Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Children's & Illustrated Books, Private Press, Modern First Editions, Playing Cards, 61826, Gloucestershire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 764 | Tolkien J. R. R. | The Hobbit or There and Back Again |
London | 1951 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 948.00 |
| 765 | Tolkien J. R. R. | N Books, including: The Lord of the Rings |
1963-65; 1957; 1978; 1977; 1980 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 530.88 | |
| 766 | Verne Jules | From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes: And a Trip Round it |
London | 1873 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,643.20 |
| 767 | Waterhouse Keith; Storey David; Sherriff R. C.; Bartlett Vernon; Osborne John | Billy Liar; This Sporting Life; Journey's End; Look Back in Anger |
London | 1959; 1960; 1930; 1957 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 606.72 |
| 768 | Waugh Arthur (1866-1943) | Verses |
1889 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,643.20 | |
| 769 | Waugh Evelyn | Black Mischief |
London | 1932 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 151.68 |
| 770 | Wells H. G. | The War of the Worlds |
London | 1898 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 27,808.00 |
| 771 | Whitman Walt | Leaves of Grass |
c. 1879 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 278.08 | |
| 772 | Williamson Henry | The Patriot's Progress |
London | 1930 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 113.76 |
| 773 | Williamson Henry (1895-1977) | N Books, including: The Lone Swallows |
London; Shallowford | 1922; 1935 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 948.00 |
| 774 | Wodehouse P. G. | N Books, including: Mr. Mulliner Speaking |
1920s-1950s | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 775 | Wodehouse P. G. | N Books, including: The Pothunters |
1902-1977 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 776 | Wodehouse P. G. | Big Money; If I Were You; Doctor Sally; Hot Water; Louder and Funnier; Mulliner Nights; Lord Emsworth and Others; Summer Moonshine; Uncle Fred in the Springtime; Eggs, Beans and Crumpets |
1931-1940 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 777 | Wodehouse P. G. | N Books, including: My Man Jeeves |
London | 1919; 1923; 1925; 1930-1954 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 778 | Wodehouse P. G. | N Books, including: Full Moon |
1947-1972 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 779 | Wodehouse P. G. | The Clicking of Cuthbert; Ukridge; Sam the Sudden; The Small Bachelor; Money for Nothing; Good Morning Bill; Summer Lightning |
1922-1929 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 780 | Wodehouse P. G. | The Luck of the Bodkins; Heavy Weather; Laughing Gas; Young Men in Spats; Quick Service |
1933-1940 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 379.20 | |
| 781 | Woolf Virginia; Forster E. M.; Wells H. G. | N Books, including: Jacob's Room |
London | 1922; 1925; 1932; 1928; 1931; 1937; 1953; 1907; 1901 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 821.60 |
| 782 | Woolf Virginia | The Voyage Out |
London | 1915 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 353.92 |
| 783 | Wyndham John | The Day of the Triffids |
London | 1951 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,561.60 |
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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