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
399	Orme (Robert)	Historical fragments of the Mogul Empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns in Indostan		1805	GBP -	30.00
400	[Orme (Robert)]	A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan		1763-78	GBP -	18.00
401	Prinsep (James)	Essays on Indian antiquities . . . Edited ... by Edward Thomas		1858	GBP -	38.00
402	Raynal (W. T.)	A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated from the French ... by J. Justamond		1776	GBP -	38.00
403	Rees (L. E. Ruutz)	A personal narrative of the Siege of Lucknow		1858	GBP -	10.00
404	Robertson (William)	An historical disquisition concerning . . . India; and the progress of trade with that country	Dublin	1791	GBP -	3.00
405		Ronaldshay (L. J. L. Dundas, Earl of) The life of Lord Curzon...			GBP -	16.00
406	Russell (W. H.)	My diary in India		1860	GBP -	12.00
407	Sale (Florentia, Lady)	A journal of the disasters in Affghanistan		1843	GBP -	15.00
408		Sherman (William T.) Memoirs...			GBP -	16.00
409	Sleeman (Sir W. H.)	A journey through the Kingdom of Oude		1858	GBP -	26.00
410	Sleeman (Sir W. H.)	Rambles and recollections of an Indian official		1844	GBP -	32.00
411	Smith (Thomas)	Narrative of a five years' residence at Nepaul		1852	GBP -	46.00
412	Tod (James)	Annals and antiquities of Rajast'han, or the central and western Rajpoot states of India		1829-32	GBP -	60.00
413	Vigne (G. T.)	A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan		1843	GBP -	22.00
414	White (George Francis)	Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains...		1838	GBP -	16.00
415		Wilson (Sir Charles William, editor) Pictoresque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt...			GBP -	20.00
416	Wilson (Sir John)	The Royal Philatelic Collection		1952	GBP -	28.00
417		Wolff (Joseph) Narrative of a mission to Bokhara...			GBP -	32.00
418	Baldwin (William Charles)	African hunting from Natal to the Zambesi		1863	GBP -	22.00
419		Dugmore (A. Radclyffe) Camera adventures in the African wilds...			GBP -	40.00
420		Forsyth (J.) The highlands of central India...			GBP -	36.00
421	Hicks (F. C.)	Forty years among the wild animals of India	Madras	1911	GBP -	12.00
422		Selous (F. C.) Travel and adventure in South-East Africa...			GBP -	46.00
423	Simson (Frank B.)	Letters on sport in Eastern Bengal		1886	GBP -	3.00
424	Ackermann (Rudolf)	The History of the Charter-House		1816	GBP -	38.00
425	[Ackermann (Rudolf)]	[The History of St. Paul's School]	[R. Ackermann]	[1816]	GBP -	28.00
426	ALKEN (HENRY)	Illustrations for Landscape Scenery		1821	GBP -	90.00
427	Gilpin (William)	Observations on . . . Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex		1809	GBP -	28.00
428	Gilpin (William)	Observations on the western parts of England...			GBP -	21.00
429	Gilpin (William)	Observations relative chiefly to picturesque beauty . . . particularly the high-lands of Scotland...			GBP -	24.00
430	Gilpin (William)	Remarks upon Forest Scenery, and other woodland views...		1791	GBP -	22.00
431	Gilpin (William)	Three esays on picturesque beauty; on picturesque travel; and on sketching landscape		1794	GBP -	9.00
432		American Geographical Society. Special Publications...			GBP -	11.00
433	Badeslade (Thomas) and W. H. Toms	Chorographia Britanniae		1742	GBP -	105.00
434	Baker (Sir Samuel White)	The Albert Nyanza		1866	GBP -	36.00
435	Baker (Sir Samuel White)	The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs		1867	GBP -	22.00
436		Bannerman (D. A.) The Canary Islands ... an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago...			GBP -	18.00
437	Barratt (Thomas J.)	The annals of Hampstead		1912	GBP -	72.00
438	Barth (Henry)	Travels and discoveries in north and central Africa . . . in the years 1849-55		1857	GBP -	80.00
439	Bartlett (John Russell)	Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua	New York	1854	GBP -	68.00
440	Beattie (William)	Switzerland		1836	GBP -	60.00
441	[Bell (James)	A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales]		[1836]	GBP -	58.00
442	Broadband (Sir Joseph G.)	History of the Port of London		1921	GBP -	14.00
443	BUTLER (Captain H[ENRY])	South African Sketches: illustrative of the wild life of a hunter		1841	GBP -	110.00
444	Campbell (John)	Travels in South Africa		1822	GBP -	32.00
445	Cary (John and G.)	Cary's new and improved atlas of England and Wales		1832	GBP -	45.00
446		Chamberlain (Henry) A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster...			GBP -	48.00
447	Columbus (Christopher)	The voyages		1930	GBP -	9.00
448	Dasent (Arthur Irwin)	A History of Grosvenor Square...			GBP -	22.00
449	Delisle (Guillaume) and Philippe Buache	Carte de France	Paris	1830	GBP -	9.00
450	Edwards (Bryan)	The History civil and commercial of the British colonies and the West Indes	Dublin	1793	GBP -	36.00
451	ELLIS (JOSEPH)	ELLIS'S ENGLISH ATLAS; being accurate maps of all the counties in England and Wales		n.d.	GBP -	170.00
452	Faulkner (Thomas)	An historical and topographical description of Chelsea, and its environs	Chelsea	1829	GBP -	22.00
453		FitzGerald (E. A.) Climbs in the New Zealand Alps...			GBP -	12.00
454		Gaspey (William) Tallis's Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition ... 1851...			GBP -	30.00
455	[Kitchin (Thomas) and Thomas Jefferys	[The small English atlas]			GBP -	125.00
456	Krapf (Dr. J. Lewis)	Travels, Researches and Missionary Labours During Eighteen Years Residence in Eastern Africa		1860	GBP -	50.00
456A	Leighton (George C.)	Grand Architectural Panorama of London: Regent Street to Westminster Abbey		1849	GBP -	16.00
457		Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researchs in South Africa...			GBP -	26.00
458		London Scenes, or a Visit to Uncle William in Town...			GBP -	21.00
459		[Morolin (P. G.)] Venezia ovvero quadro storico...			GBP -	11.00
460		Murray (Hugh) Discovery and adventure in Africa...			GBP -	30.00
461		Neill (Patrick) A tour through some of the islands of Orkney and Shetland...			GBP -	48.00
462	Osborn (Sherard, editor)	The discovery of the north-west passage by H.M.S. "Investigator"		1857	GBP -	6.00
463	Petherick ([J.], and [Kate H.])	Travels in central Africa		1869	GBP -	56.00
464	Pinkerton (John)	A Modern Atlas		1815	GBP -	130.00
465	[Poppel (J.) and others]	Erinnerung an Munchen	[Munich]	[c. 1800]	GBP -	100.00
466	Scott (Sir Walter)	The border antiquities of England and Scotland		1814	GBP -	3.00
467		SHEPHERD (THOMAS H.) AND JAMES ELMES. Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century...			GBP -	135.00
468	[Siborne (William)	History of the War in France and Belgium		[1844]	GBP -	14.00
469	Smith (C.)	Smith's general atlas		1818	GBP -	40.00
470	Speke (John)	Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile		1863	GBP -	28.00
471		Sussex Archaeological Society. Sussex Archaeological Collections		1848-57	GBP -	12.00
472		Thomson (J.) The Seasons...			GBP -	26.00
473	Trollope (Anthony)	South Africa		1878	GBP -	16.00
474	Volney (C. F. de, Count)	Travels through Syria and Egypt . . . Translated from the French		1788-87	GBP -	16.00
475		[Wallace (James)] A general and descriptive history of . . . Liverpool...			GBP -	24.00
476	Weiland (C. F.)	Africa	Weimar	1829	GBP -	11.00
477	White (Gilbert)	The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne		1833	GBP -	15.00
478	Williamson (James Alexander)	The Voyage of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America		1929	GBP -	11.00
479	WILLIAMSON (THOMAS)	Oriental Field Sports		1808	GBP -	38.00
480		Wilson-Carmichael (Amy) Lotus buds...			GBP -	19.00
480A	Rimbault (Edward F.)	The Pianoforte . . . clavichord, the virginal, the spinet, the harpsichord, etc.		1860	GBP -	19.00
481	Baker (E. C. Stuart)	The Indian Ducks and their Allies	Bombay	1908	GBP -	20.00
482	BENSON (A. C), SIR LAWRENCE WEAVER, AND E. V. LUCAS, editors	The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House		1924	GBP -	48.00
483	AEsop	Bewick (Thomas)--. The Fables	Newcastle	1818	GBP -	25.00
484	BEWICK (THOMAS)	Bewickiana: or, Bewick and his Pupils; being a Numerous Collection of Wood Engravings, &c.	Newcastle	1861	GBP -	155.00
485	Bewick (T[homas])	A General History of Quadrupeds	Newcastle	1791	GBP -	14.00
486		Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds...			GBP -	26.00
487	Bewick (Thomas)	Works	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1885-87	GBP -	34.00
488	Bewick (Thomas and John)	Select Fables . . . with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick	Newcastle	1820	GBP -	16.00
489	Blake (William)	The Illustrations ... for Thornton's Virgil, with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips		1937	GBP -	20.00
490	Boehn (Max von)	Modes and Manners		1932-35	GBP -	19.00
491		Bourasse (J.-J.) La Touraine: Histoire et monuments...			GBP -	23.00
492		Chemical Society (The): Journal...			GBP -	20.00
493		Cook (T. A.) The Water-colour Drawings of J. M. W. Turner...			GBP -	12.00
494	[DICKSON (R. W.)]	A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening...		1807	GBP -	210.00
495	Edwards (Edward)	A Practical Treatise of Perspective		1805	GBP -	22.00
496	Gray (T[homas])	Designs by Mr. R. Bentley		1766	GBP -	21.00

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.