Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,726,668.00 |
| Auction Date | November 15, 2017 - November 15, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 645,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #24116 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 984,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 255 | ||
| Sold Lots | 208 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 721,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,093,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 157.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | BRUNEL (MARC ISAMBARD) | Archive of designs for and watercolours of the Thames Tunnel by Marc Isambard Brunel |
GBP 50,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 200,000.00 | |
| 39 | GARRICK (DAVID) | Archive of manuscripts |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 112,500.00 | |
| 132 | SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) | An Atlas of England and Wales] |
1579 but c.1590 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 106,250.00 |
| 242 | ROWLING (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
1997 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 106,250.00 |
| 103 | TURING (ALAN) | Autograph letter signed ("A.M. Turing") |
1950 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 75,000.00 |
| 148 | GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW from a Bible manuscript on vellum |
c.1220-1240 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 75,000.00 | |
| 95 | DARWIN (CHARLES) | Letter signed ("Charles Darwin") |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 60,000.00 | |
| 165 | STANLEY AND THE CONGO | Journals of Walter Dundas Bathurst, kept while serving as an officer of the Association Internationale du Congo (AIC) |
1884-85 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 41,250.00 |
| 109 | LEWIN (WILLIAM) | The Birds of Great Britain |
1789-1794 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 7 | AUSTEN (JANE) | Sense and Sensibility. A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady |
1811 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 248 | TITANIC | Autograph letter by George Wright |
1912 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
| 73 | SIR REYNOLD BRAY KG | Probate issued under the Seal of the Consistory Court of Canterbury of the Testament and Last Will of Sir Reynold Bray |
1511 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
| 164 | LIVINGSTONE AND THE ZAMBESI EXPEDITION | File of letters to the Hon George Francis Stewart Elliot |
1862 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
| 210 | CHURCHILL (WINSTON) | The Second World War |
1948-1954 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 21,250.00 |
| 42 | HARRIS (JACK) | Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies: or |
1786 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 20,000.00 |
| 93 | LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS |
GBP 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 | ||
| 99 | HARVEY (WILLIAM) | The Anatomical Exercises... Concerning the Motion of the Heart and the Blood. With the Preface of Zachariah Wood... |
1653 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 |
| 140 | Volume of designs |
late seventeenth-century | GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 | |
| 68 | JOHN DOWNES [LUTHER (MARTIN) | A Commentarie... Upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians] |
1635 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 161 | PETRARCH | Trionfi [a large fragment in a contemporary verse collection] |
third quarter of the fifteenth century | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 191 | OMAR KHAYYAM | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac |
1909 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 255 | AIR FORCE AND OPERATION NEPTUNE. Despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory… |
1944 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 15,000.00 | |
| 18 | The Book of Common Prayer [-The Psalter or Psalmes of David] |
1575 | GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 | |
| 246 | SZYK (ARTHUR) | The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth |
1939 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
| 133 | SPEED (JOHN) | Theatrum Imperii Magnae Britanniae [The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine] |
1616 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,500.00 |
