Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 29882, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024
Page Size: 86 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
87 TRAQUAIR (PHOEBE ANNA)

Finely preserved series of Arts and Crafts illuminations to illustrate Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'

1894-1895 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 133,750.00
88 WALCOTT (DEREK A.)

25 Poems, second edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED

Bridgetown, Barbados 1949 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,120.00
89 WOOLF (VIRGINIA)

Wood is a pleasant thing to think about... From The Mark in the Wall, "The Chelsea Book Club Broadside No.I ptd. at 43 Belsize Park Gdns."

1921 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,048.00
90

Group of top secret Juno 'Bigot' maps, panoramic beach photograph and effects, for the assault by the Canadian Forces

GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 16,640.00
91 ARNIM (ELIZABETH VON)

Archive of correspondence, manuscripts and photographs relating to Elizabeth von Arnim and Alexander Stuart Frere

1920-1979 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
92 DU MAURIER (DAPHNE)

Collection of personal letters and photographs from Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) to her close friend Pat Wallace Frere

1934-1984 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
93 STEINBECK (JOHN)

Carbon typescript of an unpublished short story, 'The Bettencourt/ A Christmas Story'

c.1955/1956 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 5,120.00
94 STEINBECK (JOHN)

Correspondence, ephemera and a signed photograph from the collection of Steinbeck's friend and publisher Alexander Stuart Frere (1892-1984)

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,520.00
95 SUTHERLAND (GRAHAM)

Pencil drawing of barley and oats, with letters and correspondence to Alexander Frere

1947 to 1972 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
96

The remaining papers of Alexander Stuart Frere of Heinemann, including author correspondence, draft manuscripts and photographs

GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 11,520.00
97 WELLS (H.G.)

Illustrated autograph letter signed with initials to Elizabeth von Arnim, with letter and postcard to Alexander Frere

c.1930, c.1951 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,840.00
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