Sothebys: THE RENOWNED COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS & DRAWINGS relating to HUNTING, HAWKING AND SHOOTING Formed by the late C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, Esq. of Old Alresford House, Hants. THE SECOND PORTION THE SPORTING PRINTS., 19Jun1939,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 19, 1939 - June 19, 1939

Page Size: 662 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
717	Martin Engelbrecht published by	Jagd Scenen			GBP -	0.05
718	M. Engelbrecht published by	The Seasons			GBP -	Not Sold
719	Engelmann et Cie	Paysages à Chasse (Première et Deuxième Moitiés)			GBP -	0.10
720	G. Engelmann	Cheval de Chasse Anglais			GBP -	1.00
721		English Humorous Hunting and Shooting Prints			GBP -	1.00
722		English Humorous Shooting Prints			GBP -	1.10
723	James Faed	G. D. Wingfield-Digby, Esq.			GBP -	Not Sold
724	T. Fairland	Pointer Plato			GBP -	0.05
725		Farley : Shooting--Croquades Divers			GBP -	1.05
726	Newton Fielding and J. Ferneley	Red Deer; Stag taking water; and Death of the Stag			GBP -	1.15
727	Newton Fielding	Grouse Shooting			GBP -	18.00
728	N. Fielding	Roebuck Shooting, An old Hunter following hounds			GBP -	0.05
729	L. Fillian	Portrait of the Physician Paracelsus			GBP -	1.00
730	J. C. de la Fosse	Cinquième Livre de Trophées			GBP -	1.00
731	J. F. Fotheringham	Sketches and Scenes in India			GBP -	3.10
732	J. W. Baur	Fouceel : Mounted Sportsman with attendant and dog in a landscape, and Wild Boar Hunt			GBP -	1.00
733		Francis: Chiens de Chasse			GBP -	0.10
734	Sir R. Frankland	Shooting Signals			GBP -	6.00
735		French Humorous Prints			GBP -	Not Sold
736		Jan Fyt : Etchings of Sporting Dogs		1642	GBP -	1.00
737		Monogrammist H.W.G. : A Stag and Hare Hunt			GBP -	8.00
738	G. S.	Leaves from the Sketch Book of an Officer of the Madras Army			GBP -	6.10
739	A. Gabler	A Huntsman meeting a peasant Girl, and a Huntress			GBP -	Not Sold
740	F. Gamble	Stag Hunting			GBP -	2.05
741	F. Gamble	Chien d'Arrêt; and Epagneul en Arrêt			GBP -	Not Sold
742	M. Gauci	Mr. Henry Alkin, alias Ben Tally O		1823	GBP -	3.05
743	M. Gauci	Portrait of Marquis of Hertford			GBP -	Not Sold
744	F Gauermann	Der Beendete Trieb (They have done hunting the stag)			GBP -	Not Sold
745	J. Gear	The Sportsman's Companion			GBP -	4.00
746	J. Gear	The Sportsman's Companion			GBP -	1.10
747	M. Geerarts	Hunting prints			GBP -	1.00
748	Geoffroy	Shooting (and one coursing)			GBP -	0.10
749	F. Gerasch	Die Gemsenjagd; Der Adlerhorst; Der Wilddieb; Die Auerhahnjagd; and Wilddiebe auf der Flucht			GBP -	Not Sold
750		German, Dutch, etc. : Broadsides and Humorous Prints			GBP -	0.10
751	J. W. Giles	Tally Ho			GBP -	1.10
752	J. W. Giles	Thomas Scotland, Esqre., on his Mare Harricott			GBP -	2.10
753	J. W. Giles	Kennel Scenes			GBP -	30.00
754	J. W. Giles	Stable Scenes			GBP -	15.00
755	J. W. Giles	Hunters Annual			GBP -	12.00
756	S. T. Gill	Kangaroo Hunting			GBP -	8.10
757	W. Giller	The Beaufort Hunt			GBP -	1.10
758		W. Giller : Mr. C. Davis, His Majesty's Huntsman, on his favourite Mare Columbine			GBP -	Not Sold
759	W. Giller	B. B. Colvin, Esq. and Mr. R. Dyson, of Waltham Cross			GBP -	Not Sold
760	W. Giller	John Mytton, Esquire			GBP -	13.00
761	W. Giller	T. T. Drake, Esq. "To the Gentlemen of the Bucknell Hunt"			GBP -	19.00
762	W. Giller	The last Shooting Excursion of His late Royal Highness The Duke of York			GBP -	8.00
763	S. Gilpin	Characters of Horses			GBP -	5.00
764	J. Gillray	Shooting and Hunting			GBP -	5.00
765	F. Girard	Stag Hunting			GBP -	Not Sold
766	Godby and Merke	Fox Hunting			GBP -	1.15
767	F. Grenier	Shooting			GBP -	1.00
768	F. Grenier	Chasse au Loup; and Chasse au Chamois, and Chasse au Loup			GBP -	1.00
769	F. Grenier	Shooting Scenes			GBP -	3.00
770	B. Guélard	Trophées de Chasse, and Attributs de Chasse			GBP -	Not Sold
771	C. Haghe	Mitcham Common, Surry			GBP -	11.10
772	R. J. Hamerton	J. Ward, Huntsman to the Cambridgeshire Hounds, on "Forester"			GBP -	9.10
773	F. Hanfstaengl	The Seasons			GBP -	2.00
774	J. Harris	The Poltimore Hunt			GBP -	2.00
775	J. Harris	Ackermann's Coursing Scraps			GBP -	4.10
776	J. Harris	Fores's Hunting Casualties			GBP -	8.00
777	J. Harris	The Night Riders of Nacton, "The First Steeple Chase on Record"		1839	GBP -	360.00
778	J. Hassell	Mr. John Harrison of Childs-hill, Hampstead			GBP -	0.10
779	R. Havell, junior	Wild Duck Shooting near Cowley; and Partridge Shooting near Windsor			GBP -	22.00
780	H. Heath, junior	Tom Moody			GBP -	1.10
781	W. Heath	Otter Hunting; and Deer Hunting in the Paps of Jura			GBP -	1.10
782	R. and D. Havell	A Hawking Scene			GBP -	4.10
783	J. Heicke	Sammlung interessanter Jagdbilder			GBP -	4.00
784	V. P. Heideloff	Grande Chasse donnée au Baerensée près de Stutt-gard		1782	GBP -	2.00
785	E. G. Hester	Fox Hunting			GBP -	3.00
786	E. G. Hester	Dodson's Hunting Incidents			GBP -	2.10
787	F. Hilliard	The Sportsman's Buttons			GBP -	3.05
788	S. Himely	Rabbit Shooting, Elephant catching in India, La Chasse au Chamois, a Bear Hunt, Costume de Chasse, Modes de Paris			GBP -	1.00
789	Augustin Hirschvogel	A Boar Hunt		1569	GBP -	46.00
790	Augustin Hirschvogel	A Boar Hunt		1569	GBP -	42.00
791	G. Hoefnagel	Windsor Castle (with a stag hunt); and Zaros (hawking party in foreground)			GBP -	1.00
792	W. Hollar	Stags and Lions, after A. Dürer			GBP -	1.00
793	W. Hollar	The large View of Cologne			GBP -	4.10
794	A. Hondius	Hunting Scenes, and A Hawking Scene			GBP -	1.15
795	A. Hondius	Wild Sow and young attacked by hounds			GBP -	Not Sold
796	J. Howe	Fourteen Engravings from Drawings of the Horse	Edinburgh	1824	GBP -	7.00
797	S. Howitt	Shooting		circa 1810	GBP -	60.00
798	S. Howitt	Fox Hunting		1794	GBP -	3.10
799	S. Howitt	Fox Hunting			GBP -	13.00
800	S Howitt	The British Preserve			GBP -	0.10
801	Esaias van Huelsen	Etching, the upper half of ornaments, insects and birds, the lower half a stag hunt			GBP -	3.15
802	T. W. Huffam and J. Mackrell	Fox Hunting		1846	GBP -	3.10
803	E. Hull	The Cover Side		1820	GBP -	Not Sold
804	C. Hullmandel	Hunting--The Right Sort			GBP -	26.00
805	C. Hullmandel	The First of September--Morning and Evening			GBP -	3.10
806	W. Humphrys	The Melton Hunt			GBP -	1.05
807	C. Hunt	William Long, Huntsman to the Duke of Beaufort, on his favourite horse (Milkman)			GBP -	11.00
808	C. Hunt	The Dying Fox Hunter			GBP -	Not Sold
809	C. Hunt	Road Riders, or Funkers; and The Few, not Funkers			GBP -	7.00
810	G. and C. Hunt	Gamekeepers Refreshing, and Gamekeepers Returning			GBP -	13.00
811	G. Hunt	Pheasant Shooting; and Partridge Shooting			GBP -	25.00
812	G. Hunt	The Successful Shot			GBP -	7.10
813	G. Hunt	The Winged Pheasant; and The Wounded Pheasant			GBP -	12.00
814	G. Hunt	Shooting			GBP -	21.00
815	G. Hunt	Shooting--Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse and Wild Duck		1824	GBP -	165.00
816	G. Hunt	Every one to his Taste			GBP -	9.10

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.
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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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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

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