Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, 21Feb1974,

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Auction Date: February 21, 1974 - February 21, 1974

Page Size: 509 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
401	Aquinas, Thomas, Saint, Bailey, Henry Ives, Randolph John	Gregory the Great (Pope) Morals on the Book of Job, 3 vol. in 4, Catena Aurea, 4 vol. in 6, The Liturgy compared with the Bible, 2 vol., Enchiridion Theologicum, or a Manual, for the Use of Students in Divinity, 2 vol.	Oxford, Oxford, Oxford	1844-50, 1841-45, 1835, 1812	GBP -	10.00
402	HALL JOSEPH	The Works, 12 vol.	Oxford	1837	GBP -	26.00
403	Heber, Reginald, Kaye, John William	Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, 3 vol., Lives of Indian Officers, 2 vol.		1828	GBP -	22.00
404	Home, George, Hall, Robert, Jones, William, Paley, William	The Works, [edited] by William Jones, 6 vol., The Works, 6 vol., The Theological and Miscellaneous Works, [edited] by William Stevens, 6 vol., The Complete Works, [edited] by Robert Lynam, 4 vol.		1809, 1855, 1810, 1825	GBP -	12.00
405	Rogers, W. H. Hamilton, Butler, Alfred J.	Instrumenta Ecclesiastica, edited by the Ecclesiological ... Society, The Antient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon, The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, 2 vol.	Oxford	1847, 1877, 1884	GBP -	12.00
406	James, G. P. R., Lamartine, A[lphonse] de, Strickland, Agnes, Ranke, Leopold	The Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth, 4 vol., Histoire des Girondins, 4 vol., Lives of the Queens of England, 8 vol., The History of the Popes ... translated by E. Foster, 3 vol.		1838, 1847, 1844-45, 1885-86	GBP -	10.00
407	Johnston, Sir Harry H.	British Central Africa		1897	GBP -	32.00
408	Johnston, Sir Harry, H.	Liberia, 2 vol.		1906	GBP -	35.00
409	JOHNSTON, Sir HARRY H.	The Uganda Protectorate, 2 vol.		1902	GBP -	35.00
410	John Ashton	Legendary History (The) of the Cross. A Series of sixty-four woodcuts from a Dutch book published by Veldener ... 1483, with an introduction ...		1887	GBP -	2.00
411	Lyell, Sir Charles, Cudworth, Ralph, Martineau, James	The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, vol. I-III only (of 4), Types of Ethical Theory, 2 vol.	Oxford	1863, 1820, 1898	GBP -	13.00
412	MACPHERSON, DAVID	Annals of Commerce, Manufactures, Fisheries, and Navigation, 4 vol.		1805	GBP -	75.00
413	Milner, Joseph, Burn, Richard, Farrar, Frederick W., Le Courayer, Pierre Francois	The History of the Church of Christ, 5 vol., The End of Religious Controversy, 2 parts, A Postscript to the ... Address to the ... Bishop of St. David's, 1819, 2 works in one vol., Ecclesiastical Law, 4 vol., The Early Days of Christianity, 2 vol., A Defe		1816, 1818, 1809, 1882, 1725	GBP -	10.00
414	[Montagu, Henry, Earl of] Manchester	Manchester al Mondo. Contem-platio Mortis & Immortalitatis		1638	GBP -	3.00
415	Morrice, Matthias, Trench, Richard Chevenix, Buckland, William, Spencer, Herbert	Social Religion exemplified in an Account of the First Settlement of Christianity in the City of Caerludd, Notes on the Parables [and Miracles] of Our Lord, 2 vol., Geology and Min eralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology, 2 vol. (being treat		1786, 1874, 1836, 1863	GBP -	11.00
416	Lewis, John	New Testament, Polyglot. Le Nouveau Testament... The New Testament ... Het Nieuwe Testament, A Complete History of the Several Translations of the Holy Bible ... into English, Catechismus Romanus, ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini ... studio & industria Andr	Amsterdam, Antwerp	1684, 1739, 1619	GBP -	12.00
417	Pearce, F. B., Johnston, Sir Harry H., Portal, Sir Gerald	Zanzibar, The Story of My Life, The British Mission to Uganda in 1893	worn	1920, 1923, 1894	GBP -	22.00
418	E. A. Wallis Budge	Philoxenus (Bishop of Mabbogli) The Discourses ... with an English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, 2 vol.		1894	GBP -	11.00
419	Pollard, Alfred W.	Italian Book Illustrations		1894	GBP -	16.00
420	Pusey, E. B., Keble, John, Newman, John Henry, Manning, Henry Edward	The Church of England leaves her Children Free to whom to open their Griefs. A Letter to ... W. U. Richards, God's Prohibition of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister, An Argument against immediately repealing the Laws which treat the Nuptial Bond a	Oxford, Oxford and London, Oxford and London, Oxford	1850, 1860, 1867, 1857, 1842-45, 1848-50	GBP -	38.00
421		Quarterly Theological Review (The), vol. II-IV only (of 4) British Critic (The), Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record Bampton Lectures. A collection of 29 volumes by various authors		1825-26, 1827-41	GBP -	2.00
422	Ramée, Louise de la, Barham, Richard	Held in Bondage ... by Ouida The Ingoldsby Legends and 20 other volumes		1870, c. 1870	GBP -	7.00
423	Rawlinson, George	The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 3 vol. The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy		1873, 1873, 1876	GBP -	22.00
424	Robinson, P. F.	Designs for Farm Buildings		1837	GBP -	10.00
425	Ruskin, John	Modern Painters, 5 vol. The Seven Lamps of Architecture The Art of England		1857-60, 1855, 1893	GBP -	12.00
426	Savage, James	The Librarian, nos. 1-19 in 3 vol. (all published, no. 19 being the first number of vol. IV)		1808- 10	GBP -	34.00
427	[Scott, Sir Walter]	Waverley Novels, 46 vol. only (of 48, lacks vol. VII & VIII)	Edinburgh	1851	GBP -	22.00
428	Walcott, Mackenzie E. C., Gordon, J. F. S.	Scottish Highlands (The). Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, 8 vol. Scoti-Monasticon. The Ancient Church of Scotland Ecclesiastical Chronicle for Scotland	Edinburgh, Edinburgh	n.d., 1874, 1875	GBP -	2.00
429	Sévigné, Marie Marquise de, Massillon, J. B.	Lettres, 12 vol.	Paris, Besançon	1823, 1822	GBP -	15.00
430	SKELTON, JOSEPH	Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata, 2 vol.	Oxford	1823	GBP -	130.00
431	Smith, William, editor, Vincent, Benjamin, Frey, Joseph Samuel C. F.	A Dictionary of the Bible, 3 vol. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information A Hebrew, Latin, and English Dictionary, 2 vol., and 6 similar volumes		1863, 1889, 1815	GBP -	14.00
432	Smith, William, editor	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, and Mythology, 3 vol.		1844-49	GBP -	11.00
433	Spottiswoode, John	The History of the Church of Scotland		1655	GBP -	5.00
434	J. H. Newman, E. B. Pusey and others	Tracts for the Times [by J. H. Newman, E. B. Pusey and others], 7 vol. including: Newman (John Henry) Tracts for the Times, no. 90 A Letter to the ... Bishop of Oxford on occasion of no. 90 A Letter ... to ... R. W. Jelf ... in explanation of no.	Oxford, Oxford	1841, 1841, 1841	GBP -	24.00
435	Trevelyan, George Otto, Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord, Carlyle, Thomas	The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, 2 vol. Critical and Historical Essays, contributed to the Edinburgh Review [Works]		1876, n.d. and 1874	GBP -	21.00
436	Virgilius Maro, P[ublius], Dindorf, Wilhelm, editor, Nisard, J. M. A. and M. L. C, editors]	[Opera, edited by] Chr. Gottl. Heyne, 4 vol. Poetarum Scenicorum Graecorum Collection des Auteurs Latins], 15 vol. (only ?)	Leipzig, Leipzig, Paris	1803, 1868, 1839-46	GBP -	13.00
437	Warton, Thomas, Southey, Robert	The History of English Poetry, 4 vol. Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae. Letters to Charles Butler		1824	GBP -	21.00
438	[Watson], Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln	Holsome and Catholyke Doctryne concerninge the Seuen Sacramentes		February 1558	GBP -	11.00
439	WEEVER, JOHN	Ancient Funerall Monuments		1631	GBP -	22.00
440	Wilberforce, Robert Isaac and Samuel, Wilberforce, Samuel	The Life of William Wilberforce, 5 vol. Essays contributed to the 'Quarterly Review', 2 vol.		1838, 1874	GBP -	16.00
441		Wild Flowers		n.d.	GBP -	16.00
442	Worcester, Edward Somerset	Marquis of) A Century of the Names and Scantlings of ... Inventions	Glasgow	1767	GBP -	14.00
443	BARCLAY, JAMES	A Complete and Universal Dictionary	Bungay	1823	GBP -	30.00
444	BRITTON, J. AND E. W. BRAYLEY	DEVONSHIRE & CORNWALL ILLUSTRATED, from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom, W. H. Bartlett, &c		1832	GBP -	82.00
445	Byron, George Gordon, Lord	The Poetical Works		1839	GBP -	5.00
446	Earhart, John F.	The Color Printer		1892	GBP -	35.00
447	GASTINEAU, HENRY, illustrator	[North and South] Wales Illustrated, 2 parts in one vol.		1829	GBP -	78.00
448	Hind, C. Lewis, Holme, Charles, editor, Green, Julian	Turner's Golden Visions The Genius of J. M. W. Turner The Studio The Pilgrim on the Earth		1910, 1903, 1929	GBP -	11.00
449	Jane, Fred T.	All the World's Aircraft 1935 ... edited by C. G. Grey and Leonard Bridgman		1935	GBP -	5.00
450	Mascou, John Jacob	The History of the Ancient Germans ... translated into English by Thomas Lediard, 2 vol.		1738	GBP -	16.00
451	PARDOE, JULIA, BEATTIE, WILLIAM	THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS from Drawings by William Bartlett		n.d., n.d.	GBP -	100.00
452	Pilkington, M[atthew]	The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters		1770	GBP -	7.00
453	Ridpath, George, Berington, Joseph, Long, George	The Border-History of England and Scotland ... revised ... by the author's brother, Mr. Philip Ridpath A Literary History of the Middle Ages France and its Revolutions		1776, 1814, 1850	GBP -	15.00
454	Roberts, Emma	[Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea], 2 vol.		1835	GBP -	18.00
455	Sparrow, Walter Shaw, Elliott, John Malsbury Kirby	British Sporting Artists Fifty Years' Fox-Hunting		1922, 1900	GBP -	28.00
456	Surtees, R. S., D'Avigdor, Elim, Fair Diana	Handley Cross; Plain or Ringlets?; Hawbuck Grange; Ask Mamma; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Mr. Romford's Hounds, together 6 vol.		n.d., 1882	GBP -	65.00
457	Tarbuck, Edward Lance	The Encyclopaedia of Practical Carpentry and Joinery	Leipzig and Dresden and London	1857-59	GBP -	40.00
458	Tissot, J. James, Moore, Thomas, Libonis, L.	The Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, 2 vol. Memoirs of the Life of... Sheridan Les Styles Francais	Paris	n.d., 1825, n.d.	GBP -	2.00
459	[Anstey, Christopher], Montagu, Elizabeth, Smith, Elizabeth	The new Bath guide An essay on ... Shakespeare Elegant Extracts: or, useful and entertaining pieces of poetry		1766, 1785, 1801, 1818	GBP -	11.00
460		Beckett Samuel Proust		1931	GBP -	18.00
461		Billets in the Low Countries 1814-1817 in a series of letters		1818	GBP -	26.00
462		CAMDEN SOCIETY. Publications			GBP -	35.00
463		Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (The), New Series, vol. I--XIV	New York	1882-88	GBP -	14.00
464	Crane, Walter	The Baby's Opera, (n.d.); The Baby's own Aesop		1887	GBP -	21.00
465	Cruikshank, Isaac, Robert, and George	The Cruikshankian Momus ... Pictorial Broadsides and Humorous Song-Headings		1892	GBP -	38.00
466	Dali, Salvador	Metamorphosis of Narcissus: English Translation by Francis Scar[f]e	New York	1937	GBP -	11.00
467	Dickens, Charles	Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS		October 1846-April 1848	GBP -	22.00
468	Dickens, Charles	Dombey and Son, parts 1, 7-20 only (of 20, with duplicates of parts 9, 12, 15, 18) Nicholas Nickleby, parts 3, 5-11, 13, 15, 19-20 only (of 20, with a duplicate of part 8) and parts 10 and 17 of "Martin Chuzzlewit", 4 and 9 of "Bleak House" and part 5 of		1846-48, 1839	GBP -	32.00
469	Dickens, Charles, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens, Charles and others	Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol. Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions: The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round ...		1840-41, 1844, 1865, 1863, 1863	GBP -	19.00
470	Dickens, Charles	The Mystery of Edwin Drood		"Thursday Sept. 19, 1853, April-September 1870	GBP -	50.00
471	[Dickens, Charles]	Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress, 3 vol.		1838	GBP -	50.00
472	Eyre, Lieut. Vincent, Russell, M., Duncan, William, Penn, Granville	The military operations at Cabul ... January 1842 Shipwreck (The) of the Alceste ... the shipwreck of the Medusa The elements of logick The bioscope, or dial of life	Edinburgh, Dublin	1843, n.d., 1822, 1759, 1814	GBP -	20.00
473	Greenaway, Kate	Almanack for 1883		1882	GBP -	12.00
474	Greenaway, Kate	A day in a child's life		1881	GBP -	13.00
475	Greenaway, Kate	Language of flowers		1884	GBP -	13.00
476	Greenaway, Kate	Under the window		1879	GBP -	15.00
477	Harper's, New	Monthly Magazine, vol.		1885-92	GBP -	12.00
478	[HOLLAR, WENCESLAUS]	Ornatus muliebris anglicanus, or the severall habits of English		post 1800	GBP -	20.00
479	Holz, Arno	Phantasus	Leipzig	1916	GBP -	2.00
480	Janin, Jules, editor	Chefs-d'oeuvre dramatiques du XVIIIe siècle Album des types et costumes de tous les peuples	Paris, Paris	1872, 1869	GBP -	7.00
481		Liverpool Mercury (The), or Commercial, Literary, and Political Herald; a Weekly Paper, no. 210-261, in 1 vol.	Liverpool	July 7, 1815-June 28, 1816	GBP -	32.00
482	Maceroni, Francis	Defensive instructions for the people: containing the new and improved combination of arms, called Foot Lancers		1834	GBP -	26.00
483	Mayhew, Henry and A. S.	Acting charades		1852	GBP -	36.00
484	Montgomery, James	The Abolition of the Slave Trade, a Poem		1814	GBP -	36.00
485	Nicholson, G., Goldsmith, O., Jones, T. R., Thompson, R.	The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, 4 vol. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 5 vol. The Gardener's Assistant		1885-88, 1874-75, c. 1870, 1859	GBP -	48.00
486	Omar Khayyam, Cleland, John, Donne, John	The Rubáiádt ... done into English from the French of J. B. Nicolas by Frederick Baron Corvo Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, edited by John Hayward	New York	1903, 1926, 1929	GBP -	15.00
487		Oxberry's Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes	Virtue, Buncombe, Virtue	1825-26, 1826, 1827	GBP -	5.00
488	PAPWORTH, JOHN B.	RURAL RESIDENCES consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings		1818	GBP -	170.00
489	Ramsay, David, Berkely, Grantley F., Celliez, A.	The life of George Washington Anecdotes of the upper ten thousand, 2 vol. Scenes de l'histoire contemporaine	Paris	1807, 1867, n.d.	GBP -	6.00
490	Ruskin, John	Stray Letters ... to a London Bibliopole [F. S. Ellis], FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 33 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER OF AN EDITION OF 40 COPIES ONLY]		1892	GBP -	22.00
491	Sade, Francois-Donatien-Alphonse, Marquis de, Sue, Eugene	Justine ou les infortunes de la vertu Les mystères de Paris, 4 vol.	Paris, Brussels	1949, 1844	GBP -	14.00
492		Scribner's Magazine	New York	1887-89	GBP -	25.00
493	Shakespeare, William	[Works], The National Shakespeare. A Fac-simile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623. Illustrated by Sir J. Noël Paton	Edinburgh and Dublin	1904	GBP -	5.00
494	Shakespeare, William	[Works], The National Shakespeare. A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623. Illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton, 3 vol., another copy	Edinburgh and Dublin	1904	GBP -	18.00
495	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM	THE WORKS ... edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 vol.		1929-33	GBP -	100.00
496	Smith, Albert, Richard	The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole		1846-48	GBP -	5.00
497	Sterne, Laurence	Voyage Sentimentale en France et en Italie [translated by] Emile Blémont, number 44 of 100 copies on papier du Japon of an Edition de Grand Luxe limited to 200 copies with a double set of plates, proofs before letters	Paris	1884	GBP -	12.00
498	Strutt, Joseph, Kelly, Christopher, Lowe, E. J.	The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo Beautiful Leaved Plants		1777, 1817	GBP -	20.00
499	Summers, Montague	The vampire, 1928; The vampire in Europe, 1929			GBP -	10.00
500	Summers, Montague, Scott, Temple, editor, Swinburne, A. C., Conrad, Joseph	Restoration Comedies Lord Chesterfield and his Letters to His Sons Mary Stuart: a tragedy		1921, 1929, 1881, 1881, 1923	GBP -	22.00

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