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
301		Padley (J.) The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire...			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	209.00
302		[Partridge (S.)] A Short Account of the Late Inundation...			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	264.00
303	PECK (W.)	A Topographical Account of the Isle of Axholme. .. in the County of Lincoln	Doncaster	1815	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	82.00
304		PUBLICATIONS (THE) OF THE LINCOLN RECORD SOCIETY			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	99.00
305		Rowning (J., of Anderby) A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy...			GBP 50.00 - 60.00	385.00
306		[Saunders (M.)] Lincolnshire in 1836...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	352.00
307		Short (T.) The Natural...			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	264.00
308		Stone (T.) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lincoln...			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	121.00
309		Stonehouse (William B.) The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme...			GBP 50.00 - 60.00	165.00
310	Stukeley (William)	An Account of Richard of Cirencester			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	55.00
311	[TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord) AND CHARLES]	POEMS, BY TWO BROTHERS	London and Louth [printed]	1827	GBP 300.00 - 450.00	418.00
312	[TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)]	[Timbuctoo]. Prolusiones Academicae praemiis annuis dignatae et in curia Cantabrigiensi recitatae comitiis maximis	Cambridge	[1829]	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	154.00
313	TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)	Poems		1830	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	198.00
314	TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)	POEMS		1833	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	154.00
315		Cambridge Prize Poems...			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
316	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	In Memoriam...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
317	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	77.00
318	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	Maud, and other Poems			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	60.00
319	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	Harold. A Drama			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	60.00
320	TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)	The Lover's Tale		1879	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	220.00
321	TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)	BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS		1880	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	198.00
322	TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)	DEMETER AND OTHER POEMS		1889	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	352.00
323		Tennyson (F.) Days and Hours...			GBP 60.00 - 90.00	55.00
324		Giffard (J.) Thornton Abbey. .. A Poem...			GBP 50.00 - 60.00	110.00
325	Tennyson (later d'Eyncourt, Julia and Clara)	Music Book		1826	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	41.00
326	TUPHOLE (J. G.) AND J. W. GOULDING	Louth Almanack			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	242.00
327	USHER (JAMES W., of Lincoln)	An Art Collector's Treasures			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	55.00
328	[Weir (George, editor)]	An Historical and Descriptive Account of Lincolnshire...			GBP 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
329		Whitehead (J., of Owstwick) For the Vineyard of the Lord of Hosts...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
330		Willis (B.) A Survey of the Cathedrals of Lincoln...			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	88.00
331		[Willson (E. J.)] An Historical Account of the Antiquities in the Cathedral Church of St. Mary...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	27.00
332	WINN (HENRY, of Fulletby)	GLEANINGS IN LOCAL LITERATURE. A Miscellany. . . relative to the County of Lincoln		[c. 1744-1886]	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	770.00
333	WINN (HENRY, of Fulletby, compiler)	Biblio-theca Lincolniensis. Collections towards a Bibliographical History of Lincolnshire		1879	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	330.00
334	CYPRIAN, Saint	A SERMON. . . MADE ON THE LORDES PRAYER		1539	GBP 120.00 - 150.00	88.00
335	Henry VIII	[BYBLE IN ENGLYSHE of the largest and greates volume, auctorised. . . by. . . Henry VIII]		[1541]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	495.00
336	MORE (Sir THOMAS)	A DIALOGE OF COMFORT AGAINST TRIBULACION		1553	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
337	[More (Sir Thomas)]	[The workes]		[1557]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
338		PSALTER (The whole) translated into English metre [by Matthew Parker]...		[1567]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
339	Pena (P.) and M. de L'Obel	Stirpium aduersaria noua, perfacilis vestigatio		[1570]-71	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
340	JACK (THOMAS)	ONOMASTICON POETICUM sive	Edinburgh	1592	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
341	RHYS (JOHN D.)	CAMBROBRYTANNICAE CYM-RAECVEVE LINGUAI INSTITUTIONES ET RUDIMENTA. .. cum exacta carmina Cymraeca condendi Ratione		1592	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	198.00
342	[Camden (William)]	Remaines of a greater worke		1605	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	38.00
343		[Glover (R.)] Nobilitas politica vel ciuilis...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	132.00
344		Grimeston (E.) A generall historie of the Netherlands...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	132.00
345		Closet (A) for Ladies and Gentlewomen. Or, the Art of preserving, Conserving, and Candying...			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	286.00
346		[Cox (N.)] The Gentleman's Recreation...			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	121.00
347		[M. (W.)] The Queens Closet Opened...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	198.00
348	[Partridge (John)]	The Treasury of Hidden Secrets		1653	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	110.00
349		Vineyard (The)...			GBP 35.00 - 45.00	143.00
350		Eadmer, the Monk. Historiae novorum. . . libri VI...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	308.00
351		Polybius. The History...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	825.00
352		Du PRAISSAC (Sieur) THE ART OF WARRE...			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
353	SELDEN (JOHN)	De lure naturale & gentium		1640	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
354	Bacon (Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans)	Cases of treason		1641	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
355		BEDE, The Venerable. HISTORIM ECCLESIASTICAE GENTIS ANGLORUM libri V	Cambridge	1643	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
356		Comenius (J. A.) Janua linguarum rescrata. . . The gate of languages unlocked...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
357		[Browne (Sir T.)] Religio medici...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
358		[Beaumont (F.) and J. Fletcher. Comedies and tragedies]...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
359	Charles I, King of England	Eikon Basilike [Greek]. The pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
360		Crashaw (R.) Steps to the Temple...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	77.00
361		KORAN. The Alcoran of Mahomet. . . newly Englished		1649	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
362	Wharton (sir George)	Almanacs--Hemero-scopeion anni intercalaris 1652...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
363		Herbert (George) Remains...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	71.00
364		Book of common prayer (The)...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	132.00
365	Dryden (John)	Annus mirabilis: the year of wonders		1667	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
366	Wilkins (J.)	An essay towards a real character and a philosophical language		1668	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	121.00
367	MILTON (JOHN)	PARADISE LOST		1688	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
368	MILTON (JOHN)	PARADISE LOST		1688	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	198.00
369		Jonson (B.) The works...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	132.00
370		COTTON (LIBRARY)--SMITH (THOMAS, Mag-delen Oxford) Catalogue librorum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Cottonianae...			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
371		Temple (Sir W.) Miscellanea. The third part...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
372		[Defoe (D.)] Jure divino: a satyr...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	104.00
373	Evelyn (John)	Silva [etc.]		1706	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	71.00
374	Fox (George)	Gospel-truth demonstrated		1706	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	77.00
375		[Bellegarde (J. B. Morvande de)] Reflexions upon ridicule...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
376	[FENELON (FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE)]	Instructions for the Education of a Daughter		1707	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	66.00
377		Tatler (The). The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq....			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	93.00
378		Leland (J.) De rebus Britannicis collectanea...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
379		Pope (A.)--Homer. The Iliad...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	143.00
380		Kelly (J.) A complete collection of Scottish proverbs...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	93.00
381	GUILLIM (JOHN)	A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY		1724	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	77.00
382		Parnell (T.) Poems on several occasions...			GBP 120.00 - 150.00	104.00
383	Berkeley (George, Bishop of Cloyne)	Alci-phron: or, the minute philosopher...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	264.00
384	Horatius Flaccus (Quintus)	Opera		1733-37	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
385		Somervile (W.) The chace...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	110.00
386	Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de)	Vida y hechos del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha	Londres	1738	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	60.00
387	Bolingbroke (H. St. John, Viscount)	Letters on the spirit of patriotism...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	82.00
388	[STERNE (L.)]	The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy...		1760-7	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
389		Walton (I.) and C. Cotton. The complete angler...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	308.00
390	Addison (J.)	The works	Birmingham	1761	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	66.00
391	Goldsmith (O.)	The citizen of the world...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	154.00
392		Macpherson (J.) Fingal...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
393	Walpole (H., Earl of Orford)	Anecdotes of painting in England...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	104.00
394	Shenstone (W.)	Works		1764-69	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	165.00
395		Smollett (T.) Travels through France and Italy...			GBP 150.00 - 210.00	Not Sold
396	Byron (John)	The Narrative. .. of the Great Distresses suffered. .. on the Coast of Patagonia		1768	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	44.00
397		Gray (T.) The poems. . . [edited] by W. Mason...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
398		Chatterton (T.) Miscellanies in prose and verse...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
399		Hayley (W.) An essay on history...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
400	[BECKFORD (PETER)]	Thoughts on Hunting	Salisbury	1781	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold

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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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.