Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, &c. COMPRISING A SELECTION PROM THE LIBRARY AT SPRINGWOOD PARK, KELSO, OF English Literature; First Editions and Presentation Copies of Thomas Hardy; Bannatyne Club and Maitland Club Publications; a Fifteenth Century French Manuscript on Chess; Voyages and Travels; Charts, etc.; The Naval Papers, Journals, etc., of Admiral Sir James Douglas; The Property of the late Sir George Douglas, Bt., [Sold by Order of his Exec, HYPERION,

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 25, 1938 - July 25, 1938

Page Size: 680 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	NBUREY (Thomas)	Travels through the Interior Parts of America		1789	GBP -	2.25
2		Arabian Nights		1894	GBP -	18.00
3	Arber (Edward)	An English Garner		1896-97	GBP -	1.40
4	Baker (S. W.)	The Eifle and the Hound in Ceylon			GBP -	1.50
5	BOORDE (ANDREW)	The Breviary of Healthe			GBP -	10.50
7	Borrow (George)	The Bible in Spain			GBP -	0.50
8	Boswell (James)	Letters between the Honourable Andrew Erskine and James Boswell		1763	GBP -	1.20
9	Burke (John)	Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland		1833-38	GBP -	1.00
10	Burns (Robert)	Works [Edited by W. Scott Douglas]		1891	USD -	Not Sold
11	[Burton. (John)]	Ascanius: or the Young Adventurer			GBP -	1.75
12	Catlin (George)	Letters and Notes on the Manners		1844	GBP -	0.80
13	Chambers (R.)	The Book of Days			GBP -	9.00
14	Congreve (William)	Incognita: or, Love and Duty Reconciled			GBP -	3.75
15	Cory (William)	Extracts from the Letters and Journals			GBP -	1.00
16	Dickens (C.)	Master Humphrey's Clock			GBP -	0.50
17	Dodsley (J.)	A Collection of Poems by Several Hands		1765	GBP -	0.50
18	Dryden (John)	Works	Edinb	1882-93	GBP -	14.50
19	Douglas (Gavin)	Poetical Works with Memoir by John Small		1874	GBP -	0.50
20	Eden (Et. Hon. William)	History of New Holland		1787	GBP -	1.00
21	Fellowes (W. D.)	Paris during the interesting month of July 1815			GBP -	1.00
22	Fitzroy (Robert)	Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle			GBP -	0.50
23	Forster (John)	Life of Charles Dickens		1811	GBP -	0.50
24	Gait (John)	Autobiography			GBP -	0.50
25	Gait (John)	Ringan Gilhaize; or the Covenanters			GBP -	2.10
26	Gosse (Edmund)	Father and Son			GBP -	1.50
27	Hardy (Thomas)	A Collection of his Works		1895-98	GBP -	1.00
28	Hardy (T.)	A Group of Noble Dames		1891	GBP -	15.00
29	HARDY (THOMAS)	TESS OF THE DTJRBERVILLES		1891	GBP -	34.00
30	Hardy (T.)	Tess of the D'Urbervilles		[1892]	GBP -	5.00
31	HARDY (T.)	Poems of the Past and Present		1902	GBP -	24.00
32	HARDY (T.)	THE DYNASTS		1903-08	GBP -	48.00
33	Hardy (T.)	Winter Words			GBP -	1.00
34	Hardy (T.)	Chosen Poems			GBP -	1.00
35	Jardine (Sir William)	The Naturalist's Library		1852	GBP -	2.50
36	Jefferies (Richard)	Hodge and his Masters			GBP -	1.00
37	[Johnson (Samuel)]	A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland		1775	GBP -	1.50
38	Leigh (E.)	England Described: or the several Counties and Shires thereof briefly handled			GBP -	3.25
39	Lever (C.)	Arthur O'Leary			GBP -	18.00
40	Lover (Samuel)	Treasure Trove			GBP -	12.00
41	Lyndsay (Sir David)	Poetical Works			GBP -	2.00
42	[Oulton (W. C.)]	History of the Theatres of London			GBP -	1.25
43	Parmy (C. de)	Opuscules			GBP -	1.40
44	Pelham (H.)	Exercise for the Horse		1840	GBP -	18.00
45	Pope (Alexander)	Works		1871-89	GBP -	4.25
46	Ritson (Joseph)	A Select Collection of English Songs			GBP -	0.50
47	Robson (Joseph)	An Account of Six Years' Residence in Hudson's Bay		1752	GBP -	4.25
48	Rogers (Capt. Woodes)	A Cruising Voyage Round the World		1712	GBP -	3.00
49		Roundelay or the New Syren			GBP -	2.25
50	Scott (Sir Walter)	Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border			GBP -	1.00
51		Scrapeana			GBP -	2.75
52	Stevenson (R. L.)	Underwoods			GBP -	1.00
53		TRACTS			GBP -	8.00
54	[Twiss (R.)]	Chess, 2 vol. in 1			GBP -	1.75
55	Ulloa (Gr. and A. de)	A Voyage to South America			GBP -	1.00
56	[Waldron (F. G.)]	The Literary Museum; or ancient and modern Repository			GBP -	0.50
57	Wilkinson (Sir J. G.) and S. Birch	Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians			GBP -	1.25
58	Young (Edward)	Night Thoughts			GBP -	3.75
59	Almon (J.)	The Eemembrancer		1775	GBP -	0.50
60	Audubon (J. J.) and Rev. J. Baehman	The Quadrupeds of North America	New York	1852-54	GBP -	6.25
61		BANNATYNE CLUB PUBLICATIONS	Edinb.	1821-67	GBP -	17.00
62	Boccaccio (G.)	The Decameron		1893	GBP -	1.25
63	[Boileau Despreaux (N.)]	Oeuvres Diverses du Sieur D avec le Traite du Sublime ou du Merveilleux dans le Discours traduit du Grec de Longin	Paris	1674	GBP -	5.00
64	Burney (James)	History of the Buccaneers of America		1816	GBP -	4.00
65		CHESS PROBLEMS			GBP -	155.00
66	illustrations by Gavarni	Diable a Paris		1845-46	GBP -	18.00
67	Evelyn (J.)	Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest Trees with Notes by A. Hunter			GBP -	0.50
68	Franklin (Capt. J.)	Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea			GBP -	18.00
69	Froissart (Sir John)	Chronicles of England		1803-10	GBP -	1.50
70	GEIKIE (W.)	Etchings illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery		1844	GBP -	0.50
71	Grose (Francis)	Antiquities of England and Wales			GBP -	0.80
72	Hall (Capt. B.)	Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea			GBP -	1.75
73	Hardy (Rear-Admiral John)	A Chronological List of the Captains of His Majesty's Royal Navy			GBP -	2.25
74	Rene Primererre Lesson	Herbier Artificiel par Rene Primererre Lesson		[c. 1820]	GBP -	3.00
75		Livre des Marches faits par les Armees de sa Majeste de la Grande Brittagne depuis l'An 1689 jusques a la fin de la Campagne			GBP -	0.25
76		MAITLAND CLUB PUBLICATIONS	Edinb.	1829-54	GBP -	21.00
77	Oswald (James)	The Caledonian Pocket Companion		1847	GBP -	1.25
78	Parry (W. E.)	Journal of a Voyage [and of a Second Voyage and a Third Voyage] for the Discovery of a North-West Passage		1821-28	GBP -	0.75
79	Ramsay (Allan)	Poems	Edinb.	1721	GBP -	0.25
80	Robertson (Wm.)	History of America			GBP -	8.00
81	Salvin (F. H.) and W. Brodrick	Falconry in the British Isles		1873	GBP -	5.25
82		Seton Genealogy			GBP -	3.50
83	Scott (Sir Walter)	Border Antiquities of England and Scotland		1814-17	GBP -	0.50
84	Smith (Adam)	Essays on Philosophical Subjects		1795	GBP -	0.50
85		Spalding Club Publications		1841-62	GBP -	3.50
86	Stedman (Capt. J. G.)	Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam		1806	GBP -	18.00
87	Strutt (J.)	Sports and Pastimes of the People of England		1801	GBP -	3.00
88	Symonds (J. A.)	Life of Benvenuto Cellini		1888	GBP -	1.25
89	Vega Carpio (Lope Felix de)	Colleceion de las Obras Sueltas	Madri	1776-79	GBP -	3.75
90	Bacon (Sir Francis)	Works with Life by Mr. Mallet		1753	GBP -	1.00
91	Bentley (C.) and R. H. Schomburgk	Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana		1841	GBP -	4.25
92	Blaeu (Joannes)	Atlas Vol. VI Scotland and Ireland	Amsterdam	1662	GBP -	6.00
93	COLLINS (GREENVILE)	Great Britain's Coasting Pilot		1738	GBP -	4.75
94	W. H. Pine	COSTUME		1800-18	GBP -	14.00
95	DOUGLAS (ADMIKAL SIR JAMES, 1703-1787)	NAVAL PAPERS			GBP -	27.00
96	Homan (J. B.)	Atlas Minor	Nuremberg	[c. 1760]	GBP -	1.00
97	Jaillot (A. H.)	Atlas Francois		1695-1704	GBP -	1.25
98	Lecomte (H.)	Costumes Civils et Militaires de la Monarchie Francaise depuis 1200 jusqu'au 1820		[1820]	GBP -	4.25
99	Meyrick (S. R.) and C. H. Smith	Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands		[1815]	GBP -	2.25
100	Meyrick (Sir S. R.)	A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour		1842	GBP -	3.75
101	[VANCOUVER (CAPT. GEORGE)]	Atlas of 16 folding charts and plates to illustrate the "Voyage to the North Pacific Ocean"		[1798]	GBP -	16.50

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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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.
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.