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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 6 Books, including: Yvonne or the Adventures and Intrigues of a French Governess |
1899 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | ||
| 79 | Hommage des Artistes a Picquart |
Paris | 1899 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 80 | Crowley Aleister | Jephthah and other Mysteries Lyrical and Dramatic |
1899 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 81 | Crowley Aleister | The Argonauts |
1904 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 82 | Crowley Aleister | In Residence: the Dons Guide to Cambridge; Olla |
Cambridge | 1904 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 508.00 |
| 83 | Shiel M. P. | 18 Books, including: The Last Miracle |
1906 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 85 | Pickthall Marmaduke | 14 Books, including: All Fools. Being the Story of Some Very Young Men and a Girl |
1900 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 86 | Pickthall Marmaduke | Autograph manuscript for his novel "Said the Fisherman" |
c.1903 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 87 | Macfall Haldane | 5 Books, including: The Masterfolk |
1903 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 88 | Barnitz David Park | The Book of Jade |
New York | 1901 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 89 | Barbey d’Aurevilly Jules | What Never Dies |
Paris | 1902 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 165.10 |
| 90 | Wilde Oscar | Vera: or, the Nihilists; 2 others |
1902 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 91 | Wilde Oscar | Art and Morality |
1908 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 92 | Wilde Oscar | Ballade de la geole de Reading par C33 |
Paris | 1918 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 |
| 93 | Harris Frank | Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions |
1918 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 94 | Wilde Oscar | After Berneval. Letters of Oscar Wilde to Robert Ross |
1922 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 95 | Oliphant Margaret | Stories of the Seen and Unseen |
1902 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 96 | Carrington Charles; Farmer John Stephen | N Books, including: Forbidden Books |
Paris | 1902 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 97 | Baynton Barbara | Bush Studies |
1902 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 98 | Gray John | Ad Matrem |
1904 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 99 | James Henry | Autograph Letter signed from the author to Aline Harland |
1905 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100 | Swinburne Algernon Charles | Love's Cross-Currents. A Year's Letters |
1905 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 101 | Barbey d'Aurevilly J. | Le Rideau cramoisi |
Brussels | 1907 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 |
| 102 | Geiger Willi | Das Gemeinsame Ziel und Anderes |
Munich | 1907 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 103 | Lucian of Samosata | Die Hetaerengespraeche des Lukian |
Leipzig | 1907 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
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