Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS AND A FEW MANUSCRIPTS., 20Mar1939,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 20, 1939 - March 20, 1939

Page Size: 719 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	BEERBOHM, Max	Works		1922	GBP -	1.08
2	Bennett, Arnold; Drinkwater, John	The Love Match; Cromwell and Other Poems		1922; 1913	GBP -	1.12
3	Berry, C. W.; Bunyard, E. and L.	Viniana; The Epicure's Companion		1930; 1937	GBP -	2.00
4	Boswell, James	Life of Samuel Johnson Edited by G. B. Hill	Oxford	1887	GBP -	0.15
5	Gardiner, A. S.; Luckin, M. W.; Buckley, G. B.; Altham, H. S.	Cricket; The Autocrat of the Cricket Field and the Old Crocks; South African Cricket; Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket; History of Cricket	Johannesburg; Birmingham; Leeds	1927; 1862-63; 1917; 1919-1927; 1926; 1898	GBP -	7.00
6	Currie, Barton	Fishers of Books; Letters of James Boswell Edited by C. B. Tinker	Oxford; Boston	1931; 1924	GBP -	1.12
7	Dobell, Bertram; Drinkwater, John	Rosemary and Pansies; Discovery		1904; 1933	GBP -	2.00
8	Doughty, C. M.	Travels in Arabia Deserta... Introduction by T. E. Lawrence		1921	GBP -	1.18
9	Drinkwater, John; De la Mare, W.	Inheritance; Memory and Other Poems		1931; 1938	GBP -	1.10
10	Farington, Joseph	The Farington Diary Edited by James Greig		1922-28	GBP -	1.12
11	Ford, C. B.; Wickham, A. K.	The Landscape of England; The Villages of England		1933	GBP -	1.08
12	Giles, H. A.	A Chinese Biographical Dictionary	Quaritch	1898	GBP -	5.10
13	Hardy, T.; Huxley, Aldous; Yeats, W. B.	The Dynasts; Antic Hay; Later Poems		1904; 1923; 1922	GBP -	1.12
14	Henry, O.	Works		1925-26	GBP -	0.10
15	Herbert, A. P.; Milne, A. A.	More Misleading Cases; The Christopher Robin Verses		1930; 1932	GBP -	2.02
16	Heywood, T.; Blunden, Edmund	First and Second Parts of King Edward the Fourth; Undertones of War	New York	1922; 1928	GBP -	0.15
17	Lamb, Charles and Mary	Works Edited by E. V. Lucas		1903-05	GBP -	2.05
18	Lamb, C. and M.	Works and Life by E. V. Luces		1903-05	GBP -	2.00
19	Lamb, C.; Cornwall, Barry; Rich, S. M.; May, J. L.	A Collection of books about Charles Lamb including: Life by E. V. Lucas; Charles Lamb; The Elian Miscellany; Charles Lamb: A Study		1907; 1866; 1931; 1934	GBP -	3.12
20	Loon, H. W. van; Roberts, B.	R. v. R.; Paul Verlaine		1930; 1937	GBP -	1.12
21	Lucas, E. V.	A Collection of his Works			GBP -	1.03
22	Lucas, E. V.	Early Works in Manuscript; Rhymes and Verses; Verrallana; Notes to More Verrallana		Dec. 26, 1887; Nov. 11th, 1888	GBP -	5.10
23	Lucas, E. V.	A large Collection of his Essays			GBP -	11.00
24	Lucas, E. V.	Topographical Works; E. V. Lucas's London		1935-32; 1926	GBP -	1.12
25	Lucas, E. V.	Novels. Mr. Ingleside; The Vermilion Box; Verena in the Midst; Genevra's Money		1910; 1916; 1920; 1922	GBP -	1.02
26	Lucas, E. V.	Wanderer Series; London Revisited; A Wanderer in Rome; A Wanderer in Venice			GBP -	3.10
27		Methuen's "Little Guides" to the Counties of England and Wales			GBP -	3.00
28	Milne, A. A.	Winnie-The-Pooh With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard		1926	GBP -	1.03
29	Milne, A. A.	Winnie-the-Pooh; The House at Pooh Corner		1926; 1928	GBP -	1.05
30		Miscellaneous Books			GBP -	26.00
31	Newton, A. E.; Rosenbach, A. S. W.	Amenities of Book-Collecting; A Book Hunter's Holiday		1919; 1936	GBP -	2.15
32		Sussex Archaeological Collections		1923-1937	GBP -	0.05
33	Wheatley, H. B. and P. Cunningham	London Past and Present		1891	GBP -	0.16
34	Whitley, W. T.; Rasmussen, S. E.	Artists and their Friends in England 1700 to 1799; London		1928; 1927	GBP -	1.08
35	Adam, R. B.	The R. B. Adam Library relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson and his Era; Printed only for a Few Friends		1929; 1925	GBP -	3.05
36		Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of a Collection of Drawings of John Robert Cozens		1920; 1923	GBP -	2.00
37		Encyclopaedia Britannica	New York; London	1910-22	GBP -	3.05
38	Goldman, J. W.	Bibliography of Cricket		1937	GBP -	2.10
39	Green, J. R.	Short History of the English People; Dictionary of National Biography		1902; 1906	GBP -	0.07
40	Hale, P. L.	Vermeer; Catalogue of Italian Pictures...	Boston	1937; 1914	GBP -	0.15
41	Hine, R. L.; Richards, F.	History of Hitchin; A Persian Journey		1927; 1932; 1936	GBP -	0.12
42	Milne, A. A.	Winnie-the-Pooh		1926	GBP -	1.02
43	Milne, A. A.; Bone, G.	A Gallery of Children; Children's Children		1925; 1908	GBP -	0.05
44	Partridge, E.	Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English; Bartholomew's Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles		1937; 1927	GBP -	1.12
45		Royal Commission on Historical Monuments; Westminster Abbey		1931-32; 1924	GBP -	1.10
46		Rovai Commission on Historical Monuments; Middlesex; Westmorland	East London	1930; 1936; 1937; 1929	GBP -	1.18
47	Shakespeare, Wm.	Works	New York	1896	GBP -	3.00
48	Smith, H. B.	A Sentimental Library		1914	GBP -	0.14
49	Spielmann, M. H.; Wise, T. J.	The Iconography of Andreas Vesalius; A Browning Library		1925; 1929	GBP -	1.10
50	Trapp, Oswald Graf	The Armoury of the Castle of Chuburg Translated by J. G. Mann		1929	GBP -	1.00
51	Lindsay, L.	Walpole Society Publications; Charles Keene The Artists		1923-26; 1930; 1934	GBP -	1.12
52	Wanostrocht, N.	Felix on the Bat		1845	GBP -	1.15
53	Maugham, W. Somerset; Montague, C. E.; Wells, H. G.	The Gentleman in the Parlour; Right off the Map; History of Mr. Polly		1930; 1927; 1910	GBP -	0.10
54	A'Becket, G.; Hunt, J. H. L.	Comic History of Rome; Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla		1844	GBP -	0.15
55	Le Vaillant, Francois	Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa by way of the Cape of Good Hope; New Travels		1790; 1796	GBP -	2.00
56	Daniel, W. B.; Erasmus, D.; Byron, Lord	Rural Sports; Stultitiae Laus; Werner	Basle	1676; 1823; 1807	GBP -	0.08
57	Gould, J.	Synopsis of the Birds of Australia		1837-38	GBP -	0.05
58	Morris, Rev. F. O.; Balston, R. J. and others; Rudolph of Austria, Crown Prince	Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds; Notes on the Birds of Kent; Notes on Sport and Ornithology		1907; 1889; 1875	GBP -	0.18
59	Wilson, A. and Charles Lucian Bonaparte	American Ornithology	Philadelphia		GBP -	0.10
60	Egan, Pierce; Sterne, L.; Teonge, H.	Boxiana; Works; Diary	Edinburgh	1803; 1825; 1818-21	GBP -	1.06
61	Bronte, The Sisters	Novels; edited by Temple Scott	Edinburgh	1905	GBP -	0.10
62	Green, J. R.	A Short History of the English People		1902-3	GBP -	0.05
63	Phillpotts, Eden	Children of the Mist		1898	GBP -	1.05
64	Lockhart, J. G.	Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott; The Journal of Sir Walter Scott	Edinburgh	1837-1838; 1891	GBP -	0.07
65	Ainsworth, W. H.	Jack Sheppard		1839	GBP -	0.05
66	Pepys, Samuel	Diary and Correspondence		1854	GBP -	0.05
67	A'Beckett, G. A.; Siltzer, F.	The Comic History of England; The Commercial Tourist; British Sporting Prints		1822	GBP -	0.18
68	Labedoyere, Count	Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte			GBP -	1.05
69	Lagrange, Abbé F.; Barrington, A.	Life of Monseigneur Dupanloup; The Barringtons	Dublin	1885; 1917	GBP -	0.05
70	D'Aulnoy, Countess	Fairly Tales; An Abridgement of the New Robinson Crusoe; The Female American		1855; 1789; 1767	GBP -	0.15
71	Stevenson, R, L.; Barrie, Sir J. M.; Bennett, A.; Greenaway, K.	Kidnapped; Sentimental Tommy; The Ghost; Dame Wiggins of Lee		1886; 1907; 1885	GBP -	0.05
72	Milton, J.; Swinburne, A. C.	Poetical Works; edited by Sir E. Brydges; Studies in Song		1835; 1880	GBP -	0.05
73	Ovid; Goldsmith, O.	Art of Love; Miscellaneous Works; The Altar of Love		1776; 1789; 1727	GBP -	1.08
74	Behn, Mrs. A.	Miscellany		1685	GBP -	2.02
75	Homer; Heylin, P.; Æsop	Batrachomymachia; Observations on...; The Tea-Table Miscellany	Dublin; Basileae; Basileam	1518; 1656; 1729	GBP -	0.14
76	Swift, J.	Poems on Affairs of State; Letters		1703-7; 1766	GBP -	1.18
77	Bayley, J.; Norman, P.; Dickens, C.	History of the Tower of London; London; The Pickwick Club		1830; 1905; 1887	GBP -	0.10
78	Butler, A. G.	Foreign Finches in captivity		1899	GBP -	1.18
79	Elworthy, F. T.; Baring-Gould, S.	The Evil Eye; Cliff Castles and Cave		1895; 1911	GBP -	0.10
80	Milton, J.; Milton, J.	Paradise Lost; Paradise Lost		1827; 1802	GBP -	0.10
81	Buchan, George; Lyon, Capt. G. F.	Narrative of the loss of the Winterman East Indiaman in 1762; Private Journal	Edin	1820; 1824	GBP -	0.05
82	Kinloek, C. W.; Anderson, J. W.	De Zieke Reiziger; Notes of Travel in Fiji and New Caledonia		1853; 1880	GBP -	0.12
83	Cibber, C.	Songs; The New London Singer's Companion; Damon and Phillida		1731	GBP -	1.10
84	Boyle, R.	Medicinal Experiments		1696-98	GBP -	0.14
85	Salmon, W.; Anon.; Bowman, E.	Pharmacopoeia Bateana; The Universal Family Physician; Experiments on measuring distances by the Telescope; Bible	Perth	1796; 1713; 1842; 1618	GBP -	1.05
86	Britten, F. J.; May, W. J.	Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers; Handbook of Old Scottish Clockmakers	Edinburgh	1903; 1899	GBP -	0.05
87	Pereival, M.; Hayden, A.; Morse, F. C.	The Walnut Collector; Chats on Old Furniture; Furniture of the Olden Time	New York	1927; 1905; 1902	GBP -	1.10
88	J. Ferguson	British Essayists		1823	GBP -	0.10
89	Marmontel, J.-F.	Œuvres Complètes	Paris	1819	GBP -	0.10
90		Novels		c. 1880-95	GBP -	0.15
91	Samuel Johnson	ENGLISH POETS; Additions to Johnson's Poets; Works		1779-90	GBP -	3.00
92	Scott, Sir Walter	Waverley Novels	Edinburgh	1877	GBP -	0.05
93	Scott, Sir Walter; Lytton, E. B.	Waverley Novels; Novels		1860	GBP -	Not Sold
94	Burke, E.	Correspondence; Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts	Edinburgh	1844	GBP -	0.10
95	Buffon, G.-L. L. Comte de	Histoire Naturelle	Paris	1799-1809	GBP -	0.10
96	Mahan, A. T.	Influence of Sea Power upon History; Life of Nelson; The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire; Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812		1660-1783; 1897; 1905	GBP -	0.16
97	Ranke, L. von	History of England	Oxford	1875	GBP -	0.18
98	Paul, H.	History of Modern England; The Roman Empresses		1899; 1904-06	GBP -	0.05
99	Pope, A.	Works, ed. Warburton		1760	GBP -	1.10
100		Pocket Magazine		1818-27	GBP -	Not Sold

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