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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20Radcliffe (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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25Utterson (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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31Morier (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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34Pushkin (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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48Wilde (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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53Johnson (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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54Johnson (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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64Gray (John) Silverpoints, one of 250 copies on Van Gelder paper, Autograph Note signed from the author to Elkin Mathews on a proof title page, Elkin Mathews an

Gray (John) Silverpoints, one of 250 copies on Van Gelder paper, Autograph Note signed from the author to Elkin Mathews on a proof title page, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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69Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, translated from the French, first English and first illustrated edition, one of 100 large pape

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, translated from the French, first English and first illustrated edition, one of 100 large paper copies on Japanese vellum, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,500

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72Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896.

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896.

Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000

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76Beardsley (Aubrey).- Dowson (Ernest) The Pierrot of the Minute, one of 30 large paper copies on Japanese vellum, from an edition limited to 330, Leonard Smithe

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Dowson (Ernest) The Pierrot of the Minute, one of 30 large paper copies on Japanese vellum, from an edition limited to 330, Leonard Smithers, 1897

Estimate: £2,500 - 3,000

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87Symons (Arthur) Autograph and typed manuscript signed of the essay

Symons (Arthur) Autograph and typed manuscript signed of the essay "Baudelaire and his Letters", 30pp., [1919]

Estimate: £1,200 - 1,800

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96Wratislaw (Theodore) The Pity of Love. A Tragedy, number 1 of 21 large paper copies, signed presentation inscription from Ada Leverson to Edward Heron-Allen, S

Wratislaw (Theodore) The Pity of Love. A Tragedy, number 1 of 21 large paper copies, signed presentation inscription from Ada Leverson to Edward Heron-Allen, Swan Sonnenschein, 1895

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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115Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy

Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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120Crowley (Aleister) Aceldama, a Place to Bury Strangers In. A Philosophical Poem by a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge, one of 88 copies on hand-made pa

Crowley (Aleister) Aceldama, a Place to Bury Strangers In. A Philosophical Poem by a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge, one of 88 copies on hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 100, Privately Printed, 1898

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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125Crowley (Aleister) Ahab and other Poems... With an Introduction and Epilogue by Count Vladimir Svareff, one of 2 copies printed on vellum, Chiswick Press, 1903

Crowley (Aleister) Ahab and other Poems... With an Introduction and Epilogue by Count Vladimir Svareff, one of 2 copies printed on vellum, Chiswick Press, 1903

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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175[Voigt (Hans Henning, Baron von)],

[Voigt (Hans Henning, Baron von)], "Alastair". Study of Yvette Guilbert, pen and ink, [circa 1910]

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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