Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, HARE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 01, 1965 - March 01, 1965
Page Size: 765 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Aesop

1666

 USD - 280.00
2 Atkinson (John Augustus) and James Walker A Picturesque Representation of the Manners

1803

 USD - 134.40
3 Bode (Wilhelm) Beit Collection

1913

 USD - Not Sold
4 Bligh (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Mutiny

1790

 USD - Not Sold
5 Borlase (William) Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly Oxford

1756

 USD - Not Sold
6 Borlase (William) Antiquities

1769

 USD - Not Sold
7 BOSWELL (JAMES) THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON

1791

 USD - Not Sold
8 B[romhall] (T[homas]) A Treatise of Specters

1658

 USD - 61.60
9 [Browning] (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems

1844

 USD - 28.00
10 Cameron (Julia Margaret) Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King and other Poems

1875

 USD - 117.60
11 Caracci (Annibale) Le Arti di Bologna Rome

1740

 USD - 140.00
12 Cary (John) New and Correct English Atlas

1787

 USD - 56.00
13 Cary (John) New Universal Atlas

1808

 USD - 168.00
14 Cary (J.) New English Atlas

1809

 USD - 112.00
15 Clarendon (Edward, Earl of) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England

USD - 16.80
16 [Cox (Nicholas) and Richard Blome] The Gentlemans Recreation

1686

 USD - 154.00
17 Crantz (David) The History of Greenland

1767

 USD - 72.80
18 [Crouch (Nathaniel), Richard Burton] Wonderful Prodigies of Judgment and Mercy

1682

 USD - 50.40
19 Dee (Dr. John) A True and Faithful Relation of what passed for many Years between Dr. John Dee

1659

 USD - 126.00
20 Delpech. Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 jusqu'a 1829 Paris, Delpech

1833

 USD - 22.40
21 Donovan (E.) The Natural History of British Fishes

1803-1808

 USD - 106.40
22 Drake (Francis) Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York

1736

 USD - 11.20
23 Dugdale (Sir William) The Baronage of England

1675-76

 USD - 44.80
24 [Esquemeling (John) and Basil Ringrose] The History of the Bucaniers of America

1741

 USD - 44.80
25 Foster (J. J.) The Stuarts

1902

 USD - 16.80
26 Foster (J. J.) Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary Queen of Scots

USD - 19.60
27 French Revolution Paris

1800

 USD - 11.20
28 Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England

1662

 USD - 50.40
29 Furtwangler (Adolf) Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture

USD - 5.60
30 [Georgi (Johann Gottlieb)] Description de toutes les Nations de l'Empire de Russie

USD - 28.00
31 GRAY (THOMAS) ODES

1757

 USD - 182.00
32 Gray (Thomas) Poems

1775

 USD - 39.20
33 Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry . . .fifth edition ... to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil

1679

 USD - 42.00
34 Harris (John) Navigantium atque ltinerantium Bibliotheca

1744-48

 USD - 89.60
35 Hasted (Edward) The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Canterbury

1778-99

 USD - 117.60
36 Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord) The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth

USD - 22.40
37 Hope (W. H. St. John) The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter

1901

 USD - 78.40
38 Houbraken (James) George Vertue and Thomas Birch

1747 [-52]

 USD - 44.80
39 Houbraken (James) George Vertue and Thomas Birch

1747-52

 USD - 44.80
40 HOUGHTON GALLERY

1788

 USD - 896.00
41 Jabach Collection Paris

1754

 USD - 210.00
42 Jabach Collection Paris

1754

 USD - 154.00
43 Joyce (James Gerald) The Fairford Windows

1872

 USD - 56.00
44 [Kennedy (James)] A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton-House

USD - 44.80
45 Knight (Richard Payne) An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapas

1786

 USD - 36.40
46 Lairesse (Gerard de) The Art of Painting

1778

 USD - 44.80
47 Major (Thomas) The Ruins of Poestum

1768

 USD - 84.00
48 Maps [Andrews (J.), A. Dury and W. Herbert. Map of Kent] 21 sections only (of 25)

USD - 308.00
49 Milton (John) Paradise Lost

1688

 USD - 98.00
50 Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de) Oeuvres, avec des Remarques Grammaticales [etc.] par M. Bret Paris

1773

 USD - 84.00
51 Montfaucon (Bernard de) L'Antiquite Expliquee

USD - 98.00
52 Morris (F. O.) A History of British Birds Groombridge

1851-57

 USD - 47.60
53 Mythologie Asiatique Illustree Paris

1928

 USD - 22.40
54 Nichols (T.) Observations on the Propagation and Management of Oak Trees in General

USD - 22.40
55 Owen (Charles) An Essay towards a Natural History of Serpents

1742

 USD - 22.40
56 Richardson (Jonathan) Painting

USD - 61.60
57 Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

USD - 11.20
58 Paxton (Sir Joseph) Magazine of Botany

1834-46

 USD - 196.00
59 Percival (Robert) An Account of the Island of Ceylon

1803

 USD - 42.00
60 Pompadour (Madame la Marquise de) Memoires... ecrits par elle-meme

1773

 USD - 2.80
61 Pontoppidan (Erich) The Natural History of Norway

1755

 USD - 67.20
62 Caw (James L.) Reid Collection Glasgow

1913

 USD - 50.40
63 Richepin (Jean) Nouvelle Mythologie Illustree Paris

[1920-21]

 USD - 22.40
64 [Royal] Horticultural Society

1818[-35]

 USD - 117.60
65 Russell (Patrick) An Account of Indian Serpents

1796

 USD - 78.40
66 Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England

1707

 USD - 39.20
67 [Saulnier (Gilbert, Sieur du Verdier)] The Love and Armes of the Greeke Princes

USD - 44.80
68 Saunders (Richard) Saunders Physiognomie

1671

 USD - 5.60
69 Scheffer (Johannes) The History of Lapland At the Theater in Oxford

1674

 USD - 56.00
70 Stodart (R. R.) Scottish Arms Edinburgh

1881

 USD - 117.60
71 Stothard (C. A.) The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain

1817

 USD - 42.00
72 Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds

1925-26

 USD - 22.40
73 Tournefort (Joseph Pitton) The Compleat Herbal

1719-30

 USD - 78.40
74 Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton The Compleat Angler

1888

 USD - 50.40
75 Weekly Register (The)

11th April, 1798-8th January, 1800

 USD - 224.00
76 Weever (John) Antient Funeral Monuments

USD - 28.00
77 Wilkins (William) The Antiquities of Magna Gratia

1807

 USD - 72.80
78 Woodville (William) Medical Botany

1790-94

 USD - 106.40
79 Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies never printed before

USD - 70.00
80 Blake (William) The Grave

1808

 USD - 78.40
81 Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton The Compleat Angler

1888

 USD - 44.80
82 RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

1962-64

 USD - 182.00
83 Aretinus (Leonardus) Historia Florentina Venice

1476

 USD - 168.00
84 Bernardus

1494-97

 USD - 134.40
85 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) BRITAIN

1637

 USD - 448.00
86 Capgrave (John) Nova Legende Anglie

1516

 USD - 238.00
87 Dante Alighieri Divina Commedia with the commentary and life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino Venice

1493

 USD - 154.00
88 Dieterich (Vitus) Der XCI Psalm. Wie ein Christ in Sterbszleuffensich trosten soll

1551-64

 USD - 182.00
89 Fragments. A collection of fragments extracted from bindings

USD - 16.80
90 Josephus. The Famous and Memorable Workes

USD - 22.40
91 Montaigne (Michel de) Essayes

1632

 USD - 134.40
92 Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum

1640

 USD - 25.20
93 Seneca (Lucius Anneius) Tragoediae pristinae integritati restitutae [Paris]

1514

 USD - 33.60
94 Dalziel Brothers. Bible Gallery

USD - 67.20
95 Dalziel Brothers

USD - 168.00
96 Dalziel Brothers

USD - 70.00
97 Doyle (Richard) and Percival Leigh Manners and Customs of the English

[1849]

 USD - 2.80
98 [Guthrie (T. A.)] "F. Anstey"

1882-1936

 USD - 106.40
99 Housman (Laurence) Green Arras

USD - 72.80
100 Lucas (E. V.) Edwin Austin Abbey

1921

 USD - 11.20
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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.
    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.
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    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.
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