Tennants Auctioneers: Antiques & Interiors, 190626, Leyburn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 19, 2026 - June 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | Alpheraky Sergius | The Geese of Europe and Asia |
1905 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 126.40 | |
| 184 | Cumberland George | Thoughts on Outline, Sculpture, and the System that Guided the Ancient Artists in Composing their Figures and Groupes |
1796 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 63.20 | |
| 185 | Mackenzie Compton | N Books, including: Sinister Street |
London | 1913-14 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 186 | Alighieri Dante | The New Life; The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La Beale Isoude; Claire de Lune and other Troubadour Romances |
St Albans; Coventry | circa 1920; circa 1919 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 126.40 |
| 188 | Munnings Alfred | Autobiography |
N/A | Not Available | GBP 63.20 | |
| 189 | Stark Freya; Bradford Sarah; Reid P. R. | N Books, including: The Journey's Echo |
1963; 1993; 1953 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 278.08 | |
| 190 | Cary John | A New Map of Yorkshire |
1808 | Not Available | GBP 101.12 | |
| 191 | Glasby Dulcima; Wilson Sandy; Ross Diana; Rossetti Christina | N Books, including: Tim, The Traveller |
1943; 1954; 1951; 1933 | Not Available | GBP 63.20 | |
| 192 | Morris William; Lewis C.S.; Wilde Oscar | N Books, including: Some Hints on Pattern Designing |
1899; 1942; 1909 | Not Available | GBP 88.48 | |
| 194 | Collection of Assorted Books |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 195 | Thorburn Archibald | A Naturalist's Sketch Book |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 202.24 | |
| 196 | Collection of Folio Society Books |
N/A | Not Available | GBP 164.32 | ||
| 197 | Five Boxes of Art Reference Books |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 113.76 | ||
| 198 | The Great Events by Famous Historians |
N/A | Not Available | GBP 63.20 | ||
| 198A | Large Collection of Miscellaneous Books |
N/A | Not Available | GBP 88.48 | ||
| 199 | Henley William | Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians |
1973 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 200 | Collection of First World War Postcards |
N/A | Not Available | GBP 88.48 | ||
| 201 | Waugh Evelyn; Surtees R.S. | N Books, including: Scoop |
1933; 1854 | Not Available | GBP 37.92 | |
| 202 | Dickens | Collection of Leather-Bound Books |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 568.80 | |
| 248 | Wyllie William Lionel (1851-1931) | The City of London Panorama of River Thames |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 278.08 | |
| 249 | Wyllie William Lionel (1851-1931) | The Pool of London |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 88.48 | |
| 251 | Wyllie William Lionel (1851-1931) | Port of Glasgow, Scotland; Greenock Harbour, Scotland |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 113.76 | |
| 252 | Wyllie William Lionel (1851-1931) | Fish Row, Musselburgh, Scotland |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 63.20 | |
| 258 | Lizars; O'Klein Boris | N Books, including: Sharp winged hawk moth |
N/A | Not Available | GBP 37.92 | |
| 260 | Thorburn Archibald (1860-1935) | Blackgame on the silver birches |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 88.48 |
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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. -
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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