Forum Auctions: Online: Fin-de-siecle, the gothic and weird, inc. further books from the Library of Barry Humphries, 62526, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Chesterton G.K. | The Turkey and the Turk |
Ditchling | 1930 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 584.20 |
| 257 | Chesterton G.K. | The Turkey and the Turk |
Ditchling | 1930 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 |
| 258 | Chesterton G.K. | Avowals and Denials |
1934 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 259 | Chesterton G.K. | The Scandal of Father Brown |
1935 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 260 | Brangwyn Frank; Chesterton Gilbert Keith | The Way of the Cross |
[1935] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 261 | Brangwyn Frank; Chesterton Gilbert Keith | The Way of the Cross |
[1935] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 262 | Chesterton G.K. | A Century of Detective Stories |
1935 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 263 | Maurois Andre | Magiciens et Logiciens |
Paris | 1935 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 264 | Chesterton G.K. | The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond |
1937 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 265 | Chesterton G.K. | The Coloured Lands |
1938 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,302.00 | |
| 266 | Chesterton G.K. | The Vampire and the Village |
1947 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 267 | Chesterton G.K. | The Surprise |
1952 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 268 | Boyd Ian | The Chesterton Review |
1974-2005 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 69.85 | |
| 269 | Chesterton G.K. | Father Brown and the Donnington Affair |
New York | 1979 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 38.10 |
| 270 | Barbier George | Livre de Madame |
Paris | 1918 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 271 | Erte Romain de Tirtoff | Erte |
Parma | 1972 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 127.00 |
| 272 | Baudu Rene | Agora |
Paris | 1925 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 |
| 273 | Malory Thomas | Le Morte D’Arthur. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table |
1909 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 274 | Beardsley Aubrey; Gill Eric | Designs by Beardsley & Eric Gill |
1966; 1963 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 | |
| 275 | Benson Robert Hugh | A Mirror of Shalott. Composed of Tales Told at a Symposium |
1907 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 276 | Bosschere Jean de | The Golden Asse |
1923 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 101.60 | |
| 277 | Blackwood Algernon | Shocks! |
1935 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 278 | Bronte Emily;Bronte Anne | Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey |
1858 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 279 | Burnham David | This Our Exile |
New York | 1931 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 215.90 |
| 280 | Carco Francis | Perversite |
Paris | 1927 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 609.60 |
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