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
  • 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.
  • 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 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    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