Chorley's: Modern Art and Design, 112525, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 25, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 143 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
481		[Poetry] to include Milton (John) The Prose Works of John Milton,	London	1809	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 13.00
482		[Biography & History] to include Retz (Cardinal de) Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz,	London	1774	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 26.00
483		[Law and History] to include Davies (John) Historical Tracts,	Dublin	1787	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 26.00
484		[Travel] to include Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland,	Glasgow	1817	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 58.50
485		[Novels & Literature] to include Carlyle (Thomas) On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History,	London	1852	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 26.00
486	Coleridge (Samuel Taylor)	Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life and Opinions,	New York	1817	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
487		[Politics and Statesmanship] to include Smith (Adam) The Theory of Moral Sentiments; or an Essay towards an Analysis of the Principle by which Men naturally judge ...,	Basil [Basle]	1793	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
488		[French Books] to include Charron (Pierre) De La Sagesse, Trois Livres ... Nouvelle Edition,	Paris	1784	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 26.00
489		[James Bond] to include Fleming (Ian) On her Majesty's Secret Service,	London	1963	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
490		An Exact Collection of the Debates of the House of Commons held at Westminster October 21, 1680 ... with Debates of the House of Commons at Oxford,	London	1689	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
491	Parry (Ernest)	The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes	London	1921-22	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00
492	[Austen (Jane)]	The Novels of Jane Austen (in ten volumes) ... illustrated by H.M. Brock, edited by R. Brimley Johnson,	London	1901-1906	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 286.00
493		[Africa \| History, Literature, Hunting and Politics] a large collection of books to include Shortridge (G.C.) The Mammals of South West Africa,	London	1934	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 286.00
494		[India: History, Art and Literature] a collection of books to include Masters (John) The Compleat Indian Angler,	London	1938	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 32.50
495	Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)	four-page ALS to Miss Moss', headed '30 Old Burlington St London W' and dated 'Dec 1/58'	'Dec 1/58'		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 780.00
496	Dickens (Charles) (1812-1870)	to Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885) [patron of literature, politician who strongly supported social justice] regarding free dates for an appointment, single page ALS with printed letterhead for Gad's Hill Place and handwritten below			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 845.00
497	[Mrs Gaskell] Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865)	four page ALS regarding an introduction of 'Theodore Schwann' (a student at Cirencester Agricultural College) to Holland, signed E.C. Gaskell			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 910.00
498		[Political Broadsides & Mock Playbills] A varied group to include [West Kent election 1874] West Kent County Race. A Prophecy, January 1874,		1874	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.00
499	[Scott (Sir Walter, poet and novelist, 1771-1832)]	Autograph cheque signed 'James Ballantyne' and 'Walter Scott' in favour of Walter Scott dated 'Edinburgh 28th Feby 1824		1824	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 364.00
500		Presentation Certificate for J. Walter Buchan, awarding Burges and Guild Brother of the Burgh of Peebles	Peebles	9th April 1907	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
902		An album of early 20th Century postcards, mainly views of London, a photograph of The Queen, stamped G Barker 77 Redway Drive to reverse, various loose cards and postcards		early 20th Century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
1047	Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969)	Ray as Madame Pompadour and Ray as Madame du Barry			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 26.00
1048	Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969)	Cecilia, Renee, Fiametta and Cecilia in June			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.50
1049	William Walcot (1874-1943)	London			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.00
1050	Francois-Alfred Delobbe (1835-1915/20)	Young Women on a Beach			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 65.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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