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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | Machen Arthur | Fantastic Tales or the Way to Attain- A Book Full of Pantagruelism |
London | 1890 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 |
| 157 | Machen Arthur | The Memoirs |
1894 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 69.85 | |
| 158 | Machen Arthur | The Great God Pan |
1894 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 159 | Machen Arthur | The Great God Pan |
1895 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 160 | Machen Arthur | The Three Imposters |
1895 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 161 | Machen Arthur | The White People; A Fragment of Life; The Garden of Avallaunius |
1904 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 162 | Machen Arthur | The House of Souls |
1906 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 163 | Machen Arthur | The Hill of Dreams |
1907 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 164 | Machen Arthur | Spoof Tennis |
1912 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 584.20 | |
| 165 | Machen Arthur | The Angel of Mons. The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War |
1915 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 166 | Machen Arthur | The Great Return |
1915 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 167 | Machen Arthur | The Chronicle of Clemendy |
New York | 1923 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 165.10 |
| 168 | Machen Arthur;Evans Montgomery;Rota Bertram;Jackson Holbrock | Menu for Les Crus Regionaux |
1920s | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 169 | Machen Arthur | Things Near and Far |
1923 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 170 | Machen Arthur | Hieroglyphics |
1923 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 | |
| 171 | Machen Arthur | The Works |
1923 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 172 | Machen Arthur | Dog and Duck |
New York | 1924 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 215.90 |
| 173 | Machen Arthur | The London Adventure or the Art of Wandering |
1924 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 174 | Machen Arthur | Strange Roads |
1924 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 175 | Machen Arthur | Autograph Letter signed to Fred Hando |
London | 1924 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 |
| 176 | Machen Arthur | Awaking; A Note on Poetry |
c.1930 & 1943 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 177 | Machen Arthur | Tom O'Bedlam and his Song |
1930 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 178 | Jordan-Smith Paul | Bibliographia Burtoniana |
Stanford;London | 1931 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 107.95 |
| 179 | Machen Arthur | Beneath the Barley. A Note on the Origins of Eleusinia |
1931 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 203.20 | |
| 180 | Machen Arthur | An Introduction to John Gawsworth's "Above the River" |
1931 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 |
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