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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | Villon Francois | Les Ballades |
1900 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 635.52 | |
| 186 | Verhaeren Emile | Les Petits Vieux |
1901 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 794.40 | |
| 187 | Ronsard Pierre de | Choix de Sonnets; Abrege de l'Art Poetique Francois |
1902-03 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 662.00 | |
| 188 | Bacon Francis | Of Gardens, an Essay |
1902 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 662.00 | |
| 189 | White Diana | The Descent of Ishtar |
1903 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,721.20 | |
| 190 | C'est d'Aucassin et de Nicolette |
1903 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,456.40 | ||
| 191 | Moore T.Sturge | A Brief Account of the Origin of the Eragny Press |
1903 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 23,832.00 | |
| 192 | Browning Robert | Some Poems |
1904 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,721.20 | |
| 193 | Coleridge Samuel Taylor | Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) |
1904 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,257.80 | |
| 194 | Milton John | Areopagitica |
1904 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,456.40 | |
| 195 | Perrault Charles | Riquet a la Houppe |
1907 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,515.60 | |
| 196 | Nerval Gerard de | Histoire de la Reine du Matin & de Soliman Prince des Genies |
1909 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,634.00 | |
| 197 | Gautier Judith | Album de Poemes tires du Livre de Jade |
1911; 1948 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,958.00 | |
| 198 | Moselly Emile | La Charrue d'Erable |
1912 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 3,177.60 | |
| 199 | Bradley Katherine; Cooper Edith Emma | Whym Chow Flame of Love |
1914 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 37,072.00 | |
| 200 | A collection of prospectuses, book lists & other ephemera from or relating to the Eragny Press |
N/A | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,236.80 | ||
| 201 | Pissarro Camille | Collection of 34 colour-printed woodcuts |
c.1890-1910 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 2,648.00 | |
| 202 | Pissarro Lucien | 4 Autograph letters |
1922-31 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 728.20 | |
| 203 | Pissarro Lucien | Wood Engravings |
Oxford | 1981 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 317.76 |
| 204 | Pissarro Lucien | N Books, including: Wood Engravings |
Oxford | 1981 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 662.00 |
| 205 | Pissarro Lucien | Pastorale: Wood-Engravings |
Risbury | 2011 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 423.68 |
| 206 | Culpeper Nicholas | Culpeper's Herbal and Family Doctor |
1899 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 344.24 | |
| 207 | Bunyan John | The Pilgrims Progress |
1899 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 556.08 | |
| 208 | Mackail J.W. | William Morris: An Address delivered...before the Hammersmith Socialist Society |
1901 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,177.60 | |
| 209 | English Bible |
1904 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,191.60 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
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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