Cotswold Auction Company: Treasures in Boxes, Books & Household items, 9629, Cirencester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 10, 2026 - May 10, 2026
Page Size: 32 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
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
  • 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.