Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, SPIDERPLANT,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1980 - January 01, 1980

Page Size: 522 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	George Tattersall	Sporting Architecture		1841	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	110.00
2	Henry Hall	The Tribune Book of Open-Air Sports	N. Y.	1887	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	50.00
3		Wisden Cricketers' Almanack			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	130.00
4	Charles Cotton	The compleat Gamester ... second edition			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	30.00
5	P. Beckford	Thoughts on Hunting			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	110.00
6	H. W. Bunbury	'Geoffrey Gambado’ An Academy for grown Horsemen			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	55.00
7	H. W. Bunbury	'Geoffrey Gambado" An Academy for grown Horsemen		1812	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	35.00
8	H. W. Bunbury	"Geoffrey Gambado" An academy for grown horsemen		1825	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	150.00
9	H. Aiken	Symptons		1822	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	100.00
10	H. Aiken	Symptons of being amused		1822--24	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
11	E. Chitty	'Theophilus South' The Fly Fisher's Text Book			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
12	Izaac Walton	The complete Angler		1766	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	65.00
13	Izaak Walton	Love and Truth ... with notes and a preface by Thomas Zouch			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	80.00
14	G. Greco	Le Jeu des Eschets traduit de l'Italien			GBP 150.00 - 300.00	260.00
15		The Chess Player's Chronicle			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	100.00
16	J. H. Sarratt	A Treatise on the Game of Chess			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	380.00
17	W. Lewis	Stamma on the Game of Chess			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	170.00
18	A. D. Philidor	Studies of Chess			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	150.00
19	W. S. Kenny	Practical Chess Grammar			GBP 150.00 - 180.00	220.00
20	G. E. Haslam	Wise after the Event			GBP 5.00 - 15.00	25.00
21	Wilfrid Ward	The Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman		1912	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	220.00
22	C. Perrault	Cinderella and The Two Gifts	Paris	1886	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	5.00
23	J. P. Rameau	A Treatise of Musick			GBP 40.00 - 80.00	110.00
24		Encyclopaedia Judaica			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	50.00
25	S. Morison	The English Newspaper			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
26	J. de Vegh and C. Layer	Tapis Turcs			USD 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
27	J. Bles	Rare English Glasses		1926	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
28	B. Disraeli	Novels and Tales			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	360.00
29	T. Hardy	Works		1919--20	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	800.00
30	Henry VIII	Songs	Oxford	1912	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
31	Thomas Gray	Works		1814	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	20.00
32	Jules Janin	The American in Paris during the Summer ... or Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1844			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	70.00
33	Martin Archer Shee	Rhymes on Art		1805	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	30.00
34	C. H. Tatham	Etchings		1843	GBP 70.00 - 80.00	55.00
35		Illustrations to Byron's Works		[c. 1830]	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
36	W. H. Ainsworth	Saint James's			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	40.00
37	Robert Herrick	The Works	Edinburgh	1823	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	50.00
38	Laurence Sterne	The Works		1808	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	20.00
39	Thomas Campbell	Gertrude of Wyoming			GBP 70.00 - 90.00	20.00
40	William Beloe	Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books		1808--14	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	50.00
41	William Daniell	The Adventures of a Hunch-Back		1814	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
42	Sir John Hippisley	Letters from the Cardinal Borgia			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	80.00
43		Grand Tour on a Coach Box (A)		1811	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	65.00
44	Michael Kelly	Reminiscences ... with original anecdotes of many distinguished persons			GBP 60.00 - 70.00	75.00
45	Sir Thomas More	Utopia ... translated into English by Raphe Robinson ... introduction by Rev. T. F. Dibdin		1808	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	15.00
46	Henry Moses	Visit of William the Fourth ... as Lord High Admiral		[1840]	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	150.00
47	C. F. Tomkins and J. R. Planché	Twelve designs for the costume of Shakespeare's Richard the Third		1830	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	90.00
48	Samuel Weller Singer	Early English Poetry		1817--23	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
49	Edward Watmsey	Physiognomical Portraits		1824	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	90.00
50	Horace Walpole	The Castle of Otranto new edition			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	80.00
51	G. Chalmers	The author of Junius ascertained			GBP 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
52	Lord Ronald Gower	The Lenoir Collection of Original French Portraits at Stafford House		1874	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	5.00
53	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe	Edinburgh	1820	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	45.00
54	Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas	Political Debates ... in the Celebrated Campaign of *858	Columbus	1860	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
55		The Royal Military Chronicle		1810--13	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
56	Jane Austen	Pride and Prejudice		1813	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	820.00
57	J. Hoyland	A historical Survey of the ... Gypsies			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	55.00
58	John Hoyland	Historical Survey of the Customs	York	1816	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	30.00
59	B. Disraeli	The Tragedy of Count Alarcos			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	80.00
60		Jones & Co. Diamond Poets		1824--32	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	190.00
61	L. S. Costello	Specimens of the early Poetry of France		1835	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	25.00
62	James Moore	A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	60.00
63	S. Johnson	The Works			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	130.00
64	John Stuart Mill	Principles of Political Economy		1848	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	260.00
65	John Stuart Mill	Principles of Political Economy		1848	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	230.00
66	S. T. Coleridge	Sibylline Leaves		1817	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	35.00
67	S. T. Coleridge	Poems ... second edition. To which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb	Bristol	1797	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
68	A. Alison	History of Europe		1849--59	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	130.00
69		The Book of Common Prayer		1704	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	78.00
70	S. Rogers	Italy			GBP 70.00 - 90.00	110.00
71	Edward Thurlow	Moonlight [and other poems]		1814	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	190.00
72	Pierre Jean Mariette	Traité des pierres gravées	Paris	1750	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	460.00
73	C. J. Dorat	Fables ou Allegories Philosophiques			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	120.00
74	Desiderius Erasmus	Moriae Encomium: or		1709	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
75	Desiderius Erasmus	Moriae Encomium	Basle	1676	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	75.00
76		Officia Nova in Breviario Romano			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	60.00
77	Claude de Saumaise	Defensio Regia			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
78		Plutarch			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	35.00
79	Titus Petronius Arbiter	Satyricon [—Fragmentum]			USD 125.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
80	Desiderius Erasmus	Moriae Encomium			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	85.00
81	P. Fabricius	Delle Allusioni			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	80.00
82	Johann Burchard Mencken	De charlataneria eruditorum declamationes duae			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	5.00
83		Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote ... to which is prefixed some Account of the Author's Life		1755	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	110.00
84	Francois Perrier	Icones et Segmenta Illustrium e Marmore tabularum quae Romae adhunc Extant	Paris & Rome	1645 [? 1650]	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	15.00
85		Xenophon	Geneva	1581	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	85.00
86		Herodotus	Geneva	1592	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	90.00
87	J. J. Rousseau	Oeuvres	Geneva	1782--89	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	320.00
88		Heliodorus	Basle	1552	USD 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
89		Bible	Basle	1545	GBP 5.00 - 10.00	45.00
90		Bible	Frankfurt	1622	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
91	Jacopo Sannazaro	El parto de la virgen ... traduzido en Castellana por ... Gregorio Hernandez	Salamanca	1569	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	80.00
92		Theocritus	Heidelberg	1604	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	35.00
93		Pythagoras and Phocylides	Leipzig	1578	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	55.00
94	Publius Virgilius Maro	Opera omnia ... cum commentario Frid	Wittenberg	1618	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	35.00
95	Laurentius Rhodamanus	Poesis Christiana			GBP 30.00 - 60.00	100.00
96		Bibliana	Schwäbisch Hall	1670	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	80.00
97	Matthæus Raderus	Heiliges Bayer-Land	Augsburg	1714	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	180.00
98	Johann Carl Pacicio	AUerneueste und bewährte Historische Nachricht von Allen in ... Regensburg gelegenen Reichs-Stifftern	Regensburg	1753	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	75.00
99	Johann Gottfried Grohmann	Neues Historisch-biographisches Handwörterbuch oder Kurzgefasste Geschichte aller Personen	Leipzig	1796--8	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	5.00
100		Seida und Landensberg (Baron Franz Eugen von) Denkbuch der Franzoesischen Revolution von dem Todestage Ludwigs XVI ... bis zur Einführung der Konsularregierung		1817--19	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	100.00

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.
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.
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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