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Bonhams

Auction Info

Sale Name
Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
Auction Date
11/22/2011 - 11/22/2011
Year of Sale
2011
Sale Number
#18992
Total Lots
576
Sold Lots
449
Lots Sold
78.0%
Unsold Lots
127
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
1,494,380.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
885,850.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
1,292,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
1,277,550.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
1,833,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
81.51%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,619,410.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
478 HONYWOOD (THOMAS) An album of 170 views attributed to the Surrey amateur, Thomas Honywood,

1854

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 58,850.00
521 GOULD (JOHN) The Birds of Europe

1832

 GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 46,850.00
406 BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin

1460

 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 43,250.00
270 WELLES (ORSON) Pictorial and written archive formed by Alessandro Tasca relating to his work with Orson Welles on the films Chimes at Midnight and Don Quixote,

1985

 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 43,250.00
537 LAWSON (JOHN PARKER) Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views... with Historical, Antiquarian and Descriptive Letterpress

1847

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 42,050.00
559 ROSELLINI (IPPOLITO) I monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia. Disegnati dalla apedizione scientifico-letteraria Toscana in Egitto,

1832

 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 37,250.00
494 BRAUN (GEORG) and FRANZ HOGENBERG Civitates orbis terrarum, vol. 1-5 (of 6),

1575

 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 37,250.00
516 FOSSATI (GASPARD) Aya Sofia Constantinople, as Recently Restored by Order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid,

1852

 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 34,850.00
496 BUCHOZ (PIERRE JOSEPH) Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses,

1776

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 28,750.00
201 WOOLF (VIRGINIA) Typescript signed ("By Virginia Woolf. (Monks House, Rodmell, Lewes, Sussex. England)")

1940

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 27,500.00
464 CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) , edited by F.S. Ellis, and W.W. Skeat, The Works,

1896

 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 23,750.00
563 SCHLEGEL (HERMAN) and ABRAHAM HENRIK VERSTER VAN WULVERHOLST Traite de fauconnerie

1844

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 23,750.00
226 ELGAR (EDWARD) Collection of autograph music, inscribed scores and other mementos of his relationship with Vera Hockman,

GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 22,500.00
572 THORNTON (JOHN) New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus:

1799

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 22,500.00
564 SELBY (JOHN PRIDEAUX) Plates to Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology, 2 vol. (without text volumes),

1841

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 21,250.00
567 SPAIN Monumentos arquitectonicos de Espana, publicados a Expensas del Estado

1859

 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 18,750.00
256 POUND (EZRA) Collection of material relating to Ezra Pound's Italian wartime broadcasts

1908

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 18,750.00
269 WALPOLE (HORACE) Autograph letter signed ("HorWalpole"), to the historian, numismatist, poet & literary imposter John Pinkerton:

1784

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 16,250.00
565 SIEBOLD (PHILIPP FRANZ von) Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen Neben- und Schutzlandern

1832

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 16,250.00
491 BLEEKER (PIETER) Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises, vol. 1-7 (of 9),

1862

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 13,750.00
456 FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale

1953

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 13,750.00
461 FLEMING (IAN) Naval jacket worn by Fleming during the Dieppe Raid of 1942, whilst he was serving in the Naval Intelligence Division,

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 13,750.00
271 WILDE (OSCAR) Photograph of Wilde, signed and inscribed "Arthur Fish/ from his friend/ Oscar Wilde/ '90"

1890

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 13,750.00
535 LABORDE (ALEXANDRE LOUIS JOSEPH, Comte de) Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne

1806

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 12,500.00
238 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) Series of five typed letters signed ("C.G. Jung"), in English, to Hugh Burnett, producer of the BBC programme Face to Face

1959

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 12,500.00
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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>
    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: 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.