Sothebys LN5749
Sale location: London
Sale date: December 18, 1995
Title:
English Literature and History
and a Collection of Continental Incunables
Including:
The Unique Copy of an Early 16th Century Book on Warfare
The Hartwell Manuscript of a Play and Poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
An Autograph Letter by Thomas Hobbes to Edmund Waller
An Important Archive Relating to the Separation of Lord Byron and His Wife
The Dr. Warren G Smirl Collection of Literacy Portraits
The Margaret M Goalby Collection of Wordsworthiana
An Important Collection of Papers of Ford Madox Brown
The John Huston Collection of Books by James Joyce
Books and Manuscripts sold on Behalf of the Royal Society of Literature
Autograph Letters signed by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Oliver Goldsmith, Lord Nelson, Charles Dickens, W. M. Thackeray, C.L. Dodgson, Robert Graves, Vita Sackville-West, Sir Winston Churchill, and others
Table of Contents:
a Collection of Continental Incunables; lots 1-91
English Literature, 16th & 17th centuries; lots 92-118
English Literature, 18th century, lots 119-140
English Literature ,The Dr. Warren G Smirl Collection of Literacy Portraits; lots 141-152
English Literature, 19th century, lots 153-248
English Literature, The Margaret M Goalby Collection of Wordsworthiana; lots 249-285
English Literature, 20th century; lots 286-361
Items Sold for the Royal Society of Literature; lots 362-437
Theatre; lots 438-444
Royal Documents; lots 445-462
History and Topography; lots 463-480
Politics; lots 481-504
Travel and Exploration; lots 505-509
Naval and Military; lots 51-527
Science and Economics; lots 528-531
Art and Architecture; lots 532-543
Lots 1-543; 208 pages, about 143 black and white illustrations, the catalog is about 1/2 inch thick
The images shown are:
Front Cover: lot 21 - Latin Bible, circa 1485-1487
lots 141, 142, 143 - Literacy Portraits
lot 178 - Charles Dickens
lot 294 - Ian Fleming
lot 324 - James Joyce Ulysses
lot 324 - James Joyce The Dead
lot 391 - Nadine Gordimer Mandela: What He Means To Us
lot 428 - Mr Evelyn Waugh and his ear trumpet
lot 505 - Arctic & Antarctic