Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, AND A FEW ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS, AND MINIATURES, ETC, PALM,

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 30, 1952 - July 30, 1952
Page Size: 612 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
498 Indian Drawings

GBP - 15.00
499 Shakespeare (Wm.) Venus and Adonis Oxford

1905

 GBP - 3.50
500 Lyceum Theatre

1889-94

 GBP - 0.50
501 Bishop (J. G.) Brighton in the Olden Time

GBP - 3.50
502 Lawrence (T. E.) Golden Cockerel Press

GBP - 23.00
503 Gumuchian et Cie Paris

GBP - 4.00
504 Bossert (H.) An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century Berlin

1928

 GBP - 4.50
505 Blake (W.) Descriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of W. Blake selected from Collections in the United States Philadelphia

1939

 GBP - 1.75
506 Dibdin (Rev. T. F.) An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics

1827

 GBP - 5.00
507 Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana

1881-83

 GBP - 9.00
508 Moore (Thos.) Lalla Rookh Boston

GBP - 0.50
509 Turner (J. M. W.) Water-Colour Drawings in the National Gallery

1904

 GBP - 0.75
510 Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.) Ireland

GBP - 0.50
511 Mudie (R.) The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands

1835

 GBP - 0.50
512 Forssell (C.) Une Annee en Suede Stockholm

1829-36

 GBP - 20.00
513 Geissler (J. G. G.) and Hempel (F.) Tableaux pittoresques des moeurs Paris and Leipzig

1804

 GBP - 58.00
514 Harding (J. D.) and Johnson (J.) The Costumes of the French Pyrenees

1832

 GBP - 11.00
515 SAUVAN (J. B. B.) PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE SEINE

1821

 GBP - 42.00
516 REPTON (H.) AND REPTON (J. A.) FRAGMENTS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING

1816

 GBP - 55.00
517 Alexander (Wm.) The Costume of China

1805

 GBP - 12.00
518 Pyne (W. H.) The Costume of Great Britain

1808

 GBP - 12.00
519 Hobson (R. L.) Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain

1931

 GBP - 28.00
520 Heal (Sir A.) London Tradesmen's Cards of the XVIII Century

1925

 GBP - 2.50
521 Cescinsky (H.) English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century

GBP - 13.00
522 Encyclopaedia Britannica (The) 32 vol New York

1910-22

 GBP - 12.00
523 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Margate

1895-46

 GBP - 8.00
524 Calendar of Inquisitions post Mortem

1898-1921

 GBP - 6.50
525 , edited by F. G. Emmison Bedfordshire Parish Registers

1931-48

 GBP - 13.00
526 Hill (John, M.D.) The British Herbal

1756

 GBP - 2.00
527 Stow (John) The Survey of London

1633

 GBP - 2.75
527A Shakespeare (Wm.) Comedies

1902-06

 GBP - 15.00
527B Guillim (J.) A Display of Heraldry

1660

 GBP - 4.50
528 Bowyer (R.) An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe

1817

 GBP - 6.50
529 Copinger (W. A.) The Bible and its Transmission

1897

 GBP - 14.00
530 SWINBURNE (A. C.) LESBIA BRANDON

[1877]

 GBP - 17.00
531 Houghton (Rev. W.) British Fresh-Water Fishes

GBP - 1.25
532 British Shells

GBP - 19.00
533 NAYLER (Sir GEORGE) The Coronation of King George the Fourth

1824-26

 GBP - 52.00
534 Deveria (A.) Costumes historiques de ville ou de theatre et travestissements Paris

1831

 GBP - 36.00
535 Colin (A.) and Belnos (Mrs.) Twenty-four plates Illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal

1832

 GBP - 8.00
536 Ainslie (Sir R.) and Mazer (L.) Views in the Ottoman Dominions

1810

 GBP - 11.00
536A Map L'Isle (G. de) America Septentrionalis

GBP - 3.50
537 REDOUTE (P. J.) AND C. A. THORY LES ROSES Paris

1828-29

 USD - Not Sold
538 GREENAWAY (KATE) TWO ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS

1900

 GBP - 40.00
539 Antommarchi (F.) Death-Mask of the Emperor Napoleon I Paris

1833

 GBP - 5.50
540 Cromwell (Oliver) Death-Mask

August 15, 1932

 GBP - 1.00
541 KHAWAJA AND HIS DONKEY

1450

 GBP - 9.00
542 An angel

GBP - 17.00
543 Jami, Yusuf and Zulaikha a Persian poem written in fine nastaliq within gold and coloured rules

1650

 GBP - 3.50
544 Sanai. Poems,

1597

 GBP - 26.00
545 Habibus-Siyar, A Persian history

1604

 GBP - 12.00
545A Bhagavat-Gita

GBP - 4.50
545B Eighteen Indian Portraits of Maharajahs

GBP - 9.00
546 The Emperor Jahangir

GBP - 12.00
547 A TARTAR SOLDIER

GBP - 28.00
548 A Moghul Princess with attendants visiting a faqir seated under a tree in a garden

GBP - 8.00
549 A love scene in a palace

GBP - 8.00
550 Three water-colour drawings

GBP - 24.00
551 Four water-colour Paintings

GBP - 22.00
552 SCOTLAND

GBP - 11.00
553 WHITTIER (J. G.) A.L.s.

GBP - 4.00
554 CHARLES II (King of England) Doc.s.

GBP - 9.00
555 Fauconberg (Thomas, Earl, married Cromwell's daughter, Mary) Doc. s. as witness to the receipt of £200

GBP - 2.50
556 SCOTT (Sir Walter) A. L. in third person

GBP - 1.00
557 WALPOLE (Sir Robert, Prime Minister) A.L.s.

GBP - 2.50
558 TOMLINSON (H. M.) Long and amusing A.L.s.

GBP - 3.50
559 JAMES I (King of England) Doc. s Aberdene

29 April 1589

 GBP - 2.50
560 DE QUINCEY (Thomas) A.L.s.

13 December 1844

 GBP - 3.00
561 SMOLLETT (Tobias) Fine A.L.s. Chelsea

1 March, 1754

 GBP - 28.00
562 WAGNER (Richard) A.L.s.

1869

 GBP - 12.00
563 MARY OF MODENA (Queen of James II) L.s.

1694

 GBP - 3.50
564 DICKENS (Charles) A.L.s. Bolton

21 April 1869

 GBP - 4.00
564A PERCEVAL (Robert, Physician and Chemist) A.L.s. Dublin

1 May 1830

 GBP - 2.00
564B SHELLEY (Percy B.) A.L.s.

11 December, 1812

 GBP - 44.00
564C PEACOCK (Thomas Love) A.L.s.

23 October 1824

 GBP - 16.00
565 SHAW (George Bernard) Three A.Ls.s.

1880-1893

 GBP - 9.00
566 SHAW (G. B.) Type-written Biography

[1937]

 GBP - 14.00
567 CONAN DOYLE [Sir Arthur] Spiritualism

GBP - 4.50
568 CONAN DOYLE (Sir A.) A series of 21 A.Ls.s.

4 January to 30 December, 1902

 GBP - 8.00
569 BERNHARDT (Sarah) A.L.s.

GBP - 2.00
570 COLLECTION of several hundred letters

GBP - 4.00
571 DODGSON (C. L., Lewis Carroll) A.L.s.

GBP - 7.00
572 TENNYSON (Alfred, Lord) His Prayer Book

GBP - 14.00
573 LITERARY

GBP - 12.00
574 ANSTEY (F., Author of Vice-Versa) Sixteen A.Ls.s.

1931-1933

 GBP - 12.00
575 COMMONPLACE BOOK

1820

 GBP - 3.50
576 WAGNER (Richard) Tannhaeuser und der Saengerkrieg auf Wartburg

GBP - 17.00
577 HILLER (Johann Adam) Lottchen am Hofe Leipzig

1772

 GBP - 3.50
578 HAYDN (Joseph) Six Original Canzonettes

GBP - 22.00
579 DARWIN (Charles) A.L.s. Down

22 June 1871

 GBP - 1.00
580 BURKE (Edmund) Holograph Notes on the law respecting the Printing Trade and Copy-right

GBP - 4.00
581 BUKKE (E.) Holograph Notes on the Poor Law

GBP - 4.00
582 BUKKE (E.) Notes on Capital Punishment and Imprisonment

GBP - 3.00
583 BUKKE (E.) Holograph Notes of a speech on Foreign Policy and the speech from the Throne

GBP - 6.00
584 ADAM BROTHERS DOC. on Vellum Vellum

8 September 1774

 GBP - 9.00
585 NAVAL. Antigua Yard, Checque Book

GBP - 4.00
586 HERALDIC Alphabet of Arms, MS. of the 17th Century

GBP - 2.50
587 INDIA

1804-1820

 GBP - 20.00
588 Webb (Maria) PENN FAMILY

1850

 GBP - 1.50
589 George Ross, Nicholas Taylor Four Docs.,

1777-1778

 USD - Not Sold
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    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.
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    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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    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.