick John | Six Plays |
New York | 1940; 1951; 1961; 1938; 1952 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 177.80 |
| 53 | O'Hara John; Sturges Preston; Gillette William | Hope of Heaven |
New York | 1938; 1929; 1935 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 54 | O'Neill Eugene | Before Breakfast |
New York | 1916 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 57.15 |
| 55 | O'Neill Eugene | The Hairy Ape |
New York | 1929; 1930; 1982 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 56 | Orton Joe; Coward Noel; Berkoff Steven | What the Butler Saw |
New York | c.1970; 1954; 1980 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 120.65 |
| 57 | Priestley J.B.; Rattigan Terence | Dangerous Corner |
New York | 1932; 1933; 1938 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 58 | Rattigan Terence; Gray Simon; Wesker Arnold | Mistress Mine |
New York | c.1946; n.d.; 1975 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 76.20 |
| 59 | Rice Elmer | Street Scene |
New York & Los Angeles; New York | 1929; 1933; 1930 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 |
| 60 | Schulberg Budd; Dennis Patrick; Marshall Edward; McNeil Morris; Ernest Hemingway | The Disenchanted |
New York; Wellesley Hills | 1959; 1955; 1913; 1978 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 61 | Shaw George Bernard | Back to Methuselah |
New York | 1921; 1901; 1907; 1952 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 241.30 |
| 62 | Shawn Wallace | My Dinner with Andre |
New York | 1983; 1985; 1996 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 584.20 |
| 63 | Sherwood Robert E. | The Road to Rome |
New York | 1927; 1930; 1931 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 57.15 |
| 64 | Simon Neil | God's Favourite |
New York | 1975; 1978; 1979 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 65 | Storey David; Osborne John; Waterhouse Keith; Wesker Arnold | The Restoration of Arnold Middleton |
1967; 1975; 1992; 1961 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 66 | Uhry Alfred; Patrick Robert | Driving Miss Daisy |
New York | 1988; 1997; 1988; 1976 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 177.80 |
| 67 | Veiller Bayard; Wexley John; Swerling Jo; Robinson Edward G. | Within the Law, The Thirteenth Chair, The Trial of Mary Dugan |
New York; New York and Los Angeles; New York and Los Angeles | 1917-34; 1930; 1929 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 95.25 |
| 68 | Vidal Gore; Saroyan William | Visit to a Small Planet |
Boston; Boston; New York; California | 1957; 1960; 1939; 1979 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 107.95 |
| 69 | Vidal Gore; Guare John; Miller Arthur | Weekend |
New York; New York; [New York] | n.d.; 1960; 1967; 1945 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 70 | Welsh Irvine; Ustinov Peter | Trainspotting |
New York; New York | 1996; 1943; 1967; 1953 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 71 | Welty Eudora | The Ponder Heart |
1954 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 120.65 | |
| 72 | Wilder Thornton | The Angel that Troubled the Waters and Other Plays |
New York; Connecticut; New York | 1928; 1928; 1974; 1938 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 73 | Williams Emlyn | The Morning Star |
1942; 1945; 1947 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 74 | Williams Tennessee; Choukri Mohamed; Bowles Paul | Tennessee Williams in Tangier |
Santa Barbara; New York; New York | 1979; 1964; 1958 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 75 | Willson Meredith; Kretzmer Herbert; Bock Jerry; Harnick Sheldon; Stein Joseph; Glickman Will; Simon Neil; McNally Terrence | But He Doesn't Know the Territory |
New York; New York; New York; New York; New York | 1959; 1965; 1967; 1953; 1980; 2002 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 406.40 |
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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.