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
Page Size: 1733 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1701 KIRCHNER (RAPHAEL) A fine pencil and watercolour drawing of a girl in white ballet dress seated

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1702 KNOWTES (REGINALD L.) A collection of fifty one ink drawings

1913

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
1703 KNOWLES (REGINALD L.) A collection of ninety seven ornamental designs

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1704 KNOWLES (REGINALD L.) A collection of large ornamental binding or dust jacket designs

1903-1930

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1705 MANN (MERLYN) A series of fifteen ink drawings to illustrate "Canadian Voices"

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1706 MAYS (DOUGLAS L.) A collection of seventy seven drawings to illustrate books by Noel Streatfield

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 115.00
1707 MILLAR (H.R.) A collection of fifteen large ink drawings to illustrate "Janet's Repentance"

1898

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1708 MINTON (JOHN) Two small ink drawings of vines

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1709 PEAKE (MERVYN) Pencil drawing of a young girl

GBP 180.00 - 240.00 172.00
1710 PEARSE (A.) Four watercolour drawings

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 287.00
1711 ROBINSON (WILLIAM HEATH) A watercolour drawing of a woman seated in a park with a young child

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
1712 RACKHAM (ARTHUR) A fine ink drawing of the Gryphon seated asleep with his back to a tree

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1713 ROUTH (JONATHAN) A pair of paindngs depicting imaginary incidents in the life of Queen Victoria

1970 or 1971

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1714 ROWLANDS (CONSTANCE E.) Fifty five drawings for "Tom Noddy the Noodle

1928

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1715 SANDS (HENRYS.) A collection of eighty two ink drawings

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 103.00
1716 SEARLE (RONALD) Anatomy of an Antiquarian Bookseller

1976

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 172.00
1717 SYMINGTON (J. AYTON) Twelve watercolour drawings to illustrate Marryat's "Masterman Ready"

1900

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 299.00
1718 SHAW (JOHN BYAM) Four gouache and watercolour drawings

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
1719 SHAW (JOHN BYAM) A fine watercolour illustration of a water sprite appearing before a young man with drawn sword

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 172.00
1720 SHEPARD (ERNEST H.) A small ink drawing of Winnie the Pooh standing with ajar of honey

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 2,530.00
1721 SHEPPERSON (CLAUDE) Six ink drawings to illustrate "Nicholas Nickleby"

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 345.00
1722 SHERINGHAM (GEORGE) A series of 26 drawings in pencil

[c. 1930]

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1723 TENNANT (STEPHEN) Thirteen ink drawings to illustrate "The White Wallet" by Pamela Grey

1928

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 253.00
1724 WORSLEY (JOHN) A COLLECTION OF THIRTY ONE LARGE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS TO ILLUSTRATE "BLACK BEAUTY"

1974

USD 1,250.00 - 1,750.00 Not Sold
1725 BISTO FOR ALL MEAT DISHES BRUSSELS

[C. 1920?]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1726 ELEXIR DE KEMPENAAR Brussels

[c. 1920?]

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1727 EPHEMERA

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 414.00
1728 FIRST WORLD WAR POSTERS

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 460.00
1729 FIRST WORLD WAR POSTERS

1917

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1730 SAPONITE

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1731 SCRAPBOOK

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 506.00
1732 SCRAPBOOK

1838-[c. 1845]

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 172.00
1733 SCRAPBOOK

[c. 1840-1850]

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 460.00
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