Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps, INCLUDING THE PERFORMING ARTS, LOGIE,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 17, 1993 - February 17, 1993

Page Size: 1130 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		FICTION, approx. 487 vol.,			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	150.00
2		LITERATURE, approx. 521 vol.,			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	260.00
3		CONTINENTAL LITERATURE, approx. 419 vol.,			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	180.00
4		CONTINENTAL LITERATURE, approx. 663 vol.,			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	240.00
5		CONTINENTAL, CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, approx. 471 vol.,			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	110.00
6		HISTORY, approx. 217 vol.,			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	300.00
7		GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY, approx. 448 vol.,	Europe		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	350.00
8		GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHY, approx. 338 vol.	Europe		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	400.00
9		BIOGRAPHY, approx. 480 vol.			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	170.00
10		HISTORY, approx. 461 vol.,			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	900.00
11		HISTORY, approx. 468 vol.,			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	450.00
12		HISTORY, approx. 602 vol.,			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	650.00
13		HISTORY, approx. 460 vol.,	British		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	650.00
14		ART, approx. 418 vol.,			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
15		HISTORY, approx. 351 vol.,			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	360.00
16		REFERENCE, approx. 110 vol.,		1968	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	140.00
17		REFERENCE, approx. 191 vol.,			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	100.00
18		THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY	Oxford	1888-1928	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	120.00
19		REFERENCE BOOKS			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	190.00
20		REFERENCE			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	240.00
21		THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY		1947-1959	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	700.00
22		ART			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	420.00
23		ART AND ARCHITECTURE			GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	2,100.00
24		CRAFTS			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	420.00
25		PAINTING			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	650.00
26		MUSIC			GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	1,000.00
27		PERFORMING ARTS			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	420.00
28		LITERATURE			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	170.00
29		DRAMA AND LITERATURE			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	700.00
30		LITERARY CRITICISM			GBP 700.00 - 900.00	1,100.00
31		POETRY			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,300.00
32		POETRY AND PLAYS			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	550.00
33		PLAYS			GBP 400.00 - 800.00	900.00
34		FICTION			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	30.00
35		FICTION			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	140.00
36		HISTORY			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	220.00
37	R.A. KNOX	Roman Catholic priest, author and translator of the Bible			GBP 600.00 - 900.00	1,600.00
38		ART REFERENCE			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	320.00
39		BIOGRAPHY			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	240.00
40		LONDON AND THE BRITISH ISLES	London		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	240.00
41	JOSEPH WRIGHT	The English Dialect Dictionary		1961	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	200.00
42		SPORT AND GAMES			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	5.00
43		REFERENCE BOOKS			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	60.00
44		MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	5.00
45		THEOLOGY			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
46	LOUISA ANNE TWAMLEY MEREDITH	The Romance of Nature	Edinburgh and London	1886	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
47		REFERENCE BOOKS			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	160.00
48		PHILOSOPHY			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	1,200.00
49		PATRISTICS			GBP 400.00 - 500.00	500.00
50		NEW TESTAMENT			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	520.00
51		CHRISTOLOGY			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	500.00
52		PRAYER			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	1,000.00
53		LITURGY			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	1,400.00
54		WORLD RELIGIONS			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	650.00
55		SOCIOLOGY			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	1,400.00
56		SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	240.00
57		THE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	520.00
58		EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	100.00
59		EDUCATION			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	30.00
60		SCIENCE			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	120.00
61		NATURAL HISTORY			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	340.00
62		APPLIED SCIENCE			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	10.00
63		AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	10.00
64	B. PH. BAUER	Abbildungen und Beschreibung der merckwurdigsten Gegenstande aus dem Thier	Nuremberg	1754	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	150.00
65	FRIEDRICH HOFFSTADT	Development of the True Principles of Christian or Pointed Architecture		1815	GBP 200.00 - 220.00	150.00
66	OWEN JONES	One Thousand and One Initial Letters		1 April 1864	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	300.00
67		MISCELLANEOUS ENGRAVINGS			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	240.00
68		PRINTS			USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
69	ANTOINE DE LA BARRE DE BEAUMARCHAIS	The Temple of the Muses	Amsterdam	1733	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	620.00
70		PENMANSHIP		1787	GBP 200.00 - 220.00	400.00
71	RICHARD ALLEN	A Souvenir of Newstead Abbey		1906	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	220.00
72		BASKERVILLE PRINTING	Calcutta and London	1888	GBP 200.00 - 220.00	260.00
73		ARABIAN NIGHTS		1894-1897	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	750.00
74		BIBLE			GBP 120.00 - 180.00	260.00
75		BIBLE			GBP 400.00 - 500.00	1,700.00
76		BIBLE		1811	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	200.00
77		BIBLE		1861	GBP 200.00 - 220.00	50.00
78	JOHN BLAIR	The Chronology and History of the World	Walpole	1859	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	240.00
79		THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER		1844	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	320.00
80	A. ESCOFFIER	COOKERY		1903	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	550.00
81	Bishop GILBERT BURNET	History of His Own Time		1742	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	160.00
82	LAURENCE ECHARD	A General Ecclesiastical History	Venice	[1734]	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
83	GEORGE ELGOOD AND GERTRUDE JEKYLL	Some English Gardens		1920	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	100.00
84		EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI		1721	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
85		FORE-EDGE PAINTING		1824	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	120.00
86	THOMAS FAULKENER	History and Antiquities of Kensington	Sidney	1674	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	250.00
87	RAPHAEL GARGIULO	Collection of the Most Remarkable Monuments of the National Museum	Philadelphia	1836	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
88	T. GARNETT	Observations on a Tour through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland		1840	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	700.00
89	w. GESENIUS	Thesaurus philologicus criticus linguae Hebraeae et Chaldaeae veteris testamenti		1794	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
90	w. HOLDER	A Treatise of the Natural Grounds		1918	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	480.00
91	DAVID HUME	The History of Great Britain			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
92	J.M. KEYNES	The General Theory of Employment		1936	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	300.00
93	J.M. KEYNES	A Revision of the Treaty		1922	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	130.00
94	JULIUS LESSING	Das Tafelsilber Ihrer Koniglichen Hoheiten des Prinzen und der Prinzessin Wilhelm von Preussen	New York	1940	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	170.00
95	EDMUND LODGE	Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain	Edinburgh	1893	USD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
96		THE LONDON ENCYCLOPAEDIA		1839	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
97	BENJAMIN MARTIN	The Description and Use of both the Globes		1734-1739	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	190.00
98	JOHN STUART MILL	On Liberty		1859	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	270.00
99	JOHN VISCOUNT MORLEY	The Works of Lord Morley		1921	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
100		NOTES AND QUERIES		1852-1913	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	70.00

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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