Bloomsbury Auctions: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, comprising, Angling Books, Sport, Natural History and Science, Travel and Topography, English Literature and History, Illustrated Books and Limited Editions including, Couch's History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vol, 35,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1985 - January 01, 1985

Page Size: 386 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
303	Walpole (Horace)	Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third		1894	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	27.00
304	Jane (Fred T.)	Blake of the 'Rattlesnake'		1895	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	77.00
305	Dickens (Charles)	Dickens (Charles) The Works			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	121.00
306		Gardiner (Samuel R.) Oliver Cromwell...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	5.00
307	Victoria (Queen)	Leaves from the Journal of our life in the Highlands		1899	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	104.00
308	Thackeray (W. M.)	Thackeray (W. M.) The Works			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	5.00
309		MORRIS (WILLIAM) COLLECTED WORKS...			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	440.00
310		Cambridge History of English Literature...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	49.00
311		Brooke (Rupert) The Collected Poems...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	38.00
312	Fowles (John)	The Collector		1963	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
313		Hardy (Thomas) Human Shows...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	93.00
314		Milne (A. A.) Winnie-the-Pooh...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	143.00
315	Milne (A. A.)	The House at Pooh Comer		1928	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
316		[Sassoon (Siegfried)] Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	132.00
317	Yeats (William Butler)	Per Arnica Silentia Lunae			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	24.00
318	A'Beckett (Gilbert Abbott)	The Comic History of Rome			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
319	Allen (James Lane)	A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath		1901	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
320		Aristophanes. Lysistrata	New York	1967	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	38.00
321		Aristophanes. Lysistrata	New York	1967	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
322		Arkwright (William) Knowledge and Life...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	22.00
323		Ashton (John) A righte Merrie Christmasse !!!...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	22.00
324		Barrie (J. M.) Quality Street...			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	71.00
325		Belloc (H.) Cautionary Tales for Children...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	33.00
326	Bierce (Ambrose)	Battle Sketches	Oxford	1930	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	38.00
327	Bridges (Robert)	The Testament of Beauty	New York	1929	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	52.00
328	Brown (Abbie Farewell)	The Lonesomest Doll	Boston and New York	1928	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
329	Butor (Michel)	Revue Revee: 7 parts		1974-75	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
330		Chatterbox		1906-10	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	27.00
331	Chesterfield (Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of)	Chesterfield (Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of) Letters. . . to His Godson	Oxford	1890	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	22.00
332	Craig (Edward Gordon)	Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self		1931	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	88.00
333	Crane (Walter)	Queen Summer, or the Tourney of the Lily and the Rose		1891	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	66.00
334	DAUMIER AND PHILIPON	Collection Miniature des Caricatures de Robert Macaire	Paris	n.d.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
335		Disraeli (Benjamin) The Infernal Marriage...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
336		Eastern Love. [Oriental Tales]		1927-30	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	77.00
337	FARQUHAR (GEORGE)	The Recruiting Officer		1926	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	71.00
338		Flaubert (Gustave) Salammbo...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
339		Fordham (Montague) Mother Earth: a proposal for the Permanent reconstruction of our country life...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
340	Goldsmith (Oliver)	The Deserted Village		1909	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	38.00
341		Gollancz (Israel, editor) Pearl...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
342	Gordon (Sir Home, editor)	Eton v. Harrow at Lord's		1926	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	55.00
343	Grahame (Kenneth)	Dream Days		1902	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	24.00
344	Greenaway (Kate)	Birthday Book for Children			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	33.00
345		Grimm Brothers, Fairy Tales	Philadelphia	n.d.	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	41.00
346	Haberly (Loyd)	When Cupid Wins None Lose		1927	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	22.00
347	Hamerton (Philip Gilbert)	The Intellectual Life	The Roy croft Shop, East Aurora, New York	1899	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	44.00
348	Hunt (P. W.)	An Album of etchings and sketches		[c. 1900]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
349	Lamb (Charles)	A Masque of Days from the Last Essays of Elia: Newly Dressed & Decorated by Walter Crane		1901	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	55.00
350		Masefield (John) The Taking of the Gry...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
351		Morse (W. L, editor) Acadiensa Nova (1598-1779)...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	55.00
352		Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat		1922	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	52.00
353		Pictorial Bindings. A collection of 9 volumes			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
354		Plotinus. The Ethical Treatises			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
355		Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	44.00
356		Shakespeare (W.) The Works...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	27.00
357	Shaw (George Bernard)	Nine Answers	[New York]	[1923]	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
358	Shelley (Percy Bysshe)	Adonais...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	110.00
359		Sidgwick (Frank, editor) Ballads and Lyrics of Love...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
360	Smith (Percy)	Sixteen Drypoints and Etchings, a record of the Great War		1930	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	38.00
361		[Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
362		Story (Rev. R. H.) Dr. John Craig 1512-1600...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	27.00
363	Theocritus (Bion & Moschus)	The Idyls			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	44.00
364	TOUSSAINT (FRANZ)	THE GARDEN OF CARESSES		1934	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
365	Tunnicliffe (C. F.)	Shorelands Summer Diary		1952	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	44.00
366	Wilde (Oscar)	Salome		1904	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	132.00
367		COSTUME (THE) OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE		1803	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	242.00
368	[DALVIMART (OCTAVIEN)]	THE COSTUME OF TURKEY		1802	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	462.00
369	[DE MOLEVILLE (BERTRAND)	THE COSTUME OF THE HEREDITARY STATES OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA		1804	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	374.00
370	MASON (GEORGE HENRY)	THE COSTUME OF CHINA		1806	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	462.00
371	MASON (GEORGE HENRY)	THE PUNISHMENTS OF CHINA		1808	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
372		MILITARY COSTUME (THE) OF TURKEY		1818	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	275.00
373	PYNE (W. H.)	THE COSTUME OF GREAT BRITAIN		1808	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	594.00
374	Bedoya (D. F. G. de)	Historia del Toreo	Madrid	1850	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	154.00
375	Bewick (Thomas)	A General History of Quadrupeds	Newcastle-on-Tyne	1811	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
376	COOKE (C.)	A collection of proof engraved plates from Cooke's Select Poets...		[plates dated 1796-1803]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	77.00
377	Cruikshank (George)	Illustrations of Time			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
378		Cruikshank. Sunday in London...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	93.00
379		Cruikshank (George) The Comic Almanack for 1838, 1840, 1842, 1845, 1846, 1848 and 1851...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	82.00
380		[Dickens (Charles)] Sketches by 'Boz'...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	49.00
381	HOWITT (SAMUEL)	GROUPS OF ANIMALS		1811	GBP 220.00 - 260.00	Not Sold
382	Hunt (Leigh)	A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla		1848	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	27.00
383		Harvey & Darton. City Scenes, or a peep into London...			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	33.00
384		Picture Sheets. A collection of 9 picture sheets by J. Lumsden & Son, Dart on & Harvey and others			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
385	SIMPSON (WILLIAM)	The Seat of the War in the East		1855-6	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
386	Somervile (William)	The Chase		1796	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	88.00
387	Spilsbury (John)	A Collection of fifty prints from antique gems		[1785]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
388	Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of)	Campaigns. . . detailing all the celebrated Battles	Paris	[1817]	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	88.00

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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.