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
901 SAINT-VALLIER

1688

 GBP 800.00 - 900.00 750.00
902 HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT Philadelphia

1853-1857

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 1,150.00
903 ERNEST SEYD California and its Resources

1841

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
904 NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS American Scenery

1840

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 400.00
905 P. ZIEGLER America

1929

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 70.00
906 PANAMA AND CENTRAL AMERICA

1835-54

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 520.00
907 CULEBRA

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 250.00
908 DIEGO DE AVENDANO Thesaurus indicus Antwerp

1668

 GBP 350.00 - 400.00 420.00
909 HORACIO CAROCHI AND IGANACIO DE PAREDES Compendio del arte de la lengua Mexicana Madrid

1776

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 320.00
910 FRANCESCO SAVERIO CLAVIGERO The History of Mexico Maastricht

1778

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 400.00
911 CHILE Santiago de Chile

1828

 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 200.00
912 GASPAR DE ESCALONA AGUERO Gazophilatium regium Perubicum Madrid

1675

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 350.00
913 ANDRES FEBRES Arte de la lengua Lima

1765

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 460.00
914 MARIA GRAHAM Journal of a Voyage to Brazil

1824

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 420.00
915 GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA Amsterdam

1704

 GBP 180.00 - 220.00 220.00
916 GARCILASO DE LA VEGA

1722

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 460.00
917 MANOEL GOMES DA SYLVEIRA Tratado do sucesso Lisbon

1625

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 370.00
918 HISPANIC AMERICA Madrid

1709-1779

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 600.00
919 HENRY KOSTER Travels in Brazil

1817

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 260.00
920 JEAN DE LERY Historia navigationis Geneva

1594

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 750.00
921 JACQUES L'HERMITE Journael van de Nassausche Vloot Amsterdam

1626

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
922 FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE GOMARA Historia di Don Ferdinando Cortes

1758

 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 360.00
923 JOHN MAWE Travels in the Interior of Brazil

1812

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 150.00
924 JOHN MAWE Travels into the Interior of Brazil

1812

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 250.00
925 LODOVICO ANTONIO MURATOR Il cristianesimo felice nelle Venice

1752

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 260.00
926 FRANCISCO MICHELENA Y ROJAS Exploracion oficial

1867

 GBP 180.00 - 220.00 240.00
927 NEW SPAIN Spain

1666-1784

 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 1,050.00
928 BERNARDO O'HIGGINS Printed document

1789-1821

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
929 JUAN ANTONIO OVIEDO Vida exemplar Mexico

1702

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 250.00
930 ANTONIO PENAFEL Nombres geograficos de Mexico Mexico

1885

 GBP 200.00 - 220.00 150.00
931 JOSE DE SAN MARTIN Two brief notes

14 November 1817

 USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
932 JUAN DE SOLORZANO PEREIRA Politica Indiana Antwerp

1703

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 450.00
933 SPAIN Madrid

1774-1807

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 260.00
934 HANS STADEN De voorname Scheeps-togten Leiden

1706

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 220.00
935 PIERRE DE VILLEPONTOUX Memoires de monsieur du Guay-Trouin

1752

 GBP 180.00 - 240.00 360.00
936 RENATE VERNEAU Les anciens patagons

1939

 USD 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
937 H. Jaillot AFRICA Amsterdam

1730

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 150.00
938 J.B. Nolin AFRICA-Afrique

1689

 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 240.00
939 SOMALIA France

1740

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
940 Owen (W.F.W.), Vidal (A.T.E.) and others WEST AFRICA

1830-42

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 550.00
941 GEORGE HUTCHINS BELLASIS Views of Saint Helena

1815

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 480.00
942 ALEXANDER BEATSON St. Helena

1823

 GBP 180.00 - 250.00 520.00
943 BOER WAR

1900

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
944 W.G. BROWNE Travels in Africa

1816

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 380.00
945 Captain WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS The Wild Sports of Southern Africa

1844

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
946 CHRISTIAN IGNATIUS LATROBE Journal of a Visit to South Africa

1818

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
947 MACGREGOR LAIRD AND R.A.K. OLDFIELD Narrative of an Expedition

1837

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 220.00
948 DAVID LIVINGSTONE Missionary Travels and Researches

1820

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 340.00
949 ROBERT MOFFAT Missionary Labours and Scenes

1844

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 190.00
950 MUNGO PARK Travels in the Interior of Africa

1806

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 150.00
951 JAMES RICHARDSON Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa

1853

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 150.00
952 FRANCISCO DE JESUS MARIA DE SAN JUAN DEL PUERTO

1708

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 350.00
953 SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town

1904

 USD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
954 ANDERS SPARRMAN Voyage au Cap de Bonne

1787

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
955 ANDERS SPARRMAN A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope

1786

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
956 THOMAS MORGAN THOMAS Un-Mlynedd-ar-ddeg yn London

1873

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
957 Captain J.K. TUCKEY Narrative of an Expedition

1818

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
958 Jean Baptiste Bourgiugnon ASIA

Feb 2, 1799

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
959 R.H. Laurie and J. Whittle ASIA-Asia and its Islands

Feb 2, 1799

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 30.00
960 A. Lasor a Varea ASIA-India Orientalis

1713

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 150.00
961 BATAVIA Nuremberg

1735

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 320.00
962 G. Mercator SOUTHEAST ASIA Amsterdam

1609

 GBP 320.00 - 360.00 1,150.00
963 BIBLE Madras

1850

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 150.00
964 CHINESE RITES CONTROVERSY

1700

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 150.00
965 GEORGE WINDSOR EARL The Eastern Sea

1837

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 300.00
966 Captain THOMAS FORREST A Voyage from Calcutta

1792

 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 1,000.00
967 JAMES BAILLIE FRASER Journal of a Tour

USD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
968 HAKLUYT SOCIETY New York

1960

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 780.00
969 Capt. BASIL HALL Account of a Voyage

1818

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 400.00
970 ISIDORE STANISLAS HENRI HELMAN Abrege historique des principaux

1785

 USD 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
971 Rev. J. JEFFREYS A Catechism in the Malagasy Language Colombo

1826

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 360.00
972 GIOVANNI PIETRO MAFFEI Le istorie delle Indie Orientali Florence

1589

 GBP 180.00 - 240.00 360.00
973 R.J. MALAY-Wilkinson A Malay-English Dictionary New York

1875

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 170.00
974 JOHN MCCLELLAND Some Inquiries in the Province of Kemaon Calcutta

1835

 GBP 350.00 - 400.00 320.00
975 Captain RODNEY MUNDY Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes

1848

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 280.00
976 HUIBERT GERARD NAHUTO VAN BUERGST Breda

1826

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 260.00
977 JUAN DE NOCEDA AND PEDRO DE SAN LUCAR Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala Manila

1853

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 220.00
978 OPIUM Singapore

1908

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 200.00
979 EUSEBIUS RENAUDOT Ancient Accounts of India and China

1733

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 500.00
980 PAOUNO DA SAN BARTOLOMEO Viaggio alle Indie Orientali Rome

1796

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 260.00
981 ALVARO SEMEDO Relatione della grande monarchia della Cina Rome

1667

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 260.00
982 SPANISH COLONIAL TRADE Madrid

1785-1789

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 240.00
983 FRANCOIS VALENTIJN Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien

1906-1911

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 160.00
984 J.D. VAUGHAN The Manners and Custons Singapore

1879

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 340.00
985 Johannes Jansson SOUTH POLE Amsterdam

1649

 GBP 60.00 - 90.00 130.00
986 Captain JOHN FRANKLIN Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea

1828

 GBP 350.00 - 400.00 780.00
987 Sir GEORGE STEUART MACKENZIE Travels in Iceland Edinburgh

1812

 GBP 220.00 - 260.00 260.00
988 T. Jeffrys AUSTRALIA

1773

 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 150.00
989 VASCO JOSE D AGUIAR Viagem ao interior da Nova Hollandia Lisbon

1841

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 60.00
990 Captain JAMES COOK Voyage dans l'hemisphere austral

1778

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 360.00
991 JAMES COOK Captain Cook's Original Voyages

1815

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
992 COOKE EDWARD A Voyage to the South Sea

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 400.00
993 ANTOINE RAYMOND JOSEPH DE BRUNI D'ENTRECASTEAUX

1800

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 260.00
994 GEORGE GREY Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia

1841

 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
995 J. S. POLACK Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders

1857

 USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
996 JOHN SHERER Adventures of a Gold-Digger

1893

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
997 KAY AMBROSE A sheet of ink and watercolour studies

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 160.00
998 JOHN BANTING A pair of drawings portraying Alexis Rassine standing in ballet poses

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
999 JEHAN FRANCOIS DE BOISSIERE Traite du Balet

1953

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 250.00
1000 ARNOLD HASKELL The Balletomane's Scrap-Book

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 120.00
  • <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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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