Duke's: Asian Art, 52126, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2026 - May 22, 2026
Page Size: 56 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
421 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

The Killing of Sanada-no-Yoichi

c.1832-34 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 195.00
422 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Kasumigaseki

1857 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 208.00
423

A lady holding an umbrella in a winter landscape

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
424 Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)

Yoshisada Offering a Sword to the Sea God

c.1847-52 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
425 Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)

Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River

c.1862 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
426 Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)

Maple Leaves at Takinogawa

c.1862 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
427 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

A Woman Carrying a Pail

c.1852 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
428 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Chapter 50, The Eastern Cottage

1858 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 312.00
429 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

An Actor

1860 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
430 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Chapter 20 (Part 2)

c.1854 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
431 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Chapter 34 (Part I)

c.1854 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
432 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Poem by Kisenhoshi

c.1844 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
433 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Outside a Bath House

c.1857 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 91.00
434 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Poem by Kiyowara no Motosuke

c.1840-42 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 52.00
435 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Poem by Jakurenhoshi

c.1840-42 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 65.00
436 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Chapter 19, Wisps of Cloud

c.1845-46 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
437 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Poem by Semimaru

c.1840-42 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 65.00
438 Utagawa Kunisato (d.1857)

A Standing Lady

c.1854 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
474

Two Leaves from a Persian Illustrated Manuscript

N/A GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
477

A Collection of Asian Art Catalogues and Reference Books

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 416.00
478

A Collection of Auction Catalogues for Chinese Painting, Bronzes and Textiles

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
479

A Collection of Auction Catalogues on Chinese Furniture and Export Art

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 104.00
480

A Collection of Auction Catalogues on Chinese Jade and Snuff Bottles

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 104.00
481

A Collection of Ben Janssensens and the Chinese Porcelain Company Catalogues

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 104.00
482

A Collection of Chineses Fine Art Auction Catalogues

N/A GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 156.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000