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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
817	J. Jacobe	Tigre tué en Amerique par le Prince de Nassau Siegen		GBP -	Not Sold
818	J. P. M. Jazet	Shooting--Depart du Chasseur; Chasseur à l'Affût; Chasseur au Tir; and Retour du Chasseur		GBP -	21.00
819	J. P. M. Jazet	Stag Hunting--Le Départ; La Chasse; L'Halali; and Halte au Retour de la Chasse		GBP -	3.00
820	J. P. M. Jazet	Chasse au Sanglier en Pologne		GBP -	Not Sold
821	J. P. M. Jazet	La Chasse au Cerf, A Hunting Piece, The Warrener, Imitations of Drawings		GBP -	0.10
822	J. P. M. Jazet	L'Entrée à l'Ecurie; La Sortie de l'Ecurie; L'Interieur de l'Ecurie; and Le Palfrenier Surveillant		GBP -	10.00
823	F. Jukes	The Pytchley Hunt		GBP -	125.00
824	F. Jukes	The Pytchley Hunt		GBP -	38.00
825	E. Kirkall	Noblemen setting out Hunting; and A Boar Hunt		GBP -	1.00
826		Kronheim : Hunting, Shooting and Steeplechasing Scenes		GBP -	Not Sold
827	Melchior Küsell	Court Hunts, held in Vienna in celebration of the Wedding of the Emperor Leopold I	1666	GBP -	1.00
828	J. B. Ladbrooke	Game Signals, Le Noviciat, etc.		GBP -	0.15
829	A. Lançon	Canadian and African Hunting Scenes		GBP -	4.00
830	Sir E. Landseer	Deer Stalking in the Highlands		GBP -	1.00
831	T. Landseer	Tiger Hunting, or a Day's Sport in the East	1836	GBP -	5.00
832	R. J. Lane and J. H. Lynch	H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VII)		GBP -	1.00
833	R. J. Lane	Abraham Plaistow, Gamekeeper, Earl's Colne, Essex		GBP -	5.10
834		Langevin : Le Parfait Chasseur, Loi sur la Police de la Chasse	3 Mai, 1844	GBP -	1.05
835	J. Lanzedelli	Hunting and Shooting		GBP -	4.00
836	E. de Laulne	Hunting Scenes		GBP -	1.10
837	E. de Laulne	Hunting Scenes		GBP -	0.10
838	J. P. Le Bas	Etchings of Sporting Dogs		GBP -	1.00
839	J. P. Le Bas	Recueil de Divers Animaux de Chasse		GBP -	1.00
840	P. Ledieu	Unkenneling; and Hounds attacking a Stag	1836	GBP -	Not Sold
841	J. Leech	Hunting. Incidents of "The Noble Science"		GBP -	5.00
842	J. Leech	Four Masterpieces		GBP -	3.00
843	A. Legrand	L'innocence Reconnue		GBP -	Not Sold
844	G. C. Leighton	The Hawking Party		GBP -	0.10
845	Lemercier	Petits Croquis de Chasse		GBP -	Not Sold
846	J. C. Leopold pub. by	Hunting Scenes		GBP -	Not Sold
847	D. Lerpinière	A Group of ten Dogs		GBP -	Not Sold
848	C. F. G. Levachez	Le Renard Pris		GBP -	Not Sold
849	C. F. G. Levachez	Fox-Hunters		GBP -	5.00
850	C. G. Lewis	The Melton Breakfast		GBP -	3.05
851	C. G. Lewis	The same		GBP -	3.10
852	C. G. Lewis	Lord and Lady Middleton and family		GBP -	Not Sold
853	F. C. LEWIS	THE QUORN HUNT	1835	GBP -	145.00
854	F. C. Lewis	Original grey wrappers for The Quorn Hunt		GBP -	7.00
855	F. C. Lewis	Springing Spaniels	1806	GBP -	Not Sold
856	De Ligny	Souvenir de Chasse		GBP -	Not Sold
857	A. J. Lorentz	Les Plaisirs de la Chasse		GBP -	3.10
858	J. Löschenkohl	Wild Boar Hunt in Lusthaus in Prater of Vienna		GBP -	1.00
859	R. Lowrie	Arthur Wentworth, Earth Stopper to Charles late Earl of Carlisle, and Cotton Decks, a noted Breaker of Pointers		GBP -	1.00
860	T. Lupton	The Northumberland Hunt		GBP -	0.10
861	G. Maile and H. Merke	Roe-Bucks		GBP -	Not Sold
862		Maisonsapert : Shooting Scenes		GBP -	1.00
863	T. Major	The Return from a Course on Lambourn Downs near Ashdown Park	1756	GBP -	0.10
864	Martinet pub. by	Suite de Chasseurs		GBP -	3.00
865	C. Maurer	A Stag Hunt		GBP -	2.10
866	W. Maynard	The Patent Gun that kills in all Directions		GBP -	0.15
867	I. van Meckenem	St. Hubert		GBP -	17.00
868		Mendouze : Sujets de Chasse		GBP -	1.00
869	H. Merke	Intermediate Uprights to increase or decrease the heighth of New invented Borders for Rooms, etc., Bull Baiting, Cocking, Fishing, Shooting, and Hare Hunting		GBP -	3.00
870	J. G. Merz published by	La Chasse des Faucons; La Chasse des Canards : La Chasse par Force; and La Chasse aux Sangliers		GBP -	0.10
871	A. F. van der Meulen	A Stag Hunt		GBP -	0.10
872	Moreau, élève de Jazet	Shooting--Les Chasseurs au Rendez-vous; Le Chasseur adroit; Le Chasseur Maladroit; and Le Chasseur au Repos		GBP -	5.00
873	Moreau, élève de Jazet	Shooting, after Kepfer		GBP -	0.10
874	G. Morland and T. Rowlandson	Shooting, Morning; Snipe Shooting; Duck Shooting; and Pheasant Shooting	1792	GBP -	25.00
875	Edward Morton	Stephen Croker, gamekeeper to Lord Saye and Seele		GBP -	3.00
876	C. Motte	Shooting Scenes		GBP -	3.00
877	C. Mottram	John Josselyn Esqre. and the Suffolk Hounds		GBP -	Not Sold
878	C. Mottram	The Earl of Coventry		GBP -	Not Sold
879	C. Mottram	Charles Wicksted, Esq.		GBP -	Not Sold
880	C. Mottram	Mr. Albert Cooksey, Master of the Romney Marsh Harriers		GBP -	Not Sold
881	J. Moyreau	Hunting and Hawking Scenes		GBP -	1.00
882	F. Mueller	Das Grosse Festin lagen bei Bebenhausen		GBP -	2.10
883	G. E. Mueller	Die Jäger auf der Hetzjagd		GBP -	0.15
884	G. Mullins	A Spaniel Dog, and Dash, a valuable Pointer		GBP -	Not Sold
885	Nichols and Merke	Puffin Shooting	1810	GBP -	3.00
886	Nilson	Chasse du Sanglier		GBP -	Not Sold
887	G. P. Nusbiegel; M. Tyroff	Abbildung desienigen Abschiessens, Parc d'Eisenstatt à S. A. M. le Prince d' Esterhazy, Anonymous (Dutch) : View of a Town with a Falconer	19 Aug. As. 1755	GBP -	Not Sold
888	E. Orme	Prospectus for British Field Sports	1807	GBP -	Not Sold
889	Monogramist P. P., also called Pellegrino da San Daniele and Martino da Udine	A Lion Hunt		GBP -	8.10
890	J. Peltro and J. Neagle	Hunting		GBP -	8.10
891	J. A. Pfeffel published by	La Chasse des Cerfs; La Chasse à l'Oiseau : La Chasse des Lièvres; La Chasse des Renards; La Chasse des Herons; and La Chasse des Canards Sauvages		GBP -	3.10
892	A. W. Phillips	Wild Boar Hunting in India		GBP -	8.00
893	G H. Phillips	The Marquess of Anglesey on his Shooting Pony		GBP -	1.05
894	B. Picart	Louis Dauphin de France, with gun, fox hunt in back-ground		GBP -	Not Sold
895	J. Pierson	The Gamekeeper		GBP -	5.00
896		Pirscher : Enten-Jagd (duck shooting); and Das Edelwildpret, zu Holze gehend		GBP -	Not Sold
897	G. M. Pitted	Shooting		GBP -	1.00
898	Capt. John Platt	Hog Hunting		GBP -	17.00
899	A. Pocock	Kangaroo Hunting in South Australia		GBP -	11.00
900		Hunting or Shooting Subjects		GBP -	2.00
901	F. Pollard	Thomas Budgen, Gamekeeper at Firle Place	1831	GBP -	8.00
902	J. Pollard	Shooting, Partridge, Pheasant, Grouse and Snipe	1822	GBP -	24.00
903	J. Pollard	Coursing, Finding	1823	GBP -	3.00
904	J Pollard	Coursing, a View in Hatfield Park		GBP -	32.00
905	J. Pollard	Hunting by Terriers--Ratting, etc.		GBP -	10.00
906	J. Pollard	Shooting--Duck, Grouse, Snipe, Pheasant, Woodcock and Seafowl	1812-3	GBP -	200.00
907	R. Pollard	Pigeon Shooting		GBP -	7.00
908	R. Pollard	The Fox Chace, or View Halloo !; and The Stag at Bay, and Whipping off the Hounds		GBP -	1.00
909	R. Pollard	Warrener; Poacher; and Earth Stopper	1817	GBP -	18.00
910	J. Porter	The Queen of the Chase		GBP -	5.00
911	J. Porter	The Rt. Hon. George Pitt, Lord Rivers		GBP -	0.10
912	H. L. Pratt	Thomas Campbell Eyton Esquire, his favourite Hunter Caterpillar, and his Foxhounds		GBP -	2.00
913	Pritchard	A View of his Grace the Duke of Kingston's House at Thoresby		GBP -	0.10
914	G. B. Probst	Bear, Boar and Stag Hunting (Court Hunts)		GBP -	Not Sold
915	H. Pyall	Morning, First September; and Evening, First September		GBP -	12.00
916	H. Pyall	Hunters on their way to the Hunting Stables	1829	GBP -	32.00

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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.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

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