<i>In The News:</i> Goodbye to Card Catalogues, $1 Million Comic Book Sale, Abe's Top 10
- by Michael Stillman
The first issue of X-Men brought in over $100,000 at auction.
10. Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway, a first edition, first printing from 1935. $3,750.
9. XCVI. Sermons by The Right Honorable, and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrewes, Late Lord Bishop of Winchester, by Richard Badger, a second edition published in 1632. Andrewes was an Anglican bishop, a favorite of King James, who was instrumental in preparing the King James translation of the Bible. $4,000 (or $42 per sermon).
8. The first volume of Paraphrases of Erasmus vpon the newe testament (a 1551 second edition) by Desiderius Erasmus. This book was ordered to be placed in all churches in England during the reign of Edward VI (the minor son heir to Henry VIII), but all copies were ordered destroyed by his successor, the Catholic Queen Mary I. $4,187.
7. Historia De Las Indias by Bartolomé de las Casas. De las Casas, the first man to be named a priest in the New World, became a strong opponent of the abuse of the native population of America by the Spanish as well as the importation of slaves. $4,321.
6. Harry Clarke's original drawing used for the dust jacket of The Fairy Tales of Perrault. $4,500.
5. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright and Yukio Futagawa, 12 volumes on Wight's work. $4,500.
4. Zane Grey's copy of his The Bonefish Brigade, privately published in 1922. $5,000.
3. A signed second edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. $6,500.
2. A 1560 first volume of Pierre de Ronsard's Oeuvres, bound with an incomplete copy of the second volume and preliminary matter for the third. $7,435.
1. The Scots Musical Museum by James Johnson. This is a 4-volume 1792 compilation of Scots music, with musical and editorial contributions by Robert Burns. $8,500.
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. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
Heritage Auctions Rare Books Signature Auction December 15, 2025
Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
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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