Sothebys: A SELECTED PORTION OF THE EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY The Property of Derck Spence, Esq. Halsall House, Ormskirk, Lanes., FERN,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 27, 1949 - June 27, 1949

Page Size: 872 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
801	Keynes (G.)	A Bibliography of William Blake	New York	1921	GBP -	34.00
802	Keynes (G.)	Bibliography of Sir T. Browne	Cambridge	1924	GBP -	1.75
803	Keynes (G.)	Bibliography of William Hazlitt			GBP -	1.75
804	Lang (Andrew)	The Library			GBP -	4.00
805	Le Roux de Lincy (A.-J.-V.)	Researches Concerning Jean Grolier	New York	1906	GBP -	9.00
806	Lewin (J.)	Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books		1898	GBP -	1.00
807	J. Y. W. Macalister and A. W. Pollard	Library (The)			GBP -	3.00
808	Livingston (F. V.)	Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling	New York	1927	GBP -	2.75
809	Lowndes (W. T.)	Bibliographer's Manual		1858	GBP -	4.00
810	Lyell (James P. R.)	Early Book Illustration in Spain		1926	GBP -	4.00
811	Mantz (M. E.)	Bibliography of Katherine Mansfield		1931	GBP -	2.00
812	Martindell (E. W.)	Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling			GBP -	2.00
813	Masse (G. C. E.)	Bibliography of Walter Crane			GBP -	1.00
814	Mathews (W.)	Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered			GBP -	5.00
815	McKerrow (R. B.)	Introduction to Bibliography	Oxford	1927	GBP -	4.00
816	McMurtie (D. C.)	The Book			GBP -	2.00
816A	Millar (E. G.)	English Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to XHIth Century	Brussels	1926	GBP -	2.50
816B		Modern Book Production		1928	GBP -	1.25
816C	Morison (I.)	Modern Fine Printing		1925	GBP -	9.50
817	Mudge (I. G.)	Guide to Reference Books			GBP -	3.00
818	Muir (P. H.)	Points		1931-4	GBP -	3.00
818A	Mumby (N.)	A Study of Rare Books	Denver	1930	GBP -	3.50
819	Murray (D.)	Robert and Andrew Foulis and The Glasgow Press			GBP -	4.50
820	Newton (A. E.)	The Amenities of Book-Collecting			GBP -	5.00
820A	Oldham (J. B.)	Shrewsbury School Library Bindings		1943	GBP -	10.00
821	Ongania (F.)	Early Venetian Printing			GBP -	6.50
822	Parrish (M. L.)	Charles Kingsley and T. Hughes			GBP -	2.25
823	Payne (J. T.) and H. Foss	Bibliotheca Grenvilliana		1842-8	GBP -	5.00
824	Penzer (Norman M.)	An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Barton		1923	GBP -	2.25
825	Pettigrew (T. J.)	Bibliotheca Sussexiana		1827-39	GBP -	2.00
826	Pforzheimer (Carl H.)	The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library	New York	1940	GBP -	120.00
827	Plomer (H. R.)	English Printers Ornaments			GBP -	5.00
828	Pollard (A. W.)	Shakespeare Folios and Quartos		1909	GBP -	7.50
829	Pollard (A. W.)	Fine Books		1912	GBP -	6.00
830	Potter (A. G.)	Bibliography of the Rabaiyat of Omar Khayyam		1929	GBP -	1.00
831	Prideaux (S. T.)	Bookbinders and Their Craft			GBP -	5.00
832	Prideaux (Col. W. F.)	Bibliography of Robert Louis Stevenson			GBP -	1.75
833	Pritzel (G. A.)	Thesaurus Literature Botanicae	Leipzig	1872	GBP -	19.00
834	Quaritch (B.)	General Catalogues of Books		1880-92	GBP -	14.00
835	Quaritch (B.)	Contributions towards a Dictionary of English Book-Collectors		1892-1921	GBP -	1.75
836	Renouard (A. A.)	Annales de l'Imprimerie des Aide			GBP -	5.50
837		The Rivival of Printing		1912	GBP -	2.25
838	Ricci (Seyatour de)	A Census of Caxtons		1909	GBP -	4.00
839	Ricci (S. de)	Book Collector's Guide			GBP -	12.00
840	Rickets (C.)	A Defence of the Revival of Printing			GBP -	2.50
841	Rosenbach (A. S. W.)	Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts of Harry Elkfns Widener	Philadelphia	1918	GBP -	5.50
842	Rosenbach (A. S. W.)	Books and Bidders			GBP -	3.00
843		Rothamsted Experimental Station		1940	GBP -	2.00
844	Rylands (John)	Catalogue of the Printed Books and MSS	Manchester	1895-99	GBP -	12.00
844A	Rylands (J.), edited by R. Fawtier	La Bible Historiee toute figuree de la John Rylands Library	Paris	1924	GBP -	3.00
845	Rylands (J.)	English Incunabula in The John Rylands Library	Manchester	1930	GBP -	1.25
846	Sadlier (M.)	Excursions in Victorian Bibliography			GBP -	2.25
847	Sawyer (C. J.) and T. J. Harvey Darton	English Books		1927	GBP -	3.00
848	Scott (Rev. H. T.) and S. Davey	Guide to The Collector of Historical Documents			GBP -	2.75
849	Taylor (Isaac)	Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times			GBP -	6.00
850	Teerink (Dr. H.)	Bibliography of Jonathan Swift	The Hague	1937	GBP -	5.50
851	Tomkinson (G. S.)	Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses		1928	GBP -	3.50
852	Toovey (James T.)	Catalogue of a Collection of Books formed by J. T. Toovey	New York	1901	GBP -	17.00
853	Tooley (R. V.)	Some English Books with Coloured Plates		1935	GBP -	6.50
854	Updike (D. B.)	Printing Types	Cambridge, U.S.A.	1922	GBP -	5.00
855	edited by S. R. Shapiro	United States Cumalative Book Auction Records		1946-48	GBP -	11.00
855A	Walpole (Horace)	Catalogue of the Contents of Strawberry Hill			GBP -	1.00
856	Weale (W. J. H.)	Catalogue of Rare MSS			GBP -	7.00
857	Webb (A. P.)	Bibliography of Thomas Hardy			GBP -	2.50
858	Williams (S. H.)	Bibliography of Lewis Carroll		1924	GBP -	1.00
859	Willoughby (H. R.)	The Coverdale Psalter			GBP -	5.50
860	Wing (Donald)	Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England	New York	1945	GBP -	6.00
861	Wise (T. J.)	Bibliography of Joseph Conrad		1920	GBP -	1.20
862	WISE (T. J.)	THE ASHLEY LIBRARY CATALOGUE		1922-36	GBP -	68.00
863	Wise (T. J.)	Letters to J. H. Wrenn			GBP -	5.50
864	Worthington (G.)	Bibliography of The Waverley Novels			GBP -	4.00
865	Zaehnsdorf (J. W.)	The Art of Bookbinding			GBP -	6.50

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.
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.
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