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
176 LAWRENCE (D.H.)

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Florence 1928 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,432.00
177 [LAWRENCE (T.E.), C. LEONARD WOOLLEY] and S.F. NEWCOMBE

LAWRENCE (T.E.) - The Negeb or Desert South of Beersheba]

1921 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 704.00
178 LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Autograph letter signed

1 March [19]21 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,072.00
179 LAWRENCE (T.E.)

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1935 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
180 LE CARRE (JOHN)

Call for the Dead

1961 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
181 LE CARRE (JOHN)

The Night Manager, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF THE AUTHOR'S COPIES INSCRIBED

[1993] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,352.00
182 MANTEL (HILARY)

[Thomas Cromwell trilogy]

2009-2012 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 768.00
183 MARX (KARL) AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS

Manifesto of the Communist Party

1888 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
184

NODDY - ARTWORK A collection of 44 original designs for "Noddy Has an Adventure" by Enid Blyton, attributed to Robert Tyndall or Peter Wienk

1986 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
185 O'BRIEN (EDNA)

[The Country Girls Trilogy]

1960-1964 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 204.80
186 ROBINSON (C.J. BRADBURY)

Williams Mix

[1971] GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
187 ORWELL (GEORGE)

Down and Out in Paris and London

1933 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
188 ORWELL (GEORGE)

Homage to Catalonia

1938 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
189

A "Friends of Oz" press pack

London 1971 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,088.00
190

The Palestine Police Force. Wanted! Rewards will be paid by the Palestine Government to any person providing information...

Jerusalem 1947-02-01 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,536.00
191 DJOLOLIAN-ARAX (KRIKOR)

PHOTOGRAPHY - BODYBUILDING Selected studies of bodybuilders by Studio Arax (Paris)

Paris 1940s-50s GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
192

PHOTOGRAPHY - BODYBUILDING Two albums containing approximately 105 male physique photographs

various places 1940s-1960s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
193 EMERSON (PETER HENRY)

PHOTOGRAPHY - EMERSON Wild Life on a Tidal Water...

1890 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 704.00
194 POTTER (BEATRIX)

A preparatory sketch for The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

[c.1904-5] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
195 POTTER (BEATRIX)

A pair of scenes from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

n.d. GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
196 KEMPIS (THOMAS A)

PRINTED ON VELLUM Imitation of Christ

1905 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
197 BOTTARI (GEORGE)

PULP FICTION - AMERICAN WOMEN AND CRIME

1949 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 704.00
198

PULP FICTION - CRIME A collection of 100 pictorial paperback crime

1940s-50s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
199

PULP FICTION - CRIME 50 titles by GRIFF, Hank Janson, Theodora Du Bois, etc.

[1949] GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
200

PULP FICTION - CRIME HANSON (HANK) A collection of 52 pulp paperbacks

c.1948-1955 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 614.40
  • 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.
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  • 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.