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
101	Harrison, J.	The Floricultural Cabinet		1840-51	GBP -	0.10
102	Sowerby, J.; Wood, W.	Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells; General Conchology		1835	GBP -	0.05
103	Boswell, J.; Kipling, R.	Life of Johnson; Soldier Tales		1804; 1822; 1896	GBP -	0.10
104	Wooster, D.	Alpine Plants		1874	GBP -	1.01
105	Dickens, C.	Extra Christmas numbers of All the Year Round		1863-67	GBP -	1.05
106		Dickensian		1905-24	GBP -	0.10
107	Petrarch, Francis; Hayward, Sir John; Hall, J.; Derendel, Peter; Swinburne, A. C.; Barclay, John	Phisicke against Fortune; The First Part of the Life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII; Select Observations; The true and lyuely historyke purtreatures of the woll Bible; A Study of Shakespeare; Mary Stuart; The Mirrour of Mindes or Barclays Icon Animoru	Lyons	1579; 1599; 1679; 1553; 1880; 1881; 1889-1929; 1631	GBP -	0.10
112	Walpole, Hora	Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England	Strawberry Hill	1758	GBP -	2.00
113	Guez J. L. Sieur de Balzac; Bacon, F.; Childrey, J.; Lloyd, David; Sandys, George; Mallet, David	Augsburg Confession; New Epistles; Baconiana; Britannica Baconica; The Statesmen and Favourites of England since the Reformation; Anglorum Speculum; Life of Francis Bacon		1536; 1638; 1679; 1661; 1665; 1740; 1684	GBP -	0.18
114	Lambarde, William	A Perambulation of Kent		1596	GBP -	0.05
115	Dodgson, C. L.	Through the Looking-Glass		1872	GBP -	0.07
116	Freke, W.; Clarke, S.; Gratian, B.	Select Essays tending to the Universal Reformation of Learning; A Collection of Papers which passed between Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke; The Compleat Gentleman		1730; 1693; 1717	GBP -	0.15
117	Willis, J.	Mnemonica; or		1661	GBP -	2.04
118	Waller, J.; Hibbert, S.; Saunders, R.	Treatise; Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions; Astrological Judgement of Physick	Edinburgh	1824; 1816; 1677	GBP -	0.10
119	Guichard, M.; Valerius Flaccus; Hierocles; Naudé, G.	De Antiquis Triumphorum Spectaculis; Argonautica; De Providentia et Fato; Naudeana et Patiniana	Amsterdam; Leyden	1661; 1702-1673; 1703	GBP -	0.05
120		Passio Christi; Wilbraham Family; Journal of D. A. R. Kirwan		18th century; early 19th century; 1897-98	GBP -	0.05
121	Boyle, Robert; Brook, Robert, Lord; Bunyan, J.	The Christian Virtuoso; The Nature of Truth; Pilgrim's Progress		1640; c. 1710; 1690	GBP -	2.15
122	Gersaint, E. F.	Catalogue Raisonné des differens Effets Curieux contenus dans le Cabinet de feu M. le Chevalier de la Roque		1745; 1748	GBP -	0.10
123	Stephens, E.; Langhorne, J.; Callcott, J.	Poems on Various Subjects; Fables of Flora; Musical Grammar	velvet	1794; 1806; 1759	GBP -	0.18
124	Roberts, W.; Pougin, A.	Bookhunter in London; Dictionnaire du Theatre	Paris	1885; 1895	GBP -	0.16
125	LANZA, Ferdinand; LEOPOLD I.	A. L. s. to Garibaldi; King of the Belgians	Palermo	30 May, 1860; 30 May, 1842	GBP -	Not Sold
126	Quincy, J.; Gataker, J.; Grosvenor, B.	Medicina Statica; being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius; The Operations in Surgery of M. Le Dran; Health		1720; 1757; 1716	GBP -	1.08
127	Pinch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea; Harte, W.	Miscellany Poems; Poetical Miscellanies by the Best Hands; Poems on Several Occasions		1713; 1714; 1727	GBP -	2.00
128	Lewis, D.; Savage, R.	Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands; Works		1726; 1775	GBP -	1.08
129	Walton, I.; Collier, J.	Life of Dr. Sanderson; A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage		1678; 1699	GBP -	1.08
130	Wesley, J.; Bacon, F.; Seymour, R.	Doctrine of Original Sin; Essays; The Court Gamester; Le Beau Monde	Bristol	1757; 1691; 1722; 1807	GBP -	0.05
131	Goldsmith, Oliver; Heath, B.	Essays; A Revisal of Shakespeare's Text		1765; 1765	GBP -	1.08
132	Ferrall, S. A.	A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America; The Modern Traveller		1832; 1829	GBP -	0.05
133	Aubin, P.; Spenser, E.	The Illustrious French Lovers; Works		1727; 1715	GBP -	1.08
134		Naval Chronicle		1799-1809	GBP -	Not Sold
135	Rietstap, J. B.	Armorial Général	Gouda	1884-87	GBP -	3.15
136	Trollope, Anthony	The Chronicles of Barsetshire		1879	GBP -	1.06
137		Schema aller Uniform der Kaiserl	Vienna	1787	GBP -	4.00
138	BOSWELL, JAMES	Anstruther (Sir William) Essays	Edinburgh	1701	GBP -	10.10
139	Reisch, Gregorius	Margarita Philosophica	Freiburg	16th March, 1504	GBP -	3.05
140	Browne, Sir Thomas; Milton, John	Religio Medici; Eikonoclastes	Strassburg	1652; 1650	GBP -	1.10
141	Gibbons, Thomas; Chatterton, Thomas; Johnson, Samuel	Memoirs of the Rev. Isaac Watts; Poems; Letters		1780; 1777; 1788	GBP -	0.08
142	Landor, Walter Savage; Abbott, Edwin A.; Hogg, James	Imaginary Conversations; Flatland; Mador of the Moor	Edinburgh	1816; 1824; 1884	GBP -	0.05
143	Bouchot, Henri; Chappell, W.	The Book; Popular Music of the Olden Time		1890	GBP -	1.12
144		Notes and Queries		1849-1921	GBP -	1.00
145	Brooke, Sir Robert	Ascuns Novell Cases		1587	GBP -	2.05
146	Goldsmith, Oliver	Le Ministre de Wakefield	London; Paris	1767	GBP -	1.05
147	St. Evremont; Voltaire, F. M. A. de; Swift, Jonathan	Miscellaneous Essays... continued by Mr. Dryden; Letters concerning the English Nation; A Tale of a Tub		1692; 1710; 1733	GBP -	1.00
148	Burns, Robert; Longfellow, H. W.; Milton, John	Poems and Songs; The Golden Legend; Paradise Lost		1824; 1851; 1821	GBP -	0.18
149	Godwin, William	Mandeville	Edinburgh	1817	GBP -	1.00
150	Emerson, R. W.	English Traits	Boston	1856	GBP -	0.05
151	Dickens, Charles	Pickwick Papers	New York	1838	GBP -	0.10
152	Ruskin, John; Wood, Nicholas	The Stones of Venice; A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads		1851-53; 1838	GBP -	0.05
153	Goldsmith, Oliver	She Stoops to Conquer		1773	GBP -	7.10
154		Scotland	Edinburgh	1682-1731	GBP -	1.00
155	Bacon, Sir Francis; Doderidge, Sir John	Elements of the Common Lawes of England; The English Lawyer		1630; 1631	GBP -	1.05
156	Byron, G. G., Lord; Clough, A. H.; Drayton, M.	English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich; Nymphidia	Oxford	1814; 1848; 1811	GBP -	0.08
157	Carlyle, T.; Eliot, G.; Sherley, T.	Latter-day Pamphlets; Shooting Niagara: and after; Daniel Deronda; A Philosophical Essay	Edin	1876; 1672; 1850; 1867	GBP -	0.15
158	Dante Alighieri	La Comedia	Vinegia	1544	GBP -	2.05
159	Dickens, C.	The Mystery of Edwin Drood		1870	GBP -	4.00
160	Dickens, C.	The Pickwick Club; Nicholas Nickleby; Martin Chuzzlewit; Bleak House		1837; 1839; 1844; 1853	GBP -	1.18
161	Erskine, Mrs. Steuart; Hirth, G.; Parkyns, Sir T.	Lady Diana Beauclerk: her Life and Work; Formenschatz; The Inn-Play	Jahrgang	1895; 1727; 1903	GBP -	3.05
162	Gruyer, F. A.; Cain, G.; Law, E.	La Peinture au Chateau de Chantilly; Nooks and Corners of old Paris; The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court	Paris	1896; 1898; 1907	GBP -	0.05
163	Hamerton, P. G.	Etching and Etchers		1868	GBP -	1.01
164	Thackeray, W. M.	History of Pendennis; The Virginians; The Newcomes		1849; 1858; 1854-55	GBP -	0.05
165	Ariosto, L.	Orlando Pvrioso	Venetia	1560	GBP -	0.05
166	Bryner, B. C.	British Flag Triumphant; Abraham Lincoln in Peoria	U.S.A.	1806; 1924	GBP -	0.05
167		Miscellaneous		1859-67	GBP -	0.10
168	Vecellio, Cesare	Habiti Antichi et Moderni di titto il Mondo	Venetia	1598	GBP -	3.15
169	Bell, Malcolm; Cuvelier, Jean	Edward Burne-Jones; Illustrations from the Life of Bertrand Dugueselin		1892; 1909	GBP -	0.05
170	Gotch, J. Alfred	Architecture of the Renaissance in England		1894	GBP -	0.18
171	Gotch, J. A.; Turner, J. M. W.	Account of the Building erected in Northamptonshire by Sir T. Tresham; Richmondshire	Northampton	1883; 1891	GBP -	0.05
172	Harrison, J. E.	D. S. MacColl. Greek Vase Paintings		1894	GBP -	0.05
173	Hogarth, W.	Works; edited by Nichols			GBP -	0.10
174	Roberts, D.	The Holy Land		1842-49	GBP -	0.10
175	Rothenstein, W.; Dawson, Alfred	English Portraits; Life of Henry Dawson		1898; 1891	GBP -	0.05
176	Triggs, H. I.	The Art of Garden Design in Italy		1906	GBP -	1.00
177	Yeatman, J. P.	Early Genealogical History of the House of Arundel		1882	GBP -	0.08
178	Hawkins, Sir John	A General History of the Science and Practice of Music		1776	GBP -	4.15
179	Anderson, A.	The History of Commerce		1787-89	GBP -	0.10
180	Parry, Capt. W. E.; Moore, Thomas	Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole; Life of Byron		1828; 1830	GBP -	0.05
181	Bridgens, R.	Costumes of Italy		1821	GBP -	1.12
182	Gerning, Baron J. J. von	A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne		1820	GBP -	3.10
183	Burney, C.	An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey and the Pantheon		1785	GBP -	0.05
184	Atkinson, G. F.; Burke, B.; Cuming, E. D.	Curry and Rice; Dormant; British Sport		1866; 1919	GBP -	2.05
185		BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT		1909-28	GBP -	0.10
186	Palatino, G. B.; Parsons, Robert; Fauchet, Claude; Scott, Sir Walter; Legh, Gerard; Ayscu, E.; Seiden, John; La Primaudaye, P. de; Heylyn, P.; Estienne, Charles, et Jean Liebault; Cosin, Richard	Libro nel qual s'insegna à Scriver; Leycesters Common-wealth; Les Antiquitez Gauloises ou Francoises; Marmion; The Accedence of Armorie; A Historie; The Historie of Tithes; The French Academie; The Historie of St. George; L'Agriculture et Maison Rustique;	Rome; Paris	1561; 1641; 1620; 1808; 1597; 1607; 1618; 1586; 1631; 1593; 1570	GBP -	0.15
187	Furber, R. and others	The Flower-Garden Display'd		1734	GBP -	8.05
188	Pemble, W.; Vindiciae Gratiae; Hoegger, H.	Vindiciae Fidei; A Plea for Grace; Salomons Recantation and Repentance; Introduction to the Worthy Receiving the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; Disquisitio Historica de Papa Foemina	Oxford; Leyden	1629; 1628; 1692	GBP -	0.15
189	Douglas, J.; Curtis, S.	Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth; The Florists Directory		1785; 1810	GBP -	0.05
190	Cescinsky, H. and M. R. Webster	English Domestic Clocks		1914	GBP -	3.05
191	Symonds, R. W.	English Furniture from Charles II to George II		1929	GBP -	1.08
192	Symonds, R. W.; Lenygon, F.; Chancellor, A. S.	Present State of Old English Furniture; Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the XVII & XVIIIth centuries; Examples of Old Furniture		1921; 1919; 1897	GBP -	0.10
193	Symonds, R. W.; Strange, T. A.; Bell, J. M.	Old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture; English Furniture; Furniture Designs of Chippendale		1923; 1910	GBP -	1.10
194	Percival, Maclver; Evan-Thomas, O.; Litchfield, F.	Old English Furniture and Its Surroundings; Domestic Utensils of Wood; Illustrated History of Furniture		1920; 1899; 1932	GBP -	0.14
195	Westropp, M. S. D.; Lewis, J. S.	Irish Glass; Old Glass and How to Collect It			GBP -	1.12
196	Bryan, M.	Dictionary of Painters and Engravers		1886-89	GBP -	0.05
197	Hall, J.	Episcopacie by Divine Right; An Harmony of the Confessions of the Faith of the Christian and Reformed Churches	Cambridge	1640; 1586	GBP -	0.18
198	Phipps, Constantine John	A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by his Majesty's Command		1774	GBP -	0.05
199	Loudon, Mrs. J.	British Wild Flowers		1846	GBP -	2.10
200	Sparrow, W. S.	A Book of Sporting Painters		1931	GBP -	0.12
201	Lyon, Capt. G. F.; Besso, S.	Travels in Northern Africa in 1818-20; Siam and China		1821	GBP -	0.05
202	Scott, Sir Walter	Lay of the last Minstrel; Marmion; Lady of the Lake; Lord of the Isles		1808; 1810; 1815	GBP -	0.16
203	Hayley, W.; Shakespeare, W.; Stevenson, R. L.	Plays of Three Acts; The Tempest; A Lowden Sabbath Morn		1784; 1926; 1898	GBP -	0.06
204	Man, John; Cass, F. C.; Deedes, Rev. C. and H. B. Walters	History and Antiquities of the Borough of Reading; Monken Hadley; The Church Bells of Essex		1909; 1816; 1880	GBP -	0.05

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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

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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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.