Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY. FORMED BY THE LATE H. B. WHEATLEY, ESQ. F.S.A., Author of "Pepysiana," and Editor of "Pepys' Diary." FIRST AND SECOND DAYS' SALE. PART I. AN INTERESTING AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS, ENG, Apr081918,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 08, 1918 - April 08, 1918

Page Size: 1534 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1002		Westminster. The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster		1812	GBP -	Unknown
1003	Moss (W. G.)	The History and Antiquities of the Parochial Church of St. Saviour		1818	GBP -	Unknown
1004		White's. The History of White's		1892	GBP -	Unknown
1005	Price (F. G. H.)	The Marygold by Temple Bar		1902	GBP -	Unknown
1006		London. A Chronicle of London from 1089-1483...			GBP -	Unknown
1007		London, The History of the "Westminster Election...			GBP -	Unknown
1008	Smith (C. R.)	Illustrations of Roman London		1859; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1009		St. Katharine's Hospital. Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica...			GBP -	Unknown
1010		London. The Forfeitures of London's Charter		1682	GBP -	Unknown
1011	Wheatley (H. B.)	Reliques of Old London...			GBP -	Unknown
1012	Moule (T.)	Antiquities in Westminster Abbey		1825	GBP -	Unknown
1013		London Topographical Society. Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge...			GBP -	Unknown
1014		Londina Illustrata and Theatrum Illustrata...		1819-25	GBP -	Unknown
1015	Price (J. E.)	A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London		1886	GBP -	Unknown
1016	Archer (J. W.)	Vestiges of Old London		1851	GBP -	Unknown
1017	Feasey (H. J.)	Westminster Abbey		1899	GBP -	Unknown
1018		London. The New		1784; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1019		London. A Survey of London		1746	GBP -	Unknown
1020		London. English Architecture, or the Publick Buildings of London and Westminster...			GBP -	Unknown
1021	Dugdale (W.)	The History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London		1716	GBP -	Unknown
1022	Smith (J. T.)	Antiquities of London and its Environs		1791-3	GBP -	Unknown
1023	Dart (J.)	Westmonasterium		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
1024	Howel (J.)	Londinopolis, an Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London		1657	GBP -	Unknown
1025		Westminster Abbey and Parish Churches		n. d.; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1026	Way (T. R.) and Holloway (C. E.)	Ten Autographs of the Lower Thames		1895	GBP -	Unknown
1027	Stow (J.)	A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark		1754-5	GBP -	Unknown
1028		London. Maps, Plans, Engravings, Illustrations, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
1029		London. A Collection of Documents relating to London History and Topography...			GBP -	Unknown
1030		Beloe (W.) Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books...			GBP -	Unknown
1031		Catalogue of the Library of P. A. Hanrott		1833-4	GBP -	Unknown
1032	Phillips (E.)	Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum	Geneva	1824	GBP -	Unknown
1033		Hawkins (R. C.) Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in Europe before the end of the fifteenth century...			GBP -	Unknown
1034		Catalogue. An Essay towards a Collection of Books relating to Proverbs...			GBP -	Unknown
1035		Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. Catalogue of the Library...			GBP -	Unknown
1036		Dryden (J.) Catalogue of an Exhibition of First and other Editions of the Works of John Dryden...			GBP -	Unknown
1037		Johnson (CP.) The Early Writings of W. M. Thackeray...			GBP -	Unknown
1038	Hazlitt (W. C.)	Collections and Notes		1876-1887	GBP -	Unknown
1039	Home (T. H.)	An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography		1814; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1040		Catalogue. Bibliotheca Heberiana		1834-6	GBP -	Unknown
1041		Catalogues. Incunabula Xylographica et Typographica...			GBP -	Unknown
1042	Bauchart (E. Q.)	Les Femmes Bibliophiles de France (XVI-XVIII Siecles)	Paris	1886	GBP -	Unknown
1043	Uzanhe (O.)	La Reliurei Moderne		1887	GBP -	Unknown
1044		Booksellers' Catalogues...			GBP -	Unknown
1045		Peignot (G.) Dictionnaire raisonne de Bibliologie...			GBP -	Unknown
1046	Brydges (Sir E.) and Haslewood (J.)	The British Bibliographer		1810-14	GBP -	Unknown
1047		Bouchot (H.) The Book: Its Printers...			GBP -	Unknown
1048		Bibliographica		1895-7	GBP -	Unknown
1049		Catalogue of Sales held during the years 1836-1846...			GBP -	Unknown
1050		Catalogue of the Library of the late Sir Masterman Sykes. prices and buyers' names added in 318. 1824...			GBP -	Unknown
1051		Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Kloss...			GBP -	Unknown
1052		Catalogue of the Library of John Duke of Roxburghe...			GBP -	Unknown
1053	Dibdin (T. F.)	A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany		1829; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1054		Catalogues. A Bibliographical Catalogue of Macmillan & Co.'s Publications...			GBP -	Unknown
1055		Catalogues. The Prince Library: Catalogue of the Books and MSS. of the Rev. T. Prince...			GBP -	Unknown
1056		Catalogues. A Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton...			GBP -	Unknown
1057		Catalogues. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art on loan at the South Kensington Museum...			GBP -	Unknown
1058	Brydges (Sir E.)	Restitution; or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature revived		1814	GBP -	Unknown
1059	Baker (D. E.), etc.	Biographia Dramatica		1812	GBP -	Unknown
1060		Petzholdt (J.) Bibliotheca Bibliographica...			GBP -	Unknown
1061		Strawberry Hill: Merritt (P.) Account of Descriptive Catalogues of Strawberry Hill and of Strawberry Hill Sale Catalogues...			GBP -	Unknown
1062		Westwood (T.) and T. Satehell: Bibliotheca Piscatorial a Catalogue of Books on Angling, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
1063		Prideaux (S. T.) Modern Book-bindings...			GBP -	Unknown
1064		Peignot (G.) Repertoire bibliographique universelle...			GBP -	Unknown
1065	Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)	Bibliography of the Writings of (by T. J. Wise)		1908	GBP -	Unknown
1066		Hazlitt (W. C.) Handbook to the Literature of Great Britain...			GBP -	Unknown
1067	Allibone (S. A.)	Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors (with Supplement by J. F. Kirk)	Philadelphia	1877-92	GBP -	Unknown
1068		Anderson (J. P.) The Book of British Topography...			GBP -	Unknown
1069	Cole (J.)	Bibliographical Tour from Scarborough to the Library of a Philobiblist	Scarborough	1824	GBP -	Unknown
1070	Davenport (Cyril)	English Heraldic Book-Stamps		1909	GBP -	Unknown
1071		[Clarke (Wm.)] Repertorium Bibliographicum, or some Account of British Libraries...			GBP -	Unknown
1072		Pollard (A. W.) Early Illustrated Books...			GBP -	Unknown
1073		Edmond (J. P.) The Aberdeen Printers...			GBP -	Unknown
1074		Proctor (Robert) Bibliographical Essays...			GBP -	Unknown
1075	Davenport (C.)	Thomas Berthelet...			GBP -	Unknown
1076	Halkett (S.) and Lang (J.)	A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain		1882-8	GBP -	Unknown
1077	Arbor (E.)	The Term Catalogues			GBP -	Unknown
1078		Bartlett (H. C.) and Pollard (A. W.) A Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto...			GBP -	Unknown
1079		Huth (F. H.) Works on Horses and Equitation: a Bibliographical Record of Hippology...			GBP -	Unknown
1080	Jennings (O.)	Early Woodcut Initials		1908	GBP -	Unknown
1081	Gibson (S.)	Some Notable Bodleian Bindings...			GBP -	Unknown
1082	Dickson (R.) and Edmond (J. P.)	Annals of Scottish Printing	Cambridge	1870	GBP -	Unknown
1083		Fiucham (H. W.) Artists and Engravers of British and American Book-Plates...			GBP -	Unknown
1084	Hilton (J.)	Chronograms, Chronograms continued and concluded...			GBP -	Unknown
1085		Cundall (J.) On Book-bindings, ancient and modernisates...			GBP -	Unknown
1086	Hodgkin (J. E.)	Catalogue of the J. E. Hodgkin Collections		1914	GBP -	Unknown
1087		Bibliographer (The)		1881-4	GBP -	Unknown
1088		Bibliographer (The)		1881-4	GBP -	Unknown
1089		Bibliographer (The)		1881-4	GBP -	Unknown
1090		Antiquary (The), vol. V-XX...		1882-93	GBP -	Unknown
1091	Hamilton (W.)	Dated Book-Plates...			GBP -	Unknown
1092		Ex-Libris Society. Journal, vol. I-XVIII		1891-1908; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1093		BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS. Transactions, vol. I-XIII, with Index of vol. I-X in 19		1893-1916	GBP -	Unknown
1094		Catalogues. Illustrated Catalogues of Old and Rare Books...			GBP -	Unknown
1095		Pliilobiblion (The), a Monthly Bibliographical Journal, vol. I, half morocco, New York...			GBP -	Unknown
1096		Catalogue of the Collection of Books in Valuable Bindings		1904	GBP -	Unknown
1097	Byron (J.)	A Catalogue of the Library of the late John Byron...			GBP -	Unknown
1098		Catalogue of the Library of J. T. Gibson Craig		1887-8	GBP -	Unknown
1099	Hodgkin (J. E.)	Rariora		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
1100	Palmer (S.)	The General History of Printing		1732	GBP -	Unknown
1101	Straus (R.) and Dent (R. K.)	John Baskerville	Cambridge	1907	GBP -	Unknown

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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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.