Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, 1LEAD,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 03, 1952 - November 03, 1952
Page Size: 859 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
298 Jewel (John, Bishop of Salisbury) A Replie unto M. Hardinges Answeare London

1565

 GBP - 11.00
299 La Perouse (J. F. G. de) Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse

GBP - 15.00
300 Levaillant (Francois) Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis et des Rolliers

1806

 GBP - 82.00
301 Pembroke (William, Earl of) An Inventorie of all the Golde and sylver plate

7th Dec, 1562

 GBP - 80.00
302 REPRESENTATION DES FETES

1745

 GBP - 44.00
302A Royal Procession

1822

 GBP - 8.50
303 Wouvermans (Philippe) Oeuvres gravees d'apres ses meilleurs tableaux

1737

 GBP - 30.00
304 MECHANICAL DOLL

GBP - 36.00
305 Bernardus, Claravallensis. Opuscula Divi Bernardi Abbatis Venice

1495

 GBP - 2.50
306 Albumasar Abalaclius De Maguis Cjunctionibus Venice

1515

 GBP - 2.50
307 Dionysius Periegetes Orbis Descriptio Arati Astronomicon

1523

 GBP - 1.00
308 Erasmus Erasmi Roterodarni Encomium Moriae . . .

1931

 GBP - 3.00
309 Voragine (Jacobus de) Sermones de tempore et sanctis Lyon

1491

 GBP - 9.00
310 Catalogues of sales of Books and Works of Art

GBP - 1.25
311 Fournier Le Jeune De l'Origine et des Productions de l'Imprimerie Primitive en Taille de Bois Paris

1759

 GBP - 7.50
312 Tafereelen van de Staatsomwenteling in Frankrijk Amsterdam

1794-1807

 GBP - 0.50
313 Relatione delie Missioni de Vescovi... Rome

1677

 GBP - 6.50
314 Missale Carthusiense Paris

1520

 GBP - 11.00
315 Aretino (P.) Ragionamenti

GBP - 5.50
316 Guilelmus de Gouda Expositio Misteriorum misse Strassburg

(c. 1509)

 GBP - 3.00
317 Blome (Rich.) Englisches America Leipzig

1697

 GBP - 3.00
318 La Mechanique du Feu oder Kunst die Wurckung des Feuers zu vermehren

1715

 GBP - 3.00
319 Kellner (D. David) Kurtz abgefastes sehr nutz-und erbauliches Berg- und Saltzwercks-Buch

GBP - 7.50
320 Zesen (F. von) Beschreybung der Stadt Amsterdam

GBP - 3.00
321 [Villars (Montfaucon de)] Comte de Gabalis

GBP - 3.50
322 Paxton (Sir Joseph) Magazine of Botany

1834-49

 GBP - 40.00
323 Lucretius (T.) De Rerum Natura Lyons

1558

 GBP - 3.50
324 ROLT (R.) A new and accurate History of South America

1756

 GBP - 7.00
325 Hamilton (Capt. Alex.) A New Account of the East Indies Edinburgh

1727

 GBP - 8.00
326 Barrington (George) The History of New South Wales

GBP - 9.00
327 Best (Thos.) A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling

GBP - 1.00
328 Farley (John) The London Art of Cookery

GBP - 3.00
329 Office de la Semaine Sainte

1745

 GBP - 5.00
330 Epictetus Manuel,

GBP - 5.50
331 [De Villeneuve] Traite de la Culture Paris

1791

 GBP - 5.50
332 Bacon (Sir Francis) Works

1825-31

 GBP - 0.75
333 Swift (Jonathan) Works Edinburgh

1824

 GBP - 0.75
334 Dodsley (J.) A Collection of Poems by several Hands

1766

 GBP - 2.75
335 Thackeray (Wm. M.) The History of Pendennis

1849-50

 GBP - 1.00
336 Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

1837

 GBP - 2.25
337 Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1839

 GBP - 1.00
338 Kipling (R.) The Jungle Book

1894-95

 GBP - 2.25
339 [Austen (Jane)] Mansfield Park

1814

 GBP - 8.00
340 Landor (W. S.) Dry Sticks Fagoted Edinburgh

1858

 GBP - 1.00
341 Eliot (George) The Mill on the Floss

1860

 GBP - 0.50
342 Doyle (Sir A. Conan) A Study in Scarlet

1888

 GBP - 12.00
343 Macaulay (Lord) The History of England

1849-70

 GBP - 3.25
344 Mee (Arthur) The Children's Encyclopaedia

GBP - 1.25
345 Burke (Edmund) Works

1815-1822

 GBP - 5.00
346 Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock

1840-1841

 GBP - 0.50
347 Kelly (P.) The Elements of Book-Keeping

GBP - 0.50
348 Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds

GBP - 6.50
349 Leslie (Shane) The Skull of Swift

GBP - 2.50
350 Repton (Humphry) Odd Whims and Miscellanies

1804

 GBP - 10.00
351 Grace (W. G.) Cricket

GBP - 4.00
352 Juvenile and other miscellaneous books

GBP - 4.00
353 Dickens (Charles) Nicholas Nickleby

GBP - 7.00
354 [Sutcliffe (Thos.)] Sixteen Years in Chile and Peru

GBP - 6.00
355 Stevenson (R. L.) Virginibus Puerisque

GBP - 5.50
356 London and its Environs Described

GBP - 1.75
357 Lloyd (L.) Scandinavian Adventures

1854

 GBP - 1.25
358 [Ramee (L. de la)] "Ouida."

GBP - 3.50
359 Thackeray (W. M.) The History of Henry Esmond

GBP - 1.25
360 Newman (J. H., Cardinal) Apologia pro Vita sua

1864

 GBP - 5.50
361 Macaulay (T. B. Lord) The History of England from the Accession of James II

GBP - 2.75
362 Gaspey (W.) Illustrated

GBP - 2.50
363 Japanese Tinted Woodcuts

GBP - 0.75
364 T. C. Eyton and others HERD BOOK (THE) OF HEREFORD CATTLE

1846-1930

 GBP - 5.00
365 Royal Geographical Society Publications

GBP - 70.00
366 Meyer (H. L.) Coloured Illustrations of British Birds

1842-50

 GBP - 7.50
367 Philbrick (F. A.) and W. A. S. Westoby The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain with upwards of 100 illustrations

GBP - 2.00
368 Butler (A. G.) British Birds with their Nests and Eggs

[c. 1898]

 GBP - 0.50
369 W. Robinson Flora and Sylva numbers 1-19

GBP - 1.25
370 BRADFORD (WILLIAM) Sketches of . . . Portugal and Spain

1810-11

 GBP - 19.00
371 Bowyer (R.) An Illustrated Record of Important Events

1815

 GBP - 3.25
372 Bowyer (R.) The Campaign of Waterloo

1816

 GBP - 1.00
373 Albumasar Abalachus Introductorium in astronomiam Venice

1506

 GBP - 19.00
374 Astrology

GBP - 8.00
375 Bonatus (Guido) de Forlivio Liber astronomicus Augsburg

1491

 GBP - 34.00
376 Diodorus Siculus Historiarum Libri Basel

1539

 GBP - 1.00
377 Machiavelli (N.) Tutte le opere

1550

 GBP - 2.25
378 Gauricus (L.) Omar De Nativitatibus interrogationibus Venice

1525

 GBP - 2.25
379 Heller (Joachim) De Elementis et Orbibus Coelestibus Nuremberg

1549

 GBP - 11.00
380 Ballard (G.) Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain

GBP - 2.50
381 Rolewinck (Werner) Fasciculus temporum omnes antiquorum cronicas complectens

April 1490

 GBP - 9.00
382 Diogenes Laertius De vita & moribus philosophorum Venice

1490

 GBP - 12.00
383 Latimer (Bishop H.) Frutefull Sermons

1571

 GBP - 5.00
384 Jenkyn (Wm.) Civil War Tracts and Sermons

GBP - 5.50
385 L. (N.) The Plagues Cause with the Plagues Cure

1665

 GBP - 14.00
386 Sansovino (Francesco) Venetia citta nobilissima

GBP - 4.00
387 Oudegherst (P. d') Les chroniques et annales de Flandres Paris

1623

 GBP - 4.50
388 Matthiolus (P. A.) Compendium de plantis omnibus Venice

1571

 GBP - 15.00
389 Swammerdam (J.) Historia Insectorum Generalis Nurnberg

1753

 GBP - 14.00
390 Gassendus (P.) De Motu impresso a motore translata epistolae duae

GBP - 13.00
391 Schott (Gaspar) Physica Curiosa Mirabilia Naturae et Artis

GBP - 10.00
392 Shaw (Thos.) Reizen en Aanmerkingen Utrecht

1773

 GBP - 1.00
393 Esper (E. J. C.) Die Pfaanzenthiere Nurnberg

1791-94

 GBP - 11.00
394 Alfraganus (Muhammedis filius Ketiri, qui vulgo dicitur) Elementa Astronimica

GBP - 2.25
395 Lugar (R.) Architectural Sketches for Cottages

1805

 GBP - 10.00
396 King (William) Chelsea Porcelain

1922

 GBP - 7.50
  • <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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  • <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.