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

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Auction Report
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
76 PEARY, ROBERT E. 1856-1920.

The North Pole.

London 1910 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
77 MARSHALL, WILLIAM ISAAC. 1840-1906

Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman. Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Co.

1911 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 614.40
78 CATLIN, GEORGE 1796-1872

North American Indians Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years'Travel Amongst The Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America

Edinburgh 1926 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,024.00
79 [ALSOP, RICHARD] ed. 1761-1815.

Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston...

NY 1815 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,088.00
80

A group of 5 reports and pamphlets regarding the Pacific Northwest including 2 presentation copies.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 512.00
81

2 works on the Pacific Railroad.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,072.00
82

A group of 6 reports and pamphlets regarding the American Settlement of the Oregon Territory:

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 4,096.00
83

A group of 5 works on the American settlement of the Oregon Territory:

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
84

A group of 5 works including a presentation copy by Hewitt.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
85

A group of 6 works including presentation copies from Arthur Denny and George Kinnear.

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 704.00
86

A group of 3 bibliographic references regarding the Pacific Northwest.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
87 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN 1706-1790.

1. WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. 1766-1828. The Religion of Nature Delineated.

London 1725 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 614.40
88 JONES, JOHN. 1729-1791.

Plain Concise Practical Remarks on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures.

Philadelphia 1776 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 17,920.00
89 GATES, HORATIO. 1727-1806.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Horatio Gates") to Richard Peters, secretary of the Continental Board of War,...

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,632.00
90 LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DE MOTIER, MARQUIS DE. 1757-1834.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Lafayette") to Col Joseph Vose unnamed giving marching orders to head for Trenton where they will reunite,

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 21,760.00
91 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804.

Document Signed ("A. Hamilton"), being a Treasury Department circular clarifying his rule of a 10% allowance for prompt payment of custom,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,600.00
92 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804; BURR, AARON. 1756-1836.

Five scarce publications relating to the early American politics and Hamilton & Burr:

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,280.00
93 [VAN NESS, WILLIAM P.] HAMILTON, ALEXANDER; BURR, AARON.

A Correct Statement of the Late Melancholy Affair of Honor between General Hamilton and Colonel Burr... To Which is Added, A Candid Examination of the Whole Affair... by Lysander.

New York, 1804 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,376.00
94 ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826.

Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Adams") to Amos J. Cook on the translation of Latin verses Adams had recorded in 1779 from the door of a monk in Spain,

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,960.00
95 ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826.

Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont, whose father had provided Adams and Benjamin Franklin lodging in Passy at the Hotel Valentinois during the crucial years of the Revolutionary War,

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,080.00
96 ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826.

Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to "Mr. John Marston" on an erudite reading of the Latin "macte,"

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,960.00
97 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865.

Printed Document Signed ("Abraham Lincoln") on vellum, being an appointment for Robert H. Hall as First Lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment of Infantry,

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,960.00
98 PRANG, LOUIS. 1824-1909; HOMER, WINSLOW. 1836-1910. et al.

American Card Album.

Boston 1864 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,360.00
99 GARDNER, ALEXANDER, Photographer; TIMOTHY O'SULLIVAN, Assistant; ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Large contemporary photograph captioned in a contemporary hand on the mount, "The execution of the conspirators of President Lincoln, Jail yard, Washington D.C. July 7

1865 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,880.00
100 SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE. 1794-1876.

Printed Document Signed ("A. de L. de Santa Anna") being a United States mortgage bond of $500,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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.