Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. INCLUDING, BOOKS ON NATURAL HISTORY INCLUDING BONAPARTE'S Iconographie despigeons, 1857; JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE'S Plantes de la France, 1808-09; LEVAILLANT'S Oiseaux d'Afiique, , 1972(Eden),

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 23, 1972 - October 23, 1972
Page Size: 544 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 RUSKIN (JOHN) A.L.S., 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, Blairy Athol, "list August", to J. A. Walls

GBP - 15.00
502 ARNOLD (MATTHEW) A.L.S., 1 page 8vo, Athenaeum Club, "Feb. 26th", to his friend [the dramatist Herman Charles] Merivale Athenaeum Club

"Feb. 26th"

GBP - 10.00
503 TROLLOPE (ANTHONY, novelist) A.L.s., 2 1/4 pages, 8vo, 39 Montagu Square, 12 February 1880, to his friend Meurah 39 Montagu Square

12 February 1880

GBP - 30.00
504 GILBERT (Sir W. S., dramatist) A.L.s., 2 pages, 8vo, 24 The Boltons, 5 March 1883, to his friend [the dramatist Herman Charles] Merivale 24 The Boltons

5 March 1883

GBP - 42.00
505 JAMES (HENRY) A.L.S., 2 pages, 8vo, 34 De Vere Gardens, 4 May 1892, to E. Herbert Thring 34 De Vere Gardens

4 May 1892

GBP - 30.00
506 LITERARY. Album, containing autograph postcards s. by Thomas Hardy...

GBP - 40.00
507 MEREDITH (GEORGE) A.L.s., 1 page, 8vo, Box Hill, 21 March 1893, to E. H. Thring Box Hill

21 March 1893

GBP - 10.00
508 WILDE (OSCAR) A.L. (third person), 2 pages, 8vo, 16 Tite Street, to the Committee of the Society of Authors

GBP - 55.00
509 KIPLING (RUDYARD) A.L.S. and typed L.s., 2 1/2 pages, folio and 8vo, Batemans Burwash, Sussex, 6 and 31 October, 1916, to Mr. Wynne Batemans Burwash, Sussex

6 and 31 October, 1916

GBP - 20.00
510 KIPLING (RUDYARD) Typed L.s., 1 page, 4to, Bateman's Burwash, Sussex, 5 October 1926, to Mrs. L. S. Moberly Bateman's Burwash, Sussex

5 October 1926

GBP - 12.00
511 LAWRENCE (T. E.) Autograph explanation in pencil (signed with the initials "E.L.") of the signature of Emir Feisal

GBP - 40.00
512 MISCELLANEOUS. Collection of original letters etc....

GBP - 55.00
513 RUSSELL (GEORGE WILLIAM, "AE", Irish poet) Autograph fair copy of his poem "Reconciliation"

GBP - 10.00
514 WILDE (OSCAR) A.L.S., 1 page, 8vo, 1, Merrion Square, "Monday", n.d., to Mrs. Browning 1, Merrion Square, "Monday"

n.d.

GBP - 55.00
515 POTTER (THOMAS BAYLEY, 1817-1898, politician) [ARNOLD (DR. THOMAS, headmaster of Rugby] A.L.s. written when a pupil at Rugby, 3 1/2 pages, 4to, Rugby, 23 June 1833, to his uncle Richard Potter M.P. ("Radical Dick") Rugby

23 June 1833

GBP - 32.00
516 BENTHAM (JEREMY) Autograph draft of a letter signed, 1 page, 4to,. Queen's Square Place, Westminster, 16 April 1793, to Evan Nepean (later Governor of Bombay) Queen's Square Place, Westminster

16 April 1793

GBP - 60.00
517 BENTHAM (JEREMY) Autograph draft of a letter written in the third person, 1 page, oblong 8vo, Queen's Square Place Westminster, 16 January 1800, to Lord Belgrave Queen's Square Place Westminster

16 January 1800

GBP - 25.00
518 BENTHAM (JEREMY) Autograph draft of a letter, signed, 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, Queen's Square Place Westminster, 18 December 1802, to Alderman Sir John W. Anderson Queen's Square Place Westminster

18 December 1802

GBP - 80.00
519 BENTHAM (JEREMY) Autograph draft of a letter, signed, 2 pages, 8vo, no address, 27 February 1789, TO WILLIAM WILBERFORCE no address

27 February 1789

GBP - 140.00
520 WILBERFORCE (WILLIAM) Series of 3 A.Ls.s. (one signed with initials, another written in pencil), 7 pages, 8vo, 2 March 1789, 7 December 1801 and 3 March 1811, TO JEREMY BENTHAM

2 March 1789, 7 December 1801 and 3 March 1811

GBP - 130.00
521 CAMPBELL (THOMAS) Collection six autograph fair copies from his poems including lines from "Ye Mariners of England" London

(10 and 11 July 1841)

GBP - 28.00
522 CHINESE CHOP. Customs clearance document in Chinese for an English ship entering the port of Canton with a cargo of munitions (110 pieces of ordnance

1815

GBP - 8.00
523 COBBETT (WILLIAM) A.L.S., 1 page, 4to, Bolt-Court, 23 October 1833, to John Halliwell of Oldham Bolt-Court

23 October 1833

GBP - 18.00
524 COBBETT (WILLIAM) A.L.S., 1 page, 4to, London, 16 December 1829, to John Foster of Leeds London

16 December 1829

GBP - 28.00
525 DICKENS (CHARLES) Early A.L.s., 1 page, 4to, 48, Doughty Street, 4 October 1839, to Edward Worthington 48, Doughty Street

4 October 1839

GBP - 60.00
526 FARADAY (MICHAEL) A.L.S., 2 pages, 8vo, Royal Institution, 1 November 1830, to Dr. Elliotson Royal Institution

1 November 1830

GBP - 35.00
527 GRIMALDI (JOSEPH, 1779-1837, clown) A.L.s., pages, 4to, Prospect Cottage, Spa Fields, 8 May 1817, to Mr. Elliston, the actor Prospect Cottage, Spa Fields

8 May 1817

GBP - 35.00
528 LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. Collection, mostly of A.Ls.s., by T. B. Macaulay, Caroline Norton, the Duke of Wellington...

GBP - 22.00
529 MISCELLANEOUS. Collection of letters by lords, bishops, politicians etc.

GBP - 18.00
530 SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON, Antarctic explorer) Typed L.s., I page, 4to, British Antarctic Expedition 1910 headed notepaper, 12 November 1909, to R. E. Potter Esq.

12 November 1909

GBP - 14.00
531 WARREN (SAMUEL) Autograph draft of the opening of the preface to his Passages from the Diary of a late Physician with extensive revisions...

GBP - 22.00
532 ALBUM, containing A.Ls.s., by JOHN BRIGHT (1880, to C. E. Mathews, paying tribute to Joseph Chamberlain and his work for "your great town" and regretting that he cannot attend the banquet for him)...

GBP - 45.00
533 ARNOLD (MATTHEW) A.L.S., 1 page, 8vo, The Athenaeum, "Decber 2nd" [1880], to C. E. Mathews The Athenaeum

"Decber 2nd" [1880]

GBP - 15.00
534 BROWN (FORD MADOX, painter) Three A.Ls.s., 7 pages, 8vo, 37 Fitzroy Square, 13 February 1878-10 March 1880, to C. E. Mathews of Birmingham 37 Fitzroy Square

13 February 1878-10 March 1880

GBP - 30.00
535 BROWNING (ROBERT) A.L.s., 1 page,8vo, 19 Warwick Crescent, 7 December 1880, [to C. E. Mathews] 19 Warwick Crescent

7 December 1880

GBP - 35.00
536 DICKENS (CHARLES) Early A.L.s., 2/3 page, 8vo, Doughty Street, "Monday Morning", to the Reverend William Harness Doughty Street

"Monday Morning"

GBP - 50.00
537 HARTE (FRANCIS BRETT, American author) Two A.Ls.s., 5 1/2 pages, 8vo, 74 and 109 Lancaster Gate, 13 December 1895-1 May 1896, to the author and alpinist C. E. Mathews... 74 and 109 Lancaster Gate

13 December 1895-1 May 1896

GBP - 32.00
538 MACDONALD (GEORGE, poet and novelist) Two A.Ls.s., 6 pages, 8vo, 12 Earles Terrace and 25 Penywearn Road, 11 November 1864-22 May 1880, to his friend C. E. Mathews, proposing (1864) to lecture on Hamlet and Macbeth 12 Earles Terrace and 25 Penywearn Road

11 November 1864-22 May 1880

GBP - 22.00
539 MORRIS (WILLIAM) A.L.S., 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, 26 Queen Square, 6 December 1880, to C. E. Mathews 26 Queen Square

6 December 1880

GBP - 14.00
540 NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY, cardinal) A.L.s., 1 1/4pages, 8vo, "Easter Day", to C. E. Mathews of Birmingham

GBP - 20.00
541 NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY, cardinal) A.L.s., 2 pages, 8vo, 6 July 1882, to Dr. T. P. Heslop

6 July 1882

GBP - 28.00
542 NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Characteristic A.L.s., 2 1/2 pages, 4to, London, 7 November 1868, "Private", to Mrs. Mathews... London

7 November 1868

GBP - 80.00
543 [TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord)] ROGERS (SAMUEL), poet A.L.s., 2 pages, 8vo, 20 October 1845, to Mr. Mackay...

GBP - 20.00
544 TERRY (ELLEN, actress) EARLY A.L.S. ("Nellie Terry"), 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, in a juvenile hand, [4 or 5 March 1863], to A. Adams Rielly [sic]...

[4 or 5 March 1863]

GBP - 55.00
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