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
797 Chippendale (Thomas) Furniture Designs

GBP - 3.25
798 Chubb (Thomas) The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland

1927

 GBP - 11.00
799 Clay (R. M.) Julius Caesar Ibbetson

GBP - 4.00
800 Dillon (Edward) Glass

GBP - 4.50
801 Esquemeling (John) Bucaniers of America

1684

 GBP - 2.25
802 Francis (Grant R.) Old English Drinking Glasses

1926

 GBP - 4.50
803 Haslem (John) The Old Derby China Factory

1876

 GBP - 3.75
804 Hayden (Arthur) Spode and his Successors

1925

 GBP - 1.50
805 Hayley (Wm.) The Life of George Romney

GBP - 5.00
806 Jones' Views of the Seats

GBP - 5.00
807 King (William) Chelsea Porcelain

1922

 GBP - 8.00
808 Lang (Andrew) Prince Charles Edward

1900

 GBP - 1.75
809 John Wilkinson Map of the British Province of New Brunswick

GBP - 5.50
810 Mew (E.) Battersea Enamels

1918

 GBP - 3.00
811 Mulliner (H. H.) The Decorative Arts in England during the late XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries

GBP - 2.00
812 Notes and Queries

GBP - 3.00
813 Papworth (J. B.) Rural Residences

1818

 GBP - 6.50
814 Pugin (A. W.) Details of Antient timber houses of the 15th and 16th centuries

GBP - 1.25
815 Rackham (Bernard) and Herbert Read English Pottery

1924

 GBP - 6.50
816 edited by Charles Hindley Roxburghe Ballads (The)

GBP - 6.00
817 Shaw (Henry) The Art of Illumination

GBP - 3.50
818 Shaw (H.) and S. R. Meyriek Specimens of Ancient Furniture

GBP - 3.00
819 Tuer (A. W.) History of the Horn Book

1897

 GBP - 3.50
820 Watts (W. W.) Old English Silver

1924

 GBP - 8.00
821 Westropp (M. S. D.) Irish Glass

GBP - 5.25
822 Woodward (G. M.) Eccentric Excursions

1816

 GBP - 13.00
823 Adams (John) Index Villaris

GBP - 5.50
824 [Anstis (John)] The Register of the most Noble Order of the Garter

1724

 GBP - 7.00
825 Armstrong (Sir Walter) Gainsborough

1899

 GBP - 1.00
826 Augustine (Saint) Of the Citie of God

GBP - 5.00
827 Bacon (Francis) The Historie of King Henry the Seventh

GBP - 2.00
828 Browne (Sir Thomas) Works

1686

 GBP - 11.00
829 Browne (Sir Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica

1646

 GBP - 5.50
830 Buck (S. and N.) Antiquities or Venerable Remains of Castles

1774

 GBP - 62.00
831 Camden (William) Britain

1637

 GBP - 30.00
832 Davenant (Sir William) Works

1673

 GBP - 7.00
833 DERBYSHIRE

GBP - 58.00
834 Drake (Francis) Eboracum

1736

 GBP - 2.50
835 Edmondson (Joseph) A Complete Body of Heraldry

1780

 GBP - 2.50
836 Eustachius (Barth.) Tabulae Anatomicae Rome

1728

 GBP - 5.00
837 Foster (J. J.) Miniature Painters

1903

 GBP - 5.00
838 Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry

1724

 GBP - 5.00
839 Hartshorne (Albert) Old English Glasses

1897

 GBP - 2.50
840 Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan

GBP - 13.00
841 Houbraken, Vertue and Birch The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain

1743-51

 GBP - 4.00
842 Jonson (Ben) Works

1640-[41]

 GBP - 4.00
843 Kit-Cat Club (The)

1735

 GBP - 10.50
844 Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes

1638

 GBP - 4.00
845 Latham (Charles) and H. A. Tipping In English Homes

1905

 GBP - 3.50
846 Leigh (Charles) The Natural History of Lancashire Oxford

1700

 GBP - 1.50
847 Murray (A. S.) Twelve Hundred Miles on the River Murray

GBP - 3.00
848 Newcastle (Margaret, Duchess of) The Description of a New World

1668

 GBP - 7.50
849 Newcastle (Duke of) Methode et Invention Nouvelle de dresser les Chevaux

1737

 GBP - 8.00
850 Parey (Ambrose) Workes

1649

 GBP - 17.00
851 Russell (Charles E.) English Mezzotint Portraits

1926

 GBP - 1.25
852 Speed (John) The History of Great Britaine

1623

 GBP - 1.00
853 Ward (Robert) Animadversions of Warre

GBP - 5.00
854 Weever (John) Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine

1631

 GBP - 2.00
855 Willmott (Ellen) Warley Garden

GBP - 0.50
  • <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.