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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | Keats John | Poems |
1914 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,118.40 | |
| 211 | Suburban Souls |
Paris | 1901 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,236.80 | |
| 212 | Guthrie James | The Elf. A Sequence of the Seasons |
1902-04 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,588.80 | |
| 213 | Waller Edmund | Songs & Verses |
South Harting | 1902 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,125.40 |
| 214 | Guthrie James | A Child's Good Day |
Flansham | 1908 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 556.08 |
| 215 | Blake William | Auguries of Innocence |
Flansham | 1914 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 926.80 |
| 216 | Ellis Vivian Locke | Epode |
Flansham | 1915 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 662.00 |
| 217 | Guthrie James | A Book of Intaglio Bookplates |
Flansham | [1922] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 2,383.20 |
| 218 | Guthrie James; Bottomley Gordon | Frescoes from Buried Temples |
Flansham | 1928 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,620.00 |
| 219 | Guthrie John | Ten Designs for the Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Flansham | [1929] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 860.60 |
| 220 | Bottomley Gordon | The Viking's Barrow at Littleholme |
1930 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 860.60 | |
| 221 | Pippet Gabriel | N Books, including: A Little Rosary |
Flansham | 1930 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,257.80 |
| 222 | Guthrie James | N Books, including: Of Joy and other Devices |
1933 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 635.52 | |
| 223 | Thomas Edward | N Books, including: The Friend of the Blackbird |
Flansham | 1938 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,853.60 |
| 224 | Blake William | Songs of Innocence |
Flansham | 1939; 1948 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,296.00 |
| 225 | Longus | Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe |
1933 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,721.20 | |
| 226 | A collection of specimen leaves and ephemera from the press |
1903-05 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,912.80 | ||
| 227 | Colonna Francesco | N Books, including: Poliphili Hypnerotomachia |
1904 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 860.60 | |
| 228 | Hyde Douglas | N Books, including: The Love Songs of Connacht |
Dublin | 1904 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 595.80 |
| 229 | N Books, including: Sheet from the Ashendene Press Dante's 'Opere' |
[c.1909] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 4,236.80 | ||
| 230 | Shakespeare William | N Books, including: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies |
1910 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 728.20 | |
| 231 | Craig Edward Gordon | N Books, including: Hamlet & Daemon |
[1912] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 595.80 | |
| 232 | Clay Enid | N Books, including: Sonnets and Verses |
Waltham St.Lawrence | 1925 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,324.00 |
| 233 | Mathers E.Powys | Procreant Hymn |
Waltham St.Lawrence | 1926 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 794.40 |
| 234 | Gill Eric | Engravings by Eric Gill, a Selection |
Bristol | 1929 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 860.60 |
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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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