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
801	Gibbon, E.; Boswell, J.	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Miscellaneous Works; Life of Samuel Johnson			GBP -	0.10
802	Hudson, W. H.	The Naturalist in La Plata		1892	GBP -	1.12
803		Miscellaneous Books (a large stack)			GBP -	11.10
804	Percy, Bp. T.	Reliques of Ancient English Poetry		1765	GBP -	6.00
805	Psalmanazar, G.	Memoirs			GBP -	1.05
806	Scott, Sir W.	Works, Abbotsford Edition		1842	GBP -	0.10
807	Shakespeare, W.	Plays, edited by Johnson and Stevens			GBP -	0.10
808	Strickland, A.	Lives of the Queens of England			GBP -	2.02
809	Swift, J.	Works		1808	GBP -	2.15
810	Trollope, F.; Trollope, A.	Domestic Manners of the Americans; The Last Chronicle of Barset			GBP -	2.00
811	WORDSWORTH, W.	GRACE DARLING	Carlisle:	1843	GBP -	30.00
812	Brathwaite, R.; Twyne, B.	The English Gentleman; Antiquitatis Academia Oxoniensis Apologia			GBP -	1.12
813	Sancroft, W.	Lex Ignea: or the School of Righteousness			GBP -	4.05
814	Shadwell, T.; Crown, J.	Epsom-wells. A Comedy; City Politiques. A Comedy			GBP -	1.18
815	Turner, D.	Fuci; or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the Genus Fucus		1808	GBP -	1.10
816	BEAUMONT, F. AND J. FLETCHER	Comedies and Tragedies		1647	GBP -	7.10
817	Brees, S. C.	Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand		1847	GBP -	1.12
818		COSTUMES. Great Britain by W. H. Pyne, Austria, Russia, Turkey, China, Punishments of China		1804	GBP -	8.15
819	Fielding, T. H.	Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire illustrated		1822	GBP -	5.15
820	Mercator, G. and G. Hondius	Atlas, translated by Henry Hexham	Amsterdam	1636-38	GBP -	20.00
821	Stow, J.; Plot, R.	Annales, continued by Edmond Howes, old calf gilt, worn, 1615--; The Natural History of Oxfordshire			GBP -	1.15
822	Gray, Thomas; SMART, CHRISTOPHER	An Elegy written Originally in a Country Church Yard; On the Eternity [Immensity, Omniscience, Power, Goodness] of the Supreme Being; The Hilliad; Hymn to the Supreme Being, on Recovery from a dangerous Fit of Illness			GBP -	9.05
823	PAPWORTH, J. B.	SELECT VIEWS OF LONDON, With Historical and Descriptive Sketches		1816	GBP -	27.00
824	Scott, Sir Walter	The Lady of the Lake; A Poem	Edinb.	1810	GBP -	2.00
825	Scott, Sir W.	The Vision of Don Roderick; a Poem	Edinb.	1811	GBP -	Not Sold
826	Boyle, R.	New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring of the Air		1682	GBP -	1.15
827		Collection of dried ferns from New Zealand		1872	GBP -	1.00
828	Davy, John; Scott, J.	An Account of the Interior of Ceylon; The Sportsman's Repository			GBP -	1.02
829	Atkinson, G. F.	Curry and Rice, or, the ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India		c. 18501	GBP -	0.08
830		Whistler. The Whirlwind, a Lively and Eccentric Newspaper		1890	GBP -	1.14
831	Hutchinson, H. G.; Grimble, A.	Golf; Shooting, Salmon Fishing, and Highland Sport			GBP -	0.05
832	Beardsley, Aubrey	The Savoy:		1896	GBP -	0.12
833	Cruikshank	Tales of the Cordelia Metamorphosed, as narrated in a Manuscipt in the Borromeo Collection		1821	GBP -	1.10
834	Wilde, Oscar	The Picture of Dorian Gray; Rossetti. Henry the Leper, paraphrased by Dante G. Rossetti, with a facsimile of his Original Manuscript			GBP -	1.00
835	Carlyle, Thos.; Davidson, John	Shooting Niagara and after; Etchings by the late William Makepeace Thackeray while at Cambridge; Testaments, I of a Vivesector, II of a Man Forbid, III of an Empire-Builder			GBP -	0.10
836	Kipliug, Rudyard	Poems		1929	GBP -	6.10
837	Philelphus, F.	Orationes cum quibusdam aliis eiusdem operibus			GBP -	1.12
838	Fuller, Thomas	History of the Worthies of England			GBP -	4.05
838A	Francquart, J.	Bible. Latin. Biblia Latina cum postilla Hugonis Cardinalis; Pompes Funebres du Prince Albert Archiduc d'Autriche, etc.	Basileae	1498-1502	GBP -	1.01
839	SUIDAS	Lexicon Graecum	Milan	1499	GBP -	20.00
840	Rembrandt. Blanc, Charles	L' Oeuvre de Rembrandt		1880	GBP -	3.00
841		Water Colour Drawings. An album containing 68 water colours by L. Garneray, Boullier, V. Dupré, Prezion, and others		c. 1840-50	GBP -	29.00
842	Plot, R.	The Natural History of Oxfordshire			GBP -	0.05
843	Letchford, Albert	A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Burton's Arabian Nights		1897	GBP -	0.12
844	Brayley, E. W.	The History of Surrey			GBP -	0.05
845	Burke, Sir B.	Dormant and Extinct Peerages			GBP -	5.15
846	Curzon, Hon. G. N.; Stanley, H. M.; Garnett, L. M. J.	Russia in Central Asia in 1889; In Darkest Africa; Women of Turkey and their Folk-lore			GBP -	1.01
847	Davis, Lt.-Col. John	The History of the second Queen's Royal Regiment, now the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment		1887-1906	GBP -	0.15
848	Dickens, C.	A Tale of Two Cities, with illustrations by H. K. Browne		1859	GBP -	3.05
849	Dickens, C.	Sketches by Boz, with forty illustrations by George Cruikshank, New Edition, complete			GBP -	0.10
850	Dickens, C.; Du Maurier, G.	The Mystery of Edwin Drood; The Martian			GBP -	1.01
851		Folk Lore Society			GBP -	0.15
852	Harrison, Joseph	The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine		1838-44	GBP -	0.05
853	Luttrell, Narcissus	A brief historical relation of State Affairs 1678-1714	Oxford	1857	GBP -	1.05
854		Navy Records Society		1894-1913	GBP -	0.10
855	Ockley, Simon; Addison, L.; Carleton, Captain George	An Account of South-West Barbary: containing what is most Remarkable in Fez and Morocco; West Barbary or, a short Narrative of the Revolutions of Fez and Morocco; History of the two last wars against France and Spain			GBP -	3.00
856	Raikes, G. A.; Duncan, F.	History of the Honourable Artillery Company; History of the Royal. Regiment of Artillery			GBP -	1.00
857	Roberts, Lord; Beresford, Lord Charles; Roseberry, Lord	Forty-one Years in India; The Break-up of China; Napoleon. The last phase, 1900;			GBP -	0.10
858	Thackeray, W. M.	Works		1869-71	GBP -	0.18
859	Walton, C.; Davis, John; Milne, S. M.	History of the British Standing Army 1660 to 1700; Historical Records of the Second Royal Surrey; Standards and Colours of the Army			GBP -	2.10
860	Fairbairn, J.	Book of Crests revised by A. C. Fox-Davies			GBP -	1.18
861	Fox-Davies, A. C.	Armorial Families. A complete peerage, baronage, and knightage; Armorial Families			GBP -	1.08
862	Milner, H. E.; Litchfield, F.	Art and Prictice of Landscape Gardening; Illustrated History of Furniture			GBP -	0.10
863	Pedrick, G.; Elvin, C. N.	Monastic Seals of the XIII century; The Italian Ancestors of the Legges; Walter of Henley's Husbandry; Hand-book of the Orders of Chivalry			GBP -	1.04
864	Stone, P. G.; Brown, C.	The Architectural Antiquities of the Isle of Wight XI-XVII centuries; Annals of Newark-upon-Trent			GBP -	0.10
865		Victoria History of Surrey, edited by H. E. Malden		1902-14	GBP -	5.10
866	Hope, W. H. St. John	The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485		1901	GBP -	2.00
867	Ogilby, John	Africa			GBP -	7.00
868	Philips, N. G.; Sanders, W. B.	Views of the Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire; Halftimbered Houses and Carved Oak Furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries			GBP -	0.12
869		Portsmouth Dock and Portsea Yard. A Journal of ye Proceedings on my Part of Duty at his Maj.'s Yard at Portsmouth [and Portsea]. Kept per Ed. Barrett Mr. Attendt.		1696-98	GBP -	22.00
870	Borrow George	Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence		1825	GBP -	3.03
871	Chaffers, W.	Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain; Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate			GBP -	1.08
872		English Poets. The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper with Prefaces by Dr. Samuel Johnson, The Additional Lives by A. Chalmers, 21 vol. and 4 additional volumes		1810-47	GBP -	1.10
873	Maund, B.; Smith, J. E.	The Botanic Garden; Flora Britannica			GBP -	1.04
874	Paxton, Joseph	Magazine of Botany		1834-41	GBP -	2.02
875	Pepys, S.; Campbell, John, Lord	Memoirs comprising his Diary; Lives of the Lord Chancellors			GBP -	0.10
876	Raspe, R. E.; Percy, Bishop T.; Pelham, C.	Surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen; Reliques of Ancient English Poetry; Chronicles of Crime			GBP -	1.02
877	Shakespeare, W.	Plays and Life by A. Chalmers		1847	GBP -	0.05
878	Sowerby, James	English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants		1790-8 and 1801-2	GBP -	0.12
879	Step, E. and W. Watson	Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse		1896-7	GBP -	0.05
880		Chinese Drawings on Rice Paper, 25 coloured drawings of flowers			GBP -	10.00
881	Gerarde, John	The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson		1633	GBP -	3.05
882	Hartshorne, Albert	Old English Glasses		1897	GBP -	2.02
883	MATTHIOLUS, P. A.	Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica materia	Venice	1565	GBP -	3.05
884	Miller, John	An Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus		1794	GBP -	Not Sold
885		Missale Romanum	Antwerp	1677	GBP -	1.02
886	Parkinson, John	Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, Or an Herball of a Large Extent		1640	GBP -	1.05
887	Parkinson, John	Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris		1904	GBP -	2.05
888	THORNTON, R. J.	NEW ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF LINNAEUS		1807-1799	GBP -	36.00
889	Virgil	Opera, cum Servii Honorati grammatici commentariis, Philippi Beroaldi annotationibus, Jodoci Badii Ascensii elucidatione	Paris	1501	GBP -	0.18

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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.