Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1193, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 263 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 [Custance (Olive)], Lady Alfred Douglas.

The Blue Bird,

1905 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,636.52
78 Ibbett (W.J.) Porter (William N.)

A Year of Japanese Epigrams,

1911 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 351.79
79 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

The World Crisis,

1923-31. GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,757.68
80 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

The Second World War,

1948-54. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,670.05
81 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

A History of the English Speaking People,

1956-58. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,054.10
82 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer)

The Collected Works,

1973-6. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,623.56
83 Bocho?akova-Dittrichova (Helena)

Childhood. A Cycle of Woodcuts,

1931 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,054.10
84 Hackenschmidt (George)

Man and Cosmic Antagonism to Mind and Spirit,

[1935]. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
85 Vaughan Williams (Ralph)

Toward the Unknown Region,

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 791.21
86 Keynes (John Maynard)

The General Theory of Employment,

1936 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,932.94
87 Atwood (Margaret)

The Handmaid's Tale,

1986 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 966.47
88 Burgess (Anthony)

A Clockwork Orange,

1962 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,811.78
89 Dahl (Roald)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

New York, 1964 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,217.67
90 Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan)

Our African Winter,

1929 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 791.21
91 Du Maurier (Daphne)

Rebecca,

1938 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,163.57
92 Eliot (T.S.)

The Waste Land,

1923 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,150.61
93 Eliot (T.S.)

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats,

1939 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 966.47
94 Fleming (Ian)

Casino Royale,

1953 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
95 Fleming (Ian)

Casino Royale,

1953 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,271.77
96 Fleming (Ian)

Live and Let Die,

1954 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,932.94
97 Fleming (Ian)

Moonraker,

1955 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,919.98
98 Fleming (Ian)

Diamonds are Forever,

1956 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,757.68
99 Fleming (Ian)

From Russia,

1957 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,932.94
100 Fleming (Ian)

Dr. No,

1958 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 668.02
101 Fleming (Ian)

Goldfinger,

1959 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 878.84
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