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

Auction Details

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
126 TERIADE, editor.

Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Nos 1-38.

Paris, 1937-1960. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,160.00
127 FORD, CHARLES HENRI. 1908-2002.

View. The Modern Magazine.

New York 1940-1947. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
128 HIRSCHFELD, AL. 1903-2003. SAROYAN, WILLIAM. 1908-1981.

Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld.

New York 1941 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,792.00
129 LEGER, FERNAND. 1881-1955; RIMBAUD, ARTHUR. 1854-1891.

Les Illuminations.

Lausanne 1949 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
130 ARP, JEAN. 1886-1986. SEUPHOR, MICHEL.

The Spiritual Mission of Art.

NY 1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
131 BRAQUE, GEORGES. 1882-1963. SUZUKI, DAISETZ T. 1870-1966.

Le tir a l'arc. Mis en Lumiere par...

Paris 1960 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
132 SHAHN, BEN. 1898-1969. ROTH, CECIL. 1899-1970.

Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn, with a Translation, Introduction, and Notes by Cecil Roth

Paris and London 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
133 MIRO, JOAN. 1893-1983; GOLL, YVAN. 1891-1950.

Yvan Goll: Bouquet de Reves pour Neila

Paris 1967 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
134 RUSCHA, EDWARD. B.1937.

First and early editions of 12 of Ruscha's artist books, and his first catalogue:

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,144.00
135 WARHOL, ANDY. 1928-1987.

Andy Warhol's Index (Book).

New York 1967 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 384.00
136 DINE, JIM. B.1935; APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME. 1880-1918.

The Poet Assassinated. Translated by Ron Padgett.

New York 1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
137 ERNST, MAX. 1891-1976.

Journal d'un Astronaute Millenaire

Paris 1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,920.00
138 ERNST, MAX. 1891-1976. FRIEDRICH, CASPAR DAVID. 1774-1840.

Paysage marin avec un Capucin. | Seelandschaft mit Kapuziner.

Zurich 1972 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
139 WILLEM DE KOONING 1904-1997. FRANK O'HARA 1926-1966.

Poems by Frank O'Hara

NY 1988 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
140 MOTHERWELL, ROBERT (1915-1991). PAZ, OCTAVIO (1914-1998).

Three Poems.

New York 1988 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
141 LAWRENCE, JACOB. 1917-2000.

The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis.

NY 1989 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,096.00
142 WALKER, KARA. B.1969.

Freedom: A Fable, A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times...

(Pasadena 1997 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
143 MORRISON, TONI 1931-2019 AND WALKER, KARA. b.1969.

Five Poems.

Las Vegas 2002 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
144 [WHITNEY MUSEUM.]

Notes on a Room.

New York 1998 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
145 MILHAZES, BAETRIZ b. 1960

Coisa Linda.

New York USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,816.00
146 AUSTEN, JANE. 1775-1817.

Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes.

London 1816 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
147 BARRIE, J.M.

Peter and Wendy

New York 1931 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
148 BORGES, JORGE LUIS. 1899-1986.

Inquisiciones.

Buenos Aries 1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,920.00
149 BORGES, JORGE LUIS. 1899-1986.

El Idioma de los Argentinos.

Buenos Aries 1928 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,096.00
150 BORGES, JORGE LUIS. 1899-1986.

Evaristo Carriego.

Buenos Aries 1930 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
  • 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
  • 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