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Auction Name Antique Books and Autographs Total Sales (GBP) 94,016.00
Auction Date November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 76,750.00
Sale Number #7 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 97,200.00
Total Lots 478
Sold Lots 99.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 310,610.00
% of Lots Sold 20.71% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 389,580.00
Unsold Lots 379 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 24.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
12 EUCLIDES (IV-III sec BC)

Luca Pacioli, Leonardo, and the Geometry of the Renaissance

 22 May 1509. GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 39,000.00
34

Heraldic Splendor for a Prince --- The Armorial of Charles de Croy, Prince of Chimay

 GBP 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,980.00
291 PUCCINI Giacomo (Lucca, 1858 - Brussels, 1924)

Giacomo Puccini's Letter on Madama Butterfly's French Rehearsal

 GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,640.00
293 PUCCINI Giacomo (Lucca, 1858 - Brussels, 1924)

Giacomo Puccini's Musical Quotation Dedication from Torre del Lago

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,380.00
50

SCARCE EARLY ARITHMETIC MANUAL --- IN ORIGINAL BINDING WITH MANUSCRIPT WASTE

 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,860.00
144 BONAPARTE NAPOLEON I (Ajaccio, 1769 - Saint-Helena, 1821)

Napoleon's Order for Troop Movements during the Russian Campaign

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,860.00
260 PROUST Marcel (1871 - 1922)

Master of Memory in Delicate Intimacy

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,080.00
143 BONAPARTE NAPOLEON I (Ajaccio, 1769 - Saint-Helena, 1821)

Napoleon I's Letter Concerning a Tribunal de Commerce Appointment

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,950.00
108 SEVERINI Gino (1883 - 1966)

Italian Futurist Reporting Early Success in London

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,170.00
20 MICHELI Pietro Antonio (Florence, 1679 - ib., 1737)

The Birth of Modern Mycology

 1729 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,040.00
118 PICASSO Pablo (1881 - 1973)

Cubist Master Captured in Portrait

 GBP 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 GBP 1,040.00
214 SPAIN Philip II of Spain & Antonio PEREZ (1527 - 1598 and 1540 - 1611)

Philip II and Secretary Perez Announce Birth of Son

 GBP 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 GBP 1,040.00
23

Falcons and Hounds: The Hierakosophion --- First Edition (Paris, 1612)

 1612 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 910.00
60

A Gilt Baroque Doctorate: Illuminated Law Diploma on Vellum (Rome, 1616)

 1616 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 910.00
110 SISLEY Alfred (1839 - 1899)

Painter Seeking Medical Advice for a Young Son

 GBP 900.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 910.00
139 BEAUHARNAIS Eugene de (Paris, 1781 - Munich, 1824)

The Stepson of an Emperor --- A Letter from Eugene de Beauharnais

 GBP 800.00 - 1,100.00 GBP 910.00
395 COUBERTIN Pierre de (Paris, 1863 - Geneva, 1937)

Visionary Who Reborn the Olympic Spirit

 GBP 900.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 910.00
239 CONRAD Joseph (1857 - 1924)

Joseph Conrad Requests Journal

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 845.00
287

Paris National Conservatory of Music - Subscription for flood victims in the south of France, 1875 - Paris National Conservatory's Fundraising Effort for Flood Victims in 1875

 1875 GBP 700.00 - 800.00 GBP 845.00
33

ACHILLINI Alessandro (1463 - 1512) -- The Philosopher of Bologna: Achillinus' Rare First Edition of the Expositio primi physicorum (1512)

 1512 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 650.00
49

RARE BOTANICAL WORK EARLY 18th CENTURY

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 650.00
111 TOOROP Jan (Kabupaten de Purworejo, 1858 - The Hague, 1928)

A Painter's Unique Style and Personal Life

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 650.00
103 PICABIA Francis (1879 - 1953)

Dada Creator Sharing an Exhibition Contact

 GBP 600.00 - 700.00 GBP 624.00
116 WHISTLER James McNeill (1834 - 1903)

Whistler's Financial Accord in a Legal Document

 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 624.00
14 FONTANINI Giusto (San Daniele del Friuli, 1666 - Rome, 1736)

Ex dono auctoris --- Fontanini's Antiquities of Horta

 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 520.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.