Bonhams: Indian and Islamic Art Online, 31318, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025

Page Size: 62 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
142	A large chromolithograph of Maharajah Duleep Singh, after the portrait in the Royal Collection by Franz Xavier Winterhalter	London	1854	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
143	A carte de visite of Maharajah Duleep Singh	London	circa 1864	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,408.00
144	Four prints relating to Duleep Singh: A chromolithograph portrait of the Maharajah	London	circa 1859	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 537.60
145	Three prints relating to Maharajah Duleep Singh: Submission of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, to Sir Henry Hardinge, Feby 19, 1846	London	circa 1846	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 384.00
146	E. Dalhousie Login, Lady Login's Recollections: Court Life and Camp Life, 1820-1904	London	1916	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
147	Maharajah Duleep Singh: Christie's, Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk: the Property of the Earl of Iveagh, 21st-24th May 1984, in 8 volumes, in original slipcase			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 832.00
151	A group of three books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha, and a letter signed by Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala	Printed variously in London, Lahore, Jind and Patiala	approximately 1923-41	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 640.00
153	Two large prints depicting the Maharaja of Patiala's estate at Chail near Simla		dated 1944	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,280.00
155	Brinda Devi, Maharani of Kapurthala, Maharani: the Story of an Indian Princess, signed by the author	New York	1954	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 512.00
156	An illuminated official letter addressed to Queen Victoria, perhaps from the Dogra rulers, praising the British Government and thanking her for her gifts	North India, probably Jammu or Kashmir	second half of the 19th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
157	A City Gateway, Lahore, depicting the Lohari Gate		1917	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
158	Einzug in Lahore, Entry into Lahore, depicting the British forces approaching the city after the victory over Sikh forces at the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846	Berlin	1853	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
159	Lahore: its history, architectural remains and antiquities with an account of its modern institutions, inhabitants, their trade, customs &c., by Syad Muhammad Latif Khan Bahadur, with 105 illustrations	Lahore	1892	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
160	Two prints: the first, from Recollections of India, by Charles Stewart Hardinge, depicting the Aftermath of the Battle of Ferozeshah	London	1847	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 256.00
162	The Storming of Mooltan, January 2nd, 1849, by J. Harris after Henry Martens, from a series depicting incidents in the Anglo-Sikh Wars	London	1851	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 768.00
166	Two folios from an illustrated Persian treatise in Urdu on ragas, depicting fakirs seated in landscapes	North India, probably Lahore	circa 1830-40	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,280.00
167	A group of seven photographs depicting Lahore and Amritsar	One by Samuel Bourne	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
168	Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej	Oxford	1918	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
169	Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, A Year on the Punjab Frontier in 1848-49, two volumes	London	1851	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,536.00
170	Rev. J. C. Lowrie, Travels in North India, containing Notices of the Hindus; Journals of a Voyage on the Ganges and a tour to Lahor[e]; Notes on the Himalaya Mountains and the Hill Tribes, including a sketch of Missionary Undertakings	Philadelphia	1842	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 512.00
171	Geography of the Patiala State, by Sirdar Purtap Singh Sahib, text in Urdu	Lucknow	1881	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
172	The Princess Bamba Collection: Antiquities of Sikh Period	Pakistan	1961	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 256.00
173	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Steinbach, The Punjaub; Being a Brief Account of the Country of the Sikhs	London	1846	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,176.00
174	Med Egron Lundgren i Indien 1858-1859 [With Egron Lundgren in India, 1858-1859]	Stockholm	1931	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
175	Four Indian Army Regimental photographs depicting Sikhs	North India	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 307.20

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.