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
51	PALMER, JOEL. 1810-1881.	Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains to the Mouth of the Columbia River; Made during the Years 1845 and 1846....	Cincinnati	1847	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,048.00
52	PARKMAN, FRANCIS. 1823-1893.	The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.	New York	1849	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
53	PARKMAN, FRANCIS. 1823-1893. -- REMINGTON, FREDERIC, illustrator. 1861-1909.	The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.	Boston	1892	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
54	ROSS, ALEXANDER. 1783-1856.	Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River.	London	1849	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 896.00
55	McLEAN, JOHN. 1785-1861.	Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory.	London	1849	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,024.00
56	[OGDEN, PETER SKENE. 1790-1854.]	Traits of American-Indian Life and Character, by a Fur Trader.	London	1853	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,072.00
57	ROSS, ALEXANDER. 1783-1856.	The Fur Hunters of the Far West: A Narrative of Adventure in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains.	London	1855	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,408.00
58	ROSS, ALEXANDER. 1783-1856.	The Fur Hunters of the Far West: A Narrative of Adventure in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains.	London	1855	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
59	ARMSTRONG, AMBROSE N. B.1852.	Oregon: Comprising a Brief History and Full Description of the Territories of Oregon and Washington.	Chicago	1857	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,304.00
60	DUNIWAY, ABIGAIL J.	Captain Gray's Company; or, Crossing the Plains and Living in Oregon.	Portland, OR	1859	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,072.00
61	KANE, PAUL. 1810-1871.	Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America.	London	1859	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,792.00
62	HITTELL, THEODORE H.	The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter, of California.	San Francisco	1860	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,048.00
63	MULLAN, JOHN. 1830-1909.	Miners and Travellers' Guide to Oregon.	New York	1865	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,408.00
64	SUMNER, CHARLES. 1811-1874.	Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Cession of Russian America to the United States.	Washington, D.C.	1867	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
65	SUMNER, CHARLES. 1811-1874.	Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Cession of Russian America to the United States.	Washington, D.C.	1867	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,088.00
66		To the Republicans of Washington Territory...	Olympia, Washington Territory,	ca 1868-1869.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 614.40
67	[NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD].	Northern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Board of Direction of the Company, with Communications from Lieutenant General Grant...and report of the Engineer in Chief. November 1867.	Washington, D. C.	1868	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 832.00
68	[OREGON].	Oregon, its Resources, Soil, Climate and Productions. Containing some Facts for the Consideration of Emigrants. Issued by the Board of Statistics, Immigration and Labor Exchange.	Portland, OR	1869	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,024.00
69	MEEKER, EZRA. 1830-1928.	Washington Territory West of the Cascade Mountains: Containing a Description of Puget Sound, and Rivers Emptying into it: The Lower Columbia, Shoalwater Bay, Gray's Harbor.	Olympia, W.T.	1870	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,376.00
70	MEEKER, EZRA. 1830-1928.	Washington Territory West of the Cascade Mountains, containing a description of Puget Sound, and Rivers Emptying into it.	Olympia, W.T.	1870	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,888.00
71	MEEKER, EZRA. 1830-1928.	Hop Culture in the United States being a Practical treatise on Hop Growing in Washington Territory, from the Cutting to the Bale.	Puyallup, Washington Territory	1883	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,560.00
72	MACKINTOSH, A. M., publisher.	City of Seattle Washington Territory	Seattle, Washington Territory	1876	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,560.00
73	PIERCE, HENRY H.	Report of an Expedition from Fort Colville to Puget Sound, Washington Territory...	Washington, D. C.	1883	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,408.00
74	WISTER, OWEN. 1860-1938.	The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains	NY	1902	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,152.00
75	MATHERS, C. W. 1868-1950.	The Far North.	Brooklyn	1902	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold

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.