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
76	Wilson Lanford; Mailer Norman	Talley's Folly	New York; New York; New York; New York	1979; 1986; 1965; 1967	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 69.85
77	Yellen Sherman; Bock Jerry; Harnick Sheldon; Herman Jerry; Lawrence Jerome; Lee Robert E.; Ragni Gerome; Rado James; MacDermot Galt	The Rothschilds	New York; New York; New York; New York	1969; 1968; n.d.; 1969	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 69.85
78	Abbey Edward	The Brave Cowboy		1957	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 139.70
79	Adams Douglas	The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series		1979; 1980; 1984; 1992	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 635.00
80	Adams Douglas	So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish		1984	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 57.15
81	Amis Kingsley	A Frame of Mind. Eighteen Poems	Reading; Edinburgh	1953; [1943]; 1978; 1962	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 63.50
82	Amis Kingsley	Lucky Jim		1953	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,270.00
83	Amis Kingsley	I Like It Here		1958; 1960; 1962	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 76.20
84	Amis Martin	Money		1984	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 330.20
85	Archer Jeffrey	Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less		1976	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 406.40
86	Asimov Isaac; Sturgeon Theodore; Wyndham John	The Naked Sun	New York	1958; 1953; 1961	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 279.40
87	Bagnold Enid	National Velvet		1959	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
88	Bair Patrick	Faster! Faster!		1950	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
89	Ballard J. G.; Suddaby Donald; Matheson Richard; Christopher John	The 4-Dimensional Nightmare		1963; 1952; 1956; 1956	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 533.40
90	Bashford Sir Henry Howarth; Stewart Donald Ogden	Tommy Wideawake	New York & Chicago	1903; 1924; 1924	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
91	Betjeman John	Summoned by Bells		1960; 1982; 1975; 1981	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 431.80
92	Blish James	A Case of Conscience		1959	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 381.00
93	Braine John	Room at the Top		1957	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 152.40
94	Brown Christy	Down all the Days		1970; 1971	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 431.80
95	Burgess Anthony	A Clockwork Orange		1962	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 825.50
96	Burns Alan; Johnson B. S.; Le Clezio J.M.G.	Europe After the Rain	New York	1970; 1975	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 279.40
97	Burroughs Edgar Rice	The Chessmen of Mars	Chicago	1922	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 533.40
98	Capote Truman	Breakfast at Tiffany's		1958	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 241.30
99	Carter Angela	Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces		1974	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 165.10
100	Chaplin Sid	The Day of the Sardine		1961	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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.