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Auction Details

Auction Date
April 14, 1947 - April 14, 1947
Page Size: 951 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
801 Horwood (R.) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster

1792-9

 GBP - 4.00
802 Peutinger (C.) Tabula Itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca quae beneficio Marci Velseri in lucem edita

GBP - 5.00
803 Bowen (E.) and J. Gibson An Accurate Map of North America

GBP - 2.25
804 Camden (W.) Britannia

1695

 GBP - 11.00
805 BACON (SIR F.) INSTAURATIO MAGNA

1620

 GBP - 38.00
806 Lasor A Varea (Alphonse) Universus Terrarum Orbis

1713

 GBP - 12.00
807 Jefferys (Thomas) American Atlas

1776

 USD - Not Sold
808 Waldseemuller (M.) Oldest Map with the Name America 1507 and the Carta Marina 1516

1903

 GBP - 6.50
809 Bickham (George) The Universal Penman

1741

 GBP - 9.00
810 Saint-Non (Abe R. de) Voyage Pittoresque ou description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile

1781-86

 GBP - 10.00
811 Pitt (Moses) English Atlas

1680-82

 USD - Not Sold
812 Senex (J.) Atlas

[1709-14]

 GBP - 3.00
813 Camden (W.) Britain

1610

 GBP - 27.00
814 Rocque (J.) An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster

1746

 GBP - 7.50
815 Martyn (W. F.) New Dictionary of Natural History

1785-87

 GBP - 6.00
816 Hedwig (Joanne) Deseriptio et Adumbratio Microscopico-Analytica Muscorum Frondosorum

1791-97

 GBP - 3.00
817 Purchas (S.) His Pilgrimes

1625

 GBP - 27.00
818 Morton (John) Natural History of Northamptonshire

1712

 GBP - 2.75
819 Kircher (A.) Latium Amsterdam

1671

 GBP - 2.50
820 Acts of Parliament

USD - Not Sold
821 Berghaus (A.) Physikalischer Atlas Gotha

1845-48

 GBP - 2.00
822 Boilly (L.) Caricature

GBP - 6.00
823 Sacheverell (Henry) An Impartial Account

GBP - 1.00
824 Ponthus Eyn Rhumreich Lierlich unnd fast fruchtbar Histori

1539

 GBP - 20.00
825 Manchester and Cheshire Junction Railway

1836

 GBP - 3.25
826 Sanson (Sieur) Collection of 87 double-page Maps

GBP - 18.00
827 Curtis (William) Flora Londinensis

1777-98

 GBP - 16.00
828 Lewin (J. W.) A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales

1822

 GBP - 15.00
829 Hooker (J. D. and Sir W. J.) The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya

1849

 GBP - 15.00
830 MAXIMILIAN OF WIED NEUWIED

1844

 GBP - 10.00
831 Aesop Fables

GBP - 2.75
832 translated by E. Forster Arabian Nights (The)

GBP - 3.00
833 Arcussia (Charles d') La Fauconnerie Paris

1615

 GBP - 10.00
834 Arcussia (C. d') La Fauconnerie Paris

1627

 GBP - 17.00
835 Arcussia (C. d') La Fauconnerie

1644

 GBP - 6.00
836 Avicultural Magazine (The)

1899-1912

 GBP - 8.50
837 Avicultural Magazine (The) London

1945

 GBP - 19.00
838 Aviculture

1931-6

 GBP - 4.25
839 Baz-Nama-Yi Nasiri (The)

GBP - 5.25
840 Bean (W. J.) Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

1914

 GBP - 4.50
841 Belany (J. C.) A Treatise upon Falconry

1841

 GBP - 3.50
842 Bert (E.) Treatise of Hawks and Hawking

1891

 GBP - 4.25
843 Bertin (H. L. J. B.) and J. B. J. Breton China

GBP - 4.00
844 Bird Notes

GBP - 3.00
845 Blyth (E.) and W. B. Tegetmeier The Natural History of the Cranes

GBP - 2.25
846 Boccaccio (G.) Le Decameron

1779

 GBP - 4.00
847 Burton (Sir R. F.) Falconry in the Valley of the Indus

1852

 GBP - 4.50
848 Campbell (J.) A Treatise of Modern Faulconry Edinburgh

1773

 GBP - 7.00
849 Chapman (A.) and W. J. Buck Wild Spain

1893

 GBP - 3.75
850 Chapman (A.) and W. J. Buck Unexplored Spain

1910

 GBP - 2.25
851 [Cox (N.)] The Gentleman's Recreation

1697

 GBP - 4.50
852 [Cox (N.)] The Gentleman's Recreation

GBP - 2.50
853 Dickens (C.) Pickwick Papers

1837

 GBP - 5.00
854 Dobson (W.) Kunopsedia

1814

 GBP - 2.00
855 [Dorat (C. J.)] Les Baisers

1770

 GBP - 0.50
856 Evelyn (J.) Diary

1906

 GBP - 5.00
857 Fairfax (T.) The Complete Sportsman

GBP - 3.75
858 Fairfax (T.) The Complete Sportsman

GBP - 2.75
859 Fouilloux (J.) La Venerie

GBP - 6.50
860 Fouilloux (J. du) La Venerie facsimiles

1844

 GBP - 1.50
861 Frederick II Emperor of Germany Augsburg

1596

 GBP - 6.50
862 Giorgi (F.) Libro del Modo di Conoscere i buoni Falconi Venice

1573

 GBP - 3.00
863 Harting (J. E.) Bibliotheca Accipitraria

1891

 GBP - 5.00
864 Hawker (Col. P.) Diary

1893

 GBP - 4.25
865 H[owlett] (R.) The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting

1709

 GBP - 8.00
866 Kipling (R.) The Jungle Books

1894-5

 GBP - 6.00
867 La Fontaine (J. de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers Paris

1792

 GBP - 0.75
868 Lascelles (R.) A Series of Letters on Angling

1819

 GBP - 2.00
869 Latham (S.) Faulconry

1658

 GBP - 7.00
870 Lloyd (L.) Field Sports of the North of Europe

GBP - 3.25
871 Lloyd (L.) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway

1867

 GBP - 6.75
872 Luttrell (N.) A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs Oxford

1857

 GBP - 4.50
873 Manwood (J.) A Treatise and Discourse of the Lawes of the Forrest

1598

 GBP - 8.50
874 Markham (G.) A Way to Get Wealth

GBP - 8.50
875 Markham (G.) Hungers Prevention

1655

 GBP - 3.00
876 Morris (F. O.) History of British Birds

1865

 GBP - 7.00
877 Pepys (S.) Diary

1893-9

 GBP - 15.00
878 Perfect (A) Booke for Kepinge of Sparhawkes or Goshawkes

1886

 GBP - 5.00
879 REINHARDT (J.) A COLLECTION OF SWISS COSTUMES

1825-8

 GBP - 20.00
880 Reynard the Fox

1701-1681-1684

 GBP - 5.50
881 [Rigault (N.)] Rei Accipitrariae Scriptores nunc primum editi Paris

1612

 GBP - 3.00
882 Scrope (W.) The Art of Deer-Stalking

1838

 GBP - 1.75
883 Scrope (W.) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing

1843

 GBP - 3.00
884 Seebohm (H.) History of British Birds

1883-5

 GBP - 5.00
885 Sebright (Sir J. S.) Observations upon Hawking

1828

 GBP - 6.00
886 Shakespeare (W.) Works

1797

 GBP - 0.50
887 Shakespeare (W.) Plays

1803

 GBP - 1.00
888 Smollett (T.) Works Edinburgh

1800

 GBP - 1.00
889 Sowerby (J. E.) & Johnson (C.P.) British Wild Flowers

1882

 GBP - 4.50
890 [Surtees (R. S.)] Hawbuck Grange

GBP - 11.00
891 [Surtees (R. S.)] Plain or Ringlets

GBP - 3.75
892 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair

1848

 GBP - 7.50
893 [Wilson (J.)] The Oakleigh Shooting Code

GBP - 5.25
894 Young Sportsman's Miscellany (The)

1826

 GBP - 5.00
895 [Apperley (C. J.)] The Life of a Sportsman

GBP - 5.00
896 Arkwright (W.) The Pointer and his Predecessors

GBP - 9.00
897 Audubon (J. J.) The Birds of America

1937

 GBP - 9.00
898 [Barnes (Dame Juliana)] The Book of St. Albans

1810

 GBP - 10.00
899 Barnes (Dame J.) The Boke of St. Albans

1881

 GBP - 3.00
900 Barnes (Dame J.) The Boke of St. Albans

1899

 GBP - 2.00
  • <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.
  • <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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