Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana, NY7332,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 22, 1999 - June 22, 1999
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Martyn, Thomas | The Universal Conchologist, Exhibiting the Figure of Every known Shell Accurately Drawn and Painted after Nature: with a New Systematic Arrangement. | London | 1789 [-1792] |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 18,400.00 |
| 301 | Nebel, Carl | Voyage pittoresque et archEologique dans la partie la plus intEressante du Mexique. | Paris | 1836 |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 40,250.00 |
| 302 | Niccolini, Fausto and Felice Niccolini | Le Case ed I monumenti di Pompeii. | Naples | 1854-1896 |
USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | 17,250.00 |
| 303 | Perry, George | Conchology or, the Natural History of Shells. | London | (1810-1811). |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,450.00 |
| 305 | Purchas, Samuel | Various | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 31,625.00 | ||
| 306 | Reinagle, George Philip | Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin. | London | 1828 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 5,462.00 |
| 307 | Roberts, David | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. | London | 1842-1849 |
USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | 65,750.00 |
| 308 | Roberts, David | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. | London | 1842-1849 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 16,100.00 |
| 309 | Roberts, David | The Holy Land: Syria, Idumea Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. | London | 1842-1849 |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 46,000.00 |
| 310 | Rugendas, Maurice | Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil. | Paris | 1853 |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | 37,375.00 |
| 311 | Tooke, William, and John William Edy | Boydellis Picturesque Scenery of Norway; with the Principal Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund. | London | 1820 |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 9,200.00 |
| 312 | Torre, Giovanni Maria | della Histoire et phenomenes du Vesuve Traduction de l'Italien par M. l'Abbe Peton. | Paris | 1760 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 313 | Ventenat, Etienne-Pierre | Jardin de la Malmaison. | Paris | AN XI - 1803-AN XII - 1804 [-1805] |
USD 55,000.00 - 75,000.00 | 57,500.00 |
| 314 | Wells, Edward | A New Sett of Maps. Both of Antient and Present Geography. | London | 1718 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,887.00 |
| 315 | (American Poetry) | Group of volumes, including a few chapbooks, by 20th-century American poets. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 316 | (American Literature) | An interesting and diverse group of works by 20th-century American authors, many signed. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 317 | [Architecture] Alexander Jackson Davis. | Various | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,887.00 | ||
| 318 | [Architecture] David Lynn, Pierson & Wilson, and Alex B. Trowbridge. | Annex to the Library of Congress: West Elevation East Elevation SimilarSouth ElevationComparative Elevations of Library of Congress & AnnexComparative Elevations of Folger Library and Annex. | [Washington, D.C.] | [ca. 1938] |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 5,175.00 |
| 319 | Armstrong, Louis | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,600.00 | ||
| 320 | Austen, Jane | Extraordinary autograph letter signed | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 24,150.00 | ||
| 321 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice: A Novel in three volumes | London | 1813 |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 19,550.00 |
| 322 | Barbier, George | Dessins sur les danses de Vaslav Nijinsky O glose de Francis de Miomandre. | Paris | (1913) |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,450.00 |
| 323 | (Baseball) | Various | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 12,650.00 | ||
| 324 | Bemelmans, Ludwig | A very attractive group of original Madeline material | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 14,950.00 | ||
| 325 | (Bible, Complutensian Polyglot. New Testament. Greek and Latin) | Nouum testamentum grece et latine. | Alcala de Henares | 1514 |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 13,800.00 |
| 326 | Bible in English | The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Maiesties Speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. | London | 1611 |
USD 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | 343,500.00 |
| 327 | Bible in English | The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Maiesties Speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. | London | 1617 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 20,700.00 |
| 328 | Bible, Latin | [Mainz] | [c. 1454-55] |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 25,300.00 | |
| 329 | Bible in Latin Sanctum Jesu Christi Evangelium, Acta Apostolorum; Pauli Apostoli Ep'stolae. | Paris | 1538 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 | |
| 330 | Biondo, [Flavio?] | Per il fatto del imperio e temporale della chiesa: Ristretto di memoria nel fatto del romano imperio [and] Ristretto di memoria del temporale della chiesa e pontefici romani. | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 331 | (Bookbinding tools) | A group of bookbinding tools | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,737.00 | ||
| 332 | Boswell, James | The Life of Samuel Johnson. | London | 1791 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 333 | Brown, Lancelot | Autograph letter signed | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,150.00 | ||
| 334 | Byrne, Donn | Autograph manuscript signed | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,380.00 | ||
| 335 | Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord | Autograph manuscript fragment | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 336 | (Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord) Andre Maurois. | Byron. | New York | 1930 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 337 | [Cantillon, Richard] | Essai sur la nature du commerce General. | London [but probably Paris or Amsterdam] | 1755 |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | 28,750.00 |
| 338 | Casals, Pablo | Autograph letter signed | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 339 | [Chromolithography] R. O. Evans. | Evansi Arithmetical Study, Applying the Object Method to the Entire Subject of Practical Arithmetic , Embracing Object Lessons, Illustrated Mathematics & Tables, Mensuration, Surveying, Business Methods, Laws & Correspondence, Legal Forms and Book Keeping | Chicago | 1897 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 340 | Churchill, Winston, S. | Typed letter signed | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 341 | Churchill, Sir Winston S. | Grey felt homburg by Scotts of London | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 9,200.00 | ||
| 342 | Corrinth, Curt | Potsdamer Platz oder die Nächte des Neuen Messias. | Munich | 1920 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 343A | Dali, Salvador, illus. [Bible in Latin] | Biblia sacra vulgatae edition's. | Milan | 1967 |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 8,050.00 |
| 343B | Dali, Salvador, illus. Dante Alighieri. | Various | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 9,200.00 | ||
| 343 | Cosway, Maria | Various | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,725.00 | ||
| 344 | (Dance) | A group of 20 French and English works on the art of dancing and ballet | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 6,325.00 | ||
| 345 | (Dance) | A fine group of beautifully illustrated works on early 20th-century dance | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 7,475.00 | ||
| 346 | [Defoe, Daniel] | The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner O written by Himself. London: Printed for W. TaylorThe Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the Second and Last Part of his Life, and of the Strange Surprizing Account | London | 1719 |
USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | 145,500.00 |
| 347 | Dickens, Charles | Complete Works. | London | [1900] -1932 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 9,775.00 |
| 348 | (Disney, Walt) Robert D. Feild. | The Art of Walt Disney. | New York | 1942 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 349 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Collection of 180 letters | USD 125,000.00 - 175,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 350 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 351 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 352 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 353 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 354 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 355 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 356 | Disraeli, Benjamin and the Church | Autograph letter signed | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,610.00 | ||
| 357 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 358 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 359 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Autograph letter signed | USD 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 360 | Disraeli, Benjamin and the literary scene | Collection of eight autograph letters signed | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 361 | Disraeli, Benjamin and the opera scene | Collection of five autographed letters | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 362 | Disraeli, Benjamin | Two autograph letters signed | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 363 | [Disraeli, Benjamin] W. F. Monypenny and G. E. Buckle. | The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. | London | 1910-1920 |
USD 25,000.00 - 45,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 364 | [Disraeli, Benjamin] W. F. Monypenny and G. E. Buckle. | The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. | London | 1910-1920 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 365 | [Disraeli, Benjamin] | Various | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,587.00 | ||
| 366 | [Disraeli, Benjamin] Sir George Otto Trevelyan. | [Recollection of Disraeli.] Autograph manuscript signed | USD 1,200.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 367 | Edison, Thomas Alva, Inventor | Manuscript sketches | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 8,050.00 | ||
| 368 | Euclid | The First Six Books of the Elements in which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols Are Used instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners. By Oliver Byrne. | London | 1847 |
USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 6,900.00 |
| 369 | Euler, Leonhard | Methodus inveniendi lineas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. | Lausanne and Geneva | 1744 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 370 | Euler, Leonhard | Introductio in analysin infinitorum. | Lausanne | 1748 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 371 | French History | Group of three letters and documents by prominent political figures of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,185.00 | ||
| 372 | Freud, Sigmund | Typed letter signed | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,415.00 | ||
| 373 | Freud, Sigmund | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,312.00 | ||
| 374 | Freud, Sigmund | Das Unbehagen in der Kultur. | Vienna | 1930 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,450.00 |
| 375 | Frost, Robert | Various | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,500.00 | ||
| 376 | Fuller, R. Buckminster | Various | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | 2,875.00 | ||
| 377 | Fulton, Robert, Inventor | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 9,200.00 | ||
| 378 | Galilei, Galileo | Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti O si aggiungono nel fine le lettere, e disquisizioni. | Rome | 1613 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 10,925.00 |
| 379 | Gauguin, Paul | Noa Noa. | Paris | 1924 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,875.00 |
| 380 | Gershwin, George | Autograph manuscript signed | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 2,587.00 | ||
| 381 | Gershwin, George | Various | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 10,350.00 | ||
| 382 | Gershwin, George | Various | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 16,100.00 | ||
| 383 | Godwin, William | Of Population. An Enquiry concerning the Power of Increase in the Members of Mankind, being an Answer to Mr. Malthusis Essay on that Subject. | London | 1820 |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 4,025.00 |
| 384 | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | Collection of six letters and notes | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 10,925.00 | ||
| 385 | Gorey, Edward | A collection of works, some written by Gorey, all illustrated by him. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,610.00 | ||
| 386 | [GRADUAL] | GRADUAL FOR THE SANCTORAL and for weekdays in the Temporal, in Latin and Spanish. | San Juan de las Reyes, Toledo | 1760 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,737.00 |
| 387 | Greene, Graham | Autograph manuscript being an introduction to his novel The Honorary Consul | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 388 | Grey, Zane | Betty Zane. | New York | [1903] |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 389 | Gruelle, Johnny | Raggedy Ann Stories. | Joliet, Illinois | 1918 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 390 | Harris, Frank | A collection of 50 autograph letters signed, 65 typed and annotated letters signed, 135 autograph manuscripts, 140 typed manuscripts with annotations, 51 typed chapters, several scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to Harris' writings, etc. | various places | 1920-1930 |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 391 | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Twice-Told Tales. | Boston | 1837 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 25,875.00 |
| 392 | Heine, Heinrich | Autograph manuscript | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 13,800.00 | ||
| 393 | Hemingway, Ernest and Mary | Autograph letter in Spanish | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,025.00 | ||
| 394 | Historical and Cultural Figures | Various | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 395 | Hood, George, illus. | A group of eight original painted illustrations of fairy tales | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 5,750.00 | ||
| 396 | Horae B. M. V. (Use of Rome) | Hore diue virgin’sMarie secundum verum vsum Romanum O vna cum figuris apocalipsis. | Paris | 29 May 1510 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 5,750.00 |
| 397 | Hunt, William Holman | Various | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 398 | Jarre, Maurice | Autograph manuscript signed twice | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,162.00 |
