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
151	Fowles John	The Ebony Tower		1974	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
152	Fowles John	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Pennsylvania; Connecticut	1979; 1999; 1981	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 279.40
153	Fowles John	The Aristos	Boston and Toronto	1980	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 533.40
154	Fowles John; Brukoff Barry; Rushdie Salman; Osborne John; Browne Sir Thomas	The Enigma of Stonehenge		1980; 1995; 1991; 1924	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 698.50
155	Fowles John	Mantissa		1982	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 139.70
156	Fowles John	Mantissa	Boston	1982	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
157	Fowles John	Mantissa	Boston and Toronto	1982	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 203.20
158		A Short History of Lyme Regis		N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 215.90
159	Fowles John	A Maggot		1985	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 635.00
160	Fowles John	A Maggot	Boston and Toronto; Pennsylvania	1985; 1982	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 215.90
161	Fowles John; Davidson Lionel; Burgess Anthony; Nabokov Vladimir	The Aristos	New York	1995; 1968; 1963; 1959	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
162	Fowles John	Wormholes	New York	1998	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 762.00
163	Freeman R. Austin	John Thorndyke's Cases		1909	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
164	Gaddis William	The Recognitions		1962	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 508.00
165	Gardner John	Goldeneye		1996	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
166	Garner Helen	Monkey Grip		1980	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 139.70
167	Gash Jonathan	The Judas Pair		1977; 1978	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
168	Gelber Jack; Sherwood Robert E.; O'Neill Eugene	The Connection	New York	1961; 1938; 1952	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
169	Gibson William; Wolf Gene; Aldiss Brian	Burning Chrome		1986; 1983; 1973	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
170	Gilbert Michael	Close Quarters		1947	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 215.90
171	Ginsberg Allen; Lichtenstein Roy	La Nouvelle Chute de l'Amerique	Paris	1992	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 584.20
172	Golding William	Lord of the Flies		1954	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 406.40
173	Golding William	To the Ends of the Earth		1991; 1964; 1967	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 165.10
174	Gorham Maurice; Ardizzone Edward	The Local		1939; 1941	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 120.65
175	Gowland John Stafford; Blish James; Walters Hugh	Beyond Mars	New York	1956; 1955; 1967	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00

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.