Olympia Auctions: The Estate of John Russell Taylor: Author, Critic, Collector, 21126, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
Page Size: 78 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
29 GEORGES DE FEURE (BELGIAN 1868-1943)

DESIGN FOR A RUG WITH RATS AND HENS

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 169.00
44 ANNIE FRENCH (BRITISH 1872-1965)

ROSE MAIDENS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,430.00
87 WILLIAM BARRIBAL (BRITISH 1873-1952)

DESIGN FOR THE PROGRAM COVER OF THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE, LONDON

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 780.00
205 SIR FRANK SHORT RA (BRITISH 1857-1945)

HIGH TIDE ON THE SOLWAY

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
212 AFTER NICHOLAS DE STAEL (FRENCH 1914-1955)

LE PHARE (1952)

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 845.00
231 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (BRITISH 1811-1863)

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE VIRGINIANS TOGETHER WITH THE ENGRAVING

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 247.00
235 ROBERT STEWART SHERRIFFS (BRITISH 1906-1960)

FOR SHE IS DEAD! THE WORDS DO PIERCE MY SOUL! DEATH AND THE VIRGINS - A PAIR

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 845.00
251 CHARLES DE SOUZY RICKETTS RA (BRITISH 1866-1931)

APOLLO AND MARSYAS

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 780.00
254 JOAN WARBURTON (BRITISH 1920-1996)

BOOK JACKET DESIGN FOR EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHINA BY STELLA HAMILTON

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 845.00
255 STEVEN SPURRIER RA (BRITISH 1878-1961)

COME TO THE FAIR LAUGH AND LIVE

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 390.00
257 THOMAS SIMPSON (BRITISH 1847-1929)

A SKETCHBOOK OF SEASIDE SCENES, FISHING BOATS, FARMING SCENES AND LONDON

circa 1900 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 624.00
258 CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (BRITISH 1889-1946)

RETURNING TO THE TRENCHES

1916 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 36,400.00
259 FRANK GIBSON

CHARLES CONDER, HIS LIFE AND WORKS,

London MCMXIV 1914 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 169.00
260 WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI

RUSKIN: ROSSETTI: PRE-RAPHAELISTISM, PAPERS 1854 TO 1862,

First Edition 1899 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 182.00
261 EDWARD CALVERT

ELEVEN ENGRAVINGS,

Cambridge 1966 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 169.00
262 SAMUEL PALMER

SKETCHBOOK, 1824 (FACSIMILE), 2 volumes,

1962 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 247.00
263 REGINALD HALLWARD

THE RELIGION OF ART,

London 1899 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 247.00
264 KELMSCOTT. DOVES AND ASHENDENE,

KELMSCOTT. DOVES AND ASHENDENE, THE PRIVATE PRESS CREDOS,

USA 1952 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 39.00
265 SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON

THE BOOK OF BLOKES,

London 1929 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 390.00
266 WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON AND K.R.G. BROWNE

HOW TO LIVE IN A FLAT,

London 1936 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 117.00
267 DAVID LOCKART

WARBLIN' WEANS OR CHILDREN'S CHANTS,

1944 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 13.00
268 ALFRED CROWQUILL

A GUIDE TO WATERING PLACES, with illustrations by Alfred Crowquill,

London 1839 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 52.00
269 MARTIN ARMSTRONG

FIFTY-FOUR CONCEITS, A COLLECTION OF EPIGRAMS AND EPITAPHS SERIOUS AND COMIC

UK 1933 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 156.00
270 CURWEN PRESS 1928

CURWEN PRESS 1928 A SPECIMEN BOOK OF PATTERN PAPERS designed for and in use at the Curwen Press with an introduction by Paul Nash,

London 1928 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 3,900.00
271 CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY 1928-1930

CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY 1928-1930 With a "Catalogue Raisonne of Books printed at the Curwen Press, 1928-1930.",

Plaistow, London 1931 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 286.00
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    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
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    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
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    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
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    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
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    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
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