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
272 ARTHUR WRAGG

JESUS WEPT, A COMMENTARY IN BLACK AND WHITE ON OURSELVES AND THE WORLD TODAY,

London 1934 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
273 CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TAMBURLAINE, A PLAY IN TWO TRAGICAL DISCOURSES (1590),

London 1930 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
274 VOLTAIRE

CANDIDE OR THE OPTIMIST,

London 1922 GBP 70.00 - 90.00 Unknown
275 OSCAR WILDE

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL,

London 1948 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
276 EDWARD ARDIZZONE

BAGGAGE TO THE ENEMY,

First Edition 1941 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
277 BELINDA BLINDERS

THE NOUVEAU POOR, (A Romance of real life in West London after the late War),

London 1921 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
278 NINA HAMNETT

LAUGHING TORSO, REMINISCENCES OF NINA HAMNETT,

London 1932 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
279 WYNDHAM LEWIS

WYNDHAM LEWIS THE ARTIST, FROM 'BLAST' TO BURLINGTON HOUSE,

1939 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
280 HORACE BRODZKY

HENRI GAUDIER BRZESKA,

1933 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
281 DAVID JONES

IN PARENTHESIS,

London 1937 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
282 JOYCE KILMER

TREES, by Joyce Kilmer, First edition,

New York, 1925 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
283 DAVID GASCOINE

POEMS 1937-1942,

1943 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
284 GEOFFREY GRIGSON

THE ISLES OF SCILLY,

1946 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
285 ARTHUR RIMBAUD

A SEASON IN HELL,

1949 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
286

A COMPLETE 7-VOLUME SET OF NEW EXCURSIONS INTO ENGLISH POETRY (1944-1947) (I)THE POET'S EYE, Anthology chosen by Geoffrey Grigson, 16 lithographs by John Craxton

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
287 EDITH SAUNDERS

FANNY PENQUITE,

London 1932 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
288 DENIS SAURAT

DEATH AND THE DREAMER,

1946 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
289 THOMAS JEFFERSON HOGG

MEMOIRS OF PRINCE ALEXY HAIMATOFF,

London MCMLII 1952 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
290 JULES RENARD

CARROTS, translated by G.W. Stonier (the first translation in English of this French classic known through the film, 'Poil de Carotte' and shown in England before the war),

London 1946 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
291 PAUL BOWLES

A LITTLE STONE,

1950 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
292 IDA PROCTER

FIRST HOUSE,

London 1946 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
293 WALTER DE LA MARE

GHOST STORIES,

1956 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
294 JONATHAN SWIFT

GULLIVER'S VOYAGES TO LILLIPUT AND BROBDINGNAG,

1943 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
295 MARK TWAIN

THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER,

London Camden Classics Series GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
296 MARK TWAIN

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN,

London Camden Classics Series GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
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