A Mexican Railroad illustration from Casimiro Castro's 1877 book.
Item 11 is the 1773 second edition (in English, after the first in French) of a trip to the Falkland Islands by French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville: The history of a voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, made in 1763 and 1764. Bougainville had fought for the French in North America during the French and Indian War, but after the French defeat, was sent south in hopes of establishing a far more modest colony in the Falklands. This book includes much on the natural history of the Falkland Islands plus descriptions of adjacent areas of South America. Bougainville set up the first colony on the islands at Port Louis, but by 1767, the French had turned the islands over to the Spanish, leaving it to be disputed for centuries between the British and Spanish, and after independence, Argentina. Bougainville would then proceed to undertake the first French circumnavigation of the globe. $4,000.
There are few subjects more collected than railroads, and the Antique Bookshop has two beautifully illustrated books on Mexican railways. Item 9 is Historia del Ferrocarril Mexicano, by Baz and Gallo, published in 1874. This is a beautifully illustrated history of the Mexican railway from Veracruz to Mexico City. There are many lithographs of scenes such as tunnels, bridges and stations along the railroad. $9,000. Item 22 is Album del Ferrocarril Mexicana, an 1877 work by Casimiro Castro. This book celebrates the opening of the same Veracruz-Mexico City line five years earlier. It contains 24 lithographic railroad scenes. $17,500.
The Antique Bookshop may be reached by telephone at (5411) 4813-1090 or by email at book@fibertel.com.ar.
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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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.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<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.")
