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
1502	Morris (William)	Kelmscott Press. Poems by the Way		1891	GBP -	Unknown
1503	D'Urfey (Thomas)	A Fond Husband, or the Plotting Sisters, a Comedy...			GBP -	Unknown
1504	Gruel (Leon)	Manuel historique et bibliographique del'Amateur de Reliures	Paris	1887	GBP -	Unknown
1505		Airy (Osmund) Charles II...			GBP -	Unknown
1506	Lacy (John)	The Dumb Lady, or the Farriar made Physician...		1672-1708	GBP -	Unknown
1507		Shadwell (Thomas) Epsom-Wells...			GBP -	Unknown
1508		Villon Society: Boccaccio (G.) The Decameron...			GBP -	Unknown
1509		Archaica, containing a Reprint of scarce Old English Prose Tracts...		1815	GBP -	Unknown
1510	Neale (J. P.)	Graphical Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey...			GBP -	Unknown
1511	Wild (C.)	An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Worcester		1823	GBP -	Unknown
1512	Cruikshank (G.)	Scraps and Sketches		1834-6	GBP -	Unknown
1513		Wharncliffe (Lord) Sketches in Egypt and in the Holy Land...			GBP -	Unknown
1514	Griggs (W.)	Relies of the Honourable East India Company		1909	GBP -	Unknown
1515	Hogarth (W.)	Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth		1794-9	GBP -	Unknown
1516	Charles II	A List of one unanimous Club of Voters in his Majesties Long Parliament...			GBP -	Unknown
1517		Edinburgh in the Olden Time	Edinburgh	1880	GBP -	Unknown
1518		London Argus (The)...			GBP -	Unknown
1519	Ogilby (J.)	Britannia, or the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales actually survey'd		1698	GBP -	Unknown
1520	Charles I	The Workes of King Charles the Martyr, with a collection of declarations		1662	GBP -	Unknown
1521	C. Holmes, editor	English Water-Colour		1902	GBP -	Unknown
1522	Browne (A.)	Ars Pictoria		1675	GBP -	Unknown
1523		Burlington Fine Arts Club: Exhibition illustrative of Early English Portraiture		1909	GBP -	Unknown
1524		Percy Folio (The)		1905-10	GBP -	Unknown
1525		Armorial China: Illustrations of Armorial China		1887	GBP -	Unknown
1526	Gretser (J.)	Controversiarum Roberti Bellarmini S. R. E. Cardinalis amplissimi defensio	Ingolstadii	1607	GBP -	Unknown
1527		Surgeon-General's Office: Index Catalogue of the Library	Washington	1886; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1528	Dobson (A.)	William Hogarth...		1902	GBP -	Unknown
1529		Musical Antiquarian Society: A Collection of Anthems by the Composers of the Madrigalian Era		n. d.; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1530	Charles II	Amnestia Eegalis pro Johanne vice Comite Mordant Rogero Comite Orerry		XVII CENT.	GBP -	Unknown
1531	Charles II	Collection of Declarations, etc....		v.y.	GBP -	Unknown
1532	Hooker (R.)	Works		1676	GBP -	Unknown
1533	Brown (Sir Thomas)	Works		1686	GBP -	Unknown
1534	King (Edward)	Munimenta Antiqua, or Observations on Antient Castles		1799-1805	GBP -	Unknown
1535		HOLY BIBLE	Cambridge	1660	GBP -	Unknown

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.
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