Sothebys: SALE No. 15 of 1978/79, 15,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1978 - January 01, 1978
Page Size: 519 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 ABBEY (Major J. R.) TRAVEL IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY.

1956--1957.

USD 200.00 - 250.00 390.00
102 Agricola (Georg) Zwolf Bucher vom Berg- und Huttenwesen. Dusseldorf

1953.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.00
103 Alfonso X (King of Castile and Leon) Lapidario [edited by Jose Fernandez Montana]. Madrid

1881.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 24.00
104 Alfonso X (King of Castile and Leon) Lapidaroi [edited by Jose Fernandez Montana]. Madrid

1881.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 16.00
105 Anderson (J. P.) The Book of British Topography...in the British Museum.

1881.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 12.00
106 Anderson (John P.) The Book of British Topography.

1881.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 10.00
107 Arber (Prof. Edward) The Term Catalogues, 1668--1709.

1903--1906.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 55.00
108 ARCHER (W. G.) Indian Miniatures.

1960.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 85.00
109 [ASHBEE (HENRY S.)] Pisanus Fraxi. Bibliography of Prohibited Books.

1962.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 45.00
110 Audubon (John James) The Original Water-Colour Paintings for the Birds of America.

1966.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 55.00
111 Barbier (Antoine-Alexandre) Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes, edited by O. Barbier and Paul Billard. Paris

1882.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 50.00
112 Bibliographer (The) vol. 1--3 & 5; Book-Lore vol. 1, 2 copies, & vol. 6; together 7 vol., original cloth-backed boards, worn, [1884--87]; together with a quantity of bibliographical pamphlets.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 26.00
113 Bibliographical Journals Various

USD 50.00 - 75.00 10.00
114 Various New York

1943--1976.

USD 80.00 - 120.00 65.00
115 Bibliographical Society (The) 1892--1942 Various

USD 50.00 - 75.00 52.00
116 BIBLIOTHECA ESOTERICA Catalogue Annote. Paris

n.d.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 26.00
117 Binyon (Laurence) The Poems of Nizami. The Studio

1928.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 40.00
118 Bishop (Cortland F.) [Sale Catalogues]. New York

1935--1936.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 65.00
119 Book Auction Catalogues A collection of approx. 520 Sotheby and Christie catalogues.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
120 Book Auction Catalogues Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 7.00
121 BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. Vol. 1 parts 1 & 2, 2--35, 40--49 & 51;.

1903--1955.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 190.00
122 BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. Vol. 56--72, Indexes 7 & 8;.

1960--1976.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 245.00
123 BOOK COLLECTOR (THE), vol. I-XX, in 80 vol., and Indexes to vol. V-XIX.

1952--1971.

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
124 Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 22.00
125 Briggs (Grace M., editor) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 85.00
126 BRYAN (MICHAEL) Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, edited by G. C. Williamson.

1918--1919.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 48.00
127 CAILLET (ALBERT L.) Manuel Bibliographique des Sciences Psychiques ou Occultes. Paris

1913.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 72.00
128 Carter (Thomas Francis) The Invention of Printing in China. New York

1931.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 38.00
129 CARTERET (L.) LE TRESOR DU BIBLIOPHILE LIVRES ILLUSTRES MODERNES 1875--1945. Paris

1946--1948.

USD 80.00 - 100.00 125.00
130 CARTERET (LEOPOLD) Le Tresor du Bibliophile Romantique et Moderne 1801--1875. Paris

1924--1925.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 90.00
131 Catalogue des Livres Provenans de la Bibliotheque de M.L.D.D.L.V. Paris

1767.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 62.00
132 Various

various dates.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 40.00
133 Various

various dates.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 90.00
134 Chapman (R. W.) Cancels.

1930.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 48.00
135 Churchill (W. A.) Watermarks in Paper. Amsterdam, 1935, Reprinted

1965.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 70.00
136 Cim (Albert) Le Livre, 5 vol. in 3, 1923, with Mazel (Henri) Ce qu'il faut lire dans sa Vie, bound at end;. Paris

USD 20.00 - 30.00 24.00
137 Cobden-Sanderson (T. J.) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 55.00
138 Collection (A) of Facsimiles of the Types, Woodcuts and Capital Letters used by Early Printers.

1840.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 22.00
139 Collection (A) of nearly 500 facsimiles of the Water Marks used by the Early Paper Makers, 25 plates, some soiled, original wrappers, slightly torn and soiled, 1840; and an album of tracings of water-marks. (2)

USD 30.00 - 40.00 38.00
140 Craig (Sir William Gibson, editor) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 16.00
141 Crutchley (Brooke) Two Men. Cambridge

1968.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 48.00
142 Cubbon (William) A Bibliographical Account of Works relating to the Isle of Man.

1933--1939.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
143 Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 70.00
144 Cushing (Harvey) The Collection of Books and Manuscripts. New York

1943.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 10.00
145 Day (Cyrus Lawrence) and Eleanore Boswell Murrie English Song-Books 1651--1702. Bibliographical Society

1940.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 65.00
146 Deighton (Harold) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 60.00
147 Dibdin (Rev. T. F.) The Library Companion, 2 parts in 1 vol.

1824.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 55.00
148 DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (The), edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee.

1908--1971.

USD 80.00 - 120.00 95.00
149 Dreyfus (John) Italic Quartet. Cambridge

1966.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
150 Drujon (Fernand) Les Livres a Clef. Paris

1888.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 50.00
151 Eckel (John C.) The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens.

1932.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 65.00
152 Elek (Paul) Various

USD 10.00 - 15.00 15.00
153 Ferguson (John A.) Bibliography of Australia 1839--50.

1951--55

USD 35.00 - 50.00 30.00
154 FLEURON (THE) A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY /book_records/330893

1923--1930.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 310.00
155 Fournier (Pierre S.) Modeles des Caracteres de l'Imprimerie.

1965.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 16.00
156 Funck (Dr. M.) Le Livre Belge a Gravures. Paris and Brussels

1925.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 30.00
157 Gentleman's Magazine Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 45.00
158 [Gibson (James)] The Bibliography of Robert Burns. Kilmarnock

1881.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 28.00
159 GOLLANZ (Sir ISRAEL, editor) The Caedmon Manuscript of Anglo-Saxon Biblical Poetry.

1927.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 105.00
160 Goodland (Roger) A Bibliography of Sex Rites and Customs.

1931.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
161 GRAESSE (JEAN GEORGE THEODORE) Tresor de Livres Rares et Precieux. Berlin

1922.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 170.00
162 GRAND-CARTERET (John) Les Almanachs Francais, 1600--1895. Paris

1896.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 100.00
163 Greg (W. W.) A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration. Bibliographical Society

1939--1959.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 35.00
164 Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 9.00
165 GUIGARD (JOANNIS) Nouvel Armorial du Bibliophile. Paris

1890.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 65.00
166 Gutenberg-Gesellschaft Veraffentlichungen, no. 1--19 and 23 in 11 vol. (including portfolio of plates to no. 12/13). Mainz

1902--1934.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 40.00
167 HALKETT (SAMUEL) AND JOHN LAING DICTIONARY OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS ENGLISH LITERATURE.

1926--1962.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 300.00
168 Hamst (Olphar) Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 80.00
169 Hart (Horace) Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press Oxford 1693--1794 [edited] by Harry Carter. Oxford

1970.

USD 15.00 - 25.00 16.00
170 Hazlitt (William) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 45.00
171 Hazlitt (W. Carew) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
172 Hind (Arthur M.) Wenceslaus Hollar and his Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century.

1922.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 42.00
173 Hind (Arthur M.) Wenceslaus Hollar and his Views of London.

1922.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
174 Hodnett (Edward) English Woodcuts 1480--1535. Oxford

1973.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
175 Houghton Library (the) 1942--1967. Cambridge, Mass

1967.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 45.00
176 HUGO (THOMAS) The Bewick Collector.

1866--1868.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 110.00
177 Hunter (Dard) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 55.00
178 IMRY (Comte d') Bibliographie des Ouvrages Relatifs a l'Amour, edited by J. Lemonnyer. Paris

1894--1900.

USD 80.00 - 120.00 140.00
179 Jackson (William A., editor) Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company 1602 to 1640. Bibliographical Society

1957.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 10.00
180 Jaggard (William) Shakespeare Bibliography, plates, original cloth, rather soiled, Stratford-on-Avon, 1911---Ford (H.L.) Shakespeare 1700--1740, plates, illustrations, A.L.s. from the author inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, Oxford, 1935. (2).

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
181 Johnstone (James F. K.) and Alexander W. Robertson Bibliographia Aberdonensis. Aberdeen, Third Spalding Club

1929.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 18.00
182 Jouin (E.) and V. Descreux Bibliographie Occultiste et Maconnique. Paris

1930.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 32.00
183 KATZ (ELIAS, editor) MASCHSOR LIPSIAE. Vaduz

1964.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
184 Kubickova (Vera) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 75.00
185 Levis (Howard C.) A Bibliography of American Books relating to Prints and the Art and History of Engraving.

1910.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 125.00
186 LEWINE (J.) Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books.

1898.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 38.00
187 LEWIS (C. T. COURTNEY) George Baxter, the Picture Printer.

n.d.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 65.00
188 Lewis (C. T. Courtney) The Le Blond Book.

1920.

USD 25.00 - 30.00 35.00
189 LEWIS (C. T. COURTNEY) The Story Book of Picture Printing in England in the Nineteenth Century.

n.d.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 80.00
190 LIBRARY (THE), Fourth Series, vol. 1--26, and Index to vol. 1--10, Fifth Series, vol. 1--31 (lacking vol. 2 no. 1--3, 21 no. 3, 23 no. 1 & 4, 27 no. 1 & 2, 30 no. 2, 31 no. 4), Supplements no. 1--5, 7, 9--18, and 2 duplicates, together 220 vol.

1920--1776.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 90.00
191 LIPPERHEIDE (FREIHERRLICH VON) Katalog der Kostumbibliothek. New York

1963.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 80.00
192 Lothian (Marquess of) Illuminated Manuscripts, Incunabula and Americana, [Sale Catalogue]. New York

1932.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 14.00
193 Lowe (Robert W.) A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature, NUMBER 64 OF 100 COPIES.

1888.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 28.00
194 Lowndes (William Thomas) The Bibliographer's Manual.

1857--1864.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 60.00
195 Lowndes (William T.) The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature.

1875.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 95.00
196 Macdonald (Hugh) John Dryden A Bibliography. Oxford

1939.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
197 Macdonald (Hugh) and Mary Hargreaves Thomas Hobbes. A Bibliography. Bibliographical Society

1952.

USD 15.00 - 25.00 22.00
198 Mac Gregor (George) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 40.00
199 McKerrow (Ronald B.) Printers' and Publishers' Devices, 1485--1640. Bibliographical Society

1913.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
200 Macray (William Dunn) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 55.00
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