Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern - online 11/28, L24401, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024

Page Size: 94 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Humphry Repton	Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening.	London	1794	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
27	Humphry Repton	Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening.	London	1803	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
28	Georg Joachim Rheticus	Opus palatinum de triangulis... L. Valentinus Otho principis palatini Friderici IV electoris mathematicus consummavit.	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	1596	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
29	James Stuart and Nicholas Revett	The Antiquities of Athens. Measured and Delineated.	London	1762--1816	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 8,400.00
30	Henry Timberlake	The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake (who accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the year 1762).	London	1765	GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 10,800.00
31	Christoph Jacob Trew	Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortis curiosorum nutrita manu artificiosa doctaque pinxit Georgius Dionysius Ehret.	Nuremberg	1750-1773	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
32	Dierick Vijt	A portolan chart of western Europe.	Probably Amsterdam,	c.1575--1580	GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	Not Sold
33	Martin Waldseemuller	Tabula terre nove.	Strassburg	1513	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 20,400.00
34	Henry Callander	Australia--- Map of the Town of Sydney 1849.		1849	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,600.00
35	Frederick Marshman Bailey	His collection of offprints and pamphlets, with related correspondence, comprising: i) c.60 offprints of articles, most in original printed wrappers, including numerous presentation copies,		1881-1953	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
36		Bussy family Correspondence. Correspondence of the Strachey family, Bloomsbury Group, and other writers and artists.			GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 5,400.00
37	Sir Charles Wyville Thomson and Sir John Murray	Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, under the command of Captain George S. Nares and Captain Frank Tourle Thomson.	London, Edinburgh, etc.	1880-95	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
38	George Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925)	c.70 autograph letters signed ("C", "George", etc.), to Lady Edward Cecil, later Lady Milner, on public and personal affairs		1902-22	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 3,600.00
39	Charles Dickens	A Christmas Carol.	London	1843	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 16,800.00
40	Charles Dickens	A Tale of Two Cities.	London	1859	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
41	Eric Gill	Engravings by Eric Gill: A Selection.	Bristol	1929	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,560.00
42	Eric Gill (illustrator)	The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ [...] with decorations by Eric Gill.	Waltham Saint Lawrence	1931	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 5,400.00
43	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. Erster [...Zweyter] Theil.	Leipzig	1774	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,400.00
44	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Autograph poem, 'Liegt dir Gestern klar und offen', signed ("JWvGoethe")	Weimar	1831	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 14,400.00
45	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Autograph letter signed ("Goethe"), to Christian Gottlob von Voigt	Weimar,	1813	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,800.00
46		Autograph album of Anita Daniel with entries by c.100 artists, writers and musicians, including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Maria Izquieredo, Jose Clemente Orozco, Oskar Kokoschka ... and many others		1934-1957	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,640.00
47	Martin Luther King, Jr.	Why We Can't Wait.	New York	1964	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 4,800.00
48	Karl Kraus (Austrian satirist and poet, 1874-1936)	Collection of three autograph manuscripts and four autograph letters i) Autograph draft manuscript of the eulogy Am Sarg Alexander Girardis,...	Vienna	1918	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 5,040.00
49	Karl Kraus (Austrian satirist and poet, 1874-1936)	Collection of three autograph poems, one corrected proof and one autograph letter i) Autograph manuscript of the poem Nachts [Vor dem Schlaf]...	St. Moritz	1917	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 3,600.00
50	Sir Harry Luke	Archive of correspondence and papers as a senior British colonial official, including as High Commissioner of Palestine (1928-29), Lieutenant-Governor of Malta (1930-38), Governor of Fiji (1938-42)...		1900s-1940s	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 4,800.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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