A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Antiquities, Books and Curiosities, 102925, Toronto

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025

Page Size: 139 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1062	Plutarch, Andrew Thevet (translator).	The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans, Compared Together, by that Grave Learned PHilosopher & Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea	Cambridge	1676	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 762.00
1063	Charles Rollin.	The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians	St. John's Square, London	1823	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 285.75
1064	W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, John Carne.	Syria, The Holy Land, Asia &c. Illustrated	London & Paris	1836	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 603.25
1065	George Anson.	A Voyage Round the World	London	1748	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 508.00
1066	Sir Walter Raleigh.	The Historie of the World, in Five Books	London	1666	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 444.50
1067	Wolfgang Jager, J.G. Boetticher, and William Playfair.	A Geographical, Historical, and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia; ...	London	1800	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 476.25
1068	Sir Charles Wilson (editor).	Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt	London	ca.1880	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 381.00
1069		A photo album of views in India, modern-day Pakistan, and Jerusalem.			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,651.00
1070		A photo album of views in Great Britain and India.			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,079.50
1071	Thomas Stanley.	The History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophies of Every Sect	London	1687	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,143.00
1072	William Smellie.	The Philosophy of Natural History	Edinburgh \| London		USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1073	George Alexander Thompson.	The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies.	London	1812-1815	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 635.00
1074	Prudencio de Sandoval, Captain James Wadsworth (translator).	The Civil Wars of Spain, In the Beginning of the Reign of Charles the 5t, Emperor of Germanie, and King of that Nation	London	1652	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 381.00
1075	Edward Baines.	History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815	London	1817	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 254.00
1076	Sir Winston Churchill.	Divi Britannici: Being a Remark Upon the Lives of all the Kings of This Isle, From the Year of the World 2855, Unto the Year of Grace 1660	London	1675	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 698.50
1077	Ralph Cudworth.	The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The FIrst Part; wherein, All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated	London	1678	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 698.50
1078	R.W. Jeremy Ladd Cross.	The True Masonic Chart, or Hieroglyphic Monitor	New Haven	1820	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 285.75
1079	William Salmon.	Seplasium. The Compleat English Physician; or, The Druggist's Shop Opened	London	1693	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 571.50
1080	Sir David Brewster.	More Worlds than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian	London	1876	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
1081	Arthur Duck.	De usu et authoritate juris civilis romanorum, in dominiis principium christianorum, libri duo	Leiden	1654	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1082	Johann Heinrich Couhausen.	Ermippo redivivo o sia il metodo per prolungare la vita e il vigore. Traduzione dall' Inglese	Livorno	1756	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 190.50
1083	William Dugdale.	Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books, ...	London	1671	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
1084	William Gouge.	Of Domesticall Duties	London	1634	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
1085	George Monro Grant.	Ocean to Ocean. Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872.	Toronto \| London	1873	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 952.50
1086	Elisha Kent Kane.	Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55	Philadelphia	1856	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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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