Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, AUTUMN,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 07, 1968 - October 07, 1968
Page Size: 958 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Ball (Sir Robert) The story of the sun

USD - 4.80
2 Benham (Sir Gurney) Book of quotations

USD - 4.80
3 Brangwyn (Frank) and Walter Shaw A book of bridges

1915

 USD - 12.00
4 Britten (F. J.) Old clocks and watches and their makers

1899

 USD - 14.40
5 Bronte (Sisters) Novels Edinburgh

1917

 USD - 48.00
6 Burns (Robert) Works

1896

 USD - 21.60
7 Carlyle (Thomas) The French revolution

USD - 24.00
8 Catalogue of al loan collection of paintings

USD - 19.20
9 Caw (James L.) William McTaggart portrait and plates

USD - 28.80
10 Chaffers (William) Marks and monograms on European and Oriental pottery and porcelain

USD - 14.40
11 Chancellor (A. E.) Examples of old furniture

USD - 12.00
12 Churchill (Winston) Richard Carvel FIRST EDITION New York

1899

 USD - 9.60
13 [Combe (William)] Doctor Syntax in Paris

1820

 USD - 52.80
14 Cromer (Earl of) Modern Egypt

USD - 38.40
15 Darwin (Charles) The descent of man

USD - 2.40
16 Dickens (Charles) Works

1901

 USD - 108.00
17 Dobson (Austin) The story of Rosina and other verses

USD - 43.20
18 Dolmetsch (H.) The historic styles of ornament

USD - 33.60
19 Encyclopaedia Britannica (The)

1910-26

 USD - 48.00
20 [Evans (Marian)] "George Eliot" Novels

USD - 62.40
21 Gibson (Frank) The art of Fantin-Latour

USD - 28.80
22 Farrer (Reginald) The English rock-garden

USD - 14.40
23 Greard (Vallery C. O.) Meissonier

USD - 2.40
24 Gumuchian & Cie Les livres de l'enfance du XVe au XIXe siecle Paris

[c.1930]

 USD - 124.80
25 Hamerton (Philip G.) The graphic arts

USD - 38.40
26 Harrington (H. Nazeby) The engraved work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden Liverpool

1910

 USD - 26.40
27 Hepplewhite (A.) The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide

USD - 43.20
28 Hunter (Reverend John) The diocese and presbytery of Dunkeld 1660-1689

USD - 12.00
29 Keats (John) Poems Florence Press

1915

 USD - 36.00
30 Kipling (Rudyard) Writings

1897-1901

 USD - 4.80
31 Lavater (John Caspar) Essays on physiognomy

1797

 USD - 4.80
32 Macaulay (Thomas B., Lord) Works

1879

 USD - 124.80
33 Menpes (Mortimer and Dorothy) World pictures

1903

 USD - 14.40
34 Meredith (George) [Works]

1899-1908

 USD - 115.20
35 Michel (Emile) Rembrandt

USD - 9.60
36 Muller (F. Max) Chips from a German workshop

USD - 33.60
37 Nott (Stanley C.) Chinese jade throughout the ages

1936

 USD - 24.00
38 Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat

1898

 USD - 28.80
39 Ruskin (John) [Works]

1891-1908

 USD - 124.80
40 Scott (Sir Walter) Waverley novels

1899-1901

 USD - 115.20
41 Shakespeare (William) Works

1893

 USD - 16.80
42 Shelley (Percy B.) Poetical works

USD - 38.40
43 Stevenson (Robert L.) Works

1906-07

 USD - 43.20
44 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) A memoir

USD - 9.60
45 Thackeray (William M.) Works

USD - 33.60
46 Brereley (John) The Protestants apologie for the Roman Church

1608

 USD - 132.00
47 Brereley (John) The lyturgie of the masse

1620

 USD - 62.40
48 [Canes (John)] Diaphanta

USD - 100.80
49 [Cary (Edward)] The catechist catechiz'd

USD - 96.00
50 [Collins (William)] Missa triumphans

USD - 100.80
51 [Cressy (Hugh P.)] Roman

USD - 57.60
51A C[ross] J[ohn] alias More Paris

1685

 USD - 120.00
52 Doddridge (John) Law of nobility and peerage

USD - 38.40
53 Evans (Rhys) The bloudy vision of John Farly

USD - 120.00
54 Fisher (John St.) (i.e. John Percy, S.J.) The answere unto the nine points of controversy

1625-26

 USD - 168.00
55 FLORIO (JOHN) SECOND FRUTES TO BE GATHERED OF TWELVE TREES

1591

 USD - 408.00
56 Francis of Sales (Saint)

1630

 USD - 192.00
57 [Godden (Thomas)] Catholicks no idolaters

USD - 43.20
58 Harding (Thomas) A confutation of a booke intituled An apologie of the Church of England

1565

 USD - 192.00
59 Heskyns (Thomas) The parliament of Chryste Antwerp

1566

 USD - 216.00
60 [Lechmere (Edmund)] A disputation of the Church

1640

 USD - 76.80
61 Macchiavelli (Niccolo) Discourses upon the first decade of T. Livius

1636

 USD - 156.00
62 MISSALE AS USUM ECCLESIE SARISBURIENSIS

1555

 USD - 264.00
63 Missale paruum pro sacerdotibus in Anglia

1626

 USD - 156.00
64 Montagu (Henry, Earl of Manchester) Contemplatio mortis et immortalitatis

1636

 USD - 43.20
65 More (Henry) Vita et doctrina Christi domini Antwerp

1649

 USD - 96.00
66 [Pattenson (Matthew)] The image of bothe churches

USD - 67.20
67 Prynne (William) Histrio-mastix

1633

 USD - 120.00
68 Richeome (Louis) Holy pictures of the mysticall figures of the eucharist

1619

 USD - 180.00
69 Sanders (Nicholas) The rocke of the church

1624

 USD - 163.20
70 [Sergeant (John)] Schism dis-arm'd

USD - 67.20
71 [Sergeant (John)]

USD - 144.00
72 Teresa of Avila (Saint) Antwerp

1642

 USD - 156.00
73 [Touchet (George)] Historical collections out of several grave Protestant historians

USD - 43.20
74 Xenophon

1557

 USD - 216.00
75 PARIS (MATTHEW) Historia Maior

1571

 USD - 264.00
76 Littleton (Sir Thomas) Tenures in English

1586

 USD - 52.80
76A Bible

USD - 28.80
77 [Saint German (Christopher)]

1613

 USD - 43.20
78 More (Sir Thomas) Utopia

1624

 USD - 192.00
79 Ovid

USD - 19.20
79A Yonge (Charlotte M.) The instructive picture book Edinburgh

[c. 1860]

 USD - 9.60
80 Hayward (Sir John) The life

1630

 USD - 36.00
81 (Sir Francis) [Bacon]

1632

 USD - 120.00
82 Wither (George) A collection of Emblemes

USD - 24.00
83 (Sir Francis) [Bacon]

1639

 USD - 84.00
84 Camus (Jean Pierre) Admirable events

1639

 USD - 52.80
85 [Cavendish (George)] The negotiations of Thomas Woolsey

1641

 USD - 52.80
86 Koran

1649

 USD - 43.20
87 [Bulwer (John)] A view of the people of the whole world

USD - 4.80
88 Lilly (William) Christian Astrology

1659

 USD - 2.40
89 Carter (Matthew) Honor redivivus

1660

 USD - 24.00
90 Sheppard (William) The justice of peace his clerks cabinet

1660

 USD - 43.20
91 Evelyn (John) Sylva

1664

 USD - 91.20
92 [Charles I, King] Eikon Basilike [Greek]

1681

 USD - 28.80
93 [Cicero (M.] Tullius) Tully's Offices in three books

1681

 USD - 9.60
94 Snape (Andrew) The anatomy of an horse

1683

 USD - 28.80
95 [Blome (Richard)] An essay to Heraldry in two parts

1684

 USD - 16.80
96 [Sandys (George)] Anglorum speculum

1684

 USD - 43.20
97 Spencer redivivus containing the first book of the Fairy Queen

USD - 28.80
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
  • <b><center>Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!</center></b>
    Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.