Sothebys: English literature and history, L00205,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 13, 2000 - July 13, 2000
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Baldwin, William] | [A Treatise of Morall Philosophie, contaynyng the sayinges of the wyse...Nowe the fourth time enlarged by T. Paulfreyman]. | 1579 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Bible, New Testament, Latin. | [Iesu Christi D.N. Nouum Testamentum, Theodoro Beza interprete.] | London | 1574 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. | The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, translated out of the Spanish [by T. Shelton]; now newly corrected and amended. Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew Crooke, 1652 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 4 | Cervantes-Gayton, Edmund. | Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot. | 1654 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 999.00 | |
| 5 | Charles I. Basilika. | The Works of King Charles the Martyr: with a collection of Declarations, Treaties, and other papers concerning the differences betwixt his said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament. With a history of his life; as also his tryal and martyrdome. | 1687 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,350.00 | |
| 6 | Cokayne, Sir Aston. | Various | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 7 | Evelyn, John. | Autograph letter signed | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 6,462.00 | ||
| 8 | [Jonson, Ben]. | Portrait of Ben Jonson half length, wearing a black tunic | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,762.00 | ||
| 10 | Milton, John. | The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce: restor'd to the good of both sexes, from the bondage of canon Law, and other mistakes, to the true meaning of Scripture in the Law and Gospel compar'd...Now the second time revis'd and much augmented, in Two Books. | 1645 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 352.00 | |
| 11 | Quarles, Francis. | Enchyridion containing institutions. Divine. Morall. Contemplative. Practicall. Ethicall. Oeconomic. Politicall. | 1640 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Recusancy-Yepes, Diego de, Bishop of Tarazona. | Historia Particular de la persecution de Inglaterra, y de los martirios mas insignes que en ella ha auido, desde el ano del Senor.1570. | Madrid | 1599 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,880.00 |
| 13 | Recusancy-[d'Orleans, L.] | Advertencias que los Catolicos Ingleses, a los Catolicos de Fracia del peligro en que estan de perder la Religion, si admiten a la Corona Principe Herege. [translated from French into Spanish by Felix de Guzman]. | Madrid | 1592 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,645.00 |
| 14 | ['O Aster tou Hristou Basilikos] or Nuncius Christi Sydereus. | The Star of the Eastern-Sages. Being a discourse of that Star, its Nature, conduct and tendency...also some account of the Comets... | 1681 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Shakespeare, William. | The Dramatic Works...revised by George Stevens [edited by J. Boydell]. | 1802 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | [Shakespeare, William] | Portrait of Shakespeare by W.J. Wainwright after the Felton portrait | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,055.00 | ||
| 17 | Addison, Joseph | Autograph letter signed with initials | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 7,638.00 | ||
| 18 | [Bage, Robert] Hermsprong; or, man as he is not. | A novel. The Minerva Press for William Lane, 1796 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,525.00 | ||
| 19 | Boswell, James. | Autograph letter signed | GBP 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 | 5,875.00 | ||
| 20 | Ferguson, Adam. | An Essay on the History of Civil Society. | Edinburgh and (London) | 1767 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 3,525.00 |
| 21 | Fielding, Henry. | The Universal Gallant: or, the different husbands. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. By his Majesty's Servants. | 1735 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 306.00 | |
| 22 | Fielding, Henry | A set of his works, together with similar sets of the works of Pope and Pepys: | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 705.00 | ||
| 23 | [Haywoood, Eliza] | The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jassamy | 1753 |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,055.00 | |
| 24 | Home, John. | The Dramatic Works. | 1760 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 294.00 | |
| 25 | Hutcheson, Francis. | A System of Moral Philosophy, in three books...published from the original manuscript by his son Francis Hutcheson...to which is prefixed some account of the life, writings, and character of the author. | Glasgow and (London) | 1755 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,762.00 |
| 26 | [Jenyns, Soame] | Miscellaneous Pieces, in two volumes | 1761 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 27 | Jortin, John. | Six Dissertations upon different subjects. | 1755 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 28 | Johnson, Samuel (contrib.) [Hawkesworth, John, editor] | The Adventurer. | 7 November 1752-9 March 1753 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,880.00 | |
| 29 | Johnson, Samuel. | Irene: A Tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. | 1749 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Johnson, Samuel. | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 31 | Lee, Sophia. | The Recess, or, a tale of other times. | 1783-1785 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,115.00 | |
| 32 | [Philips, John] Cyder. | A Poem. In two books. | 1708 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 470.00 | |
| 33 | [Pope, Alexander]. | the licence to print pope's iliad | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,465.00 | ||
| 34 | Pope, Alexander, contrib. | Miscellanea. In two volumes. | Printed in the year 1727 [actually 1726] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,820.00 | |
| 35 | Shenstone, William. | Autograph letter signed | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,116.00 | ||
| 36 | Smollett, Tobias. | The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, memoirs of a Lady of Quality. For the author, 1751 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,410.00 | ||
| 37 | Sterne, Laurence. | Letters of the late Rev. Mr Laurence Sterne, to his most intimate friends. With a fragment in the manner of Rabelais. To which are prefix'd, memoirs of his life and family...published by his daughter, Mrs Medalle. | 1775 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 470.00 | |
| 38 | [Sterne, Laurence] | A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Mr Yorick. | 1768 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 470.00 | |
| 39 | Steuart, Sir James. | An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy, being an essay on the science of domestic policy of free nations. | 1767 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 8,812.00 | |
| 40 | [Swift, Jonathan] | A Complete collection of genteel and ingenious conversation, according to the most polite mode and method now used at court, and in the best companies of England. In three dialogues. | 1738 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,234.00 | |
| 41 | Tunstall, James. | Observations on the present collection of epistles between Cicero and M. Brutus, representing several evident marks of forgery in those epistles... | 1744 |
GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 306.00 | |
| 42 | Walpole, Horace. | Autograph letter signed | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,820.00 | ||
| 43 | Bangs, John Kendrick. | A collection of first editions uniformly bound | GBP 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,645.00 | ||
| 44 | [Bronte, Charlotte] | Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. | 1846 [1848] |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,645.00 | |
| 45 | Bronte, Charlotte. | Fragment of an autograph letter | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 46 | Bronte, Patrick. | The Cottage in the Wood; or the Art of becoming Rich and Happy. | Bradford | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 881.00 | |
| 47 | Byron, George Gordon, Lord. | A gold watch presented by Byron to Lieutenant Richard Ekenhead after their celebrated swimming of the Hellespont in 1810 | USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 48 | Clemens, S.L. (Mark Twain) | More Tramps Abroad | 1897 |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | 2,232.00 | |
| 49 | Dickens, Charles. | Dombey and Son. | October 1846-April 1848 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,762.00 | |
| 50 | Dickens, Charles. | Bleak House. | 1853 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 940.00 | |
| 51 | Dickens, Charles. | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. | 1837 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 3,290.00 | |
| 52 | Dickens, Charles. | Bleak House. | March 1852-September 1853 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 588.00 | |
| 53 | Dickens, Charles. | The Personal History of David Copperfield. | May 1849-November 1850 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 10,575.00 | |
| 54 | Dickens, Charles. | Our Mutual Friend. | May 1864-November 1865 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 588.00 | |
| 55 | Dickens, Charles and Wilkie Collins. | No Thoroughfare. A Drama, in five acts and a prologue. | New York | [1868] |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 56 | Dickens, Charles. | The Extraordinary Gazette [bound into Part III of] Bentley's Miscellany, Bentley, March 1837 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | 1,880.00 | ||
| 57 | Dickens, Charles. | Fine autograph letter signed | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,115.00 | ||
| 58 | Dickens, Charles. | The Mystery of Edwin Drood. | April-September 1870 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 294.00 | |
| 59 | Dickens, Charles. | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. | April 1838-October 1839 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,525.00 | |
| 60 | Dickens, Charles. | Various | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 329.00 | ||
| 61 | Dodgson, C.L. (Lewis Carroll). | Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-writing. | Oxford | 1890 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 940.00 |
| 62 | Housman, A.E. | A Shropshire Lad. | 1896 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,115.00 | |
| 63 | [Le Fanu, J. Sheridan] | Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery. | Dublin | 1851 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,998.00 |
| 64 | More, Thomas. | A Most pleasant, fruitful, and witty work...called Utopia; written in Latin...translated into English by Raphe Robinson...A New Edition; with copious notes, and a biographical and literary introduction. | 1808 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,525.00 | |
| 65 | Morris, William. | The Collected Works...with introductions by his daughter May Morris. | 1910-1915 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,762.00 | |
| 66 | Poe, Edgar Allan. | Mesmerism In Articulo Mortis. An Astounding & Horrifying Narrative, shewing the extraordinary power of mesmerism in arresting the progress of death. | 1846 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 2,585.00 | |
| 67 | Publishing. | Collection of autograph letters, on publishing matters, chiefly relating to permissions to publish poems and extracts | GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,880.00 | ||
| 68 | Scott, Sir Walter. | A collection of Novels and Tales in 71 volumes | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 705.00 | ||
| 69 | Surtees, Robert Smith. | Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. | [1852]-1853 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 70 | Surtees, Robert Smith. | Plain or Ringlets? | [1859]-1860 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 352.00 | |
| 71 | Surtees, Robert Smith. | Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. | [1864]-1865 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Surtees, Robert Smith. | Handley Cross; or Mr. Jorrock's Hunt. | [1853]-1854 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | Surtees, Robert Smith. | Ask Mamma or the Richest Commoner in England. | [1857]-1858 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 74 | Various | Various | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 588.00 | ||
| 75 | Wilde, Oscar. | Etched drawing of Wilde seated with a boy at his knee | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 4,465.00 | ||
| 76 | Yeats, W.B. | The Seeker. A Dramatic Poem-In Two Scenes [in] The Dublin University Review. Vol. 1., No. 8. | Dublin | September 1885 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 77 | Yeats, W.B. | A Vision | 1925 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 470.00 | |
| 78 | Yeats, W.B. Mosada. | A Dramatic Poem. | Dublin | 1886 |
GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | 48,550.00 |
| 79 | Yeats, W.B. | Mosada [in] The Dublin University Review. Vol.II., No.6. | Dublin | June 1886 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,410.00 |
| 80 | Yeats, W.B. | Good early autograph letter signed | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,762.00 | ||
| 81 | Yeats, W.B. | The Celtic Twilight | 1893 |
GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | 1,762.00 | |
| 82 | Yeats, W.B. | Where there is Nothing: Being volume one of Plays for an Irish Theatre. | 1903 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,528.00 | |
| 83 | Yeats, W.B. | Various | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,585.00 | ||
| 84 | Yeats, W.B. | A collection of nine works: | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | 1,292.00 | ||
| 85 | Yeats, W.B. | Ideas of Good and Evil. | 1903 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,645.00 | |
| 86 | Yeats, W.B. | Selected Poems. | New York | 1921 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,410.00 |
| 87 | Mackintosh, Sir James. | Archive of papers of the political writer and philosopher Sir James Mackintosh | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | 96,750.00 | ||
| 88 | Betjeman, John. | A collection of first editions: | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 470.00 | ||
| 89 | Binyon, Laurence. | A collection of 27 first editions: | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 90 | Binyon, Laurence (contrib.) | Form. A Monthly Magazine [edited by Austin Spare and W.H. Davies], vol.1. nos.1-3. | October 1921-January 1922 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 91 | Binyon, Laurence. | Nineteen autograph letters and cards signed | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 92 | Blixen, Karen, Baroness. | Out of Africa. | 1937 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 940.00 | |
| 93 | Chatwin, Bruce. | Various | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 470.00 | ||
| 94 | Christie, Agatha. | Passenger to Frankfurt. | 1970 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 95 | Christie, Agatha. | A collection of first editions | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 588.00 | ||
| 96 | Conrad, Joseph. | The Shadow Line. A Confession. | Garden City, New York | 1917 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 97 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. | A collection of 59 volumes of periodicals chiefly with contributions by Doyle | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,410.00 | ||
| 98 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan and Sir Lawrence Weaver (editors). | The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House (The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library) [edited by E.V. Lucas]. | 1924 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 411.00 | |
| 99 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. | The Hound of the Baskervilles. | 1902 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100 | Eberhart, Richard. | Six autograph poems signed | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 101 | Eliot, T.S. | Cheque from his New York publishers Boni & Liveright | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,760.00 |
