Bonhams: Deeds Not Words. Women's Suffrage Part II, 32103, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 12, 2026 - March 12, 2026
Page Size: 49 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ELIZA SCHOFIELD

Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1908]

1908 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,536.00
2 EMMELINE PANKHURST

Temporary Discharge Certificate for Emmeline Pankhurst, signed and dated May 1913

1913 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
4

Mrs Drummond will Speak at The Temperance Hall', Saturday 21 March 1914

1914 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,840.00
5

The Trial of the Suffragette Leaders, The Woman's Press, [1909]

[1909] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 768.00
6 HAMILTON (CICELY)

Beware! A Warning to Suffragists..., FIRST EDITION, Artists' Suffrage League, [c.1910]

[c.1910] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
7 Edited by Ethel Hill and Olga Fenton Shafer,

Great Suffragists- and Why. Modern Makers of History...

[1909] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
8 GORDON (HELEN)

The Prisoner: a Sketch, Letchworth,

1911 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 832.00
9 LYTTON (CONSTANCE)

Autograph article on her conversion to the suffrage cause, [c.1908]

[c.1908] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,664.00
10 LYTTON (CONSTANCE)

Autograph working manuscript account of her imprisonment in Walton Gaol, Liverpool, 1910

1910 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
11 LYTTON (CONSTANCE)

Papers from the collection of Constance Lytton, [c.1908-1910]

[c.1908-1910] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
12 LYTTON (CONSTANCE) and Jane Warton

Prisons & Prisoners. Some Personal Experiences by Constance Lytton and Jane Warton, Spinster, FIRST EDITION,

1914 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 640.00
21

A collection of approximately 70 printed handbills and leaflets, [early twentieth-century]

[early twentieth-century] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,048.00
22

Rare pamphlets from the Mary Phillips collection of suffrage material, mostly undated

undated GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
23

Three posters advertising WSPU events, [1908, 1910, 1915]

[1908, 1910, 1915] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 332.80
25 Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence

Votes for Women. Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, vol. 1-4 [nos. 1-186], October 1907-September 1911

1907-1911 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,176.00
26 Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence

Votes for Women. Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, incomplete run of 91 loose issues, 12 April 1912-2 October 1914

1912-1914 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,664.00
27 Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence

Votes for Women. Edited by Federick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, 2 vols, 1908-1910

1908-1910 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 537.60
28

Women's Franchise. A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1908-1909; The Common Cause. The Organ of the Women's Movement for Reform, 1909-1910

1908-1909; 1909-1910 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,088.00
29 PANKHURST (SYLVIA)

Autograph manuscript of an article on Communism, [c.1922]

[c.1922] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
30 PANKHURST (SYLVIA)

Typed letter signed to Lenin for publication, July 1920; and associated material

1920 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 704.00
33 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)

Two autograph letters signed to Walter Long MP, September 1909 and July 1910

1909 and 1910 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,432.00
34 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)

Autograph letter signed to the Editor of the Daily Mail, 1913, with a telegram

1913 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,048.00
36 DAVISON (EMILY WILDING)

In Memoriam. Miss Emily Wilding Davison, programme for her memorial service, 14 June 1913

1913 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 384.00
49

Collection of over 80 photographs, [c.1908-1913]

[c.1908-1913] GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
50 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL) AND THE WSPU

Group of five portrait photographs, four signed

N/A GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 704.00
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500