Bonhams: History of Science & Technology, 31199, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Page Size: 270 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1227 HAWKING, STEPHEN. 1942-2018.

Five early and important papers appearing in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1966-1970:

1966-1970 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
1228 HAWKING, STEPHEN. 1942-2018.

Four important papers appearing in the Astrophysical Journal

1966-1976 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,560.00
1229 HAWKING, STEPHEN. 1942-2018.

Gravitational Radiation in an Expanding Universe. In: Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol 9, no 4, April 1968.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
1230 HAWKING, STEPHEN. 1942-2018.

Three important Hawking contributions appearing in Nature

1966-1971 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
1231 HAWKING, STEPHEN. 1942-2018.

Black Hole Explosions? In: Nature, Vol 248, No 5443, March 1, 1974, pp 30-31.

1974 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
1232 WILSON, ROBERT W.; PENZIAS, ARLO A.; DICKE, R.H.; PEEBLES, P.J.E.; ET AL.

A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 Mc/s [AND] "Cosmic Black-Body Radiation" in The Astrophysical Journal, volume 142, number 1, July 1965, pp 414-419 and 419-421.

Chicago: 1965 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
1233 NASA; SURVEYOR I.

Photo-mosaic of the lunar surface from Surveyor, composed of 91 gelatin silver prints,

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,816.00
1234

Vintage NASA issued silver gelatin print, October 6, 1966 (taken August 25 1966),

1966 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 640.00
1235 ALDRIN, EDWIN "BUZZ." B.1930.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module photographic chart used during descent to chart the path for the first moon landing, July 20, 1969

1969 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 61,440.00
1236

YURI GAGARIN COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTER

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 704.00
1237 WARREN, JIM C., editor.

West Coast Computer Faire, Conference Proceedings.

San Francisco & San Jose: 1977-1978. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 563.20
1238 ABBOTT, EDWIN ABBOTT. 1838-1926.

Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions.

San Francisco: 1980 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1239

Front panel for the Apple Lisa 1, Cupertino, California, 1983, moulded plastic,

moulded plastic, USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,376.00
1240

Microcomputer, Cupertino, CA, 1983, 475 x 350 x 372 mm, Model A6SB100, Memory Option A6SB104, 341-0281D I/O chip on I/O board,

Model USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1241

Apple Computer plush teddy bear, six-color Apple logo to chest and arms, Clara Toys from Millstreet Town label stitched in side seam,

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
1242 CHANDOR, ANTHONY.

The Chandor Computer Collection Archives - Catalogue. N.p.: Self-published

1997 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,840.00
1244 PRISCIANUS, THEODORUS, ALBUCASIS. FL. 4TH CENTURY.

Octavii Horatiani rerum medicarum libri quatuor . . . Albucasis chirurgicorum omnium primarii Strasbourg: Joannus Scotus

1532 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 20,480.00
1245 BESSON, JACQUES. 1540?-1573.

Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum.

Lyon 1578 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
1246 SANTORIO, SANTORIO. 1561-1636.

Methodi vitandorum errorum omnium, qui in arte medica contingunt libri quidecim.

Venice 1603 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
1247 VESALIUS, ANDREAS. 1514-1564.

Anatomia: Addita nunc postremo etiam antiquorum anatome. BOUND WITH: Universa Antiquoram Anatomia Tam ossium, quam partium & externarum, & internarum....

Venice; Venice 1604, 1604 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,400.00
1248 PECQUET, JEAN. 1622-1674.

Experimenta nova anatomica, quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea deteguntur.

Paris 1651 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
1249 CULPEPER, NICHOLAS. 1616-1654.

Pharmacopoeia Londinensis or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the fellows now living, of the said college.

Boston: 1720 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
1250 AMPERE, ANDRE MARIE. 1775-1836.

Memoires sur l'action mutuelle de deux courans electriques, sur celle qui existe entre un courant electrique et un aimant ou le globe terrestre, et celle de deux aimans l'un sur l'autre. Extrait des Annales de Chimie et de Physique.

[Paris: 1821 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
1251 FARADAY, MICHAEL. 1791-1867.

Bound volume of 19 offprints/pamphlets on electricity and physics from Faraday's library, including four with Presentation Inscriptions from their Authors to Faraday, as listed below:

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
1252 KORSAKOV, SEMYON NIKOLAIEVICH (1787-1853).

Apercu d'un procede nouveau d'investigation au moyen de machines a comparer les idees.

St. Petersburg: 1832 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
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