Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps, INCLUDING THE PERFORMING ARTS, LOGIE,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 17, 1993 - February 17, 1993
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | LAURENCE HOUSMAN | Rossetti (Christina) Goblin Market | 1893 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 160.00 | |
| 202 | JOHN LEECH | Follies of the Year | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 203 | HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW | Voices of the Night; and other Poems | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 204 | HAROLD NICOLSON | The English Sense of Humour | New York | 1980 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 240.00 |
| 205 | William Wycherley | NONESUCH PRESS | 1926 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | William Blake | NONESUCH PRESS | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 420.00 | ||
| 207 | W. Congreve | NONESUCH PRESS | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 360.00 | ||
| 208 | ROBERT HARBOROUGH SHERARD | Oscar Wilde, the Story of an Unhappy Friendship | 1933 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 250.00 | |
| 209 | STANBROOK ABBEY PRESS: Thirty Poems by Raissa Maritain | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 210 | TABLE GAME | 1811 |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 20.00 | ||
| 211 | GEORGE WIYNDHAM | The Ballad of Mr. Rook | 1901 |
USD 150.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 212 | HECTOR BERLIOZ | Mmoires... comprenant ses voyages en Italie | 1870 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 380.00 | |
| 213 | CHAMBER MUSIC | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 214 | COLLECTION of over two hundred books | 1631-1840 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 520.00 | ||
| 215 | JOSEPH HAYDN | The Celebrated Stabat-Mater | 1799 |
GBP 100.00 - 120.00 | 20.00 | |
| 216 | MUSIC | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 400.00 | |||
| 217 | ALBUM including autograph letters etc. by Elizabeth Gaskell | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 320.00 | |||
| 218 | AUTOGRAPH AND MANUSCRIPT ALBUMS | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 800.00 | |||
| 219 | Sir JOHN BETJEMAN | Seven letters signed | 1947-1947 |
GBP 300.00 - 350.00 | 300.00 | |
| 220 | CHARLES II | 6 September 1803 |
GBP 300.00 - 350.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 221 | Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE | Autograph letter signed, to Mr Harrison | 10 October 1895 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 150.00 | |
| 222 | A. B. COX | DETECTIVE FICTION | 1936 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 320.00 | |
| 223 | EDWARD VIII | Intriguing anonymous typescript of a first-hand account of the events surrounding the King's abdication | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 180.00 | ||
| 224 | HENRY IV | Manuscript of a history of the Parliment of Henry IV | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 240.00 | ||
| 225 | HUNTLEY AND PALMER'S BISCUITS | 27 January 1859 |
GBP 300.00 - 350.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 226 | ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | 130.00 | |||
| 227 | HISTORY | 1800-1833 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 228 | Sir COMPTON MACKENZIE | Collection of books and manuscripts | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 229 | NAVAL | August 1853 to April 1856 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 260.00 | ||
| 230 | NEW SPAIN | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 | |||
| 231 | GEORGE SAVILL | Papers and manuscripts of George Savill | 1894-1920 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 10.00 | |
| 232 | SCOTLAND, ETC | 1594 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 220.00 | ||
| 233 | SCOTLAND, ETC | 8 January 1798 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 380.00 | ||
| 234 | SCOTLAND | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 360.00 | |||
| 235 | ROBERT STEPHENSON | Letter signed, to Mr Fitzgerald | 17 January 1837 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 100.00 | |
| 236 | R. JOHN BEEDHAM | Wood Engraving... with an Introduction and Appendix by Eric Gill | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 237 | ROBERT BROWNING | The Ring and the Book | 1890 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 360.00 | |
| 238 | S. BUTLER | Erewhon or over the Range | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 240.00 | ||
| 239 | CINEMA | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 260.00 | |||
| 240 | WILLIAM FINDEN | Illustrations of Life and Works of Lord Byron | 1833-1834 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 280.00 | |
| 241 | WILLIAM HOWITT | The Rural Life of England | 1871 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 200.00 | |
| 242 | C. ISHERWOOD | Ostwald (H.) Sittengeschichte der Inflation | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 130.00 | ||
| 243 | LEHMANN FAMILY BIBLE | 1965 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 244 | JOHN LEHMANN | A collection of approximately 321 vol. from the library of John Lehmann | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 400.00 | ||
| 245 | JOHN LEHMANN | Down River | GBP 350.00 - 500.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 246 | ROSAMOND LEHMANN | Dusty Answer, with John Lehmann 's bookplate | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 260.00 | ||
| 247 | LITERATURE | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 | |||
| 248 | PRESENTATION COPIES | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 850.00 | |||
| 249 | JOHN MILTON | The Works | 1822 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 480.00 | |
| 250 | IVAN TURGENEV | The Novels | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 600.00 | ||
| 251 | RICHARD ALDINGTON | A Dream in the Luxembourg | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 252 | W.H. AUDEN | Marginalia | Cambridge | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 253 | RICHARD ADAMS | Watership Down | New York | 1974 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 200.00 |
| 254 | H.E. BATES | The Black Boxer | 1956 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 160.00 | |
| 255 | EDMUND BLUNDEN | The Harbingers | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 256 | RUPERT BROOKE | "1914" Five Sonnets | 1919 |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 30.00 | |
| 257 | RAYMOND CHANDLER | The Little Sister | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 200.00 | ||
| 258 | AGATHA CHRISTIE | The Mystery of the Blue Train | 1928 |
GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | 260.00 | |
| 259 | A.B. COX | DETECTIVE FICTION | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 950.00 | ||
| 260 | CHARLES DICKENS | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 120.00 | ||
| 261 | JIM DINE | Welcome Home Lovebirds | 1969 |
GBP 380.00 - 420.00 | 360.00 | |
| 262 | T.S. ELIOT | The Rock | 1934 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 200.00 | |
| 263 | T.S. ELIOT | Johnson (Samuel) London: a Poem and the Vanity of Human Wishes | 1932 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 260.00 | |
| 264 | JAMES ELROY FLECKER | Hassan, William Heinemann, 1922 | 1931 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 265 | ALDOUS HUXLEY | The Burning Wheel | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 140.00 | ||
| 266 | ALDOUS HUXLEY | Point Counter Point | 1963 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 150.00 | |
| 267 | THOMAS HARDY | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | 1926 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 320.00 | |
| 268 | JAMES JOYCE | Ulysses | 1922 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 300.00 | |
| 269 | RUDYARD KIPLING | The Absent-Minded Beggar | 1899 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 60.00 | |
| 270 | RUDYARD KIPLING | 'The Wounded Soldier' from The Absent-Minded Beggar | 1900 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 260.00 | |
| 271 | WYNDHAM LEWIS | One-Way Song [and other Poems] | November 1933 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 272 | D.H. LAWRENCE | Autumn in New Mexico and other Poems | USD 180.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 273 | LAURIE LEE | The Sun My Monument | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 120.00 | ||
| 274 | GEORGE ORWELL | Animal Farm | 1945 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 190.00 | |
| 275 | GEORGE ORWELL | Animal Farm | 1945 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 150.00 | |
| 276 | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | A Writer's Notebook | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 277 | GEORGE MOORE | Esther Waters | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | 20.00 | ||
| 278 | SIMON RAVEN | Brother Cain | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 90.00 | ||
| 279 | VICTORIA SACKVILLE-WEST | All Passion Spent | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 400.00 | ||
| 280 | VICTORIA SACKVILLE-WEST | Rilke (Rainer Maria) Duineser Elegien | 1931 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | |
| 281 | VICTORIA SACKVILLE-WEST | The Heir | 1938 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 340.00 | |
| 282 | JOHN SCHRODER | Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke | 1965 |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 130.00 | |
| 283 | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON | TREASURE ISLAND | 1883 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 650.00 | |
| 284 | DYLAN THOMAS | In Country Sleep and other Poems | New York | 1952 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 285 | EDWARD THOMAS | Poems by Edward Thomas ("Edward Eastaway") | 1937 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 286 | EVELYN WAUGH | The Loved One | 1948 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 287 | H.G. WELLS | The Works | 1924-1927 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 140.00 | |
| 288 | OSCAR WILDE | Salom | Paris and London | 1893 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 100.00 |
| 289 | W.B. YEATS | A Selection from the Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats | 1913 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 550.00 | |
| 290 | WILKIE COLLINS | Poor Miss Finch | 1872 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 420.00 | |
| 291 | WILKIE COLLINS | Rambles beyond Railways | 1879 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 300.00 | |
| 292 | WILKIE COLONS | The New Magdalen | 1873 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 360.00 | |
| 293 | BENJAMIN DISRAELI | Lord George Bentinck | 1880 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 160.00 | |
| 294 | BENJAMIN DISRAELI | Vivian Grey | 1847 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 440.00 | |
| 295 | GEORGE ELIOT | Silas Marner | 1866 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 180.00 | |
| 296 | GEORGE ELIOT | Romola | 1863 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 280.00 | |
| 297 | GEORGE ELIOT | The Mill on the Floss | 1860 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 298 | MRS. GASKELL | Ruth | 1855 |
GBP 175.00 - 225.00 | 190.00 | |
| 299 | GEORGE GISSING | The Nether World | 1904 |
GBP 175.00 - 225.00 | 300.00 | |
| 300 | GEORGE MEREDITH | The Ordeal of Richard Feverel | 1885 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 140.00 |
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<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>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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<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.")
