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The Library of Barry Humphries (at Forum Auctions)
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The auction features a remarkable array of books, manuscripts, works on paper and objets from the extensive library of the legendary comedian, actor, author, and satirist Barry Humphries (1934-2023).
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![θ [Crowley (Aleister)] The Tale of Archais: A Romance in Verse, first edition [one of 250 copies], …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/6e3e4342-6056-41b9-8960-b299011d5996.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) The Poem. A Little Drama in Four Scenes, first edition, [one of 10 copies], …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/8a36566f-742a-487f-96af-b299011d8bea.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) The Mother's Tragedy, first edition, [one of 500 copies], Privately Printed, …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/b3731092-4835-4563-96d0-b299011d6809.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) The Star and the Garter, first edition, [one of 50 copies], with 3 editorial …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/f285eda6-e0f7-4ce0-b136-b299011d811f.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) The Argonauts, first edition, [one of 200 copies], Society for the …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/f383a57e-cc1e-462a-aee5-b299011d4754.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) Why Jesus Wept, first edition, [one of 100 copies on handmade paper], with 3 …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/a77363b8-318b-4946-9c2d-b299011d11f7.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) Oracles: The Biography of an Art, first edition, [one of 500 copies], …](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/f4930095-ffa8-4418-abdc-b299011d53c4.jpg?h=175)
![θ [Crowley (Aleister)],](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/d70adf68-6d57-457b-9b37-b299011d3523.jpg?h=175)
![θ [Crowley (Aleister)],](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/27ed42a4-8f78-43d0-9c2a-b299011d7f0e.jpg?h=175)
![θ Crowley (Aleister) The Banned Lecture: Gilles de Rais, first edition, P.R. Stephenson, [1930]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/9004e460-07a1-443a-95dc-b299011da7a8.jpg?h=175)
![Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) , Le modèle, pencil, [c. 1900]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/4217f6c7-1f05-46a1-84ef-b299011d9cff.jpg?h=175)
![Louis Émile Anquetin (1861-1932), Sleeping Nymph, black chalk, [c.1900]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/f49bb36a-f4d4-482b-9759-b299011d40cb.jpg?h=175)
![Filippo Antonio Cifariello (1864-1936), Corvo!, bronze with dark patina, [c. 1900]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/8fd65cb7-b431-45ca-a4b2-b299011daf23.jpg?h=175)
![Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923) , Self-portrait, black chalk with pencil, [c. 1905]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/4da335e7-7710-43d7-ac69-b299011d38c6.jpg?h=175)
![θ [Flecker (James Elroy)] The Best Man, first edition, [Oxford], [Holywell Press], 1906](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/e12c1482-561e-48b2-917e-b299011d6fc1.jpg?h=175)
![Jules Pascin (1885-1930) , Deux femmes: un dessin pour la revue ‘Simpliccimus’, pencil, [c.1906]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/294b761e-a91c-4d7e-91f6-b299011d02ff.jpg?h=175)
![Frans Stamkart (1874-1947) , Leda and the Swan, black and white chalks, [c.1910]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/0a749029-1d07-4f05-8f0b-b299011d915d.jpg?h=175)
![[Voigt (Hans Henning, Baron von)],](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/3475258e-c971-4358-8d6e-b299011d76d8.jpg?h=175)
![[Voigt (Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von)],](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/drewea1-10544/images/43750bbb-bd95-4f62-9125-b299011da456.jpg?h=175)
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