Christies: Christies : 9590 , 9590 ,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 2003 - January 01, 2003

Page Size: 195 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	AINSWORTH, William Harrison	Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art	London	1805-82, 1842-48	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	763.00
2	William Mills	ALBUM -- A			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
3	ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816)	Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese	London	1814	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,115.00
4	ALKEN, Henry Thomas	Symptoms of Being Amused	London, London	1785-1851, 1822, 1824	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
5	ANGUS, William engraver (1752-1821)	The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales in a Collection of Select Views	London	1787-1810	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	646.00
6	APPERLEY, Charles James, R. S. Surtees, APPERLEY, Charles James	Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.... New Edition. With a Memoir of Nimrod	London, London	1777-1843, 1899, 1777-1843, 1898	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
7	AUDSLEY, George Ashdown & James Lord BOWES	Keramic Art of Japan	Liverpool & London	1838-1925, 1834-99, 1875-80	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	705.00
8	ARMSTRONG, Sir Walter (1850-1918)	Turner	London	1902	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	646.00
9	BARHAM, Richard Harris (1788-1845)	The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels	London	1852	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,585.00
10	BARTLET, John (71716-1772)	The Gentleman's Farriery: or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horses... the Fifth Edition	London	1764	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
11	BATENHAM, George	Panoramic Delineations of the Four Principal Streets of the City of Chester	Chester	c.1816	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
12	BATTY, Elizabeth Francis, BATTY, Robert, BATTY, Robert, BATTY, Robert, BATTY, Robert, COCKBURN, James, ELLIOT, Robert	A Collection of topographical works encompassing the Grand Tour and comprising: Italian Scenery. From Drawings made in 1817, French Scenery from Drawings made in 1819, German Scenery from Drawings made in 1820, Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery, Scenery of the	London, London, London, London, London, London, London, London	1820, d. 1848, 1822, d. 1848, 1823d, 1848, 1829, d. 1848, 1826, 1779-1847, 1820, 1833, 1785-1839, 1823, 1773-1829	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	5,287.00
13	BAYLE, Pierre, Mr. Des Maizeaux	The Dictionary Historical and Critical... To which is prefixed, the Life of the Author...	London	1647-1706, 1734-38	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	528.00
14	BEAUFORT, Henry Somerset, Duke & Alfred Edward Thomas WATSON	The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes	London	1824-1899, 1885-1902	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	1,645.00
15	BEWICK, Thomas	A History of British Birds ... Containing the History and Description of Land [Water] Birds, Newcastle		1753-1828, 1805	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	1,410.00
16	BOLTON, Arthur T.	The Architecture of Robert & James Adam	London, London	1758-1794, 1922, 1852-1942, 1894	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,997.00
17	W. Artaud, William Hamilton, Angelica Kauffman, P. J. de Loutherbourg, John Opie, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Stothard and others, vignettes	BIBLE, in English -- The Old [New] Testament, embellished with Engravings, from Pictures and Designs by the most Eminent English Artists	London	1800	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,700.00
18	BOSWELL, James	The Life of Samuel Johnson, LLD. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works	London	1791	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	822.00
19	BOYDELL, John & Josiah	A Collection of Prints, from Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain	London	1719-1804, 1803, 1805	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	705.00
20	BOYDELL, John & Josiah	An History of the River Thames	London	1719-1804, 1794-96	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	15,275.00
21		British Sports and Sportsmen Past & Present. Compiled and Edited by The Sportsman	London	1908-16	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	822.00
22	BRYAN, Michael & Henry OTTLEY, George Stanley	Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers ... A New Edition	London	1757-1821, 1849-66	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	998.00
23	BULWER LYTTON, Edward George Earle Lytton, first Baron Lytton	[Novels]	London	1803-73, 1877-78	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	470.00
24	BUNBURY, Henry W.	An Academy for Grown Horsemen	London, London	1750-1811, 1808, 1808	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	329.00
25	BURKE, H. Farnham	The Historical Record of the Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra	London	1904	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	423.00
26	BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord	English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers. A Satire	London	1788-1824, 1809	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
27	BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord, Thomas Moore	The Works ... With his Letters and Journals, and his Life	London	1788-1824, 1832-33	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	1,057.00
28	BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord, Thomas Moore (1788-1824)	The Works ... With his Letters and Journals, and his Life	London	1832-33	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	705.00
29	CAMPBELL, Thomas	The Poetical Works	London	1777-1844, 1851	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	1,175.00
30	CARLYLE, Thomas	History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great	London	1795-1811, 1858-65	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,997.00
31	Archbishops, Bishops, Peers, Knights	Ceremonial of the Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth in the Abbey of St. Peter, West-Minster. and Principal Officers who assisted in that Magnificent Ceremony	London	1823	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	13,512.00
32	CHATTERTON, Edward Keble (1878-1944)	Sailing Ships. The Story of their Development from the Earliest Times to the Present Day	London	1909	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	376.00
33	CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719)	The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire	London	1700	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,232.00
34	CHAUNCY, Henry (1632-1719)	The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire	London	1700	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,175.00
35	COKAYNE, George Edward, Vicary Gibbs and others (1825-1911)	The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant	London	1910-40	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
36	CLUTTERBUCK, Robert	The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford... embellished with viewsof the most curious monuments of antiquity	London	1772-1831, 1815-27	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	1,880.00
37	COMBE, William (1741-1823)	The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; A Poem	London	1855	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	881.00
38		The Copper Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints, consisting of Sublime and Interesting Views in Great Britain and Ireland, Beautifully Engraved by the Most Eminent Artists from the Paintings and Drawings of the First Masters	London	n.d.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	763.00
39		Country Life	London	1904-05, 1923, 1932, 1942, 1945-50	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	763.00
40		The Court Magazine & Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine, & Museum of the Belles Lettres, Music, Fine Arts, Drama, Fashions &c. [with variant titles]	London	1830-41	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
41	CUNNINGHAM, Peter, Henry B. Wheatley (1816-69)	The Story of Nell Gwyn and the Sayings of Charles II	London	1892	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	646.00
42	DART, John	The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, And the Once-Adjoining Monastery	London	d. 1730, 1726	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	376.00
43	DARWIN, Charles	The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication	London	1868	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	822.00
44	CRUIKSHANK, George	Illustrations to the Miser's Daughter; Illustrations to Windsor Castle; Illustrations to St. James's or the Court of Queen Anne; Illustrations to Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield		1792-1878, c.1843-44	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
45	CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878)	A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a Rap at the Spirit-Rappers	London	1863	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,762.00
46	CRUIKSHANK, George	The Table Book. The etchings and woodcuts on India paper, [no place]		1792-1878, 1845	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
47	DISRAELI, Benjamin	1st Earl of Beaconsfield or, The New Crusade	Tancred, London	1804-81, 1847	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	329.00
48	DORAN, John	Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover... fourth edition	London	1807-78, 1875	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	3,290.00
49	DRAPER, John William (1811-82)	History of the American Civil War			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,820.00
49	DRAPER, John William, BRYCE, James	History of the American Civil War, The American Commonwealth	New York, London	1811-82, 1868-70, 1838-1922, 1888	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,820.00
50	DRYDEN, John	The Works... now first collected, edited by Walter Scott	London	1808	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	446.00
51	DUMAS, Alexandre (1820-70)	Works	London	n.d.	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	1,410.00
52	DURCREST, Georgette	Memoirs of the Empress Josephine with anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmaison	London	1829	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,820.00
53	DURY, Andrew & John ANDREWS	A Topographical Map of Hartford-Shire from an Actual Survey	London	n.d.	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	1,645.00
54	ECKERT, Heinrich Ambros	Das deutsche Bundesheer in characteristischen Gruppen entworfen und gezeichnet in Verbindung mehrerer Kunstler	Munich	1835	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	940.00
55	EDGEWORTH, Maria (1767-1849)	Tales and Novels	London	1832-33	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	493.00
56	EDWARDS, Lionel	The Passing Seasons... and some fleeting thoughts of Crascredo	London	n.d.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	1,057.00
57	EGAN, Pierce	Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis	London	1772-1849, 1822	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	411.00
58	ELIOT, George, DICKENS, Charles	Novels, Works	Edinburgh, London	n.d. n.d.	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	1,527.00
59	ETON - CUST, Lionel	Eton College Portraits	London	1910	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
60	FREEMAN, Arthur A.	The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First	Oxford	1882	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,997.00
61	FREEMAN, Edward Augustus	The History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and its Results... Second Edition	Oxford	1870-79	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,997.00
62	GELL, William & John P. GANDY (1777-1836)	Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii	London	1817-19	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	940.00
63	GIBBON, Edward (1737-94)	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire... edited, with additional notes, by William Smith	London	1854-55	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	2,585.00
64	GOWER, Ronald Sutherland, Lord	Sir Thomas Lawrence... with a Catalogue of the Artist's Exhibited and Engraved Works Compiled by Algernon Graves	London	1845-1916, 1900	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	822.00
65	GRAVES, Algernon & William Vine CRONIN	A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds	London	1899-1901	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,380.00
66	GRONOW, Rees Howell (1794-1865)	The Reminiscences and Recollections... being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society	London	1810-1860, 1889	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	763.00
67	George E. Lodge, Archibald Thorburn, E. Caldwell	The Gun at Home and Abroad	London	1912-15	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,762.00
68	HASSELL, John	Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis	London	1817-18	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	528.00
69	HEATH, William, and others (1795-1840)	A Collection of Caricatures on the Catholic Question	London	1829	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	7,637.00
70	HEATH, William (1795-1840) & John DOYLE (1797-1869)	A Collection of Caricatures	London	c.1829	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,465.00
71	HEATH, William (1795-1840)	The Looking Glass. None see themselves but by Reflection	London	1830-35	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	1,057.00
72	HERDMAN, William Gawin (1805-82)	Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool	Liverpool	1878	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,350.00
73	HISSEY, James John	A Tour in a Phaeton through the Eastern Counties	London	1889	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	881.00
74	HOLMES, Charles John, Sir	Pictures from the Iveagh Bequest and Collections. With an Introduction and Catalogue of the Kenwood Collection	London	1868-1936, 1928	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	940.00
75	HONE, William (1780-1842)	The Every Day-Book: or the Guide to the Year	London	n.d.	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	881.00
76	HOWITT, William (1792-1879)	Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets	London	1847	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,057.00
77	HUISH, Robert (1777-1850)	The Public and Private Life of... George the Third	London	1821	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	705.00
78	HUME, David (1711-76) & Tobias SMOLLETT (1721-71)	The History of England	London	1808-11	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	1,116.00
79	HUNT, Leigh	Lord Byron and some of his Contempories	London	1784-1859, 1828	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	822.00
80	JENKINS, James printer	The Naval Achievements of Great Britain From the Year	London	1793 to 1817, plates dated 1816-17	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	4,465.00
81	KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-75)	Two Years Ago	Cambridge	1857	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	822.00
82	KIP, Joannes (1719-1804)	Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne: ou Description Exacte des Villes, Palais du Roy, et les Ports de Mer, &c. du Dit Royaume	London	1735	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	21,150.00
83	KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936)	The Works	London	1937-39	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	11,162.00
84	LAMB, Charles (1775-1834)	The Adventures of Ulysses	London	1808	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
85	LEIGH, Charles (1662-1701)	The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in those Parts	Oxford	1700	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
86	LEVER, Charles James (1806-72)	The Novels, edited by Julia Kate Neville	London	1897-99	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	1,116.00
87	LE SAGE, Alain Rene, CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA, Miguel. TROLLOPE, Anthony	The Adventures of Gil Bias ofSantillana rendered into English by Henri Van Laun, Don Quixote de la Mancha, OrleyFarm	Edinburgh, London, London	1668-1747, 1886, 1547-1616, 1837, 1815-82, 1866	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	2,585.00
88	LODGE, Edmund	Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain	London	1756-1839, 1821-34	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	822.00
89	LOW, Francis H.	Queen Victoria's Dolls	London	1894	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	211.00
90	MACAULAY, Thomas Babbington	1st Baron Macaulay, The Works... Edited by his Sister Lady Trevelyan	London	1800-59, 1875	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	822.00
91	MACQUOID, Percy	A History of English Furniture	London	1925-28	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	528.00
92	MAPEI, Camillo	Italy, Classical, Historical and Picturesque. Illustrated in a Series of Views	Glasgow	1847	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	1,410.00
93	MARSHALL, Herbert & Hester	Cathedral Cities of France	London, London	1907, n.d.	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	822.00
94	MARY, Princess of Liechtenstein	Holland House	London	1874	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	646.00
95	MAUDUIT, Israel (1708-87)	A Short Account of some of the Proceedings of the Deputies and Committee, Appointed to take Care of the Civil Affairs of the Dissenters	London	1768	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	352.00
96	MILLAIS, John Guille	British Deer and their Horns	London	1865-1931, 1897	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	329.00
97	MILMAN, Henry Hart	The History of the Jews. From the Earliest Period down to Modern Times	London	1791-1868, 1863	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	1,762.00
98	MONTGOMERY, James , editor (1771-1854)	The Chimney-Sweeper's Friend, and Climbing-Boy's Album	London	1824	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	646.00
99	MORRIS, Beverley Robinson	British Game Birds and Wildfowl	London	1891	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	940.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.