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
489 Lyon (Captain G. F.) Journal of a residence and tour in the Republic of Mexico

1828

 USD - 52.80
490 [Gleig (George Robert)] A Narration of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans ... in the years 1814 and 1815

1821

 USD - 48.00
491 [Gleig (George Robert)] A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans ... in the years 1814 and 1815

1821

 USD - 43.20
492 Mackay (Charles) The History of the United States of America

USD - 67.20
493 Willis (N. P.) and W. H. Bartlett American scenery

1840

 USD - 96.00
494 Tavernier (Jean Baptiste) Travels in India translated ... by V. Ball

USD - 52.80
495 Bright (Richard) Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary Edinburgh

1818

 USD - 52.80
496 Storer (James) History and antiquities of the cathedral churches of Great Britain

1814-19

 USD - 21.60
497 Ross (Frederick) The ruined abbeys of Britain

USD - 9.60
498 Burlington Fine Arts Club

1920

 USD - 19.20
499 [Hatton (Edward)] London

USD - 28.80
500 THORNTON (BUCKS) Fourteen small carefully finished wash-drawings of Thornton Church (3)

1856

 USD - 84.00
501 HART (ELIZABETH MARIA MARGARET) Twenty-two pencil sketches of natural scenery in Derbyshire and Staffordshire

USD - 62.40
502 HART (ELIZABETH MARIA MARGARET) Twenty-four water-colour

USD - 132.00
503 Leitch (W. L.) An album containing 37 pen and ink drawings of Welsh and English scenery

USD - 28.80
504 Lamb (H.) Malvern coloured lithographed view

[c. 1850]

 USD - 38.40
505 Beattie (William), T. Allom, W. H. Bartlett and H. M'Culloch Scotland Illustrated

1847-48

 USD - 43.20
506 GREAT EXHIBITION

USD - 28.80
507 Gibbs (Joseph) RAILWAYS

USD - 168.00
508 Storey (Thomas) RAILWAYS

USD - 57.60
509 Walker (John and Charles) County Atlas

1835-37

 USD - 120.00
510 Blaeu (Guilelmus) Engraved map of Ireland

USD - 52.80
511 Speed (John) Engraved map of the Province of Connaught

1610

 USD - 43.20
512 Speed (John) Engraved map of the County of Leinster

1676

 USD - 33.60
513 Speed (John) Engraved map of the Province of Munster

1676

 USD - 33.60
514 Speed (John) Engraved map of the Province of Ulster

1676

 USD - 38.40
515 Senex (John) Engraved map of Ireland ... Showing the principal roads

USD - 19.20
516 [Ortelius (Abraham)] La Scotia Antwerp

1608

 USD - 43.20
517 [Ortelius (Abraham)] Cambria Antwerp

1608

 USD - 38.40
518 Map

USD - 60.00
519 De L'Isle (G.) Engraved map of Turkey

USD - 12.00
520 Denmark

USD - 43.20
521 ([Jean Dominique]) Cassini fils Leiden

[1713?]

 USD - 108.00
522 Europe

USD - 384.00
523 Europe

USD - 144.00
524 Iceland

USD - 456.00
525 Iceland

USD - 240.00
526 Iceland London

1606

 USD - 180.00
527 Iceland

1612

 USD - 180.00
528 Iceland Amsterdam

c. 1650

 USD - 60.00
529 Iceland Amsterdam

c. 1720

 USD - 144.00
530 North America Amsterdam

[1703?]

 USD - 38.40
531 North Atlantic

c.1545

 USD - 228.00
532 North Atlantic

USD - 100.80
533 North Polar Regions

1595

 USD - 108.00
534 North Polar Regions

1633

 USD - 124.80
535 North Polar Regions Amsterdam

1636

 USD - 76.80
536 North Polar Regions Oxford

1680

 USD - 76.80
537 Northern Hemisphere

USD - 33.60
538 Polar Regions

1593

 USD - 108.00
539 Polar Regions Cologne

1600

 USD - 43.20
540 Ptolemy

c. 1513

 USD - 264.00
541 Scandinavia

USD - 204.00
542 Scandinavia

1675-1870

 USD - 204.00
543 Caldicott (J. W.) The values of old English silver and Sheffield plate

1906

 USD - 19.20
544 Cotterell (Howard H.) Old pewter Dublin

1917

 USD - 48.00
545 Jackson (Sir Charles James) English goldsmiths and their marks

1921

 USD - 19.20
546 Lewis (C. T. Courtney), George Baxter the picture printer

USD - 33.60
547 Lindsay (J. S.) Iron & brass implements of the English house

1919

 USD - 28.80
548 Penzer (N. M.) The book of the wine-label

USD - 38.40
549 Rosenberg (Marc) Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen Frankfurt

1911

 USD - 38.40
550 Welch (Charles) History of the worshipful company of pewterers of the city of London

USD - 72.00
551 Artist's repository (The)

1808-13

 USD - 144.00
552 Watteau (Jean A.) Ornamental designs

1841

 USD - 38.40
553 Mulliner (H. H.) The decorative arts in England

USD - 14.40
554 Jones (Owen) The Grammar of Ornament

1910

 USD - 67.20
555 Wace (A. J. B.) Mediterranean and Near Eastern Embroideries from the Collection of Mrs. F. H. Cook

1935

 USD - 115.20
556 [Catalogue of domestic metalwork] London

c. 1795

 USD - 672.00
557 Ayrton (Maxwell) and Arnold Silcock Wrought iron and its decorative use

1929

 USD - 19.20
558 JACKSON (CHARLES J.) HISTORY OF ENGLISH PLATE

1911

 USD - 48.00
559 Fry (Sir Frederick M.) and Roland S. Tewson Catalogue of silver plate of the worshipful company of merchant taylors

1929

 USD - 38.40
560 Bauer (Dr. Max) Precious stones . . . with an appendix on pearls and coral

1904

 USD - 108.00
561 Kunz (G. F.) and C. H. Stevenson The book of the Pearl

1908

 USD - 52.80
562 Stopford (Francis) The romance of the jewel Calcutta

1879-1881

 USD - 38.40
563 Francis (Grant R.) Old English drinking glasses

1926

 USD - 72.00
564 Francis (Grant R.) Old English Drinking Glasses

1926

 USD - 52.80
565 Eisen (Gustavus A.) and Fahim Kouchaki Glass New York

1927

 USD - 81.60
566 Beding (K.) Festive publication to commemorate the 200th jubilee of the oldest European china factory Meissen

[1920]

 USD - 91.20
567 Cescinsky (Herbert) English furniture of the eighteenth century

USD - 76.80
568 Latham (Charles) In English homes

1907

 USD - 14.40
569 Rouyer (Eugene) La renaissance de Francois 1er a Louis XIII: Decorations interieures Paris

USD - 19.20
570 Chippendale (Thomas)Chippendale (Thomas) Designs of interior decorations [and Ornaments and interior decorations]Designs of interior decorations [and Ornaments and interior decorations]

USD - 36.00
571 Vorbilder fuer Kunst- und Moebeitischler im Gothischen

USD - 24.00
572 Bond (Francis) An introduction to English church architecture

1913

 USD - 14.40
573 Foley (Edwin) The book of decorative furniture

1910-11

 USD - 43.20
574 Moore (Sir Alan) Sailing Ships of War 1800-1860

1926

 USD - 43.20
575 Chappell (William) Old English Popular Music

1893

 USD - 24.00
576 Wright (Andrew) Court-hand restored

1877

 USD - 12.00
577 Nichols (Beverley, editor) A book of old ballads

1934

 USD - 2.40
578 Northcote (J. Spencer) and W. R. Brownlow Roma Sotteranea or an account of the Roman catacombs

USD - 14.40
579 Herzfeld (Ernst E.) Iran in the ancient East

1941

 USD - 72.00
580 Thurston (Edgar), Velayuda Asari and W. S. Hadaway Illustrations of metal work in brass and copper Madras

1913

 USD - 48.00
581 Gangoly (O. C.) South Indian Bronzes Calcutta

1915

 USD - 72.00
582 Petrie (W. M. Flinders) Scarabs and cylinders

USD - 62.40
583 Rostovtzeff (M. I.) and others-Editors The excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters

1929-1939

 USD - 216.00
584 British Museum Quarterly (The)

1926-1952

 USD - 52.80
585 Yazdani (G.) Ajanta the Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes based on Photography Oxford

1930-46

 USD - 124.80
586 Schmidt (Georg) and Anna Maria Cetto Pittori e disegnatori Svizzeri del quattro e Cinquecento Zurich

1943

 USD - 4.80
587 Steinbart (Kurt) Johann Liss Vienna

USD - 7.20
588 Briganti (Giuliano) Il manierismo e Pellegrino Tibaldi Munich and Berlin

1922

 USD - 9.60
  • <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…
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  • <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.