Forum Auctions: Online: Children's & Illustrated Books & Original Artwork, 1077, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 18, 2026 - March 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Rackham (Arthur) | Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures |
1913 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 277 | Rackham (Arthur, illustrator) | Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes |
1913 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 278 | Rackham (Arthur) Dickens (Charles) | A Christmas Carol |
1915 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 279 | Rackham (Arthur) Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) | Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales |
1917 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 280 | Rackham (Arthur) Malory (Sir Thomas) | The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table |
1917 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 281 | Rackham (Arthur) | Some British Ballads |
1919 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 282 | Rackham (Arthur) Steel (Flora Annie) | English Fairy Tales |
1918 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 283 | Rackham (Arthur) Evans (C.S.) | Cinderella |
1919 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,143.00 | |
| 284 | Rackham (Arthur) Evans (C. S.) | The Sleeping Beauty |
1920 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 285 | Rackham (Arthur) Evans (C. S.) | The Sleeping Beauty |
1920 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 | |
| 286 | Rackham (Arthur) Stephens (James) | Irish Fairy Tales |
1920 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 287 | Rackham (Arthur) Morley (Christopher) | Where the Blue Begins |
1922 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 288 | Rackham (Arthur) Morley (Christopher) | Where the Blue Begins |
1925 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 289 | Rackham (Arthur) Shakespeare (William) | The Tempest |
1926 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 290 | Rackham (Arthur) Irving (Washington) | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
1928 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 291 | Rackham (Arthur) Goldsmith (Oliver) | The Vicar of Wakefield |
1929 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 203.20 | |
| 292 | Rackham (Arthur) Walton (Izaak) | The Compleat Angler |
1931 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 293 | Rackham (Arthur) Andersen (Hans Christian) | Fairy Tales |
1932 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 294 | Rackham (Arthur) Ruskin (John) | The King of the Golden River |
1932 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 584.20 | |
| 295 | Rackham (Arthur) Poe (Edgar Allan) | Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
1935 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,159.00 | |
| 296 | Rackham (Arthur) Ibsen (Henrik) | Peer Gynt |
1936 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 297 | Rackham (Arthur) Grahame (Kenneth) | The Wind in the Willows |
1951 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,778.00 | |
| 298 | Ravilious (Eric) | Oval vignette with mountain peaks and crystals |
1933 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 299 | Rebell (Hugues) | Les Nuits Chaudes du Cap Francais |
1953 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 300 | Robinson (William Heath) Munro (Elsie Smeaton) | Topsy-Turvy Tales |
1923 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.