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 Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, &c. COMPRISING A SELECTION PROM THE LIBRARY AT SPRINGWOOD PARK, KELSO, OF English Literature; First Editions and Presentation Copies of Thomas Hardy;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
399	GEORGE IV	A.L.s.	Brighton	22 Nov 1805	GBP -	5.00
400	MURAT, King of Naples:	A. L.,			GBP -	0.50
401	NEIPPERG (A. Comte de)	A.L.s.			GBP -	2.00
402	FERDINAND and ISABELLA	L. s. by Ferdinand			GBP -	7.50
403	BUGENHAGIUS (J.)	Bible verse in Latin		1551	GBP -	12.00
404	DURER (Albert)	MS. page from a work on geometry			GBP -	66.00
405	FRIZZI (P.)	Four lines of a confirmation		1547	USD -	Not Sold
406	MELANCHTON (P.)	A letter in Latin to L. Speryler			GBP -	1.00
407	LUTHER (Martin)	A.L.s.	Baumgartner	1524	GBP -	44.00
408	LARROQUANUS (Daniel)	Armoricus			USD -	Not Sold
409	SAGITTARUS (G.)	A circular drawn by Sagittarius dealing with Boeckler's "De Ratione" Status			USD -	Not Sold
410	RITTERHUSIUS (Conrad)	Four lines in his hand			GBP -	2.00
411		A similar lot			GBP -	1.00
412	BEETHOVEN (Ludwig von)	Part of an A.L.s. [1823]			GBP -	38.00
413	BEETHOVEN (L. von)	Auto			GBP -	9.00
414	BRAHMS (Johannes)	A.L.s.			GBP -	1.25
415	CHOPIN (Frederic)	A.L.s.			GBP -	16.00
416	GOETHE (J. W. von)	L.s.			GBP -	4.00
417	HAYDN (Joseph)	A.L.s.			GBP -	17.00
419	HEINE (Heinrich)	A.L.s.			GBP -	6.50
420	MOZART (Wolfgang)	A.L.s.			GBP -	60.00
421	SCHILLER (Friedrich von)	A.L.s.			GBP -	7.50
422	SCHUMANN (Robert)	A.L.s.			GBP -	4.00
423	WAGNER (Richard)	A.L.s.			GBP -	2.75
424	Henry VI	LONDON Grant by Henry VI of land for a churchyard to the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish St.,			GBP -	7.00
425	CHARLES II	L.s.			GBP -	98.00
426	GARDINER (Stephen)	, L. s.			GBP -	6.00
427	CLARENDON (Edward, first Earl of)	A. L. s.			GBP -	58.00
428	JAMES I (King)	A very important L. sub. and signed			GBP -	15.00
429	MONMOUTH (Duke of)	MONMOUTH (Duke of) and Rebellion of 1685			GBP -	11.00
430	STRAFFORD (Thomas Wentworth, Earl of)	L.s. to Lord Conway			GBP -	7.00
431		New South Wales as explored by Capt. Cook			USD -	Not Sold
432	VAN NOORT (Oliver)	The first Dutch Captain to make the voyage round the World			GBP -	62.00
433	VERONESE (Paul)	A.L.s.			GBP -	18.00
434	Charles Reade	FAMOUS NOVELISTS			GBP -	15.50
435	John Trumbull	FAMOUS AMERICANS			GBP -	25.00
436	Sarah Siddons	THE STAGE			GBP -	7.00
437	Mary Somerville	CELEBRATED WOMEN			GBP -	5.50
438	(Lady Mary Wortley)	MONTAGU			GBP -	6.50
439	CRABBE (George), Poet	Three A.L.s.			GBP -	7.50
440	Montrose	SCOTLAND. AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT			GBP -	68.00
441	CHARLES II	Letter			GBP -	15.00
442	FRANCOIS I (King)	A rare A.L.s.			GBP -	5.00
443	HOWE (Sir William) and the Mischianza	An interesting MS dealing with events which took place on Howe's resignation in America			GBP -	8.50
444	ELIZABETH, Queen of Bohemia	An important L.s.			GBP -	14.00
445	THACKERAY (Wm.)	A number of pencil Character Studies			GBP -	4.50
446	FRANKLIN (Sir John)	Discoverer of the North-West Passage			GBP -	40.00
447		NAVY ORDERS IN COUNCIL		circa 1731	GBP -	60.00
448	CROMWELL (Oliver)	Plaster Mask of Oliver Cromwell			GBP -	1.25
449	CROMWELL (Oliver)	A.L. SIGNED IN FULL		13 Jun'e 1643	GBP -	95.00
450	AINSWORTH (William Harrison)	The Star-Chamber		1854	GBP -	0.50
451		Costumes Francais de 1200 a 1715	London		GBP -	2.25
452		COSTUME. One Hundred and Sixty-Two Coloured Fashion Plates		1808-1809	GBP -	3.25
453	Cowper (William)	Poems			GBP -	1.00
454	Crabbe (George)	Tales of the Hall		1819	GBP -	0.50
455	[DE LA MARE (WALTER)]	SONGS OF CHILDHOOD		1902	GBP -	12.00
456	De la Mare (W.)	The Listeners and Other Poems		1912	GBP -	1.25
457	[Dodgson (C. L.)]	Notes by an Oxford Chiel	Oxford	1865-74	GBP -	3.50
458	[Dodgson (C. L.)]	Phantasmagoria and other Poems		1869	GBP -	6.00
459	[Dorset (Mrs. Catherine Ann)]	The Peacock		1822	GBP -	0.25
460	Edwards (Sydenham)	The Botanical Register		1815-22	GBP -	6.50
461	Egan (Pierce)	The Life of an Actor		1825	GBP -	6.00
462	Moore (Thomas)	FORE-EDGE PAINTING		1818	GBP -	2.00
463	GALSWORTHY (JOHN)	THE FORSYTE SAGA		1922	GBP -	16.50
464	[Gaskell (Mrs. E. C.)]	North and South		1855	GBP -	1.50
465	[Gissing (George)]	Demos: a Story of English Socialism		1886	GBP -	3.75
466	Hardy (Thomas)	Wessex Poems and other Verses		1898	GBP -	0.25
467	HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES	The Funerals of the High and Mighty Prince Henry		1613	GBP -	15.00
468	Homer Samuel Butler	The Iliad		1898	GBP -	1.25
469	[Legh (Gerard)]	The Accedens of Armory		1568	GBP -	0.70
470	[L'ESTRANGE (SIR BOGER)]	NO BLINDE GUIDES			GBP -	4.50
471	Maaskamp (E.)	Costumes	Amsterdam	[c. 1814]	GBP -	2.00
472	Marryat (Capt. Frederick)	The Mission; or		1845	USD -	Not Sold
473	Medwin (Thomas)	The Angler in Wales		1834	GBP -	12.00
474	POPE (ALEXANDER), JONATHAN SWIFT AND OTHERS	Miscellanea		1727 [actually issued in 1726]	GBP -	4.50
475	Rafinesque (C. S.)	Medical Flora of the United States of North America	Philadelphia	1828-30	GBP -	3.50
476	Salzmann (C. G.)	Elements of Morality		1791	GBP -	1.50
477		Tournament (The)		1823	GBP -	4.25
478	Voltaire (F. M. A. de)	Candid: or		1759	GBP -	0.75
479		WITS MAGAZINE (THE) AND ATTIC MISCELLANY		[1818]	GBP -	12.00
480	Wordsworth (William)	Poems		1807	GBP -	1.40
481	Alken (Henry)	A Touch at the Fine Arts		1824	GBP -	1.25
482	Becon (Thomas)	Workes		1564	GBP -	0.50
483		Bowle's Drawing Book for Ladies: or Complete Florist			GBP -	10.00
484	Bridgens (R.)	Illustrations of the Manners and Costumes of France		1835	GBP -	1.50
485	Cook (Capt. James)	First Voyage		1773	GBP -	1.75
486	Drury (D.) and J. O. Westwood	Illustrations of Exotic Entomology		1837	GBP -	4.25
487	Flinders (Matthew)	Voyage to Terra Australis		1814	GBP -	0.25
488	Green (Valentine)	The History and Antiquities of Worcester		1796	GBP -	0.50
489	Greenaway (Kate)	Under the Window			USD -	Not Sold
490	Harris (Moses)	Une Exposition des Insects Anglois	London	1776	GBP -	12.00
491	Knight (T. A.)	Pomona Herefordiensis		1811	GBP -	1.50
492	Ovid	Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide	Paris		GBP -	6.00
493		Bibliotheque Portative du Voyageur	Paris	1802-17	GBP -	8.00
494	Congreve (William)	A Pindarique Ode		1695	GBP -	1.00
495	Congreve (William)	The Birth of the Muse		1698	GBP -	1.00
496	Gay (John)	Rural Sports		1713	GBP -	1.75
497	Xenophon.	Cyrupsedia		1936	GBP -	5.25
498	Gruner (Lewis) and J. J. Hittorff	Fresco Decorations and Stuccoes of Churches and Palaces in Italy		1844	GBP -	3.15
499	Lante et Gatine	Galerie Franchise des Femmes Celebres	Paris	1827	GBP -	22.00

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.
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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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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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