Duke's: Avenue Auction, 120225, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025

Page Size: 106 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
623		A COLLECTION OF BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 26.00
624		A COLLECTION OF BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.00
625		A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE GARDENING BOOKS			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 169.00
626		A QUANTITY OF OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 19.50
627	GOETHE:	GOETHES SAMTLICHE WERKE	Leipzig,	circa 1900	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
628	0SCAR WILDE:	THE HAPPY PRINCE, AND OTHER TALES		1935	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 104.00
629		A QUANTITY OF UFO AND SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 247.00
630		A QUANTITY OF MILITARY BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 19.50
631		A QUANTITY OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, INCLUDING 'ALL THE YEAR ROUND'			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 286.00
632		A QUANTITY OF BOOKS			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 39.00
633		A QUANTITY OF BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
634		A COLLECTION OF NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 78.00
635		JEAN COCTEAU; A COLLECTION OF BOOKS			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.00
636		A QUANTITY OF DORSET BOOKS			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 91.00
637		A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 26.00
638		A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.50
639		AUGUSTUS JOHN: VARIOUS BOOKS, CATALOGUES			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 32.50
640	W.E. LYON (ed.) :	IN MY OPINION'		1928	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
641		A QUANTITY OF ART BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 58.50
642		A LARGE QUANTITY OF EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 208.00
643		A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON RENAISSANCE ART			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 19.50
644		A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.50
645		A COLLECTION OF AVIATION BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 32.50
646		A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 52.00
647	KATRINA COOK:	BIRDS		2007	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	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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