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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | Waller John | A Treatise on the Incubus, of Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams, and Nocturnal Visions |
1816 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 307 | Paltock Robert | The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins |
1783 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 308 | Poe Edgar Allan | Histoires Extraordinaire; Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires |
Paris | 1884 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 88.90 |
| 309 | Preston Arthur C. | A Royal Revenge |
1899 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 310 | Radcliffe Ann | The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance |
1797 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 311 | Raspe Rudolph Erich | Gulliver Revived |
1789 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 312 | Raymond James F. | The Old Mountain Hermit |
New York | 1904 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 313 | Rives Amelie | The Ghost Garden |
New York | 1918 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 314 | Roberts Morley | King Billy of Ballarat |
1892 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 315 | Shelley Mary | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus |
[1856] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 316 | Shelley Mary | Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus |
1884 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 317 | Stevenson Robert Louis | An Dr. Jekyll Agus Mr. Hyde |
Dublin | 1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 |
| 318 | Stoker Bram | The Jewel of Seven Stars |
1903 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 319 | Stoker Bram | Dracula |
Amsterdam | [1928] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 320 | Tisseyre Paul | "Ananke". Hel! (Dieu). Visions Prehistoriques |
Paris | [?1926] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 321 | Symons Arthur; Bertrand Louis | Gaspard de la Nuit; The Symbolist Movement in Literature |
Brussels; Paris | 1868 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 |
| 322 | Verne Jules | The Baltimore Gun Club |
Philadelphia | [1874] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 |
| 323 | Verne Jules | All Around the Moon |
New York | 1876 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 324 | Wilde Oscar | The Woman's World |
New York | 1888-89 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 325 | Wilde Oscar | A Woman Of No Importance |
1894 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,286.00 | |
| 326 | Wilde Oscar | Theatre programme of A Woman of No Importance |
Glasgow | 1893 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 327 | Wilde Oscar | An Ideal Husband |
1899 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 328 | Wilde Oscar | The Writings |
1907 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 329 | Wilde Oscar | Collected Works |
1908 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 330 | Wright Thomas | The Blue Firedrake, or, the Wonderful and Strange Relation of the Life and Adventures of Nathan Souldrop |
1892 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 |
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