Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY. FORMED BY THE LATE H. B. WHEATLEY, ESQ. F.S.A., Author of "Pepysiana," and Editor of "Pepys' Diary." FIRST AND SECOND DAYS' SALE. PART I. AN INTERESTING AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS, ENG, Apr081918,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 08, 1918 - April 08, 1918
Page Size: 1534 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
402 Warner (Rev. R.) Excursions from Bath Bath

1801

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403 Forbes (Sir Wm.) Life and Writings of James Beattie Edinb.

1806

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404 Rider's British Merlin for 1804

1804

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405 Rogers (Sam.) The Pleasures of Memory

1810

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406 Stewart (John, the Traveller, commonly called Walking Stewart) Moral on Intellectual Last Will and Testament, and Sophio-meter (Dawn of Sense)

1810

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407 Lucanus Pharsalia

1811

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408 Smith (Miss Elizabeth) Fragments in Prose and Verse (with Memoirs of Frederick and Margaret Klopstock)

1811

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409 Britton (John) Fine Arts of the English School

1812

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410 Lattice (John, B.D.) Fables for the Fire-Side

1812

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411 Brydges (Sir Egerton) Select Poems of Margaret Cavendish

1813-14

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412 Brydges (Sir E.) Bertram, a Poetical Tale

1814

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413 Brydges (Sir E.) Woodcuts and Verses (with Preface by Edward Quillinan)

1820

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414 [Brydges (Sir E.)] Carmina Brugesiana. Domestic Poems Geneva

1822

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415 Brydges (Sir E.) Stemmata Illustria, Praecipue Regia, plates of arms and seals Paris

1825

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416 Holland (Dr. Henry) Travels in the Ionian Isles. Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc.

1815

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417 Lamb (Charles) Tales from Shakespeare

1816

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418 Young (Edw. D.D.) The Complaint, or Night Thoughts

1818

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419 Batty (Miss) Italian Scenery from Drawings made in 1817

1820

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420 Cosmo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany Travels through England during the Reign of King Charles II (1669)

1821

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421 Stanley (Dean Wm.) Faith and Practice of a Chinch of England Man

1825

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422 La Rochefoucauld (Duc de) Maximes et Reflexions Morales Paris

1827

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423 Rogers (Sam.) Italy, a Poem

1830

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424 Rogers (Sam.) Poems

1834

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425 Rider's British Merlin for 1834

1834

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426 Evangiles (Les) de notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ; traduction do Le Maistre de Sacy Paris

1837

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427 Buds of Poesy

1838

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428 Wellesley (Marquis of) Primitiae et Reliquiae

1840

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429 Cancionero de Obras de Burlas provocantes a Risa Lond.

(1843)

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430 Taylor (Bp. Jeremy) Rule and Exercises of Holy Living and Holy Dying

1848-50

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431 Taylor (Henry) Philip van Artevelde; a Dramatic Romance

1852

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432 [Johnson (Wm.)] Ionica

1858

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433 Le Roux de Lincy Recherches sur Jean Grolier, sur sa Vie et sa Bibliotheque, etc. Paris

1866

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434 Marius-Michel (MM.) La Reliure Francaise depuis l'Invention de l'Imprimerie jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe Siecle Paris

1880

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435 Bulletin de la Librairie Morgand et Fatout Paris

1876-81

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436 THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (The Book of The)

1882-4

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437 Lang (Andrew) Marriage of Cupid and Psyche

1887

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438 Bouchot (Henri) Les Reliures d'Art a la Bibliotheque Nationale Paris

1888

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439 Keats (John) Poetical Works, with Notes by F. T. Palgrave (Golden Treasury series)

1896

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440 Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill, editor Anglo-Saxon Review (The)

1899

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441 Traherne (Thos. B.D.) (1636 ?-1674) Poetical Works

1903

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442 Shakespeare (Wm.) Songs and Sonnets

1902

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443 Musset (Alfred de) Contes et Nouvelles Paris

1902

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444 Deutsche Lyrik

1904

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445 Zaehnsdorf (J. W.) The Art of Bookbinding

GBP - Unknown
446 Prideaux (S. T.) Catalogue of Books bound by S. T. Prideaux between 1890 and 1900...

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447 Bookbinder's Manual (The)...

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448 Book of Common Prayer; with the Psalter...

GBP - Unknown
449 Burnet (Bp. Gilbert) Vindication of the Authority Glasgow

1673

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450 Mackenzie (George, Earl of Cromarty) A Vindication of Robert III. King of Scotland, from the Imputation of Bastardy, etc. Edinb.

1695

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451 Bible (Holy) Authorised Version Edinb.

1715

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452 Bible (Holy) Authorised Version (with Psalms in Metre)

1719-(1716)

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453 Bible (Holy), Authorised Version [? Edinburgh)]

[172-]

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454 Bible (Holy), Authorised Version, with the Psalmes in Metre Edinburgh

1722

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455 Bible (Holy), Authorised Version. [Gen.-Job, only] Edinburgh

1726

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456 Bible (Holy), Authorised Version, with the Psalms in Metre Edinburgh

1758

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457 Bible (Holy), Authorised Version...

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458 Anacreon Carmina, cum Sapphoniset Aloaei fragmentis Cdasguae

1761

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459 Psalms of David in Metre (The) Edinburgh

1761

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460 Statutes at Large passed in the Parliaments held in Ireland Dublin

1786

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461 Constitutiones Fratnim Heremitarum Sancti Augustini ad apostolicorum Privilegiorum formam p Roformationo Alemanie [Nurnbergae]

[1504]

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462 Demosthenes Orationcs duac & sexaginta. Libanii in cas argumenta Venetiis

1504

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463 Juvenalis Commentarii Joannis Britannici in Juvenalem Venetiis

1516

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464 Cicero Orationum Volumen tertium Venetiis

1519

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465 Quintilianus Institutionum Oratoriarum libri XII diligentius recogniti MDXXII Venet.

1521

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466 Herodianus Historiarum lib. VIII Venet

1524

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467 Plinius Naturalis Historiae Opus lib. XXXVII. ab innumeris mendis a D. Johanne Caesario Juliacen. vindicatum, etc.

1524

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468 Equicola (Mario) Libro di Nature, d'Amore, novamente stampato et corretto Vinegia

1526

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469 Dictys Cretenses. De Bello Troiano lib. VI. Q. Septimo Romano interprete. Daretis Phrygii de Eneidio Troiae Basileae

1529

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470 Valerius Maximus Valerio Massimo Vogare & Lifatti & li detti li quali sono degni de memoria della eitta di Roma Veuetia

1537

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471 Haymo Episcopus Halberstetten. In D. Pauli Epistolas omnes interpretatio Coloniae

1539

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472 Nicolaus I. Pont. Max. Epistolae Romae

1542

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473 Blondus (Flavius) Le Historie del Biondo, de la Declinatione de l'lmperio di Roma Venetia

1543

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474 Aristophanes Comoediac Novenfcum Commentants Antiquis admodum utilibus Basileae

1547

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475 Castiglione (B.) Il Cortegiano, Novamente Stampato, et con somma diligentia revisto In Vinegia

1549

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476 Theodoretus Di Theodoreto Vescovo di Ciro Sermoni dieci delia providenza di Dio Vinegia

1552

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477 Ariosto (L.) Orlando furioso, con l'Espositione de' luoghi difficili Venetia

1559

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478 SACRARUM CERIMONIARUM Romae

1560

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479 Floccus (A. D.) De Potestatibus Romanorum lib. II, studio et industria Egidii Witsii

1561

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480 Psalterium Komanum despositum per Hebdoniadum Venetiis

1576

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481 Carthagena (Doct. Eranciscus) De Praedestinatione et Repro bationc Angelorum & Hominum Romae

1581

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482 Sette Salmi Penitentiali, Latini, & Volgari in Ottava Rima In Venetia

1588

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483 Processionarium Ordinis Piedicatorum Venetiis

1590

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484 Missale Romanum, ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum Venetiis

1593

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485 Natalis (Hieron.) Adnotationes et Mcditationes in Evangelia quae in sacrosancto Missae Sacrificio toto anno leguntur

GBP - Unknown
486 Ambrosius (S.) Epistolae et alia Opuscula Mediolani

1491

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487 Egnatius (Jo. B.) De Exemplis illustrium Virorum Verietae Civitatis atque aliarum Gentium Venetiis

1554

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488 Teluscini (Mario, sopranominato Il Bernia) Artemidoro, dove si contengono le grandezze de gli Antipodi (in Ottava Rima) Venetia

1566

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489 Dolce (Lodovico) Dialogo della Pittura, intitolato L'Aretino Vinegia

1557

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490 Foglietta (Uberto) Delle cose della Republicadi Genova Milano

1575

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491 Ruscelli (Jeronimo) Le Impresse Illustri, aggiuntovi Nuovamente il quarto libro da Vincenzo Ruscelli Vinetia

1584

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492 Stapleton (Thorn. Anglus) Promptuarium Catholicum

1594

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493 Zecchius (Laelius) Tractatus Thcologici et Canonici Brixiae

1591

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494 Bellarinus (R. P. D. Joan) Doctrina Sacri Concilii Tridentini et Catechism] Romani fidelitcr collecta et explicata Brixiae

1010

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495 Adimari (Raffaele) Sito Riminese Brescia

1616

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496 Remondus (Fr. S.J.) Carmina et Orationes, stamp of M. I. B. Beghe Ex Romae

1618

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497 MISSALE AD USUM SACRI ORDINIS CISTERCIENSIS

1627

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498 Bentivoglio (Card.) Relationi, publicate da Erycio Puteano in Auversa

1630

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499 MISSALE SACRI ORDINIS PRAEDICATORUM Romae

1644

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500 PLACIDUS DE TITIS (D.) Physiomathematica, sive Coelestis Philosophia Naturalibus hucusq Mediolani

(1650)

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501 Campi (Pietro Maria) Dell' Historia Ecelesiastica di Piacenza Piacenza

1651

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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <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>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
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    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: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.