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
201 REINIGER (LOTTE) COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 1,437.00
202 REVUE THEATRALE (LA) Paris

1904-1906

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
203 RHODES (WILLIAM BARNES) BOMBASTO FURIOSO

1830-1836

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 253.00
204 SAVAGE CLUB PAPERS(THE) FOR 1868

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
205 SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY'S PAPERS (THE)

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 287.00
206 SCARRON (PAUL) SCARRON'S COMICAL ROMANCE

1676

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 368.00
207 SHARP (THOMAS) A DISSERTATION ON THE PAGEANTS OR DRAMATIC MYSTERIES ANCIENTLY PERFORMED AT COVENTRY

1825

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
208 SIDDONS (HENRY) PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF RHETORICAL GESTURE AND ACTION adapted to the English Drama from a work on the same subject by M. Engel

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 299.00
209 [SHERIDAN (THOMAS)] A FULL VINDICATION OF THE CONDUCT OF THE MANAGER OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL written by himself Dublin

1750-1758

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 460.00
210 SOTHEBY (S.) BIBLIOTHECA DRAMATICA

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 230.00
211 STADTTHEATER BOCHUM

1919-1938

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
212 STAFFORD & Co. CATALOGUE OF STOCK POSTERS Netherfield

[c.1910]

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 264.00
213 STEVENS (GEORGE ALEXANDER) A LECTURE ON HEADS Vernor

1808

GBP 200.00 - 200.00 253.00
214 SUNDAY CHRONICLE PANTOMIME ANNUAL 1915/1916-1931/1932

1915-1932

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 460.00
215 TAPHANEL (ACHILLE) LE THEATRE DE SAINT-CYR Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
216 THEATER WIENS (DIE) Vienna

1899-1909

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 483.00
217 THEATRE (THE)

1909-1913

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 287.00
218 THEATRE (LE) Paris

1898-1914

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 575.00
219 THESPIAN DICTIONARY (THE)

August 1828- February 1829

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
220 THESPIAN PRECEPTOR (THE)

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 345.00
221 THEATRICAL REMEMBRANCER (THE)

1788

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 345.00
222 [THREEPLAND (M.)] LETTERS RESPECTING THE PERFORMANCES AT THE THEATRE ROYAL Edinburgh

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 322.00
223 TOCHE (RAOUL), EMILE BLAVET, AND OTHERS LES PREMIERES ILLUSTREES Paris

[1882-1888]

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
224 [by James Watson] TOWNSMAN (THE) Manchester

[1803-1804]

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
225 VARIETY THEATRE

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
226 VRIESLANDER (JOHN JACK) VARIETE Leipzig

1901

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
227 [WALKER JOSEPH COOPER)] HISTORICAL MEMOIR ON ITALLAN TRAGEDY

1799

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
228 WENDIGEN Amsterdam

1919-1929

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 345.00
229 WEBSTER (BENJAMIN) THE SERIES OF ROYAL DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE

[?1849]

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 172.00
230 WILKINSON (ROBERT) LONDINA ILLUSTRATA

1819-1825

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 483.00
231 [WILLIAMS (JOHN M.)] "ANTHONY PASQUIN" THE CHILDREN OF THESPIS

1792-1797

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
232 ADOLPHUS (J.) MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER

1839

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 920.00
233 ADOLPHUS (JOHN) MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
234 ANGELO (HENRY) REMINISCENCES

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
235 BAKER (DAVID ERSKINE) ISAAC REED AND STEPHEN JONES

1812

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
236 BERGERAT (EMILE) AND OTHERS LES ACTRICES DE PARIS Paris

1882-1884

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
237 BERNHARDT (SARAH) Clament (Clement) Sarah Bernhardt

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
238 BIOGRAPHISCHES KUNSTLER-ALBUM Berlin

1867

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 575.00
239 BOADEN (JAMES) THE LIFE OF MRS JORDAN

1831-1833

USD 175.00 - 225.00 Not Sold
240 BOADEN (JAMES) MEMOIRS OF MRS. SIDDONS

1831-1834

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 184.00
241 BOADEN (JAMES) MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE

1825

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
242 BOOTH (BARTON) MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF BARTON BOOTH

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 632.00
243 BREWER (J. NORRIS) HISTRIONIC TOPOGRAPHY

1818

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
244 CHURCHILL (CHARLES) THE ROSCIAD AND THE APOLOGY

1891

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
245 CIBBER (COLLEY) AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF MR. COLLEY CIBBER

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 230.00
246 COLMAN (GEORGE) THE YOUNGER

USD 175.00 - 225.00 Not Sold
247 [COOKE (WILLIAM)] MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MACKLIN

1804

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
248 COOKE (WILLIAM) MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MACKLIN

1806

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
249 COOKE (WILLIAM) MEMOIRES OF SAMUEL FOOTE ESQ

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
250 COLLE (CHARLES) JOURNAL ET MEMOIRS Paris

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
251 CRAIG (EDWARD GORDON) HENRY IRVING, ELLEN TERRY a Book of Portraits Chicago

1899

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 172.00
252 CRITIQUE DES ACTEURS ET ACTRICES DES DIFFERENS THEATRES DE PARIS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
253 [CRUIKSHANK (ISAAC ROBERT)] PROTEUS THE 2ND

1822

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 977.00
254 CUMBERLAND (RICHARD) MEMOIRS, 2 volumes Lackington

1807

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
255 [DAVIES (GEORGE)] "GEORGE DAVIES HARLEY"

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 517.00
256 DAVIES (THOMAS) DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
257 DIBDIN (CHARLES) THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF MR. DIBDIN

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
258 DICKENS (CHARLES) VINCENT CRUMMLES HIS THEATRE AND HIS TIMES New York

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
259 [DICKENS (CHARLES)] MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI

1838

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 287.00
260 [DICKENS (CHARLES)] MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI

1838

USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
261 [DICKENS (CHARLES)] MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI

1846

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 115.00
262 DUNLAP (WILLIAM) THE LIFE OF GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE Edinburgh

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 552.00
263 EGAN (PIERCE) THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR

1825

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
264 EGERTON (WILLIAM) FAITHFUL MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 230.00
265 EVERARD (EDWARD CAPE) MEMOIRS OF AN UNFORTUNATE SON OF THESPIS

GBP 175.00 - 225.00 184.00
266 FAUCIT (HELENA, Lady MARTIN) SOME OF SHAKESPEARE'S FEMALE CHARACTERS

1885-1891

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
267 FENNELL (JAMES) AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF JAMES FENNELL

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
268 FRASER (LOVAT C.) SIX CARICATURES

1910

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 402.00
269 FRUEH New York

1922

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
270 GARRICK (DAVID) A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY Cambridge

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 345.00
271 [GILDON (CHARLES)] THE LIFE OF MR THOMAS BETTERTON

1710

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
272 GOLDONI (CARLO) MEMOIRES, 3 volumes Paris

1787

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
273 [GRIMAREST (J.L. LE GALOIS DE)] LA VIE DE M. DE MOLIERE Paris

1705

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
274 [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (A.B.L.) AND FABIEN PILLET] REVUE DES COMEDIENS OUR CRITIQUE RAISONNEE DE TOUS LES ACTEURS Paris

1808

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
275 HAWKINS (WILLIAM) CANDID AND IMPARTIAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL PERFORMERS BELONGING TO THE TWO THEATRES ROYAL from the beginning of the year 1773 to August 1774

[?1775]

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 632.00
276 HAYTER (JOHN) SKETCHES OF MISS FANNY KEMBLE IN THE CHARACTER OF JULIET Engelman

1830

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
277 [HILL (SIR JOHN)] THE ACTOR

GBP 175.00 - 225.00 230.00
278 HOOPER (W. EDEN) AND JOSEPH KNIGHT THE STAGE IN THE YEAR 1900

1901

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 115.00
279 [HUNT (LEIGH)] CRITICAL ESSAYS ON THE PERFORMERS OF THE LONDON THEATRES

1807

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 276.00
280 IRELAND (JOHN) LETTERS AND POEMS BY THE LATE JOHN HENDERSON WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS LIFE

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
281 JONES (RICHARD) THE GREEN MAN

1820

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 460.00
282 KEMBLE (FRANCES ANNE) A YEAR OE CONSOLATION

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
283 KIRKMAN (JAMES) MEMOIRS OE THE LIFE OF CHARLES MACKLIN Lackington

1799

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 230.00
284 L. (A.) ADELAIDE RISTORI Paris

1858

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 172.00
285 LANE (RICHARD J.) SIXTEEN PORTRAITS OF CHARLES KEMBLE

1840

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 402.00
286 LENNOX (Lord WILLIAM PITT) MY RECOLLECTIONS FROM 1806-1873

1874-1881

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
287 LEWES (CHARLES LEE) COMIC SKETCHES

1804-1805

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 230.00
288 LOGAN (OLIVE) BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES

USD 175.00 - 225.00 Not Sold
289 MATHEWS (Mrs ANNE) MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS COMEDIAN

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
290 MATHEWS (CHARLES) THE LONDON MATHEWS

[c.1826]

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 345.00
291 MATHEWS (CHARLES) THE THEATRICAL OLIO

[owner's inscription dated 1818]

GBP 350.00 - 500.00 310.00
292 MATHEWS (CHARLES) MEMOIRS OF THE YOUTHFUL DAYS OF MR. MATHEWS

USD 225.00 - 275.00 Not Sold
293 MATHEWS (JOHN) BOW! Wow!! Wow!!! LIFE AND THEATRICAL CAREER OF JOHN MATHEWS

[1876]

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 552.00
294 MOORE (MARK) THE MEMOIRS AND ADVENTURES OF MARK MOORE

1795

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 713.00
295 O'KEEFE (JOHN) RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN O'KEEFE

1826

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
296 OXBERRY (C.E.) DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY AND HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES

1825-1827

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
297 PHILIDOR (FRANCOIS ANDRE DANICAN) L'ANALYZE DES ECHECS

1749

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 575.00
298 POWER (TYRONE) IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA DURING THE YEARS 1833

1836

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 172.00
299 [PROCTER (BRYAN WALLER)] "BARRY CORNWELL"

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 126.00
300 R. (M.S.) [MARTHA SARAH ROLLS] DRAMATIC RECOLLECTIONS OF THE YEARS 1838-9

1839

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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