Cotswold Auction Company: Treasures in Boxes, Books & Household items, 9629, Cirencester
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 10, 2026 - May 10, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Large quantity of assorted volumes of classic novels to include the Tusitala works of Robert Louis |
1888 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 206.08 | ||
| 2001 | Manson; R.N.D. Wilson; Charles Terrasse; Laurence Binyon | Folio Society to include Flora Thompson, Catherine Mansfield, and others, - art interest to |
Paris; London | 1897; 1932 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 19.32 |
| 2002 | Reverend C.A. Johns; Peter Quennel; Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald; C.F. Tunnicliffe | Johns, Reverend C.A. 'Flowers of the Field' George Routledge 1911, fourth impression, colour |
1909; 1911; 1949; 1960 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 7.73 | |
| 2003 | George Birmingham | Birmingham, George - a quantity to include 'Lieutenant Commander' Methuen & Co. 1944, dust |
1908; 1943; 1944; 1946; 1950 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 19.32 | |
| 2004 | Edmond Dulac; Henry Mayhew; Lord Byron | Folio Society, Dulac, Edmond (ils) 'Perrault's Fairy Tales' in original slip jacket with Mayhew, |
Dublin | 1817; 1846 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 70.84 |
| 2005 | Winston S Churchill; Barbara W Tuchman; Elizabeth Longford; Max Hastings; Simon Jenkins; Viscount Cunninghan of Hyndhope; N.A.M. Rodger; Eric Bush; Creswell; Robert Blake | Militaria and naval history - to include Churchill, Winston S volumes 1, 2 and 4 of 'A History of |
1962; 1970 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 12.88 | |
| 2006 | Thackeray; John Ruskin; Kate Greenaway; Rudyard Kipling; A.A. Milne; Mark Twain | The works of Thackeray published by Smith Elder & Co., green boards, gilt titles, seven volumes, |
1896; 1926; 1930; 1931 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 30.91 | |
| 2007 | Gustave Dore; W. Watts | Dore, Gustave (ils) 'The Fables of La Fontaine' Cassell Petter & Galpin, frontis portrait of Jean de |
1830 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 45.08 | |
| 2008 | Henrietta Knight; Robin Oakley; Frankie Dettori; Walwyn; Judith Barczy Kelly; John Masefield; Cecil Aldin | Horse racing interest to include signed copies Henrietta Knight 'Starting From Scratch Inspired to |
1996; 2000; 2013 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 23.18 | |
| 2009 | Martin Gilbert; Macarthy; Anthony Beevor; Eric Morris; H.A. Taylor; Viscount Allenby | Militaria and Winston Churchill interest to include Gilbert, Martin 'Winston S Churchill' to include |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2010 | Lyn Macdonald; Conrad Black; Philip Orr; Eric Linklater; Harold Evans | Militaria to include Macdonald, Lyn 'They Called it Passchendaele The Story of the Third Battle at |
1978 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2011 | Frazer; Verity Q. Steele; Hugh Thomson; John Austen; Veronica Lucan; Dirk Bogarde; E. Dunne; H. Sutcliffe; Ethel Vance; Michael Arlen | Assorted volumes, to include Frazer 'The Golden Bough', Steele, Verity Q. 'The Book on Pekingese', |
New York | 1920; 1931 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 15.46 |
| 2012 | Laurence Whistler; Gloag; Edward Knoblock; Ian McEwan; Ted Hughes | Whistler, Laurence 'Rex Whistler His Life and His Drawings' published in 1948, grey cloth, Gloag ' |
1948; 1984; 1987 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 51.52 | |
| 2013 | Cecil Alden; Anna Sewell; Lord Alfred Tennyson; Alberto Sangorski; Thomas Hood; Thomas Seccombe; Walter Crane; Roland Pimm | Alden, Cecil (ils) Sewell, Anna 'Black Beauty the Autobiography of a Horse' Boots the Chemist, |
1927 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 19.32 | |
| 2038 | Small quantity of vintage cigarette cards and football cards (1 box) |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 7.73 | ||
| 2048 | Quantity of vintage football programmes to include Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton 1970, 1969 |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 15.46 | ||
| 2122 | H. Costello | H. Costello (19th century) Etching Two scenes of cherubs playing with ducks, signed lower |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2123 | C. W. Bates | C. W. Bates Print "Afternoon Stroll", Venetian street view, 44cm x 60cm |
N/A | GBP 15.00 - 20.00 | GBP 7.73 | |
| 2124 | Henry Ryland (1856-1924) | After Henry Ryland (1856-1924) Giclee print on canvas "Aphrodite Offering Helen to Paris", 61cm x |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 7.73 | |
| 2125 | Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969) | After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969) Print in colours "The Silver Mirror", signed in pencil |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 51.52 | |
| 2126 | Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969) | After Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969) Print in colours 'Variations on a Theme', signed in |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 23.18 | |
| 2127 | Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969) | After Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969) Print in colours 'La Mairie, Manosque', signed in |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 12.88 | |
| 2128 | Five early 20th century photographs of prize winning sheep and one of a bull, all inscribed, to |
N/A | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 167.44 | ||
| 2136 | Giovanni B. Vieri | Giovanni B. Vieri (20th century) Lithograph in colours View of The Sanctuary of San Romedio, |
84 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 38.64 | |
| 2137 | Charles Rosenberg; James Pollard (1792/97-1867) | Charles Rosenberg after James Pollard (1792/97-1867) Aquatint engraving "Chances of the Steeple |
1837; 39 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 7.73 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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 -
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.