Hodgson & Co.: A CATALOGUE OF Books from Various Sources. COMPRISING, INCUNABULA--TURNER'S HERBAL, AND COVERDALE'S HOMISH APOTHECARY, 1551-62 AND OTHER INTERESTING 16TH-17TH CENTURY BOOKS--FIRST EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON, 2 VOLS--BLOMEFIELD'S NORFOLK, 11 VOLS, 19451025,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 25, 1945 - October 25, 1945

Page Size: 649 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
601		Stevens (J.) History of Persia...			GBP -	Unknown
602		Malcolm (Sir J.) History of Persia...			GBP -	Unknown
603		Benjamin (S. G.) Persia and the Persians...			GBP -	Unknown
604	Sykes (Ella C.)	Through Persia on a Side-Saddle...			GBP -	Unknown
605		Sykes (Sir Mark) Dar-ul-Islam: Asiatic Provinces of Turkey...			GBP -	Unknown
606		Warkworth (Lord) Diary in Asiatic Turkey...			GBP -	Unknown
607	Madden (R. R.)	Travels in Turkey, Egypt, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
608		Burton and Drake. Unexplored Syria...			GBP -	Unknown
609	Burton (Isabel)	Inner Life of Syria			GBP -	Unknown
610		Keppel (G.) Travels in Babylonia, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
611		Maundrell (H.) Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem...			GBP -	Unknown
612	Smith (G. A.)	Historical Geography of the Holy Land...			GBP -	Unknown
613	J. Ogilby	Montanus (A.) Embassy to Japan			GBP -	Unknown
614	Herbert (T.)	The Persian Empire...			GBP -	Unknown
615	Chappe d'Auteroche	Voyage en Siberie en 1761		1768	GBP -	Unknown
616	Grieve (J.)	History of Kamtschatka...			GBP -	Unknown
617	Malcolm (Sir J.)	History of Persia, from the Most Early Period		1815	GBP -	Unknown
618	Malcolm (Sir J.)	History of Persia...		1812	GBP -	Unknown
619	Morier (J.)	Two Journeys through Persia			GBP -	Unknown
620	Dow (A.)	History of Hindostan...			GBP -	Unknown
621	Dow (A.)	Hindostan...			GBP -	Unknown
622	Verelst (H.)	The English Government in Bengal...			GBP -	Unknown
623	Wilks (M.)	Historical Sketches of the South of India			GBP -	Unknown
624		Hodges (W.) Travels in India...			GBP -	Unknown
625	Hall (B.)	Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Loo-Choo Island		1818	GBP -	Unknown
626	Fitzclarence (Lt. Col.)	Journal of a Route across India		1819	GBP -	Unknown
627	Symes (M.)	Embassy to Ava...			GBP -	Unknown
628	Wittman (W.)	Travels in Turkey, Syria, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
629	Daniell (T. and W.)	Oriental Scenery		1812	GBP -	Unknown
630	Luard (J.)	Views in India, Saint Helena, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
631		White (G. F.) Views in the Himalaya Mountains...			GBP -	Unknown
632	Hodges (W.)	Select Views in India, Drawn on the Spot, in 1780-83		1786	GBP -	Unknown
633	Scott (Mrs. W. L. L.)	Views in the Himalayas		1852	GBP -	Unknown
634		Thomas (G. P.) Views of Simla...			GBP -	Unknown
635	Eden (Miss)	Portraits of the Princes and People of India		1843	GBP -	Unknown
636	Eastwick (E. B.)	The Kaisarnamah i Hind		1877	GBP -	Unknown
637	Thomson (J.)	Illustrations of China and its People		1873	GBP -	Unknown
638	Van de Velde (C. W. M.)	Le Pays d'lsrael...			GBP -	Unknown
639		Rulers of India Series	Oxford	1892	GBP -	Unknown
640		Thornton's History of British India...			GBP -	Unknown
641	Rousselet (L.)	India and its Native Princes			GBP -	Unknown
642		Books relating to India, Asia Minor, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
643		Books relating to Syria, Palestine, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
644		Japan Punch (The)	Yokohama	1866	GBP -	Unknown
645		MAHOGANY GLAZED BOOKCASE			GBP -	Unknown
646		Walnut Bookcase			GBP -	Unknown
647		Walnut Bookcase, a similar Walnut Bookcase			GBP -	Unknown
648		Light Oak Globe-Wernicke Bookcase			GBP -	Unknown
649		Light Oak Globe-a similar Light Oak Bookcase			GBP -	Unknown

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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