Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS ILLUMINATED AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, ETC., 23Mar1936,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 23, 1936 - March 23, 1936
Page Size: 453 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
388 DICKENS C. A. L. s.

GBP - 3.05
389 DICKENS C. AN IMPORTANT A. L. s. Edinburgh

Feby. 26, 1869

 GBP - 22.00
390 BARRIE Sir J. M. Two A. Ls. s.

1895

 GBP - 10.00
391 STATESMEN.

GBP - 3.05
392 ARNOLD T. Two A. Ls. s.

GBP - 0.10
393 LISZT F. TWO A. Ls. s. Paris

30 March, 1886

 GBP - 3.05
394 WHISTLER J. McNeill A. L. s.

GBP - 2.10
395 PALMER William A. L. s.

GBP - 5.00
396 Edward VII, Sir H. M. Stanley G. du Maurier.

GBP - 5.05
397 EDWARD VII King A. L. s.

GBP - 4.15
398 AMERICAN STATESMEN, GENERALS.

GBP - 5.10
399 BEAUMONT Sir George Thirteen A. Ls. s. to Bowles.

circa 1808

 GBP - 1.00
400 BOWLES Caroline A. Eight A. Ls. s.

circa 1827

 GBP - 1.02
401 BOWLES W. L. Auto. Poems and MSS.

GBP - 9.00
402 BOWLES W. L. A scries of 40 A. Ls. s.

GBP - 3.00
403 BOWLES W. L. Various A. Ls. s. to the Misses Wake.

GBP - 9.00
404 BOWLES The Rev. W. L. Auto. Common-Place Book.

GBP - 1.05
405 BOWLES The Rev. W. L. Auto. MS. The History of Bremhill.

GBP - 0.05
406 BOWLES The Rev. W. L. Auto.

GBP - 2.15
407 BOWLES The Rev. W. L.; WAKE Magdalen; TILLY J. L. Auto.; Common-Place Book.; The Five Senses.

circa 1760

 GBP - 4.00
408 COLERIDGE Samuel Taylor An important A. L. s.

GBP - 6.00
409 COLERIDGE S. T. A. L. s.

GBP - 9.00
410 CRABBE George Nine A. Ls. s.

GBP - 4.05
411 De STAEL Madame A. L. s.

GBP - 3.00
412 HERSCHEL Sir John A. L. s.

GBP - 1.00
413 HOARE Sir R. Colt A series of 15 A. Ls. s. to Bowles.

GBP - 1.05
414 LAXDOR W. S. A. L. S.

GBP - 2.10
415 LANSDOWNE Henry; LANSDOWNE Marquess; LADY LANSDOWNE Twenty-one A. Ls. s.; Two A. Ls. s.; Forty-three A. Ls. s.

GBP - 3.00
416 LITERARY.

GBP - 5.15
417 R. Polwhele LITERARY.

GBP - 3.10
418 MOORE Thomas A Collection of 28 A. Ls. s.

circa 1835

 GBP - 5.15
419 ROGERS Samuel Ten A. Ls. s.

GBP - 2.15
420 SALISBURY T. Burgess Six A. Ls. s.

GBP - 1.01
421 SHERIDAN R. B. TWO A. Ls. s.

GBP - 1.15
422 SOMERSET Duke of Lord Arundell.

GBP - 0.05
422a MURRAY John Eleven A. Ls. s.

GBP - 4.00
423 SOUTHEY Robert An interesting Collection of 14 A. L.s. s.

GBP - 3.10
424 AUSTRALIA Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy. A. L. s. Sydney

Dec. 1, 1843

 GBP - 3.05
425 BEAUFORT Admiral Sir Francis.

GBP - 0.15
426 FITZROY Robert Vice-Admiral, F.R.S.

GBP - 72.00
427 IPSWICH Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy. A. L. s. London

April 25, 1831

 GBP - 0.10
428 NAPOLEON I. Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy. A. L.

GBP - 36.00
429 NEW ZEALAND Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy. A. L. s.

GBP - 1.10
430 NEW ZEALAND Mrs. Mary Henrietta. Auckland

Jan. 8, 1843

 GBP - 6.00
431 NEW ZEALAND Mrs. Mary Henrietta Fitzroy. A. L. s. Auckland

Sept. 16, 1844

 GBP - 5.10
432 NEW ZEALAND Mrs. Mary Henrietta Fitzroy. A. L. s. Auckland

Dec. 10, 1844

 GBP - 2.00
433 NEW ZEALAND Mrs. Mary Henrietta Fitzroy. A. L. s. Auckland

June 11, 1845

 GBP - 4.05
434 NEW ZEALAND Mrs. Mary Henrietta Fitzroy. Two A. Ls. s. Auckland

July 14, 1845

 GBP - 2.00
435 RABY Lord Twelve A. Ls. s. and Ls. s. Berlin

circa 1705

 GBP - 3.05
436 ST. JOHN H.; GENERAL CADOGAN; RICHARD HILL A. L. s.; A. L. s.

GBP - 5.00
437 STEPNEY George Poet and Diplomatist.; Eleven A. Ls. s. and Ls. s.

GBP - 3.05
438 VANBRUGH Sir John Dramatist and Architect. A. L. s. London

24 Aug., 1705

 GBP - 4.05
8469 LICETUS FORTUNIUS De Monstris. Amsterdam

1665

 GBP - 16.00
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