Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper, 60426, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castillo Solorzano Alonso | Las aventuras del bachiller Trapaza |
Madrid | 1733 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 2 | Maffei Scipione | De gli Anfiteatri e singolarmente del veronese; C. Sallustii Crispi Bellum Catilinarium, et Jugurthinum |
Verona; Oxford | 1728; 1730 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 214.00 |
| 3 | Marot Clement; Beze Theodore de | Les Pseaumes de David mis en rime francoise |
Charenton; Paris | 1662 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 227.00 |
| 4 | Pronti Domenico | Nuova Raccolta rappresentante i Costumi Religiosi Civili, e Militari degli antichi Egiziani, Etruschi, Greci, e Romani |
Rome | c. 1805 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Rousseau Jean Jacques | Emilius; or, An Essay On Education |
1763 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 479.00 | |
| 6 | Barnard John | Theologo-Historicus |
1683 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Sternhold Thomas | The Psalter or Psalmes of David |
London | 1579; 1578 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 8 | Dell William | The Tryal of Spirits both in Teachers and Hearers |
[1699] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 63.00 | |
| 9 | Eusebius Caesariensis | De evangelica preparatione |
Venice | 1473 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 403.00 |
| 10 | Eusebius Caesariensis; Beda Venerabilis | Historia ecclesiastica; Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum |
Strassburg | 1500 | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 11 | Pfeffel Johann Andreas | The Passion |
Augsburg | c. 1740 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 202.00 |
| 12 | Preston John | 4 Books, including: The new covenant |
1631 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Strickland George | Devotions for the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper |
1765 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 76.00 | |
| 14 | Rhind W. G. | The Tabernacle in the Wilderness; The Shadow of Heavenly Things |
1877 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Crichton Patrick | The Awkward Squad |
1797-1801 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 353.00 | |
| 16 | Kipling Rudyard;Woodville R Caton | The Absent Minded Beggar; In Memoriam. The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone |
1899;c. 1898 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 126.00 | |
| 17 | General Regulations, Instructions and Orders, for the Government and Guidance of the Metropolitan Police Force |
1845 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 277.00 | ||
| 18 | Johnes Thomas;Froissart John;Joinville John Lord de | Chronicles of England, France, and the Adjoining Countries; Memoirs of John Lord de Joinville |
Hafod | 1803-05;1807 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Rundall Mary Ann | Symbolic Illustrations of the History of England |
London;Bath | 1815 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 252.00 |
| 20 | Dovaston James | World War I: An album of postcards |
Rouen | 1916-18 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 21 | Massine Leonide;Toumanova Tamara;Danilova Alexandra | Col. W. de Basil’s Ballets Russes |
1936;1914 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 139.00 | |
| 22 | de Fer Nicolas;de la Hire Gabriel Phillipe;Desnos Louis Charles;Buy de Mornas Claude;Chatelain Henri Abraham | 24 Books, including: Planisphere Celeste Meridional |
Paris | 1705;1761;1721 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 403.00 |
| 23 | Harrison John | A School Atlas Upon a New and Improved Plan; Maps of the English Counties |
1791 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | Stoopendaal Daniel | Werelt Caert |
c. 1690 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 454.00 | |
| 25 | Stoopendaal Daniel;Scherer Heinrich;Gros C | 44 Books, including: Werelt Caert |
Munich | c. 1690;c. 1700;1820 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,071.00 |
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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. -
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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 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000