Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS., 08May1961,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 08, 1961 - May 08, 1961

Page Size: 510 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Adalbert Prince of Prussia	Travels in the South of Europe and in Brazil, with a Voyage up the Amazon and the Xingú		1849	GBP -	2.00
2	Alencar J. de; Kidder D. P. and J. C. Fletcher; Fritz Father Samuel	Iraçéma, the Honey-Lips, a Legend of Brazil, Brazil and the Brazilians, Hakluyt Society.	Philadelphia	1886, 1857	GBP -	7.00
3	Anson George	A Voyage round the World, in the Years 1740-1744		1748	GBP -	6.00
4	Bates Henry Walter; Spruce Richard	The Naturalist on the River Amazons, Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes		1863, 1908	GBP -	10.00
5	Bigg-Wither Thomas P.; Mansfield C. B.; Mulhall Michael G.	Pioneering in South Brazil, Paraguay, Brazil and the Plate, Letters written in 1852-1853, Rio Grande do Sul and its German Colonies	Cambridge	1878, 1856, 1873	GBP -	12.00
6	Brackenridge H. M.; Wilkes Charles	Voyage to South America, performed by Order of the American Government in the Years 1817 and 1818, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838-1842		1820, 1852	GBP -	4.00
7	Burton Richard F.	Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil		1869	GBP -	6.00
8	Caldcleugh Alexander	Travels in South America, during the Years 1819-21		1825	GBP -	18.00
9	Charlevoix P.-F.-X. de	The History of Paraguay		1769	GBP -	4.00
10	Cochrane Capt. Charles Stuart	Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, during the Years 1823 and 1824		1825	GBP -	14.00
11	Condamine C. M. de la	Journal du voyage fait ...	Paris	1751	GBP -	8.00
12	Condamine C. M. de la; Guay-Trouin René du	Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique méridionale, Mémoires	Maestricht, Amsterdam, Amsterdam	1778, 1730, 1756	GBP -	7.00
13	Dampier William; Fitz Roy Captain Robert	A New Voyage Round the World, Sailing Directions for South America	Admiralty	1703, 1848	GBP -	11.00
14	Depons F.	Travels in South America, during the Years 1801-1804		1807	GBP -	13.00
15	Orrego Luis Uribe	Diary (A) of the Wreck of H.M.S. Challenger, on the Western Coast of South America, in May, 1835, Los orijenes de nuestra marina militar		1836, 1892-1894	GBP -	4.00
16	Dobrizhofer Martin	An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay		1822	GBP -	18.00
17	Dodds James; Latham Wilfrid; Mulhall M. G. and E. T.	Records of the Scottish Settlers in the River Plate and their Churches, The States of the River Plate, Handbook of the River Plate Republics		1897, 1868, 1875	GBP -	13.00
18	Falkner Thomas	A Description of Patagonia	Hereford	1774	GBP -	4.00
19	Fitz Roy Captain Robert and Captain P. P. King	Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle ...		1839	GBP -	1.00
20	GRAHAM MARIA	Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during Part of the Years 1821-1823		1824	GBP -	44.00
21	Graham Maria	Journal of a Residence in Chile, during the Year 1822		1824	GBP -	27.00
22	Graham R. B. Cunningham	A Vanished Arcadia, José Antonio Páez, Portrait of a Dictator, Francisco Solano Lopez		1901, 1929, 1933	GBP -	8.00
23	Hadfield William; Whymper Edward	Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands, Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator		1854, 1892, 1891	GBP -	5.00
24	Hall Captain Basil; Dundonald Thomas, Earl of	Extracts from a Journal, written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820-1822, Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination	Edinburgh	1824, 1859	GBP -	5.00
25	Head Captain F. B.; Orton James; Mulhall Mrs. M. G.	Rough Notes taken during some Rapid Jouneys across the Pampas and among the Andes, The Andes and the Amazon, Between the Amazon and Andes	New York	1826, 1876, 1881	GBP -	6.00
26	Herndon W. Lewis and Lardner Gibbon	Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under Direction of the Navy Department	Washington	1853-1854	GBP -	1.00
27	Holmes John; Vincent Frank	Historical Sketches of the Missions of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, Around and About in South America	Dublin	1818, 1890	GBP -	3.00
28	Hudson W. H.	Birds of La Plata		1920	GBP -	11.00
29	Hudson W. H.	The Naturalist in La Plata, Idle Days in Patagonia		1892, 1893	GBP -	3.00
30	Hudson W. H.	Far Away and Long Ago, A Traveller in Little Things, Letters to Edward Garnett		1918, 1921, 1925	GBP -	3.00
31	Humboldt Alexander von and Aimé Bonpland	Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804		1814-1829	GBP -	16.00
32	Hutchinson Thomas J.; Parish Sir Woodbine	Buenos Ayres and Argentine Gleanings, The Parana, Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata		1865, from 1861-1868, 1868, 1852	GBP -	16.00
33	Im Thurn Everard F.; Conway Sir Martin; Murray J. H.	Among the Indians of Guiana, The Bolivian Andes, a Record of Climbing and Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900, Travels in Uruguay, South America		1883, 1901, 1871	GBP -	1.00
34	Juan J. and Antonio de Ulloa	A Voyage to South America		1760	GBP -	6.00
35	Key Astley Cooper	A Narrative of the Recovery of H.M.S. Gorgon, stranded in the Bay of Monte Video, May 10th, 1844		1847	GBP -	5.00
36	Koster Henry; Gardner George	Travels in Brazil, Travels in the Interior of Brazil, during the Years 1836-1841		1817, 1846	GBP -	10.00
37		Lima Costumes		early 19th century	GBP -	9.00
38	Lozano Pedro	A True and Particular Relation of the ...		1746, 1748	GBP -	9.00
39	Macdouall John; Musters George Chaworth; Dixie Lady Florence	Narrative of a Voyage to Patagonia and Terra del Fuégo, At Home with the Patagonians, Across Patagonia, The Young Castaways, or, The Child Hunters of Patagonia		1833, 1871, 1880, n.d.	GBP -	20.00
40	Marcoy Paul	Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean		1875	GBP -	1.00
41	Markham Clements R.; Gamboa Pedro Sarmiento de	Cuzco : a Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru, The Incas of Peru, Hakluyt Society., History of the Incas (Series II, Vol. XXII)		1856, 1910, 1907-1908	GBP -	12.00
42	Mathison Gilbert Farquhar	Narrative of a Visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands, during the Years 1821 and 1822		1825	GBP -	10.00
43		Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied (Prince) Travels, in Brazil, in the Years 1815-1817		1820	GBP -	24.00
44	Orbigny Alcide d'; Sandeman Christopher	Voyage pittoresque dans les deux Amériques, A Wanderer in Inca Land	Paris	1836, 1948	GBP -	9.00
45	Proctor Robert; Miller John	Narrative of a Journey across the Cordillera of the Andes, and of a Residence in Lima, and other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 and 1824, Memoirs of General Miller, in the Service of the Republic of Peru		1825, 1829	GBP -	34.00
46	Scherzer Karl; Euryalus	Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate "Novara,", Tales of the Sea, a few leaves from the Diary of a Midshipman		n.d. 1861, 1860	GBP -	1.00
47	Smyth Lieut. W. and F. Lowe	Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para		1836	GBP -	11.00
48	Snow W. Parker	A Two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate.		1857	GBP -	5.00
49	Southey Robert; Robertson J. P. and W. P.	A Tale of Paraguay, Letters on Paraguay		1825, 1839	GBP -	13.00
50	Spears John R.; Conway Sir Martin; Phillips G. W.	The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn, Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego, The Missionary Martyr of Tierra del Fuego		1895, 1902, 1861	GBP -	8.00
51	Spix J. B. von and C. F. P. von Martius	Travels in Brazil, in the Years 1817-1820		1824	GBP -	14.00
52	Stevenson W. B.	Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America		1829	GBP -	12.00
53	Stuart H. Villiers; Gallenga A.; Ball John	Adventures Amidst the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America, also in the West Indies and the Wilds of Florida, South America, Notes of a Naturalist in South America		1891, 1880, 1887	GBP -	8.00
54	Thomson Sir C. Wyville; Moseley H. N.	The Voyage of the "Challenger," The Atlantic, a preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger,", Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger"		1877, 1879	GBP -	5.00
55	Vidal E. E.; Wright Marie Robinson	Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video	Buenos Aires, Philadelphia	1943, 1907	GBP -	18.00
56	Walsh Rev. R.	Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829		1830	GBP -	9.00
57	Washburn Charles A.; Masterman George Frederick	The History of Paraguay, Seven Eventful Years in Paraguay	Boston and New York	1871, 1869	GBP -	15.00
58	Webster W. H. B.	Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828-30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer		1834	GBP -	15.00
59	White Ernest William; Gibson Herbert	Cameos from the Silver-Land, or the Experiences of a Young Naturalist in the Argentine Republic, The History and Present State of the Sheep-Breeding Industry in the Argentine Republic	Buenos Aires	1881-1882, 1893	GBP -	4.00
60	Wilcocke Samuel Hull; King J. Anthony	History of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, Twenty-four Years in the Argentine Republic		1807, 1846	GBP -	8.00
61	SOUTHEY ROBERT	HISTORY OF BRAZIL	Longman, etc.	1822-17-19	GBP -	50.00
62	Mawe John; Roistaing Jules	Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Voyage dans les deux Amériques	Philadelphia, Paris	1816, n.d.	GBP -	7.00
63	Smyth W. and F. Lowe; Tully Richard	Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon, Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa		1836, 1816	GBP -	4.00
64A		Gazeta de Buenos Ayres, nos. 30-71	Buenos Aires	3 January-17 October, 1811	GBP -	115.00
64		Rio de Janeiro. Twenty Photographs of Rio de Janeiro		late 19th century	GBP -	12.00
65A	MILBERT JACQUES GERARD	ITINERAIRE PITTORESQUE DU FLEUVE HUDSON ET DES PARTIES LATERALES DE L'AMERIQUE DU NORD	Paris	1828-29	GBP -	115.00
65	MAXIMILIAN, PRINCE OF WIED-NEUWIED	VOYAGE DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AMERIQUE DU NORD	Paris	1840-43, n.d.	GBP -	380.00
66	Vail Eugène A.	Notice sur les Indiens de l'Amérique du Nord	Paris	1840	GBP -	4.00
67	Parker Samuel; Welles C. M.	Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, Three Years' Wanderings of a Connecticut Yankee	Ithaca, N.Y., New York	1844, 1859	GBP -	9.00
68	Emory Lieut-Col. W. H.	Notes on a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California	Washington	1848	GBP -	6.00
69	Oakes William	Scenery of the White Mountains	Boston	1848	GBP -	16.00
70	Judah T. N.; Geil Samuel	Map of the Villages of Bellevue, Niagara Falls and Elgin, Map of the Vicinity of Niagara Falls	New York, Philadelphia	1854, 1853	GBP -	5.00
71	Farnham Eliza W.; Hutchings J. W.	California, In-doors and Out, Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California	New York, San Francisco	1856, 1861	GBP -	7.00
72	Gilpin William	The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral, and Gold Regions of North America	Philadelphia	1860	GBP -	18.00
73	G. L. Brown, W. H. Beard, Casilear, Colman and others	America. Gallery of Landscape Painters	New York	1872	GBP -	11.00
74		Chicago before the Great Fire ... of 1871	Chicago	n.d.	GBP -	75.00
75	Roosevelt Franklin D.	Looking Forward	new York	1933	GBP -	58.00
76	Heriot George	Travels through the Canadas		1807	GBP -	50.00
77	Hawkins Alfred; Small H. B.	Picture of Quebec, The Canadian Handbook and Tourist's Guide	Quebec, Montreal	1834, 1867	GBP -	10.00
78	Small H. B.	The Canadian Handbook and Tourist's Guide	Montreal	1866	GBP -	7.00
79		Abbildungen merkwürdiger Gegenstände aus Erdbeschreibung zu Unterricht in der Geographie	Leipzig	1808	GBP -	5.00
80	Mackenzie Sir G. S.	Travels in the Island of Iceland, Atlas of 42 plates and charts to Anson's Voyage	Edinburgh	1812	GBP -	9.00
81	Beattie William and W. H. Bartlett	Switzerland, The Waldenses, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche		1836, 1838	GBP -	5.00
82		TASMANIAN (THE), AND PORT DALRYMPLE ADVERTISER		5 January-11 May, 1825	GBP -	480.00
83	BOWEN EMANUEL	The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History		1746	GBP -	60.00
84	Hungary	Journal of the Campaign of the Imperial Army in the Year 1738		1740	GBP -	36.00
85	PITT MOSES	THE ENGLISH ATLAS	Oxford	1680-1683	GBP -	340.00
86	Ogilby John	Britannia : or the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales actually survey'd		1698	GBP -	48.00
87	Pickman Charles	The Tradesman's Guide; or the chapman's and traveller's best companion		1727	GBP -	13.00
88	Rocque J.	A Topographical Survey of the County of Berks		1761	GBP -	14.00
89	Wood Robert	The Ruins of Palmyra		1753	GBP -	40.00
90	Pontoppidan Erich	The Natural History of Norway		1755	GBP -	10.00
91	Smith Nathaniel; Morris Corbyn; Stair John, Earl of	Remarks on the East-India Company's Balances in England from their Trade and Revenues, Remarks upon Mr. Mill's Proposals for Publishing a Survey of the Trade of Great Britain, The State of the National Debt, the National Income, and the National Expenditu	Ireland, and the British Colonies	1781, 1771, 1776, 1778	GBP -	14.00
92	White John	Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales		1790	GBP -	25.00
93	Hunter John	An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island		1793	GBP -	18.00
94		Recueil de divers Voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique	Paris	1674	GBP -	22.00
95	Henri Justel	Recueil de divers Voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amérique	Paris	1674	GBP -	17.00
96	Esquemeling John	Bucaniers of America ...		1684	GBP -	24.00
97	Burchett Josiah	A Complete History of the most remarkable Transactions at Sea		1720	GBP -	4.00
98		History of the British Dominions in North America (The)		1773	GBP -	20.00

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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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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

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.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

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

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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