Bonhams: Books, Atlases, and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Atlases, and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 906,945.20 |
| Auction Date | November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 418,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #30732 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 637,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 236 | ||
| Sold Lots | 203.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 475,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 727,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 124.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | AMULET ROLL - A FIFTEENTH CENTURY 'SUNDAY LETTER' |
[fifteenth century] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 95,650.00 | |
| 44 | MERCATOR (GERARD) and JODOCUS HONDIUS | Atlas, ou Representation Du Monde Universel.. |
1633 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 53,740.00 |
| 211 | TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) | [The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King |
[1954-1955] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 35,840.00 |
| 39 | INDIA - SIEGE OF MOOLTAN AND THE INDIAN UPRISING Papers relating to Major-General John Brownrigg Bellasis (1806-1890) |
1823-1858 | GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 30,720.00 | |
| 205 | ROWLING (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
[1997] | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 25,600.00 |
| 125 | NURSERY RHYMES Unrecorded anthology of English eighteenth century nursery rhymes |
[between 1744 and 1767] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 23,040.00 | |
| 80 | WALLICH (NATHANAEL) | Tentamen florae Napalensis illustratae |
[1824-1826] | GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 21,760.00 |
| 206 | ROWLING (J.K.) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
[1999] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 20,480.00 |
| 32 | TURNER (JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM) | A group of 4 items, nineteenth century Together with a postcard from Mrs Parkes to Mr Carpenter |
1906-04-04 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 16,640.00 |
| 195 | POTTER (BEATRIX) | A pair of scenes from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny |
n.d. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 16,640.00 |
| 180 | LE CARRE (JOHN) | Call for the Dead |
1961 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 14,080.00 |
| 55 | BABBAGE (CHARLES) | Metal storage wheel from Babbage's 1864 plan for the Analytical Engine |
[2 January 1865] | GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 12,800.00 |
| 67 | HIGGS (PROFESSOR PETER) | The remaining scientific library of Nobel Prize-winner Professor Peter Higgs |
1937-2000s | GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 12,800.00 |
| 90 | BINDING - ROYALTY The Form and Order of the Service... in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George III |
1761 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 12,800.00 | |
| 127 | POPE (ALEXANDER) | POPE (ALEXANDER) [The Works] |
1715-1741 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 12,800.00 |
| 216 | WILDE (OSCAR) | The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3. |
1898 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,160.00 |
| 62 | DONOVAN (EDWARD) | An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1798; History of the Insects of India, 1800; Harris. English Insects, 1782 |
1798[-1799] | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,240.00 |
| 6 | BIBLE - GUTENBERG [Biblia sacra] |
1913-14 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 9,600.00 | |
| 136 | ART IN TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITAIN Archive of the Pallas Gallery |
1942-12-01 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 | |
| 148 | SYBIL PYE TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD) | DESIGNER BINDING - SYBIL PYE TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD) Poems |
1949 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 |
| 231 | POWELL (ANTHONY) | Anthony Powell's photo album for 1930/40s, and 2 self-compiled autobiographical scrapbooks |
[c.1931-1943] | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 |
| 56 | [BERKELEY (GEORGE)] | The Analyst; or, A Discourse addressed to an Infidel Mathematician |
1734 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,320.00 |
| 63 | OLIVER BYRNE | EUCLID - BYRNE (OLIVER) The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols Are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learner, [Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for] William Pickering |
1847 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,320.00 |
| 233 | POWELL (ANTHONY) | [Dance to the Music of Time] |
1951-1975 | GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 8,320.00 |
| 26 | FITZGERALD DE ROS (DUDLEY CHARLES, ALFRED SUZANNE, and others | PHOTOGRAPHY An exceptional album of 244 photographs by Charles Fitzgerald de Ros, A. Suzanne, and others |
late 1850s/early 1860s | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
