Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, 1SHR3,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1972 - January 01, 1972

Page Size: 549 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Humphrey Prideaux	The True nature of Imposture fully display'd in the life of Mahomet		1708	GBP -	3.00
102		Proceedings (The) . . . upon the Bill		1757	GBP -	18.00
103	Puttick and Simpson	Catalogue of a . . . Library . . . [including] one of the Largest Collections ever offered for Sale of Early Voyages and Travels		1854	GBP -	31.00
104	George Pozer	Quebec		1839	GBP -	26.00
105	Ann Radcliffe	The Poems		1816	GBP -	40.00
106	Joachim Ringelberg	Rhetorica	Lyon	1542	GBP -	25.00
107	William Robertson	'Otsar Lashon haQodesh [in Hebrew] Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae		1680	GBP -	50.00
108	Frederick Ross	The Ruined Abbeys of Britain		1882	GBP -	4.00
109	Francis Rous	Mella Patrum		1650	GBP -	22.00
110	I. Daniel Rupp	The Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pa	1837	GBP -	28.00
111		Scotland	Edinburgh	1782-83-31	GBP -	13.00
112	G. Shakspeare	Cimbelino Tragedia recatata in versi Italiani da Michele Leoni di Parma	Pisa	1815	GBP -	5.00
113	William Shakespeare	A Collection of Poems		1709	GBP -	56.00
114	Sir C. W. Siemens	On the Regenerative Gas Furnace as applied to the Manufacture of Cast Steel		1868	GBP -	10.00
115	Mrs. L. H. Sigourney	Pocahontas and other Poems		1841	GBP -	21.00
116	William Simpson	The Seat of War in the East	Oxton	1855-56	GBP -	52.00
117	Sir John Sinclair	Address to the Society for the improvement of British Wool		1791	GBP -	18.00
118	John Calvin Smith	The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide	New York	1851	GBP -	16.00
119	John Thomas Smith	Antiquities of the City of Westminster		1807[-09]	GBP -	46.00
120	Warington W. Smyth	A Treatise on Coal-Mining		1867	GBP -	21.00
121	Harriet Taylor	Japanese Gardens		1912	GBP -	11.00
122	Angela Thirkell	Peace Breaks Out: A Novel		1946	GBP -	3.00
123	Alexis de Tocqueville	Democracy in America translated by Henry Reeve		1862	GBP -	9.00
124		Trial (The) of the honourable Admiral John Byng ... as taken by Mr. Mr. Charles Fearne . . . published by Order [Appendix]		1757	GBP -	28.00
125	George Vertue	Medals		1753	GBP -	46.00
126	Ioannes Lodovicus Vives	Linguae Latinae Exercitatio	Lyon	1542	GBP -	42.00
127	Edmond Waller	Poems		1682	GBP -	22.00
128	Horace Walpole	Letters to George Montagu		1819	GBP -	8.00
129	John Weever	Antient Funeral Monuments of Great-Britain		1767	GBP -	16.00
130	Samuel Wesley	The Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ		1697	GBP -	28.00
131	R. Weston	Tracts on Practical Agriculture and Gardening ... to which is added a chronological catalogue of English Authors on Agriculture		1773	GBP -	32.00
132	Robert Wilkinson	Atlas Classica		1798-1817	GBP -	36.00
133	R. Wilkinson	General Atlas of the World		1809	GBP -	38.00
134	R. Wilkinson	General Atlas of the World		1809	GBP -	32.00
135	Francis Wise	A Letter to Dr. Mead concerning some Antiquities in Berkshire	Oxford	1738	GBP -	22.00
136	Mary Wollstonecraft	Letters written during a short residence in Sweden		1796	GBP -	55.00
137	Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt	Metal-work and its Artistic Design		1852	GBP -	34.00
138		Archaeological Survey of Egypt		1893-1902	GBP -	17.00
139	Sir George Arthur	The Story of the Household Cavalry		1909	GBP -	16.00
140	Sir Robert Atkyns	Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire		1768	GBP -	85.00
141	G. A. Audsley and Lord James Bowes	Keramic Art of Japan		1875	GBP -	46.00
142	George Ashdown Audsley	The Ornamental Arts of Japan		1882	GBP -	58.00
143	Pierre Edme' Babel	Premier livre de nouveaux desseins de serrureries		1760	GBP -	18.00
144	Richard Bennett	Catalogue ... of Old Chinese Porcelains		1911	GBP -	5.00
145	Thomas Birch	The heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain		1743-51	GBP -	20.00
146	Wilhelm Bode and C. Hofstede de Groot	Hofstede de Groot	Paris	1897-1906	GBP -	200.00
147	Lord James Bowes	Japanese Pottery	Liverpool	1890	GBP -	20.00
148	E. W. Brayley and W. Herbert	A Concise Account... of Lambeth Palace		1806	GBP -	36.00
149	Captain F. Brinkley	Japan	Boston	1897-98	GBP -	44.00
150	Randolph Caldecott	Complete Collection of Contributions to the Graphic		1888	GBP -	16.00
151		Connoisseur (The) vol. I-III		1901-02	GBP -	12.00
152	H. A. Doubleday and William Page	A Guide to the Victoria History of the Counties of England		1903	GBP -	11.00
153	Pierce Egan	Life in London		1822	GBP -	75.00
154		Egypt Exploration Fund		1898-99	GBP -	5.00
155		Egypt Exploration Fund (The) [Memoirs]		1885-1908	GBP -	36.00
156	Sampson Erdeswicke	A Survey of Staffordshire ... To which are added Some Observations upon the Possessors of Monastery-Lands ... by Sir Simon Degge		1723	GBP -	46.00
157	Joseph Fischer and R. von Wieser	Die Älteste Karte mit dem Namen Amerika aus dem Jahre 1507 und die Carta Marina aus dem Jahre 1516 des M. Waldseemuller (Ilacomilus)	Innsbruck	1903	GBP -	1.00
158	J. J. Foster	Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary		1904	GBP -	35.00
159	Julia Frankau	An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver		1902	GBP -	23.00
160	Julia Frankau William Ward & James Ward	Their lives and works		1904	GBP -	44.00
161	Philippe Gille and Marcel Lambert	Versailles et les Deux Trianons	Tours	1899-1900	GBP -	135.00
162	Edmond and Jules de Goncourt	Histoire de la Societe Francaise pendant la Revolution	Paris	1889	GBP -	16.00
163	Jules Guifrey and A. Pinchart	Histoire Generate de la Tapisserie	Paris	1878-85	GBP -	20.00
164	Charles d' Hericault	La Revolution	Paris	1883	GBP -	21.00
165		Heures	Paris	1904	GBP -	50.00
166	H. N. Humphreys and J. O. Westwood	British Moths and their Transformations		1860	GBP -	34.00
167	John Hutchins	History and Antiquities of. . . Dorset		1796-1815	GBP -	100.00
168	Alexander Keith Johnston	The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography... [edited] by G. H. Johnston	Edinburgh & London	1899	GBP -	15.00
169	Maurice Leloir	Une Femme de Qualite au Siecle Passe	Paris	1899	GBP -	64.00
170	Princess Marie Liechtenstein	Holland House		1874	GBP -	38.00
171	Rev. Owen Manning and William Bray	The History and Antiquities ... of Surrey		1804-14	GBP -	110.00
172	. . .mile Molinier	Le Mobilier Royal Francais	Paris	1902	GBP -	55.00
173	Rev. Treadway Nash	Collections for the History of Worcestershire		1781-99	GBP -	120.00
174		National Antarctic Expedition		1907-12	GBP -	26.00
175	Philip A. S. Phillips	Paul de Lamerie . . . goldsmith		1935	GBP -	52.00
176	James Robinson Planche	A Cyclopaedia of Costume		1876-79	GBP -	50.00
177	Rev. Richard Polwhele	History of Devonshire	Exeter	1797-93-1806	GBP -	72.00
178		Pompeii	Naples	1860	GBP -	15.00
179	Reginald Lane Poole	Historical Atlas of Modern Europe	Oxford and Edinburgh	1902	GBP -	32.00
180	William Henry Pyne	History of the Royal Residences		1819	GBP -	270.00
181	Vincent J. Robinson	Eastern Carpets		1882	GBP -	36.00
182	Andre J. Roubo	Le Meuble a l'Epoque Louis XVI . . . lere Serie	Paris	1880	GBP -	15.00
183	James Stewart	Plocacosmos		1782	GBP -	160.00
184	Robert Surtees	The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham		1816-40	GBP -	100.00
185	J. M. W. Turner	Liber Studiorum		1870	GBP -	19.00
186	William Henry Turner	Visitations of the County of Oxford		1871	GBP -	15.00
187		Bedford		1904-14	GBP -	88.00
188		Berkshire		1906-07	GBP -	42.00
189		Buckingham		1905-08	GBP -	22.00
190		Cornwall		1906	GBP -	32.00
191		Cumberland		1901-05	GBP -	44.00
192		Derby		1905-07	GBP -	48.00
193		Devon		1906	GBP -	24.00
194		Dorset		1908	GBP -	16.00
195		Durham		1905-07	GBP -	32.00
196		Essex		1903-07	GBP -	48.00
197		Gloucester		1907	GBP -	16.00
198		Hampshire and the Isle of Wight		1900-14	GBP -	230.00
199		Hereford		1908	GBP -	34.00
200		Hertford		1902-14	GBP -	90.00

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.
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