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
101	Frejus (Roland de)	Africa.- The Relation of a Voyage made into Mauritania, in Africk ... to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c.		1671	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,302.00
102	Fremont (John Charles)	North America.- Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Moutains ... and to Oregon and North California		1846	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
103	[Freygang (Wilhelm von)]	Levant.- Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia: to which are added, The Account of A Journey into Persia in 1812		1823	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
104	Frezier (Amedee Francois)	Voyages.- A Voyage to the South Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru ... with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley		1717	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 952.50
105	Gibbons (Major A. St. H.)	Africa.- Exploration and Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96		1898	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 279.40
106	Giles (Ernest)	Australia.- Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration		1889	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,270.00
107	Golownin (Capt. Vasilii M.)	Japan.- Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan, during the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813		1824	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 406.40
108		Australia.- Graphic (The) Panoramic View of Sydney, New South Wales		1879	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 190.50
109	Grey (George)	Australia.- Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia		1841	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 533.40
111	Hacke (William, editor)	Voyages.- A Collection of Original Voyages: I. Capt. Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe		1699	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,556.00
112	Hall (Capt. Basil)	Asia.- Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island		1818	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 762.00
113	Halloran (Alfred Laurence)	Japan.- Eight Months' Journal ... during visits to Loochoo, Japan, and Pootoo		1856	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 635.00
114	Harper (Arthur P.)	Oceania.- Mountaineering.- Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand		1896	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 381.00
115	Harris (Walter B.)	Middle East.- From Batum to Baghdad		1896	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
116	Haynes (Alfred E.)	Levant.- Man-Hunting in the Desert, being a narrative of the Palmer Search-Expedition		1894	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
117	Herbert (Sir Thomas)	Levant.- A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begunne Anno 1626		1634	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,524.00
118	Hill (M.S., active Sydney Australia 1880s)	Australia.- The City of Sydney	New York and Sydney	1888	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,810.00
119	Hind (Henry Youle)	North America.- Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858		1860	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 609.60
120	Howard (B. Douglas)	Asia.- Life with Trans-Siberian Savages		1893	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 152.40
121	Hubback (Theodore R.)	Big Game Hunting.- Three Months in Pahang In Search of Big Game: A Reminiscence of Malaya	Singapore	[c.1912]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 508.00
122	Hubback (Theodore R.)	Big Game Hunting.- To Far Alaska for Big Game		1929	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 571.50
123	Hunter (John)	Australia.- An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, and the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean		1793	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,397.00
124	Irwin (Captain Frederick Chidley)	Australia.- The State and Position of Western Australia		1835	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 635.00
125	Jackson (James Grey)	Africa.- An Account of the Empire of Marocco, and the District of Suse		1809	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 381.00
126	Jacob (William)	Europe.- Travels in the South of Spain in Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810		1811	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 571.50

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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