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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | Lawrence D.H. | N Books, including: Lady Chatterley’s Lover |
[1960]; 1961; 1929; 1930 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 230 | Lewis C. S. | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
1950 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,292.00 | |
| 231 | Lodge David | Ginger, You’re Barmy |
1962 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 76.00 | |
| 232 | Mandela Nelson | Long Walk to Freedom |
Norwalk, Connecticut | 2000 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | Nobbs Davids; Wodehouse P.G.; McEwan Ian; Amis Martin | N Books, including: The Death of Reginald Perrin |
1975; 1977; 1978; 1909-1910; 1973 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | |
| 234 | Rowling J. K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 | |
| 235 | Rowling J.K. | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
2007 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | |
| 236 | Szilard Leo | The Voice of the Dolphins |
1961 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 237 | Tolkien John Ronald Reuel; Shakespeare William | The Lord of the Rings; The Works |
1966; 1891 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 353.00 | |
| 238 | Wells H.G. | De Strijd der Werelden |
Amsterdam | [1899] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 239 | Baumer Lewis; Townsend F. H.; Sillince Williams Henry; Dodd Ed | N Books, including: Why we go away in the summer |
c. 1934; 1919 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 164.00 | |
| 240 | Baumer Lewis | Seven cartoons |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 126.00 | |
| 241 | Brookes Peter | The Archbishops, ‘We wear the trousers, dammit!’ |
2008 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.00 | |
| 242 | du Maurier George | Studies in repartee; All in the days work |
1889 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 428.00 | |
| 243 | Emett Rowland | For some people, a Merry Christmas |
ND | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 529.00 | |
| 244 | Jensen John | Noel Coward and Joan Sutherland |
c. 1960s | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 245 | Keene Charles Samuel | Fishing and shooting figures; Two works |
1882 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 164.00 | |
| 246 | Lassie |
1980 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 13.00 | ||
| 247 | Low David | Robert Lynd |
1926; 1928 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 328.00 | |
| 248 | Fearon Percy Hutton; Furniss Harry; Hewison William; Wheeler Colin; Breeze Hector; Woodcock Kevin | 14 Books, including: Unambiguous |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 202.00 | |
| 249 | Pettiward Roger | Would it look very provincial if I were to eat my sandwiches? |
1937 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 164.00 | |
| 250 | Evans Powys; Papas William; Trog Fawkes Wally; Lee Joseph; Myers David; Cole Richard; Mansbridge Norman; Gibbard Les; Parkes Terence; Calman Mel; Rushton Willie | 12 Books, including: China Visit |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 302.00 | |
| 251 | Laidler Graham | The British Character. Importance of Not Being an Alien. |
1936 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,512.00 | |
| 252 | Reynolds Frank | Not my idea of a government office but safer than Berlin!; ...treat to have the radio again… |
c. 1945 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 63.00 | |
| 253 | Robinson William Heath | A new adjustment for motor busses recently adopted by the L. C. C. to enable pedestrians to cross the road during a block in the traffic |
c. 1930s | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
-
Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
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