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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | Vertes;Carco Francis | L'Amour Venal |
Paris | 1926 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 131 | Vertes Marcel;Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle | La Vagabonde |
Paris | 1927 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 |
| 132 | Vertes Marcel;Fellowes Daisy | Les Dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne |
Paris | 1935 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 133 | Aretino Pietro | Sonnets luxurieux |
Paris | 1925 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 134 | Cather Willa | Death Comes for the Archbishop |
New York | 1927 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 135 | Dreiser Theodore | Chains |
New York | 1927 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 136 | Collodi Carlo | Le Avventure di Pinocchio |
Florence | c.1927 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 406.40 |
| 137 | Stern James | Leila |
1928 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 138 | Rothenstein John | Morning Sorrow |
1930 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 | |
| 139 | The Colophon, A Book-Collector's Quarterly |
1930-50 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 279.40 | ||
| 140 | Baudelaire Charles;Dufour Emilien | Les Fleurs du Mal, Pieces Condamnees |
Paris | 1931 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 142 | Marinetti Filippo Tommaso | La Cucina Futurista |
Milan | 1932 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 143 | Lascaris Evadne | The Golden Bed of Kydno |
1935 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 144 | Coppard A. E. | Cherry Ripe. Poems |
Brockweir | 1935 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 |
| 145 | Nicolson Harold | Small Talk |
1937 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 146 | Stein Gertrude | The World is Round |
New York | 1939 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 147 | Des Modeles Apartes. No. 8 - Printemps 1940 |
1940 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 148 | Halicka Alice | Hier (Souvernirs) |
Paris | 1946 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 149 | van Dongen Kees;France Anatole | La Revolte des Anges |
Paris | 1951 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 150 | Heaney Seamus | Poems and a Memoir |
1982 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 151 | Garland Nicholas | Annabel's |
1985 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 152 | Wallis Clive | Folio of erotic etchings |
Sydney | 1989 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 153 | Machen Arthur | The Anatomy of Tobacco |
1884;1926 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 228.60 | |
| 154 | Machen Arthur | The Chronicle of Clemendy |
London | 1888 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 |
| 155 | Machen Arthur;Spurr Harry | Thesaurus Incantatus: The Enchanted Treasure |
1888 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
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