Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS., 09May1938,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 09, 1938 - May 09, 1938

Page Size: 820 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
399	Wordsworth, W.	Sonnets; Poems; chiefly on early and late years; The Earlier Poems		1838, 1842, 1847	GBP -	0.12
400	Wordsworth, W.; Harper, G. M.; Yarnall, E.	The Prelude; Wordsworth, his life, works, etc.; Wordsworth and the Coleridges		1850, 1916, 1899	GBP -	1.12
401	Wordsworth, W.; E. Dowden; Legouis, E.	Prose Works; Lyrical Ballads; Early Life of Wordsworth		1876, 1890, 1921	GBP -	2.05
402	Wordsworth, W.; Raleigh, Sir W.; W. Knight	Poems; Wordsworth; Memorials of Coleorton		1892, 1918, 1887	GBP -	1.03
403	Wordsworth, W.	Poetical Works; Yarrow Revisited; The Prelude		1836, 1835, 1850	GBP -	0.05
404	Wordsworth, W.; Walton, I.	Poetical Works; Emblems of Mortality; Compleat Angler		1849-51, 1789, 1907	GBP -	2.02
405	Worsley, R.; Pennant, T.	History of the Isle of Wight; Journey from London to the Isle of Wight		1781, 1801	GBP -	0.15
406	Wotton, Sir H.	Reliquiae Wottonianae		1651	GBP -	2.02
407	Wotton, Sir H.; Ross, A.	Reliquiae; Hawzebeia, or a View of all Religions		1651, 1658	GBP -	0.05
408	Young, E.	The Complaint and the Consolation, or Night Thoughts		1797	GBP -	6.00
409	Young, E.	The Complaint		1818	GBP -	2.15
410	Abbott, G. F.; Corbett, J. S.; Garnett, L. M. J. and Stuart-Glennie	Macedonian Folklore; England in the Mediterranean; Greek Folk Poesy		1903, 1603-1713, 1904, 1896	GBP -	1.18
411	Arnold, T. W.; Browne, E. G.; Mirsky, D. S.	The Caliphat; Political Poetry of Modern Persia; Russia		1924, 1914, 1931	GBP -	0.18
412		Arber 's English Garner		1903	GBP -	2.10
413	Beer, G. L.; Sazonov, G.; Pribram, A. F.	British Colonial Policy; Fateful Years; Secret Treatises of Austria-Hungary		1754-65, 1922, 1909-16, 1928, 1879-1914, 1920/1	GBP -	1.03
414	A. J. Wyatt; Wyatt, A. J.; Kershaw, N.; Sweet, H.	Beowulf; Anglo-Saxon Reader; Anglo-Norse and Norse Poems; History of English Sounds		1925, 1922, 1922, 1888	GBP -	1.16
415	Brown, G.; Evans, I. H. N.; Harlow, V. T.	Melanesians and Polynesians; Religion, Folklore, etc., in North Borneo and Malay; Barbados		1910, 1923, 1625-85, 1926	GBP -	1.15
416		Champlain Society publications	Toronto	1914-37	GBP -	5.15
417	Christie, R. C.; Ramsay, W. M.; Scott, A.	Etienne Dolet; Historical Commentary on Galatians; Christianity according to St. Paul; Inter national Critical Commentaries		1899, 1899, 1927	GBP -	1.00
418	Corbett, J. S.; Gill, C.; Oppenheim, M.	Drake and the Tudor Navy; Naval Mutinies of 1797; Administration of Royal Navy		1898, 1913, 1509-1660, 1896	GBP -	2.18
419	Corbett, J. S.; Tedder, A. W.; Bacon, J. R.; Macalister, R. A. S.	England in the Seven Years' War; Navy of the Restoration; Voyage of the Argonauts; Ancient Ireland		1918, 1916, 1925, 1935	GBP -	1.05
420	G. Vigfusson and F. York Powell	Corpus Poeticum Boreale		1883	GBP -	4.05
421		English Historical Review		1924-34	GBP -	2.05
422	Fairbridge, D.; Roscoe, J.; Leys, N.; Walker, E. A.	Lady Anne Barnard at the Cape; Soul of South Africa; Kenya; History of South Africa		1924, 1922, 1924, 1928	GBP -	2.02
423	Frazer, Sir J. G.	Totemism and Exogamy		1910	GBP -	0.18
424	Frazer, Sir J. G.	Golden Bough		1913-15	GBP -	1.18
425	Frazer, Sir J. G.	Belief of Immortality and Worship of the Dead		1913-24	GBP -	0.10
426	Frazer, Sir J. G.	Psyche's Task; Devil's Advocate; Gorgon's Head; Man, God and Immortality; Myths of the Origin of Fire; Garnered Sheaves		1913, 1927, 1927, 1927, 1930, 1931	GBP -	1.01
427	Freud, S.; Rivers, W. H. B.; Jones, E.	Interpretation of Dreams; Conflict and Dream; Psycho-analysis		1927, 1923, 1923	GBP -	1.15
428	Greenidge, A. H. J.; Halli-day, W. R.; Hartland, E. S.	Roman Public Life; Hand-book of Greek Constitutional History; Folklore Studies; Science of Fairy Tales		1911, 1914, 1924, 1925	GBP -	1.10
429	Guedalla, P.; Paget, Lady	The Queen and Mr. Gladstone; Gladstone and Palmerston; Embassies of other Days		1933, 1928, 1923	GBP -	1.10
430	Haliburton, T. C.	Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia		1829	GBP -	0.10
431	Keith, A. B.; Headlam-Morley, Sir J.; Dickinson, G. L.	Imperial Unity and the Dominions; Studies in Diplomatic History; International Anarchy		1916, 1930, 1904-14, 1926	GBP -	1.15
432	Kennedy, W. P. M.; Calnek, W. A. and A. W. Savary; Bradley, A. G.	Constitution of Canada; History of County of Annapolis; Fight with France for North America	Toronto	1922, 1897, 1900	GBP -	1.08
433	Lee, I.; Pereira, D. P.; Cary, M. and E. H. Warmington	Early Explorers in Australia; Coming of the British to Australia; Esmeraldo de situ orbis; Ancient Explorers		1925, 1906, 1937, 1929	GBP -	1.03
434	Lubbock, B.; Smyth, W.	"China Cutters"; Blackwall Frigates; Log of Cutty Sark; Western Ocean Packets; Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia		1916, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1929	GBP -	2.05
435	Lucas, Sir C. P.; Coupland, R.; Bowden, Sir R.; Wrong, G. M.	Lord Durham's Report; The Quebec Act; Canada and the Commonwealth; Fall of Canada		1912, 1925, 1929, 1914	GBP -	2.10
436	Mahan, A. T.; Chatterton, E. K.; Penn, C. D.; Hook, F. A.	Influence of Sea Power upon French Revolution; The Ship under Sail; Navy under early Stuarts; Merchant Adventurers		n. d., 1926, 1920, 1914-5, 1920	GBP -	1.02
437		Miscellaneous Books			GBP -	0.18
438	Newton, A. P.; A. P. Newton; Egerton, H. E.	Colonising Activities of the English Puritans; Imperial Studies; British Colonial Policy	New Haven	1914, 1927-31, 1922	GBP -	1.05
439	Phipps, R. W.; Sichel, E.	Armies of the first French Republic; Women and Men of French Renaissance		1926-31, 1903	GBP -	1.01
440	Prior, R. A. C.; Gjerset, K.; Comparetti, D.	Ancient Danish Ballads; History of Iceland; Traditional Poetry of the Finns		1860, 1922, 1896	GBP -	2.02
441	Rhys, J.; H. E. Rollins	Celtic Folklore; Welsh and Manx; Old English Ballads		1901, 1553-1625, 1920	GBP -	1.08
442	Scott, E., ed.; Giblin, R. W.; Donne, T. E.	Australian Discovery; Early History of Tasmania; The Maori		1929, 1928, 1927	GBP -	1.02
443	Millar, J. H.; Smith, G. G.; Irving, D.	Scottish Poetry of 17th and 18th Centuries; Scottish Prose; Scottish Literature; History of Scotish Poetry		1896, 1912, 1919, 1861	GBP -	0.14
444	Stein, Sir A.; Ballard, G. A.	On Alexander's Track to the Indus; On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks; Rulers of the Indian Ocean		1929, 1933, 1927	GBP -	1.15
445	G. Vigfusson	Sturlunga Saga		1878	GBP -	1.15
446	Vignaud, H.; Morison, S. E.; Crèvecoeur, St. J. de; Mesick, A.	Toscanelli and Columbus; Maritime History of Massachusetts; Sketches of 18th Century America; English Travellers in America		1902, 1923, 1925, 1785-1835, 1922	GBP -	0.15
447	Wagner, R.; Newman, E.; Spitta, R.	My Life; Study of Wagner; Life of Bach		1911, 1899, 1899	GBP -	2.14
448	Wilson, D.; Fergusson, J.; Dawkins, W. B.; Evans, J.	Prehistoric Man; Rude Stone Monuments; Cave-Hunting; Ancient Stone Imple ments		1865, 1872, 1874, 1872	GBP -	0.18
449	James I; J. Macpherson	Anti-Jacobin; Poetical Remains; Ossian. Poems	Edinb.	1799, 1783, 1796	GBP -	0.18
450	Apuleius, L.	Metamorphoseon	Florentiae	1522	GBP -	0.15
451	Basile, G.	Pentamerone		1848	GBP -	1.00
452	Beaumont, F. and J. Fletcher	Works	Edinb.	1812	GBP -	Not Sold
453	Bewick, T.	History of British Birds; General History of Quadrupeds		1797-1804, 1824	GBP -	Not Sold
454	Bewick, T.	Figures of British Land Birds; Select Fables		1800, 1820	GBP -	0.12
455	Brooke, H.; Amory, T.	The Fool of Quality; Owen-son (Miss) Wild Irish Girl; Life of John Buncle		1792, 1806, 1770	GBP -	1.00
456	Browne, Sir T.	Works		1835/6	GBP -	1.05
457	Burton, R. F.; Collingwood, S. D.; Lang, A.	Etruscan Bologna; Lewis Carroll Picture Book; In the Wrong Paradise		1876, 1899, 1886	GBP -	0.12
458	Carlyle, T.; Froude, J. A.	Latter-Day Pamphlets; Carlyle		1850	GBP -	1.02
459	Coleridge, S. T.	Literary Remains		1836/9	GBP -	0.18
460	Cunningham, A.; Campbell, J. F.; Hogg, J.	Songs of Scotland; Popular Tales of West Highlands; Jacobite Relics		1825, 1860-2, 1874	GBP -	3.15
461	Descartes, R.; Gibbon, E.	Principia philosophiae; Miscellaneous Works; Dance of Death	Dublin	1664, 1796, n. d.	GBP -	3.00
462	Dodgson, C. L., Lewis Carroll	Euclid and his Modern Rivals		1879	GBP -	0.18
463	J. P. Collier	Dodsley's Select Collection of old Plays, also with the Continuation		1825, 1816	GBP -	3.00
464	Dryden, J.	Works		1808	GBP -	4.10
465	Eliot, G.	Silas Marner		1861	GBP -	0.12
466	Evans, T.; Ritson, J.	Old Ballads; Ancient Songs and Ballads		1784, 1829	GBP -	Not Sold
467	Ford, J.	Dramatic Works		1827	GBP -	0.18
468	Forrester, A. H. "Crowquill "; Yonge, C. M.; J. H. Ewing	Famous Fairy Tales; History of Sir Thomas Thumb, 11 Children's. Books		n. d., 1855	GBP -	Not Sold
469	Franklin, B.	Political, Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces; Works of Benjamin Franklin		1779, 1793	GBP -	1.02
470	Froissart, J.	Chroniques	Paris	1824-26	GBP -	1.00
471	Galt, J.; James, G. P. R.	Sir Andrew Wylie; Last of the Lairds; Rose D'Albret; The Woodman		1822, 1826, 1844, 1849	GBP -	1.15
472	Greville, C. C.	Greville Memoirs		1874-87	GBP -	1.02
473	Grote, G.	History of Greece		1846-56	GBP -	Not Sold
474	Hakluyt, R.	Principal Navigations, Voyages, etc.		1903/5	GBP -	5.10
475	Hardy, T.	Far from the Madding Crowd		1874	GBP -	Not Sold
476		Harleian Miscellany (The)		1808/11	GBP -	1.05
477	Hazlitt, W.; Morgan, Lady	Characters of Shakespear's Plays; Lectures on the English Poets; O'Briens and the O'Flahertys		1818, 1819, 1827	GBP -	Not Sold
478	Holmes, O. W.	Autocrat at the Breakfast Table	Boston	1858	GBP -	0.15
479	Kingsley, C.	Yeast; Glaucus; The Heroes; Water Babies; Silcote of Silcotes		1851, 1855, 1856, 1863, 1867	GBP -	0.15
480	Kipling, R.	"Captains Courageous"; The Day's Work; Many Inventions		1897, 1898, 1893	GBP -	1.05
481	Le Grand, J. B.	Fabliaux or Tales		1800	GBP -	0.15
482	Lockhart, J. G.; Ellis	Memoirs of the Life of Scott; Original Letters illus trative of English History		1837/8, 1825-46	GBP -	1.05
483	Massinger, P.	Plays		1805	GBP -	1.05
484		Miscellaneous Books			GBP -	3.10
485	Otway, T.	Works		1812	GBP -	0.18
486	Peacock, T. L.	Misfortunes of Elphin		1829	GBP -	1.15
487	Peacock, T. L.	Crotchet Castle; Headlong Hall		1831, 1816	GBP -	1.15
488	Reade, C.	The Cloister and the Hearth; Course of True love		1861, 1857	GBP -	7.10
489	Reade, C.	Love me little; Love me long; Hard Cash		1859, 1863	GBP -	Not Sold
490	Scott, Sir W.	Waverley Novels		1817-29	GBP -	2.10
491	Shirley, J.	Dramatic Works and Poems		1833	GBP -	3.15
492	Swift, J.	Works		1824	GBP -	2.10
493	Thackeray, W. M.	Comic Tales and Sketches		1841	GBP -	1.18
494	Thackeray, W. M.	Mrs. Perkin's Ball		1847	GBP -	Not Sold
495	Thackeray, W. M.	History of Henry Esmond		1852	GBP -	Not Sold
496	Thackeray, W. M.	Rebecca and Rowena [with] Kickleburys on the Rhine; The Rose and the Ring		1850, 1855	GBP -	1.15
497	Thackeray, W. M.	Vanity Fair; History of Pendennis; Virginians		1848, 1850, 1858-59	GBP -	2.05
498	Trollope, A.	The Warden; Orley Farm; Last Chronicle of Barset		1855, 1862, 1867	GBP -	1.15

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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.