Sotheby Parke Bernet: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. COMPRISING, ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE 16TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY; AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO LINCOLNSHIRE; CONTINENTAL BOOKS OF THE 16TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY, INCLUDING BOOKS RELATING TO THE REFOR, 1982(JOURNAL),

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 10, 1982 - May 10, 1982

Page Size: 577 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101		Geological Society of London. Transactions...			GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
102		Geological Survey of Great Britain (Scotland, Ireland)			GBP 400.00 - 800.00	1,980.00
103		The Geologist, ed. C. Moxon		1842-43	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	143.00
104		The Geologists Association. Proceedings		1859-1979	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	880.00
105	Gill (Sir David)	The History and Description of the Royal Observatory		1913	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	55.00
106	Gill (T.)	Technological Repository		1827-29	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
107		Glasgow Geological Society		1868-1963	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	264.00
108		Glasgow University Geological Department		1915-69	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	121.00
109		Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College		1924-50	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	33.00
110		Greenwich Observatory, Astronomical Observations		1750-1938	GBP 50.00 - 300.00	66.00
111		Hartley Botanical Laboratories, Publications		1924-39	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	220.00
112		Highland Society of Scotland...			GBP 500.00 - 800.00	220.00
113		Historie Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Proceedings & Papers		1848-66	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	49.00
114		Horticultural Research		1962-71	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	60.00
115		Horticultural Society of London...			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,045.00
116		Hull Bulletins of Marine Biology		1944-75	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	110.00
117	Huxley (T. H.) & others	Figures and descriptions. . . British Organic Remains		1849-72	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	374.00
118		Illuminating Engineering Society		1911-64	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	16.00
119		The (Illustrated) Science Monthly		1884-86	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	16.00
120		Index to the Literature of Food Investigation [later Food Science Abstracts]		1929-57	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	27.00
121		Institution of Civil Engineers		1836-42	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	264.00
122		Institution of Civil Engineers. Minutes of Proceedings...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	462.00
123		Institution of Electrical Engineers. Journal [later Proceedings]...			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	5.00
124		The Institution of Engineers in Scotland. Transactions		1867-1971	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	5.00
125		Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings		1848-1969 (lacking 1865)	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	165.00
126		Internal Journal of Control		1965-71	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
127		International Catalogue of Scientific Literature		1901-21	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	60.00
128		Journal of Atmospherical and Terrestrial Physics		1951-72	GBP 400.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
129		The Journal of Botany		1863-1942	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	1,870.00
130		Journal [later International Journal] of Electronics		1955-71	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
131		Journal of Fluid Mechanics		1956-72	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	165.00
132		Journal of Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry		1955-72	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
133		The Journal of Science and Arts [later Quarterly Journal of Science and Arts]...			GBP 400.00 - 800.00	1,320.00
134		Journal of Scientific Instruments		1923-71	GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
135		Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
136		The Linnean Society of London...			GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
137		Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool		1848-1889	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	49.00
138		Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester		1857-87	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	49.00
139		Liverpool Biological Society, Proceedings (and Transactions)		1887-1941	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	77.00
140		The Liverpool Geological Society...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	33.00
141		The Liverpool and Manchester Photographic Journal...			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	220.00
142		The London Electrical Society. Transactions & Proceedings		1841-43	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	44.00
143		The London Institution. Journal		1871-76	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	5.00
144		The London Journal of Arts and Sciences...			GBP 300.00 - 600.00	176.00
145		The London Mathematical Society. Proceedings...			GBP 400.00 - 800.00	352.00
146		The London Mathematical Society...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	165.00
147		The (London and Edinburgh) Monthly Journal of Medical Science		1841-55	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	22.00
148		The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. Collected Papers		[1930-75]	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	110.00
149	J. H. Loudon, editor	The Magazine of Natural History			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	264.00
150		Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Memoirs		1789-1977	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	990.00
151		Manchester Microscopical Society. Annual Report (Transactions)		1888-1929	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	66.00
152		Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Journal			GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00	660.00
153		The Mechanics Magazine...			GBP 400.00 - 800.00	330.00
154		Medico-chirurgical Society of Edinburgh. Transactions		1881	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	60.00
155		Medico-chirurgical Society of London. Transactions		1846-1907	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	143.00
156		Meteorological Society [later Royal Meteorological Society]. Proceedings...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	66.00
157		Mind		1876-1972	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	484.00
158		Ministry of Munitions. Journal		1916-18	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	27.00
159		Molecular Physics		1958-71	GBP 90.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
160		The Monthly Chronicle, a National Journal		1838-41	GBP 90.00 - 120.00	55.00
161		National Institute of Oceanography		1953-78	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	220.00
162		National Museum of Wales. Annual Reports		1910-1952	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	3.00
163		The National Physical Laboratory. Collected Researches		1905-35	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	2.00
164		Natural Science		1892-99	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	121.00
165		The Natural History Review...			GBP 30.00 - 60.00	88.00
166		Natural History Society of Dublin. Proceedings		1849-65	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	264.00
167		Natural History Society of Glasgow. Proceedings...			GBP 30.00 - 60.00	121.00
168		Natural History Society of Northumberland...			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	220.00
169	Maund and W. Holl, ed.	The Naturalist ed. B. Maund and W. Holl		1837	GBP 60.00 - 120.00	308.00
170		Nature		1870-1974	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,045.00
171		The Nautical Almanac		1826, 1828, 1829, 1834, 1835 and 1880-1969	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	11.00
172		New Sydenham Society		1860-1908	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	594.00
173		Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists Society		1874-1957	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	99.00
174		The North British Review		1844-71	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	242.00
175		North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers		1881-[1943]	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	60.00
176		The Northern Journal of Medicine		1844-46	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
177		Notes & Queries, vol. 1-215 (the earlier volumes lettered as 12 different series)		1849-1970	GBP 600.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
178		The Observatory		1878-1970	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	38.00
179		The Optical Society of London, Transactions		1899-1932	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	44.00
180		The Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin Messenger of Mathematics...			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	99.00
181		Palaeontographical Society. Monographs, a fine series apparently all published		1847-1974	GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00	4,620.00
182		The Pathological Society of London		1853-99	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	27.00
183		Perthshire Medical Society. Transactions	Perth	1882	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	38.00
184		Perthshire Society of Natural Science. Transactions and Proceedings		1893-1980	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	99.00
185		The Pharmaceutical Journal		1885-1910	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	9.00
186		The Philological Society of London...			GBP 60.00 - 90.00	9.00
187		Philosophical Society of Glasgow. Proceedings		1844-1949	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	198.00
188		The Physical Society of Edinburgh		1854-1965	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	49.00
189		The Physics and Chemistry of Solids		1956-70	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
190		Physiological Abstracts		1916-38	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	9.00
191		The Plinian Society. Transactions		1829	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	9.00
192		The Plymouth Institution. Transactions		1830	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
193		The Polar Record		1931-77	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	143.00
194		Polymer		1960-79	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
195		Postal Microscopical Society. The Journal [later The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science]		1882-97	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	121.00
196		Progress in Nucleic Acid Research		1963-1972	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	5.00
197		Pure and Applied Chemistry		1964-71	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	71.00
198		Quarterly Journal [later Journal] of Agriculture		1843-65	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	71.00
199		Quarterly Return of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages...			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	71.00
200		Radcliffe Observatory...			GBP 200.00 - 299.00	187.00

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.
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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