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
800 Sale Catalogue

1911-22

 GBP - 1.18
801 Hutton, John Sale Catalogue of the English Library of John Hutton

1764

 GBP - 0.10
802 Johnson, S. M. Maittaire and W. Oldys Catalogus Biblio-thecæ Harleianæ

1743-44

 GBP - 0.10
803 Kirgate, Thomas Sale Catalogue of the Books

1810

 GBP - 0.10
804 Monro, John Sale Catalogue of the Library of John Monro

1792

 GBP - 1.05
805 Ratcliffe, John Sale Catalogue of the Library of John Rat-cliffe, Esqr.

1776

 GBP - 1.00
806 Reed, Isaac Sale Catalogue of the Library of Isaac Reed

1807

 GBP - 0.10
807 Roxburghe, John Ker, third Duke of Sale Catalogue of the Library of the late Duke of Roxburghe

1812

 GBP - 1.00
808 Roxburghe, John Ker, third Duke of Sale Catalogue of the Library of the late Duke of Roxburghe

1813

 GBP - 2.15
809 John Hunter Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of Stanesby Alchorne; Colonel Stanley; John Home Tooke, and A Select, Elegant and Rare Library of Books

1813, 1813, 1813, 1813, 1813

 GBP - 1.12
810 Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of Ralph Willett

1813, 1815, 1815, 1816

 GBP - 1.00
811 Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of [the fifth Duke of Marl-borough]

1819, 1810, 1815

 GBP - 1.05
812 Joseph Haslewood; E. V. Utterson; David Laing; Lieut-Col. F. Grant; J. P. Collier; John Wilks; H. F. Lyte; George Offor; Thomas Bell; Henry Stevens, of Vermont; David Laing Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of Thomas Lloyd; Sunderland Newcastle

1819, 1863, 1852, 1879, 1881, 1884, 1847, 1849, 1865, 1860, 1861, 1879-81, 1881-83

 GBP - 3.00
813 Sir Mark Masterman Sykes; George Nassau; William Barnes Rhodes; John Bellingham Inglis; Rev. Henry Drury, M.A.; John Dent; and George Hibbert Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of James Perry

1822, 1824, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1827, 1829

 GBP - 1.08
814 P. A. Hanrott; Dr. Kloss; Sir Francis Freeling; George Chalmers; Edward Skegg; Benjamin Heywood Bright Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of a Collector

1832, 1833-34, 1835, 1836, 1841-42, 1842, 1845, 1849, 1849

 GBP - 2.05
815 Sotheby's Book-Sale Catalogues

GBP - 2.15
816 Steevens, George Sale Catalogue of the Library of George Steevens

1800

 GBP - 0.10
817 Towneley, John Sale Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings

1816

 GBP - 0.05
818 Williams, S. H.; Hoppé, A. J.; Keynes, G. Bibliography of Lewis Carroll; Bibliography of Samuel Butler; Bibliography of Donne Cambridge

1924, 1925, 1914

 GBP - 1.14
819 Williams, I. A.; Cox, E. H. M.; Prinz, J.; Bloom, J. H. Seven 18th Century Bibliographies; The Library of Edmund Gosse; John Wilntot, Earl of Rochester; English Tracts : a Bibliography Leipzig

1924, 1924, 1927, 1922-23

 GBP - 2.12
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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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