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
101	DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN)	The Sign of Four, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Spencer Blackett, 1890		1890	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 11,520.00
102	FLEMING (IAN)	Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST ISSUE, with cut signature of author, Cape, [1953]		1953	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 14,080.00
103	FLEMING (IAN)	Live and Let Die, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, FIRST STATE, Jonathan Cape, [1954]		1954	GBP 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,352.00
104	FLEMING (IAN)	Moonraker, FIRST EDITION, Jonathan Cape, [1955]		1955	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 4,864.00
105	FLEMING (IAN)	On Her Majesty's Secret Service, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 122 OF 250 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Jonathan Cape, 1963		1963	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 8,320.00
106	FOWLES (JOHN)	A collection of 33 works SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo; and 4 others by Fowles (37)		N/A	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,536.00
107	FREEDMAN (BARNETT)	Real Farmhouse Cheese, PRESENTATION COPY, 1949; 10 Christmas cards signed, and related material		1949	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 640.00
108	GRAVES (IDA)	GRAVES (IDA) Epithalamion, NUMBER 20 OF 50 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, Higham, near Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934	Higham, near Colchester,	1934	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,408.00
109	GIBBINGS (ROBERT)	Twelve wood Engravings, NUMBER 106 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, [Printed at the Baynard Press], 1921		1921	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 896.00
110	GILBERT AND GEORGE	Pink Elephants, complete set of 8 pictorial cards, "Art For All", 12 Fournier Street, 1973	12 Fournier Street	1973	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 512.00
111	CHAUCER (GEOFFREY)	CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 267 OF 485 COPIES ON PAPER, Waltham St Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1931	Waltham St Lawrence,	1929-1931	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,864.00
112	ERIC GILL	. The Four Gospels, 500 COPIES, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY GILL 1931		1931	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,320.00
113	GOODEN (STEPHEN) - Aesop	Aesop's Fables, 8 copies on vellum, Sangorski binding, 1936		1936	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 12,160.00
114	GREENE (GRAHAM)	[Works], 14 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, 1929-1980; and 5 others by Evelyn Waugh and Kipling		1929-1980	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 15,360.00
115	HEANEY (SEAMUS)	A collection of 13 first or limited editions signed by Heaney; and 3 others (16)		N/A	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 5,888.00
116	HEANEY (SEAMUS), GEORGE MACKAY BROWN, TED HUGHES AND CHRISTOPHER FRY	Four Poets for St. Magnus, ONE OF 106 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE FOUR POETS, 1987		1987	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 960.00
117	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	"Biggles" of the Camel Squadron, FIRST EDITION, early issue, DUST-JACKET, [1934]		1934	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 1,024.00
118	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles Defies the Swastika, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, John Hamilton Limited, [1934]		1934	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,088.00
119	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles Flies Again, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, John Hamilton Limited, [1934]		1934	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,560.00
120	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles Hits the Trail, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1935]		1935	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,920.00
121	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles Flies South; Biggles flies North; Biggles goes to War, early issue dust-jackets, 1938-9; and another		1938-9	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,176.00
122	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	The Rescue Flight; A Biggles Story, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1939]		1939	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,560.00
123	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles - Secret Agent, FIRST EDITION, IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1940]		1940	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,048.00
124	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles in the Baltic. A Tale of the Second World War, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1940]		1940	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,920.00
125	JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.)	Biggles in the South Seas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, O.U.P., [1940]		1940	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,560.00

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
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.
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
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.