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
701 Ellen

USD - 98.00
702 Allemagne (Henry Rene d' "Engamella") La tres veridique histoire de Nette et Tintin visitant le village du jouet Paris

1927

 USD - 5.60
703 Allemagne (H. d') Le noble jeu de l'Oie en France de 1640 a 1950 Paris

1950

 USD - 16.80
704 Games

USD - 16.80
705 Lallement (J. G.) Les quatre jeux de dames

USD - 2.80
706 [Aldenham (Henry, Lord)] The game of ombre

USD - 2.80
707 Fournier (E.) Le jeu de paume

USD - 2.80
708 [Brillat-Savarin (J. A.)] Physiologie du gout Paris

1828

 USD - 16.80
709 Altimiras (Juan) Nuevo arte de cocina

USD - 22.40
710 Apicius

USD - 44.80
711 Jamain (Paul) Le vigne et le vin Paris

1901

 USD - 33.60
712 Cincinnato da Costa (B. C.) Le Portugal Vinicole Lisbon

1900

 USD - 39.20
713 Allen (G. Warner) The romance of wine

USD - 14.00
714 Bitting (A. W.) Appertizing or the art of canning

USD - 16.80
715 Blondel (Spire) Le tabac Paris

1891

 USD - 19.60
716 Fairholt (F. W.) Tobacco

USD - 42.00
717 Downame (Geroge, Bishop of Derry) An Abstract of the Duties Commanded

1620

 USD - 28.00
718 Babington (Gervase, Bishop of Worcester) Works

USD - 5.60
719 Bulkeley (Peter) The Gospel-Covenant

USD - 53.20
720 Brookes (Thomas) The Mute Christian

1671

 USD - 16.80
721 Baxter (Richard) Full and Easie Satisfaction which is the True and Safe Religion

USD - 19.60
722 Manton (Thomas) XVIII Sermons

USD - 36.40
723 Knox (Robert) An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon

1681

 USD - 11.20
724 Lewis (David, Editor) Miscellaneous Poems

1726

 USD - 5.60
725 Newton (Sir Isaac) Opera quae exstant omnia

1779-85

 USD - 98.00
726 Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travels in Georgia

1821-22

 USD - 28.00
727 [Warburton (William, Bishop of Gloucester)] A Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Prodigies and Miracles

1727

 USD - 33.60
728 Abbott (Henry) Antiquities of Rome

USD - 72.80
729 Granville (Dr.) The spas of Germany

USD - 14.00
730 Turner (J. M. W.) The rivers of France

183

 USD - 2.80
731 Ziegler (H. B.) Lodges in Windsor Great Park

183

 USD - 22.40
732 Storer (J. & H.) Delinations of Trinity College Cambridge, n.d.

[c. 1840]

 USD - 28.00
733 Robert (David) The Holy Land

1842-184

 USD - 70.00
734 Shepherd (T. H.) London interiors

USD - 2.80
735 Wheatley (H. B.) and P. Cunningham London Past and Present

USD - 42.00
736 Donovan (E.) The Natural History of British Insects

1792-180

 USD - 95.20
737 Valentines

USD - 14.00
738 Scrap Book

USD - 28.00
739 Oliver (Stephen) Scenes and recollections of fly-fishing

USD - 5.60
740 Halford (Frederic M.) The Angler's Autobiography

USD - 30.80
741 Rawlinson (George) The seventh great oriental monarchy

USD - 16.80
742 Stephen (Leslie) History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century

USD - 25.20
743 Johnson (A. E.) The Russian ballet

USD - 16.80
744 Boehn (Max von) Modes and manners

1932-3

 USD - 33.60
745 Lambert (J. J.) Records of the Skinners of London

USD - 25.20
746 OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY Oxford

1888-1933

 USD - 126.00
747 CARTOPHILY

USD - 2.80
748 Sterne (Laurence) The Works

178

 USD - 19.60
749 Fielding (Henry) The Works

188

 USD - 22.40
750 Fielding (Henry) Works Oxford

1926

 USD - 25.20
751 Smollett (Tobias) Works Oxford

1925-6

 USD - 72.80
752 Landor (Walter Savage) [Works]

1891-9

 USD - 8.40
753 Manley (Mrs. de la Riviere) L'Atlantis

USD - 5.60
754 Smith (Albert) The wassail bowl

USD - 25.20
755 [Thackeray (W. M.)] Rebecca and Rowena

USD - 2.80
756 Surtees (R. S.) Jorrock's jaunts and Jollities

USD - 19.60
757 Lever (Charles) Tales of the trains

184

 USD - 11.20
758 Dickens (Charles) Bleak House

USD - 2.80
759 Browning (Robert) Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day

USD - 2.80
760 Trollope (Anthony) The Warden

USD - 67.20
761 Trollope (Anthony) Can You Forgive Her?

USD - 2.80
762 Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset

USD - 22.40
763 Trollope (Anthony) He Knew He Was Right

USD - 22.40
764 Trollope (Anthony) Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

USD - 8.40
765 Trollope (Anthony) Harry Heathcote of Gangoil

1874

 USD - 42.00
766 Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now

1875

 USD - 2.80
767 Trollope (Anthony) John Caldigate

USD - 14.00
768 Trollope (Anthony) Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices

USD - 47.60
769 Trollope (Anthony) Kept in the Dark

USD - 30.80
770 Gilbert (William Schwencke) A collection of libretti of Gilbert and Sullivan operas in early editions

1931

 USD - 72.80
771 Rossetti (Christina G.) Sing-Song

1872

 USD - 22.40
772 Kipling (Rudyard) The Story of the Gadsbys

USD - 2.80
773 Meredith (George) One of Our Conquerors

USD - 2.80
774 Blackmore (R. D.) Perlycross

USD - 2.80
775 James (Henry) In the Cage

USD - 19.60
776 James (Henry) The ambassadors

1903

 USD - 25.20
777 Shaw (G. Bernard) Saint Joan

1924

 USD - 28.00
778 Ashton (John) Modern street ballads

1888

 USD - 14.00
779 Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales

1913

 USD - 2.80
780 Villon (Francois) The Testaments

USD - 5.60
781 Osborne (Dorothy) Letters to Sir William Temple

USD - 2.80
782 Melville (Herman) Moby Dick or the whale Chicago

1930

 USD - 95.20
783 Lawrence (D. H.) Apocalypse

USD - 8.40
784 Greg (W. W.) Bibliographical Society

1939-51

 USD - 42.00
785 Harrison (Frank Mott.) Bibliographical Society

USD - 42.00
786 Bibliography [Sale] Catalogue of the Library of P. A. Hanrott

USD - 28.00
787 Linnig (Benjamin) Bookplates

USD - 30.80
788 Hardy (W. J.) Bookplates

USD - 28.00
789 Allen (Charles Dexter) Bookplates

USD - 30.80
790 British Museum

1915

 USD - 47.60
791 Bromley (Henry) Engravings

USD - 2.80
792 Ex Libris Society

1892-1909

 USD - 44.80
793 Foster (Joseph) Alumni Oxonienses (1715-1886)

USD - 25.20
794 Heber (Richard) Bibliotheca Heberiana [Sale] Catalogue of the Library of the late Richard Heber

1834-36

 USD - 44.80
795 Munk (William) The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London

USD - 16.80
796 Olivier (E.) and G. Vialet Essai de Repertoire des Ex-Libris et Fers de Reliure des Medecins et des Pharmaciens Francais Paris

1927

 USD - 14.00
797 Champion (Joseph) The Penman's Employment

1765

 USD - 19.60
798 Jenkins (J.) The art of writing

[1813]

 USD - 14.00
799 Taylor (Samuel) An essay

USD - 2.80
800 Schneider Paris

1824

 USD - 19.60
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    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.
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