Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30942, Marlborough

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 ARION PRESS. PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. NABOKOV, VLADIMIR, translator.

Eugene Onegin.

San Francisco 2018 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,792.00
27 ARION PRESS. WILDE, OSCAR. BIRK, SANDOW, illustrator.

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde.

San Francisco 2018 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 614.40
28 ARION PRESS. SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. HAWKINSON, TIM, illustrator.

Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus.

San Francisco 2019 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
29 ARION PRESS. GOGOL, NIKOLAI. KENTRIDGE, WILLIAM, illustrator.

The Nose.

San Francisco 2021 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,024.00
30

A group of 7 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,864.00
31

A group of 8 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,304.00
32

A group of 4 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,048.00
33

A group of 8 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 4,608.00
34

A group of 5 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 832.00
35

A group of 5 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,024.00
36

A group of 5 works published by the Arion Press

San Francisco USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,024.00
37 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616.

The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha.

Chelsea 1927-28. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,376.00
38 KEATS, JOHN. 1795-1821.

The Sonnets.

N.p. c1900. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,816.00
39 MILTON, JOHN. 1608-1674.

Paradise Lost. [and:] Paradise Regain'd. To Which is Added Samson Agonistes.

Birmingham 1758 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
40 BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT, illustrator. 1872-1898; MALORY, THOMAS, SIR. Fl.1470.

Le Morte D'Arthur.

London 1893-94. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
41 SYMONS, ARTHUR, editor. 1865-1945.

The Savoy, an Illustrated Quarterly.

London 1896 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
42 BEARDSLEY, AUBREY; SIR THOMAS MALLORY.

Morte D'arthur Portfolio.

London 1927 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
43 BEARDSLEY, AUBREY, illustrator. 1872-1898.

Grotesques, by Aubrey Beardsley, Enlarged Facsimiles in Platinotype by Frederick H. Evans.

[London] 1912 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
44 BECKETT, SAMUEL. 1906-1989.

En attendant Godot.

Paris 1952 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
45 BECKETT, SAMUEL. 1906-1989.

En attendant Godot.

Paris 1952 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
46 BECKETT, SAMUEL (1906-1989).

Waiting for Godot. Tragicomedy in 2 Acts.

New York 1954 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,408.00
47 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989).

Waiting for Godot.

London 1956 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 614.40
48 FITZGERALD, EDWARD, translator. 1809-1883.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

New York [1900]. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,560.00
49 BLAKE, WILLIAM, illustrator. 1757-1827; YOUNG, EDWARD. 1683-1765.

The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts.

London 1797 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,680.00
50 BONNARD, PIERRE. 1867-1947; TERRASSE, CLAUDE. 1867-1923.

Petites scenes familieres pour piano.

Paris [1893]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 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.