Bonhams Auction 32340

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	WILDE (LADY JANE) 'SPERANZA'	Poems... Speranza, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Dublin, James Duffy, 1864	Dublin	1864	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
2	WILDE - RELATED WORKS	WILDE (WILLIAM R.) The Closing Years of Dean Swift's Life, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, 1849; and others		1849; and others	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
3	PORTORA ROYAL SCHOOL - PRIZE BOOK	Manuscript "Prize Book" compiled by the headmaster, with 8 mentions of prizes won by Oscar Wilde, c.1869-1881		c.1869-1881	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
4	WILDE'S COPY - SWINBURNE (ALGERNON)	Atalanta in Calydon, John Camden Hotten, 1868		1868	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
5	WILDE'S COPY - CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS)	Selected Letters of Cicero With Notes for the Use of Schools, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1872	Oxford	1872	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
6	WILDE - LEGAL DOCUMENTS	A file of legal documents (deeds, receipts etc) from the solicitor Messrs Cathcart and Hemphill, Lower Baggot Street, two SIGNED by Wilde, 1862-1880		1862-1880	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
7	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph manuscript signed of the sonnet "On hearing the "Dies Irae" sung in the Sistine Chapel.", [1878-1881]		[1878-1881]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
8	WILDE (OSCAR)	Newdigate Prize Poem, Ravenna, FIRST EDITION, Oxford, Thos. Shrimpton & Son, 1878	Oxford	1878	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
9	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Oscar Browning, [1879]		[1879]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
10	WILDE (OSCAR)	Galley proof of Wilde's "Ave Imperatrix! A Poem on England", PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILDE, [1880]		[1880]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
11	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph manuscript titled "Ballade de Marguerite", [n.d. but 1879-1881]		[n.d. but 1879-1881]	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Unknown
12	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [c.1880]		[c.1880]	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
13	WILDE (OSCAR)	Autograph letter signed to Beatrice Faudel-Phillips, [November 1886]		[November 1886]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
14	WILDE (OSCAR)	Two autograph manuscripts, a working draft and a fair copy of the sonnet titled "The Grave of Shelley", [c.1881]		[c.1881]	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Unknown
15	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poems, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 250 COPIES], David Bogue, 1881		1881	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
16	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poems, David Bogue, 1881		1881	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
17	WILDE PRESENTATION COPY	GOSSE (EDMUND, editor) English Odes, PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILDE TO PHILIP BURNE-JONES, Kegan Paul, 1881		1881	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
18	WILDE'S COPY	[JOYCE (ROBERT DWYER)] Deidre, OSCAR WILDE'S COPY, Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1877	Boston	1877	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
19	WILDE (OSCAR)	Last leaf of an autograph letter signed to Colonel W.F. Morse, Montreal, [May 1882]	Montreal	[May 1882]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
20	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poems, fourth edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, David Bogue, 1882		1882	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
21	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poems, NUMBER 136 OF 220 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892		1892	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
22	WILDE (OSCAR)	Poemes. Traduction et preface par Albert Savine, ONE OF 11 COPIES, Paris, P.V. Stock, 1907	Paris	1907	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
23	WILDE'S COPY - FAWCETT (EDGAR)	Fantasy and Passion, OSCAR WILDE'S COPY, INSCRIBED, Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1878	Boston	1878	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
24	SARONY (NAPOLEON)	Cabinet card photograph of Oscar Wilde, taken in New York, 1882		1882	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
25	SARONY (NAPOLEON)	Cabinet card photograph of Oscar Wilde, taken in New York, 1882		1882	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown

Forum Auctions
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Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000

Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.

Bonhams: Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason, 32340, London, New Bond Street

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