Forum Auctions: Online: Fin-de-siecle, the gothic and weird, inc. further books from the Library of Barry Humphries, 62526, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
Page Size: 327 items in 14 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
281 Coquiot Gustave

Poupees de Paris, bibelots de luxe

Paris 1912 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 190.50
282 Coward Noel

Terribly Intimate Portraits

New York 1922 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 431.80
283 Crowley Aleister

The Equinox

1909-13 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,826.00
284 Crowley Aleister

Thoth Tarot Cards

St. Paul, Minn. [c.1969] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 254.00
285 Doyle Arthur Conan

The Sign of the Four; or, The Problem of the Sholtos

Philadelphia 1890 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
286 Doyle Arthur Conan

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1902 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 952.50
287 Dunsany Edward Plunkett Lord

Lost Tales

Washington 2012-20 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,016.00
288 Edwards Amelia B.

Miss Carew

Leipzig 1865 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 254.00
289 Feval Paul

La Ville Vampire

Paris 1875 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 190.50
290 Gautier Theophile

Clarimonde and other stories

[1908] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 190.50
291 Hayward William Stephens

The Cloud King; or, Up in the Air and Down in the Sea

[1896] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
292 Hecht Ben

Fantazius Mallare. A Mysterious Oath; The Kingdom of Evil

Chicago 1922;1924 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 381.00
293 Heron-Allen Edward

The Mating of Martin de Garmendia. A Romance

[1889] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
294 Hodgson William Hope

The Ghost Pirates

1909 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 635.00
295 Hogg James

The Brownie of Bodsbeck and other tales

Edinburgh 1818 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
296 Irwin Margaret

Madame Fears the Dark

1935 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 508.00
297 James M.R.

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

1911 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 381.00
298 Lawson Alfred William

Born Again

New York 1904 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 95.25
299 Louys Pierre

Les Chansons de Bilitis

Paris 1933 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
300 Lovecraft H. P.

Ten'nad Insmutom, Sbornik Rasskazov

[Moscow] [c.1985] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
301 Manning Hugo (1913-77)

Collection of portraits, abstract designs and poems

[1960s & 70s] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,524.00
302 Marsh Richard

The Joss: A Reversion

1901 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 698.50
303 Mighels Philp Verrill

The Crystal Sceptre

New York 1901 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
304 Monnier Henry

Die Lesbierinnen. Ein Dialog

Leipzig 1909 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
305 Montgomerie F.W.

Paying the Price

1907 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
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