Sothebys: THE EMINENT COLLECTION OF ANGLING BOOKS., 20Oct1959,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 20, 1959 - October 20, 1959

Page Size: 264 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Gay, John	Poems on several occasions		1720	GBP -	2.00
102		The Gentleman Angler		1726	GBP -	7.00
103		The Gentleman Fisher: or the whole art of angling		1727	GBP -	5.00
104	GILBERT, WILLIAM	THE ANGLER'S DELIGHT: containing the art of neat and clean angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of fish		1676	GBP -	360.00
105	Gilbert, William	The Young Angler's Companion			GBP -	16.00
106	Gilpin, William	Three Dialogues on the Amusements of Clergymen		1796	GBP -	10.00
107	Halford, F. M.	An Angler's Autobiography		1903	GBP -	7.00
108	Halford, F. M.	Dr. Fly Entomology		1897	GBP -	28.00
109	Halford, F. M.	Dry-Fly Fishing in theory and practice		1889	GBP -	11.00
110	Halford, F. M.	Floating Flies and how to dress them		1886	GBP -	5.00
111	Halford, F. M.	Making a Fishery		1895	GBP -	7.00
112	Halford, F. M.	Modem Development of the Dr. Fly		1910	GBP -	32.00
113	Halford, F. M.	The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook		1913	GBP -	15.00
114	Hamilton, Edward	Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon		1884	GBP -	4.00
115	Hartlib, Samuel	His Leaacy of Husbandry		1655	GBP -	16.00
116	Harvey, Christopher	The Synagogue		1661	GBP -	3.00
117	Haslewood, Joseph	Editor		1816	GBP -	6.00
118		Healthful Amusements	Bailey	c. 1720	GBP -	42.00
119	Herbert, George	The Temple. Sacred Poems and private ejaculations		1660	GBP -	2.00
120	Heresbach, Conrad	The whole art and trade of husbandry ... enlarged by Barnaby Googe		1614	GBP -	30.00
121	Hewitt, E. R.	Telling on the Trout			GBP -	2.00
122	Heyrick, Thomas	Miscellany Poems	Cambridge	1691	GBP -	18.00
123	Hills, J. W.	A Surnmer on the Test			GBP -	5.00
124	Hooker, Richard	Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Polities		1622	GBP -	2.00
125		Houghton Fishing Club.		1908-32	GBP -	6.00
126	Howitt, S.	The Angler's Manual; or concise lessons of experience			GBP -	7.00
127	Howlett, R.	The Angler's Sure Guide: or angling improved ... by R.H.		1706	GBP -	6.00
128	Howlett, Robert	The School of Recreation: or the Gentleman's Tutor ... by R.H.		1684	GBP -	20.00
129	Howlett, R.	The School of Recreation			GBP -	4.00
130	Huckell, Rev. J.	Avon	Birmingham	1758	GBP -	12.00
131	Huish, Robert	The Improved British Angler			GBP -	7.00
132	Jackson, John	The Practical Fly-Fisher			GBP -	8.00
133	Jacob, Giles	The Cornpleat Sportsman ... part III treats of fish and fishing		1718	GBP -	6.00
134	Jacob, G.	The Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum		1717	GBP -	12.00
135	Johannes de Mediolano	Schola Salernitana	Rotterdam	1667	GBP -	5.00
136	Jovius, Paulus	Pauli Jovii Novocomensis Medici.	Rome	1524	GBP -	24.00
137	Keene, J. H.	The Practical Fisherman			GBP -	8.00
138	Kemp, Samuel	Young Thames Angler's Instructor			GBP -	4.00
139		The Kentish, Angler; or the Young Fisherman's Instructor.	Canterbury	1804	GBP -	55.00
140		DIE KUNST WIE MAN VISCH UND VOGEL FAHEN SOL.			GBP -	270.00
141	Lambert, James	The Country-Man's Treasure: shewing the nature		c. 1700	GBP -	15.00
142	Lascelles, Robert	Angling; being the first part of a series of familiar letters on sporting		1813	GBP -	13.00
143		The Law-Suit or the Farmer and Fisherman		1738	GBP -	1.00
144		LIVRET NOUVEAU AUQUEL SONT CONTENUZ XXVII RECEPTEZ NOUELLES et approuvez de prendre poissons		c. 1524	GBP -	600.00
145	Locke, James	Tweed and Don			GBP -	7.00
146	Mackintosh, A.	The Modem Fisher or Driffield Angler			GBP -	5.00
147	Netherclift, J.	Maps.			GBP -	2.00
148	Markham, Gervase	The Compleat Husbandman and Gentleman's Recréation; and The Husbandman's Jewel		1707	GBP -	12.00
149	Markham, G.	The English Husbandman ... inlarged by the first author		1635	GBP -	26.00
150	Markham, G.	The Pleasures of Princes		1614	GBP -	6.00
151	Markham, G.	The Pleasures of Princes		1615	GBP -	2.00
152	Markham, G.	The Pleasures of Princes		1635	GBP -	1.00
153	Markham, G.	The Young Sportman's sic Instructor			GBP -	90.00
154	Markham, G.	The Young Sportsman's Delight and Instructor in Angling			GBP -	45.00
155	Markham, G.	The Young Sportsman's Instructor		1820	GBP -	30.00
156	Markham, G.	A Way to get Wealth ... the first five bookes gathered by G.M.		1638	GBP -	15.00
157	MASCALL, LEONARD	A Booke of fishing with Hooke & Line		1590	GBP -	120.00
158	MASCALL, L.	A Booke of Fishing with Hooke and Line ...		1600	GBP -	220.00
159		Mercurius Politicus		May 19-26 1653	GBP -	1.00
160	Mitchell, W. A.	On the Pleasure and Utility of Angling			GBP -	1.00
161	M., W.	The Young Man's Companion: or arithmetic and other arts made easy		1699	GBP -	55.00
162	Montaigne, M. de	Essays ... new rendred into English by Charles Cotton		1683-85	GBP -	1.00
163	Moore, Sir John	England's Interest: or the Gentleman and Farmer's Friend	Bettesworth	1721	GBP -	10.00
164	Morley, George	The Bishop of Worcester's Letter to a Friend			GBP -	4.00
165	Morton, Thomas	A Treatise of the Nature of God		1599	GBP -	28.00
166		New and Excellent Experiments and Secrets in the Art of Angling		1675	GBP -	1.00
167		New and Excellent Experiments and Secrets in the Art of Angling		1677	GBP -	1.00
168	Neil, A.	Neil's New and Complete Angler; or the whole art of catching fish		1804	GBP -	7.00
169	NOBLE, ROBERT	DE ARTE PISCATORIA.		c. 1669	GBP -	150.00
170	Nobbes, Robert	The Compleat Troller		1682	GBP -	19.00
171	North, Roger	A Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds		1713	GBP -	6.00
172		North-Country Angler		1786	GBP -	3.00
173		Oppianus.	Venice	1517	GBP -	14.00
174		Oppianus.	Paris	1555	GBP -	4.00
175		Oppianus.			GBP -	3.00
176		OPPIANUS.	Colle di Valdelsa	12 Sept. 1478	GBP -	1,700.00
177	Parker, George	Mercurius Anglicanus		1693	GBP -	20.00
178	Peacham, Henry	The Compleat Gentleman ... to which is added the Gentleman's Exercise		1661	GBP -	4.00
179	Perpetual, A.	Memorandum and universal pocket-book ... together with the complete art of angling	Penrith	1791	GBP -	18.00
180	Pfefferkorn, Johann	Libellus de Judaica confessione sive sabbato afflictionis collation: A6, B4	Nuremberg	1508	GBP -	200.00
181	Plat, Sir Hugh	The Jewel House of Art and Nature		1653	GBP -	19.00
182		Price Lists of Fishing Tackle.			GBP -	7.00
183	Price, Martin	The Angler's Companion			GBP -	7.00
184	Pritt, T. E.	Yorkshire Trout Flies			GBP -	6.00
185	Pritt, T. E.	The Book of the Grayling	Leeds	1888	GBP -	1.00
186	Pulman, G. P. R.	Vade Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout	Axminster	1841	GBP -	17.00
187	Pulman, G. P. R.	The Book of the Axe			GBP -	5.00
188	Quarles, Francis	The Shepheards Oracle: delivered in certain eclogues		1646	GBP -	12.00
189	Ronalds, Alfred	The Fly-Fisher's Entomology		1836	GBP -	4.00
190	Ronalds, Alfred	The Fly-Fisher's Entomology	Liverpool	1913	GBP -	32.00
191	Roxby, Robert	The Lay of the Reedwater Minstrel			GBP -	1.00
192		Royal Recreation of Jovial Anglers		1654	GBP -	16.00
193	Ruddiman, W.	A Collection of scarce	Edinburgh	1773	GBP -	5.00
194	Salter, Robert	The Modern Angler	Oswestry	c. 1800	GBP -	24.00
195	Salter, T. F.	The Angler's Guide			GBP -	2.00
196	Saunders, James	The Compleat Fisherman		1724	GBP -	11.00
197		Schuylkill Fishing Company.	Philadelphia	1889	GBP -	4.00
198	SCOTCHER, GEORGE	THE FLY FISHER'S LEGACY	Chepstow	c. 1800	GBP -	130.00
199	Scott, Thomas	The Anglers. Eight Dialogues in verse		1758	GBP -	26.00
200	Scrope, William	Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed		1843	GBP -	2.00

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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.

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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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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.