Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps including sections on Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, and the Middle East and Children's Books, Related Drawings and Comics, FLASH,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 28, 1993 - June 28, 1993
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | MUSICIANS | 1925-1989 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 69.00 | ||
| 1202 | OPERA AND ORATORIO | c. 3000 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1203 | ORGAN. LARGE COLLECTION OF ORGAN MUSIC BY J. S. BACH | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 437.00 | |||
| 1204 | VIOLIN | c. 1100 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 345.00 | ||
| 1205 | SONG | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 276.00 | |||
| 1206 | [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] Manuscript of a sermon on the American Rebellion | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 1207 | CANADA | 1908-1909 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 207.00 | ||
| 1208 | CHARLES II | Document signed | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | 391.00 | ||
| 1209 | CHARLES II | Letter signed | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | 517.00 | ||
| 1210 | [DARWIN (CHARLES) AND THE LINNEAN SOCIETY] | Four albums of letters and presscuttings relating principally to the "Darwin-Wallace Jubilee" organised by the Linnean Society on the fiftieth anniversary in 1908 of the reading of Darwin's and Wallace's essay "on the tendency of species to form varieties | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 345.00 | ||
| 1211 | DURRELL (LAWRENCE) | Large watercolour by Durrell showing two stylised figures among trees and flowers | 1949 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 977.00 | |
| 1212 | JAMES I | Initial letter portrait of the King on a royal letters patent confirming the rights of Lord Cavendish to the manor of Hundon in Suffolk | Westminster | 24 June 1611 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 299.00 |
| 1213 | ELIOT (T.S.) | Typed letter signed | 10 January 1939 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1214 | HORNBY LETTERS | 1848-1852 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 299.00 | ||
| 1215 | L'ACADEMIE ROYALE DES BEAUX-ARTS | Paris | December 1835 |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | 345.00 | |
| 1216 | LITERATURE ETC. | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 552.00 | |||
| 1217 | LITERATURE | 1912-1993 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 299.00 | ||
| 1218 | LIVINGSTONE (DAVID) | LIVINGSTONE (DAVID) Autograph letter signed to Professor Quekett | 11 February 1858 |
GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | 368.00 | |
| 1219 | Schlegel (Friedrich von) | MANUSCRIPT | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1220 | MILITARY AND POLITICAL | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 1221 | NAVAL | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 299.00 | |||
| 1222 | PHILANTHROPY | GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 414.00 | |||
| 1223 | PILKINGTON (MATTHEW) | The Evangelical History and Harmony | London | 1747 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 437.00 |
| 1224 | RHODES (CECIL) | Photograph signed ("for the youngsters C.J. Rhodes") | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 552.00 | ||
| 1225 | SHAW (G.B.) | Photograph signed on the verso | 18 October 1910 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 575.00 | |
| 1226 | SOMERSET | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 1227 | STEVENSON (R.L.) | Three documents signed | Vailima | 6 November 1890 to I March 1891 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 816.00 |
| 1228 | STRAFFORD (Sir THOMAS, Earl of) | Group of contemporary transcripts of state papers principally relating to the indictment and execution of Strafford in 1640-1641 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1229 | SUN DIALS | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 368.00 | |||
| 1230 | SUTHERLAND (GRAHAM) | Three autograph and typed letters signed and four autograph maps and sketches | 1 July to 24 November 1967 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1231 | VICTORIA | Fine Photograph of Queen Victoria | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 184.00 | ||
| 1232 | VICTORIA | Autograph letter signed ("VRI") | 31 JULY 1874 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 529.00 | |
| 1233 | VICTORIAN DIARIES | 1851-1853 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 172.00 | ||
| 1234 | THEATRE | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 253.00 | |||
| 1235 | WELLINGTON (First Duke of) | Some strands of Wellington's hair | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1236 | WEST INDIES | 28 MAY 1741 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1237 | ANTI-JACOBIN (THE) | or, Weekly Examiner | 20 November 1797 to 9 July 1798 |
USD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1238 | [DEFOE (DANIEL)] | The Memoirs of an English Officer | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 | ||
| 1239 | DICKENS (CHARLES) | [Works] | [1903-1907] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 138.00 | |
| 1240 | DICKENS (CHARLES) | Hard Times | 1854 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 299.00 | |
| 1241 | ELIOT (GEORGE) | The Mill on the Floss | 1860 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 103.00 | |
| 1242 | GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) | The Miscellaneous Works | 1775 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1243 | HUNT (LEIGH) | A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 138.00 | ||
| 1244 | FULL COLLECTION OF ALL POEMS (A) upon Charles | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 1245 | [JOHNSON (SAMUEL)] | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 322.00 | ||
| 1246 | MILTON (JOHN) | The Poetical Works... with notes of various authors | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 299.00 | ||
| 1247 | THACKERAY (W.M.) | The Works | [1887-1889] |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 253.00 | |
| 1248 | TROLLOPE (ANTHONY) | The Novels | 1929 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 460.00 | |
| 1249 | [WITHERS (PHILIP)] | The Ants: a Rhapsody | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | ||
| 1250 | BLUNDEN (EDMUND) | The Harbingers | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 402.00 | ||
| 1251 | CROWLEY (ALEISTER) | The City of God | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1252 | ELIOT (T.S.) | Ara VUS Prec, first | [1920] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 747.00 | |
| 1253 | ELIOT (T.S.) | The Waste Land | 1923 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 575.00 | |
| 1254 | GRAVES (ROBERT) | Welchman's Hose | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 92.00 | ||
| 1255 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | A Sort of Life | 1971 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1256 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | A Visit to Morin | 1959 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1257 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | The Virtue of Disloyalty | 1972 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1258 | JOYCE (JAMES) | The Joyce Book | [1933] |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 230.00 | |
| 1259 | LAWRENCE (D.H.) | The Collected Poems | 1928 |
GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 391.00 | |
| 1260 | LAWRENCE (D.H.) | Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry | 1915 |
GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | 437.00 | |
| 1261 | LAWRENCE (T.E.) Cellini (Benvenuto) | The Life of Benvenuto Cellini translated by John Addington Symonds | 1900 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 92.00 | |
| 1262 | LAWRENCE (T.E.)-Blake (William) | Poetry and Prose | 1927 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 805.00 | |
| 1263 | LAWRENCE (T.E.)-Garnett (David) | The Grasshoppers Come | 1931 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 172.00 | |
| 1264 | MAUGHAM (W. SOMERSET) | Cakes and Ale | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 1,035.00 | ||
| 1265 | MAUGHAM (W. SOMERSET) | Cakes and Ale | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 161.00 | ||
| 1266 | MAUGHAM (W. SOMERSET) | Cakes and Ale | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1267 | MILLAY (EDNA ST. VINCENT) | A Few Figs from Thistles | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | ||
| 1268 | THE MONTHLY CHAPBOOK [later The Chapbook] | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 345.00 | |||
| 1269 | POEM OF THE MONTH | [1970-1971] AND [1971-1972] |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 172.00 | ||
| 1270 | POEM OF THE MONTH | [1970- 1971] and [1971-1972] |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1271 | POUND (EZRA) | A Draft of XXX Cantos | Paris | 1930 |
GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | 345.00 |
| 1272 | POUND (EZRA) | A Draft of XXX Cantos | Paris | 1930 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 207.00 |
| 1273 | SASSOON (SIEGFRIED) | Collected Poems | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 747.00 | ||
| 1274 | SHAW (G.B.) | Etching of Shaw by Walter Tittle | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 207.00 | ||
| 1275 | SMART (ELIZABETH) | By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept | London | 1945 |
USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 1276 | WOOLF (VIRGINIA) | Street Haunting | San Francisco | 1930 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 483.00 |
| 1277 | AMIS (KINGSLEY) | Take a Girl Like You | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 1,092.00 | ||
| 1278 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | The Lost Childhood | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 517.00 | ||
| 1279 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | Stamboul Train | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 299.00 | ||
| 1280 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | The Third Man | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 299.00 | ||
| 1281 | GREENE (GRAHAM) | British Dramatists | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 345.00 | ||
| 1282 | FOWLES (JOHN) | The Collector | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 460.00 | ||
| 1283 | DEIGHTON (LEN) | The Ipcress File | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 115.00 | ||
| 1284 | MURDOCH (IRIS) | The Italian Girl | GBP 175.00 - 225.00 | 253.00 | ||
| 1285 | SHAFFER (PETER) | Five Finger Exercise | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 184.00 | ||
| 1286 | THEROUX (PAUL) | The Black House | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 1287 | BAKER (GEORGE P.) | CALICO PAINTING AND PRINTING IN THE EAST INDIES IN THE XVIITH AND XVIIITH CENTURIES | 1921 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1288 | BLUNT (ANTHONY) | The Paintings of Nicolas Poussin | 1966-1967 |
GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | 230.00 | |
| 1289 | CLOUZOT (H.) AND C. FOLLOT | Histoire du papier peint en France | Paris | 1935 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 149.00 |
| 1290 | THE CRYSTAL PALACE | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 276.00 | |||
| 1291 | CARTWRIGHT (JULIA) Jean Francois Millet | his life and letters | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 1292 | GERSAINT (E.F.) | Catalogue raisonne de toutes les pieces qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt [Supplement] | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1293 | GORER (E.) AND J.F. BLACKER | Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones | 1911 |
GBP 180.00 - 240.00 | 184.00 | |
| 1294 | GORI (ANTONIO FRANCICO) | Museum Florentinum exhibens antiqua numismata maximi moduli | Florence | 1740 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 1295 | HEAL (AMBROSE) | London Tradesmen's Cards of the XVIII Century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 184.00 | ||
| 1296 | MAISON (K.E.) | Honore Daumier | 1968 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 598.00 | |
| 1297 | MCCLELLAND (N.) | Historic Wall-papers | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 276.00 | ||
| 1298 | THE PELICAN HISTORY OF ART | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | 483.00 | |||
| 1299 | RUBINSTEIN (HELENA) | The Helena Rubinstein Collection: French Furniture and Decorations | USD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 1300 | SCHREIBER (Lady CHARLOTTE) | Journals | GBP 160.00 - 220.00 | 172.00 |
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
