Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS COMPRISING In Property of the late C. Palry Scott, End., K.C. The Property of the late J. B. Oldham, Esq. The Property of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, PARACELSUS,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 29, 1963 - April 29, 1963
Page Size: 904 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 Harrington (Thomas, Earl of) Select poems on several occasions

USD - 71.20
502 Burns (Robert) The Merry Muses

1827

 USD - 112.00
503 [Playford (John)] A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick

1664

 USD - 11.20
504 Ritson (J.) A select collection of English songs

1783

 USD - 22.40
505 Gunn (John) The Theory and Practice of Fingering the Violoncello

[1793]

 USD - 2.80
506 Mauro (Marco) Annotationi sopra la lettione della spera del Sacro Bosco

1550

 USD - 19.60
507 Preclus Liceus Florence

1573

 USD - 19.60
508 Maupertuis (P. L. M. de) La figure de la terre determinee

USD - 16.80
509 Franco (S. G.) Catalogo critico de astrolabios existentes en Espana

USD - 25.20
510 Saverien (A.) Dictionnaire historique Nuremberg

1737

 USD - 8.40
511 Falconer (William) An Universal Dictionary of the Marine

1784

 USD - 28.00
512 Miles (E. and Lawford) An Epitome

1841

 USD - 30.80
513 T. A. Brassey [and others later] Naval Annual (The)

1896-1919

 USD - 61.60
514 Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum

USD - 14.00
515 Robinson (M. S.) A Pageant of the Sea

USD - 8.40
516 Parkes (Oscar) British Battleships "Warrior" 1860 to "Vanguard" 1950

USD - 28.00
517 Parker (H.) and Frank C. Bowen Mail and Passenger Steamships of the Nineteenth Century

1928

 USD - 19.60
518 Moore (Sir Alan) Sailing Ships of War 1800-1860

1926

 USD - 28.00
519 Bry (J. Th. and J. Israel) Ander Theil der Orientalischen Indien [being part 2 of the Petits Voyages]

USD - 19.60
520 Monconys (B. de) Voyages

USD - 11.20
521 Owen (J.) and E. Bowen Britannia Depicta

1764

 USD - 36.40
522 Cary (John) A collection of thirty-two maps

1799-1801

 USD - 5.60
523 Ulloa (G. Juan and Antonio de) A Voyage to South America

1772

 USD - 22.40
524 Carter (George) A narrative of the loss of the Grosvenor East Indiaman

1791

 USD - 30.80
525 Near East

1803

 USD - 11.20
526 Sinologus Berolinensis Berlin

1809

 USD - 16.80
527 McLeod (John) Voyage of H.M.S. Alceste

USD - 14.00
528 Ross (Sir John) A Voyage of Discovery

1819

 USD - 42.00
529 Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific

USD - 16.80
530 Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Voyage [of a Second Voyage]

USD - 30.80
531 Meredith (Mrs. Charles) Notes and sketches of New South Wales

USD - 14.00
532 Mundy (Lt.-Col. Godfrey Charles) Our antipodes or residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies

1852

 USD - 5.60
533 Africa

[c. 1880]

 USD - 8.40
534 Meynen (Emil) Bibliography on German settlements in colonial North America Leipzig

1937

 USD - 25.20
535 Adams (Robert) Africa

USD - 39.20
536 Le Vaillant (Francois) Africa

USD - 39.20
537 Waterton (Charles) America

USD - 8.40
538 Markham (Clements R.) America

USD - 19.60
539 Morse (Jedidiah) America

USD - 16.80
540 Anson (Lord) A Voyage round the World

USD - 14.00
541 Turner (William) Asia Minor, Arabia, etc

USD - 36.40
542 Ainsworth (William Francis) Asia Minor, Arabia, etc

1842

 USD - 44.80
543 Maundrell (Henry) Asia Minor, Arabia, etc

USD - 30.80
544 Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of Tropical West Africa

1930-51

 USD - 112.00
545 Barrow (John) Travels in China

USD - 100.80
546 Byron (The Hon. John) Narrative

1768

 USD - 2.80
547 Buchanan (Francis) A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore

1807

 USD - 28.00
548 Bullock (W.) Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico

1824

 USD - 56.00
549 [Campbell John)] An Account of the Spanish Settlements in America

1762

 USD - 50.40
550 M'Leod (John) China, etc

USD - 16.80
551 CHINESE DRAWINGS of Acrobats

[c. 1840]

 USD - 98.00
552 Clarke (Edward Daniel) Travels in various Countries of Europe

USD - 56.00
553 Clarke (J. S.) The Progress of Maritime Discovery

USD - 39.20
554 Collins (Capt. Greenvile) Great-Britain's Coasting-Pilot

1779

 USD - 154.00
555 Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage]

1773

 USD - 56.00
556 Dampier (Capt. William) [Voyages]

1699-1705

 USD - 16.80
557 Dapper (O.) Umbstandliche und Eigentliche Beschreibung von Africa gothit letter Amsterdam

1670

 USD - 123.20
558 Dapper (O.) Asia Amsterdam

1681

 USD - 44.80
559 Sonnini (C. S.) Egypt

USD - 25.20
560 Elphinstone (The Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul Longman

1815

 USD - 19.60
561 Henderson (Ebenezer) Europe, etc

USD - 14.00
562 Molesworth (Robert, Viscount Molesworth) Europe

1694

 USD - 16.80
563 Gillis (Lieut. J. M.) The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 Philadelphia

1856

 USD - 2.80
564 Glas (George) The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands

1764

 USD - 2.80
565 Golownin (Capt. W.) Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan

1824

 USD - 16.80
566 Goos (Pieter) De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Weereld Amsterdam

1666

 USD - 350.00
567 Grierson (Jane) The World Described Dublin

USD - 182.00
568 Hall (Capt. Basil) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea

1818

 USD - 2.80
569 Hamilton (Capt. Alexander) A New Account of the East Indies Edinburgh

1727

 USD - 42.00
570 Henderson (James) A History of the Brazil Longman

1821

 USD - 19.60
571 Murray (Hugh) India and Ceylon

USD - 8.40
572 Koempfer (Engelbertus) The History of Japan

1727-28

 USD - 11.20
573 KOSTER (HENRY) TRAVELS IN BRAZIL Longman

1816

 USD - 2.80
574 Kotzebue (Otto von) A Voyage of Discovery Longman

1821

 USD - 162.40
575 [Krascheninnikoff (Stepan P.)] The History of Kamtschatka and the Kurilski Islands Gloucester

1764

 USD - 19.60
576 KRUSENSTERN (Capt. A. J. VON) VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD

1813

 USD - 238.00
577 Lauri (Jacopo) Antiquae Urbis Splendor Rome

1612-13 [-24]

 USD - 22.40
578 Laurie and Whittle's Channel Pilot

1803

 USD - 112.00
579 Laurie (Robert) and James Whittle The Oriental Pilot

1807

 USD - 162.40
580 Laurie and Whittle's Improved Coasting Pilot for Flanders

1809

 USD - 56.00
581 Le Vaillant (Francois) Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa by Way of the Cape of Good Hope

1796

 USD - 5.60
582 Mackenzie (Sir George Steuart) Travels in the Island of Iceland Edinburgh

1811

 USD - 16.80
583 Mannevillette (M. d'Apres de) Le Neptune Oriental Paris

1775

 USD - 8.40
584 Mathison (Gilbert Farquhar) Narrative of a Visit to Brazil

1825

 USD - 19.60
585 Mawe (John) Travels in the Interior of Brazil Longman

1812

 USD - 11.20
586 Nieuhoff (Joannes) Legatio Batavica ad Magnum Tartarise Chamum Sungteium Amsterdam

1668

 USD - 19.60
587 Russell (M.) Pacific

USD - 78.40
588 Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travels in Georgia Longman

1821-22

 USD - 16.80
589 Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travels in Georgia Longman

1821-22

 USD - 14.00
590 Raffles (Sir Thomes Stamford) The History of Java

1817

 USD - 16.80
591 RAMUSIO (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) PRIMO VOLUME Venice

1556-74-54

 USD - 294.00
592 Chantreau (P. N.) Russia

USD - 8.40
593 Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia

1814

 USD - 14.00
594 Sandys (George) A Relation of a Journey begun An

USD - 22.40
595 Snelgrave (Capt. William) A New Account of some Parts of Guinea

1734

 USD - 72.80
596 Symes (Major, Michael) An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava

1800

 USD - 14.00
597 Thurston (Edgar) Ethnographic Notes in Southern India Madras

1906

 USD - 11.20
598 Thurston (Edgar) and K. Rangachari Castes and Tribes of Southern India Madras

1909

 USD - 72.80
599 Turnbull (David) Travels in the West Longman

1840

 USD - 16.80
600 Turner (Capt. Samuel) An Account of an Embassy to the Court of Teshoo Lama

1800

 USD - 8.40
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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.
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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.
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    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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    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.