Sale held on
Wednesday 6th May 1998
Auction Results
(Hammer prices are shown exclusive of buyer's premium, VAT or other applicable charges)
| 1. | [Arbuthnot (John)] John Bull in his Senses
| (£200 – £300) |
£160 |
| 2. | Asgill, John The Assertion is, that the Title
| (£100 – £150) |
£260 |
| 3. | Beckford, William Recollections of an
| (£100 – £150) |
£240 |
| 4. | Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Lord) Letters
| (£80 – £120) |
£85 |
| 5. | Boyer, A. The History of Queen Anne, 2
| (£100 – £150) |
£85 |
| 6. | Compleat Collection (A) of State-Tryals..., 4
| (£200 – £300) |
£300 |
| 7. | [Defoe (Daniel)] A True Collection of the
| (£100 – £150) |
£120 |
| 8. | [Defoe (Daniel)] Reasons against the
| (£60 – £80) |
£75 |
| 9. | Defoe, Daniel The History of the Union
| (£100 – £150) |
£65 |
| 10. | Dumont (Jean, Baron de Carlscroon) & Jean
| (£1000 – £1500) |
£3800 |
| 11. | [Black (William)] Wednesday 18th of
| (£150 – £200) |
£190 |
| 12. | [Defoe (Daniel)] The Complete English
| (£150 – £200) |
£400 |
| 13. | Petty (Sir William) Political Survey of
| (£200 – £300) |
£320 |
| 14. | [Wood (William)] A Survey of Trade, first
| (£150 – £200) |
£460 |
| 15. | [Broughton (J.)] The Vindication and
| (£600 – £800) |
£900 |
| 16. | Kinsey, William Morgan Portugal
| (£150 – £200) |
£280 |
| 17. | Lingard (Rev. John) A History of England
| (£150 – £200) |
£200 |
| 18. | Macaulay (Thomas Babington, Lord) The History
| (£150 – £200) |
£220 |
| 19. | [Dennis (John)] An Essay on the Navy, first
| (£200 – £300) |
unsold |
| 20. | Lediard, Thomas The Naval History of England
| (£100 – £150) |
£220 |
| 21. | Review (A) of the Late Engagement at
| (£100 – £150) |
£90 |
| 22. | Shovel (Sir Cloudsley) Secret Memoirs of
| (£100 – £150) |
£220 |
| 23. | Psalmanazar, George Memoirs of ****...a
| (£150 – £200) |
£340 |
| 24. | Sacheverell, Henry An Impartial Account
| (£100 – £150) |
£85 |
| 25. | Somers (John, Lord) A Collection of Scarce
| (£400 – £500) |
£1300 |
| 26. | Swift, Jonathan Miscellanies in Prose and
| (£100 – £150) |
£180 |
| 27. | Swift, Jonathan The History of the Four
| (£75 – £100) |
£130 |
| 28. | [Townshend (Lord) The Barrier-Treaty
| (£75 – £100) |
£50 |
| 29. | Tull, Jethro The Horse-Hoing Husbandry, 2
| (£400 – £600) |
unsold |
| 30. | Glanvill, Joseph Saducismus Triumphatus
| (£200 – £300) |
£400 |
| 31. | Hutchinson, Francis An Historical Essay
| (£200 – £300) |
£150 |
| 32. | [Wright (William)] The Comical History of the
| (£100 – £150) |
£140 |
| 33. | Ainsworth, William Harrison [The Works], 16
| (£200 – £300) |
£550 |
| 34. | Arabian Nights (The).- The Book of the
| (£150 – £200) |
£420 |
| 35. | Austen, Jane The Novels..., 12 vol
| (£700 – £900) |
£1300 |
| 36. | Balzac (Honoré de) Oeuvres
| (£200 – £300) |
£340 |
| 37. | Combe, William The Tour of Doctor Syntax In
| (£150 – £250) |
£320 |
| 38. | Fielding, Henry The Works, 12 vol
| (£400 – £500) |
£520 |
| 39. | Green, John Richard A Short History of the
| (£100 – £150) |
£140 |
| 40. | Thackeray, William Makepeace The Works, 24
| (£400 – £500) |
£440 |
| 41. | Plinius Secundus, Gaius Caecilius Historiae
| (£280 – £340) |
£200 |
| 42. | Porta, Giovanni Battista della Magiae
| (£100 – £150) |
£220 |
| 43. | Bible, Latin. Biblia Sacra Veteris et Novi
| (£600 – £900) |
unsold |
| 44. | Hunnaeus, Augustinus Dialectica, seu
| (£150 – £200) |
£100 |
| 45. | Bonfrerius, Jacobus Onomasticon urbium et
| (£250 – £350) |
£260 |
| 46. | Serre, Jean Adam Essais sur les Principes
| (£120 – £180) |
£130 |
| 47. | Norwood, Matthew System of Navigation, 11
| (£200 – £300) |
£420 |
| 48. | Gray, John A Treatise of Gunnery, first
| (£200 – £250) |
unsold |
| 49. | Falck, N.D. A Philosophical Dissertation on
| (£200 – £300) |
£280 |
| 50. | Chaucer, Geoffrey The Works,... The Story
| (£700 – £1000) |
£850 |
| 51. | Milton, John Paradise Lost. A Poem, fourth
| (£700 – £900) |
£800 |
| 52. | Echard, Laurence The Gazetteer's, or Newman's
| (£150 – £200) |
unsold |
| 53. | Clarke, John The Foundation of Morality
| (£100 – £150) |
unsold |
| 54. | [Paine (Thomas) Common Sense; with the
| (£150 – £200) |
£1200 |
| 55. | Alison, Sir Archibald Essays on the Nature
| (£250 – £300) |
£420 |
| 56. | Walpole, Horace Jeffery's Edition of the
| (£150 – £200) |
£360 |
| 57. | Staël-Holstein (Anne Louise Germaine de
| (£200 – £300) |
unsold |
| 58. | [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of an Extensive
| (£150 – £200) |
£160 |
| 59. | Borromeo (Count) [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue
| (£100 – £150) |
£75 |
| 60. | Sykes (Sir Mark Masterman) [Sale Catalogue
| (£200 – £250) |
£150 |
| 61. | Hayter (Rev. John) A Report upon the
| (£300 – £400) |
unsold |
| 62. | Shelley, Mary Frankenstein: or, The Modern
| (£750 – £1000) |
£1500 |
| 63. | Wilde, Oscar An Ideal Husband, first edition
| (£1000 – £1500) |
£2200 |
| 64. | Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
| (£600 – £800) |
£720 |
| 65. | Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) Pheneas Speaks
| (£300 – £500) |
£440 |
| 66. | Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) "Lewis Carroll
| (£300 – £400) |
£600 |
| 67. | Andersen, Hans Christian Fairy Tales
| (£600 – £800) |
£850 |
| 68. | Fothergill (John) and others. The
| (£150 – £200) |
unsold |
| 69. | Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
| (£1800 – £2200) |
£3200 |
| 70. | Greene, Graham Stamboul Train, first edition
| (£800 – £1200) |
£1300 |
| 71. | Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms, first
| (£150 – £200) |
£220 |
| 72. | Milne, A.A. The Hums of Pooh, number 73 of
| (£600 – £800) |
£440 |
| 73. | Ruskin, John The King of the Golden River
| (£200 – £300) |
£260 |
| 74. | Waugh, Evelyn Black Mischief, first
| (£400 – £600) |
£420 |
| 75. | Wells, H.G. Men Like Gods, first edition
| (£200 – £300) |
£190 |
| 76. | Woolf, Virginia Flush: A Biography, large
| (£100 – £150) |
£65 |
| 77. | Blake, William, economist Observations on the
| (£120 – £180) |
£220 |
| 78. | Bosanquet, Charles Practical Observations
| (£1500 – £2000) |
£2600 |
| 79. | Cobbett, William Paper Against Gold
| (£40 – £60) |
£20 |
| 80. | Grenville (William Wyndham, Lord) Essay on
| (£800 – £1200) |
£680 |
| 81. | Huskisson, W. The Question concerning the
| (£200 – £300) |
£650 |
| 82. | Huskisson, W. The Question concerning the
| (£200 – £300) |
£650 |
| 83. | Huskisson, W. The Question concerning the
| (£600 – £800) |
£550 |
| 84. | Letter (A) to the Duke of Wellington...on the
| (£200 – £300) |
£440 |
| 85. | Maitland (James, Earl of Lauderdale) The
| (£60 – £80) |
£200 |
| 86. | Malthus (Rev. Thomas Robert) Observations
| (£3000 – £4000) |
£4800 |
| 87. | Malthus (Rev. Thomas Robert) Principles of
| (£300 – £400) |
£600 |
| 88. | Mun , Thomas England's Treasure by
| (£600 – £800) |
£1300 |
| 89. | Mushet, Robert An Attempt to Explain from
| (£75 – £100) |
£110 |
| 90. | Norman, George Warde Remarks upon some
| (£200 – £300) |
£240 |
| 91. | Petty (Sir William) The Political Anatomy
| (£1000 – £1500) |
£1300 |
| 92. | [Pollexfen (John)] A Discourse of Trade
| (£750 – £1000) |
£1900 |
| 93. | Prinsep, Charles Robert An Essay on Money
| (£150 – £200) |
£440 |
| 94. | Report, together with Minutes of Evidence
| (£750 – £1000) |
£500 |
| 95. | Ricardo, David The High Price of Bullion
| (£800 – £1200) |
unsold |
| 96. | Ricardo, David The High Price of Bullion, A
| (£400 – £600) |
£300 |
| 97. | Ricardo, David Proposals for an Economical
| (£400 – £600) |
£300 |
| 98. | Thornton, Henry An Enquiry into the Nature
| (£750 – £1000) |
£500 |
| 99. | De Moivre, Abraham Annuities upon Lives, hole
| (£100 – £150) |
£120 |
| 100. | De Quincey, Thomas The Logic of Political
| (£300 – £400) |
£200 |
| 101. | Malthus (Rev. Thomas Robert) An Essay on
| (£250 – £300) |
£320 |
| 102. | Mill, James Elements of Political Economy
| (£400 – £600) |
£460 |
| 103. | Price, Richard Observations on the Nature
| (£400 – £600) |
£550 |
| 104. | Ricardo, David The High Price of Bullion, A
| (£350 – £500) |
£340 |
| 105. | Whewell, William Six Lectures on Political
| (£100 – £150) |
£140 |
| 106. | Bourne (John C.) and John Britton. Drawings
| (£2000 – £3000) |
£3600 |
| 107. | Schrenk von Nozing, Jacob Augustissimorum
| (£800 – £1200) |
£1700 |
| 108. | Hollar, Wenceslaus Ornatus Muliebris
| (£300 – £400) |
unsold |
| 109. | Semple (Miss) The Costume of the Netherlands
| (£250 – £350) |
£350 |
| 110. | Owen (John) and Emanuel Bowen. Britannia
| (£500 – £600) |
£400 |
| 111. | Palmer, Samuel An English Version of the
| (£300 – £400) |
£280 |
| 112. | Picart, Bernard The Temple of the Muses
| (£600 – £800) |
£750 |
| 113. | Vergilius Maro, Publius The Georgics of
| (£200 – £300) |
£200 |
| 114. | [Asbjornsen (Peter Christen) & Jorgen
| (£200 – £300) |
£420 |
| 115. | Collis, Maurice Quest for Sita, one of 500
| (£100 – £150) |
£65 |
| 116. | Timlin, William M. The Ship that Sailed to
| (£400 – £500) |
£750 |
| 117. | Woodcut (The): An Annual, edited by Herbert
| (£200 – £300) |
£320 |
| 118. | Keynes, Sir Geoffrey A Study of the
| (£120 – £180) |
unsold |
| 119. | Blake, William All Religions are One
| (£100 – £150) |
unsold |
| 120. | Blake, William Water-Colour Designs for the
| (£200 – £300) |
£220 |
| 121. | Blake, William There is No Natural
| (£80 – £120) |
£95 |
| 122. | Blake, William Jerusalem, number 17 of 558
| (£180 – £220) |
£200 |
| 123. | Blake, William The Book of Los, one of 26
| (£150 – £200) |
£160 |
| 124. | Blake, William The Book of Los, number XXIX
| (£220 – £280) |
£260 |
| 125. | Blake, William The Complete Portraiture of
| (£100 – £150) |
£85 |
| 126. | Child, Samuel Every Man his Own Brewer: A
| (£100 – £150) |
£120 |
| 127. | Euler, Leonhard Methodus Inveniendi Lineas
| (£300 – £400) |
£220 |
| 128. | Hales (Rev. Stephen) A Description of
| (£400 – £450) |
£500 |
| 129. | Lémery (Nicolas) A Course of
| (£400 – £600) |
£300 |
| 130. | Lémery (Nicolas) An Appendix to a
| (£100 – £150) |
unsold |
| 131. | Mahon (Laurent André) Le Dentiste
| (£200 – £300) |
£340 |
| 132. | Microsurgery.- Samuel Wood whose Arm with the
| (£100 – £150) |
£150 |
| 133. | Newton (Sir Isaac) Opticks: or, A Treatise of
| (£400 – £500) |
£520 |
| 134. | Porta, Giovanni Battista della Della
| (£400 – £500) |
£600 |
| 135. | Wiener, Norbert Cybernetics or Control and
| (£40 – £60) |
unsold |
| 136. | Arbuthnot (Dr. John) An Essay concerning
| (£140 – £180) |
£140 |
| 137. | Astruc, Jean Tractatus de Morbis Mulierum
| (£100 – £150) |
unsold |
| 138. | Belloste, Augustin Le Chirurgien
| (£100 – £150) |
£110 |
| 139. | Blane (Sir Gilbert) Elements of Medical
| (£100 – £150) |
unsold |
| 140. | Cheyne, George The English Malady: or, a
| (£180 – £220) |
£120 |
| 141. | Cullen, William Nosology: or, a Systematic
| (£100 – £150) |
£160 |
| 142. | Donnoli, Francesco Alfonso de De Ijs, qui
| (£100 – £150) |
£75 |
| 143. | Fienus, Joannes De Flatibus Humanus Corpus
| (£60 – £80) |
£60 |
| 144. | Fracastoro, Girolamo Operum, 2 parts in 1
| (£150 – £200) |
£160 |
| 145. | Freind, John Emmenologia: in qua Fluxus
| (£150 – £200) |
unsold |
| 146. | Fuller, Thomas Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea
| (£100 – £150) |
£260 |
| 147. | Guyon, Louis Le Cours de Medecine en
| (£120 – £180) |
unsold |
| 148. | Haën (Antoni de) Theses Sistentes
| (£75 – £100) |
unsold |
| 149. | Hecquet, Philippe Le Brigandage de la
| (£80 – £120) |
£95 |
| 150. | Hippocrates. Les Aphorismes..., avec le
| (£120 – £160) |
£80 |
| 151. | Le Boe, Sylvius Franciscus Opera Medica
| (£150 – £200) |
£110 |
| 152. | Levret (André) Observations sur la
| (£150 – £200) |
£250 |
| 153. | Lieutaud, Joseph Précis de la Medecine
| (£140 – £180) |
£90 |
| 154. | Lieutaud, Joseph Historia Anatomica-Medica
| (£150 – £200) |
£100 |
| 155. | [Lorry (Anne Charles de)] Tractatus de Morbis
| (£200 – £300) |
£150 |
| 156. | Mauriceau (François) Traité des
| (£350 – £500) |
£260 |
| 157. | Mauriceau (François) Traité des
| (£200 – £300) |
£160 |
| 158. | Mead, Richard Monita et Praecepta Medica
| (£75 – £100) |
unsold |
| 159. | Peyer, Johann Konrad Merycologia sive de
| (£300 – £400) |
£200 |
| 160. | Pinel, Philippe Nosographie Philosophique, ou
| (£200 – £300) |
unsold |
| 161. | Plater (Felix) Praxeos seu de
| (£140 – £180) |
£100 |
| 162. | Portal, Antoine Observations sur les Effets
| (£80 – £120) |
unsold |
| 163. | Ruysch, Frederik Thesaurus Anatomicus, 10
| (£300 – £400) |
£200 |
| 164. | Sketches in Bedlam; or Characteristic
| (£200 – £250) |
£750 |
| 165. | Sylvius, Jacobus Novissima Idea de
| (£250 – £350) |
unsold |
| 166. | Wainewright, Jeremiah A Mechanical Account of
| (£80 – £120) |
£120 |
| 167. | Wendelin, Marcus Frederik Contemplationum
| (£150 – £200) |
unsold |
| 168. | Wirtzung, Christoph Praxis Medicinae
| (£300 – £400) |
£500 |
| 169. | Boitard, Pierre Botanique des Demoiselles, 64
| (£200 – £300) |
£140 |
| 170. | Butler, Arthur Gardiner Birds of Great
| (£150 – £200) |
£150 |
| 171. | Cuvier (Georges L.C., Baron) The Animal
| (£200 – £300) |
£320 |
| 172. | [Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall
| (£800 – £1200) |
£700 |
| 173. | Jeffreys, John Gwyn British Conchology, 5
| (£150 – £200) |
£300 |
| 174. | Marnock (Robert, editor) The Floricultural
| (£300 – £400) |
£420 |
| 175. | Millais, John Guille The Natural History of
| (£350 – £450) |
£500 |
| 176. | Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of
| (£200 – £300) |
£360 |
| 177. | Pratt, Anne The Flowering Plants, Grasses
| (£120 – £180) |
£260 |
| 178. | Prévost (Florent) and C.L.Lemaire
| (£350 – £450) |
£420 |
| 179. | Purchas (Samuel, the younger) A Theatre of
| (£300 – £400) |
£260 |
| 180. | Rennie (James, editor) The Magazine of Botany
| (£200 – £300) |
£340 |
| 181. | Thornton, Robert John A Grammar of Botany
| (£150 – £200) |
£300 |
| 182. | Wilson (Alexander) and Charles Lucian
| (£500 – £700) |
£700 |
| 183. | Witherby (H.F.) & Others, editors
| (£500 – £700) |
£500 |
| 184. | [Jonston (John) Historiae Naturalis de
| (£320 – £380) |
£320 |
| 185. | Millais, John Guille The Natural History of
| (£350 – £450) |
£400 |
| 186. | Millais, John Guille The Natural History of
| (£350 – £450) |
£420 |
| 187. | Millais, John Guille British Diving Ducks
| (£500 – £700) |
£550 |
| 188. | Sketchley, W. The Cocker; containing Every
| (£50 – £75) |
£30 |
| 189. | Studer, Jacob Henry The Birds of North
| (£200 – £300) |
£150 |
| 190. | Wright, M. W. and F. von Svenska Faglar, 3
| (£600 – £800) |
£600 |
| 191. | Curtis, William The Botanical Magazine; or
| (£700 – £900) |
£600 |
| 192. | Curtis, William The Botanical Magazine, vol.9
| (£300 – £400) |
£400 |
| 193. | Mas , Alphonse Le Verger: Publication
| (£1000 – £1500) |
unsold |
| 194. | Millais, John Guille Rhododendrons, 2 vol
| (£400 – £500) |
£400 |
| 195. | [Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) Histoire
| (£1800 – £2500) |
£1800 |
| 196. | Donovan, Edward The Natural History of
| (£750 – £1000) |
£900 |
| 197. | Falconer (Hugh) and P.T.Cautley. Fauna
| (£1200 – £1700) |
£1400 |
| 198. | Alken, Henry Sporting Discoveries, or the
| (£1200 – £1800) |
£1300 |
| 199. | Alken, Henry Sporting Discoveries, or the
| (£1200 – £1800) |
£1300 |
| 200. | Alken, Henry The National Sports of Great
| (£5000 – £6000) |
£5500 |
| 201. | G.(Chasseur) Collection de Chiens de Chasse
| (£500 – £750) |
£1100 |
| 202. | Osbaldiston, W.A. The British Sportsman
| (£150 – £200) |
£220 |
| 203. | James, F.L. The Unknown Horn of Africa, first
| (£150 – £200) |
£260 |
| 204. | Johnston (Sir Harry Hamilton) George Grenfell
| (£150 – £200) |
£240 |
| 205. | Latrobe (Rev. C.I.) Journal of a Visit to
| (£400 – £500) |
£550 |
| 206. | Playfair (Lt. Col. Robert Lambert) Travels in
| (£150 – £200) |
£220 |
| 207. | Stack (Lt. F.R.) Souvenir of the Emperor
| (£300 – £400) |
£300 |
| 208. | Formaleoni, Vincenzio Saggio sulla Nautica
| (£150 – £200) |
£220 |
| 209. | Kane, Paul Wanderings of an Artist among
| (£600 – £800) |
£1000 |
| 210. | Pownall, T. A Topographical Description
| (£1000 – £1500) |
£5000 |
| 211. | Ross (Sir John) Narrative of a Second
| (£400 – £600) |
£420 |
| 212. | [Whittingham (Ferdinand)] Bermuda, a
| (£300 – £400) |
£700 |
| 213. | Bruley des Varannes (G., Abbé) Le
| (£100 – £150) |
unsold |
| 214. | Carruthers, Douglas Unknown Mongolia: A
| (£600 – £800) |
£800 |
| 215. | Freshfield, Douglas W. Travels in the Central
| (£250 – £350) |
£360 |
| 216. | Hedin, Sven Genom Persien, Mesopotamien och
| (£400 – £600) |
£460 |
| 217. | Maass, Alfred Durch Zentral-Sumatra, 4
| (£250 – £350) |
unsold |
| 218. | Perry (Commodore Mathew Calbraith
| (£750 – £1000) |
£750 |
| 219. | Perry (Commodore M.C.) Narrative of the
| (£150 – £200) |
£280 |
| 220. | Cook (Captain James) [A Complete Set of the
| (£8000 – £10000) |
£7000 |
| 221. | Cobham, Claude Delaval Excerpta Cypria
| (£250 – £350) |
£300 |
| 222. | Fischbach, Johann Malerische Ansichten von
| (£750 – £1000) |
£1000 |
| 223. | Frith, Francis The Gossiping Photographer
| (£250 – £350) |
£400 |
| 224. | Georgirenes (Joseph, Archbishop) A
| (£600 – £800) |
unsold |
| 225. | Murray, Margaret A. Cambridge Excavations
| (£100 – £150) |
£120 |
| 226. | Wagenaar, Jan Amsterdam in Zyne Opkomst
| (£750 – £1000) |
unsold |
| 227. | [Act Of Parliament].- Government of India
| (£150 – £200) |
£260 |
| 228. | Adair (Capt. F.E.S.) A Summer in High Asia
| (£150 – £200) |
£180 |
| 229. | De Villard (Ugo Monneret) and Luciano Petech
| (£400 – £600) |
unsold |
| 230. | Filippi, Filippo de Karakoram and Western
| (£500 – £700) |
£550 |
| 231. | Hunter (Sir W.W.) Orissa, 2 vol., plates
| (£200 – £300) |
£320 |
| 232. | Menpes, Dorothy and Mortimer The Durbar
| (£120 – £180) |
£280 |
| 233. | Poynder (Lt. Col. F.S.) The 9th Gurkha
| (£140 – £180) |
unsold |
| 234. | Shipton, Eric Blank on the Map, first
| (£100 – £150) |
£225 |
| 235. | Workman (Fanny Bullock & William
| (£500 – £700) |
£800 |
| 236. | Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Personal
| (£220 – £280) |
£400 |
| 237. | Courteille (A. Pavet de, editor and
| (£200 – £250) |
£160 |
| 238. | [Daulier Deslandes (André)] Les
| (£400 – £600) |
£700 |
| 239. | Langdon, S. Excavations at Kish, vol.1, 3 and
| (£150 – £200) |
£150 |
| 240. | Layard (Sir Austen Henry) Early Adventures in
| (£120 – £160) |
£340 |
| 241. | Lonicer, Philipp Chronicon Turcicorum
| (£650 – £850) |
unsold |
| 242. | Mercer (Samuel A.B., editor) The Tell
| (£300 – £400) |
£300 |
| 243. | Wellsted (Lieut. J.R.) Travels in Arabia, 2
| (£1200 – £1800) |
£950 |
| 244. | Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner Manners and
| (£500 – £700) |
£820 |