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
401		Johnson (Samuel) A dictionary of the English language...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	187.00
402		Johnson (Samuel) A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
403		Johnson (Samuel) The lives of the. . . poets...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
404	Johnson (Samuel)	The poetical works		1785	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
405		Johnson (Samuel) A dictionary of the English language...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	154.00
406		Boswell (J.) An account of Corsica...			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	209.00
407	Boswell (James)	The life of Samuel Johnson		1791	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
408		Spectator (The)		1775	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	71.00
409	[Burke (E.)]	A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. The ninth edition		1782	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	143.00
410	[Burney (Frances)]	Cecilia		1782	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	82.00
411	LASSELLS (JAMES WILLIAMSON (1761-18)	Dancing Master) A Collection of [169] Theatrical Bills selected and composed by James Williamson Lassells. . . late of the Theatres Royal...		1790	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	220.00
412		Burns (R.) Poems...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
413	WILKINSON (TATE)	MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN LIFE	York	1790	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	165.00
414	Young (Arthur)	Travels [in France]. . . 1787[-89]	Bury St. Edmunds	1792-94	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
415		Thomson (J.) The seasons...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
416		Lewis (M. G.) The monk...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
417	Scott ([Sir] Walter)	The lay of the last minstrel...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
418	Barrow (J.)	Some account of the public life. . . of the Earl of Macartney		1807	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
419		Burgoyne (J., General) The dramatic and poetical works...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	187.00
420	Lamb (Charles)	The adventures of Ulysses...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	66.00
421	[Byron (G. G. N., Lord)]	English bards, and Scotch reviewers. A satire		[1809]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
422	Byron (George G. N., Lord)	The English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. .. with the Alterations from the First		1811	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	154.00
423	Byron (G. G. N., Lord)	Poems...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
424	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliomania		1811	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	93.00
425	Rogers (Samuel)	Poems		1812	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
426	Austen (Jane)	Sense and sensibility		1813	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	176.00
427	[Austen (Jane)]	Pride and prejudice		1817	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	143.00
428	Painter (William)	The Palace of Pleasure		1813	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	44.00
429	LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)	La Fontaine's Tales: Imitated in English Verse		1814	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	132.00
430	Lamb (Charles)	The works		1818	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
431	Crabbe (George)	Tales of the hall		1819	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	71.00
432	Lytton (Bulwer)	Ismail; An Oriental Tale. With Other Poems		1820	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	99.00
433		[Lytton (Bulwer)] The Last Days of Pompeii...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
434	Mill (James)	Elements of political economy		1821	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	209.00
435		Pepys (S.) Memoirs...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	93.00
436	Rogers (Samuel)	Italy			GBP 60.00 - 90.00	66.00
437		Rhoda. A novel...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	187.00
438		Hazlitt (William) The round table...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	104.00
439		Hazlitt (W.) Lectures on the English comic writers...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
440	Coxe (W.)	Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough		1820	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
441	Shelley (Percy Bysshe)	Prometheus unbound: a lyrical drama in four acts; with other poems		1820	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
442		Shelley (P. B.) Queen Mab...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
443		[James (G. P. R.)] Henry Masterton...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	154.00
444	[Lytton (Bulwer)]	Eugene Aram...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
445	Carlyle (Thomas)	The French revolution: a history		1837	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	176.00
446	Borrow (George)	The Zincali; or, an account of the gypsies of Spain...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
447	[Thackeray (W. M.)]	Mrs. Perkins's ball...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
448		Oxford [--Cambridge] University Commission. Report. . . into the state...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	55.00
449	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	Maud...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
450		Kingsley (C.) Two years ago...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	154.00
451	Collins (Wilkie)	No name		1862	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	99.00
452		Swinburne (A. C.) Atalanta in Calydon...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
453	Swinburne (A. C.)	Songs before sunrise...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
454	TROLLOPE (ANTHONY)	Ralph the heir...			GBP 180.00 - 250.00	165.00
455		Laing (David) Catalogue of. . . the Extensive and Valuable Library...			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	24.00
456	PHILLIPPS (Sir THOMAS)	BIBLIOTHECA PHIL-LIPPICA		1886-1911	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
457	Holt (Arden)	Fancy dresses described; or, what to wear at fancy balls		[1887]	GBP 40.00 - 70.00	38.00
458	Sir A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller, editors	Cambridge History of English Literature (The)	Cambridge	1907-27	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	27.00
459	BRETEZ (LOUIS)	PLAN DE PARIS	Paris	1739	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	660.00
460	GIOVIO (PAOLO)	ELOGIA VIRORUM BELLICA VIRTUTE ILLUSTRIUM	Basle	1575	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	187.00
461	NOLLI (GIAMBATTISTA)	NUOVA PIANTA DI ROMA	Rome	1748	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	330.00
462	OVERBEKE (BONAVENTURA)	STAMPE DEGLI AVANZI DELL' ANTICA ROMA	Londra	1739	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	352.00
463	SAINT-NON (Abbe R. DE)	VOYAGE PITTO-RESQUE OU DESCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES DE NAPLES ET DE SICILE...	Paris	1781-86	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,750.00
464	SAZERAC (HILAIRE LEON DE) AND GUSTAV ENGELMANN	LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE	Paris	1823	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	132.00
465	ANDROUET DU CERCEAU (JACQUES)	A COLLECTION OF 220 ENGRAVED PLANS, VIEWS AND PROFILES	Paris	[1559]-61	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	440.00
466		Palladio (A.) The first book of architecture...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
467	[Mariette (Jean)]	A Collection of 67 engraved plans	[Paris]	[? 1727]	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	44.00
468		AN ALBUM CONTAINING 151 LARGELY EARLY TO MID SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPEAN ENGRAVINGS		[n.d.]	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	1,540.00
469	BASAN (FRANCOIS)	RECUEIL DE CENT ESTAMPES DE SUJETS AGREABLES ET PAYSAGES	Paris	1762	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	6,600.00
470	PICART (BERNARD)	Recueil de Lions, dessinez d'apres nature par divers Maitres	Amsterdam	1729	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
471	BOSWELL (H.) and others	Historical Descriptions of. . . Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales		[1786]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
472	HOWITT (SAMUEL)	THE BRITISH SPORTSMAN		1811-12	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	770.00
473	RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (NICHOLAS E.)	Pictures of Life: or, a Record of Manners. .. on the Close of the Eighteenth Century		1790 [extra plates dated 1792]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	308.00
474	DANIEL (WILLIAM B.)	RURAL SPORTS		[1801]-02	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	275.00
475		Poetical Magazine (The)		1809-11	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	60.00
476	[PUGH (E.)]	CAMBRIA DEPICTA: a Tour through North Wales		1816	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
477	Aesop	The fables of Aesop, and others	Newcastle-on-Tyne	1818	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	154.00
478	Fellowes (W. D.)	A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe		1818	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	55.00
479	Le Sage (A. R.)	The adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane		1819	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	49.00
480	ALKEN (HENRY)	SYMPTOMS OF BEING AMUSED		1822[-24]	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
481		CITY SCENES, OR A PEEP INTO LONDON		1828	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	93.00
482	SHEPHERD (THOMAS H.)	METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS		1827	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
483		Hogarth (W.) The works...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	93.00
484		Hogarth (W.) The analysis of beauty...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
485	[Irving (W.)]	The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon		1819-20	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00
486		Wight (J.) Mornings at Bow Street; More mornings at Bow Street...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	143.00
487		Lodge (E.) Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
488	LODGE (EDMUND)	Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	132.00
489	Frith (William Powell)	John Leech, his life and work		1891	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	143.00
490	Gower (R. Sutherland)	Sir Thomas Lawrence		1900	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	60.00
491	AETIUS, of Amida	[DE RE MEDICA] Libri XVI	Basel	1535	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	165.00
492		Aikin (J.) Observations on the external use of. . . Lead...			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	38.00
493	Beccaria (G.)	Dell' elettricismo artificiale e naturale libri due	Turin	1753	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
494	Beddoes (Thomas)	Observations on the nature and cure of calculus		1793	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	93.00
495	Bonet (Theophile)	Sepulchretum sive Ana-tomia Practica	Geneva	1700	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	44.00
496	Cruikshank (G.)	Phrenological illustrations		1826	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	66.00
497	Culpeper (Nicholas)	English physician and complete herbal. . . with. .. a complete family dispensatory		1789	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	132.00
498	Darwin (C.)	On the origin of species by means of natural selection		1861	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
499	Darwin (C.)	The variation of animals and plants under domestication		1868	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	93.00
500	Darwin (C.)	The expression of the emotions in man and animals		1872	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	99.00

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.