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 Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, &c. COMPRISING A SELECTION PROM THE LIBRARY AT SPRINGWOOD PARK, KELSO, OF English Literature; First Editions and Presentation Copies of Thomas Hardy;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
600	Reinhardt	Collection of Swiss Costumes in Miniature		1822	GBP -	4.00
601	Cervantes (M. de)	Illustrations to Don Quixote		1819	GBP -	0.50
602	Morris (Rev. F. O.)	History of British Birds		1895-97	GBP -	1.00
603	Morris (Rev. F. O.)	History of British Birds			GBP -	1.50
604	Morris (Rev. F. O.)	History of British Birds		1856-61	GBP -	1.50
605	Couch (J.)	History of the Fishes of the British Islands		1877-78	GBP -	18.00
606	Combe (W.)	Three Tours of Doctor Syntax			GBP -	1.80
607	RAWSTORNE (LAWRENCE)	GAMONIA		1837	GBP -	7.00
608	Cruikshank (George)	Punch and Judy			GBP -	0.80
609	A'BECKETT (G. A.)	THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME		[1851-52]	GBP -	14.00
610	A'Beckett (G.)	Comic History of England			GBP -	0.75
611	Vyner (R. T.)	Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting			GBP -	0.50
612	Hood (T.)	The Epping Hunt		1830	USD -	Not Sold
613	Egan (Pierce)	Life in London			GBP -	8.00
614	Paul (W.)	The Rose Garden			GBP -	1.75
615	Cowell (J.)	The Interpreter		1607	GBP -	2.10
616	Gatty (Mrs. Alfred)	The Book of Sun-Dials		1872	GBP -	0.50
617	Nicolson (J.) and Burn (R.)	History and Antiquities of Westmoreland and Cumberland		1777	GBP -	1.75
618	Loudon (Mrs.)	The Ladies Flower Garden of Annuals		1840-41	GBP -	11.00
619	Plot (E.)	Natural History of Oxford-Shire	Oxford	1705	GBP -	1.00
620	[COMBE (W.)]	HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES		1794-96	GBP -	26.00
621	Heath (W.) and Stadler (J. C.)	Wellington's Victories		1818	GBP -	2.00
622	Newlands (J.)	The Carpenter's and Joiner's Assistant		1865	USD -	Not Sold
623	Ricauti (T. J.)	Sketches for Rustic Work			USD -	Not Sold
624	Adams (M.)	Recueil de Sculptures Gothiques	Paris	1866	USD -	Not Sold
625		Views 240 views of Great Britain			GBP -	1.50
626	Barclay (Robert)	An Apology for the True Christian Divinity	Birmingham	1765	USD -	Not Sold
627	A'Beckett (G. A.)	The Comic History of England and Rome	Bradbury		GBP -	1.50
628		Miscellaneous Books			GBP -	1.00
629	Houghton (Rev. W.)	British Fresh Water Fishes			GBP -	0.50
630	Houghton (Rev. W.)	British Fresh Water Fishes			GBP -	0.50
631	Hall (S. C.)	The Baronial Halls		1858	USD -	Not Sold
632	Jones (Inigo)	Designs			GBP -	1.50
633	Wickes (C.)	Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Mediaeval Churches of England		1869	USD -	Not Sold
634	Racinet (A.)	Le Costume Historique	Paris	1888	GBP -	2.75
635		CANADIAN FLOWERS		1797	GBP -	21.00
636	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	PENCIL AND WATER-COLOUR DRAWING		1866	GBP -	11.00
637	CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)	PENCIL AND WATER-COLOUR DRAWING		1857	GBP -	9.00
638	BROWNE (HABLOT K.)	"Phiz."		c. 1835-1855	GBP -	10.00
639	THACKERAY (W. M.)	TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS			GBP -	10.00
640	CROWQUILL (ALFRED)	A SERIES OF 34 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS		1850-58	GBP -	5.50
641	GREENAWAY (KATE)	ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWING of three children dancing			GBP -	6.75
642	GREENAWAY (KATE)	ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWING of a young woman with a basket over her arm			GBP -	2.00
643	CALDECOTT (R.)	A COLLECTION OF 21 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS			GBP -	18.50
644		Plaster Casts of the head and right hand of Dante Gabriel Rossetti			GBP -	2.00
645		Plaster Plaque of the head of Benjamin Disraeli by Bryce Smith			USD -	Not Sold
646	GISSING (George)	A FINE SERIES OF 78 A. L. s. (some initialled only)		October 1878 and April 1903	GBP -	24.00
647	SHENSTONE (William)	A.L.		3rd May, 1755	GBP -	0.75
648	ROWE (Mrs. Elizabeth)	A.L.s.			GBP -	0.75
649	Lee (Harriet)	A.L.		1802	GBP -	0.25
650	ANNESLEY (Francis)	Five A.L.s.		1721	GBP -	1.50
651	KENT (Edward, Duke of)	Four L.s.			GBP -	0.25
652	GUNNING (Elizabeth)	the notorious Irish beauty		February 14th, 1752	GBP -	12.00
653	EVERETT (E.)	A.L.s.			USD -	Not Sold
654	LOCKHART (J. G.)	A Collection of 22 A.L.s.			GBP -	4.25
655	BROWNING (R.)	A.L.s.			GBP -	2.75
656	NELSON (Viscount)	A.L.s.		Dec. 28th, 1803	GBP -	4.50
657		NAVAL PAPERS			GBP -	9.00
658		CHESHIRE			GBP -	4.00
659	FRANKLIN (Benjamin)	Passport		6 Nov., 1782	GBP -	5.00
660	KIPLING (Rudyard)	A.L.s.		May, 1894	GBP -	4.25
661	LONGFELLOW (H. W.)	A.L.s.			GBP -	4.50
663	BARRIE (Sir James)	Five A.L.s.		1906-8	GBP -	3.25
664	DOYLE (Sir Arthur Conan)	Ten A.L.s.			GBP -	3.25
666	HUGHES (Thomas)	A.L.s.			GBP -	18.00
667	PRIOR (Matthew)	A.L.s.		October 20th, 1711	GBP -	8.00
668	KIPLING (Rudyard)	Two A.L.s.		Feb., 1927	GBP -	1.25
669	HUNT (Leigh)	Two A.L.s.			GBP -	1.75
670	LYTTON (Edward Bulwer, Lord), novelist	45 A.L.s.			GBP -	1.25
671	STEPHENSON (Robert)	A.L.s.		1844	GBP -	6.00
672	DODGSON (C. L.)	A.L.s.	Eastbourne	1892	GBP -	3.50
673	Dickens (Charles)	A fine A.L.s.	Devonshire Terrace	July, 1845	GBP -	8.00
674	THACKERAY (W. M.)	A.L.		September, 1841	GBP -	7.00
675	DODGSON (C. L.)	"Lewis Carroll."		1885	GBP -	9.50
676	STEVENSON (Robert Louis)	An amusing Manuscript			GBP -	15.50
677	Rev. A. B. Nicholls	NICHOLLS-BRONTE LETTERS		1853	GBP -	2.00
678		Bronte Relics			GBP -	0.50
679		Bronte Relics			USD -	Not Sold
680		Bronte Relics			USD -	Not Sold
681	BRONTE (PATRICK)	Three interesting A.L.s.	Haworth	1831-9	GBP -	10.50

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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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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.

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