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Sotheby Parke Bernet

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Sale Name: CATALOGUE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY AND MODERN FIRST EDITIONS AND PRESENTATION COPIES. COMPRISING, The Property of COMTESSE GERARD D'HAUTEVILLE, The Property of MRS. R. FURNEAUX JORDAN, The Property of MRS. D. M. KNIGHT, The Property of THE LATE HAROLD RAYMON
Auction Date: 12/14/1978 - 12/14/1978
Year of Sale: 1978
Sale Number: #1978(SHR6)
Total Lots: 674
Sold Lots: 661
Lots Sold: 98.1%
Unsold Lots: 13
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (GBP): 43,537.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 24,384.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 34,668.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 24,779.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 35,248.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 123.52%
Currency: GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 437,683.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
457	LAWRENCE (T. E.)	SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM	1926	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,100.00
23	HARDY (THOMAS)	A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles	1888-1933	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	850.00
254	MILLER (HENRY)	TROPIC OF CANCER	September 1934	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	850.00
268	POUND (EZRA)	HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY	1920	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	650.00
533	THOMAS (DYLAN)	18 POEMS	1934	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	580.00
579	CONRAD (JOSEPH)	LORD JIM	1900	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	400.00
255	MILLER (HENRY)	ALLER RETOUR	1935	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	360.00
269	POUND (EZRA)	A DRAFT OF XXX CANTOS	1930	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	360.00
294	BROOKE (RUPERT)	POEMS	1911	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	320.00
523	SQUIRE (J. C.)	A large portrait in oils by J. B. Manson of Squire seated in an armchair		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	310.00
377	LAWRENCE (T. E.)	AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF 63 TYPED COPIES OF HIS LETTERS...	1931-35	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	300.00
449	LAWRENCE (D. H.)	The Ladybird, The Fox, The Captain's Doll	1923	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	300.00
543	WILDE (OSCAR)	A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES	1891	GBP 125.00 - 175.00	300.00
276		TRANSITION...		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	290.00
66	WAUGH (EVELYN)	THE HOLY PLACES	1952	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	260.00
629	LAWRENCE (D. H.)	THE WHITE PEACOCK	1911	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	260.00
573	CHURCHILL (Sir WINSTON S.)	THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE	1898	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	260.00
458	LAWRENCE (T. E.)	CRUSADER CASTLES	1936	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	260.00
313	ELIOT (T. S.)	POEMS 1909-1925	1925 [1926]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	240.00
367	Hanley (James)	Drift...		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	240.00
172	HUDSON (W. H.)	THE COLLECTED WORKS	1922-23	GBP 175.00 - 225.00	230.00
205	YEATS (W. B.)	THE COLLECTED WORKS IN PROSE AND VERSE	1908	GBP 175.00 - 225.00	230.00
489	ORWELL (GEORGE)	ANIMAL FARM	1946	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	230.00
198	WELLS (H. G.)	WORKS	1924-27	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	220.00
105	JAMES (HENRY)	A Passionate Pilgrim, and other Tales	1875	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	220.00

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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
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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.
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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.