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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 675 | Rowlandson Thomas | The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz |
London | 1816 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 419.84 |
| 676 | The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, ... Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, ... |
London | 1729 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 236.16 | |
| 677 | Streeter & Co. | Gems |
London | ND (1898) | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 341.12 |
| 678 | Szadurski G. M. B. Leon | An Epitome of the History of Poland in three parts, Part First |
Glasgow | 1842 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 144.32 |
| 679 | Taylor John | All The Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet |
London | 1630 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 183.68 |
| 680 | 6 Books, including: Ten Droll Tales |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 98.40 | ||
| 681 | Bax Clifford; Spare Austin O. | The Golden Hind |
London | 1924 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 26.24 |
| 682 | Tofte Robert; Dekker Thomas | The Batchellors Banquet or, A Banquet for Batchellors... |
London | 1677 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 683 | Treloar William Purdie | Wilkes and The City |
London | 1917 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 39.36 |
| 684 | Waddell L. Austine | The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism... |
London | 1895 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 209.92 |
| 685 | Wilde Oscar | The Ballad of Reading Gaol By C.3.3. |
London | 1900-1907 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 196.80 |
| 686 | 6 Books, including: An Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, or Oxford Blues... |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 170.56 | ||
| 687 | South Indian Railway Company | Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway, including the Tanjore Board, Pondicherry, Travancore State and Peralam-Karaikkal Railways |
London; Trichinopoly | ND (circa 1905) | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 118.08 |
| 688 | Crouch Nathaniel | Historical Remarques and Observations Of the Ancient and Present State of London and Westminster...; An Historical Description of the Tower of London... |
London | 1684; 1809; 1810 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 689 | 9 Books, including: London (illustrated) A Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement |
London | 1885; 1910 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 590.40 | |
| 690 | Paterson Daniel; Cary John | 4 Books, including: A new and accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain... |
London | 1778/1777; 1815 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 111.52 |
| 691 | Allen John | Principles of Modern Riding, for Gentlemen... |
London | 1825 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 124.64 |
| 692 | Badcock John | Conversations on Conditioning. The Groom's Oracle, and Pocket Stable-Directory |
London | 1829 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 72.16 |
| 693 | Wooley Hannah; Raffald Elizabeth | The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight In Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery, ...; The Experienced English Housekeeper... |
London | 1696; 1786 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 118.08 |
| 694 | Stephen George; Tongue Cornelius | 13 Books, including: The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse |
London | 1837; 1854 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 157.44 |
| 695 | Beeton Isabella | The Book of Garden Management; The Book of Household Management |
London | ND (circa 1871) | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 85.28 |
| 696 | Hill John | The Family Herbal, or an account of all those English Plants... |
Bungay | ND | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 111.52 |
| 697 | Lawrence Richard | The Complete Farrier, and British Sportsman... |
London | ND (1816) | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 32.80 |
| 698 | M'Intosh Charles | The Flower Garden |
London | 1844 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 65.60 |
| 699 | Markham Gervase | Markham's Master-Piece |
London | 1717 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 249.28 |
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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 -
Forum Auctions
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