Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Circus and magic memorabilia, posters, books etc- Timed online Auction, 70726, Norwich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leroux Hugues | Les Jeux du Cirque Vie Foraine |
Paris | ND | GBP 100.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 2 | Harzberg Hiler; Moss Arthur | Slapstick and Dumbell |
New York | c1924 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 2a | Bostock E H | Menageries, Circuses and Theatres |
London | 1927 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 3 | Barnum P T | Struggles and Triumps: Or, Forty Years Recollections of P T Barnum |
Hartford | 1870 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 4 | Bennett Edward Turner | The Tower Menagerie |
London | 1829 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 5 | Loisel Gustave | Histoire des Menageries de l'Antiquite a Nos Jours |
Paris | 1912 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 6 | Beatty Clyde; Anthony Edward | The Big Cage |
New York | 1933 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 7 | Towsen John C | Clowns |
New York | 1976 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 8 | Streatfeild Noel; Mitchell Lane; Cross John Keir; Deal Borden; Hittemore Edward | 5 Books, including: The Circus is Coming |
London | 1938; 1956; 1952; 1963; 1975 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 9 | Popov Oleg; Ziethen Karl-Heinz; Mills Cyril Bertram; Plowden Gene; Croft-Cooke Rupert | 5 Books, including: Russian Clown |
London; Berlin; New York | 1970; 1988; 1967; 1967; ND | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 10 | Saville Malcolm; Bambrick Winifred; Manning-Sanders Ruth; Bass Eduard; Otis James | 5 Books, including: Young Johnnie Bimbo |
London | ND; 1946; 1954; 1950; ND | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 11 | Stover Marjorie Filley; Verne Jules; Lofting Hugh; Gallico Paul; Freeling Anne | 5 Books, including: Chad and the Elephant Engine |
London | 1975; 1966; ND; 1964; 1958 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 12 | Berle Milton; Allen; Kelley; Jay John Mark; Hagenbeck Lorenz; Walton James | 5 Books, including: Milton Berle's Fabulous Fun-tasy - Out of My Trunk |
New York; London | 1945; 1941; ND; 1956; 1954 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 13 | Sharp Margery; O'Connor Peter; White Jon Manchip; Dodds Norman N; Vesey-Fitzgerald Brian; Ward-Jackson C H; Harvey Denis E | 6 Books, including: The Gypsy in the Parlour |
London; Newton Abbott | 1954; 1971; 1957; 1966; 1944; 1973 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 14 | Tyrwhitt-Drake Garrard; Brick Hans; Adamson Joy; Henderson J Y; Jordan Bill; Ormrod Stefan | 5 Books, including: Beasts and Circuses |
London; Boston | 1936; 1960; 1961; 1951; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 15 | Walton O F; Bosworth Willan G; Beatty Jane; Pinchot Ann; Fenner Phyllis R; Hammarstrom David Lewis; Harrison Harry P | 6 Books, including: A Peep Behind the Scenes |
London; New York | ND; 1935; 1965; 1954; 1983; 1958 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 16 | Taylor Reginald; Trevor Elleston; Berrisford Judith M; Martin Robert; Reynolds Butch; Edmonds Walter D | 6 Books, including: Circus Triumphant |
London | 1955; 1951; ND; 1963; 1950; 1940 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 17 | Durov V L; Keller George; Iles Gerald; Williams J H; Kearton Cherry | 5 Books, including: My Circus Animals |
London | 1937; 1962; 1960; 1959; 1958 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 18 | Bosworth W G; Benchley Belle J; Bourke Anthony; Rendall John; Eder Boris; Dvinsky Emmanuel; Lewis George Slim; Fish Byron | 6 Books, including: Tent Town |
London; New York; Moscow; Seattle | 1935; 1944; 1971; 1958; ND; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 19 | Freeling Anne; Carnegie Wendy; Williamson A Stanley; Rendle T McDonald; Andrews William | 5 Books, including: Ranjit of the Circus Ring |
London | 1958; 1964; 1938; 1919; 1887 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown |
| 20 | Castle H G; Ballantine Bill; McKennon Joe; Verney Peter | 4 Books, including: The Children's Book of the Circus |
London; Boston; Florida | ND; 1982; 1975; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 25.00 | Unknown |
| 21 | Chambers Paul; Morris Desmond; Gebel-Williams Gunther; Bracegirdle Cyril; Lacey Martin | 5 Books, including: Jumbo - This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World |
London; New York; Linctrek | 2007; 1979; 1991; 1974; 2009 | GBP 20.00 - 25.00 | Unknown |
| 22 | Stone Fred; Duncan Thomas W; Reynolds Butch; Lano David | 4 Books, including: Rolling Stone |
New York; London; Michigan | 1945; 1948; 1954; 1957 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 23 | Patchett Mary Elwyn; Onions Oliver; Maclean Alistair; Goncourt Edmond de; Judah Aaron; Manning-Sanders Ruth | 6 Books, including: Circus Brumby |
London | 1962; 1934; 1976; 1957; 1965; 1967 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 24 | Macgregor-Morris Pamela; Mills Cyril Bertram; Fernandez Natalie; Foster Frank; Saxon A H | 5 Books, including: Chipperfield's Circus |
London; Sydney | 1957; 1967; 1971; ND; 1978 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
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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