Sothebys: VALUABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND PRINTED BOOKS., 23Apr1934,

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Auction Date
April 23, 1934 - April 23, 1934
Page Size: 678 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
398 FAMOUS WOMEN.

GBP - 1.10
399 FLEETWOOD, Charles Commander of the Forces in England before Worcester

GBP - 0.10
400 FLEETWOOD, C. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

28 Dec. 1658

 GBP - 3.05
401 FOSCOLO, Ugo Italian Poet.

c 1809

 GBP - 13.00
402 FRANKLIN, Benjamin A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

Jan. 19, 1783

 GBP - 34.00
403 FRANKLIN, B. A very important Auto. Philadelphia

Decr. 29th, 1788

 GBP - 170.00
404 MURAT, J.; SISMONDI; LAFAYETTE, G. M. Marquis de; JOUR-DAN, Marshal; MARMONTEL, J. F.; BONA PARTE, Lucien; CLAVIERE, Etienne; LAS CASAS, Comte de; BEAUHARNAIS, Eugene FRENCH CELEBRITIES; Two A. L. s.; Napoleon's Step Son

1778; 1817

 GBP - 12.10
405 GORDON, Lord George Protestant Agitator

May 31, 1782

 GBP - 1.00
406 GREY, Charles first Earl General

Nov. 28th, 1777

 GBP - 9.10
407 HAMILTON, Emma, Lady A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

n. d.

 GBP - 10.10
408 HOBBES, Thomas Author of Leviathan, 1651

GBP - 1.00
409 HUME, David A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

n. d.

 GBP - 6.00
410 ITALIAN CARDINALS.

GBP - 1.01
411 ITALIAN CELEBRITIES

GBP - 21.10
412 ITALIAN CELEBRITIES of the 16th and 17th Centuries

GBP - 7.00
413 JAY, John Secretary of State under Washington. New York

16 April, 1786

 GBP - 20.00
414 LEAR, Edward A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

1847

 GBP - 0.05
415 Lord Chancellor Campbell

GBP - 2.10
416 LITERARY.

GBP - 9.10
417 MEDICI FAMILY.

GBP - 1.00
418 MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC, etc.

GBP - 5.10
419 Heathfield, Lord MILITARY.

GBP - 6.10
420 MIRABEAU, H. G. E., Comte de A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

1790

 GBP - 1.10
421 MONROE, James President of the United States.

June 21, 1806

 GBP - 1.00
422 NAPOLEON I. Commission signed Bonaparte, on vellum

GBP - 1.15
423 Sir Samuel Hood NAVAL

GBP - 9.10
424 NELSON, Admiral, Viscount A. L. s. Nelson & Bronte

March 8th, 1801

 GBP - 15.10
425 NEWTON, Sir Isaac Signature on portion of a Doc.

dated 1718

 GBP - 0.10
426 NIGHTINGALE, Florence A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

1860

 GBP - 3.05
427 PAINE, Thomas Author of Rights of Man

Sept. 21/1787

 GBP - 30.00
429 RAMSAY, Allan Poet.

GBP - 5.00
430 REBELLION OF 1745. Paris

July, 1784

 GBP - 2.15
431 EOUSSEAU, Jean Jacques A fine A. L. s.

1764

 GBP - 9.10
432 SCOTT, Sir Walter; YOUNG, Arthur; SOUTHEY, Robert A. L. s.; Agriculturist

GBP - 3.05
433 SMITH, Adam Author of The Wealth of Nations.

27 Jan. 1768

 GBP - 19.00
434 SMITH, A. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

5 Feb. 1783

 GBP - 3.00
435 STATESMEN.

GBP - 13.10
436 STOWE, Harriet Beecher Two A. L. s. (one initials)

GBP - 2.00
437 TALLEYRAND, C. M. de, Prince Two A. L. s. New York

May and July, 1795

 GBP - 2.05
438 TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord Three A. L. s each

1853

 GBP - 2.00
439 THACKERAY, W. M. A. L. s. W.M.T.

c. 1854

 GBP - 2.15
440 THACKERAY, W. M. A. L. s. (Monogram)

1862

 GBP - 0.15
441 THURLOE, John Cromwell's Secretary of State.

17 Decr. 1655

 GBP - 1.10
442 WALPOLE, Horace A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

Oct. 20, 1748

 GBP - 1.15
443 WASHINGTON, George A fine A. L. s.

6 Oct. 1787

 GBP - 31.00
444 WiESLEY, John A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

21 Decr. 1782

 GBP - 21.00
445 WESLEY, J. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

25 Jan. 1783

 GBP - 22.00
446 WOLFE, General James A fine A. L. s. London

29th Novr. 1757

 GBP - 18.00
447 WOLFE, J. A fine A. L. s.

n. d.

 GBP - 18.00
448 WOLFE, J. A very fine A. L. s.

7th Feb. 1758

 GBP - 29.00
449 COOK, A. B. Zeus, A Study in Ancient Eeligion Cambridge

1914

 GBP - 1.12
450 Crowe, J. A. and G. B. Cavalcaselle History of Painting in Italy

1903-14

 GBP - 1.10
451 Frazer, Sir J. G. The Golden Bough

1911-15

 GBP - 5.10
452 Frazer, Sir J. G. Folk-Lore in the Old Testament

1906

 GBP - 0.18
453 Moore, George Impressions and Opinions

GBP - 3.10
454 Moore, G. The Brook Kerith

1916

 GBP - 13.10
455 Moore, G. Lewis Seymour and Some Women

1917

 GBP - 3.15
456 Moore, G. Story-Teller's Holiday

1918

 GBP - 10.00
457 Moore, G. Avowals

1919

 GBP - 6.15
458 Moore, G. The Coming of Gabrielle

1920

 GBP - 4.10
459 Moore, G. Esther Waters

1920

 GBP - 4.00
460 Moore, G. Heloise and Abelard

1921

 GBP - 10.00
461 Moore, G. Memoirs of My Dead Life

1921

 GBP - 11.10
462 Moore, G. In Single Strictness

1922

 GBP - 6.10
463 Moore, G. The Apostle

1923

 GBP - 4.10
464 Moore, G. Conversations in Ebury Street

1924

 GBP - 8.00
465 Moore, G. The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe

1924

 GBP - 4.15
466 Moore, G. Pure Poetry

1924

 GBP - 4.10
467 Moore, G. Hail and Farewell

1925

 GBP - 5.00
468 Moore, G. Ulick and Soracha

1926

 GBP - 6.10
469 Moore, G. The Brook Kerith with twelve engravings by Stephen Gooden

1929

 GBP - 10.15
470 Moore, G. The Making of an Immortal New York

1929

 GBP - 5.10
471 Moore, G. The Passing of the Essenes

1930

 GBP - 4.05
472 Moore, G. Aphrodite in Aulis

1930

 GBP - 4.10
473 Apocrypha (The)

1924

 GBP - 4.00
474 Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers

1920-21

 GBP - 4.15
475 Hobson, R. L. The Later Ceramic Wares of China

1923

 GBP - 2.05
476 Kipling, R.; Peter Warlock Sea and Sussex; Songs of the Gardens

1926; 1925

 GBP - 2.10
477 Macquoid, Percy History of English Furniture

1904-08

 GBP - 6.10
478 McClelland, Nancy Historic Wall-Papers from their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery Philadelphia & London

1924

 GBP - 0.10
479 Vivian, C. and Sandys Some notes for a History of the Sandys Family

1907

 GBP - 0.10
480 Moore, George A Modern Lover

n. d. [1915]

 GBP - 4.15
481 Moore, G. Celebates

1895

 GBP - 4.15
482 Moore, G. Sister Teresa

1901

 GBP - 3.05
483 Moore, G. The Untilled Field

1903

 GBP - 5.00
484 Moore, G. The Lake

1905

 GBP - 5.05
485 Moore, G. Memoirs of My Dead Life

GBP - 3.00
486 Moore, G. Hail and Farewell

1911, 1912, 1914

 GBP - 22.00
487 Moore, G. Muslin

1915

 GBP - 3.00
488 Moore, G. The Brook Kerith

1916

 GBP - 8.00
489 Moore, G. Lewis Seymour and Some Women

1917

 GBP - 6.00
490 Moore, G. A Story-Teller's Holiday

1918

 GBP - 11.00
491 Moore, G. Avowals

1919

 GBP - 3.15
492 Moore, G. Heloise and Abelard

1921

 GBP - 6.10
493 Moore, G. Heloise and Abelard

1921

 GBP - 7.00
494 Moore, G. Memoirs of My Dead Life

1921

 GBP - 7.00
495 Moore, G. In Single Strictness

1922

 GBP - 5.10
496 Moore, G. The Apostle

1923

 GBP - 3.15
497 Moore, G. Conversations in Ebury Street

1924

 GBP - 6.00
498 Moore, G. Pure Poetry

1924

 GBP - 4.05
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