Olympia Auctions: The Estate of John Russell Taylor: Author, Critic, Collector, 21126, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | GEORGES DE FEURE (BELGIAN 1868-1943) | DESIGN FOR A RUG WITH RATS AND HENS |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 169.00 | ||
| 44 | ANNIE FRENCH (BRITISH 1872-1965) | ROSE MAIDENS |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,430.00 | ||
| 87 | WILLIAM BARRIBAL (BRITISH 1873-1952) | DESIGN FOR THE PROGRAM COVER OF THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE, LONDON |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 780.00 | ||
| 205 | SIR FRANK SHORT RA (BRITISH 1857-1945) | HIGH TIDE ON THE SOLWAY |
GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 91.00 | ||
| 212 | AFTER NICHOLAS DE STAEL (FRENCH 1914-1955) | LE PHARE (1952) |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 845.00 | ||
| 231 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (BRITISH 1811-1863) | ILLUSTRATION FOR THE VIRGINIANS TOGETHER WITH THE ENGRAVING |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 247.00 | ||
| 235 | ROBERT STEWART SHERRIFFS (BRITISH 1906-1960) | FOR SHE IS DEAD! THE WORDS DO PIERCE MY SOUL! DEATH AND THE VIRGINS - A PAIR |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 845.00 | ||
| 251 | CHARLES DE SOUZY RICKETTS RA (BRITISH 1866-1931) | APOLLO AND MARSYAS |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 780.00 | ||
| 254 | JOAN WARBURTON (BRITISH 1920-1996) | BOOK JACKET DESIGN FOR EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHINA BY STELLA HAMILTON |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 845.00 | ||
| 255 | STEVEN SPURRIER RA (BRITISH 1878-1961) | COME TO THE FAIR LAUGH AND LIVE |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 390.00 | ||
| 257 | THOMAS SIMPSON (BRITISH 1847-1929) | A SKETCHBOOK OF SEASIDE SCENES, FISHING BOATS, FARMING SCENES AND LONDON |
circa 1900 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 624.00 | |
| 258 | CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (BRITISH 1889-1946) | RETURNING TO THE TRENCHES |
1916 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 36,400.00 | |
| 259 | FRANK GIBSON | CHARLES CONDER, HIS LIFE AND WORKS, |
London | MCMXIV 1914 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 169.00 |
| 260 | WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI | RUSKIN: ROSSETTI: PRE-RAPHAELISTISM, PAPERS 1854 TO 1862, |
First Edition | 1899 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 182.00 |
| 261 | EDWARD CALVERT | ELEVEN ENGRAVINGS, |
Cambridge | 1966 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 169.00 |
| 262 | SAMUEL PALMER | SKETCHBOOK, 1824 (FACSIMILE), 2 volumes, |
1962 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 247.00 | |
| 263 | REGINALD HALLWARD | THE RELIGION OF ART, |
London | 1899 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 247.00 |
| 264 | KELMSCOTT. DOVES AND ASHENDENE, | KELMSCOTT. DOVES AND ASHENDENE, THE PRIVATE PRESS CREDOS, |
USA | 1952 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 39.00 |
| 265 | SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON | THE BOOK OF BLOKES, |
London | 1929 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 390.00 |
| 266 | WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON AND K.R.G. BROWNE | HOW TO LIVE IN A FLAT, |
London | 1936 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 117.00 |
| 267 | DAVID LOCKART | WARBLIN' WEANS OR CHILDREN'S CHANTS, |
1944 | GBP 15.00 - 20.00 | GBP 13.00 | |
| 268 | ALFRED CROWQUILL | A GUIDE TO WATERING PLACES, with illustrations by Alfred Crowquill, |
London | 1839 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 269 | MARTIN ARMSTRONG | FIFTY-FOUR CONCEITS, A COLLECTION OF EPIGRAMS AND EPITAPHS SERIOUS AND COMIC |
UK | 1933 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 270 | CURWEN PRESS 1928 | CURWEN PRESS 1928 A SPECIMEN BOOK OF PATTERN PAPERS designed for and in use at the Curwen Press with an introduction by Paul Nash, |
London | 1928 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 3,900.00 |
| 271 | CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY 1928-1930 | CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY 1928-1930 With a "Catalogue Raisonne of Books printed at the Curwen Press, 1928-1930.", |
Plaistow, London | 1931 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 286.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
