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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
501	R. Davenport	The Amateur's Perspective		1828--29	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	95.00
502	Alexander Browne	Ars Pictoria		1669	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	10.00
503	John George Wood	The Principles and Practice of Sketching Landscape Scenery from Nature		1820	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	80.00
504	Francis Nicholson	The Practice of Drawing and Painting Landscape from Nature		1820	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
505	J. W. Alston	Hints to Young Practitioners		[1820]	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	30.00
506	W. H. Pyne	Picturesque Groups for the Embellishment of Landscape		1845	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	280.00
507	Oliver Goldsmith	The Poetical Works ... with remarks ... by Rev. R. H. Newell		1811	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
508	Pierce Egan	Life in London		1823	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
509	S. Butler	Hudibras			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
510	W. Combe	The English Dance of Death			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	65.00
511	W. Combe	The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London ... third edition		1820	GBP 50.00 - 90.00	45.00
512	J. Mitford	The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy		1819	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	70.00
513	A. R. Le Sage	The Adventures of Gil Bias de Santillane			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	35.00
514	Charles Johnston	Chrysal		1821	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
515	Samuel Butler	Hudibras		1819	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
516		La Geographie en Estampes ou Moeurs et Costumes	Paris	[c. 1830]	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	90.00
517	B. de Moleville	The Costume of the hereditary States of the House of Austria		1804	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	230.00
518		Petit Courrier des Dames	Paris	1839--40	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	140.00
519	Joseph Reinhard	A Collection of Swiss Costumes		[c. 1830]	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	1,200.00
520	Lanté	[Les Femmes celebres de l'ancienne France]			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	3,200.00
521	Frans Baltasar Solvyns	The Costume of Hindustan			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	80.00
522	G. H. Mason	The Punishments of China			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	45.00

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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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.