Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana , 31200, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025

Page Size: 261 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ELLIS, HENRY. 1721-1806.	A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, By the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, For Discovering a North West Passage....	London	1748	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 704.00
2	CARVER, JONATHAN. 1732-1780.	Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America 1766	London	1781	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,536.00
3	COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES 1728-1779. KING, JAMES 1750-1784	A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty...in the Northern Hemisphere	London	1784	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,536.00
4	DIXON, GEORGE, CAPTAIN. 1748-1795; PORTLOCK, NATHANIEL. 1748-1817.	A Voyage Round the World; but More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America:... 1785...1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon.	London	1789	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
5	NOOTKA SOUND CONVENTION.	Convention between His Britannick Majesty and the King of Spain: Signed at the Escurial, the 28th of October	London	1790	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 896.00
6	HEARNE, SAMUEL. 1745-1792.	A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company; for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. in the Years 1769	London	1795	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,024.00
7	HEARNE, SAMUEL 1745-1792.	Voyage de Samuel Hearne, du Fort du Prince de Galles dans la Baie de Hudson, a l'Ocean Nord, Enterpris par ordre de la Compagnie de la Baie de Hudson, dans les annees 1769	Paris	AN VII (1798/1799).	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
8	FABRICIUS, OTTO, translator.	Testamente nutak: Kaladlin okauzeennut nuktersimarsok.	Copenhagen,	1799	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 8,960.00
9	MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER. 1763-1820.	Voyages From Montreal, On the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans.	London	1801	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 7,040.00
10	VANCOUVER, GEORGE. 1757-1798.	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World.	London	1801	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,152.00
11	[LEWIS & CLARK].	The Political Cabinet. Extracted from: The Monthly Anthology and Boston Review.	Boston	1806-1807.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
12	[LEWIS & CLARK].	The Political Cabinet. Extracted from: The Monthly Anthology and Boston Review.	Boston	1806-1807.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
13	LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; and WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838.	The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke, from St. Louis, by Way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific Ocean; Performed in the Years 1804	London	1809	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,664.00
14		LEWIS & CLARK: APOCRYPHAL EDITIONS.			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 5,632.00
15	LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; & WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838.	Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean	London	1814	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 9,600.00
16	LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; and WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838.	Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean.	London	1815	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,864.00
17	LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809. CLARK, WILLIAM. 1770-1838.	History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark. Elliott Coues, editor.	New York	1893	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,024.00
18		Map of the Expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri...	Boston	2005	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
19	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke....	Pittsburgh	1807	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,888.00
20	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke of the Army of the United States; ...	Pittsburgh and London	1808	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
21	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	Voyage des Capitaines Lewis et Clarke, depuis l'embouchure du Missouri, jusqu'a l'entree de las Colombia dans l'Ocean Pacifique; fait dans les annees 1804	Paris	1810	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,432.00
22	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, ...	Philadelphia	1810	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,328.00
23	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, ...	Philadelphia	1811	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,840.00
24	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States,...	Philadelphia	1811	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
25	GASS, PATRICK. 1771-1870.	Tagebuch Einer Entdeckungs-Reise Durch Nord-America, vond der Mundung des Missouri an bis zum Einfluss der Columbia in den Stillen Ocean . . .	Weimar	1814	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,096.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.