Grays Auctioneers: The Printed Page, 23567, Cleveland,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 03, 2026 - June 04, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| 1 | Lloyd Humphrey; Abbott Jacob; Preston Thomas; Wright Lewis; Ditchburn R. W. | 5 Books, including: Elementary Treatise on the Wave-Theory of Light |
1873; 1871; 1912; 1892; 1961 | Not Available | USD 37.50 | |
| 2 | Maps Accompanying The Proceedings of a Board of Officers Appointed to Examine into and report upon the case of Fitz-John Porter |
Washington, D.C. | N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Atkinson James | Epitome of the Art of Navigation |
London | 1778 | Not Available | USD 125.00 |
| 5 | A Library of Useful Knowledge |
London | 1829 | Not Available | USD 187.50 | |
| 6 | Barjavel Rene (1911-1985) | The Ice People |
New York | 1971 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 7 | Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. | Bausch & Lomb Maker's Catalogues |
Rochester | 1900; 1929 | Not Available | USD 62.50 |
| 8 | Bird & Bull Press; Kotake Funjio; Akahori Shiro; Imperial College of Engineering; Yamaguchi Noboru; Kawai Michi | 5 Books, including: Japanese Paper Balloon Bombs: The First ICBM |
1982; 1947; 1877; 1936; 1950 | Not Available | USD 87.50 | |
| 9 | Blake William | Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 |
Washington | 1869; 1870 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 10 | Bolles Albert | Industrial History of the United States |
Norwich | 1879 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 11 | Borchgrevink C. E.; Nansen Fridtjof; Ellsberg Edward | Set of ARCTIC EXPLORATION volumes |
1901; 1898; 1938 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Brownlow W. G.; Pollard Edward; Trowbridge J. T. | Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession; Southern History of the War. The Second Year; The South: A Tour of Its Battle-Fields and Ruined Cities |
1862; 1864; 1867 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Bradbury Ray; Asimov Isaac; Silverberg Robert | 4 Books, including: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One |
1978; 1969; 1974; 1970 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences |
Edinburgh | 1979 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Burton Robert (1577-1640) | The Anatomy of Melancholy |
London | 1800 | Not Available | USD 50.00 |
| 16 | Great Industries of Great Britain |
London | N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 17 | Chaillu Paul | The Land of the Midnight Sun |
New York | 1881 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 19 | Clarke G. Sydenham (1848-1933) | Fortification: Its Past Achievements, Recent Development, and Future Progress |
London | 1890 | Not Available | USD 25.00 |
| 20 | Clay Reginald (1879-1954); Court Thomas (1868-1951) | The History of the Microscope |
London | 1932 | Not Available | USD 312.50 |
| 21 | Set of Hardcover World's Columbian Exposition Guide Books |
St. Louis; Chicago; Baltimore | 1892; 1893 | Not Available | USD 212.50 | |
| 22 | John H. Flinn; W. E. Hamilton; Stuart C. Wade; Walter S. Wrenn | Set of World's Columbian Exposition Hand Books and Guides |
N/A | Not Available | USD 50.00 | |
| 23 | Colvin Sidney (1845-1927); Ewing James A. (1855-1935) | Papers, Literary, Scientific, &c. by the late Fleeming Jenkin |
London | 1887 | Not Available | USD 25.00 |
| 24 | Commager Henry (1902-1998) | The Blue and the Gray |
New York | 1950 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 25 | Connolly W. J. | The History of the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners |
London | 1855 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 26 | CUGLE Charles; STEPHENS I. | Cugle's Two-Minute Azimuths; Cugle's Practical Navigation |
New York | 1943; 1945 | Not Available | USD 75.00 |
| 27 | CUTLER H.G. | The World's Fair |
Chicago | 1892 | Not Available | USD 112.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000