Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Circus and magic memorabilia, posters, books etc- Timed online Auction, 70726, Norwich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leroux Hugues | Les Jeux du Cirque Vie Foraine |
Paris | ND | GBP 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 2 | Harzberg Hiler; Moss Arthur | Slapstick and Dumbell |
New York | c1924 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 2a | Bostock E H | Menageries, Circuses and Theatres |
London | 1927 | Not Available | GBP 104.00 |
| 3 | Barnum P T | Struggles and Triumps: Or, Forty Years Recollections of P T Barnum |
Hartford | 1870 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Bennett Edward Turner | The Tower Menagerie |
London | 1829 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Loisel Gustave | Histoire des Menageries de l'Antiquite a Nos Jours |
Paris | 1912 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Beatty Clyde; Anthony Edward | The Big Cage |
New York | 1933 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | Towsen John C | Clowns |
New York | 1976 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Streatfeild Noel; Mitchell Lane; Cross John Keir; Deal Borden; Hittemore Edward | 5 Books, including: The Circus is Coming |
London | 1938; 1956; 1952; 1963; 1975 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Popov Oleg; Ziethen Karl-Heinz; Mills Cyril Bertram; Plowden Gene; Croft-Cooke Rupert | 5 Books, including: Russian Clown |
London; Berlin; New York | 1970; 1988; 1967; 1967; ND | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 10 | Saville Malcolm; Bambrick Winifred; Manning-Sanders Ruth; Bass Eduard; Otis James | 5 Books, including: Young Johnnie Bimbo |
London | ND; 1946; 1954; 1950; ND | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 11 | Stover Marjorie Filley; Verne Jules; Lofting Hugh; Gallico Paul; Freeling Anne | 5 Books, including: Chad and the Elephant Engine |
London | 1975; 1966; ND; 1964; 1958 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 12 | Berle Milton; Allen; Kelley; Jay John Mark; Hagenbeck Lorenz; Walton James | 5 Books, including: Milton Berle's Fabulous Fun-tasy - Out of My Trunk |
New York; London | 1945; 1941; ND; 1956; 1954 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Sharp Margery; O'Connor Peter; White Jon Manchip; Dodds Norman N; Vesey-Fitzgerald Brian; Ward-Jackson C H; Harvey Denis E | 6 Books, including: The Gypsy in the Parlour |
London; Newton Abbott | 1954; 1971; 1957; 1966; 1944; 1973 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 14 | Tyrwhitt-Drake Garrard; Brick Hans; Adamson Joy; Henderson J Y; Jordan Bill; Ormrod Stefan | 5 Books, including: Beasts and Circuses |
London; Boston | 1936; 1960; 1961; 1951; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | GBP 13.00 |
| 15 | Walton O F; Bosworth Willan G; Beatty Jane; Pinchot Ann; Fenner Phyllis R; Hammarstrom David Lewis; Harrison Harry P | 6 Books, including: A Peep Behind the Scenes |
London; New York | ND; 1935; 1965; 1954; 1983; 1958 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | GBP 71.50 |
| 16 | Taylor Reginald; Trevor Elleston; Berrisford Judith M; Martin Robert; Reynolds Butch; Edmonds Walter D | 6 Books, including: Circus Triumphant |
London | 1955; 1951; ND; 1963; 1950; 1940 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | GBP 23.40 |
| 17 | Durov V L; Keller George; Iles Gerald; Williams J H; Kearton Cherry | 5 Books, including: My Circus Animals |
London | 1937; 1962; 1960; 1959; 1958 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | GBP 13.00 |
| 18 | Bosworth W G; Benchley Belle J; Bourke Anthony; Rendall John; Eder Boris; Dvinsky Emmanuel; Lewis George Slim; Fish Byron | 6 Books, including: Tent Town |
London; New York; Moscow; Seattle | 1935; 1944; 1971; 1958; ND; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Freeling Anne; Carnegie Wendy; Williamson A Stanley; Rendle T McDonald; Andrews William | 5 Books, including: Ranjit of the Circus Ring |
London | 1958; 1964; 1938; 1919; 1887 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Castle H G; Ballantine Bill; McKennon Joe; Verney Peter | 4 Books, including: The Children's Book of the Circus |
London; Boston; Florida | ND; 1982; 1975; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 25.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Chambers Paul; Morris Desmond; Gebel-Williams Gunther; Bracegirdle Cyril; Lacey Martin | 5 Books, including: Jumbo - This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World |
London; New York; Linctrek | 2007; 1979; 1991; 1974; 2009 | GBP 20.00 - 25.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Stone Fred; Duncan Thomas W; Reynolds Butch; Lano David | 4 Books, including: Rolling Stone |
New York; London; Michigan | 1945; 1948; 1954; 1957 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | Patchett Mary Elwyn; Onions Oliver; Maclean Alistair; Goncourt Edmond de; Judah Aaron; Manning-Sanders Ruth | 6 Books, including: Circus Brumby |
London | 1962; 1934; 1976; 1957; 1965; 1967 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Macgregor-Morris Pamela; Mills Cyril Bertram; Fernandez Natalie; Foster Frank; Saxon A H | 5 Books, including: Chipperfield's Circus |
London; Sydney | 1957; 1967; 1971; ND; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
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