Olympia Auctions: The Estate of John Russell Taylor: Author, Critic, Collector, 21126, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
Page Size: 78 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
297 WILLIAM SANSOM

THE EQUILIBRIAD,

 1948 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 494.00
298 ITHELL COLQUHOUN

GOOSE OF HERMOGENES,

 1961 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 390.00
299 ITHELL COLQUHOUN

THE CRYING OF THE WIND, IRELAND,

 1955 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 416.00
300 ITHELL COLQUHOUN

THE LIVING STONES, CORNWALL,

 1957 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 585.00
301 CHARLES A. PIPER

SIXTY-THREE: NOT OUT, A BOOK OF RECOLLECTIONS

 1925 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 65.00
302 JOHN BETJEMAN

POEMS IN THE PORCH,

 1954 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 91.00
303 JOHN PIPER

ROMNEY MARSH,

 1950 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 39.00
304 ADRIAN BELL (I); ROBERT GATHORNE-HARDY (II)

MEN AND THE FIELDS

 London 1939 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 169.00
305 JOHN BETJEMAN

FIRST AND LAST LOVES

 1952 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 91.00
306 JAMES MAUDE RICHARDS

THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND,

 1946 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 26.00
307 BRENDA CHAMBERLAIN

TIDE-RACE,

 London 1962 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00
308 PAUL NASH

SHELL GUIDES, DORSET,

 1936 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 312.00
309 JOHN PIPER

SHELL GUIDES, OXON,

 London 1938 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 312.00
310 HUMBERT WOLFE

ABC OF THE THEATRE,

 London 1932 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 156.00
311 BARBARA JONES

THE UNSOPHISTICATED ARTS,

 1951 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 520.00
312 WILLIAM BECKFORD

VATHEK,

 London 1929 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 143.00
313 SAMUEL JOHNSON (I); WILLIAM BECKFORD (II)

THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, Prince of Abyssinia,

 1975 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 13.00
314 THE BROTHERS GRIMM

GRIMM'S HOUSEHOLD TALES,

 London 1946 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 156.00
315 ILLUSTRATED BY ERIC FRASER

A GROUP OF FIRST EDITIONS ILLUSTRATED BY ERIC FRASER (I) JOHN HAMPDEN, SIR WILLIAM AND THE WOLF,

 London 1960 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 1,690.00
316 PAUL NASH

PAUL NASH: A MEMORIAL VOLUME EDITED BY MARGO EATES,

 1948 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 65.00
317 PAUL NASH

OUTLINE, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND OTHER WRITINGS,

 London 1949 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 65.00
318 DOUGLAS COOPER

LETTERS OF JUAN GRIS (1913-1927), collected by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

 1956 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 221.00
319 JEAN COCTEAU

LE MYSTERE LAIC, an essay on Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978), featuring five etchings by the artist,

 1928 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 143.00
320 WALTER SICKERT RA

A FREE HOUSE! OR THE ARTIST AS CRAFTSMAN, BEING THE WRITINGS OF WALTER RICHARD SICKERT,

 London 1947 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 221.00
321 DENTON WELCH

I LEFT MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE,

 1958 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 130.00
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
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    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
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