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
201 Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
202 [Morison (Stanley)] Aspects of Authority and Freedom, 6 parts, ALL PUBLISHED, unbound, [1957]; Typographic Design in Relation to Photographic Composition, one of 400 copies, original boards, San Francisco, 1959. 8vo. (7).

USD 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
203 Morison (Stanley) Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 38.00
204 MORISON (STANLEY) MODERN FINE PRINTING.

1925.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 140.00
205 [Morison (Stanley) and others] Monotype Recorder, 18 issues only.

1928--1970.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 48.00
206 [Morison (Stanley)] Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 38.00
207 Morison (Stanley) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 45.00
208 New Paleographical Society (The) Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, Seris I parts 1--10, Seris II parts 1--5 only.

1903--1921.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 18.00
209 Nisard (Charles) Histoire des Livres Populaires. Paris

1864.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 45.00
210 Olmsted (Duncan H.) Bartolomeus Zanni, a Monograph compiled from various sources. Berkeley, Tamalpais Press

1962.

USD 15.00 - 20.00 11.00
211 Olschki (Leo S.) Le Livre en Italie a travers les Siecles, Florence, 1914; Le Livre Illustre au XVe Siecle, Florence, 1926.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 20.00
212 Olschki (Leo S.) Riche et Precieuse Collection de Livres a Figures des XVe et XVIe Siecles. Florence

1900.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
213 OSBORNE COLLECTION (The) of Early Children's Books, edited by J.St. John and E. Osborne. Toronto

1958--1975.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 65.00
214 Pages from Books.

1927--1931.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 10.00
215 Pastonchi A Specimen of a New Letter for use on the "Monotype". Officina Bodoni

1928.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
216 Pastonchi Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 28.00
217 Peddie (R.A.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 24.00
218 Peddie (R. A., editor) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 26.00
219 Penrose Annual.

1910--1962.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 32.00
220 Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 42.00
221 POLLARD (ALFRED W., editor) Books about Books Series.

1893--1894.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
222 Pollard (A. W.) and G. R. Redgrave A Short-Title Catalogue of Books...1475--1640. Bibliographical Society

1926.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 30.00
223 Printing, Book-selling, Publishing etc. A quantity of booklets, pamphlets and ephemera. some illustrated, various bindings various sizes. (qty).

USD 80.00 - 120.00 85.00
224 Querard (J.-M.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
225 Rahir (Edouard) La Bibliotheque de l'Amateur. Paris

1924.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
226 Rahir (Edouard) Catalogue d'une Collection unique de volumes imprimes par les Elzevier. Paris

1896.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 50.00
227 Ramsden (Charles) French Bookbinders 1789--1848. For the Author

1950.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 45.00
228 Rogers (Walter T.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
229 Rumann (Arthur) Das Illustrierte Buch des XIX Jahrhunderts. Leipzig

1930.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 38.00
230 Sadleir (Michael) Excursions in Victorian Bibliography.

1922.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 48.00
231 Sale (William Merritt) Samuel Richardson. A Bibliographical Record. New Haven

1936.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 58.00
232 SCHLUMBERGER (CAMILLE) Promenade au Jardin des Fables. Paris

1923.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 50.00
233 Schroder (John) Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke. Edward Marsh and Christopher Hassall. Cambridge,

1970.

USD 15.00 - 25.00 16.00
234 SIGNATURE A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts, edited by Oliver Simon, [First Series] numbers 1--15; New Series 1--18; together 33 issues.

1935--1954.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 230.00
235 Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 32.00
236 Smiles (Samuel) Various

USD 80.00 - 120.00 110.00
237 Smith (William C.) and Charles Humphries A Bibliography of the Musical Works published by John Walsh during the years 1695--[1766].

USD 15.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
238 Steer (Vincent) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 10.00
239 Steer (Vincent) Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 18.00
240 Stott (R. Toole) Circus and Allied Arts.

1958--1971.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
241 Thomason (George) Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, The Commonwealth, and Restoration.

1908.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 44.00
242 Timperley (C. H.) Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 50.00
243 VARIETES HISTORIQUES ET LITTERAIRES, [edited] by Ed. Fournier.

1855--1863.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 42.00
244 VICAIRE (GEORGES) Bibliographie Gastronomique. Paris

1890.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 65.00
245 VICAIRE (GEORGES) MANUAL DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES du XIXe Siecle. Paris

1894--1920.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 180.00
246 Wade (Allan) A Bibliography of the Writings of W. B. Yeats.

1951.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.00
247 Warde (Beatrice) Words in their Hands. Cambridge

1964.

USD 15.00 - 25.00 14.00
248 Warren (John Byrne Leicester) A Guide to the Study of Book-Plates. Manchester

1900.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
249 Westwood (T.) and T. Satchell Bibliotheca Piscatoria.

1883.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
250 White (Gleeson) English Illustration. 'The Sixties'.

1906.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 35.00
251 Wilkinson (J. V. S.) The Lights of Canopus. The Studio

n.d

USD 25.00 - 35.00 32.00
252 Wilkinson (James V. S.) The Shah-Namah of Firdausi, the Book of Persian Kings, with an introduction by Laurence Binyon.

1931.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 45.00
253 WILLEMS (ALPHONSE) Les Elzevier. Bruxelles & Stockholm

1880--1897.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 95.00
254 Wing (Donald) Short-Title Catalogue of Books...1641--1700. New York

1945--1948.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 68.00
255 Wise (T.J.)---Foxon (D.F.) Thomas J. Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 35.00
256 Woodward (Gertrude L.) and James G. McManaway Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 48.00
257 Yeats (William B.) The Shadowy Waters.

1907.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 10.00
258 ALBERTINA-FACSIMILE Various Vienna

1922--1923.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 300.00
259 Ananoff (Alexandre) L'Oeuvre Dessine de Jean-Honore Fragonard, 4 vol., limited edition, 1961--70; Dessins de Francois Boucher, vol. 1 only, 1966. Paris

USD 30.00 - 40.00 160.00
260 Basle Drawings by Old Masters from the Museum at. Paris & New York, Braun et Cie

n.d.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 46.00
261 Beauties of Claude Lorraine.

1825.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 90.00
262 BECKER (FELIX) Fifty Drawings by Old Masters in Private Collections. Leipzig

1922.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 44.00
263 Becker (Felix, editor) Drawings by Dutch Masters from the Collection of Dr. Hofstede de Groot. Leipzig

1923.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 40.00
264 BENESCH (OTTO) The Drawings of Rembrandt.

1954--1957.

USD 80.00 - 100.00 95.00
265 BERENSON (BERNARD) The Drawings of the Florentine Painters. Chicago, Ill

1938.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 65.00
266 BERENSON (BERNARD) I Disegni dei Pittori Fiorentini. Milan

1961.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 100.00
267 BERNT (WALTHER) Die Niederlandischen Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts. Munich

1957--1958.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 105.00
268 BOCK (ELFRIED) Die Zeichnungen in der Universitatsbibliothek Erlangen. Frankfurt am Main

1929.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 180.00
269 Borenius (Tancred, editor) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 150.00
270 BOURCARD (GUSTAVE) A Travers Cinq Siecles de Gravures. Paris

1903.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 45.00
271 Burchard (L.) and R.-A. d'Hulst Rubens Drawings. Brussels

1963.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 40.00
272 Chatterton (E. Keble) Old Ship Prints.

1927.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 28.00
273 Coomaraswamy (Ananda K.) Indian Drawings. Essex House Press

1910.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 90.00
274 Corot (J. B. C.) Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 75.00
275 CUNDALL (H. M.) Birket Foster.

1906.

USD 75.00 - 100.00 55.00
276 DELLA BELLA (STEFANINO) A Collection of Etchings, edited by Thomas Dodd.

1818.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 600.00
277 Delteil (Loys) Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes du XVIIIe siecle. Paris

n.d.

USD 15.00 - 25.00 28.00
278 DELTEIL (LOYS) MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR D'ESTAMPES des XIXe et XXe Siecles. Paris

1925--1926.

USD 80.00 - 100.00 130.00
279 DEMONTS (LOUIS) Musee du Louvre Inventaire Generale des Dessins des oles du Nord; Ecoles Allemande et Suisse. Paris

1937--1938.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 65.00
280 Dessins des Grands Maitres Francais du Dix-Huitieme Siecle. Munich & Dresden

1921.

USD 80.00 - 100.00 65.00
281 D'Hulst (R.-A.) Jordaens Drawings.

1974.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
282 Dilke (Lady) Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 62.00
283 DE RICCI (SEYMOUR) Dessins du Dix-Huitieme Siecle, Collection Albert Meyer. Paris

1935.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 32.00
284 DRAWINGS IN WINDSOR CASTLE A Collection of 18 vol.

1942--1969.

USD 150.00 - 250.00 380.00
285 DRAWINGS.

n.d.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 230.00
286 Finberg (Alex J.) Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall. The Studio

n.d.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 25.00
287 Fuchs (Eduard) Die Karikaturder Europaischen Volker. Munich

1921.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 40.00
288 Geiger (Benno) I Disegni del Magnasco. Padua

1945.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 26.00
289 Geiger (Benno) Handzeichnungen alter Meister. Zurich [etc.]

[1948]

USD 30.00 - 40.00 35.00
290 Gillray (James) The Works...edited by Thomas Wright.

n.d.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 25.00
291 Goloubew (Victor) Les Dessins de Jacopo Bellini au Louvre et au British Museum, NUMBER XI OF 15 COPIES ON JAPON.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 70.00
292 Goloubew (Victor) Les Dessins de Jacopo Bellini au Louvre et au British Museum, vol. I only (of 2), NUMBER IX OF 15 COPIES ON JAPON. Brussels

1912.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 75.00
293 Grego (Joseph) Cruikshank's Water Colours.

1903.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 32.00
294 GUIFFREY (JEAN) AND PIERRE MARCEL INVENTAIRE GENERALE DES DESSINS du Musee du Louvre et du Musee de Versailles; Ecole Francaise, vol. 1--10 lacking vol. 4. Paris

1907--1921.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 340.00
295 Hadeln (Detlev, Baron von) Venezianische Zeichnungen der Spatrenaissance. Berlin

1926.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 70.00
296 Handzeichnungen Alter Meister der Hollandischen Schule, Museum Teyler, Haarlem, edited by Hendrik Buisman. Leipzig

1924.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 40.00
297 HARRIS (TOMAS) Goya Engravings and Lithographs. Oxford

1964.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 140.00
298 HAVERKAMP-BEGEMANN (EGBERT) and others Drawings from the Clark Art Institute.

1964.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 34.00
299 HIND (ARTHUR M.) CATALOGUE OF EARLY ITALIAN ENGRAVINGS in the British Museum, edited by Sidney Colvin.

1909--1910.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 160.00
300 HIND (ARTHUR M.) AND A. E. POPHAM CATALOGUE OF THE DRAWINGS BY DUTCH AND FLEMISH ARTISTS...in the British Museum, vol. 2--5 only (of 5).

1923--1932.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 170.00
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