Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS. COMPRISING, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, including Byron, Poems on his domestic circumstances, 1816; T. E. Lawrence, Eight letters [to Harley Granville-Barker], 1939, 1972(SHR5),

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 14, 1972 - December 14, 1972

Page Size: 524 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
198	Herbert (George)	The Temple		1927	GBP -	8.00
199	HERODOTUS	The History		1935	GBP -	60.00
200	HERODOTUS	The History		1935	GBP -	55.00
201	HOMER	The Iliad		1931	GBP -	38.00
202	Hotson (Leslie)	Shakespeare versus Shallow		1925	GBP -	10.00
203	Keynes (Sir Geoffrey)	Jane Austen, a bibliography		1929	GBP -	22.00
204	Keynes (Sir Geoffrey)	Bibliography of William Hazlitt		1931	GBP -	28.00
205	KING (Bishop Henry)	Poems		1925	GBP -	6.00
206	Lawrence (D. H.)	Love among the Haystacks & other Pieces		1930	GBP -	15.00
207	Lowinsky (Ruth)	Lovely Food		1931-35	GBP -	16.00
208		Marvel (Andrew) Miscellaneous Poems...			GBP -	13.00
209	Melville (Herman)	Benito Cereno		1926	GBP -	4.00
210		Meredith (George) Letters to Alice Meynell 1896-1907...			GBP -	8.00
211	MILTON (JOHN)	Poems in English		1926	GBP -	70.00
212	Montaigne (Michel de)	Essays		1931	GBP -	11.00
213	Moore (George)	Pure Poetry...			GBP -	13.00
214	A. J. A. Symons, Desmond Flower and Francis Meynell, editors	NONESUCH CENTURY (THE) ... a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press		1936	GBP -	65.00
215		Nonesuch Compendious Volumes		1927-1934	GBP -	18.00
216	OTWAY (THOMAS)	The Complete Works		1926	GBP -	50.00
217	PLUTARCH	The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes		1929-1930	GBP -	26.00
218		Raper (Elizabeth) The Receipt Book...			GBP -	6.00
219	Oscar Wilde	Ricketts (Charles) . Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts		1932	GBP -	18.00
220	ROCHESTER (JOHN WILMOT, Earl of)	Collected Works		1936	GBP -	52.00
221	Rousseau (Jean-Jaques)	The Confessions . . . edited by A. S. B. Glover		1938	GBP -	22.00
222	SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM)	THE WORKS		1929-1933	GBP -	170.00
223	SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM)	THE WORKS		1929-33	GBP -	55.00
224	Sidney (Sir Philip)	Astrophel and Stella		1931	GBP -	8.00
226		Songs of the Gardens edited by Peter Warlock...			GBP -	13.00
227		Stone (Irving) Lust for Living...			GBP -	11.00
228	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	In Memoriam		1933	GBP -	32.00
229	VANBRUGH (Sir JOHN)	The Complete Works		1927-28	GBP -	68.00
230		Vaughan (Henry) Poems...			GBP -	11.00
231	Walton (Izaak)	The Compleat Angler. The Lives of Donne, Wotton. Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson [etc.]		1929	GBP -	11.00
232		Weekend Book (The)...			GBP -	3.00
233		Wells (H. G.) The Time Machine...			GBP -	22.00
234	WHITE (GILBERT, of Selborne)	Writings . . . edited by H. J. Massingham		1938	GBP -	68.00
235	Wilson (Mona)	The Life of William Blake		1927	GBP -	16.00
236	WYCHERLEY (William)	The Complete Works		1924	GBP -	42.00
237	Balydon (Oliver)	The Paper Makers Craft [With a forward by John Mason]		1965	GBP -	24.00
238		Bodoni Press. Pastonchi: a specimen of a new letter for use on the "Monotype"		1928	GBP -	10.00
239		Carter (Harry) Wolvercote Mill...			GBP -	7.00
240		Mason (John) J. H. Mason...			GBP -	16.00
241	Mason (John)	Paper making as an artistic craft	Leicester	1963	GBP -	5.00
242	[Mason (John)]	[Twelve by Eight Papers] More Papers hand-made by John Mason	Leicester	1967	GBP -	44.00
243	Oliver Simon, editor	Signature: A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts		1949-54	GBP -	34.00
244		Stanbrook Abbey Press (The) Ninety-Two years of its History	Worcester	1970	GBP -	14.00
245		Steer (Vincent) Printing Design and Layout . . . Foreword by Beatrice L. Warde...			GBP -	17.00
246	Warde (Frederick)	Printers Ornaments		1928	GBP -	20.00
247	Chapuis (Alfred) and Eugene Jaquet	The History of the Selfwinding Watch	Neuchatel	1956	GBP -	13.00
248		Curtis (John) Farm Insects...			GBP -	22.00
249	CURTIS (WILLIAM)	The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower Garden Displayed		1787'-97	GBP -	260.00
250	Darwin (Charles)	Animals and Plants under Domestication		1868	GBP -	42.00
251	DARWIN (CHARLES)	The Descent of Man		1871	GBP -	75.00
252	Darwin (Charles)	Expression of the Emotions		1872	GBP -	26.00
253	EUCLID	The First Six Books of the Elements in which coloured...		1847	GBP -	65.00
254		Flora and Sylva...			GBP -	18.00
255	FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)	Observations on the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys	Philadelphia Printed: London, Re-printed	1787	GBP -	56.00
256		[Hadley (George) Description of a New Instrument for taking the Latitude ... at Sea]...			GBP -	10.00
257		Highton (Edward) The Electric Telegraph: its History and Progress...			GBP -	26.00
258	Howard (H. Eliot)	The British Warblers		1907-14	GBP -	28.00
259	Jaquet (Eugene) and Alfred Chapuis	Technique and History of the Swiss Watch...	Boston, Mass.	1953	GBP -	21.00
260	LILFORD ([THOMAS LITTLETON], Lord)	COLOUURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES		1885-1897	GBP -	190.00
261	Raffald (Elizabeth)	The experienced English housekeeper		1789	GBP -	15.00
262	Soyer (Alexis)	The Pantropheon, or History of Food and its Preparation from the Earliest Ages of the World		1853	GBP -	30.00
263		Strutt (Jacob George) Sylva Britannica; or portraits of forest trees [Sylva Scotica]...			GBP -	75.00
264	Richards (Walter)	Her Majesty's Army...			GBP -	58.00
265		Simkin (R.) Life in the Army; Lloyd (W. W.) On Active Service...			GBP -	24.00
266		Steward (W. Augustus) War Medals and their History...			GBP -	22.00
267	Abbey (Major J. R.)	Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books . . . from the Celebrated Collection		1965-67	GBP -	21.00
268		Abbey (J. R.) Catalogue of the Celebrated Library...			GBP -	3.00
268A	ABBEY (J. R.)	SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY		1952	GBP -	80.00
269		Art Ancien. Early Books on Medicine, Natural Sciences and Alchemy	Lugano	[c. 1930]	GBP -	13.00
270		Avery (Laurence G.) A Catalogue of the Maxwell Anderson Collection at the University of Texas...			GBP -	1.00
271	Berkovits (Ilona)	Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Matthias Corvinus...			GBP -	8.00
272	Beveridge (Erskine)	A Bibliography of Dunfermline and the West of Fife	Dunfermline	1901	GBP -	7.00
273		Bible. New Testament. Latin. Das Evangelistar aus St. Peter: Eine Spatromansiche Bilderhandschrift der Badischen Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe. Vollfaksimile-ausgabe	Basle	1961	GBP -	5.00
274		Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia: Studies in Bibliography...			GBP -	12.00
275		Bibliotheque Nationale: Exposition de la Societe de la reliure originate...			GBP -	12.00
276		Biography, History, and Travel...		[c. 1820-1968]	GBP -	32.00
277		British Museum. Shakespeare: An Excerpt from the General Catalogue of Printed Books...			GBP -	5.00
278	Brun (Robert)	Le Livre Illustre en France au XVIe siecle	Paris	1930	GBP -	16.00
279		Brunschwig (Silvain S.) Bibliotheque: . . . incunables et seizieme siecle...			GBP -	1.00
280		Burgmair (Hans) The Triumphs of the Emperor Maximilian I...			GBP -	24.00
281		Burke (John) and [Sir] John Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England...			GBP -	21.00
282		Catalogo Alfabetico dei Libri d'Arte e d'Antichita posseduti da uno Studioso Amatore della Belle Arti...			GBP -	13.00
283		Catalogues. A Collection of approximately 800 American, Continental, and English Auctioneers' and Booksellers' Catalogues		[c. 1900]-72	GBP -	26.00
284		Charles VI (King of France) Les Demandes faites par le roi Charles VI...			GBP -	6.00
285		Clarke (Mrs. [Charles] Cowden-) The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare...			GBP -	1.00
286	Cubbon (William)	A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man		1933-39	GBP -	16.00
287	De Ricci (Seymour)	A Catalogue of Early English Books in the Library of John L. Clawson, Buffalo	Philadelphia & New York	1924	GBP -	21.00
288	De Ricci (Seymour) and W. J. Wilson	Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada	New York	1961-40-62	GBP -	38.00
289		Donawertische, Relation das ist: Grundtlicher wahrer Bericht . . . alles dess jenigen...			GBP -	28.00
290		[Dopagne (Jacques)] Saint Maur...			GBP -	19.00
291		Duff (E. Gordon) Early Printed Books...			GBP -	14.00
292		Eneyclopediana, on dictionnaire encyclepedique des ana	Paris	1791	GBP -	4.00
293		English Literature and Literary Biography and History...		[c. 1830-1930]	GBP -	38.00
294		Engravings. A Collection of 26 Sale Catalogues...			GBP -	3.00
295	Farnum (Alexander)	Catalogue of the Library of the late Alexander Farnum	New York	1884	GBP -	8.00
296	Ferguson (John)	Bibliotheca Chemica		1954	GBP -	10.00
297	Fordham (Sir Herbert George)	Studies in Carlo-Bibliography	Oxford	1914	GBP -	13.00

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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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.
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.