Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS AND A FEW MANUSCRIPTS., 09Mar1936,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 09, 1936 - March 09, 1936
Page Size: 621 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
300 Lodge, Edmund Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain.

1835

GBP - 0.15
301 Maund, B.; Morris Rev. F. O. The Botanic Garden; History of British Butterflies.

n. d., 1876

GBP - 1.12
302 Morris, Rev. F. O. History of British Birds.

1895-97

GBP - 1.12
303 P. H. Ditchfield and Wm. Victoria County History of Berkshire.

1906-27

GBP - 5.15
304 Atkyns, Sir Robert The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire.

1768

GBP - 3.00
305 Caricatures.

1784-1829

GBP - 8.05
306 Chaucer, Geoffrey Works, Facsimile Reproduction of the 1532 edition.

n. d.

GBP - 2.05
307 Doyle, John A Collection of Political Caricatures.

GBP - 2.15
308 Topham, John Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester.; Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster.

1809

GBP - 0.10
309 Antiquaries Journal.

1926-35

GBP - 1.10
310 Arber, E. An English Garner.

1896-7

GBP - 1.01
311 Diez, F. Breviarium Romano-Carmelitanum.; Grammaire des Langues Romanes. Paris

1876, 1877

GBP - 1.15
312 British Museum Catalogues.

1931-2

GBP - 2.05
313 Jones, H. S. The Sculptures of the Museo Capitolino.

1912

GBP - 1.08
314 Journal of Roman Studies.

1911-35

GBP - 8.10
315 Journal of Hellenic Studies.

1892-1935

GBP - 2.15
316 Ricketts C.; Wroth W. Unrecorded Histories.; London Pleasure Garden.

1933, 1896

GBP - 2.15
317 Symonds, J. A. In the Key of Blue.

1893

GBP - 1.02
318 Waley, A.; Diwani Zu 'L-Fakar Catalogue of Paintings recovered from Tun-Huang by Sir Aurel Stein.

1931, 1934

GBP - 2.05
319 Walters H. B. History of Ancient Pottery.; The Cambridge Ancient History.

1905, 1930

GBP - 3.00
320 McKerrow, R. B. and F. S. Ferguson; Isaac F.; Johnson, A. F.; Hodnet, E. Title-page Borders.; English and Scottish Printing Types.; Engraved and Etched English Title-pages.; English Woodcuts.

1932, 1932, 1934, 1935

GBP - 3.05
321 Bibliographical, Society; Willoughby E. E.; Haselden, R. B. Transactions.; The Printing of the First Folio Shakespeare.; Scientific Aids for the Study of MSS.

1931-5, 1932, 1935

GBP - 1.05
322 British, Museum Supplementary Catalogue of the Tamil Books.

1931

GBP - 3.15
323 British, School at Rome Papers.

1902-35

GBP - 5.10
324 Burlington Fine Arts Club.

1927

GBP - 2.15
325 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Proceedings. Edinb.

1923-34

GBP - 0.10
326 Assises et Usages de Jerusalem. Paris

1690

GBP - 0.05
327 Sardis: Publications.

1916

GBP - 0.15
328 Supino, I. B. Le Sculture delle Porte di S. Petronio in Bologna. Firenze

1914

GBP - 1.04
329 Thompson, R. C. The Prisms of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal.

1931

GBP - 0.15
330 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1907

GBP - 1.15
331 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1900

GBP - 2.00
332 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1907

GBP - 1.18
333 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1899

GBP - 2.10
334 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1907

GBP - 3.05
335 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1899

GBP - 2.15
336 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1898

GBP - 1.15
337 Phillimore, W. P. W. Parish Registers.

1910

GBP - 2.00
338 Peacock, E. Army Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers.; The Roll of Battle Abbey.

1874, n. d., 1848

GBP - 2.00
339 Nichols, J. G. The Topographer and Genealogist.; Guide to the Records Deposited in the Public Record Office of Ireland.

1846, 1919

GBP - 0.18
340 Fry E. A.; Vicars Sir A. Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Consistory Court of Worcester, 1451-1652.; Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810. Dublin

1904-10, 1897

GBP - 1.15
341 Franklin, C. A. H.; Boutell, C.; Cripps W. J. Bearing of Coat-Armour by Ladies.; English Heraldry.; Old English Plate.

1923, 1914, 1881

GBP - 0.10
342 KIPLING, RUDYARD WORKS.

1913-27

GBP - 29.00
343 Doyle, A. Conan Novels.

1903

GBP - 3.00
344 Greene, W. T. Parrots in captivity.

1884-7

GBP - 1.18
345 Hissey, J. J.; Bewick T. A Tour in a Phaeton through the Eastern Counties.; History of British Birds. Newcastle

1885-94, 1805

GBP - 1.08
346 Scott, Sir Walter Waverley Novels with Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang.

1892-94

GBP - 6.05
347 Ackermann, R. Repository of Arts.

1809-12 and 1823

GBP - 11.10
348 Belle La. Assemblee, or Bells Court and Fashionable Magazine.

1807-09, 1811, 1815 and 1816

GBP - 4.05
349 Defoe, Daniel The Storm: or a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties.

1704

GBP - 2.00
350 World of Fashion and Continental Feuilleton.

1829

GBP - 0.10
351 Dickens, C.; Ainsworth, W. H. Martin Chuzzlewit; The Tower of London.

1844, 1840

GBP - 1.00
352 Landor, W. S. Count Julian.

1812

GBP - 3.00
353 Peacock, T. L. The Genius of the Thames, a lyrical poem.

1810

GBP - 3.10
354 Egan, P. Boxiana.

1830-29

GBP - 7.05
355 DICKENS, C. BLEAK HOUSE.

1853

GBP - 5.15
356 Maxwell, W. H. History of the Irish Rebellion.

1845

GBP - 1.10
357 Pelham, C. Chronicles of Crime.

1841

GBP - 3.03
358 Radcliffe, F. P. D.; Horlock, K. W.; Shirley, E. P. The Noble Science.; Management of Hounds.; English Deer Parks.

1839, 1852, 1867

GBP - 0.18
359 Conrad, J.; Kipling, R. Some Reminiscences.; Traffics and Discoveries.

1912, 1919, 1904, 1910

GBP - 0.18
360 THACKERAY, W. M. THE NEWCOMES.

1854-5

GBP - 6.10
361 Defoe, D. Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

1831

GBP - 1.18
362 Mills, John The Stage Coach.

1843

GBP - 1.10
363 Miles, H. D. Pugilistica.

1906

GBP - 1.15
364 DICKENS, C. LITTLE DORRIT.

1857

GBP - 6.10
365 Walton, and Cotton Complete Angler.

1823-5

GBP - 4.10
366 Whitehead, C.; Montifaud, Marc de Richard Savage; Les Joyeuses Nouvelles.

1844, 1881

GBP - 0.15
367 Dickens, C. Oliver Twist.

1838

GBP - 3.10
368 Dickens, C. A Tale of Two Cities.

1859

GBP - 7.05
369 Dickens, C. Pickwick Papers.

1837

GBP - 0.05
370 Hunt, Leigh; Brooke, Henry Stories from the Italian Poets.; Brookiana.

1846, 1804

GBP - Not Sold
371 Surtees, R. S.; Bewick, T. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; British Birds.

1853, 1797-1804

GBP - 1.15
372 Seymour, R.; Kipling, R. Humorous Sketches; Kim.

1846, 1901

GBP - 0.15
373 GOSSE, P. H. Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica.

1849

GBP - 3.05
374 Chaucer, G. The Canterbury Tales.; The Flower-Piece.; Ancient Scottish Poems from the MS. of G. Bannatyne. Edinburgh

1847, 1731, 1770

GBP - 1.10
375 Gibbon, Edward Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

1906-02

GBP - 1.12
376 Nelson, Wm. Complete Confectioner.; The Laws of England Concerning the Game.

1789, 1736

GBP - 2.00
377 Voltaire; Muller H. La Henriade.; Himmlischer Liebes Kuss. Leipzig

n. d. and 1770, 1695

GBP - 0.10
378 Oliver, Oldschool Portfolio (The). Philadelphia

1809-11 and 1816-18

GBP - 0.08
379 Dodgson, C.; Ritson, J.; Dickens, C. Phantasmagoria.; Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry.; The Cricket on the Hearth.

1869, 1791, 1846

GBP - 0.18
380 Somerville, E. CE and Martin, Ross Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.

1899

GBP - 2.02
381 Disraeli, B. Contarini Fleming.

1832

GBP - 3.00
382 Byron, Lord Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

1812-16

GBP - Not Sold
383 Burney, F. Cecilia.

1782

GBP - 4.10
384 Pechey, J.; Culpeper, N.; Colbatch, J.; Falconer, W.; Arbuthnot, J. The London Dispensatory.; Pharmacopoeia Londinensis.; Collection of Tracts.; Essay on the Bath Waters.; Practical Rules of Diet.

1694, 1683, 1704, 1770, 1732

GBP - 5.10
385 Sanders, W. The Great and New Art of weighing Vanity ... Glasgow

1672

GBP - Not Sold
386 Zapata, G. B.; Charriere, J. de la; Piens, F. Li Maravigliosi Secreti di Medecina e Chirurgia.; Traite des Operations de la Chirurgie.; Tractatus de Febribus. Venice, Paris

1618, 1693-1706, 1669-65

GBP - 0.12
387 Lemery, N.; Musschenbroek, P. van; Rohault, J. A Course of Chymistry.; Elementa Physicae.; Physica. Paris, Leyden

1677-80, 1696 1741, 1718

GBP - 1.14
388 Vilvain, Robert Enchiridium Epigrammatum.

1654

GBP - 3.10
389 Burke, Edmund Reflections on the Revolution in France.

1790

GBP - 0.18
390 Locke, John Some Thoughts concerning Education.

1693

GBP - 2.00
391 Whitcombe, R. Janua Divorum; or, the Lives and Histories of the Heathen Gods, Goddesses and Demi-Gods.

1678

GBP - 3.15
392 Osborne, F. Advice to a Son, 1658.

1658

GBP - 0.15
393 Baretti, G. M. A. The Sentimental Mother.

1789

GBP - 2.00
394 M'Leod, John; Hassell, J. Voyage of H.M.S. Alceste along the Coast of Corea.; Tour of the Isle of Wight.

1818, 1790

GBP - 0.10
395 Haywood, Mrs. Eliza A Spy on the Conjurer: or a Collection of Surprising and Diverting Stories.; Cornu-copiae. Pasquil's Night Cap: or Antidot for the Headache.

1724, 1612

GBP - 1.12
396 Pratt, Anne The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain.

n. d.

GBP - 1.08
397 La Fontaine, J. de Contes et Nouvelles en Vers. Amsterdam

1762

GBP - 0.05
398 Levayer, de Boutigny Tarsis et Zelie.

1774

GBP - 0.05
399 Racine, Jean; Moliere Oeuvres.; Oeuvres.

1796, 1804

GBP - 0.15
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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