Forum Auctions: The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham, 1189, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025

Page Size: 250 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Blackwood (Captain F. P.)	World.- Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Fly		1847	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
27	Blakeney (William)	Asia.- On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty Years Ago			GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 889.00
28	Blanc (Dr.)	Africa.- The Story of the Captives. A Narrative of the events of Mr. Rassam's Mission to Abyssinia		1868	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
29	Bligh (William)	Voyages.- A Voyage to the South Sea		1792	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
30	[Blount (A. E.)]	Africa.- Notes on the Cape of Good Hope		1821	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 190.50
31	Bonvalot (Gabriel)	Asia.- Through the Heart of Asia		1889	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 533.40
32	Bonvalot (Gabriel)	Asia.- Across Thibet		1891	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.00
33	Boteler (Capt. Thomas)	Voyages.- Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia		1835	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00
34	(Louis-Antoine, Comte de) & John Reinhold Forster	World.- Bougainville A Voyage round the World ...		1772	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 952.50
35	Bourchier (Capt. W.)	Voyages.- Narrative of a Passage from Bombay to England		1834	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
36	Bourgoing (J. Fr.)	Europe.- Atlas pour servir au Tableau de L'Espagne Moderne	Paris	1803	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 152.40
37	Bourne (F. S. A.)	China.- Report of the Mission to China of the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce 1896-7	Blackburn	1898	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 355.60
38	Bredon (Juliet)	China.- Chinese New Year Festivals	Shanghai	1930	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
39	Brereton (Charles, Rector of Little Massingham, Suffolk)	Transportation to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).- Autograph Letter signed to Henry Wilson		7th October 1835	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 330.20
40	Bruce (James, of Kinnaird, traveller in Africa, 1730-94)	Africa.- Autograph Letter signed to George Robinson	Edinburgh	15th June 1789	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,143.00
41	Bryden (H. Anderson)	Big Game Hunting.- Great and Small Game of Africa		1899	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,413.00
42	Buchanan (Lieut.-Col. W. J.)	Asia.- Notes on Tours in Darjeeling and Sikkim		1916	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 635.00
43	Burchell (William J.)	Africa.- Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa		1822	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
44	Burrard (Major G.)	Big Game Hunting.- Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet		1925	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 254.00
45	Burslem (Captain Rollo)	Levant.- A Peep into Toorkisthan		1846	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,206.50
46	Burton (Sir Richard Francis)	Africa.- Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po		1863	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.00
47	Burton (Sir Richard Francis)	Africa.- Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains		1863	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 609.60
48	Burton (Sir Richard Francis)	Africa.- The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798		1873	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 190.50
49	Burton (Sir Richard Francis) & Verney Lovett Cameron	Africa.- To the Gold Coast for Gold		1883	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
50	Butler (Major John)	India.- Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam		1855	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 698.50

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. 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.
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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