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
402 PRAETORIUS (MICHAEL) SYNTAGMA MUSICUM

1618-20

 GBP - 5.00
403 Moore (George) Aphrodite in Aulis New York

1926

 GBP - 6.10
404 Cotton (Charles) The Compleat Angler

1676

 GBP - 5.00
405 Barker (Thomas) The Art of Angling

1653

 GBP - 16.00
406 M[arkham] (Gervase) A Way to get Wealth

1648-9

 GBP - 11.00
407 Percy (Thomas, Bishop of Dromore) Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

1765

 GBP - 7.10
408 Meredith (George) Modern Love

1862

 USD - Not Sold
409 Shaw (G. Bernard) The Quintessence of Ibsenism

1891

 GBP - 1.10
410 Burbidge (Thomas) and Clough (Arthur H.) Ambarvalia

1849

 USD - Not Sold
411 Palgrave (F. T.) The Golden Treasury

GBP - 0.10
412 Lang (Andrew) Introduction to Kirk's- Secret Commonwealth

GBP - 2.15
413 Heine (Heinrich) Buch der Lieder Hamburg

1827

 GBP - 11.10
414 Postans (Robert) Nautical Antiquities Dover

1855

 GBP - 10.00
415 Culliford (William) The Short Abreviacons of the Inspect

GBP - 1.05
416 Postes Imperiales Paris

1808

 GBP - 22.00
417 Brooke (Rupert) 1914 and Other Poems

1915

 GBP - 7.10
418 Masefield (J.) Ballads

GBP - 0.10
419 Combe (W.) The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax

1819

 GBP - 6.10
420 BEARDSLEY (AUBREY) Three Original Pen-and-ink Drawings

GBP - 2.10
421 Beckford (W.) Popular Tales of the Germans

GBP - 6.00
422 Cooper (J. F.) The Chainbearer

1845

 GBP - 1.05
423 Dilbaum (Samuel) Aller deren Ungarischer Statt Augsburg

1603

 GBP - 4.10
424 Gunnery

[c. 1700]

 GBP - 17.00
425 Gunnery

GBP - 24.00
426 Florist's Journal (The) [vol. 2]

1852-3

 GBP - 2.10
427 Maund (B.) The Botanic Garden

1825-32

 GBP - 10.10
428 Grey (Thomas de) The Compleat Horseman and Expert Ferrier

1670

 GBP - 3.10
429 Lucas (W. J.) British Dragonflies

1900

 GBP - 3.10
430 Surtees (R.S.) Handley Cross

1854

 GBP - 1.10
431 Walton (I.) and Cotton (C) The Compleat Angler

1772

 GBP - 1.00
432 Halford (F. M.) Dry-Fly Entomology

GBP - 4.00
433 Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine

1788-96

 GBP - 16.10
434 BOOK AUCTION RECORDS

1902-36

 GBP - 29.00
435 Gasparini (Francesco) L'Armonico Pratico al Cimbalo Bologna

1713

 GBP - 6.00
436 Playford (John) The Musical Companion

1673

 GBP - 11.00
437 PURCELL (HENRY) A Musical Entertainment perform'd on November, XXII

1684, 1685

 GBP - 25.00
438 Blith (W.) The English Improver Improved

GBP - 2.00
439 Atkinson (J. A.) Sixteen Scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life

1807

 GBP - 2.10
440 Belle Assemblee (La) for 1808 and 1809

USD - Not Sold
441 Howe (E. R. J. Gambier) British Museum

1903

 GBP - 2.00
442 Casanova (J.) Memoires Paris, Garnier

GBP - 5.10
443 Cervantes (M. de) Don Quixote

1837-9

 GBP - 1.15
444 Coleridge (S. T.) Table Talk

1835

 GBP - 2.05
445 Combe (W.) The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax

GBP - 3.10
446 Conrad (J.) and Hueffer (F. M.) Romance

1903

 GBP - 1.00
447 Conrad (J.) A Set of Six, 1908

GBP - 3.10
448 De Morgan (W.), Joseph Vance original cloth

GBP - 4.00
449 Earee (R. B.) Album Weeds

[1906]

 GBP - 5.00
450 Florist and Pomologist (The)

USD - Not Sold
451 Galsworthy (J.) Plays

1909

 GBP - 0.10
452 Greenaway (Kate) Almanacks for 1883-86

1883-94

 GBP - 6.00
453 Greenaway (Kate) Almanacks for 1883-85

GBP - 7.10
454 Hemingway (E.) For Whom the Bell Tolls

USD - Not Sold
455 Hewitt (J.) Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe

1855-60

 GBP - 5.00
456 Hewitt (J.) Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe

1860

 GBP - 4.10
457 Maugham (W. Somerset) Liza of Lambeth

GBP - 3.05
458 Maugham (W. Somerset) On a Chinese Screen, 1922

1930

 GBP - 13.00
459 Miscellaneous Books

USD - Not Sold
460 Sassoon (S.) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

USD - Not Sold
461 Shaw (G. Bernard) The Quintessence of Ibsenism

GBP - 4.05
462 Shaw (G. Bernard) Plays

1898

 GBP - 3.10
463 Surtees (R. S.) "Ask Mamma"

GBP - 4.10
464 Syntax

1820

 GBP - 5.00
465 Woodward (G. M.) and Rowlandson (T.) The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting

1808

 GBP - 3.10
466 Beebe (W.) Galapagos: World's End New York

1924

 GBP - 3.10
467 Corot (J. B. C) Paintings and Drawings

1929

 GBP - 6.00
468 Crawhall (J.) Chap-book Chaplets

1883

 GBP - 3.05
469 Doyle (J. E.) A Chronicle of England

1864

 GBP - 2.00
470 Earle (Mrs. C. W.) Garden Colour

GBP - 1.00
471 Greenaway (Kate) Under the Window [1879]

GBP - 6.00
472 Menpes (M.) Whistler As I Knew Him

GBP - 0.10
473 Parker (K. T.) The Drawings of Hans Holbein at Windsor Castle

1945

 GBP - 1.15
474 Puyvelde (L. van) The Dutch Drawings at Windsor Castle

1944

 GBP - 1.15
475 Rothenstein (J.), Augustus John coloured and plain illustrations

GBP - 1.15
476 Sheridan (R. B.) The School for Scandal

1894

 GBP - 5.00
477 W[arren] (R.) Miscellany Poems

1700

 GBP - 5.00
478 Airy (O.), Charles II coloured frontispiece

GBP - 2.15
479 Caldecott (R.) Complete Collection of Pictures and Songs

GBP - 1.00
480 Carter (J.) Specimens of Ancient Sculpture and Painting

1780-7

 USD - Not Sold
481 Morant (P.) History of Essex

1816

 GBP - 7.10
482 Velazquez. Velazquez. Paintings and Drawings

1943

 GBP - 2.05
483 Thomson (J.) The Seasons

GBP - 2.00
484 Swinburne (A. C) The Springtide of Life

1918

 GBP - 1.00
485 Omar Khayyam, translated by E. Fitzgerald Rubbiyat Paris

1918

 GBP - 7.00
486 Pennant (Thomas) Some Account of London

1791

 USD - Not Sold
487 Ozanam Traite des Lignes du Premier Genre, etc.

GBP - 1.15
488 E[velyn] (J.) Sylva

1664

 GBP - 5.10
489 Walton (Izaak) and Cotton (Charles) The Complete Angler

1808

 GBP - 6.00
490 Slater (J. H.) and Maxwell-Barbour (F. W.) Engravings and their Value

[1929]

 GBP - 5.05
491 Singleton (E.) The Furniture of our Forefathers New York

1900-1

 GBP - 5.00
492 Sheraton (T.) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book

1802

 GBP - 5.10
493 Long (B.) British Miniaturists

1929

 GBP - 9.00
494 Connoisseur (The)

1910-33

 GBP - 21.00
495 Oppe (A. P.) Thomas Rowlandson his Drawings and Water-Colours

1923

 GBP - 9.10
496 Burlington House

GBP - 4.10
497 Morris (F. O.) British Butterflies

1895

 GBP - 3.10
498 Morris (F. O.) British Moths

1896

 GBP - 2.05
499 Milton (John) Paradise Regained

1924

 GBP - 1.00
500 Ludwig (G.) and Molmenti (P.) Vittore Carpaccio

1906

 GBP - 2.10
501 Simon (O.) and Rodenberg (J.) Printing of To-Day

1928

 GBP - 2.00
  • <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>
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    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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  • <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.