Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS AND A FEW MANUSCRIPTS., 07Nov1932,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 07, 1932 - November 07, 1932

Page Size: 890 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
400	Dickens, C.; Trollope, A.	The Cricket on the Hearth, 1816; The Golden Lion of Granpere, 1872			GBP -	0.14
401	Thornton, J. Q.; -Rassam, H.; Fergusson, J.	Oregon and California in 1848; Narrative of the British Mission to Abyssinia; Handbook of, Architecture			GBP -	2.00
402	Stevenson, R. L.	The Studio, Winter number 1896-7, containing "A Mountain Town in France,"; The Broken Shaft, Unwin's Annual for 1886, containing the 1st edition of Stevenson's Markheim			GBP -	0.08
403	Burton, Richard F.	Ultima Thule; or, a Summer in Iceland; The Land of Midian (revisited)			GBP -	1.02
404	Burton, R. F.; Palgrave, W. G.	The Gold Mines of Midian, and the ruined Midianite Cities; Central and Eastern Arabia			GBP -	0.10
405	Bowrey, Thos	Halduyt Society. Voyage of Francois Leguat; The Countries round the Bay of Bengal, 1905; Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, 1905; Knowledge of the World, 1912			GBP -	2.05
406	Roe, Sir Thomas	Embassy to the Court f the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his Journal and Correspondence	Hakluyt Society	1899	GBP -	4.10
407		Madeira. A History of Madeira	Ackermann	1821	GBP -	3.05
408	Sleeman, Lt. Col. W. II	Rambles and Recollection of an Indian Official		1844	GBP -	0.08
409		Crevecoeur. Voyage clans la Haute Pennsylvanie, et dans PEtat de New York, par un member adoptif da la Nation Oneida	Paris	1801	GBP -	5.10
411	Stubbes, J.	The Discoverie of a gaping Gulf whereinto England is like to be swallowed by another French manage	London	1579	GBP -	13.10
412	Dampier, W; Oexmelin, A. 0.	A Collection of Voyages; Histoire des Avanturiers			GBP -	7.00
413	Louvencourt, F. de	Le Voyage curieux faict autour du monde par Frangois Drach, Admiral d'Angleterre; Relation des Missions at des Voyages des Evesques			GBP -	10.10
414	Febres, A.	Arte de la Lengua General del Reyno de Chile, con un Dialog() Chileno-Hispano may curioso			GBP -	1.12
415	Pages, M. de	Voyages autour du Monde, at vers les deux Poles, par terre et par mer	Paris	1782	GBP -	1.02
416	Fox, C. E.; Mundy, Capt. R.; Marryat, F. S.	The Threshold of the Pacific; Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, from the Journals of Rajah Brooke; Borneo and the Indian Archipelago; with drawings of Costume and Scenery			GBP -	0.12
417	Mahan, Capt. A. T.	The Life of Nelson; The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783			GBP -	0.07
418		Narborough. Account of several]ate Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North, towards the Streights of Magellan, the South Seas, the vast Tracts of Land beyond Hollandia Nova, &c. by Sir John Narborough, Captain Tasman, Captain Wood and Frederick Mar		1694	GBP -	6.10
419	Rogers, Major Robert	Concise Account of North America, containing a description of the several British Colonies, including the Island of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c.		1765	GBP -	2.12
420	Meares, Capt. John	Voyages de la Chine h la Me Nordouest d'Amérique fait deus les Années 1788 et 1789; traduits par Billecocq	Paris	1794	GBP -	2.00
421	Mahony	The Reliques of Father Proust		1836	GBP -	0.12
422	America. Murray, H.; Hammond, J. D.	Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in North America; History of Political Parties in the State of New York			GBP -	1.10
423	Gilman, Caroline	Appletons' Railroad and Steamboat Companion by W. Williams; Recollections of a Southern Matron			GBP -	3.00
424	Barber, J. W.	Remarks made on a short Tour between Hartford and Quebec in the Autumn of 1819; History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania			GBP -	1.15
425	Beresford, James; Trollope, Frances	The Miseries of Human Life; Paris and the Parisians			GBP -	0.05
426	BEVERLEY, ROBERT	The History and Present State of Virginia. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place		1705	GBP -	14.00
427	Gibbon, E.; Dryden, J.	Miscellaneous Works, 3; Chesterfield (Earl of) Life of, ... Delivered in a Series of Letters to his Son; The Annual Miscellany for the Year, 1694			GBP -	0.05
428	Newman, Cardinal J. H.	Apologia Pro Vita Sua		1864	GBP -	1.00
429	Pepys, Samuel	Memoirs relating to the State of the Royal Navy in England		1690	GBP -	6.10
430	Reid, John; Sheridan, T. and Dean Swift	The Scots Gardiner for the Climate of Scotland; The Intelligencer			GBP -	0.08
431	SHELLEY, P. B.	History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland		1817	GBP -	21.00
432	Spenser, Edmund	Poetical Works, with an Essay [by Philip Masterman]	Boston	1845	GBP -	0.10
433	Boyle, Hon. Robert	Certain Physiological Essays, written at distant Times and on several Occasions		1661	GBP -	4.10
434	Brand, John	History and Antiquities of Newcastle upon Tyne		1789	GBP -	0.05
435	Emerson, W.; Blondel, F.	The Principles of Mechanics; COWS de Mathematique			GBP -	0.05
436	Phipps, C. J.; Shaw, T.	A Voyage towards the South Pole; Travels or Oebrvs ations relating to Barbary and Levant			GBP -	1.08
437	Walpole, Horace	Catalogue of the Valuable Contents of Strawberry Hill sold 25th April 1842 and 23 following days			GBP -	0.08
438	Arrowsmith, A.	Atlas to Thomson's Alcedo; or Dictionary of America; Map of Australia. Scale 300 miles =			GBP -	5.05
439	Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam	Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning, Interpreted by Gilbert Wats	Oxford	1640	GBP -	2.00
440	Drake, Francis, of York	Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York		1736	GBP -	0.12
441	Grew, Nehemiah	Museum Regalis Societatis, Or a Catalogue and Description of Rarities belonging to the Royal Society		1681	GBP -	0.05
442	Hilyard., J.	An Accurate Description and History of the Metropolitan and Cathedral Churches of Canterbury and York		1755	GBP -	0.05
443	Machiavelli, Nicolas	Works Translated. into English		1695	GBP -	0.10
444	Cook, Capt. James	Second and Third Voyages; A Voyage Toward the South Pole; A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean			GBP -	1.10
445	Cook, J. Second Voyage	A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World; [Third Voyage]. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean			GBP -	5.00
446	Martinez de la Puente, J.	Compendio de las Historias de la India Oriental, y sus Islas			GBP -	1.00
447	Schmidtmeyer, P.	Travels into Chile over the Andes, In the Years 1820 and 1821		1824	GBP -	4.04
448	Godinho, Father Manoel, Jesuit	Relaçao do Novo Caminho que fez por Terra, e Mar, vindo da India para Portugal, no anno de 1663	Lisbon	1665	GBP -	4.10
449	Skiimer, J.	The Present State of Peru (with the Travels of the Missionaries in the heretofore unexplored Mountainous Territories)		1805	GBP -	4.10
450	Dixon, Capt. G.	Voyage Round the World, but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, 1785-1788		1789	GBP -	2.10
451	Meares, John	Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North-West Coast of America, with narrative of a Voyage in 1786 from Bengal in the ship Nootka		1790	GBP -	13.00
452	Barrington, Hon. Daines	Miscellanies, with Journal of a Voyage in 1775 to explore the Coast of America, northward of California		1781	GBP -	2.15
453	Cosa, Juan de la	Mappa Mundi	Madrid	1892	GBP -	2.05
454	Cooke, E. W.	Sixty-five Plates of Shipping and Craft, drawn and etched by E. W. Cooke		1829	GBP -	1.15
455	Brosses, Charles de	Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, Contenant ce que Pon suit des Moeurs et des Productions des Contrées découvertes jusqu'a ce jour		1756	GBP -	1.18
456	Philip, A.; Wilson, Capt.; Collins, D.	Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with account of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; Missionary Voyage of the ship Duff, to the Southern Pacific Ocean; Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, with particulars of New Zealand			GBP -	1.10
457	Hunter, Capt. John	Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean		1793	GBP -	0.12
458	Dalrymple, Sir John; Orme, R.	Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, from Charles II to the Sea-battle off La Hague; History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year 1745			GBP -	0.10
459	Semmedo, A.	Relatione delle Grande Monarchia delle Cine	Rome	1643	GBP -	1.10
460	Suarez de Figuerva, Christoval	Soc. Jesus. Historia y Anal Relation de las cosas que hizieron los Padres de la Compania de Jesus, por las partes de Oriente y otras, los annos passados de 1607 y 1608	Madrid	1614	GBP -	7.10
461	Mayno, Jason de	Oratio habita pro felici initio gymnasii Ticinensis	Pavia	n. d.	GBP -	3.00
462	Welwood, W.	An Abridgement of all Sea-Lawes		1613	GBP -	9.00
463	Clerke, MT.	The Triall of Bastardie		1594	GBP -	2.00
464	Botero, G.	Le Relationi Universali	Vicenza	1595	GBP -	0.08
465	Valades, D.; Mela, P.	Rhetorica Christiana; Compendia Geographico			GBP -	1.10
466	Carpenter, N.	Geographic delineated forth in two Bookes, containing the Sphericall and Topicall parts thereof; Planeten Buch aus grund Natürlicher Astrologey			GBP -	3.00
467	Parkinson, Sydney	Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour		1773	GBP -	2.10
468	Beatson, Maj. Gen. Alex.; Barrow, John; Burckhardt, J. L.; Kirkpatrick, Col	Tracts relative to the Island of St. Helena; Travels in China; Travels in Nubia; Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul			GBP -	1.10
469	Barrow, John	Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in which are described the Character and Condition of the Dutch Colonists, and of the several Tribes of Natives		1806	GBP -	2.02
470	Park, Mungo; Edwards, Bryan	Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa; The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies			GBP -	0.16
471	Bouguer, M.	Traité du Navire, de sa Construction, et de ses Mouvemens		1746	GBP -	0.14
472	Ulloa, G. and A.	Voyage Historique de l'Amerique Meridionale, qui Contient une Histoire des Yucas du Perow	Amsterdam	1752	GBP -	0.10
473	Hamilton, Count A.	Memoirs of Count Grammont		1811	GBP -	1.00
474		World of Fashion. A Monthly Magazine from Jan. 1847 to Dec. 1849, 3			GBP -	1.05
475	Hinton, J. H.; DareII, Rev. W.; Green, V.	History and Topography of the United States; History of Dover Castle; History of Worcester			GBP -	0.12
476	Thorburn, A.	British Birds		1917-18	GBP -	4.04
477	Scott, Sir Walter	Marmion; Rokeby			GBP -	0.05
478		Casanova de Seingalt. Memoirs; translated by Arthur Machen		1922	GBP -	6.10
479	Chaucer, G.	The Canterbury Tales		1913	GBP -	3.15
480	Stevenson, R. L.	Underwoods		1887	GBP -	1.10
481	Beerbohm, Max; Shakespeare, W.; Galsworthy, J.	A Survey; The Tempest; Loyalties			GBP -	0.18
482	Galsworthy, J.; Leslie, Shane; Graves, R.	Loyalties; Poems; To whom else?			GBP -	0.10
483	Tasso, T.	La Gerusalemme figurata di Bernardo Castello			GBP -	0.18
484	Cook, Capt.	Atlas of 61 plates, one folding chart and one double-page chart for Cook's Third Voyage		1784	GBP -	2.15
485		Naval Log Books. Log of the Proceedings of H.M.S. Inconstant (C. H. Freemantle, Captain), kept by L. E. H. Somerset, Volunteer 1st Class, from May 1843 to Aug. 1845			GBP -	0.05
486	Stanhope, Lady May	Instructions for the Education of Lady May Stanhope eldest daughter to Philip second Earl of Chesterfield		1686	GBP -	3.10
487	Thornton, R. J.	A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus		1799	GBP -	1.10
488	Prynne, Wm.	Brief Animadversions on, Amendments, and Additional Explanatory Records to the Fourth Part of Coke's Institutes of the Lawes of England		1669	GBP -	2.00
489	Angelo, M.	L'Ecole des Armes; avec rexplication génerale des Principales Attitudes et Positions concernant l'Escrime		1763	GBP -	1.00
490		Decisiones Rotae. Legal Decisions of the famous Roman Court called "Ruota," from the collection of sentences of the Ruota made by Willidimus Horbott who was one of the judges of the said Tribunal until the year 1381			GBP -	1.00
491	Pineyro, Padre Luis	Soc. Jes. Relacion del Sucesso que tuvo muestra Santa Fe en los Reynos del Japon desde el año 1612 hasta 1615, imperando Cubosama	Madrid	1617	GBP -	12.10
492	Knox, R.	Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, in the East Indies		1681	GBP -	2.10
493	Herrera, Ant. de	Historia General de los hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas i Tierra-Fierme del Mar Oceano	Madrid	1730	GBP -	14.10
494	Mather, Cotton	Magnolia Christi Americana: or the Ecclesiastical History of New England, from its first planting in the year 1620 to 1698; with Appendix of Remarkable Occurences which New England had in the Wars with the Indian Salvages		1702	GBP -	14.10
495	WILLIAMSON, CAPT. T. AND S. HOWETT	ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS; being a complete, detailed, and. accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East		1807	GBP -	15.10
496	WILLIAMSON, CAPT. T. AND S. HOWETT	ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS, another copy		1807	GBP -	12.10
497	DANIELL, THOMAS AND WILLIAM	ORIENTAL SCENERY, Or Views in Hindoostan, Series One and Two only		1795-7	GBP -	10.10
498	Wood, William, jun	Panoramic Views of Calcutta		1833	GBP -	6.05
499	MALTON, JAMES	Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin		1792-5	GBP -	13.00
500	Vacher, Sidney	Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament		1886	GBP -	0.10

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.

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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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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.