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

Auction Details

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 Unknown
44 ANNIE FRENCH (BRITISH 1872-1965)

ROSE MAIDENS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
87 WILLIAM BARRIBAL (BRITISH 1873-1952)

DESIGN FOR THE PROGRAM COVER OF THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE, LONDON

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

HIGH TIDE ON THE SOLWAY

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

LE PHARE (1952)

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

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE VIRGINIANS TOGETHER WITH THE ENGRAVING

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
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 Unknown
251 CHARLES DE SOUZY RICKETTS RA (BRITISH 1866-1931)

APOLLO AND MARSYAS

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

BOOK JACKET DESIGN FOR EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHINA BY STELLA HAMILTON

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

COME TO THE FAIR LAUGH AND LIVE

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

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

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

RETURNING TO THE TRENCHES

1916 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
259 FRANK GIBSON

CHARLES CONDER, HIS LIFE AND WORKS,

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

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

First Edition 1899 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
261 EDWARD CALVERT

ELEVEN ENGRAVINGS,

Cambridge 1966 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 Unknown
262 SAMUEL PALMER

SKETCHBOOK, 1824 (FACSIMILE), 2 volumes,

1962 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
263 REGINALD HALLWARD

THE RELIGION OF ART,

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

KELMSCOTT. DOVES AND ASHENDENE, THE PRIVATE PRESS CREDOS,

USA 1952 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
265 SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON

THE BOOK OF BLOKES,

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

HOW TO LIVE IN A FLAT,

London 1936 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
267 DAVID LOCKART

WARBLIN' WEANS OR CHILDREN'S CHANTS,

1944 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 Unknown
268 ALFRED CROWQUILL

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

London 1839 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
269 MARTIN ARMSTRONG

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

UK 1933 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
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 Unknown
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 Unknown
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