Forum Auctions: The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers, 70926, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | Chubb Ralph N | Prospectuses |
1925-57 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 860.60 | |
| 265 | Chubb Ralph N | Books by Ralph Chubb |
[1933/34] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,986.00 | |
| 266 | Chubb Ralph N | Autumn Leaves |
1970 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 662.00 | |
| 267 | Wells H G | The First Men in the Moon |
1925 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 198.60 | |
| 268 | Wadsworth Edward; Windeler Bernard | Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas |
1926 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 344.24 | |
| 269 | Lucian of Samosata | The True Historie of Lucian the Samosatenian |
Waltham St. Lawrence | 1927 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,191.60 |
| 270 | Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ |
Waltham St. Lawrence | 1931 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 13,240.00 | |
| 271 | Song of Songs |
1936 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,257.80 | ||
| 272 | Album of Christmas cards |
[1930s] | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,721.20 | ||
| 273 | Jonson Ben | A Croppe of Kisses. Selected Lyrics; A Lover's Progress |
1937; 1938 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 198.60 | |
| 274 | Ravilious Eric | Armagnac Beaune Bordeaux Cognac Jerez Kirkwall Madeira Oporto Reims Worms-am-Rhein |
1938 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,250.80 | |
| 277 | Sandford Christopher; Rutter Owen; Chambers David | Chanticleer; Pertelote; Cockalorum; Cock-a-Hoop |
1936-[1961] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,059.20 | |
| 278 | Hume David | My Own Life |
Stanford Dingley | 1927 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 344.24 |
| 279 | Tory Geofroy | Champ Fleury |
New York | 1927 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 926.80 |
| 280 | Milne A A | The House at Pooh Corner; Now We Are Six |
1927; 1928 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,118.40 | |
| 281 | Marston Henry | Two Passages from the Journal |
Pittsburgh | 1928 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 225.08 |
| 282 | Tellier Jules | Abd-Er-Rahman in Paradise |
Waltham St. Lawrence | 1928 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 860.60 |
| 283 | More Thomas | The XII Propertees or Condicyons of a Lover |
Ditchling | 1928 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 463.40 |
| 284 | Tomkinson G.S. | A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses Public and Private in Great Britain and Ireland |
1928 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,257.80 | |
| 285 | Masereel Frans | Officina Bodoni (Die): Das Werkbuch einer Handpresse in den ersten sechs Jahren ihres Wirkens |
Verona | 1929 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,257.80 |
| 286 | Thomas Henry; Morison Stanley | Andres Brun Calligrapher of Saragossa: Some Account of his Life and Work |
Paris | 1929 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 993.00 |
| 287 | Feliciano Felice | Alphabetum Romanum |
Verona | 1960 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 926.80 |
| 288 | Eliot T.S. | The Waste Land |
Verona | 1961 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,634.00 |
| 289 | Bodoni Giambattista | Manuale Tipografico 1788 |
Verona | 1968 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 794.40 |
| 290 | Durer Albrecht | The Little Passion |
Verona | 1971 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,059.20 |
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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. -
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