
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
23 June - 7 July 2026 • London
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1. Rudolph Ackermann | A History of the University of Cambridge, 1815, 2 volumes, contemporary calf

2. Album Amicorum | Der Freundschaft gewidmet, 1779-1793, manuscript in German

3. Antiquarian Books | Seven volumes

4. Architecture | Three volumes

5. Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf

6. Stanley Roy Badmin
December Trees

7. Stanley Roy Badmin
The Narrowboat Inn on the Grand Junction

8. Stanley Roy Badmin | The Skaters, gouache

9. Glen Baxter | A suite of five lithographs signed and dated 1984

10. Glen Baxter | A collection of ten works, 1997–2007

11. Glen Baxter | "From here on I must face this gruelling ordeal alone...", original illustration, 2001

12. Glen Baxter | Seven works

13. Glen Baxter | "You'd better have a damned good excuse...", original illustration, signed and dated by the artist

14. Aubrey Beardsley | The Yellow Book, 1894-1897, 13 volumes, original cloth

15. Beekeeping | A group of four volumes
![Ludwig van Beethoven | Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c565f6d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5422x4429+0+0/resize/150x123!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fe6%2F74%2Feb15ba294c6a972baac55d9ba11c%2Fl26402-dldkj-t1-13.jpg)
16. Ludwig van Beethoven | Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED

17. Naum Aronson
Ludwig van Beethoven

18. Hector Berlioz | First edition of the “Grande messe des morts”, signed and inscribed by the composer

19. Abraham Bosse
Death of the Rich Man (La Mort du mauvais riche), from La Parabole du mauvais riche et de Lazare, no. 2 (Duplessis 41)

20. Binding—Angela James (binder) and Nigel Davison (artist) | Deluvio Noe, 1986, number 26 of 60 copies signed by the artist
![Binding—Rudyard Kipling | Le Livre de la Jungle [and Le Second Livre], Paris, 1919, illustrated by Paul Jouve, two original illustrations by Jouve, art deco binding by Henri Creuzevault](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a64a55/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F18%2F3d%2F62848fd84196bb997d0cb79376d2%2Fl26402-dldkp-t1-01.jpg)
21. Binding—Rudyard Kipling | Le Livre de la Jungle [and Le Second Livre], Paris, 1919, illustrated by Paul Jouve, two original illustrations by Jouve, art deco binding by Henri Creuzevault

22. Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam | Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding

23. Binding—Paul Valéry | Essai sur Stendhal, Paris, 1927, designer binding by Pierre Legrain
![William Blake | Illustrations of the Book of Job, [1826], one of 150 sets of proof impressions on India paper](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2379a7c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1571x2000+0+0/resize/150x191!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F5d%2F56%2F1654657c4568b2f5a31ccf63f83f%2Fl26402-dldkt-t1-02.jpg)
24. William Blake | Illustrations of the Book of Job, [1826], one of 150 sets of proof impressions on India paper

25. Steven Bone
Yorkshire Coast by LNER

26. Raymond C. Booth | Hilly Habitat of Lilium Auratum, pencil drawing

27. James Boswell | The life of Samuel Johnson, 1791, 2 volumes, first edition of the most celebrated biography of all time

28. A two-dimensional model of Watt and Boulton's steam engine, 19th century
![Boxing and Ballet | Postcard album of approx. 443 postcards, [with:] Gordon Anthony, Russian Ballet, 1939](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5330715/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5301x6603+0+0/resize/150x187!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8e%2F32%2F094a196042a798a2a9e206678f0c%2Fl26402-dldq8-t3-02.jpg)
29. Boxing and Ballet | Postcard album of approx. 443 postcards, [with:] Gordon Anthony, Russian Ballet, 1939

30. William Havell; with Joseph Stannard and Hermanus van Brussel
Study of Trees and Shrubs with Seated Figure; with Derelict Cottage in Landscape with Figures and A Forest with Two Figures

31. British Topography | A group of four works, 7 volumes in all

32. English School, 19th century
View from Brow Top, Keswick – The Lake District.

33. Peter Brookes | "Barrow-in-Furness but cool as a cucumber with Shell", original pen and ink cartoon, signed by the artist

34. Félix Buhot
Pluie et Parapluie

35. Anthony Burgess | A Clockwork Orange. London, 1962, first edition, inscribed by the author, the Neville copy
![[Robert Burns] A Scottish polished burr sycamore snuffbox, probably Mauchline, Ayrshire, 19th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8c2252a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6732x6732+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F6d%2Feb%2Fabce5d0d4a0a9ec8ff490de5cf58%2Fl26402-dldpq-t3-04.jpg)
36. [Robert Burns] A Scottish polished burr sycamore snuffbox, probably Mauchline, Ayrshire, 19th century

37. John Cage | Autograph note signed, c. 1950

38. Dorothy Carleton Smyth | A series of 24 coloured designs for Rudyard Kipling

39. Arthur Chidley | Original illustration of a Vickers Type 170 Vanguard in Imperial Airways livery and two other historic aircraft, circa 1925, signed by the artist
![[Fryderyk Chopin]—Franz Liszt | First edition of Liszt’s biography of Chopin, signed and inscribed by Liszt to Ferdinand David, 1852 or later](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6fa14c5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1329x2000+0+0/resize/150x226!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F55%2Ff4%2Fd3236e66426cb371cb69362b9b2e%2Fl26402-dldn3-t2-02.jpg)
40. [Fryderyk Chopin]—Franz Liszt | First edition of Liszt’s biography of Chopin, signed and inscribed by Liszt to Ferdinand David, 1852 or later

41. Composers | Collection of printed first and early editions, mostly nineteenth and twentieth century

42. Cyril Connolly | Bond Strikes Camp, 1963, first separate book-form edition, number 13 of 50 copies signed by the author

43. John Craxton, R.A.
Winter Panorama

44. John Crome | Thirty-Two original etchings of views of Norfolk... with portrait, Norwich, 1821, housed in original portfolio

45. Three Peter Cross watercolours and a Simon Drew greeting card

46. Three Peter Cross watercolours

47. Claude Debussy | Autograph manuscript of the song “Flots, palmes, sables”, signed, 1882

48. Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol, 1843, first edition, original cloth