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English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations

Sotheby's, London

Date of the auction: 17.12.2008

50 80
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50 80
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Lot number 1
CH. WREN ALS TO FERMOR

Wren, Christopher. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CHR WREN"), TO SIR WILLIAM FERMOR providing detailed...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,409 - US$14,871
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 2
MORTON, CHARLES. MANUSCRIPT COPY OF HIS 'COMPENDIUM PHYSICAE, 1709'

Morton, Charles]. MANUSCRIPT COPY OF MORTON'S 'COMPENDIUM PHYSICAE' comprising a title-page and 240...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,487 - US$2,230
Price realised:
£1,625
ca. US$2,416
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Lot number 3
PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING AND BIBLIOPHILY (A COLLECTION OF LETTERS), 1771-1827

Publishing, bookselling and bibliophily-- A COLLECTION OF LETTERS TO CADELL & DAVIES AND OTHER...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
Price realised:
£4,000
ca. US$5,948
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Lot number 4
PORTRAIT OF DISRAELI BY C. PELLEGRINI

Disraeli, Benjamin--Pellegrini, Carlo. PREPARATORY SKETCHES FOR CARLO PELLEGRINI'S CARICATURE OF...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,717 - US$5,204
Price realised:
£3,125
ca. US$4,647
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Lot number 5
ARTHUR GORDON AND LADY GORDON DIARIES

Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton, Lord Stanmore. FOUR VOLUMES OF DIARIES AND LETTERS, COMPRISING: i...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£1,625
ca. US$2,416
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Lot number 6
QUEEN ALEXANDRA

Alexandra, Queen. SERIES OF 16 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("ALEXANDRA", "A") AS PRINCESS OF WALES, TO...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$2,230
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Lot number 7
ROGER CASEMENT COLLECTION

Casement, Roger. A COLLECTION RELATING TO HIS DIPLOMATIC CAREER AND POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£7,000 - £9,000
ca. US$10,409 - US$13,384
Price realised:
£17,500
ca. US$26,024
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Lot number 8
GREATOREX ALBUM WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

Naval Manuscript. ALBUM AND GUESTBOOK COMPILED BY ADMIRAL CLEMENT GREATOREX, COMPRISING SIGNATURES...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$7,435 - US$10,409
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 9
TITANIC AND BRITANNIC. TWO LETTERS BY ARTHUR JEWELL DESCRIBING THE SINKINGS

R.M.S. Titanic and H.M.H.S. Britannic--Arthur Jewell. TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY THE SAILOR ARCHIE...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$22,307 - US$29,742
Price realised:
£17,500
ca. US$26,024
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Lot number 10
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF CHURCHILL

Autograph album CONTAINING A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF A YOUNG WINSTON CHURCHILL together with signatures...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$2,974 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$3,717
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Lot number 11
WINSTON CHURCHILL. MARLBOROUGH. NEW EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY

Churchill, Sir Winston. MARLBOROUGH. HIS LIFE AND TIMES., GEORGE G. HARRAP AND CO., 1934-38 8vo...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 12
PANKHURST, S. SERIES OF LETTERS

Pankhurst, Sylvia. SERIES OF 24 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED BY SYLVIA PANKHURST, TO MR DERVISH DUMA, A...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 13
NEHRU LETTERS, COLLECTION OF 23

Nehru, Jawaharlal. SERIES OF 22 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED AND ONE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JAWAHARLAL...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,500 - £4,500
ca. US$5,204 - US$6,692
Price realised:
£4,375
ca. US$6,506
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Lot number 14
ADAM SMITH. WEALTH OF NATIONS, 1ST ED

Smith, Adam. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. FOR W. STRAHAN; AND T...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$59,485 - US$89,227
Price realised:
£63,650
ca. US$94,656
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Lot number 15
MAO TSE-TUNG. [QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO] (2 COPIES)

Mao Tse-Tung. FIRST EDITION, VARIANT BINDINGS, OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN COMMUNIST CHINA...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,948 - US$8,922
Price realised:
£4,375
ca. US$6,506
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Lot number 16
BIBLE, ENGLISH, CAMBRIDGE, 1591

Bible, English. [THE BIBLE: THAT IS, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES CONTEINED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,435 - US$11,897
Price realised:
£5,250
ca. US$7,807
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Lot number 17
HOLINSHED, R. 3 VOLUMES IN 2

Holinshed, Raphael. THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES OF CHRONICLES (THE THIRD VOLUME...), COMPRISING 1...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£4,000
ca. US$5,948
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Lot number 18
MANDERSTON, TRIPARTUM EPITHOMA DOCTRINALE 1534

Manderston, William. DIALECTICA GUILLELMI MANDERSON. TRIPARTITUM EPITHOMA DOCTRINALE ET COMPENDIOSUM...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$2,974 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$4,461
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Lot number 19
PERKINS, ARMILLA AUREA, 1592

Perkins, William. ARMILLA AUREA ID EST, THEOLOGIAE DESCRIPTIO MIRANDAM SERIEM CAUSARUM ET SALUTIS ET...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
ca. US$2,230 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$1,858
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Lot number 20
TYNDALL, WORKES, 1573

Tyndall, William THE WHOLE WORKES OF W. TYNDALL, JOHN FIRTH, AND DOCT. BARNES, THREE WORTHY...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$7,435
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Lot number 21
ROBERT BARON. POCULA CASTALIA. 1650

Baron , Robert.] POCULA CASTALIA. THE AUTHORS MOTTO. FORTUNES TENNIS-BALL. ELIZA. POEMS. EPIGRAMS...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
Price realised:
£2,125
ca. US$3,160
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Lot number 22
MONTAIGNE, ESSAYS, 1632 AND BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, 1638

Burton, Robert and Michel de Montaigne. TWO VOLUMES: [Burton, Robert.] The Anatomy of Melancholy...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£1,625
ca. US$2,416
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Lot number 23
MICHAEL DRAYTON. POLYOLBION, 1622

Drayton, Michael. [POLY-OLBION]. A CHOROGRAPHICALL DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE TRACTS, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
£6,875
ca. US$10,224
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Lot number 24
HOBBES, LEVIATHAN, 1651

Hobbes, Thomas. LEVIATHAN, OR THE MATTER, FORME AND POWER OF A COMMONWEALTH ECCLESIASTICALL AND...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,948 - US$8,922
Price realised:
£4,375
ca. US$6,506
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Lot number 25
COLLECTION OF 14 VOLUMES

English literature. A COLLECTION OF 14 VOLUMES. Bacon, Sir Francis. The two books... of the...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$2,974 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£2,750
ca. US$4,089
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Lot number 26
MILTON. PARADISE LOST, 1669

Milton, John. PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TEN BOOKS. S. SIMMONS, 1669 small 4to (176 x 130mm), first...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$11,897 - US$17,845
Price realised:
£16,250
ca. US$24,165
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Lot number 27
MILTON PARADISE LOST 1669

Milton, John. PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TEN BOOKS. S. SIMMONS, 1669 small 4to (173 x 128mm), first...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
ca. US$2,230 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£4,750
ca. US$7,063
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Lot number 28
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. COLLECTION OF 1ST AND 2ND FOLIO LEAVES, AND 3 LOOSE LEAVES

Shakespeare, William. A COLLECTION OF LEAVES FROM THE FIRST FOLIO EDITION (1623) AND THE SECOND...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$22,307 - US$29,742
Price realised:
£33,650
ca. US$50,042
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Lot number 29
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. SECOND FOLIO, 1632

Shakespeare, William COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINALL...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£12,000 - £16,000
ca. US$17,845 - US$23,794
Price realised:
£27,500
ca. US$40,896
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Lot number 31
POPE'S ILIAD, 1715-20

Pope, Alexander, translator.] THE ILIAD OF HOMER. W[ILLIAM] BOWYER, FOR BERNARD LINTOTT, 1715-1720...

Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£1,625
ca. US$2,416
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