Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana , 31200, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | ORWELL, GEORGE. 1903-1950. | Nineteen Eighty-four. |
London | 1949 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 202 | PAZ, OCTAVIO. 1914-1998. | Piedra de Sol. |
Mexico | 1957 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 203 | PAZ, OCTAVIO 1914-1998. | Blanco. |
Mexico | 1967 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,792.00 |
| 204 | POTER, COLE. 1891-1964. | Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed ("Its d'lovely / Cole Porter"), with two bars of music from his song It's De-Lovely, |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,024.00 | ||
| 205 | RACKHAM, ARTHUR. 1867-1939. | Original watercolor, "All amidst the Gardens fair; Of Hesperus, and his daughters three; That sing about the golden tree, executed for his edition of Milton's Comus, |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 | ||
| 206 | ROWLING, J. K. b. 1965. | 7 first editions including: |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 832.00 | ||
| 207 | SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944. | Le Petit Prince. |
New York | 1943 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 208 | SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944. | The Little Prince. |
New York | 1943 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 209 | SCHULZ, CHARLES M. 1922-2000. | Original pen and ink drawing of Charlie Brown and Snoopy getting a kite stuck in a tree, |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 | ||
| 210 | SEBALD, WINFRIED GEORG "MAX." 1944-2001. | The Rings of Saturn. |
London | 1998 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 211 | SEBALD, WINFRIED GEORG "MAX." 1944-2001. | Vertigo. |
London | 1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 212 | SENDAK, MAURICE. 1928-2012. | Where the Wild Things Are. |
New York | 1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 213 | SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE 1792-1822. | Queen Mab. a Philosophical Poem. |
London | 1821 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 214 | SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552?-1599. | Faerie Queene disposed into XII Bookes fashioning the twelve Morall Vertues ... The Shepheards Calendar and Minor Poems. |
London | 1609-1611. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 215 | STEIG, WILLIAM. 1907-2003. | 58 original ink and wash drawings for About People, each individually titled by the artist in pencil with printers' notes on versos, |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 | ||
| 216 | PODEVIN, JEAN-FRANCOIS. B.1954. | Original artwork for the first edition of Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking novel Snow Crash, |
USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 217 | PODEVIN, JEAN-FRANCOIS. B.1954. | Original preliminary artwork, concept sketches and art work, including: |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 218 | STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. 1811-1896. | Autograph Manuscript Leaf from The Minister's Wooing, being pp 151-152 of "Chapter X: The Test of Theology," |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 | ||
| 219 | WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900. | Autograph Manuscript, being a partial draft of an untitled prose-poem or tale: "Every morning the Poet person went out of the gate of the city, and went into the waste land and wandered through it..." |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 | ||
| 220 | WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900. | The Picture of Dorian Gray. |
London | 1891 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 221 | WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 1911-1983. | Autograph Manuscript Unsigned, a working draft of what would become "Ten Blocks on the Camino Real," |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 | ||
| 222 | MILNE, ALAN. 1882-1956. | Archive of 13 Autograph Letters Signed ("A.A. Milne" or "A.A.M." or "Blue") to John and Elliott B. Macrae |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 | ||
| 223 | SHEPARD, ERNEST H. 1879-1976. | Archive of 17 Autograph Letters Signed ("E.H. Shepard" and "Kipper" and "Norah and Kipper") to John Macrae and Elliott B. Macrae |
USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 224 | MILNE, DAPHNE; CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE; LESLEY MILNE. | A very personal archive of letters from the Milne family, Daphne, Christopher (Robin), and Lesley, to John Macrae, Elliott B. Macrae ("Jimmie"), and Marjorie Knight Macrae, including: |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 | ||
| 225 | MILNE, ALAN ALEXANDER. 1882-1956. SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD. 1879-1976. | Winnie-the-Pooh. |
New York | 1926 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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. -
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Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, 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 14,000-20,000Koller, 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.