Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Halsdon House. The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts, 9639, Exeter
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 607 | Mitford John | The Adventures of Johnny Newcombe in The Navy. A Poem in Four Cantos. |
London | 1819 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 144.32 |
| 608 | Mahan A. T. | 8 Books, including: Reports of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Fees, Gratuities, Perquisites, and Emoluments, Which are or Have Been Lately Received in the Several Public Offices... |
London | 1793; 1897 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 78.72 |
| 609 | Aspin Jehoshaphat | The Naval and Military Exploits which have distinguished The Reign of George The Third... |
London | 1820 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,049.60 |
| 614 | Nelson Horatio | Letter signed with his right hand "Horatio Nelson" |
1795 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 7,872.00 | |
| 615 | Caesar Gaius Julius | Observations of Ships returning to and Sailing from Spithead and other Remarks |
London | 1655; 1735-1759 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,968.00 |
| 616 | Douglas-Morris Kenneth; Robinson Charles N. | Naval Medals 1793-1856; Britannia's Bulwarks |
London | 1987; 1901 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 78.72 |
| 631 | Barbier Georges | La Guirlande des Mois, Cinquieme Annee, 1921 |
Paris | 1921 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 144.32 |
| 632 | Blake William | Fables by John Gay, With a Life of the Author... |
London | 1793 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 288.64 |
| 633 | Byron George Gordon Noel | Sardanapalus, a tragedy. The Two Foscari, a tragedy. Cain, a mystery. |
London | 1821 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 39.36 |
| 634 | William Thrustan's Wholesale Tin & Japan Ware Manufacturer | William Thrustan's Wholesale Tin & Japan Ware Manufacturer, Tower Street Works |
c.1870 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 124.64 | |
| 635 | Crane Walter; Greenaway Kate; Lathbury Mary A. | 40 Books, including: Transforming Performers with Surprise Pictures |
London; New York | c.1878; 1889; 1884 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 262.40 |
| 636 | Chomel Noel | Dictionaire Oeconomique: or, The Family Dictionary ... |
London | 1725 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 393.60 |
| 637 | The Devonshire Domesday |
1987-1991 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 314.88 | ||
| 638 | Dodgson Charles Lutwidge | The Nursery "Alice" |
London | 1890 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 524.80 |
| 639 | Egan Pierce | Real Life in Ireland ... |
London | 1829 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 104.96 |
| 640 | Egan Pierce | Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq... |
London | 1821-22 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 641 | Meynell Alice | The Flower of the Mind |
London | 1899 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 642 | Ewing Juliana Horatia; Gatty Horatia K. F. | Six volumes, comprising: The Peace Egg; Daddy Darwin's Dovecot; Dandelion Clocks; Lob Lie-By-The-Fire; another copy (70th thousand); Jackanapes (176th thousand) |
London | 1885 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 59.04 |
| 643 | Felix Jungmann et Cie.; Pinet F. | Les Belles Fourrures; Chaussures |
Paris | 1913; 1922 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,115.20 |
| 644 | Nielsen Kay; Dulac Edmund; Detmold E. J. | Four illustrated works: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North; Perrault's Fairy Tales; Tanglewood Tales; The Arabian Nights |
London | 2000; 1998; 2002; 1999 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 183.68 |
| 645 | Ovid | Metamorphoses |
London | 2008 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 104.96 |
| 646 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer newly imprinted |
London | 2002 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 551.04 |
| 647 | Folkard Charles | Aesop's Fables |
London | 1912 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 249.28 |
| 648 | Warwick Goble | Folk-Tales of Bengal |
London | 1912 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 341.12 |
| 649 | Florence Harrison | Poems |
London, Glasgow & Bombay | ND (c.1910) | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 262.40 |
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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