Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS and HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, SEAL,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 1956 - June 25, 1956
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 697 | STORM (THEODOR WOLDSEN, 1817-1888, German writer, author of "Immensee") | A.L.s. | GBP - | 26.00 | ||
| 698 | LESSING (KARL, 1740-1812, brother of the dramatist) | A.L.s. | GBP - | 5.00 | ||
| 699 | GEORGE (STEFAN, 1868-1933, German poet) | Auto. Postcard | GBP - | 8.00 | ||
| 700 | GERMAN WRITERS | GBP - | 19.00 | |||
| 701 | KORNER (CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED, 1756-1831, lawyer and intimate friend of Schiller) | A. L. s | GBP - | 11.00 | ||
| 702 | Bret Harte, Robert Franz, Ferdinand Hiller, Montz Moszkowski, Louis Pasteur | AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | Paris | 16 Mar., 1886 |
GBP - | 20.00 |
| 703 | SCHARNHORST (GERHARD JOHANN DAVID VON, 1755-1813, Prussian general) | A Collection of 8 A. Ls. s | August-October, 1812 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 704 | KAUFFMANN (ANGELICA, 1741-1807, painter) | A.L.s. in German | Rome | 19 Januery, 1804 |
GBP - | 16.00 |
| 705 | BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN) | A. L. s | Vienna | 20 Dec, 1822 |
USD - | Not Sold |
| 706 | MORRIS (WILLIAM) | Fine A. L. s | Hammersmith | 24 January, 1885 |
GBP - | 24.00 |
| 707 | MORRIS (WILLIAM) | A. L. s | 25 October, 1884 |
GBP - | 17.00 | |
| 708 | [COBDEN-SANDERSON (T. J.)] | Large and Interesting Collection of letters to him | GBP - | 50.00 | ||
| 709 | SHAW (G. B.) | Characteristic Series of 6 A | 1906-21 |
GBP - | 22.00 | |
| 710 | POUND (EZRA) | Auto | 27 January, 1923 |
GBP - | 7.00 | |
| 711 | LEAR (EDWARD) | Charming A. L. s | Genoa | 21 October, 1893 |
GBP - | 26.00 |
| 712 | GERMON (Mrs. R. C.) | JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW | GBP - | 26.00 | ||
| 713 | HARTE (FRANCIS BRET) | Intimate Series of 6 A | GBP - | 26.00 | ||
| 714 | POPE (ALEXANDER) | Dictated letter | [1744] |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 715 | HAYLEY (WILLIAM) | 5 Characteristic A. Ls. (signed "W. Hayley'" or "Hermit," and one unsigned) | 1774-1820 |
GBP - | 17.00 | |
| 716 | SHELLEY (P. B.) | Conclusion of A. L. s | June, 1813 |
GBP - | 12.00 | |
| 717 | MOORE (Sir JOHN, hero of Corunna) | A.L.s. | London | 2B May, 1806 |
GBP - | 6.00 |
| 718 | LAMB (CHARLES) | A. L. s | GBP - | 38.00 | ||
| 719 | SHELLEY (P. B.) | THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISM | GBP - | 21.00 | ||
| 720 | HOLMAN-HUNT (W.) | Series of 9 A | Jersusalem | (1876) |
GBP - | 4.00 |
| 721 | DARWIN (CHARLES) | A. L. s | Bromley | 16 Oct., [1857] |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 722 | HAZLITT (WILLIAM) | A. L. s | 3 January, 1817 |
GBP - | 28.00 | |
| 723 | NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) | A.L.s. (in pencil) | 26 Feb., 1885 |
GBP - | 17.00 | |
| 724 | DARWIN (CHARLES) | Autograph Fragment signed (about 70 words) from The Descent of Man | GBP - | 28.00 | ||
| 725 | DARWIN (CHARLES) | THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES | GBP - | 290.00 | ||
| 726 | THACKERAY (W. M.) | Intimate A. L. s | Onslow Square | 27 September, [1854] |
GBP - | 4.00 |
| 727 | THACKERAY (W. M.) | Amusing A. L. s | GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 728 | SULLIVAN (Sir ARTHUR) | A. L. s | 31 May, 1861 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 729 | RUSKIN (JOHN) | Fine and Long A. L. s | Geneva | 5 June, 1854 |
GBP - | 12.00 |
| 730 | Charles Darwin | ALBUM containing A. Ls. s. of Charles Darwin | GBP - | 19.00 | ||
| 731 | MASSENET (JULES) | A. L. s | Paris | 14 Juin, 1884 |
GBP - | 2.00 |
| 732 | DICKENS (CHARLES) | A. L. s | 8 January, 1865 |
GBP - | 26.00 | |
| 733 | SHERIDAN (R. B.) | A. L. s | GBP - | 11.00 | ||
| 734 | Earl of Orrery | MISCELLANEOUS. A. Ls. s. | GBP - | 26.00 | ||
| 735 | DOYLE (Sir ARTHUR CONAN) | Interesting Series of 19 A. Ls | [c. 1890-1916] |
GBP - | 32.00 | |
| 736 | BRUNEL (Sir MARC ISAMBARD, engineer) | A. L. s | 18 December, 1834 |
GBP - | 10.00 | |
| 737 | ALBUM containing A. Ls. s. of W. S | GBP - | 38.00 | |||
| 738 | Two ALBUMS containing A. Ls. s. of Hans Anderson | GBP - | 85.00 | |||
| 739 | FRANKLIN (Sir JOHN, Arctic explorer) | A. L. s | Chatham | 28 August, 1815 |
GBP - | 7.00 |
| 740 | Two ALBUMS containing A. Ls. s | GBP - | 26.00 | |||
| 741 | Elizabeth Maule | Two ALBUMS kept by Elizabeth Maule | [c. 1818-45] |
GBP - | 26.00 | |
| 742 | Rudyard Kipling, William Pitt the younger, Cardinal Wiseman, John Newton of Olney ... | ALBUM containing A. Ls. s. | 26 September, 1745 |
GBP - | 13.00 | |
| 743 | LITERARY. Album containing A. Ls. s. | GBP - | 19.00 | |||
| 744 | NELSON (HORATIO, Viscount, Admiral) | Doc. s | Toulon | 14 September, 1803 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 745 | EIGHT ALBUMS containing A. Ls. s. | GBP - | 36.00 | |||
| 746 | Two ALBUMS containing A. Ls. s. | 6 February, 1827 |
GBP - | 24.00 | ||
| 747 | ARTISTS. 12 A. Ls. s. | 17 September, 1893 |
GBP - | 13.00 | ||
| 748 | ARTISTS. A. Ls. s. | GBP - | 8.00 | |||
| 749 | LITERATY AND THEATRICAL. A. Ls. s. | GBP - | 8.00 | |||
| 750 | [BANCROFT (Sir SQUIRE, actor and theatrical manager)] | Interesting Collection of 155 A | 1884-5 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 751 | [BANCROFT (Sir SQUIRE and Lady BANCROFT)] | Interesting Collection of letters to them | GBP - | 24.00 | ||
| 752 | VICTORIA (Queen of England) | 2 A. Ls. s | GBP - | 8.00 | ||
| 753 | EDWARD VII (King of England) | A.L.s. (as Prince of Wales) | GBP - | 4.00 | ||
| 754 | SHAW (G. B.) | Two Autograph Manuscripts signed about his Handwriting | 3 December, 1932-12 June, 1939 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 755 | SHAW (G. B.) | Fine Series of 16 printed postcards | GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 756 | SHAW (G. B.) | Three cyclostyled Costume Designs by him for Arms and the Man | GBP - | 1.00 | ||
| 757 | THACKERAY (W. M.) | Intimate A. L. s | [December, 1856] |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 758 | FARADAY (MICHAEL) | 2 A. Ls. s | 1837-59 |
GBP - | 22.00 | |
| 759 | BEMBO (PIETRO, Cardinal friend of Raphael) | L. s., oblong folio | Rome | 30 January, 1517 |
GBP - | 16.00 |
| 760 | TRINITY COLLEGE. STATUTA COLLEGII | [1560] |
GBP - | 8.00 | ||
| 761 | BRISTOL. Charter of Elizabeth Vyell | Bristol | [1399] |
GBP - | 24.00 | |
| 762 | KILBYE (RICHARD, 1561-1620) | [TREATISE ADVOCATING A REFORMED CALENDAR] | 1600 |
GBP - | 42.00 | |
| 763 | HOUSE OF LORDS. THE ORIGINAL MINUTES | 25 October, 1641-2 March, 1641[2] |
GBP - | 140.00 | ||
| 764 | NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Seven Early Deeds | GBP - | 15.00 | |||
| 765 | MIDLAND COUNTIES. Nine Early Deeds | 1264-11 |
GBP - | 14.00 | ||
| 766 | EUGENIUS IV (Pope) | Bull settling a dispute between John Nuclossdorff and Frederick Parsperger over the Provostship of the church of Ratisbon | Rome | [22 February], 1433 |
GBP - | 5.00 |
| 767 | ENGLAND. Charter of William Hoye of Auricheseya | 1412 |
GBP - | 9.00 | ||
| 768 | JAMES III (King of Scotland) | Doc. s | GBP - | 13.00 | ||
| 769 | JAMES V (King of Scotland) | Doc. s | GBP - | 4.00 | ||
| 770 | JAMES VI (King of Scotland) | Doc. s | 2 May, 1584 |
GBP - | 4.00 | |
| 771 | FREDERICK (King of Bohemia, husband of Elizabeth, sister of Charles I) | L. subscribed and signed | 14 de Mars, 1626 |
GBP - | 5.00 | |
| 772 | RUPERT (Prince) | L. s., 1 page | Oxford | 13 December, 1643 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 773 | CROMWELL (OLIVER) | Doc. s | 1656 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 774 | TREATISE ON CHEMISTRY | GBP - | 7.00 | |||
| 775 | COMMONPLACE BOOK | GBP - | 22.00 | |||
| 776 | MEDICINE | [c. 1634] |
GBP - | 40.00 | ||
| 777 | BACON (PHILIPPE DE GRECOUR, of Croydon) | AN ABSTRACT OF THE LAPLAND HISTORY | 1692 |
GBP - | 20.00 | |
| 778 | COOKERY | GBP - | 18.00 | |||
| 779 | COOKERY | [c. 1720-30] |
GBP - | 34.00 | ||
| 780 | STUKELEY (WILLIAM, 1687-1765) | ON THE USE OF PERUKES | 1725 |
GBP - | 58.00 | |
| 781 | MALONE (EDMOND) | A. L. s | 1797-8 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 782 | LITERARY | 10 April, 1744 |
GBP - | 22.00 | ||
| 783 | LAYER (J.) | History of Cambridgeshire | [c. 1745] |
GBP - | 10.00 | |
| 784 | HOOD (Sir SAMUEL, 1762-1814, Vice-Admiral) | Letter Books | GBP - | 21.00 | ||
| 785 | PAINE (THOMAS, author of the "Rights of Man") | A.L.s., 1 page | London | 30 August, 1791 |
GBP - | 48.00 |
| 786 | NEW YORK | New York | 4 October, 1775 |
GBP - | 22.00 | |
| 787 | Beare (Joseph) | A. L. s., | New Zealand | 14 July, 1843 |
GBP - | 32.00 |
| 788 | [ESSEX (ROBERT DEVEREUX, THRID Earl of, 1591-1646)] | SERIES OF 24 PRIVY COUNCIL LETTERS | GBP - | 140.00 | ||
| 789 | BACON (Sir FRANCIS, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) | Two Privy Council Letters signed by him | GBP - | 80.00 | ||
| 790 | BACON (Sir FRANCIS) | Privy Council Letter signed by him "fr. Verulam Cane," | Whitehall | 21 June, 1620 |
GBP - | 62.00 |
| 791 | LAUD (WILLIAM, Archbishop of Canterbury) | A.L.s., 1 page | Croydon | 4 October, 1636 |
GBP - | 30.00 |
| 792 | HENRY VIII (King of England) | Doc. s., 1 page | [1512] |
GBP - | 35.00 | |
| 793 | CROMWELL (OLIVER) | DOC. S | Whitehall | 1 Aprill, 1657 |
GBP - | 22.00 |
| 794 | CHARLES I (King of England) | Doc. s., 1 page | Oxford | 11 March, [1643] |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 795 | CHARLES I (King of England) | Doc. s | Oxford | 30 November, 1642 |
GBP - | 7.00 |
