Sothebys: Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH RAIL PENSION FUND., BARKWORTH,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 27, 1988 - September 27, 1988
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | NEW TESTAMENT | TYNDALE'S VERSION | Antwerp | 1534 |
GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 30,800.00 |
| 102 | BIBLE (English) | London | 1546 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,550.00 | |
| 103 | Sir THOMAS MORE | THE CONFUTACYON OF TYNDALE'S ANSWERE MADE BY SYR THOMAS MORE | 1532 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 104 | BIBLE (English) THE PROUERBES OF SALOMON | 1540 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 8,800.00 | ||
| 105 | JOHN MARBECKE | BOOKE OF COMMON PRAIER NOTED | 1550 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,000.00 | |
| 106 | LITURGIES | THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and adminstration of the Sacraments | 1549 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,400.00 | |
| 107 | LUDOVICO ARIOSTO | ORLANDO FURIOSO IN ENGLISH HEROICAL VERSE | 1591 |
GBP 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 37,400.00 | |
| 108 | JANE AUSTEN | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF JUVENILIA | 1792 |
GBP 70,000.00 - 80,000.00 | 132,000.00 | |
| 109 | JANE AUSTEN | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF JANE AUSTEN'S NOVEL "THE WATSONS" | [Bath, 1804-1805] |
GBP 80,000.00 - 85,000.00 | 99,000.00 | |
| 110 | RICHARD AMES | A SEARCH AFTER WIT; | 1691 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | |
| 111 | RICHARD AMES | THE SEARCH AFTER CLARET | 1691 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | |
| 112 | RICHARD AMES | A FARTHER SEARCH AFTER CLARET | 1691 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | |
| 113 | RICHARD AMES | THE LAST SEARCH AFTER CLARET IN SOUTHWARK | 1691 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | |
| 114 | NICHOLAS BRETON | ENGLAND'S SELECTED CHARACTERS | 1643 |
USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 115 | Sir Edward Coley BURNE-JONES | FINE SERIES OK THIRTY-NINE AUTO-GRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | West Kensington and Rottingdean | 1870-1888 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 7,150.00 |
| 116 | SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE | CHARMING EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED INCORPORATING AN AUTOGRAPH POEM | 28 Ju[ne] [17]93 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | 4,400.00 | |
| 117 | GEORGE GORDON BYRON | FINE AND LENGTHY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Ravenna | 11 May 1821 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 5,060.00 |
| 118 | WILLIAM COWPER | AUTOGRAPH DRAFT OF HIS MODONY FOR JOHN THORNTON | [November 1790] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,080.00 | |
| 119 | WILLIAM COWPER | FINE AND IMPORTANT SERIES OF NINETEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | 24 March 1782-25 July 1792 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 15,400.00 | |
| 120 | WILLIAM COWPER | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS DELIGHTFUL EPITAPH ON HIS HARE | 7 March 1783 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 121 | WILLIAM COWPER | AUTOGRAPH VERSE-LETTER SENT TO HIS FRIEND THE REV | GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,300.00 | ||
| 122 | RICHARD DADD | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM | Jany. 1865. |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 6,050.00 | |
| 123 | THOMAS DE QUINCEY | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIRST PART OF "CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER" | York Street | 1821 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 28,600.00 |
| 124 | THOMAS DE QUINCEY | ONE GALLEY OF THE PROOF FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF "THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER" | [c.1856] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 990.00 | |
| 125 | CHARLES DICKENS | SERIES OF TWENTY-ONE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | [April-May 1832-1835] |
GBP 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 24,200.00 | |
| 126 | CHARLES DICKENS | HANDSOME ALBUM OF CONTAINING ALL THE KNOWN CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DICKENS AND SIR JOHN EASTHOPE | [1836]-1844 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 8,800.00 | |
| 127 | CHARLES DICKENS | IMPORTANT EARLY SERIES OF 15 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO THE COMPOSER JOHN PYKE HULLAH | [29 December 1835-12 January 1837] |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 14,300.00 | |
| 128 | CHARLES DICKENS-BROWNE (H.K. "PHIZ") | A FINE SERIES OF FORTY-TWO DRAWINGS TO ILLUSTRATE "LITTLE DORRIT" by Charles Dickens | GBP 25,000.00 - 28,000.00 | 28,600.00 | ||
| 129 | JOHN DONNE | BIATHANATOS | [1646 or 1647] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 130 | Mrs E.C. GASKELL | EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("E.C. Stevenson") to Harriet Carr | Liverpool postmark | 31 August and 1 September 1831 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 605.00 |
| 131 | Mrs E.C. GASKELL | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Elizabeth Stevenson") | [Newcastle] | [before 30 August 1832] |
GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | 605.00 |
| 132 | Mrs E.C. GASKELL | EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("E.C. Stevenson") | Elizabeth" | 20 October 1831 |
GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | 605.00 |
| 133 | Mrs E.C. GASKELL | EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("E.C. Stevenson") | Knutsford | 6 August [1832] |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 605.00 |
| 134 | JOHN GAY AND ALEXANDER POPE | REMARKABLE JOINT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JG." AND "A. POPE" RESPECIVELY | Twickenham | 23 September 1725 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,300.00 |
| 135 | THOMAS GRAY | EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | 25 August, 1757 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,080.00 | |
| 136 | GEORGE HERBERT | THE TEMPLE | 1633 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 9,350.00 | |
| 137 | Sir Henry HERBERT | IMPORTANT LETTER SIGNED CONCERNING THE RESTORATION THEATRE | 13 October 1660 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 6,050.00 | |
| 138 | HENRY HOWARD | SONGES AND SONETTES WRITTEN BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORDE HENRY HAWARD LATE EARLE OF SURREY | London | [1559] |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,000.00 |
| 139 | CHARLES LAMB | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF LAMB'S CELEBRATED ESSAY BY "ELIA" "THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY SWEEPERS | c. 1821-1822 |
GBP 16,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 24,200.00 | |
| 140 | JOHN MILTON | PARADISE LOST | 1667 |
USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 141 | JOHN MILTON | POEMS | 1645 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 7,150.00 | |
| 142 | Sir THOMAS MORE | THE SUPPLYCACYON OF SOULYS | [1529] |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 143 | EZRA POUND | REMARKABLE SERIES OF FORTY-EIGHT LETTERS WRITTEN IN HIS VERNACULAR AND IDIOSYNCRATIC STYLE | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 8,250.00 | ||
| 144 | ROYAL BOOK | THE BOKE NAMED THE ROYALL | [1507] |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,550.00 | |
| 145 | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | COMEDIES | 1632 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 22,000.00 | |
| 146 | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | TWO QUOTATIONS FROM "OTHELLO" IN A YORKSHIRE COMMONPLACE BOOK OF THE 1620s | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 147 | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | COMEDIES | 1685 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 23,100.00 | |
| 148 | Sir JOHN SUCKLING | FRAGMENTA AUREA | 1646 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 149 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY | IMPORTANT EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO EDWARD FITZGERALD | London | 23 November 1831 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 150 | HORACE WALPOLE | CHARMING AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Cambridge | 22 May 1736 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 151 | J.R.R. TOLKIEN | FINE | Oxford | [25 April 1954] |
GBP 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | 3,520.00 |
| 152 | ACCADEMIA DEL ClMENTO | SAGGI DI NATURALI ESPERIENZE FATTE NELL | Florence | 1666 [dedication dated 1667] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 6,050.00 |
| 153 | ARNALDUS, de Villanova | LE TRESOR DES POURES | 27 October 1529 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,180.00 | |
| 154 | JOHANNNES ANGELUS | ASTROLABIUM PLANUM | Augsburg | 6(?) October 1488 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 6,600.00 |
| 155 | ARCHIMEDES | TETRAGONISMUS idest circuli quadratura per Campanum archimedem Syracusanum atque boetium mathematicae perspicacissimos adinuenta | Venice | 28 August 1503 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | 6,820.00 |
| 156 | CHARLES BABBAGE | REMARKABLE AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ABOUT HIS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED CALCULATING MACHINE | 19 June 1824 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 17,050.00 | |
| 157 | JOANNES BAYER | URANOMETRIA | Augsburg | 1603 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 7,150.00 |
| 158 | ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS BOETHIUS | ARITHMETICA | Augsburg | 20 May 1488 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 9,350.00 |
| 159 | ROBERT BOYLE | MEDICINA HYDROSTATICA | 1690 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 160 | ROBERT BOYLE | THE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE AIR | 1692 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,210.00 | |
| 161 | ROBERT BOYLE | EXPERIMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE POROSITY OF BODIES | 1684 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 162 | ROBERT BOYLE | TRACTS CONSISTING OF OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SALTNESS OF THE SEA | 1674 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 163 | ROBERT BOYLE | NEW EXPERIMENTS | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 164 | ROBERT BOYLE | TRACTS | Oxford | 1671 |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 165 | ROBERT BOYLE | TRACTS | 1672 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 166 | ROBERT BOYLE | THE SCEPTICAL CHYMIST | 1661 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 16,500.00 | |
| 167 | ROBERT BOYLE | THE SCEPTICAL CHYMIST | Oxford | 1680 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 168 | ROBERT BOYLE | EXPERIMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING COLOURS | 1664 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,815.00 | |
| 169 | TYCHO BRAHE | ASTRONOMIAE INSTAURATAE PROGYMNASMATA | 1602 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 170 | TYCHO BRAHE | ASTRONOMIAE INSTAURATAE PROGYMNASMATA | 1602 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 171 | CHRISTOPHORUS FABIUS BRECHTEL | NOMENCLATURA PHARMACEUTICA | Nuremberg | 1603 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 13,200.00 |
| 172 | GIAN DOMENICO CASSINI | AUTOGRAPH NOTES ON THE MOTIONS OF THE SATELLITES OF JUPITER | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 173 | Sir WILLIAM CONGREVE | THE DETAILS OF THE ROCKET SYSTEM | 1814 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 6,600.00 | |
| 174 | NICOLAUS COPERNICUS | DE LATERIBUS ET ANGULIS TRIANGULORUM | Wittenberg | 1542 |
GBP 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 | 14,850.00 |
| 175 | GEORGES CuviER, Baron de | RECHERCHES SUR LES OSSEMENS FOSSILES DE QUADRUPEDES | Paris | 1812 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 176 | CHARLES DARWIN | Captain P.P. KING AND Captain R. FITZROY | 1839 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 4,620.00 | |
| 177 | LOUIS JACQUES MANDE DAGUERRE | HISTORIQUE ET DESCRIPTION DES PROCEDES DU DAGUERREOTYPE ET DU DIORAMA | Paris | 1839 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 178 | RENE DESCARTES | DISCOURS DE LA METHODE pour bien conduire sa raison | Leiden | 1637 |
GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 29,700.00 |
| 179 | RENE DESCARTES | PRINCIPIA PHILOSOPHIAE | 1 May 1979 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,760.00 | |
| 180 | RENE DESCARTES | REMARKABLE LONG SCIENTIFIC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Descartes") | Netherlands | 15 November 1638 |
GBP 40,000.00 - 45,000.00 | 44,000.00 |
| 181 | LAZARUS ERCKER | BESCHREIBUNG | Prague | 1574 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 12,650.00 |
| 182 | EUCLID | ELEMENTORUM GEOMETRICORUM | Rome | 1594 |
GBP 5,500.00 - 6,000.00 | 6,600.00 |
| 183 | EUCLID | DIE SECHS ERSTE BUCHER EUCLIDIS | Basle | 1562 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 184 | Sir ALEXANDER FLEMING | AUTOGRAPH ACCOUNT BY FLEMING OF THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PENICILLIN | 1945 |
USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | SIGMUND FREUD | DIE TRAUMDEUTUNG | Leipzig and Vienna | 1900 |
USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | JOSEPH FURTTENBACH | ARCHITECTURA UNIVERSALIS | 5 November 1979 |
USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 187 | GALILEO GALILEI | LE OPERAZIONI DEL COMPASSO GEOMETRICO | London | 12 November 1975 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | GALILEO GALILEI | SIDEREUS NUNCIUS MAGNA | Venice | 1610 |
USD 25,000.00 - 28,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 189 | GALILEO GALILEI | ISTORIA | Rome | 1613 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 190 | GALILEO GALILEI | DISCORSI | Leiden | 1638 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 191 | GALILEO GALILEI | DIALOGO | Florence | 1632 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 192 | WILLIAM GILBERT | DE MUNDO NOSTRO SUBLUNARI PHILOSOPHIA NOVA | Amsterdam | 1651 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 193 | WILLIAM GILBERT | DE MAGNETE | 1600 |
USD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 194 | OTTO VON GUERICKE | EXPERIMENTA NOVA (UT VOCANTUR) MAGDEBURGICA DE VACUO SPATIO | Amsterdam | 1672 |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | JOHANNES HEVELIUS | SELENOGRAPHIA | 1647 |
USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 196 | ROBERT HOOKE | MICROGRAPHIA | 1665 |
USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 197 | ROBERT HOOKE | LECTIONES CUTLERIANAE | 1679 |
USD 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 198 | ROBERT HOOKE | PHILOSOPHICAL COLLECTIONS | Moses Pitt | 1679-1682 |
USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 199 | JAMES HUTTON | ABSTRACT OF A DISSERTATION READ IN THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH | Edinburgh | 1785 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 200 | CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS | TRAITE DE LA LUMIERE | Leiden | 1690 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |