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The Library of Barry Humphries

Forum Auctions presents The Library of Barry Humphries. The sale will feature a remarkable array of books, manuscripts, works on...

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Wednesday 26th March 2025 1:00pm

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20 Radcliffe (Ann) A Sicilian Romance, 2 vol., first edition, T. Hookham, 1790

Radcliffe (Ann) A Sicilian Romance, 2 vol., first edition, T. Hookham, 1790

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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25 Utterson (Sarah Elizabeth) Tales of the Dead, first edition, [by S. Hamilton] for White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813

Utterson (Sarah Elizabeth) Tales of the Dead, first edition, [by S. Hamilton] for White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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28 [Polidori (John)] The Vampyre; A Tale, first edition, third issue, 1819

[Polidori (John)] The Vampyre; A Tale, first edition, third issue, 1819

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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29 [De Quincey (Thomas)] Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, ink presentation inscription

[De Quincey (Thomas)] Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, ink presentation inscription "To the Editor of the Eclectic Review", for Taylor and Hessey, 1822

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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31 Morier (Sir James Justinian) [The complete prose fiction], 24 vol., first editions, 4 works signed or inscribed by the author, Richard Bentley, 1824-47

Morier (Sir James Justinian) [The complete prose fiction], 24 vol., first editions, 4 works signed or inscribed by the author, Richard Bentley, 1824-47

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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32 [Hogg (James)] The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, first edition, original boards, the John Sparrow copy, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and

[Hogg (James)] The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, first edition, original boards, the John Sparrow copy, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824.

Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000

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34 Pushkin (Alexander) The Talisman... with other pieces, [translated by George Borrow], first edition of the first English translation of Pushkin's works, [one o

Pushkin (Alexander) The Talisman... with other pieces, [translated by George Borrow], first edition of the first English translation of Pushkin's works, [one of 100 copies], St Petersburg, Schulz and Beneze, 1835 bound with another.

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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48 Wilde (Oscar).- Saltus (Edgar) The Philosophy of Disenchantment, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Oscar Wilde, Boston, 1885

Wilde (Oscar).- Saltus (Edgar) The Philosophy of Disenchantment, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Oscar Wilde, Boston, 1885

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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53 Johnson (Lionel) Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower, first edition [1 of 7 copies], [Chester, Phillipson & Golder, 1885].

Johnson (Lionel) Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower, first edition [1 of 7 copies], [Chester, Phillipson & Golder, 1885].

Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000

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54 Johnson (Lionel) Poems, first issue, one of 25 copies signed by the author, Elkin Mathews, 1895

Johnson (Lionel) Poems, first issue, one of 25 copies signed by the author, Elkin Mathews, 1895

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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