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
700	Titsingh, M.	Illustrations of Japan		1822	GBP -	3.00
701	Planché, J. R.; Brandon, R. and J. A.	Cyclopaedia of Costume; Analysis of Gothick Architecture		1876-79, 1874	GBP -	1.00
702		Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers (The)		1877	GBP -	0.12
703		Autograph Letters			GBP -	4.04
704	Hyperius, Andreas	The practise of preaching		1577	GBP -	4.15
705		Herodianus. Historiarum, gr., cum A. Politiani interp., eiusdem H. Stephani emend., etc.		1581	GBP -	0.12
706	Hilton, Walter	Scala Perfectionis	London		GBP -	27.00
707	Barriffe, Wm.	Military Discipline : or the Yong Artillery Man		1639	GBP -	2.08
708	Scot, Reginald	A Perfite platforme of a Hoppe Garden		1576	GBP -	2.10
709		A Direction for the English Traviller by which he shal be inabled to Coast about all England and Wales		1643	GBP -	2.05
710	Horman, W.	Vulgaria		1926	GBP -	5.10
711	Southwell, Robert	Poems and Prose Writings of, a biblio-graphical Study		1937	GBP -	2.10
712	E. G. Millar	Rutland Psalter (The)		1937	GBP -	11.00
713	St. Anthony the Abbot	A Picture Book of the Life of		1937	GBP -	10.10
714	St. Anthony the Abbot	A Picture Book, etc.		1937	GBP -	8.00
715		Akbar the Great. Chronicle of		1937	GBP -	10.00
716	Burke, J. and J. B.; Kelly, F. M. and R. Schwabe	General Armory; Historic Costume		1842, 1929	GBP -	2.02
717	Burton, W.; Turner, W.	English Porcelain; English Earthenware and Stoneware; Transfer Printing on Enamels; Porcelain and Pottery		1902-4, 1907	GBP -	1.12
718	Chaffers, W.; Litch field, F.	Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain; Pottery and Porcelain; Guide to Collectors		1912, 1912	GBP -	1.05
719	Chaffers, W.; Jewitt, L.	Keramic Gallery; Ceramic Art of Great Britain		1872, 1878	GBP -	0.15
720		Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory; Auction Catalogue		1783	GBP -	12.10
721		English Ceramic Circle Transactions; English Porcelain Circle, Transactions		1933-1937, 1928-32	GBP -	2.05
722	Hannover, E.	Pottery and Porcelain		1925	GBP -	3.05
723	Honey, W. B.; Blacker, J.; Litchfield, F.	Old English Porcelain; A.B.C. of English Salt-Glaze Stone; Antiques, genuine and spurious		1928, 1922, 1921	GBP -	2.05
724	Rhead, G. W. and F. A.; Wedgwood, J. C.	Staffordshire Pots and Potters; Staffordshire Pottery and its History		1906, 1913	GBP -	1.12
725	Schreiber, Lady C.; Rackham, B.	Journals, Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics; Catalogue of Schreiber Collection; Victoria and Albert Museum		1911, 1928	GBP -	1.02
726	Bemrose, W.; Bemrose, W.; King, W.	Catalogue of Porcelain and other Art Objects; Longton Hall Porcelain; English Porcelain Figures of 18th Century		1898, 1906, 1925	GBP -	2.05
727	Binns, W. M.	First Century of English Porcelain		1906	GBP -	1.05
728	Binns, R. W.	Century of Potting in the city of Worcester		1877	GBP -	0.14
729		Early English Earthenware		1914	GBP -	1.02
730	Fairbairn, J.	Book of Crests		n. d.	GBP -	2.02
731	Falkner, F.; Grant, M. H.; Kidson, J. R. and F.	Wood Family of Burslem; Makers of the Black Basaltes; Leeds old Pottery		1912, 1910, 1892	GBP -	3.15
732	Gillingwater, E.	An historical Account of the ancient Town of Lowestoft		1790-1809	GBP -	8.00
733	Haslem, J.	Old Derby China Factory		1876	GBP -	0.12
734	Hobson, R. L.	Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery--English Porcelain--in British Museum		1903-5	GBP -	1.06
735	Hofmann, F.	Das Porzellan	Berlin	1932	GBP -	1.10
736	King, W.; Freeth, Mr. and Mrs. F.	Chelsea Porcelain; Old English Pottery		1922, 1896	GBP -	2.18
737	Mundy, R. G.; Lomax, C. J.; Luxmoore, C. F. C.	English Delft Pottery; Quaint old English Pottery; "Saltglaze"		1928, 1909, 1924	GBP -	3.03
738	Owen, H.; Pountney, W. J.; Hurlbutt, F.	Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol; Old Bristol Potteries; Bristol Porcelain		1873, 1920, 1928	GBP -	2.00
739	Rackham, B. and H. Read	English Pottery		1924	GBP -	3.15
740	Trapnell, A.; Earle, C.; Huributt, F.	Catalogue of his collection of Bristol and Ply-mouth Porcelain; Earle Collection of early Staffordshire Pottery, Bow Porcelain		1912, n. d., 1926	GBP -	2.15
741	Crisp, F. A.	Lowestoft China Factory		1907-8	GBP -	1.10
742	Hobson, R. L.	Worcester Porcelain		1910	GBP -	1.18
743	Hodgkin, J. E. and E.	Examples of early English Pottery		1891	GBP -	1.02
744	Hodgson, Mrs. W.	Old English China		1913	GBP -	1.00
745	Rackham, B.	Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge		1935	GBP -	7.15
746	Solon, L. M.	Art of the old English Potter		1883	GBP -	0.10
747		Dante. Divina Commedia		1928	GBP -	4.15
748		Ecclesiastes		1934	GBP -	1.00
749	Thackeray, W. M.	Vanity Fair		1931	GBP -	1.00
750	Eric Gill	Four Gospels (The)		1931	GBP -	7.15
751		Victoria History of the County of Hertford (The)		1902-14	GBP -	5.15
752	Cussans, J. E.	History of Hertfordshire		1870-81	GBP -	0.18
753	Clutterbuck, Robert	History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford		1815-27	GBP -	1.05
754	Salmon, N.	History of Hertfordshire		1728	GBP -	0.12
755	Ricci, S. de; Lievre, E.	Exposition d'objets d'art du moyen age et renaissance, Musée graphique pour l'étude de l'art dans toutes ses applications	Paris, Paris	1913, n. d.	GBP -	0.10
756	Turner, J. M. W.	Vignette Drawings, Studio. English Water Colours		1884-5, 1902	GBP -	0.05
757	Ricci, C.	Antonio Allegri da Corregio		1896	GBP -	0.10
758	Frohawk, F. W.	Natural History of British Butterflies		1914	GBP -	2.00
759	Westwood, J. O.	Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis	Oxford	1874	GBP -	0.10
760	Ireland, Samuel	Picturesque Views of the Inns of Court		1800	GBP -	0.10
761	Grindlay, Capt. R. M.	Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, chiefly on the Western Side of India		1830	GBP -	1.01
762	Watson, J. Forbes; Balfour, Surgeon Gen. E.	The Textile Manufactures and the Cos-tumes of the People of India; The Cyclopaedia of India		1866, 1885	GBP -	1.02
763	Chaucer, G.	Workes		1602	GBP -	2.00
764	Gerarde, J.	Herball, or Generali Historie of Plantes		1636	GBP -	3.10
765	Matthiolus, P. A.	Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dio-scoridis Anazarbei de medica materia	Venetiis	1565	GBP -	4.15
766		Miscellaneous Books			GBP -	1.00
767		Plutarch. Vitae Romanorum & Graecorum quadraginta nouem. (Graece)	Florentiae	1517	GBP -	1.02
768	Georgius, F.	De harmonia mundi totius cantica tria	Venetiis	1525	GBP -	1.01
769	Niger, S.	Dialogus, quo quicquid in greçarum literarum pene-tralibus reconditü, etc.		1517	GBP -	0.14
770	Cyntholtz, J.	Arbores Consanguinitatis, Affinitatis, Cogna-tiöis spiritualis atqz legalis	Strasburg	1516	GBP -	1.05
771	Pantheus, J. A.	Annotationes ex trium dierum confabu-lationibus (et aha opuscula)		circa 1500	GBP -	1.18
772		Eleven leaves from a choirbook	Italian	15th Century	GBP -	7.00
773	Camden, William	Britain		1637, 1603	GBP -	5.00
774	Mercator, G. and G. Hondius	Atlas or a geographicke des-cription of the regions of the world	Amsterdam	1636	GBP -	3.05
775		The Leeds tragedy : or, the bloody brother; The Spanish Lady's Love to an English sailor; Roman Charity; The Berkshire tragedy or, the Wittam miller		1631-1642	GBP -	10.10
776	De Bry, T.	Americae pars quarta; America pars quinta		1594, 1595	GBP -	1.00
777		British Sports and Sportsmen		n. d.	GBP -	1.02
778	Bowyer, R.	An illustrated record of important events; The Campaign of Waterloo		1812-1815, 1815, 1816	GBP -	3.05
779	Jenkins, J.	The Naval Achievements of Great Britain		n. d.	GBP -	10.10
780	Edwards, John	Select collection of one hundred plates; consisting of the most beautiful exotic and British flowers		1775	GBP -	20.00
781	Beauclerk, Topham	Sale Catalogue of the Library of Topham Beauclerk		1781	GBP -	0.10
782	Bernard, Charles	Sale Catalogue of the Library of the late Charles Bernard, Esqr., Bibliotheca Marckiana		1710-11, 1712	GBP -	2.00
783		A Catalogue of the Library of an eminent Collector, removed from the North of England		1818	GBP -	0.14
784	Steele, Robert	The Earliest English Music Printing		1903	GBP -	0.10
785	Bosanquet, Eustace F.	English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications		1917	GBP -	1.00
786	Johnson, A. F.	A Catalogue of Engraved and Etched English Title-Pages		1934	GBP -	1.00
787	Greg, W. W.; Palmer, H. C.; Esdaile, A.	English Plays, Masques, Pageants, etc.; English Editions and Translations of the Classics; English Tales and Romances		1900-1902, 1911, 1912	GBP -	2.00
788	Duff, E. G.; Murphy, G.; Harrison, F. M.	Hand-Lists of Books printed by London Printers; Bibliography of English Character-Books; Bibliography of Bunyan		1501-56, 1913, 1925, 1932	GBP -	2.02
789	Bindley, James	Sale Catalogue of the library of James Bindley		1818-20	GBP -	1.00
790	Bohatta, Hanns; Gardner, F. Leigh	Bibliographie des Livres d'Heures; Catalogue Raisonné of Works on the Occult Sciences		1909, 1911-23	GBP -	1.06
791	Brand, John	Sale Catalogue of the Library of the Rev. John Brand		1807-1808	GBP -	0.10
792	De Ricci	Britwell Court Library		1916-27	GBP -	1.18
793	Davies, H. W.	Devices of the Early Printers		1457-1560, 1935	GBP -	1.01
794	Farmer, Richard	Sale Catalogue of the Library of the Rev. Richard Farmer		1798	GBP -	1.06
795	Gaignat, Louis Jean	Catalogue des Livres du Cabinet de feu M. Louis Jean Gaignat	Paris	1769	GBP -	0.08
796	Garrick, David	Sale Catalogue of the Library of David Garrick, Esqr.		1823	GBP -	3.05
797	Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O.; Dore, J. R.	Dictionary of Old English Plays; Old Bibles; South Kensington Museum		1860, 1888, 1875	GBP -	1.02
798	Hazlitt, W. C.	Bibliographical Collections and Notes		1867-1903	GBP -	6.10
799	Heber, Richard	Sale Catalogue of the Library of Richard Heber		1834-36	GBP -	2.00

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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.