Bonhams: Fine Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, 32104, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026

Page Size: 169 items in 7 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	JOHN SOANE	View of the Proposed Hall at Wotton House, [1820]		1820	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
2	CHRISTOPHER WREN AND GRINLING GIBBONS	Manuscript sheet of accounts for the Royal Hospital Chelsea signed by Wren; with receipt signed by Grinling Gibbons		N/A	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 2,176.00
3	FLAXMAN, SOANE, NASH AND BURTON	Admittance ticket to a Royal Academy lecture signed by Flaxman; with four letters from prominent neo-Classical architects		N/A	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 832.00
4	ROBERT ADAM	Autograph letter signed, 15 August 1772		15 August 1772	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
5	TURNER, LAWRENCE AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY	Document signed by Turner, Lawrence and Bone, London, 18 April 1820	London	18 April 1820	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,432.00
6	JAMES (WILLIAM)	JAMES (WILLIAM) The Naval History of Great Britain, 6 vol., Harding, Lepard and Co., 1826		1826	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 614.40
7	HOBSON (R.L.)	HOBSON (R.L.) A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David, NUMBER 567 OF 650 COPIES, The Stourton Press, 1934		1934	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,432.00
8	COOKERY AND MEDICINAL	Manuscript receipt book, [eighteenth-century]		eighteenth-century	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 5,376.00
9	COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD - NORFOLK	Manuscript receipt book, [begun late eighteenth-/early nineteenth-century]		late eighteenth-/early nineteenth-century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,664.00
10	SMITH, MARY,	SMITH, MARY, The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook, FIRST EDITION, Newcastle, 1772, with manuscript receipts bound in; and another manuscript volume	Newcastle	1772	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 704.00
11		Three nineteenth-century manuscript receipt books		N/A	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,024.00
12	ATHENAEUS OF NAUCRATIS	Dipnosophistarum sive Coenae sapientium libri XV., FIRST EDITION IN LATIN, Venice, 1556	Venice	1556	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 358.40
13	DAVID (ELIZABETH)	DAVID (ELIZABETH) A Book of Mediterranean Food, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, John Lehman 1950		1950	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 896.00
14	TAYLOR (ELIZABETH)	TAYLOR (ELIZABETH) The Lady's, Housewife's, and Cookmaid's Assistant, FIRST EDITION, Berwick upon Tweed, 1769; and 6 works on vegetable cookery	Berwick upon Tweed	1769	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 768.00
15		Manuscript receipt book [c.1756-1814]		c.1756-1814	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,216.00
16	STRYJENSKA (ZOFIA)	STRYJENSKA (ZOFIA) Polish Peasant Costumes, NUMBER 152 OF 400 COPIES, Nice, C. Szwedzicki, [1939]	Nice,	1939	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
17		A collection of seven large illuminated initials (Q, B, E, N, E, D, D) cut from a large manuscript choirbook or antiphonal, [France, late fifteenth century]	France,	late fifteenth century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
18	LOUIS XIV -	Medailles sur les principaux evenements du regne entier de Louis le Grand, Paris, L'imprimerie Royale, 1723	Paris,	1723	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 332.80
19	NEWBERRY (E., publisher)	NEWBERRY (E., publisher) England Dissected for the Instruction of Youth in Geography, Dissected for and Sold by E. Newbery, Corner of St. Pauls Church Yard, [c.1790]	E. Newbery,	c.1790	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,816.00
20	John Bailey	Series of autograph letters from Woolwich and the Crimea, 1853-1856 (17)		1853-1856	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 588.80
21	Charles Wood,	Collection of over 180 letters from Lt. Col. Charles Wood, 10th Hussars, to his brother Col. Tom Wood, 1809-1826		1809-1826	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 14,080.00
22	Henry Wayland Powell	Autograph eye-witness account by Henry Wayland Powell, Captain & Lieutenant First Regiment Foot Guards, 20 June 1815		20 June 1815	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 16,640.00
23	Charles Wood	Series of eleven letters from Lt. Col. Charles Wood, 10th Hussars, May to July 1815		May to July 1815	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 10,880.00
24	James Robinson	Autograph letter from Midshipman James Robinson, aboard HMS Mars, Gibraltar, 29 October 1805	aboard HMS Mars, Gibraltar,	29 October 1805	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,608.00
25	BARRETT (FRANCIS)	BARRETT (FRANCIS) The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, 2 vol. in 1, 1801 [but 1875]		1801 but 1875	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,048.00

Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950