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
76	Davidson (James W.)	Asia.- The Island of Formosa Past and Present		1903	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,778.00
77	Davidson (John)	Africa.- Notes taken during Travels in Africa			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
78	Davies (Major H. R.)	China.- Yun-Nan: The link between Indian and the Yangtze	Cambridge	1909	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 533.40
79	de Saint Pierre (J. H. B.)	Voyages.- A Voyage to the Isle of France, the Isle of Bourbon, and the Cape of Good Hope		1800	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
80	Delano (Amasa)	Voyages.- A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres	Boston	1817	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
81	Denham (Maj. Dixon) & Captain Hugh Clapperton	Africa.- Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa		1826	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 279.40
82	Dickson (W. G.)	Japan.- Gleanings from Japan		1889	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
83	Donkin (Lieut. Gen. Sir Rufane)	Africa.- A Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger		1829	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,016.00
84	Doughty (Charles M.)	Middle East.- Travels in Arabia Deserta	Cambridge	1888	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 825.50
85	Duncan (Jane E.)	Asia.- A Summer Ride through Western Tibet		1906	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 381.00
86	Dunmore (Earl of)	Mountaineering.- The Pamirs; being a Narrative of a Years Expedition on Horseback and on Foot through Kashmir, Western Tibet ...		1893	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 609.60
87	Earl (G. Windsor)	Australia.- Enterprise, Discoveries and Adventures in Australia		[c.1852]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 698.50
88	Earle (Augustus)	Oceania.- A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand, in 1827		1832	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 406.40
89	Egerton (Captain Francis)	India.- Journal of A Winter's Tour in India		1852	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 698.50
90	Elliott (Captain Robert)	Asia.- Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea		[1835]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 609.60
91	Ellis (Henry)	China.- Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China		1817	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,540.00
92	Etherton (P. T.)	Mountaineering.- Across the Roof of the World		1911	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 533.40
93	Eyre (Edward John)	Australia.- Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound		1845	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,016.00
94	Fergusson (W. N.)	Asia.- Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibettan Steppes		1911	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 381.00
95	Filippi (Filippo de)	Mountaineering.- The Italian Expedition to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Eastern Turkestan (1913-1914)		1932	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 952.50
96	[Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret de)]	Oceania.- Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769 to the South-East of New Guinea		1791	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
97	Fonblanque (Edward Barrington de)	Japan.- Niphon and Pe-che-li		1862	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 304.80
98	Fortune (Robert)	China.- A Residence among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea		1857	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 533.40
99	Frankland (Capt. Charles Colville)	Leavant.- Travels to and from Constantinople, in the Years 1827 and 1828		1829	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,143.00
100	Freeman (J.J. ) & D. Johns	Africa.- Binding.- A Narrative of the Persecution of the Christians in Madagascar		1840	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 406.40

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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