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
497 [Combe (W.)] The Life of Napoleon

1817

 GBP - 4.00
498 Combe (William) The First Tour of Dr. Syntax

GBP - 4.00
499 D'Arblay (Fanny) Diary and Letters

1843-42-46

 GBP - 3.50
500 Defoe (D.) Novels Oxford

1840-41

 GBP - 14.00
501 [Dodgson (C. L.)] Lewis Carroll

1887

 GBP - 2.00
502 Fitzgerald (Colonel C. J. O.) Diary of the Burmah Campaign

GBP - 6.00
503 Garinet (Jules) Histoire de la Magie en France

GBP - 14.00
504 Gentleman Angler (The) FIRST EDITION

1726

 GBP - 5.00
505 GILBERT (WILLIAM) The Anglers Delight

1676

 GBP - 60.00
506 Keats (John) Endymion

1818

 GBP - 13.00
507 Le Clerc (Daniel) The History of Physick

1699

 GBP - 8.50
508 Mallarme (Stephane) Les Poesies Brussels

1899

 GBP - 4.50
509 M'Leod (John) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste

GBP - 2.00
510 Moss (F.) Pilgrimages to Old Homes

GBP - 7.00
511 Pitkin (Timothy) A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States of America

GBP - 2.00
512 Sawyer (C. J.) and F. J. H. Darton English Books

1927

 GBP - 3.25
513 Shelley (P. B.) Queen Mab

GBP - 4.00
514 Taplin (William) The Sporting Dictionary

GBP - 1.25
515 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair

GBP - 5.50
516 Whyte-Melville (G. J.) Novels

GBP - 4.50
517 Whyte-Melville (G. J.) Works

1898-1902

 GBP - 1.00
518 Wright (John) The American Negotiator

1761

 GBP - 4.00
519 Bartlett (W. H.) and N. P. Willis Canadian Scenery

GBP - 6.50
520 Chinese Drawings on Rice-Paper

GBP - 5.50
521 Gay (John) Fables

GBP - 4.00
522 Jackson (E. Nevill) The History of Silhouettes

1911

 GBP - 1.25
523 Kipling (R.) Just So Stories

1902

 GBP - 0.75
524 Loudon (Mrs. Jane) British Wild Flowers

1859

 GBP - 5.00
525 translated by the Rev. Montague Summers Malleus Maleficarum

1928

 GBP - 4.00
526 Manuscripts

GBP - 7.00
527 Morris (Beverley R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl

1895

 GBP - 2.00
528 Russell (William) The History of America

1778

 GBP - 2.50
529 Solon (M. L.) A History and Description of Italian Majolica

1907

 GBP - 0.75
530 Admiralty Charts

GBP - 3.00
531 Atlas Maritimus and Commercialis

1728

 GBP - 12.00
532 Collins (Captain Greenville) Great Britain's Coasting Pilot

GBP - 22.00
533 Collins (Captain Greenville) Great 'Britain's Coasting Pilot

GBP - 30.00
534 Flamsteed (John) Atlas Coelestis

GBP - 10.00
535 Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture

1728

 GBP - 6.00
536 Goos (Pieter) De Nieuwe Groote Zee-Spiegel Amsterdam

166[9]

 GBP - 42.00
537 James (R.) A Medicinal Dictionary

1743-45

 GBP - 2.00
538 Loots (John) Lichtning Sea-Column

GBP - 8.00
539 Maps mainly of Europe -by Senex and Maxwell

GBP - 15.00
540 Mount (Richard) The Sea-Coasts of France

GBP - 5.00
541 Palladio The Architecture of A. Palladio revised by Giacomo Leoni

1721

 GBP - 5.00
542 Sayer (Robert) A Complete Channel Pilot

1779

 GBP - 11.00
543 Shaw (George) and J. F. Miller Cimelia Physica

1796

 GBP - 48.00
544 South America

GBP - 1.50
545 Anderson (C) The Annals of the English Bible

GBP - 1.00
546 The Book of Common Prayer Cambridge

1761

 GBP - 7.00
547 Boswell (James) Life of Johnson

GBP - 2.50
548 Bunce (J. T.) History of the Corporation of Birmingham

GBP - 1.00
549 Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress

1860

 GBP - 2.75
550 Burke (Edmund) Works

1826-27

 GBP - 4.75
551 Cambridge (The) Modern History Cambridge

1903-10

 GBP - 8.50
552 Congreve (Wm.) Plays

GBP - 6.00
553 Goldsmith (O.) Cranford Series

GBP - 1.00
554 Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man

GBP - 1.00
555 Eliot (George) Adam Bede

GBP - 12.50
556 Eliot (George) Scenes of Clerical Life

1858

 GBP - 10.00
557 Eliot (G.) Silas Marner

1861

 GBP - 6.50
558 Eliot (G.) Felix Holt

GBP - 7.00
559 Evelyn (John) Diary

GBP - 2.25
560 Frith (W. P.) John Leech

GBP - 1.00
561 Hone (Wm.) The Every-Day Book

GBP - 5.50
562 Jusserand (J. J.) The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare

GBP - 4.50
563 Rossetti (D. G.) Kelmscott Press

1895

 GBP - 4.00
564 Kemble (J. M.) The Saxons in England

GBP - 2.25
565 Lecky (W. F. H.) History of European Morals

GBP - 1.00
566 Longman (Wm.) The History of the Life and Times of Edward the third

GBP - 1.00
567 Milton (John) Peotical Works

1874

 GBP - 1.00
568 Rank (L.) The Popes of Rome

GBP - 1.00
569 Rawlinson (G.) History of Ancient Egypt

GBP - 2.75
570 Reade (Charles) The Cloister and the Hearth

1861

 GBP - 12.00
571 Rhodes (W. B.) Bombastes Furioso

GBP - 3.00
572 Rogers (Samuel) Italy

GBP - 3.50
573 Shakespeare (Wm.) Works

1839-431

 GBP - 7.50
574 Sterne (L.) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy

GBP - 5.00
575 Sterne (Laurence) Works

GBP - 7.00
576 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair

GBP - 17.00
577 Thackeray (W. M.) The Adventures of Philip

1862

 GBP - 2.50
578 Thackeray (W. M.) Henry Esmond

GBP - 3.25
579 Tone (T. Wolfe) Memoirs

GBP - 3.00
580 Villari (P.) The History of Girolamo Savonarola

GBP - 1.25
581 Walton (I.) and C. Cotton The Complete Angler

GBP - 7.00
582 Wordsworth (Wm.) Poetical Works

GBP - 4.00
583 Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson

1791

 GBP - 24.00
584 Chambers (R.) The Book of Days

GBP - 1.25
585 Gaskell (Mrs.) Cranford Series

GBP - 2.50
586 Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Boke named the Governor

GBP - 5.00
587 Morris (Wm.) A Tale of the House of the Wolfings

GBP - 1.75
588 Ruskin (John) The Art of England

GBP - 1.00
589 Dacier (E.) and P. Ratouis de Limay Pastels Francais des 17e et 18e Siecles Paris

1927

 GBP - 2.75
590 Denkmaler der Krippenkunst

GBP - 3.00
591 Eckardt (P. A.) Geschichte der Koreanischen Kunst Leipzig

1929

 GBP - 5.00
592 Gebelin (F.) Les Chateaux de la Renaissance Paris

1927

 GBP - 3.50
593 Geiger (B.) I Disegni del Magnasco Padua

1945

 GBP - 3.50
594 Gnoli (U.) Pittori e Miniatori nell'Umbria Spoleto

1923

 GBP - 4.25
595 Godefroy (L.) L'Oeuvre Grave de Adriaen van Ostade Paris

1930

 GBP - 3.25
596 Hofmann (F. H.) Geschichte der Bayerischen Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg

1923

 GBP - 20.00
  • <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>
    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.