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
1087	Includes: Captain McClintock.	A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions	Boston	1860	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 285.75
1088	Captain Frederick Marryat.	The Settlers in Canada. Written for Young People	London	1860	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
1089	Charles Darwin.	ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS AND ON THE GOOD EFFECTS OF INTERCROSSING	London	1862	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,905.00
1090	Charles Darwin.	ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS AND ON THE GOOD EFFECTS OF INTERCROSSING	London	1877	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1091	George Head.	Forest Scenes and Incidents, in The Wilds of North America	London	1829	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1092	Includes: Agnes Fitzgibbon and G.P. Traill.	Canadian Wild Flowers	Montreal	1868	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 539.75
1093	George Newenham Wright and Thomas Allom.	China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire	London	ca.1843	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,397.00
1094	Giovanni Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni.	Atlas geographique contenant la Mappemonde et les quarte Parties	Paris,	1762	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 444.50
1095	Patrick Gordon.	Geography Anatomiz'd: Or, The Geographical Grammar	London	1716	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 254.00
1096	Francis Parkman.	Francis Parkman's Works	Toronto	1900	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1144		The official portraits of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Together with a photograph of the portraits at the White House.			USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 2,794.00
1145		Phonographic record album of the Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961, in a pictorial sleeve.		1961	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 127.00
1146	Fred G. Parker.	Forty-Minute Plays from Shakespeare	New York City	1939	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,397.00
1147	Truman Capote.	Selected Writings	New York City	1963	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 4,572.00
1148		10 soft cover, 1 hard cover.			USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 952.50
1149	Compton Mackenzie.	On Moral Courage	London	1962	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 952.50
1158	Kalidasa and Sir Monier Williams (translator).	Sakoontala, Or The Lost Ring: An Indian Drama	Hertford	1855	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,397.00
1159	Bridget and Julie Kavanagh.	The Pearl Fountain and Other Fairy Tales	New York	1876	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 889.00
1160	Rudyard Kipling.	Just So Stories	London	1902	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 317.50
1161		The City of Dreadful Night; Wee Willie Winkie; Soldiers Three; Under the Deodars (2 copies); and The Story of the Cadsbys	All published by A.H. Wheeler & Co. Allahabad		USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 190.50
1162	H.G. Wells.	The Outline of History	London	1919-20	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 222.25
1163		Black Mischief	London	1932	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1164	John Steinbeck, plus Jay Parini.	East Of Eden. Sweet Thursday	New York	1952, 1954	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 412.75
1165	Tennesse Williams.	Memoirs	Garden City, New York	1975	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 190.50
1166	Ernest Hemingway.	For Whom the Bell Tolls	New York	1940	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 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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