Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, WALNUT,

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 24, 1946 - June 24, 1946
Page Size: 1015 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
902 Gray (T.) Poems and Letters

1874

 USD - Not Sold
903 Cicero (M. T.) De Officus & c. cum annotationibus Erasmi Paris

1558

 GBP - 5.00
904 Clapperton (Capt. Hugh) Journal of Second Expedition into Africa

GBP - 1.00
905 Clark (J. Clayton) Some Well Known Characters of Charles Dickens

GBP - 0.15
906 Clauston (W. A.) Hieroglyphic Bibles

1894

 GBP - 2.15
907 Corelli (Arcangelo) 12 Sonatas

1868

 GBP - 3.10
908 Cough (J.) History of the Fishes of the British Islands

1877

 GBP - 4.00
909 Dalzel (A.) History of Dahomy

GBP - 1.00
910 Dana (C. A.) United States Illustrated New York

GBP - 0.10
911 Davenport (C) English Embroidered Bookbindings

1899

 GBP - 2.00
912 Dickens (C) Rare Print Collection

1900

 GBP - 0.15
913 Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart) Account of Cabul

1815

 GBP - 5.10
914 Francis (C. R.) Old Drinking Glasses

GBP - 9.00
915 GERNING (J. J. von) PICTURESQUE TOUR ALONG THE RHINE

1820

 GBP - 30.00
916 Gilchrist (A.) Life of William Blake

1880

 GBP - 6.00
917 Goldsmith (O.) and T. Parnell Poems

GBP - 1.15
918 Gooden (Stephen) An Iconography of the Engravings of

1944

 GBP - 7.00
919 Greenaway (Kate) Marigold Garden

GBP - 2.10
920 Grimble (A.) Deer-Stalking and the Deer Forests-of Scotland

GBP - 4.10
921 Hanway (Jonas) Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea

1753

 GBP - 1.00
922 Hastings (Warren) Narrative of the Insurrection

GBP - 2.05
923 Hawthorne (N.) Tanglewood Tales

1886

 GBP - 3.10
924 Hayter (Sir George) Original Etchings

1879

 GBP - 1.05
925 Heath (C) Heroines of Shakespeare

1848

 GBP - 7.00
926 Heath (Baron) Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers

GBP - 6.00
927 Herbert (Lord E.) Dialogue between a Tutor and His Pupil

1768

 GBP - 0.10
928 Herdman (W. G.) Ancient Liverpool

GBP - 0.10
929 Hobson (R. L.) Wares of the Ming Dynasty

1923

 GBP - 7.00
930 Horneman (F.) Journal of Travels

GBP - 1.05
931 Howitt (S.), and others Foreign Field Sports

1814

 GBP - 32.00
932 Howitt (Mary) Queens of Great Britain or

GBP - 0.10
933 Kappel (A. W.), and W. E. Kerby Beetles

1893

 GBP - 2.00
934 Kay (J.) Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings

1837-8

 USD - Not Sold
935 Jenkins (J.) The Naval Achievements of Great Britain

[1816-7]

 GBP - 34.00
936 Jones (O.) Grammar of Ornament

1868

 GBP - 2.10
937 Lamb (Charles and Mary) Tales From Shakespeare

1909

 GBP - 8.00
938 Lanquet (T.) and T. Cooper An Epitome of Cronicles

1559

 GBP - 7.10
939 La Perouse (J. F. C. de) Voyage Round the World

GBP - 7.00
940 Lawrence-Archer (J. H.) Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies

1875

 GBP - 1.00
941 Les Contretems

1824

 GBP - 2.10
942 Lockhart (J. G.) Ancient Spanish Ballads

1859

 GBP - 1,943.00
943 Low (C. R.) Her Majesty's Navy

GBP - 1,942.00
944 Lowe (E. J.) Ferns

GBP - 1.00
945 Lydon (A. F.) English Lake Scenery

GBP - 2.00
946 Mackenzie (Sir G. S.) Travels in Iceland

1811

 GBP - 8.10
947 Meager (L.) The English Gardener

1670

 GBP - 6.10
948 Moore (T.), and others The Gardeners' Magazine of Botany

1850-1

 GBP - 6.10
949 Morris (Rev. F. O.) Picturesque Views of Seats

GBP - 2.05
950 Morris (Rev. F. O.) Picturesque Views of Seats

GBP - 2.05
951 Morris (Rev. F. O.) History of British Birds

1895-7

 GBP - 5.10
952 Morris (F. O.) History of British Birds

GBP - 6.10
953 Neville (R.) Old English Sporting Books

GBP - 8.00
954 Osbaldiston (W. A.) British Sportsman

[1792]

 GBP - 9.00
955 Paxton (J.) Magazine of Botany

1834-8

 GBP - 11.00
956 Paxton (J.) Magazine of Botany

1834-8

 GBP - 11.10
957 Peary (R. E.) The North Pole

GBP - 2.00
958 Pennant (T.) View of Hindoostan

GBP - 5.00
959 PEPYS (SAMUEL) [DIARY]

1825

 GBP - 19.00
960 Petrie (Prof. W. M. Flinders) Gerar

GBP - 2.05
961 Portfolio

1825-35

 GBP - 3.00
962 Pugh (E.) Cambria Depicta

1816

 GBP - 22.00
963 Pyne (W. H.) History of the Royal Residences

1819

 GBP - 78.00
964 Ross (D. M.) and D. Anderson Disputatio Juridica Edinburgh

1814

 GBP - 34.00
965 Sauvan (J. B. B.) Picturesque Tour of the Seine

1821

 GBP - 125.00
966 Scrap Books

GBP - 7.10
967 Shadwell (T.) Works

1927

 GBP - 1.15
968 Hernandez (Jose) Shakespeare Head Press

1935

 GBP - 3.15
969 Shortt (Dr. John) Poisonous Snakes of Madras Madras

1875

 GBP - 3.10
970 Simpson (J.) Game and Game Coverts

GBP - 1.15
971 Spenser (E.) Faerie Queene

1758

 GBP - 1.05
972 STEDMAN (CAPT. J. G.) NARRATIVE OF EXPEDITION AGAINST SURNIAM

1796

 GBP - 20.00
973 Sue (Eugene) Mysteries of Paris

1845-6

 GBP - 4.00
974 Summa Summari que Silvestrina

GBP - 3.00
975 The Legendary History of the Cross

1887

 GBP - 0.10
976 Transactione of the Institute of Mining Engineers

1925-35

 GBP - 5.00
977 Tymms (W. R.) and M. D. Wyatt Out of Illuminating

GBP - 1.05
978 Tyndale (W.) Artist in Egypt

[1912]

 GBP - 0.15
979 Vyner (R. T.) Notitia Venatica

GBP - 2.00
980 Wagner (R.) Rhinegold and The Valkyrie

GBP - 0.10
981 Walpole (H.) Letters to the Rev. William Cole

USD - Not Sold
982 Waterton (C) Wanderings in South America

GBP - 1.10
983 Wooster (D.) Alpine Plants

GBP - 2.15
984 Wright (H. J. and W. P.) Beautiful Flowers

1909

 GBP - 2.05
985 Wright (T.) Womankind in Western Europe

1869

 GBP - 1.10
986 Young (Edward) The Complaint London

1742-5

 GBP - 1.05
987 Blagdon (F. W.) Brief History of Ancient and Modern India

1805

 GBP - 42.00
988 Braun (C.) and F. Hogenberg Urbium Praecipuarum totius Mundi

1618

 GBP - 78.00
989 BROOKSHAW (G.) POMONA BRITANNICA

1812

 GBP - 160.00
990 Chaucer (Geoffrey) Works

1602

 GBP - 12.10
991 Coloured engravings

GBP - 9.00
992 COMBE (W.) AN HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES

1794-6

 GBP - 95.00
993 Daniell (W.) Illustrations of The Island of Staffa

1818

 GBP - 24.00
994 Egypt Exploration Fund, Temple of Deir El Bahari

[1895]-1908

 GBP - 0.15
995 Gerarde (J.) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes

GBP - 15.00
996 Gibbs (James) Book of Architecture

GBP - 1.10
997 Gillray (James) Caricatures

GBP - 5.00
998 Gould (J.) A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons

1838

 GBP - 85.00
999 Jekyll (G.) Garden Ornament

1918

 GBP - 2.00
1000 Jerrold (W.) and E. W. Haslehurst The Silvery Thames

GBP - 0.10
1001 Johnson (S.) Dictionary of the English Language

1755

 GBP - 26.00
  • <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.
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    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.
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    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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    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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