Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 25356, London

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Auction Date: 12/04/2019 - 12/04/2019

Page Size: 393 items in 16 pages

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Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Album containing a series of clipped signatures of RN captains, including Horatio Nelson (with right hand),…		1804	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,167.50
2	ULYSSES S. GRANT	Official portrait, signed below the image ("U.S. Grant"), [c.1870]		c.1870	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,530.00
3	ROBERT E. LEE	Autograph letter signed ("RE Lee"), to Miss Caroline M. Campbell,		1868	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,147.50
4		Journal with a companion volume of watercolour illustrations, kept by Edward Pritchard,			GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 43,812.50
5		Printed document with manuscript insertions, signed by Captain Broke of the Shannon and others,	Halifax	1813	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,812.50
6		Diary of Major Henry Sparke Stabb, deputy assistant quartermaster-general of the 2nd Division, 32nd (Duke of Cornwall's)	Durban to Fort Victoria	1879	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,812.50
7	WILLIAMS (WILLIAM, of Llandegai)	Oxonia Depicta sive Collegiorum et Aularum in Inclyta Academia Oxoniensi, Oxford, [1732-33]	Oxford	1732-33	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,437.50
8	BUSBY (CHARLES AUGUSTIN)	A Collection of Designs for Modern Embellishments Suitable to Parlours, Dining & Drawing Rooms, Folding Doors, Chimney Pieces, Varandas, Frizes, &c.,		n.d. 1833	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 765.00
9	JONES (INIGO)	The Designs of Inigo Jones, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings,		1727	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,083.75
10	SMEATON (JOHN)	A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone		1791	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 484.50
11	SOANE (JOHN)	Sketches in Architecture. Containing Plans and Elevations of Cottages, Villas, and Other Useful Buildings with Characteristic Scenery…		1837	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,805.00
12	SOANE (JOHN)	Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of Sir John Soane		[c.1800, plates dated 1778]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,805.00
13	STUART (JAMES) AND NICHOLAS REVETT.	The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated		1825-1830	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,785.00
14	TATHAM (CHARLES HEATHCOTE)	Etchings, Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; Drawn from the Originals in Rome, and Other Parts of Italy, During the Years 1794, 1795, and 1796		1799	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,147.50
15	EDWARD BACKWELL	Banking ledger kept in person by Edward Backwell, Excise Office, London, 18 August 1660 to 16 March 1661	London	1660-1661	GBP 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
16		The remaining estate and personal papers of the Campbell-Orde family of Kilmory House, Argyllshire		mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,812.50
17		A large collection of nineteenth century pen, coloured ink and wash drawings of historical costumes,		[mid-nineteenth century]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 765.00
18	NAFZAWI (UMAR IBN MUHAMMAD).	Cheikh Nefzaoui. [The Perfumed Garden] Traduite de l'Arabe par M. le baron R***, capitaine d'etat major	Algiers	1850 but 1876, dated 22 February 1877 in Arabic on errata	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 10,687.50
19	GORDON (CHARLES GEORGE)	Autograph letter signed ("C.G. Gordon"), to Mr Penman of the Gravesend Ragged School, headed "The day of your School treat", Galatz, 5 March 1872	Galatz	1872	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
20	GRANDVILLE (J.J.)	Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux,	Paris,	1844	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,657.50
21	HOPPUS (EDWARD)	Practical Measuring Now Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity	London, Derby, Manchester, Edinburgh, York, Denbigh (in Welsh, 1816) and elsewhere	1803-twentieth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 956.25
22	SMITH (CHARLES)	The Antient and Present State of the County and City of Cork	Dublin	1750	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 701.25
23		Two volumes of social history, comprising a journal of a visit to London, 1849 and an early 19th century recipe book: 'I SAW FOUR VELOCIPEDES GOING UP PARK STREET ONE AFTER ANOTHER'	London	1849-1850	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,040.00
24	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	PUCCINI (GIACOMO) Autograph musical quotation signed ("Giacomo Puccini"), of the phrase 'Mi chiamano Mimi'	Torre de Lago,	1905	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
25	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO) Autograph manuscript signed ("G. Rossini") of his song 'Mi lagnerò tacendo'	Paris	1834	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold

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 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: African American Soldier and Medal of Honor Winner Christian A. Fleetwood CDV, PLUS. $8,000 to $10,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries Pennant, 1910 Reno, Nevada. $2,000 to $4,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Joe Gans Photograph at 1906 Goldfield, Nevada Fight by Percy Dana. $600 to $800
Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility: A Novel, By a Lady, 3 volumes, London, 1811. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens, limited edition, signed by Woolf & Bell, London, 1927. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: [Arabian Nights], Calcutta II version, 4 volumes, Calcutta & London, 1839-1842. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Princess Diana, 6 ALS to Harper’s Bazaar editor, anticipating Christie’s sale of her dresses for charity, 1995-97. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Jane Austen, Emma, first edition, London, 1816. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Hirohito & Nagako, Emperor & Empress of Japan, 2 photographs signed, showing Nagako in kimono & obi bearing the imperial seal. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Princess Diana, 6 autograph letters signed to Harper’s Bazaar editor Elizabeth Tilberis, anticipating Christie’s announcement of a sale of her dresses for charity, 1995-97. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Sarojini Naidu, complete galley proof of The Broken Wing signed with several holograph pages & an autograph letter signed to writer Edmund Gosse, 1916. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Fernando Pessoa, Mensagem, first edition, presentation copy, signed & inscribed, Lisbon, 1934. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Graham Greene, The Basement Room, first edition, Greene’s personal copy, signed with annotations throughout, London, 1935. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Abraham Lincoln, partly-printed document signed, call for troops issued during America’s first national draft just days before the NYC draft riots, 1863. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Les Chansons de Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, illustrated by George Barbier & F.L. Schmied, Paris, 1922. $8,000 to $12,000.
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Bonhams, Mar. 6: Newton, Isaac. Autograph manuscript on God, 4 pp, c.1710, "In the beginning was the Word...."?$100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. First edition, first issue. Untrimmed copy in contemporary boards. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Lincoln, Abraham. Signed photograph, beardless portrait with Civil War provenance. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: IMPEACHMENT. Original engrossed copy of the first Andrew Johnson impeachment resolution vote. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Mucha, Alphonse. 11 original pencil drawings for?Andelicek z Baroku, "Litte Baroque Angel," Prague, 1929. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Einstein, Albert. Annotated Galley Proofs for The Meaning of Relativity. 1921. $25,000 to $35,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Silverstein, Shel. Original maquette for The Giving Tree, 34 original drawings. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Roth, Philip. Typed Manuscript with substantial autograph corrections for an unpublished sequel to The Breast. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Taupin, Bernie. Autograph Manuscript, the original draft of lyrics for Elton John's "Candle in the Wind," 2 pp, 1973. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: HARVEY, WILLIAM. De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Padua: 1643. $12,000 to $18,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: CESALPINO, ANDREA. Peripateticarum Quaestionum Libri Quinque. Venice: 1571. $30,000 to $40,000.
ALDE, Feb. 26: Leon TOLSTOÏ. Anna Karenina. Moscou, 1878. First and full edition of the Russian novel, in the author’s language. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Mark TWAIN. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). New York, 1885. First American edition. Est. 5 000 / 6 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Walt WHITMAN. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1856. Second edition gathering 32 poems. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Karen BLIXEN. Out of Africa. Londres, 1937. First edition in the UK, before Danish translation and American release. Est. 1 500 / 2 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Ernest HEMINGWAY. A Farewell to Arms. New York, 1929. First edition with $2.50 on the dust and A on the copyright page. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Ulysses. Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922. First edition published by Sylvia Beach. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Dubliners. Londres, 1914. First edition. Nice copy in publisher’s cardboard. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Franz KAFKA. 8 novels in German first edition, published in München, Leipzig and Berlin 1916-1931. Est. from 300 / 400 to 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: David Herbert LAWRENCE. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence, 1928. Privately printed first edition. Est. 4 000 / 5 000 €

John STEINBECK. The Grapes of Wrath. New York, 1939. First edition. Nice copy with $2.75 on the cover. Est. 1 000 / 1 200 €

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