Sothebys: Books, Prints and Drawings from the Cavanagh Theatre Collection, THESPIS,

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 20, 1993 - July 20, 1993

Page Size: 519 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101		POSTER DESIGNS	Philadelphia	c. 1885	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	402.00
102	PRICE (HARRY)	SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON PSYCHICAL RESEARCH			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	310.00
103	SANGER ("LORD" GEORGE)	SEVENTY YEARS A SHOWMAN	Paris	1909	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
104	SCHIRMER AND SCHOLL	SKETCH OF THE PERFORMANCES AT THE LARGE THEATRE		1805	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	977.00
105		ACTS OF PARLIAMENT			GBP 500.00 - 750.00	805.00
106		ANNALES DRAMATIQUES	Paris	1812	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
107	ALLEN (DAVID) & SONS	ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THEATRICAL POSTERS	Belfast and London	[c. 1900]-1919	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	437.00
108		ALLGEMEINES THEATER			USD 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
109	ANSON (J.W.)	DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ALMANACK FOR 1869-1872		1868-1871	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	276.00
110		ART DU THEATRE (L')	Paris		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	345.00
111	AYRENHOFF (C.H. VON)	EIN UND ANDERS UBER DEUTSCHLANDS THEATERWESEN UND KUNSTRICHTEREN	Vienna	1782	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
112	BACHAUMONT (LOUIS PETIT DE)	MEMOIRES SECRETS POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DES LETTRES EN FRANCE			GBP 500.00 - 500.00	460.00
113	BARTOS (JAN), A. MATEJCEK, Z. NEJEDLY, O. FISCHER, AND V. TILLE	DEJINY NARODNIHO DIVADLA			USD 250.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
114	BEAUMONT (CYRIL)	THE HISTORY OF HARLEQUIN		1926	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	402.00
115	BENEVIDES (FRANCISCO DA FONSECA)	O REAL THEATRO DE S. CARLOS DE LISBOA	Lisbon	1902	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
116	BENJAMIN	CHEMIN DE LA POSTERITE	Paris	c. 1845	GBP 250.00 - 250.00	713.00
117	BERTRAN (MARCOS-JESUS)	EL GRAN TEATRO DEL LICEO DE BARCELONA 1837-1930	Barcelona	1931	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	184.00
118	BORRAS (TOMAS) AND OTHERS	UN TEATRO DE ARTE EN ESPANA	Madrid	1926	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	230.00
119	[BOER (MYNERT DE)] AND OTHERS	HISTORIE VAN DEN AMSTERDAMSCHEN SCHOUWBURG	Amsterdam	1772	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	575.00
120	[BOER (MYNERT DE)] AND OTHERS	HISTORIE VAN DEN NIEUWEN AMSTERDAMSCHEN SCHOUWBURG	Amsterdam	1775	GBP 500.00 - 500.00	460.00
121	BRAZIER (NICOLAS)	CHRONIQUES DES PETITS THEATRES DE PARIS			GBP 250.00 - 350.00	287.00
122	BROWN (T. ALLSTON)	A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STAGE	New York	1903	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	138.00
123	BOYD (ALEXANDER STUART) AND WILLIAM ROBERTSON	THE DRAMATIC ALBUM OF "QUIZ" FOR 1882			USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
124	BUNN (ALFRED)	THE STAGE		1840	GBP 175.00 - 225.00	149.00
125	BUHNE UND WELT	ZEITSCHRIFT FUR THEATERWESEN	Berlin	1899-1900	USD 150.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
126	CAWDELL (JOHN)	THE MISCELLANEOUS POEMS			GBP 350.00 - 350.00	483.00
127		CAMBRIDGE GARRICK CLUB			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	402.00
128	CAMPARDON (EMILE)	LES COMEDIENS DU ROI DE LA TROUPE ITALIENNE	Paris	1880	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
129		COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORAMA		1848-1849	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	184.00
130	CHAMPION (EDOUARD)	LA COMEDIE FRANCAISE	Paris	1934-1938	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
131	CHAPMAN (JOHN K.)	THE COURT THEATRE AND ROYAL DRAMATIC RECORD		c. 1849	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	207.00
132	CHETWOOD (W.R.)	A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE STAGE		1749	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	230.00
133	COLLIER (JEREMY)	A SHORT VIEW OF THE IMMORALITY AND PROFANENESS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE		1738	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
134	CONCINA (DANIELE)	DE SPECTACULIS THEATRALIBUS			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	115.00
135	COOKE (WILLIAM)	THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM		1775	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	195.00
136		COVENT GARDEN JOURNAL (THE)		1828	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	230.00
137	DE BEAUCHAMPS (M.)	RECHERCHES SUR LES THEATRES DE FRANCE	Paris	1735	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	184.00
138	DE L'AULNAYE (FRANCOIS HENRI STANISLAS)	DE LA SALTATION THEATRALE	Paris	1790	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	322.00
139		DECLARATION OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS for the appeasing and quietting of all unlawful tumults and insurrections		1642	GBP 250.00 - 250.00	575.00
140	DHANNETAIRE (M.)	OBSERVATIONS SUR L'ART DU COMEDIEN	Paris	1775	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	195.00
141	DORAN (JOHN)	ANNALS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE		1888	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	230.00
142	DEMPWOLFF (C.)	VOR UND HINTER DEN COULISSEN	Vienna	1869-1870	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
143		DRAMA (THE)		1821-1826	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
144		DRAMATIC CENSOR (THE)		1811	USD 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
145		DRAWING-ROOM PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT PERSONS (THE)			USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
146	DUBECH (LUCIEN), J. DE MONTBRIAL AND Mme HORN-MONVAL	HISTOIRE GENERALE ILLUSTRE DU THEATRE	Paris	1931	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
147	DUGNET (ABBE)	PENSEES SUR LES SPECTACLES			GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	690.00
148	ENGEL (J.J.)	IDEEN ZU EINER MIMIK	Berlin	1785-1786	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	230.00
149	ETIENNE (C.G.) AND A. MARTAINVILLE	HISTOIRE DU THEATRE FRANCAISE	Paris	1802	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
150		ENTR'ACTE (THE) & LIMELIGHT		January 1881-December 1888	GBP 350.00 - 500.00	862.00
151	FABER (FREDERIC)	HISTOIRE DU THEATRE FRANCAIS EN BELGIQUE DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS	Brussels and Paris	1878-1880	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
152	FEBVRE (F.) AND T. JOHNSON	ALBUM DE LA COMETHE FRANCAISE	Paris	1879	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
153	FICORONI (FRANCESCO DE)	LE MASCHERE SCENICHE E LE FIGURE COMICHE D'ANTICHI ROMANI	Rome	1736	GBP 500.00 - 500.00	460.00
154	FORRESTER (ALFRED H.)	"ALFRED CROWQUILL"			GBP 250.00 - 250.00	230.00
155	FITZGERALD (PERCY)	THE ROMANCE OF THE ENGLISH STAGE			USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
156	FREIRE (ANSELMO BRAAMCAMP)	VIDAE OBRAS DE GIL VICENTE			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
157	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	HISTOIRE DE L'ART DRAMATIQUE EN FRANCE DEPUIS VINGT-CINQ ANS	Paris and Leipzig	1858-1859	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
158	GENEST (JOHN)	SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE FROM THE RESTORATION IN 1660 TO 1830		1832	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	368.00
159	GILLILAND (THOMAS)	THE DRAMATIC MIRROR		1808	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	402.00
160	GONCOURT (EDMOND DE ET JULES DE)	MYSTERES DES THEATRES 1852	Paris	1853	USD 150.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
161	GRAND-CARTERET (JOHN)	LES ALMANACHS FRANCAIS	Paris	1896	GBP 200.00 - 200.00	172.00
162	GREGOR (JOSEPH) AND RENE FULOP-MILLER	DAS AMERIKANISCHE THEATER UND KINO	Zurich	1931	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
163	HASLEWOOD (JOSEPH)	THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GREEN ROOM			GBP 250.00 - 350.00	195.00
164	HAZLITT (WILLIAM)	A VIEW OF THE ENGLISH STAGE		1818	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
165	HERVEY (CHARLES)	THE THEATRES OF PARIS			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
166	HIPKINS (A.J.), MORRIS STEINERT AND SIEGMUND SCHNEIDER	THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FOR Music AND THE DRAMA	Vienna	1894	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
167	HITCHCOCK (ROBERT)	AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE IRISH STAGE	Dublin	1788	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	345.00
168	HOUSSAYE (ARSENE)	LA COMEDIE FRANCAISE 1680-1880	Paris	1880	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
169	HOLLINGSHEAD (JOHN)	"GOOD OLD GAIETY"		1903	USD 100.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
170	JACKSON (JOHN)	THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH STAGE			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	437.00
171	JuLLiEN (ADOLPHE)	LA COMEDIE A LA COUR	Paris	c. 1890	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
172	LA GRANGE (CHARLES VARLET)	ARCHIVES DE LA COMEDIE-FRANCAISE			USD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
173	LACRETELLE (JACQUES DE)	CAPPIELLO ET LA BELLE EPOQUE		c. 1980	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	184.00
174	LIEBRECHT (HENRI)	HISTOIRE DU THEATRE FRANCAIS A BRUXELLES AU XVII ET AU XVIII SIECLE		1923	USD 150.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
175	LANCASTER (H.C.)	A HISTORY OF FRENCH DRAMATIC LITERATURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY			USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
176	LEMAZURIER (P.D.)	GALERIE HISTORIQUE DES ACTEURS DU THEATRE FRANCAIS	Paris	1810	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
177	LOLIEE (FREDERIC)	LA COMEDIE FRANCAISE	Paris	1907	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
178	LOTHAR (RUDOLPH) AND JULIUS STERN	50 JAHRE HOFTHEATER	Vienna and Magdeburg	1900	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	230.00
179	MAFFEI (SCIPIONE)	DE TEATRI ANTICHI	Verona	1753	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
180		MALONE SOCIETY		1907-1988	USD 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
181	MANCINI (FRANCO)	FESTE ED APPARATI CIVILE E RELIGIOSI IN NAPOLI DAL VICEREGNO ALLA CAPITALE	Naples	1968	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	172.00
182	MANTZIUS (KARL)	A HISTORY OF THEATRICAL ART IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES		1903	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
183		MASK (THE)		1868	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	184.00
184		[MAUPOINT] BIBLIOTEQUE DES THEATRES CONTENANT LE CATALOGUE ALPHABETIQUE DES PIECES DRAMATIQUES	Paris	1733	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	322.00
185		MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DAY		1889-1890	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	253.00
186	MILIZIA (FRANCESCO)	TRATTATO COMPLETO	Venice	1794	GBP 300.00 - 300.00	402.00
187		MOODY BROS	Birmingham	c. 1913	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	115.00
188	MOORE (THOMAS)	THE PRIVATE THEATRE OF KILKENNY		1825	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	690.00
189	MOUNT-EDGCUMBE (RICHARD, Earl of)	MUSICAL REMINISCENCES CHIEFLY RESPECTING THE ITALIAN OPERA IN ENGLAND FROM THE YEAR 1773 TO THE PRESENT TIME			GBP 175.00 - 225.00	322.00
190	NAPOLI-SIGNORELLI (Dottor D. PIETRO)	STORIA CRITICA DE TEATRI ANTICHI E MODERNI	Naples	1777	USD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
191	JACKSON (JOHN)	OBER-AMMERGAU	Munich and London	1873	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
192	ODELL (G.)	ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK STAGE	New York	1927-1949	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	690.00
193	OVERSKOU (T.)	DEN DANSKE SKUEPLADS	Copenhagen	1854-1876	GBP 150.00 - 150.00	115.00
194	OXBERRY (WILLIAM)	THE ACTOR'S BUDGET	Calcutta	1824	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	276.00
195		POOR COVENT GARDEN!		1792	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
196	PAUL (HOWARD) AND GEORGE GEBBIE	THE STAGE AND ITS STARS PAST AND PRESENT	Philadelphia	c. 1890	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
197	PARFAICT (F. AND C.) AND GODIN D'ABGUERBE	DICTIONNAIRE DES THEATRES DE PARIS	Paris	1756	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	345.00
198	PILLET (FABIEN) AND OTHERS	LA NOUVELLE LORGNETTE DE SPECTACLES			USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
199		PLAY PICTORIAL		1903-1939	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	575.00
200	POUGIN (ARTHUR)	DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE ET PITTORESQUE DU THEATRE ET DES ARTS QUI S'Y RATTACHANT	Paris	1885	USD 150.00 - 150.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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