Forum Auctions: Online: Fin-de-siecle, the gothic and weird, inc. further books from the Library of Barry Humphries, 62526, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckford William | Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters |
1780 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 2 | Beckford William | Vathek |
1786 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 3 | Beckford William | Vathek |
England | 1815 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 4 | Rutter John | Delineations of Fonthill |
1823 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 5 | Radcliffe Ann | A Sicilian Romance |
1792 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 5,334.00 | |
| 6 | Radcliffe Ann | The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents |
1797 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 7 | Radcliffe Ann | The Mysteries of Udolpho |
1803 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 8 | Radcliffe Ann | Gaston de Blondeville |
1826 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 9 | Walpole Horace | Castle of Otranto |
1796 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 10 | Lewis Matthew Gregory | Tales of Wonder |
1801 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 11 | Lewis Matthew Gregory | Feudal Tyrants; or, The Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans |
1806 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,842.00 | |
| 12 | Julia de Vienne |
1811 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 533.40 | ||
| 13 | Taylor Joseph | Apparitions; or, the Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses, Developed |
1814 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 14 | Maturin Charles Robert | Women: or, Pour et Contre |
Edinburgh | 1818 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 15 | Wadd William | Comments on Corpulency, Lineaments of Leanness, Mems on Diet and Dietetics |
1829 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 16 | Wilson Harriette | Clara Gazul |
1830 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 17 | Crowe Catherine | The Night Side of Nature: or, Ghost Stories & Ghost Seers |
1852 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 18 | Meredith George | Evan Harrington |
1861 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 19 | Bulwer-Lytton Edward | A Strange Story |
1862 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 20 | Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan | Wylder's Hand; Uncle Silas; Guy Deverell |
Dublin | 1863-65 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 21 | Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan | Uncle Silas |
1865 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 22 | Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan | The Purcell Papers |
1880 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 23 | Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan | In a Glass Darkly |
1886 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 24 | Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan | A Chronicle of Golden Friars and other stories |
1896 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 25 | Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan | The House by the Church-Yard |
1897 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
