Sothebys: Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone, L26402, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ackermann Rudolph | A History of the University of Cambridge |
London | 1815 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 2 | Album Amicorum |
Berlin; Dresden; Halle; Heidelberg; Jena; Leipzig | 1779-1793 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 640.00 | |
| 3 | Prior Matthew; Rameau Jean-Philippe; Bacon Francis; Southey Robert; de Ulloa Bernardo; Hunter Alexander | 7 Books, including: Poems on Several Occasions |
London; Paris; London; London; Amsterdam; York | 1718; 1737; 1622; 1813; 1753; 1806 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 4 | Poleni Giovanni; Gell William; Nibby Antonio | 3 Books, including: Memorie istoriche della gran cupola del Tempio Vaticano, e de' danni di essa, e de' ristoramenti loro |
Padua; London; Rome | 1748; 1817; 1818 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 5 | Austen Jane | Pride and Prejudice |
London | 1813 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 121,600.00 |
| 9 | Baxter Glen | A Suite of Five Lithographs |
London | 1984 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 11 | Baxter Glen | From here on I must face this gruelling ordeal alone, but I promise when I eventually emerge, I'll be returning to you lads a more complete human being |
London | 2001 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 12 | Baxter Glen | 7 Books, including: Hank had hunkered down right up close to the Hepworth |
2001; 2002; 2003; 2005 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 | |
| 13 | Baxter Glen | You'd better have a damned good excuse for being out of uniform this time, Wainwright! |
N/A | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 640.00 | |
| 14 | Beardsley Aubrey | The Yellow Book |
London; Boston; New York | 1894-1897 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 15 | Thorley John; Keys John; Milton John; Neighbour Alfred | 4 Books, including: Melissologia, or the Female Monarchy |
London; London; London; London | 1744; 1796; 1843; 1865 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 16 | Beethoven Ludwig van | Autograph sketches for the overture Die Weihe des Hauses |
Vienna | 1822 | GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | Berlioz Hector | Grande Messe des Morts; La Damnation de Faust |
Paris; Paris | 1838; after 1854 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 19 | Bosse Abraham (1602–1676) | Death of the Rich Man |
circa 1650 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 128.00 | |
| 20 | James Angela; Davison Nigel | Deluvio Noe |
Guildford | 1986 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,048.00 |
| 21 | Kipling Rudyard; Jouve Paul | Le livre de la jungle; Le second livre |
Paris | 1919 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Khayyam Omar; Fitzgerald Edward | Rubaiyat of the astronomer-poet of Persia |
London | 1872 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 33,280.00 |
| 23 | Valery Paul | Essai sur Stendhal |
Paris | 1927 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 6,400.00 |
| 24 | Blake William | Illustrations of the Book of Job |
London | 1826 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 30,720.00 |
| 25 | Bone Steven (1904–1988) | Yorkshire Coast by LNER |
circa 1930 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,024.00 | |
| 27 | Boswell James | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
London | 1791 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,800.00 |
| 29 | Anthony Gordon | 2 Books, including: Postcard album |
1939 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 768.00 | |
| 30 | Havell William; Stannard Joseph; van Brussel Hermanus | Study of Trees and Shrubs with Seated Figure; Derelict Cottage in Landscape with Figures; A Forest with Two Figures |
circa 1800-24 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 31 | Johnstone William Grosart; Croall Alexander; Hutchinson William; Aikin John; Stapledon R.G.; Hanley J.A. | 4 Books, including: The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds |
London; Newcastle; Oxford | 1859; 1776; 1802; 1927 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 896.00 |
| 33 | Brookes Peter | Barrow-in-Furness but cool as a cucumber with Shell |
ND | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 128.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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