Sothebys: AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF GENERAL LITERATURE REMARKABLE FOR ITS EXCEPTIONALLY SOUND AND HANDSOME BINDINGS Removed from Arthington Hall, Nr. Leeds The Property of Lt.-Col. A. C. Sheepshanks AND OF A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK WITH SOME BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY OTHER 19th CENTURY ARTISTS & ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY "ALFRED CROWQUILL" The Property of Richard Maddocks, Esq., CROW,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 29, 1951 - October 29, 1951
Page Size: 469 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Franklin (Benjamin) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of

GBP - 6.00
102 Fuller (Thomas) [Works]

1840

GBP - 7.50
103 Fuseli (H. F.) Life and Writings

GBP - 9.00
104 Gaffer Gray engraved throughout

1806

GBP - 9.00
105 Gait (John) The Earthquake

GBP - 6.00
106 Gaskell (Mrs.) Ruth

GBP - 6.00
107 Gell (Sir Wm.) and J. P. Gandy Pompeiana

GBP - 2.50
108 GENESTE (JOHN) Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 Bath

1832

GBP - 82.00
109 Geramb (M. J. de) A Pilgrimage to Palestine

GBP - 12.00
110 Gesta Romanorum

1648

GBP - 20.00
111 Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1846

GBP - 6.50
112 [Godwin (Wm.)] Fables Ancient and Modern

GBP - 5.50
113 Goldsmith (Oliver) Miscellaneous Works

GBP - 9.00
114 Goldsmith (Oliver) Essays

1765

GBP - 1.25
115 Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield

GBP - 4.50
116 [Gordon (Patrick)] The History of the War in America

GBP - 9.00
117 Grantz (David) The History of Greenland

1767

GBP - 3.00
118 Grattan (Henry) Memoirs of the Life and Times of Henry Grattan

GBP - 9.50
119 Gray (Thomas) Works

1840-43

GBP - 6.50
120 Grenville (The) Papers

GBP - 8.00
121 Grote (George) A History of Greece

1846-56

GBP - 9.00
122 [Haliburton (T. C.), Sam Slick] A Collection of his Works

1837-55

GBP - 28.00
123 Hall (H. B.) Highland Sports

1840

GBP - 7.50
124 Hallam (Henry) Introduction to the Literature of Europe

GBP - 5.50
125 Hardy (Francis) Memoirs of James Caulfield Earl of Charlemont

GBP - 5.50
126 Hargrove (Wm.) History and Description of the Ancient City of York

GBP - 4.50
127 Harris (George) The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke

GBP - 6.50
128 Hazlitt (William) A Collection of his Works

1815-50

GBP - 40.00
129 Head (Sir G.) A Home Tour through the Manufacturing Districts

GBP - 4.00
130 Herbert (George) Works in Prose and Verse

GBP - 5.50
131 Herrick (Robert) Hesperides

1846

GBP - 24.00
132 Hervey (John, Lord) Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second

GBP - 8.00
133 Heywood (Thomas) Dramatic Works

1850

GBP - 6.00
134 Hoare (Sir R. C.) Recollections Abroad

GBP - 7.00
135 Hoffmann (E. T. A.) The Devil's Elixir

GBP - 16.00
136 Hofland (T. C.) The British Angler's Manual

1839

GBP - 3.50
137 Hogg (Edward) Visit to Alexandria

GBP - 13.00
138 Hood (Thomas) The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies

GBP - 9.50
139 Hood (Thomas) The Comic Annual for 1830-39 and 1842

GBP - 8.00
140 Hope (Thomas) Costume of the Ancients

GBP - 7.00
141 Horne (R. H.) A New Spirit of the Age

GBP - 4.50
142 Hoskins (S. E.) Charles the Second in the Channel Islands

GBP - 7.00
143 Household Words

GBP - 3.50
144 [Howell (John)] The Life and Adventures of John Nicol

GBP - 15.00
145 Howitt (Wm.) Visits to Remarkable Places

GBP - 2.50
146 Hume (David) Philosophical Works

GBP - 6.50
147 Hume (David) The History of England

1848

GBP - 5.50
148 Jameson (Mrs.) Sacred and Legendary Art

GBP - 6.50
149 Jameson (Mrs.) Characteristics of Women

GBP - 4.50
150 Jarvis (T. M.) Accredited Ghost Stories

GBP - 11.00
151 Jerrold (Douglas) Men of Character

GBP - 5.00
152 Jesse (Edward) Gleanings in Natural History

GBP - 5.50
153 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of the Pretenders and their adherents

GBP - 6.00
154 Jonson (Ben) Works

1816

GBP - 9.50
155 Kaye (J. W.) History of the War in Afghanistan

GBP - 11.00
156 Keppel (Thomas) The Life of Augustus Viscount Keppel

GBP - 12.00
157 King (Lord) The Life of John Locke

GBP - 7.00
158 Knowles (J. S.) Dramatic Works

GBP - 6.50
159 Labedoyere (Count) Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte

GBP - 7.50
160 [LAMB (CHARLES)] THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS

1805

GBP - 34.00
161 [Lamb (Charles)] Elia and Last Essays of Elia

1823-33

GBP - 13.00
162 Lamb (Charles) Prose Works

GBP - 8.50
163 Landon (L. E.) Poetical Works

GBP - 8.00
164 Lavallette (Count) Memoirs

GBP - 6.00
165 Lesage (A. R.) The Adventures of Gil Bias

1750

GBP - 4.00
166 Lever (Charles) A Collection of his Novels

1839-54

GBP - 5.50
167 [Lever (Charles)] Diary and Notes of Horace Templeton

GBP - 6.50
168 Lewis (M. G.) Tales of Wonder

1801

GBP - 3.50
169 Edited by Leitch Ritchie Library (The) of Romance

1837-38

GBP - 6.00
170 Lockhart (J. G.) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott

GBP - 5.50
171 London (The) Stage

GBP - 2.00
172 Lover (Samuel) Handy Andy

GBP - 3.50
173 Luttrell (Narcissus) A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs Oxford

1857

GBP - 12.00
174 Lytton (Sir E. Bulwer, Lord) [Works]

1829-54

GBP - 14.00
175 Macaulay (T. B.) Critical and Historical Essays

GBP - 7.50
176 Macaulay (T. B.) The History of England from the accession of James II

GBP - 6.50
177 Madden (R. R.) The Infirmities of Genius

GBP - 5.50
178 Mahon (Lord) History of England from the Peace of Utrecht

1839-54

GBP - 5.00
179 Malcolm (Sir John) The History of Persia

GBP - 8.50
180 Marlborough (John Churchill, Duke of) The Letters and Dispatches

GBP - 5.00
181 Marryat (Capt. Frederick) A Collection of his Works

1829-51

GBP - 50.00
182 Martineau (Harriet) Popular Tales

GBP - 7.50
183 [Maseres (Francis)] Select Tracts relating to the Civil Wars in England

1815

GBP - 4.00
184 Maskell (William) Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae

1845-47

GBP - 4.00
185 Maskell (Wm.) The Ancient Liturgy of the Church of England

GBP - 4.25
186 Mathews (Mrs.) Memoirs of Charles Mathews

GBP - 3.50
187 Maxwell (W. B.) Wild Sports of the West

GBP - 8.00
188 Medwin (T.) The Life of Shelley

GBP - 8.50
189 Merivale (Charles) A History of the Romans under the Empire

GBP - 5.00
190 Mill (James) The History of British India with continuation by H. H. Wilson

1840-48

GBP - 4.50
191 Milman (H. H.) The History of Christianity

GBP - 2.50
192 Milnes (R. Monckton) Life

GBP - 8.00
193 Milton (John) Works in Verse and Prose

1851

GBP - 13.00
194 Mitford (M. R.) Our Village

GBP - 6.00
195 Moliere (J. B. P.) Works in French and English

1748

GBP - 4.00
196 Moore (Thomas) Letters and Journals of Lord Byron

1833

GBP - 11.00
197 Moore (Thomas) Poetical Works

GBP - 9.50
198 Morris (Drake) An Interesting Narrative of the Voyage

GBP - 17.00
199 Morse (J.) and E. Parish A Compendious History of New England

GBP - 13.00
200 Motley (J. L.) The Rise of the Dutch Republic

1856

GBP - 2.75
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!