Toronto Book Auctions: Announcing a (mostly book), auction scheduled for March 6th, 2024 at 2pm ET
- by Bruce E. McKinney
TBA: Helping book buyers and sellers to connect
Toronto Book Auctions, affiliated with one of the oldest independent bookstores in Canada, Acadia Art & Rare Books Est. 1931, a long-standing member of the Antiquarian Bookseller Association of Canada, has now posted a fresh auction of 450 lots that starts on March 6th at 2pm EST. Pre-bidding is now available at https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/319996_art-photo-signed-books-militarynonfiction/.
For those who haven’t encountered them, TBA first started offering online auctions in 2020 to broaden access for consignors and bidders for material consigned to them by Toronto’s book and antique collectors.! This is our 4th online sale Viva liveauctioneers!
We are offering:
Art & Photography book monographs (Lots: 1 to 120).
Photography Book Monographs with an emphasis on Chinese photo-books & Landscape photo-books (Lots: 121 to 220).
Wilbur Smith Signed 1st editions (Lots: 220 to 247).
Robertson Davies Signed 1st editions (Lots: 246 to 264).
Group lots from The Notable Trials Library (Lots: 265 to 280).
An extensive library of Military Fiction, Non-fiction & related Canadiana, all collected by a Toronto Lieutenant Colonel (Lots: 281 to 350).
Art & Photo books (Lots: 351 to 399); Artists' Books & Multiples (Lots: 400 to 420).
Art Prints and Photographs. (Lots: 421 to 449. Rauschenberg, Edward Weston, William Kurelek, & others)
As well, a few miscellaneous, including a few rare Japanese reference books (Lots 450 on)
While we have a wide variety of listings in our March 6th sale, there is something rather special, a WWI photo album of more than 300 photos about the Canadian Service Expedition Force – Siberia 1918-1919. In fact we are offering two albums.
As well we are offering “A signed Andy Warhol book with a drawing to the title page by the artist” and “A limited edition Giger book with a Signed print by the artist.
If you register to bid you can call or send us an email. Rest assured, we are committed to a satisfactory experience for both consignors and buyers!
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
