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Sotheby's
The Mercator Atlas of Europe. To be sold as a single lot in the sale of Valuable Autograph Letters . Sotheby's auction catalogue devoted solely to the Atlas sale date: 13 March 1979
Sotheby's London auction catalogue devoted solely to the Atlas sale date: London 13th March 1979. Printed wrappers 8vo. 20 pp several plates most in colour. 1 lot. The catalogue for the first appearance at auction of this magnificent atlas which was to pass through the saleroom a second time in 1996. The atlas is decsribed as follows: Atlas of Europe Compiled and Annotated by Mercator Containing Two Unique Autograph Manuscript Maps by Him the Only Surviving Copy of His Wall-Map of Europe of 1554 One of Only Four Known Copies of His Wall-Map of the British Isles of 1564 and Two Parts of His Rare Wall-Map of the World of 1569 Together with a Map of Ancona Signed 'AR' and Thirty Maps from a Latin Atlas of May 1570 by Abraham Ortelius some of those Maps Engraved by Mercator. Rear wrapper marked otherwise Good. Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue devoted solely to the Atlas, sale date: London, 13th March, 1979 unknown
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-13150
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Sotheby's
The Mercator Atlas of Europe
London: Sotheby's 1996. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Slight wear to the top of the spine else fine. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on Tuesday November 26 1996. There was one lot: the Mercator Atlas of Europe circa 1572. Illustrated throughout in color. Bibliography. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide 34 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Sotheby's Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008004
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Sotheby's
The Midas Touch. London 17 October 2018. Sale #L18323
London: Sotheby's 2018 112 pages. The auction catalogue is brand new in perfect condition. Photos available upon request. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 006383
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Sotheby's
The Millennium Sale from the James Tait Collection 9/29/99 London
Sotheby's 1/1/1999. Hardcover. Like New. NICE CONDITION LARGE GLOSSY HARDCOVER EXIBITION CATALOG. NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. ALMOST NO WEAR TO COVER WITH GREAT COLOR PHOTOS. A CLEAN & SOLID BOOK. Sotheby's hardcover
Bookseller reference : SKU-85248
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Sotheby's
The Millennium Wine Cellar the Greatest Private Wine Cellar in the World: Nov. 19 & 20 1999
Ny: Sothebys 1999. Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Color & b/w Photos & Illustrations. Sothebys Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041928
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Sotheby's
The Mirror Sale: London 8 June 2005 Sotheby's # L05310
London: Sotheby's. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 98 pages. Tight clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear with trace of tiny staple marks to top of cover otherwise Fine.; 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. . Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 06777
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Sotheby's
The Modern Image: Photographs from an Important American Collection New York 5 April 2013
Sotheby's 2013. Paperback. As new clean tight & bright condition. Size: 8.25x10. inches. 96pp. illus. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 215536
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Sotheby's
The Modern Movement : the Annette Campbell-White collection. Sotheby's auction catalogue sale date: 7 June 2007
Sotheby's London auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th June 2007. Laminated wrappers 4to 27 cm. 252 pp extensively illustrated in colour. 235 lots. The catalogue includes a preface by Annette Campbell-White and an Introduction: "Cyril Connolly and The Modern Movement" by ColmT�ibin. With a Table of Contents showing the sequence of lots and corresponding Connolly 100 Numbers. "The catalogue is arranged around the sequence used by Connolly in 'The Modern Movement' i.e. in chronological order by date of publication. Additional works letters and manuscripts by a Connolly author together with portraits are incorporated around the key 100 books preceded by the Connolly title; the works of non-Connolly authors e.g. Oscar Wilde Malcolm Lowry Vladimir Nabokov are mostly inserted where they would have appeared had Connolly included them. A full index of authors is available at the end of the catalogue. There are only two Connolly 100 titles not represented in the collection". Near Fine. List of prices realized laid in. Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th June, 2007 unknown
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-47100
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Sotheby's
The Modern Movement : the Annette Campbell-White collection. Sotheby's auction catalogue sale date: 7 June 2007
Sotheby's London auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th June 2007. Laminated wrappers 4to 27 cm. 252 pp extensively illustrated in colour. 235 lots. The catalogue includes a preface by Annette Campbell-White and an Introduction: "Cyril Connolly and The Modern Movement" by ColmT�ibin. With a Table of Contents showing the sequence of lots and corresponding Connolly 100 Numbers. "The catalogue is arranged around the sequence used by Connolly in 'The Modern Movement' i.e. in chronological order by date of publication. Additional works letters and manuscripts by a Connolly author together with portraits are incorporated around the key 100 books preceded by the Connolly title; the works of non-Connolly authors e.g. Oscar Wilde Malcolm Lowry Vladimir Nabokov are mostly inserted where they would have appeared had Connolly included them. A full index of authors is available at the end of the catalogue. There are only two Connolly 100 titles not represented in the collection". Initials on front free endpaper and scribbled prices to most lots otherwise Very Good. Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th June, 2007 unknown
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-37487
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Sotheby's
The Modern Movement : the Annette Campbell-White collection. Sotheby's auction catalogue sale date: 7 June 2007
Sotheby's London auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th June 2007. Laminated wrappers 4to 27 cm. 252 pp extensively illustrated in colour. 235 lots. The catalogue includes a preface by Annette Campbell-White and an Introduction: "Cyril Connolly and The Modern Movement" by ColmT�ibin. With a Table of Contents showing the sequence of lots and corresponding Connolly 100 Numbers. "The catalogue is arranged around the sequence used by Connolly in 'The Modern Movement' i.e. in chronological order by date of publication. Additional works letters and manuscripts by a Connolly author together with portraits are incorporated around the key 100 books preceded by the Connolly title; the works of non-Connolly authors e.g. Oscar Wilde Malcolm Lowry Vladimir Nabokov are mostly inserted where they would have appeared had Connolly included them. A full index of authors is available at the end of the catalogue. There are only two Connolly 100 titles not represented in the collection". Near Fine. Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th June, 2007 unknown
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-20441
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Sotheby's
The Moller Collection of English Furniture and Clocks
New York: Sotheby's. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover auction catalog; clean pages; tight binding; color and black and white illustrations. . Sotheby's hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10813
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Sotheby's
The Moritzburg Treasure: Silver and Works of Art from the Royal House of Saxony.
London: Sotheby's 1999. Quarto. 123pp. col. illus. Very good in hardback with dustwrapper. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Sotheby's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 48680
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Sotheby's
The Moritzburg Treasure: Silver And Works Of Art From The Royal House Of Saxony
London England: Sotheby's 1999. Hardcover. VG. light shelf & edge-wear to covers. pgs 14 18-19 have light speckled soiling to edges & spot to spine edge; otherwise pgs clean. dustjacket back cover edge toned crease to upper edge; toning to flaps. dark green cloth boards w/ gilt printing. 123 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy bw illustrated dustjacket. Lists and describes 143 items of auction. Nicely illustrated with some wonderful gold pieces. Sotheby's hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 181918
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Sotheby's
The Mr and Mrs Jack R Dick Collection of English Sporting and Conversation Paintings Final Part
London: Sotheby & Co. 1976. 1976. Hardcover. hardback 4to 128pp illustrated greenn cloth gilt front cover marked; Good / no dustwrapper. . London: Sotheby & Co. 1976, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 773996
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Sotheby's
The Mr. & Mrs Jack R. Dick Collection of English Sporting and Conversation ". Dick Collection of English Sporting and Conversation ". 26th June 1974
New York: Sotheby's. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall . Sotheby's, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 150676
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Sotheby's
The Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls Collections
Sotheby's NY. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects in book or jacket. Appears unread Like New. . Auction catalog in the categories of antiquities Southeast Asian art Pre-Columbian art tribal art and American Indian art. A stunning collection. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 80 pages. D5 . Sotheby's NY hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31944
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Sotheby's
The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection II. Important Greek and Roman Coins
New York: Sotheby's 1990. 953 lots ill. 21 and 22 June 1990 Does not include prices realized. Cover has a crease in lower outer corner of front and rear panels. Dust jacket is worn along edges and on corners has some fraying at top and base of spine. Twenty pages have had upper outer corner folded over. An important sale catalogue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Sotheby's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010007200
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Sotheby's
The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection IV. Important Greek and Roman Coins
New York: Sotheby's 1991. 1066 lots ill. 19 and 20 June 1991 Does not include prices realized. Dust jacket is worn along edges and on corners also has several creases near top of spine. Cover has a small tear on top outside edge of front panel. Binding is a little shaky. Several pages have had upper outer corner folded over. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Sotheby's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010007199
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Sotheby's
The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection: Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins
New York: Sotheby's 1990. Hardcover. VG-/VG- light foxing on endpapers. light scuffing and general wear to dust jacket. Gray boards with silver stamped lettering. Glossy black dust jacket with color-illustration and silver lettering. Unpaginated. Color and BW illustrations. Date of Sale: Tuesday June 19 1990. Sale Code: 6043 "HUNT." Sotheby's hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 168192
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Sotheby's
The Northesk Collection Including the Trafalgar Memorabilia. 13th December 1994
London: Sotheby's 1994. 58 lots illustrated. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Sotheby's Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014755
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Sotheby's
The O'Fallon Collection of American Indian Portraits by George Catlin
New York: Sotheby's 2004. Paperback. VG. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 98 pp. Color illustrations. Date of Sale: December 2 2004. Sale Code: N08056. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 172427
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Sotheby's
The O'Fallon Collectio of American Indian Portraits by George Catlin New York Thursday December 2 2004
New York: Sotheby's 2004. Paper. Good. Good paper copy auction catalog 98 no. pp lists 34 works all illus. in 4/C with size and text for each work 16 pp text with 3 4/C illus. 1 pp biblio Sotheby's unknown
Bookseller reference : 1112411
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Sotheby's
The O'Fallon Collection of American indian Portraits by George Catlin
New York: Sotheby's 2004. Paper. Good. Good paper copy auction catalog Dec. 2 2004 98 no. pp 1 pp preface 14 pp text 4 4/C illus 1 pp biblio lists and illus. 34 works with text for each. Water damage near top of spine but doesn't affect text or illus. Sotheby's unknown
Bookseller reference : 1110841
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Sotheby's
The O'Fallon Collection of American Indian Portraits by George Catlin
New York: Sotheby's 2004. Paperback. VG. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 98 pp. Color illustrations. Date of Sale: December 2 2004. Sale Code: N08056. Sotheby's paperback books
Bookseller reference : 172427
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Sotheby's
The Oak and Country Sale
London: Sotheby's. 2005. First Printing. Paperback. Olympia London sale. April 29 2005. Auction catalogue is in Fine As New condition. Two remnant staple holes at top. 128 pp. Plus back matter. . Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 70212
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Sotheby's
The Oak and Country Sale including Furniture Works of Arts Rugs and Textiles - Olympia London - 27 september 2001
Paris: sans mention éditeur 2001. Broché. Bon état. in-8 carré. 105 XII pp. Catalogue de vente aux enchères n° W01300. Présentation des 265 lots avec nombreuses photographies couleurs dans le texte. Couverture légèrement frottée. Intérieur frais. sans mention éditeur unknown
Bookseller reference : 128680
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Sotheby's
The Oak and Country Sale Including Property from Two Private Collections.Wednesday 25 April 2007 W07803
London: Sotheby's 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Color Photographs. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A VG copy with light scuffing and wear to wraps including some staple holes. 168 ppgs. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 0469228
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Sotheby's
The Oak and Country Sale. 16 November 2004.
Olympia London, Sotheby's, 2004. With many pictures. 122 S. Gr.-8°, Kt. Good condition. / Gut erhalten.
Bookseller reference : 23765
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Sotheby's
The Oak and Country Sale. 27 April 2004.
Olympia London, Sotheby's, 2004. With many pictures. 122 S. Gr.-8°, Kt. Good condition. / Gut erhalten.
Bookseller reference : 23757
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Sotheby's
THE OAK SALE AND BRITISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN Sotheby's
West Sussex England: Sotheby's 1998. 108pp. colour and b/white photographic illustrations. Catalogue clean Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. Lots 1-1233 estimated prices in UK pounds. Catalogue for Sotheby's auction held 15 and 16 September 1998. Includes: Textiles Treen Works of Art Oak and Country Furniture Pewter Brass and Metalwork; British Pottery and Porcelain. Catalogue weight approx. 340g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good . Sotheby's Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010067
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Sotheby's
The Orientalist Sale - Sotheby's London - 13 June 2006 - Sale Code LO6104
Sothey's London 2006. Paperback. Used: Good. Good overall; the only imperfection is a crease at top right corner <br/><br/> Sothey's London paperback
Bookseller reference : 53007
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Sotheby's
The Orientalist Sale
London: Sotheby's 2006. Softcover. VG- Ex-gallery lib. label at front cover pencil markings at first page; A few prices realized written in ink throughout. Color illus. wraps; 96 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. From a sale held 13 June 2006. Lots 200 to 251 listed with annotations some lengthy. Features works by Renee Latour Edwin Lord Weeks Eugene Delacroix Rudolf Ernst and many others. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 143230
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Sotheby's
The Orientalist Sale June 13 2006
London: Sotheby's 2006. A couple onf minor creases on cover otherwise in very nice condition. Not Indicated. Softcover. Very Good . Illus. by Color Plates. Sotheby's
Bookseller reference : 034471
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Sotheby's
The Orientalist Sale
London: Sotheby's 2006. Softcover. VG- Ex-gallery lib. label at front cover pencil markings at first page; A few prices realized written in ink throughout. Color illus. wraps; 96 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. From a sale held 13 June 2006. Lots 200 to 251 listed with annotations some lengthy. Features works by Renee Latour Edwin Lord Weeks Eugene Delacroix Rudolf Ernst and many others. Sotheby's unknown books
Bookseller reference : 143230
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Sotheby's
The Ornithological Library of Richard Howard SOTHEBY'S LONDON 28 APRIL 1999
London: Sotherby's 1999. 116 pages; colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers fine. Contents clean and tight no marking. A fine catalogue of sale LO9216 Richard Howard library. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Sotherby's Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027625
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Sotheby's
The Ornithological Library of Richard Howard April 281999
London: Sothebys 1999. Minor crease on back cover otherwise in very nice condition. Not Indicated. Soft Cover. Very Good . Illus. by Color Plates. Sothebys Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041579
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Sotheby's
The Ornithological Library of Richard Howard - Sotheby's Sale L09216 - London Wednesday 28 April 1999
U.K.: Sotheby's. Paperback. 116 pages. Includes auction results sheet. 203 lots. "This collection is a reflection of his singular absorption in ornithology. His aim was always to acquire where possible the best available copies of everything and in particular he regards his copies of Gould's The Birds of Australia with the rare cancelled plates and A Monograph of the Trochilidai or Family of Humming-Birds as 'the finest copies you will find." - from page 6. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. . Fine. 1999. First Edition. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 244a8069
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Sotheby's
THE OTTO KALLIR COLLECTION OF AVIATION HISTORY
Sotheby's. Good with no dust jacket; No markings. 1993. Paperback. Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 137551
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Sotheby's
The Otto Kallir Collection of Aviation History Held June 14 1993
NY: Sotheby's 1993. Fine auction catalog in decorative wrappers soft cover book. Otto Kallir founded Galerie St. Etienne in New York and is best remembered for introducing Austria's modernists such as Gustav Klimt Oskar Kokoschka & Egon Schiele to America. He was also a passionate collector of aviation history and this sale included ephemera related to virtually all of the important figures associated with the birth of aviation illustrated. NY: Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 656971
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Sotheby's
THE OTTOMAN WORLD: The Library of Sefik E. Atabey with a Supplement -- Volume I: A-G Volume II: H-Sc and Volume III: Se-Z and Supplement Three volumes complete
London: Sotheby's. Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Softcover. Volumes uniform with glossy card covers perfect bound well illustrated with much color. Sale took place over three days 28 - 30 May 2002. Heavy extra for international shipping. ; 8-1/4" x 10-1/2"; 246 238 234 pp; Volumes have lot numbers inked to front page Volumes II and II have printed auction results tipped in at front with Volume 33 having a tear at top of the front cover. . Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 5760
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Sotheby's
The Ottoman World The Library of Sefik E. Atabey with a Supplement Volume I: A-G & Volume II: H-Sc Two Volumes 28 & 29 May 2002
London: Sotheby's 2002. 246pp & 238pp. Illustrated. Former owner's name/info is marked over with a black marker on the front flyleafs and also inside the front covers Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sotheby's Paperback
Bookseller reference : 181988487-04
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Sotheby's
The Ottoman World: The Library of Sefik E. Atabey. With a Supplement. 3 vols.
London: Sotheby's 2002. Paperback. Fine. 3 vols. color illustrations 246 238 234p. Original wrappers. 27cm. Prices realized sheets probably photocopies laid in. 1629 lots. Sold over three sessions May 28-30 2002. Sale total: 5620722 British pounds. <br/><br/> Sotheby's paperback
Bookseller reference : 84596
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SOTHEBY'S
The Ottoman World:
Paperback. 2002. The Library of Sefik E. Atabey with a Supplement. 3 vols. 246 238 234pp ills. throughout mostly coloured 4to card covers 2002. VG . paperback
Bookseller reference : HALL429611
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Sotheby's
The Ottoman World: The Library of Sefik E. Atabey. With a Supplement. 3 vols.
London: Sotheby's 2002. Paperback. Fine. 3 vols. color illustrations 246 238 234p. Original wrappers. 27cm. Prices realized sheets probably photocopies laid in. 1629 lots. Sold over three sessions May 28-30 2002. Sale total: 5620722 British pounds. <br/><br/> Sotheby's paperback books
Bookseller reference : 84596
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Sotheby's
The Papers of G.E. Moore O.M. Sotheby's auction catalogue sale date: 17 December 1979
Sotheby's London separate auction catalogue for Lot 87 in the sale held on 17 December 1979. Printed wrappers 4to. 28 pp plates ills. 1 lot. An extensive archive of the philosophical and personal papers of G E Moore. From the introduction by Paul Levy: "This archive to which I alone have had access will provide historians and students of philosophy with material for innumerable books and articles. No previous writer on Moore even knew of or mentioned the existence of his papers written for the secret society called the Apostles membership of which was the single most important association of Moore's life apart from his marriage and his family. In this collection there are twenty-one papers that he delivered to the Cambridge Apostles; the earliest "What End " is Moore's first foray into philosophy and there is a clear line of development from that paper to Principia Ethica. Moreover there are the papers he wrote for the Trinity College Sunday Essay Society several of which are early philosophical pieces and the unpublished text of his Passmore Edwards Settlement lectures on "The Elements of Ethics" the immediate precursor of Principia Ethica. The drafts of his famous but rarely consulted Trinity Prize Fellowship Dissertation on Kant's ethical writings are however the most important items. Margins yellowed otherwise Good. Sotheby's, London, separate auction catalogue for Lot 87 in the sale held on 17 December, 1979 unknown
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-19086
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Sotheby's
The Patrick and Gilly Morley Collection. 18 September 2002.
Olympia London, Sotheby's, 2002. With many pictures. 193 S. Gr.-8°, Kt. Good condition. / Gut erhalten.
Bookseller reference : 23829
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Sotheby's
The Pencarrow Collection of Autographs Including the Newly Discovered Beethoven Quartet Movement
London: Sotheby's 1999. First printing. Near Fine. Illustrated boards 111pp. No DJ. Sotheby's unknown
Bookseller reference : s00030521
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Sotheby's
The Pencarrow Collection of Autographs including the newly discovered Beethoven quartet movement. Sotheby's London Wednesday 8 December 1999
Sotheby's 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Some light shelfwear and corner bumping internally in very good condition indeed. Sotheby's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16081405-82
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Sotheby's
The Pencarrow Collection of autographs including the newly discovered Beethoven quartet movement. Sotheby's auction catalogue sale date: 8 December 1999
Sotheby's London auction catalogue for the sale held on 8th December 1999. Laminated illustrated boards 4to. 136 pp plates ills. 202 lots. From the introduction: "Perhaps the collection's most astonishing feature is that it has remained in obscurity for over 100 years most of the interesting items evading the attentions of scholars. There are many new and unpublished items here including letters by Charlotte Bronte Boswell. Burns Darwin Disraeli Edward VII George Eliot David Garrick Gordon of Khartoum Mendelssohn Mary Shelley and others: Charles Dickens reflects on a train crash the horror of which stayed with him for the rest of his life Winston Churchill defends his stance on the Boer War Lord Nelson professes his love to Emma Hamilton Bvron discusses the nature of good poetry. If that were the sum of the collection it would be remarkable enough. That it contains at least two items of international significance raises it to quite a different plane. First is a group of items relating to America and its Civil War. Among these items which include letters by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee is a highly important unpublished and undocumented proclamation by Abraham Lincoln about Confederate prisoners and relating indirectly to the matter of slavery. This is a major discovery and adds new historical evidence to a crucial period of American history. the second discovery is even more remarkable and relates to Mary Ford's husband Richard 1796-1858 the noted traveller and author whose consummate Handbook for Travellers in Spain 1845 is regarded as a guide of the highest importance. Ford's travelling evidently began early. Shortly after graduating at Oxford in 1817 he visited Vienna where he encountered Beethoven. The composer not known for his unstinting amiability evidently liked his English visitor and gave him a souvenir. The autograph manuscript which presumably passed into the possession of Ford's third wife Mary bears a most interesting inscription signed by Richard Ford: 'This quartette was composed for me in my presence by Ludwig v. Beethoven at Vienna Friday 28th November 1817 Richard Ford'. " Contents include: An Appreciation of Sir William Molesworth Bt; English Literature lots 1-56; Theatre lots 57-59; History and Politics lots 60-75 Travel and Exploration lots 76-83 Military and Naval lots 84-88; Science and Technology lots 89-102; Philosophy Economics and Religion lots 103-109; Art Architecture and Photography lots 110-123; American Literature and History lot 124-149; Continental Literature lots 150-171; Continental Latin American and South African History lots 172-188; Music lots 189-202; Index; Very Good. Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 8th December, 1999 hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-33581
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The Pencarrow Collection of autographs including the newly discovered Beethoven quartet movement. Sotheby's auction catalogue sale date: 8 December 1999
Sotheby's London auction catalogue for the sale held on 8th December 1999. Laminated illustrated boards 4to. 136 pp plates ills. 202 lots. From the introduction: "Perhaps the collection's most astonishing feature is that it has remained in obscurity for over 100 years most of the interesting items evading the attentions of scholars. There are many new and unpublished items here including letters by Charlotte Bronte Boswell. Burns Darwin Disraeli Edward VII George Eliot David Garrick Gordon of Khartoum Mendelssohn Mary Shelley and others: Charles Dickens reflects on a train crash the horror of which stayed with him for the rest of his life Winston Churchill defends his stance on the Boer War Lord Nelson professes his love to Emma Hamilton Bvron discusses the nature of good poetry. If that were the sum of the collection it would be remarkable enough. That it contains at least two items of international significance raises it to quite a different plane. First is a group of items relating to America and its Civil War. Among these items which include letters by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee is a highly important unpublished and undocumented proclamation by Abraham Lincoln about Confederate prisoners and relating indirectly to the matter of slavery. This is a major discovery and adds new historical evidence to a crucial period of American history. the second discovery is even more remarkable and relates to Mary Ford's husband Richard 1796-1858 the noted traveller and author whose consummate Handbook for Travellers in Spain 1845 is regarded as a guide of the highest importance. Ford's travelling evidently began early. Shortly after graduating at Oxford in 1817 he visited Vienna where he encountered Beethoven. The composer not known for his unstinting amiability evidently liked his English visitor and gave him a souvenir. The autograph manuscript which presumably passed into the possession of Ford's third wife Mary bears a most interesting inscription signed by Richard Ford: 'This quartette was composed for me in my presence by Ludwig v. Beethoven at Vienna Friday 28th November 1817 Richard Ford'. " Contents include: An Appreciation of Sir William Molesworth Bt; English Literature lots 1-56; Theatre lots 57-59; History and Politics lots 60-75 Travel and Exploration lots 76-83 Military and Naval lots 84-88; Science and Technology lots 89-102; Philosophy Economics and Religion lots 103-109; Art Architecture and Photography lots 110-123; American Literature and History lot 124-149; Continental Literature lots 150-171; Continental Latin American and South African History lots 172-188; Music lots 189-202; Index; Fine. List of prices realized loosely laid in. Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 8th December, 1999 hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIBLIO-17588
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