Bonhams: Books, Atlases, and Manuscripts, 30732, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 236 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 [BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD)]

Waltz: An Apostrophic Hymn. By Horace Hornem, Esq.

1813 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
102 HOBHOUSE (JOHN CAM, LORD BROUGHTON)

BYRONIANA Contemporary Account of the Separation of Lord and Lady Byron: Also of the Destruction of Lord Byron's Memoirs

1870 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
103

BYRONIANA Byroniana. Bozzies and Piozzies

Sherwood 1825 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
104

BYRONIANA Lady Noel Byron and the Leighs

1887 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,920.00
105 CHARLES II

Illuminated letters patent for Anthony Ashley Cooper, under the Great Seal

Westminster 20 April 1661 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
106 HOMER

COWPER (WILLIAM, translator) The Iliad and Odyssey...

1791 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,888.00
107

CRUIKSHANK - DICKENS Metal printing block after a design by Cruikshank, for "The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman" by Cruikshank and Charles Dickens

[c.1839] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 537.60
108 DICKENS (CHARLES)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

1837 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 832.00
109 DICKENS (CHARLES)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

1837 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
110 DICKENS (CHARLES)

[Christmas Books] A complete set of the 5 books

1843-1848 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,024.00
111 DICKENS (CHARLES)

A Tale of Two Cities

1865 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,408.00
112 DICKENS (CHARLES)

DICKENS (CHARLES) [Works]

[c.1880] GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,920.00
113 ELIOT (GEORGE)

Scenes of Clerical Life

Edinburgh 1858 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 358.40
114 ELIOT (GEORGE)

Adam Bede...

1859 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 960.00
115 FLAVEL (JOHN)

Navigation Spiritualized: or, A New Compass for Sea-Men

1670 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
116 GRAFTON (RICHARD)

Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande, newely corrected and augmented, to thys present yere of our Lord 1572

[1572] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
117 HARDY (THOMAS)

Under the Greenwood Tree

1872 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,216.00
118 JAMES (WILLIAM)

The Naval History of Great Britain

Harding 1826 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
119 JOHNSON (SAMUEL)

A Dictionary of the English Language

1755 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
120 JOHNSON (SAMUEL, introduction)]

Proceedings of the Committee Appointed to Manage the Contributions begun at London Dec. XVIII MDCCL VIII for Cloathing French Prisoners of War

1760 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
121 [COMENIUS (JOHANN AMOS)]

JUVENILIA AND CHAPBOOKS The Visible World, Darton and Harvey, 1791; and 22 chapbooks

1791; and 22 nineteenth-century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 512.00
122 MILTON (JOHN)

MILTON - BINDINGS Paradise Lost

1749 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
123 MORLEY (THOMAS)

MUSIC - MADRIGALS Madrigalls to Foure Voyces... The First Booke... Cantus

1594 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
124 PLAYFORD (JOHN)

MUSIC An Introduction to the Skill of Musick

1674 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 563.20
125

NURSERY RHYMES Unrecorded anthology of English eighteenth century nursery rhymes

[between 1744 and 1767] GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 23,040.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.