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Sale Name: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, comprising, Travel and Topography, English Literature, Philosophy, Modem First Editions, Illustrated Books and Limited Editions, Science and Natural History, Art Reference, Bibliography including Humboldt and Bonpland's Voyage
Auction Date: 01/01/1985 - 01/01/1985
Year of Sale: 1985
Sale Number: #40
Total Lots: 373
Sold Lots: 296
Lots Sold: 79.4%
Unsold Lots: 77
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (GBP): 33,956.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 21,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 31,620.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 27,505.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 39,435.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 86.11%
Currency: GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 180,184.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5	HUMBOLDT (ALEXANDER VON) AND AIME J. A. BONPLAND	VOYAGE AUX REGIONS EQUINOCTIALES DU NOUVEAU CONTINENT	1810	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,980.00
246		HARTLEY, GREENS, & Co. DESIGNS OF SUNDRY ARTICLES OF QUEEN' SOR CREAM-COLOUR'D EARTHEN-WARE	n.d.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	825.00
149	Stoker (Bram)	Dracula	1897	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	748.00
163	BROWNE (Sir THOMAS)	URNE BURIALL AND THE GARDEN OF CYRUS	1932	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	715.00
241		TRANSACTIONS OF THE ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY		GBP 250.00 - 300.00	528.00
75		[Collins (J.)] A Discourse of Free thinking...		GBP 40.00 - 80.00	462.00
308	GREIG (T. WATSON)	LADIES OLD-FASHIONED SHOES	1885-89	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	440.00
86		Mill (J. S.) Inaugural Address...		GBP 30.00 - 60.00	440.00
296		WALPOLE SOCIETY...	1921-1976	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	396.00
35	ASCHAM (ROGER)	THE SCHOLEMASTER OR PLAINE AND PERFITE WAY OF TEACHING CHILDREN. . . THE LATIN TONG	1571	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	352.00
268	SMOOSE (F.)	INGERSOLL-Joseph Vernet, Peintre de Marine	1926	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	352.00
74		BINET (A.) The psychic Life of Micro-Organisms...		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	352.00
231		Oriental Art...	1948-80	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	352.00
96		Wallas (G.) Human Nature in Politics...		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	352.00
42	Knox (Robert)	An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon	1681	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	330.00
89		Morrell (T.) Elements of the History of Philosophy and Science...		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	330.00
177	MILES (HENRY DOWNES)	THE BOOK OF FIELD SPORTS	[1860-63]	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	330.00
72		PLAY-PICTORIAL (The), an Illustrated Monthly Journal		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	330.00
78	Hartley (D.)	Observations on Man	1791	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	330.00
33	TOMBLESON (W.) AND W. G. FEARNSIDE	Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway	[1834]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	308.00
119		ISHERWOOD (CHRISTOPHER) A Single Man...		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	308.00
88		MORELL (J. D.) An historical and critical view of the speculative Philosophy...		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	308.00
24	HOFLAND [B.H.]	A Descriptive Account of the Mansion and Gardens of White-Knights	1819	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	308.00
6		MAPS. A portfolio of approx...		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	308.00
225	LALIT KALA	A Journal of Oriental Art Chiefly Indian	1955-82	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	286.00

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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.

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.

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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.

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.