Turner Auctions & Appraisals: A Family Collection, 416625, South San Francisco
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Phil Paradise (1905-1997) | Three Wise Men; Christ and disciples |
1960-1961 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 36 | Arthur Leonard Cox (1879-1961) | Empress Eugenie surrounded by her ladies in waiting |
Circa 1920s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 37 | E. Kaufman | Scenic Prints |
1886 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 38 | James Basire (1730-1802) | The Portrait of Cavalier Bernino |
1764 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 39 | E. Kaufman | Scenic Prints |
1886 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902-2000) | Kyoto Imperial Palace; Willow Tree at the Gate of the Shimabara |
circa 1940s-1950s | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 65.00 | |
| 60 | Naoyoshi Hashimoto (1838-1912); Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) | Two Japanese Woodblock Prints of Kabuki Actors |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | Cultural Relics Unearthed in China; The Horizon Book of the Arts of China, and Arts of China |
Peking; New York | 1972; 1969 | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98 | Benvenuto Cellini | The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini |
Garden City | 1948 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 99 | Ralph Ginzberg | Eros magazine |
1962 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100 | Alfred Tennyson | Guinevere |
New York | 1868 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 104.00 |
| 101 | William Butler Yeats | The Tower |
New York | 1928 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 102 | Esther Singleton | Famous Paintings; Turrets Towers and Temples; Famous Sculpture; Wonders of the World |
New York | 1909; 1910; 1912 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | James Edward Alexander | Salmon-Fishing In Canada |
London | 1860 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 104 | Izaak Walton | The Complete Angler |
Chicago | 1893 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 78.00 |
| 105 | Roderick L. Haig-Brown; Jim Rimmer; Benjamin Franklin | Alison's Fishing Birds; Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times; Poor Richard's Almanack |
Vancouver; Mount Vernon, New York | 1980; 1956; n.d. | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 91.00 |
| 106 | Franz Keim (1840-1918); Carl Otto Czeschka (1878-1960) | Die Nibelungen |
Wien; Leipzig | 1924 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 107 | Duchess D'Abrantes | The Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family |
New York | 1855 | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 108 | Paul Bunyon; J. Clayton Clarke; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Robert W. Service; Alfred Tennyson | The Pilgrim's Progress; The Characters of Charles Dickens; The Longfellow Birthday Book; Evangeline; Ballads of a Bohemian; The Complete Poetical Works |
London; Paris; New York; Philadelphia; Newark; Boston | n.d.; c. 1890; 1883; 1921; 1884 | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 109 | Henry Howard Brownell; William Stearns Davis | The Eastern, Or Old World; Readings in Ancient History |
Hartford; Boston | 1861; 1912 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 110 | John Geddie; F. O. Morris | The Royal Palaces Historic Castles and Stately Homes of Great Britain; A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland |
New York; London; Edinburgh; Dublin | n.d. | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 117.00 |
| 111 | John Muir; Clyde Ormond | Our National Parks; Complete Book of Outdoor Lore |
Boston; New York | 1864 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 112 | Alberta Johnston Denis; Oscar Lewis; Swift Paine; Carol Green Wilson | Spanish Alta California; Siver Kings; Eilley Orrum, Queen of the Comstock; Gump's Treasure Trade |
New York; Indianapolis | 1927; 1947; 1929 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 113 | Russell Cordon Carter; Alexander Duma; Nancy Dunlea; J. Walker McSpadden; Andre Maurois; J. H. Stickney; N. C. Wyeth | The White Plume of Navarre; The Three Musketeers; The Courtesy Book; Stories from Wagner; Frederic Chopin; Aesop's Fables; Robin Hood |
New York; Boston; Chicago; London; Philadelphia | 1928; 1937; 1927; 1942; 1915; 1917 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 114 | Ayn Rand | The Fountainhead |
Indianapolis; New York | 1943 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 195.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, 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-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, 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