Forum Auctions: Modern & Contemporary Editions, 61726, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
Page Size: 220 items in 9 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
220 Chagall Marc (1887-1985)

Nocturne a Venice, from Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962 (Mourlot 400; Cramer 56)

1957-1962 Not Available GBP 79.44
221 Chagall Marc (1887-1985)

Illustrations pour la Bible, Verve Vol. X, Nos. 37 & 38 (Cramer 42)

N/A Not Available GBP 1,456.40
222 Dufy Raoul (1877-1953)

Baigneuse, from La MerLithograph, 1925, signed and inscribed 'essai' in pencil, a proof aside from the edition, on fine handmade oriental paper, some marginal repairs, sheet 440 x 650 mm (17 1/4 x 25 1/2 in) (unframed)

1925 Not Available Not Sold
223 Matisse Henri (1869-1954)

Verve Vol VI. Nos. 21-22

N/A Not Available GBP 291.28
224 Klimt Gustav (1862-1918)

From Erotic Drawings (Dialogues of the Courtesans) and 50 Handzeichnungen

N/A Not Available GBP 1,986.00
225 Redon Odilon (1840-1916)

Portrait of Edouard Vuillard

N/A Not Available Not Sold
226 Picasso Pablo (1881-1973)

Le Carnet de La Californie

N/A Not Available GBP 1,191.60
227 Picasso Pablo (1881-1973)

Dons des Feminines, Valentine Penrose

N/A Not Available GBP 1,853.60
228 Picasso Pablo (1881-1973)

Homme Nu avec Femme Ivre et Jeune Flutiste (Bloch 773)

N/A Not Available GBP 1,721.20
229 Picasso Pablo (1881-1973)

Scene Mythologique (Bloch 1398)

N/A Not Available GBP 2,648.00
230 Cezanne Paul (1839-1906)

Guillaumin au Pendu (Cherpin 2)

N/A Not Available GBP 251.56
231 Renoir Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)

Claude Renoir Tourne a Gauche (Delteil 40)

N/A Not Available GBP 926.80
232 Renoir Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)

Femme Nue Assise (Delteil 12; Stella 12)

N/A Not Available GBP 926.80
233 Renoir Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)

Baigneuse Assise (Delteil 11; Stella 11)

N/A Not Available Not Sold
234 Renoir Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)

Sur la Plage, a Berneval (Delteil 5; Stella 5)

N/A Not Available GBP 926.80
235 Tissot James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902)

Le Chapeau Rubens, from Ten Etchings (Wentworth 8)

N/A Not Available GBP 251.56
236 Rouault Georges (1871-1958)

Fleau Colon, from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu (Chapon 9d)

N/A Not Available GBP 145.64
237 Toulouse-Lautrec Henri (1864-1901)

Paula Brebion, from Le Cafe Concert (Wittrock 20)

N/A Not Available GBP 132.40
238 Toulouse-Lautrec Henri (1864-1901)

Zamboula-Polka (Wittrock 333)

N/A Not Available GBP 92.68
239 Toulouse-Lautrec Henri (1864-1901)

Mary Hamilton, from Le Cafe Concert (Wittrock 21)

N/A Not Available GBP 198.60
  • 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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