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The Library of Barry Humphries

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

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Wednesday 26th March 2025 1:00pm

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221 Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue
Lot 221

Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, by Georges Cretté, Paris, 1930

Hammer Price: £4,200

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222 Rilke (Rainer Maria) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino, translated by V. & Edward Sackville-West, first edition in English, one of 230 cop
Lot 222

Rilke (Rainer Maria) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino, translated by V. & Edward Sackville-West, first edition in English, one of 230 copies, printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931

Hammer Price: £3,000

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223 Rilke (Rainer Maria) Poems, translated by J.B. Leishman, first English edition, initialled presentation inscription from the translator, with series of A.L.s.
Lot 223

Rilke (Rainer Maria) Poems, translated by J.B. Leishman, first English edition, initialled presentation inscription from the translator, with series of A.L.s. and T.L.s. from Stephen Spender, Leonard Woolf and Margaret West, Hogarth Press, 1934

Hammer Price: £2,200

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224 Lanoë (Charles, binder) .- Carco (Francis) Quelques-une, one of 120 copies, bound for Henri Vever by Lanoe to design by Jules Chadel, Paris, 1931
Lot 224

Lanoë (Charles, binder) .- Carco (Francis) Quelques-une, one of 120 copies, bound for Henri Vever by Lanoe to design by Jules Chadel, Paris, 1931

Hammer Price: £3,800

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225 Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, Pièces Condamnées, unique copy with original watercolours by Emilien Dufour, Paris, 1931
Lot 225

Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, Pièces Condamnées, unique copy with original watercolours by Emilien Dufour, Paris, 1931

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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226 Eugéne Robert Pougheon (1886-1955) Sheet of studies for 'Les Captives', charcoal, watercolours, [c.1932] 
Lot 226

Eugéne Robert Pougheon (1886-1955)
Sheet of studies for 'Les Captives', charcoal, watercolours, [c.1932] 

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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227 Gershwin (George) George Gershwin's Song-Book, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the author/composer to his sister with a self-portrait
Lot 227

Gershwin (George) George Gershwin's Song-Book, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the author/composer to his sister with a self-portrait, New York, 1932

Hammer Price: £5,500

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228 Gershwin (George) Porgy and Bess, An Opera in Three Acts, one of 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin & Rouben Mamoulian, New
Lot 228

Gershwin (George) Porgy and Bess, An Opera in Three Acts, one of 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin & Rouben Mamoulian, New York, Random House, 1935

Hammer Price: £3,200

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229 Gill (Eric).- Shakespeare (William) The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, limited edition signed by Gill, bound in black goatskin, 1933
Lot 229

Gill (Eric).- Shakespeare (William) The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, limited edition signed by Gill, bound in black goatskin, 1933

Hammer Price: £600

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230 Emmanuel-Joseph Orazi (1860-1934) Le  crépuscule du soir’, an original illustration from the 1934 edition of Baudelaire’s ‘Les Fl
Lot 230

Emmanuel-Joseph Orazi (1860-1934)
Le  crépuscule du soir’, an original illustration from the 1934 edition of Baudelaire’s ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’, watercolour, [c.1934]

Hammer Price: £2,600

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