Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 461,196.80 |
| Auction Date | November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 269,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #30942 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 406,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 222 | ||
| Sold Lots | 178.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 341,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.18% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 511,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 44 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 90.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 191 | SANGORSKI, FRANCIS. 1875-1912; SUTCLIFFE, GEORGE. 1878-1943. Binders and illustrators. OMAR KHAYYAM. | Rubaiyat. |
[c1910]. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 56,320.00 |
| 166 | POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943. | 23 FIRST EDITIONS, ALL FIRST OR EARLY ISSUE, of The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter, with a later reissue of one tale |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 | |
| 151 | POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943. | The Tale of Peter Rabbit. |
February 1902]. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 174 | ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G. 1830-1894. | Verses ... Dedicated to Her Mother. |
1847 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 117 | MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896. | Gothic Architecture, A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. |
1893 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 216 | WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. | Drum-Taps. |
1865 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 119 | KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. 1929-1968. | Why We Can't Wait. |
1964 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 49 | BLAKE, WILLIAM, illustrator. 1757-1827; YOUNG, EDWARD. 1683-1765. | The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts. |
1797 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 115 | KEATS, JOHN. 1795-1821. | Endymion. A Poetic Romance. |
1818 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 118 | SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. 1792-1822. | The Poetical Works. Edited by F.S. Ellis. |
[1894]-1895. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 20 | ARION PRESS. WHITMAN, WALT. | Leaves of Grass. |
2014 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 60 | BUCK, PEARL S. 1892-1973. | The Good Earth. |
1931 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 105 | HEYWOOD, THOMAS, translator. c1573-1641. | The Life of Merlin, sirnamedAmbrosius. His Prophesies, and Predictions interpreted. |
1641 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 67 | WARHOL, ANDY. 1928-1987; CAPOTE, TRUMAN. 1924-1984. | Black and white photograph of Truman Capote. |
ca 1979. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,632.00 |
| 37 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616. | The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. |
1927-28. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 64 | CAPOTE, TRUMAN. 1924-1984. | In Cold Blood. |
1965 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 170 | VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON. 1606-1669. | Drypoint etching |
1648 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 57 | BRUCKNER, ANTON. 1824-1896. | Autograph Letter Signed ("Anton Bruckner"), to "Dearest friend! Noble Patron!," |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 | |
| 30 | A group of 7 works published by the Arion Press |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,864.00 | ||
| 107 | HUNTER, DARD. 1883-1966. | Primitive Papermaking, An Account of a Mexican Sojourn and of a Voyage to the Pacific Islands in Search of Information, Implements, and Specimens relating to the Making & Decorating of Bark-Paper. |
1927 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,864.00 |
| 33 | A group of 8 works published by the Arion Press |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 4,608.00 | ||
| 89 | FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. 1896-1940. | Tender is the Night. |
1934 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 167 | A group of 28 works relating to The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Potter's other works, including copies of her tales and other works, and related works and ephemera |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,608.00 | ||
| 5 | ARION PRESS. YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. DIEBENKORN, RICHARD, illustrator. | Poems of W.B.Yeats. |
1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 104 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. | The Old Man and the Sea. |
1952 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
![<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.")
