Print Prices Current A Complete Annual Record of all MODERN ETCHINGS Sold by Auction in London, Glasgow and ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED THROUGHOUT Vol. III. (1920-21), giving state of impression and condition of prints sold. 375 pages, 8vo. 278. net VOL. IV. IN COURSE OF PREPARATION. The Times Literary Supplement says:-"Wherever possible the condition of the print registered has been indicated. . . . In the absence of such details, the prices paid for prints is extremely bewildering.... Messrs. Wilder, therefore, have greatly increased the permanent reference value of their book by attending to details usually ignored in sale catalogues. . . . Messrs. Wilder deserve every encouragement and praise for the evident care which they have taken in compiling this most useful volume." Orders to F. L. WILDER, 10, FOREST RISE, LONDON, E. 17 BOOK-PRICES CURRENT VOLUME XXXV. Abailard. Lettres d'Héloïse et d'Abaillard (Latin and French), plates after Moreau le jeune, proofs before letters, LARGE PAPER COPY, 3 vol., cf. ex., full gt. backs, g.e., Paris, Didot le jeune, 1796, folio (1), Dec. 2, Sotheby Parsons, £12 15s. [Abailard.] History of Abeillard and Heloisa, col. plates after Thurston, maroon straight-grain mor. ex., line borders and gilt panels on sides, silk linings, with a painting on the fore-edge, 1819 (175), April 13, Hodgson Heffer, £5 Abano (Petrus de). Conciliator differentiarum philosophorum, lit. goth., double columns (some ll. stained and frayed at edges), pigskin ex. [Hain 3, Proctor 7096], [Pavia, Gabriel de Grassis, 1490], folio (540), Dec. 20, Sotheby Edwards, £4 IOS. Abbot (J.) and Smith (Sir J. E.) Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, col. plates, 2 vol., mor. gt., g.e., 1797, folio (283), Oct. 20, Puttick Edwards, £II IOS. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., with Io col. etchings and 120 woodcuts by John Leech, 2 vol., presentation copy from the author and artist, with inscription by A'Beckett on half-title of each vol., signed also by Leech: Peter Rackham Esqre with kind regards from G. A. a'Beckett and John Leech," orig. cl., fine copy, 1847-8 (945), April 25, Sotheby Hollings, £36 A'Beckett (G. A.) The Comic History of England, with 20 col. etchings and many woodcuts by John Leech, 2 vol., in crimson mor., with the orig. cl. covers bound in at the end of each vol., London, Punch Office, 1847, 8vo. (1), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $550 £30 [With 6 original drawings by Leech in water-colours.] A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., col. plates by Leech, 2 vol., in the orig. 19-20 nos., wrappers, 1846-8, 8vo. (205), Dec. 1, Puttick A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, first ed., col. plates by Leech, in the orig. 9-10 nos., wrappers (1851-2), 8vo. (206), Dec. 1, Puttick " Spencer, £29 Abelard. See Abailard. 1862-82, verse and two poems at end], unbd. (small hole in title), Aberdene, Edward Raban, 1627, sm. 4to. (166), March 31, Hodgson P. M. Barnard, £4 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings, plates, Vol. i.-lv., hf. cf., Philadelphia, 1843-1903, 8vo. (509), March 1, Sotheby Maggs, £25 IOS. [Another set. Proceedings, with coloured plates of birds, etc., from 1861 to 1881 inclusive, 21 vol., cl., roan backs, uncut, Philadelphia, roy. 8vo., Anderson Galleries, Feb. 1, Lot 2, $31.] Ackermann (R.) History of the Colleges and Schools, LARGE PAPER, col. plates, hf. red mor., full gt. back, g.t., bookplate of W. E. Gladstone, 1816, folio (351), June 15, Sotheby Maggs, £34 Ackermann (R.) History of the Colleges, 48 col. plates by D. Havell, etc., hf. mor., 1816, 4to. (283), March 9, Puttick Robinson, £38 Ackermann (R.) History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, col. plates from drawings by Pugin, Mackenzie, etc., 2 vol., russ., line and blind borders with corner ornaments, m.e., R. Ackermann, 1812, 4to. (43), March 1, Sotheby Joseph, £5 Ackermann (R.) History of Westminster Abbey, its Antiquities and Monuments, col. plates and port., 2 vol., mor., 1812, roy. 4to. (220), July 27, Sotheby Mackay, £3 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, numerous beautiful col. aquatints by Havell, Stadler, etc. after Westall, Pugin, and Mackenize, together with the academical costumes after Uwins, and ports. of the founders [the text by W. Combe], 2 vol., diced russ., rebacked with mor., g.e., 1815, 4to. (210), Nov. 25, Hodgson £41 Ackermann (R.) A History of the University of Oxford, col. plates, with the ports. of the founders, 2 vol. (some ll. stained by set-off from plates), 1814-A History of the University of Cambridge, col. plates, with the ports. of the founders, 2 vol. (some 11. stained by set-off from plates), 1815-The History of the Colleges, 48 col. plates (some 11. stained by set-off from plates), 1816, together 5 vol., uniformly bound in red mor. gt., g.e., 4to. (236), March 1, Sotheby Bumpus, £96 [The plate "Charter-House from the Play-ground in the last-mentioned item is in the first state, showing washing on the lawn, and not boys at play, as in the later issues.] Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, Large PAPER, col. plates, 2 vol., hf. red mor., full gt. backs, g.t.,. bookplate of W. E. Gladstone, 1814, folio (350), June 15, Sotheby Thorp, £26 Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, LARGE PAPER, Col. plates by Pugin and Rowlandson, 3 vol., russ. gt., uncut (1808-10), folio (234), May 20, Puttick Brentano, £50 July 13-15. Sotheby. July 18-19. Sotheby. July 20-22. Sotheby. July 21-22. Hodgson. July 22. Puttick. July 25. Christie. July 25-26. Sotheby. July 27-29. Sotheby. July 27-29. Hodgson. Aug. 10-12. Hodgson. Books the property of Dr. G. C. Williamson, and from other sources. Amount realised, £1,943 IIS. od. Library of the Earl of Albemarle, Mr. T. Bumpus, and other properties. Amount realised, £3,290 8s. od. Library of Sir R. C. Brooke, Bt., and other properties. Amount realised, £5,173 12s. od. Miscellaneous. Amt. realised, £2,838 6s. od. Miscellaneous. Amt. realised, £1,168 6s. od. Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Amt. realised, £5,943 5s. 6d. Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Amt. realised, £2,200 5s. 6d. Miscellaneous. Amt. realised, £1,345 12s. 6d. The contractions used are few in number, and, generally speaking, familiar, though the following may be incidentally mentioned:— Print Prices Current A Complete Annual Record of all MODERN ETCHINGS Sold by Auction in London, Glasgow and ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED THROUGHOUT Vol. III. (1920-21), giving state of impression and condition of prints sold. 375 pages, 8vo. 278. net VOL. IV. IN COURSE OF PREPARATION. The Times Literary Supplement says:—“Wherever possible the condition of the print registered has been indicated. . . . In the absence of such details, the prices paid for prints is extremely bewildering. . . . Messrs. Wilder, therefore, have greatly increased the permanent reference value of their book by attending to details usually ignored in sale catalogues. .. Messrs. Wilder deserve every encouragement and praise for the evident care which they have taken in compiling this most useful volume." Orders to F. L. WILDER, 10, FOREST RISE, LONDON, E. 17 |