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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | Miles W. J. | Modern Practical Farriery |
London | nd [c.1880] | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 52.48 |
| 701 | Bewick Thomas; Sowerby John E.; Morris F. O. | 9 Books, including: A History of British Birds |
Newcastle; Newcastle Upon Tyne; London | 1809; 1820; 1863; 1870; 1851 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 183.68 |
| 702 | Shaw Vero | The Illustrated Book of The Dog |
London | nd [1880's] | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 170.56 |
| 703 | Upton Roger D.; Daumas Eugene | Gleanings from the Desert of Arabia |
London | 1881; 1863 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 183.68 |
| 704 | Wentworth Lady | The Authentic Arabian Horse and His Descendants |
London | 1945 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 236.16 |
| 706 | Joe Davis | Portrait photograph of Joe Davis, signed |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 32.80 | |
| 707 | Walker G.; White E.; Crawley Rawdon | 24 Books, including: The New Hoyle |
London | 1817; 1818; 1866 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 314.88 |
| 708 | Kentfield Edwin | The Game of Billiards |
London | 1839 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 367.36 |
| 709 | Mingaud Francois | The Noble Game of Billiards |
London | 1830 | GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,049.60 |
| 710 | White E. | A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards |
London | 1807 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 249.28 |
| 711 | British Sports and Sportsmen |
London | 1917; nd | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 45.92 | |
| 713 | Barlow R. Gordon; Routledge Edmund; Lyttelton E.; Beldam G. W.; Milne A. A. | 5 Books, including: Batting and Bowling |
London; London & Glasgow | nd [c.1882]; nd [c.1887]; 1890; 1908; 1925 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 131.20 |
| 714 | Grace W. G.; Daft Richard; Read W. W. | 8 Books, including: Cricket |
Bristol; London | 1891; nd [1893]; 1896 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 91.84 |
| 715 | Hobbs J. B.; Harris Lord; Sutcliffe Herbert; Batchelor Denzil; Hutton Paul; Bailey Trevor; Trueman Fred; Huges Simon; Shepherd David | An extensive collection of 20th and 21st century volumes |
London | 1913; 1921; 1935; 1950; 1984; 1988; 1997; 2001 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 459.20 |
| 716 | E.J.L. | A Wicketman |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 196.80 | |
| 717 | Grand Match of Cricket between Kent and All England |
Maidstone | 1839 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 419.84 | |
| 718 | Frank Mann; Patsy Hendren; Gubby Allen; Nigel Haig; Tom Killick; James Powell; George Paine; Sid Beton; Tom Enthoven; Joe Murrell; Harry Lee | Middlesex, 1926 |
1926 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 26.24 | |
| 719 | Jessop Gilbert Laird | Portrait photograph of Gilbert Laird Jessop |
1906 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 209.92 | |
| 720 | Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji | Portrait photograph of Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji at the crease, signed |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 498.56 | |
| 721 | Hobbs Jack; Sutcliffe Herbert | Portrait photographs of Sir Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 223.04 | |
| 722 | Beldam George | Twelve silver gelatin prints, 'The George Beldam Collection' |
2003 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 85.28 | |
| 723 | Two autograph books |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 1,443.20 | ||
| 724 | Davey William | The Canterbury Cricket Week |
Canterbury | 1865 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 209.92 |
| 725 | De Lugo Anthony Benitez | Surrey at The Wicket, Madrid |
Madrid | 1888 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 98.40 |
| 726 | Drummond Henry | Baxter's Second Innings. Specially Reported for the - School Eleven. |
London | 1892 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
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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