Edmund Gosse
15 copies for sale · $20–$750 · 10 first editions · 3 signed
Notable copies for sale
LIFE OF WILLIAM CONGREVE (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$750
Jeremy Taylor (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$250
Portraits and Sketches (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$50
Secret of Narcisse (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$40
Northern Studies (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Three French Moralists; And the Gallantry of France (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Questions At Issue (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
The Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne (first edition) — Between the Covers$20
The Autumn Garden (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$75
Portraits and Sketches (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Restoration Plays from Dryden to Farquhar Everyman's Library: Poetry and the Drama — Between the Covers$30
Coventry Patmore — Between the Covers$21
What these are worth
The autumn garden3 copies from 3 sellers
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Works on the market
The Autumn Garden2 copies · $40–$75
Portraits and Sketches2 copies · $35–$50
LIFE OF WILLIAM CONGREVE1 copy · $750
Jeremy Taylor1 copy · $250
Secret of Narcisse1 copy · $40
Northern Studies1 copy · $35
Questions At Issue1 copy · $35
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters1 copy · $35
Books On the Table1 copy · $30
Coventry Patmore1 copy · $21
The Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne1 copy · $20
Market context
10 copies of Edmund Gosse's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $35 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Firdausi in Exile and other poems, one of 50 large paper copies, finely bound by Zaehnsdor (forum, 2026-06-25)£380
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