Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS FINE BINDINGS AND A FEW MANUSCRIPTS COMPRISING The Property of Rt. Hon. Lord Northbourne The Property of Mrs. H. A. Ridley The Property of Maj.-Gen. J. H. T. Priestman, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. The Property of the late Hugh Gledhill, Esq. formerly of St. John's College, Oxford AND Other Properties., ORE,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 29, 1957 - July 29, 1957
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backhouse (James) | Africa | 1844 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 2 | Chapman (James) | Africa | 1868 |
GBP - | 5.50 | |
| 3 | Johnston (Sir Harry H.) | Africa | GBP - | 4.00 | ||
| 4 | Foster (Capt. Henry) | America | 1834 |
GBP - | 7.00 | |
| 5 | Koster (Henry) | America | GBP - | 19.00 | ||
| 6 | Eliot (Samuel A.) | America | GBP - | 4.00 | ||
| 7 | AUSTRALIA | GBP - | 13.00 | |||
| 8 | Big Game Hunting | GBP - | 50.00 | |||
| 9 | Bourjot Saint-Hilaire (A.) | Collection de Perroquets | Neuchatel | 1833 |
GBP - | 2.00 |
| 10 | Bryden (H. A., Editor) | Great and Small Game of Africa | 1899 |
GBP - | 17.00 | |
| 11 | BUTLER (Capt. H.) | SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHES | 1841 |
GBP - | 28.00 | |
| 12 | Campbell (John) | Travels in South Africa [First Journey] | 1815-22 |
GBP - | 17.00 | |
| 13 | Carter (W.) | Six Select Views in Yorkshire | Leeds | 1843 |
GBP - | 1.00 |
| 14 | Chubb (Charles) | The Birds of British Guiana | 1916-21 |
GBP - | 22.00 | |
| 15 | Cory (Charles B.) | Birds of the Bahama Islands | Boston | 1880 |
GBP - | 26.00 |
| 16 | Cory (Charles B.) | The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo | Boston | 1884-85 |
GBP - | 22.00 |
| 17 | Damberger (Christian Frederick) | Travels in the Interior of Africa | 1801 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 18 | Drayson (Capt. Alfred W.) | Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa | Routledge | 1858 |
GBP - | 8.00 |
| 19 | D[u] B[ois] (Le Sieur) | Les Voyages faits | Paris | 1674 |
GBP - | 11.00 |
| 20 | Edwards (Bryan) | The History | 1801 |
GBP - | 7.50 | |
| 21 | Graham (Maria) | Journal of a Residence in India | Edinburgh | 1812 |
GBP - | 6.00 |
| 22 | Gray (Major William) and Staff Surgeon Dochard | Travels in Western Africa | 1825 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 23 | Harris (Capt. William Cornwallis) | The Wild Sports of Southern Africa | 1844 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 24 | Harris (Capt. W. C.) | The Wild Sports of Southern Africa | 1852 |
GBP - | 11.00 | |
| 25 | HOARE (Sir RICHARD COLT) | SELECT VIEWS IN SAXONY | 1817 |
GBP - | 95.00 | |
| 26 | Irby (Lieut.-Col. L. Howard L.) | The Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar | 1895 |
GBP - | 5.50 | |
| 27 | Keppel (Major the Hon. George) | Travels in Babylonia | 1827 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 28 | Leguat (Francois) | A New Voyage to the East-Indies | 1708 |
GBP - | 17.00 | |
| 29 | LOG BOOKS | GBP - | 4.00 | |||
| 30 | Lyon (Capt. G. F.) | A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa | 1821 |
GBP - | 5.50 | |
| 31 | Maxwell (Marius) | Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equitorial Africa | 1925 |
GBP - | 1.50 | |
| 32 | M'Leod (John) | Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste | 1818 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 33 | Milbert (J.) | Voyage Pittoresque a l'Ile de France | Paris | 1812 |
GBP - | 11.00 |
| 34 | Nyren (John) | The Young Cricketer's Tutor | 1833 |
GBP - | 9.00 | |
| 35 | [Paterson (Samuel)] | Another Traveller! | GBP - | 7.00 | ||
| 36 | Seale (Robert F.) | The Geognosy of the Island of St. Helena | 1834 |
GBP - | 5.00 | |
| 37 | Estridge (H. W.) | Seychelles | GBP - | 3.00 | ||
| 38 | Smith (C. W.) and Sir C. D'Oyly, Bt | Oriental Ornithology | Behar | 1829 |
GBP - | 3.50 |
| 39 | Smith (C. W.) and Sir C. D'Oyly, Bt | Indian Dead Game | 1830 |
GBP - | 4.00 | |
| 40 | Sonnerat (P.) | Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinee | Paris | 1776 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 41 | Steedman (Andrew) | Wanderings and Adventures in the Interior of Southern Africa | 1835 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 42 | Strickland (H. E.) and A. G. Melville | The Dodo and its Kindred | 1848 |
GBP - | 4.00 | |
| 43 | Tully (Richard) | Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa | 1817 |
GBP - | 3.00 | |
| 44 | Wilson (James) | Illustrations of Zoology | Edinburgh | [1827-28] |
GBP - | 7.00 |
| 45 | [Johnson (Samuel)] | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | 1775 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 46 | [Nicolson (Le Pere)] | Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle de l'Isle de Saint-Domingue | Paris | 1776 |
GBP - | 2.00 |
| 46A | Frezier (Amedee Francois) | Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud aux Cotes du Chili | Amsterdam | 1717 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 46B | Lahontan (N., Baron de) | Nouveaux Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale | The Hague | 1703 |
GBP - | 15.00 |
| 47 | Shillibeer (Lieut J.) | A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island | GBP - | 10.00 | ||
| 48 | Cobbett (W.) | Cobbett's Tour in Scotland and in the Four Northern Counties of England | 1833 |
GBP - | 0.50 | |
| 49 | [Warden (D. B.)] | A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia | Paris | 1816 |
GBP - | 11.00 |
| 50 | Kotzebue (Otto von) | Neue Reise um die Welt | Weimar | 1830 |
GBP - | 14.00 |
| 51 | Teiehelmann (C. G.) and C. W. Schurmann | Outlines of a Grammar | Adelaide | 1840 |
GBP - | 14.00 |
| 52 | MAUNSELL (R.) | Grammar of the New Zealand language | Auckland | 1842-3 |
GBP - | 48.00 |
| 53 | Cape Monthly Magazine (The) | 1859-74 |
GBP - | 24.00 | ||
| 53A | DOWER (Rev. WILLIAM, of Port Elizabeth) | The Early Annals of Kokstad and Griqualand East | Port Elizabeth | 1902 |
GBP - | 48.00 |
| 54 | Semedo (Alvarez) | Relatione delia grande monarchia della Cina | Rome | 1643 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 54A | Casas (Bartholome de las) | Istoria o Brevissima Relatione della Distrattione dell' Indie Occidentali | GBP - | 12.00 | ||
| 54B | Stonys (Jean) | Les Voyages de Jean Strays en Moscovie | Amsterdam | 1681 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 55 | Sonnerat (Pierre) | Voyage'a la'Nouvelle Guinee | Paris | 1776 |
GBP - | 16.00 |
| 56 | Solis (Antonio de) | Historia de la Conquista de Mexico | Madrid | 1783-84 |
GBP - | 9.00 |
| 57 | WHITE (John) | Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales | 1790 |
GBP - | 15.00 | |
| 58 | La Perouse (J. F. G. de) | Voyage autour du Monde | 1797 |
GBP - | 11.00 | |
| 59 | Bligh (William) | A Voyage to the South Sea | 1792 |
GBP - | 28.00 | |
| 60 | Vancouver (Capt. George) | A Voyage of Discovery to the Northern Pacific Ocean and round the world | 1798 |
GBP - | 44.00 | |
| 61 | Cook (Capt. James) | A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean | 1784 |
GBP - | 11.00 | |
| 62 | Flinders (Matthew) | A Voyage to Terra Australis | 1814 |
GBP - | 13.00 | |
| 63 | Goldsmith (Oliver) | The Vicar of Wakefield | 1929 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 64 | Panofski (Erwin) | Albrecht Durer | 1945 |
GBP - | 4.50 | |
| 65 | Vancouver (George) | A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the World | 1798 |
GBP - | 26.00 | |
| 65A | Rainsford (Marcus) | An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti | 1805 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 66 | LATROBE (Rev. C. J.) | Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 | 1818 |
GBP - | 13.00 | |
| 67 | Sousa de Macedo (Antonius de) | Lusitania liberata ab injusto Castellanorum dominio restituta | 1645 |
GBP - | 42.00 | |
| 68 | Solis (Antonio de) | Historia de la conquista de Mexico | Barcelona | 1691 |
GBP - | 5.00 |
| 69 | PTOLEMAEUS (CLAUDIUS) | GEOGRAPHICAE ENARRATIONIS LIBRI OCTO | Lyon | 1535 |
GBP - | 50.00 |
| 70 | Martinius (Martinus) | Nieuw Sinesche Atlas | Amsterdam | 1655 |
GBP - | 11.00 |
| 71 | Duperrey (L. I.) | Voyage autour du Monde | Paris | 1826 |
GBP - | 18.00 |
| 72 | [Album des Voyages] | [c. 1820] |
GBP - | 70.00 | ||
| 72A | Route (The) of the Overland Mail to India | GBP - | 2.00 | |||
| 72B | Chinese Drawings | GBP - | 9.00 | |||
| 73 | Cruls (Gastao) | Hileia Amazonica | GBP - | 3.00 | ||
| 74 | Anderson (James) | A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery | 1742 |
GBP - | 3.50 | |
| 75 | Eyton (R. W.) | Antiquities of Shropshire | 1854-60 |
GBP - | 19.00 | |
| 76 | Lever (Charles) | Harry Lorrequer | Dublin | 1839-44 |
GBP - | 1.50 |
| 77 | Blomefield (Francis) and Charles Parkin | An Essay towards a topographical history of the County of Norfolk | 1805-10 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 78 | Carew (Richard) | The Survey of Cornwall | 1769 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 79 | Collinson (John) | The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset | Bath | 1791 |
GBP - | 3.00 |
| 80 | Dallaway (James) | Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of Heraldry in England | Gloucester | 1793 |
GBP - | 6.50 |
| 81 | Earwaker (J. P.) | East Cheshire | 1877-80 |
GBP - | 4.00 | |
| 82 | Horsfield (T. W.) | The History | 1835 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 83 | Suckling (Alfred) | The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk | 1846-48 |
GBP - | 10.00 | |
| 84 | Whitaker (T. D.) | An History of the original parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe | GBP - | 8.00 | ||
| 85 | ARMORIAL MANUSCRIPT of a large number (upwards of 500) of coats of arms of English families drawn in pen and ink | GBP - | 2.00 | |||
| 86 | Atkyns (Sir Robert.) | The ancient and present state of Gloucestershire | 1768 |
GBP - | 9.00 | |
| 87 | Baker (George) | The history and antiquities of the County of Northampton | 1822-41 |
GBP - | 15.00 | |
| 88 | Buck (Samuel) | 182 engraved plates from Buck's Views of England and Wales | [c. 1731] |
GBP - | 7.00 | |
| 89 | Chevillard (J. L.) | French Armorial | GBP - | 3.00 | ||
| 90 | Clutterbuck (Robert) | The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford | 1815-27 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 91 | Dugdale (Sir William) | The Antiquities of Warwickshire | 1730 |
GBP - | 19.00 | |
| 92 | Guillim (J.) | A display of heraldry | 1724 |
GBP - | 8.00 |
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![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<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.")
