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Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1948 - January 01, 1948
Page Size: 715 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
502 B. Disraeli Earl of Beacons field

1926-7

 GBP - 6.10
503 A. Dobson Horace Walpole

1893

 GBP - 10.00
504 P. B. Du Chaillu The Viking Age

1889

 GBP - 6.00
505 P. Egan Finish to the Adventures of Tom

GBP - 1.00
506 P. Egan Book of Sports

1832

 GBP - 1.00
507 L. Engelbach Naples and the Campagna Felice

1815

 GBP - 10.00
508 J. Evelyn Diary

1906

 GBP - 4.10
509 W. D. Fellowes A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe

1820

 GBP - 3.00
510 J. Galsworthy The Forsyte Saga

1922

 GBP - 4.10
511 W. Gilpin Remarks on Forest Scenery

1794

 GBP - 18.00
512 J. A. Gotch The English Home from Charles I to George IV

1919

 GBP - 2.00
513 J. Grego Thackerayana

1875

 GBP - 10.00
514 C. G. Greville Memoirs

1875-87

 GBP - 1.00
515 J. Hassell Tour of the Grand Junction

1819

 GBP - 13.00
516 J. Hassell Tour of the Isle of Wight

1790

 GBP - 5.00
517 S. Ireland Tour through Holland

1790

 GBP - 2.00
518 Capt. Jesse Life of Beau Brummell

1844

 GBP - 1.00
519 J. H. Jesse Historical Memoirs

1901

 GBP - 4.00
520 M. Koops Historical Account of the Substances which have been used to describe Events

1801

 GBP - 7.00
521 J. Lewine Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books

1898

 GBP - 3.00
522 Lonsdale Magazine (The) Kirkby Lonsdale

1820

 GBP - 5.00
523 J. Mills D'Horsay

1844

 GBP - 3.10
524 W. G. Oulton Picture of Margate

1820

 GBP - 15.00
525 S. Pepys Diary

GBP - 6.10
526 A. Pope Works

1751

 GBP - 0.15
527 H. Pownall Some Particulars relating to the History of Epsom

1825

 GBP - 16.00
528 Real Life in London

1821-2

 GBP - 10.00
529 J. Reinhardt A Collection of Swiss Costumes in Miniature

GBP - 8.10
530 H. Repton Odd Whims and Miscellanies

1804

 GBP - 9.10
531 S. Rogers Table-Talk

1856

 GBP - 7.10
532 G. Russell A Tour through Sicily

1819

 GBP - 3.00
533 D. Defoe Shakespeare Head Press Oxford

1927-8

 GBP - 8.10
534 Sir H. Spelman Villare Anglicum: or a View of the Towns of England

1656

 GBP - 2.00
535 A. M. W. Stirling Coke of Norfolk and his Friends

1908

 GBP - 2.15
536 J. Swift A Tale of a Tub

1710

 GBP - 1.00
537 J. Swift Travels into several Remote Nations of the World

1727

 GBP - 8.00
538 A. C. Swinburne William Blake a Critical Essay

1868

 GBP - 1.10
539 Syntax

1820

 GBP - 2.00
540 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus: or the British Hudibras

1710

 GBP - 1.10
541 H. B. Wheatley and Cunningham (P.) London

1891

 GBP - 3.00
542 W. Wilson The Life and Times of Daniel De Foe

1830

 GBP - 20.00
543 Sir J. Carr A Northern Summer

1805

 GBP - 13.00
544 Sir J. Carr The Stranger in Ireland

1806

 GBP - 17.00
545 E. W. Cooke Sixty-Five Plates of Shipping and Craft

1829

 GBP - 5.00
546 Cosmo III Grand Duke of Tuscany

1821

 GBP - 2.10
547 Marquis Curzon of Kedleston and Tipping (H. Avray) Tattershall Castle

1929

 GBP - 3.00
548 A. A. R. Dugmore The Romance of the Newfoundland Caribou

1913

 GBP - 4.00
549 Sir H. Ellis Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China

1817

 GBP - 2.10
550 J. Gay The Beggar's Opera

1922

 GBP - 3.00
551 J. J. von Gerning A Picturesque Tour of the Rhine

1820

 GBP - 22.00
552 Capt. B. Hall A Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-choo Island

1818

 GBP - 2.10
553 Count A. Hamilton Memoirs of Count Grammont

1793

 GBP - 7.10
554 Sir J. A. Hammerton Concise Universal Biography

GBP - 1.10
555 M. Hardie English Coloured Books

1906

 GBP - 7.00
556 A. J. C. Hare 62 Original Pencil Drawings for his "Walks in London"

GBP - 22.00
557 G. Harley First Principles of Landscape-Drawing

1829

 GBP - 8.10
558 Harrison & Co. Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry

1787-8

 GBP - 11.00
559 Harrison & Co. Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry

1787-8

 GBP - 6.00
560 H. Harrisse Découverte et Evolution Cartographique de Terre-Neuve et des Pays Circonvoisins

1900

 GBP - 7.10
561 Sir A. Heal London Tradesmen's Cards of the XVIIIth Century

1925

 GBP - 3.00
562 W. Hogarth The Analysis of Beauty

1753

 GBP - 1.00
563 P. Holland Select Views of the Lakes in Cumberland

GBP - 26.00
564 J. Hone Journal of a Landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon

1831

 GBP - 16.00
565 J. P. Howley The Beothucks or Red Indians

1915

 GBP - 1.00
566 J. Ibbetson, Laporte (J.), and Hassell (J.) A Picturesque Guide to Bath

1793

 GBP - 38.00
567 J. Jenkins The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies

1834

 GBP - 22.00
568 J. Jenkins The Naval Achievements of Great Britain

1837-8

 GBP - 24.00
569 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1935

 GBP - 2.00
570 J. and J. Lory and Schoberl (F.) Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan

1820-25

 GBP - 19.00
571 B. H. Malkin The Scenery

1804

 GBP - 4.10
572 MM. Marius Michel La Reliure Française Paris

1880

 GBP - 5.10
573 A. Neale Travels through some parts of Germany

1818

 GBP - 6.10
574 J. B. Papworth Rural Residences

1818

 GBP - 7.00
575 G. Petrie, Bartlett (W. H.), and others Ireland Illustrated

1832

 GBP - 8.00
576 G. F. Phillips Principles of Effect and Colour

GBP - 1.00
577 W. H. Pyne Rudiments of Landscape Drawing

1812

 GBP - 9.10
578 W. H. Pyne Rustic Figures

1845

 GBP - 1.00
579 C. Raye A Picturesque Tour through the Isle of Wight

1825

 GBP - 19.00
580 Forrest Reid Illustrators of the Sixties

1928

 GBP - 1.15
581 J. Roberts Introductory Lessons

1800

 GBP - 8.00
582 Sir J. Ross A Voyage of Discovery

1819

 GBP - 1.00
583 P. Sandby Twelve London Cries

1760

 GBP - 7.00
584 P. Sandby The Virtuosi's Museum

1778

 GBP - 16.00
585 P. Sandby A Collection of Landscapes

1812

 GBP - 24.00
586 M. Sauvan Picturesque Tour of the Seine

1821

 GBP - 75.00
587 S. Sitwell Conversation Pieces

1936

 GBP - 5.00
588 W. Sotheby A Tour through Parts of Wales: Sonnets

1794

 GBP - 14.00
589 Surrey

1914

 GBP - 3.10
590 J. J. Tanner 24 Coloured Views of the Rhine]

GBP - 12.00
591 R. V. Toolev Some English Books with Coloured Plates

1935

 GBP - 6.00
592 J. M. W. Turner Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England

1826

 GBP - 1.00
593 G. C. Williamson English Conversation Pictures of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries

1931

 GBP - 3.10
594 Capt. T. Williamson and Howitt (S.) Oriental Field Sports

1808

 GBP - 3.00
595 F. W. Blagdon An Historical Memento

1821

 GBP - 4.10
596 W. Bradford Sketches of the Country

1817

 GBP - 22.00
597 J. Caulfield Memoirs of the Celebrated Persons composing the Kit- Kat Club

1821

 GBP - 0.10
598 D. Cox A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours

1814

 GBP - 12.00
599 D. Cox A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours

1841

 GBP - 5.10
600 Cromwelliana

1810

 GBP - 2.00
601 T. and W. Daniell A Picturesque Voyage to India

1810

 GBP - 26.00
  • <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.
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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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    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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