Bonhams: Books and Manuscripts, 29883, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024
Page Size: 119 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82 BENTZON (THERESE)

Jacqueline... with Illustrations by Albert Lynch, NUMBER V OF 40 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR, New York, 1893

New York 1893 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 512.00
83 CAMPBELL (ROY)

Archive of autograph and printed material relating to the South African poet

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
84 CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.)

Signature ("W S Churchill"), on a menu for Cambridge University Conservative Association Annual Dinner, 5 March 1926

1926 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,216.00
85 CHURCHILL (WINSTON)

Two typed letters signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), to his constituency chairman, 1950 and 1951

1950 and 1951; 1954 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
86

Manuscript programming guide for the DEUCE computer, 1961

1961 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
87 MESSEL (OLIVER)

Design for the costume of "The Mother", from the Music Box Theatre, New York production of "Rashomon", [1959]

1959 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 51.20
88 WATSON (JAMES D.) AND FRANCIS H.C. CRICK et al.

'Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid', in , Vol. 171, No. 4356, [Macmillan & Co.], 1953 (2)

1953 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,072.00
89 MILTON (JOHN)

Areopagitica, Doves Press, 1907

1907 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,216.00
90 DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN)

The Hound of the Baskervilles, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, George Newnes, 1902

1902 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,176.00
91 FLEMING (IAN)

Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, Jonathan Cape, [1958]

1958 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,408.00
92 FLEMING (IAN)

Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, Jonathan Cape, [1959]

1959 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,216.00
93 FLEMING (IAN)

The Spy Who Loved Me, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, Jonathan Cape, [1962, printed autumn 1961]

1962, printed 1961 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 640.00
94 FLEMING (IAN)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, Jonathan Cape, [1963, printed autumn 1962]

1963, printed 1962 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 512.00
95 FLEMING (IAN)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 96 OF 250 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Jonathan Cape, 1963

1963 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 10,880.00
96 FLEMING (IAN)

You Only Live Twice, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, Jonathan Cape, [1964, printed December 1963]

1964, printed 1963 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 704.00
97 FLEMING (IAN)

The Man with the Golden Gun, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 596 COPIES, Jonathan Cape, [1965, printed late 1964]

1965, printed late 1964 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,584.00
98 FLEMING (IAN)

Dr. No, 1958; Goldfinger 1959, and 7 other Bond first editions (9)

1958-1966 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,096.00
99 FLEMING (IAN)

Thunderball; The Spy Who Loved Me; You Only Live Twice; OHMSS; Golden Gun; Octopussy, FIRST EDITIONS, Jonathan Cape (6)

vd GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 960.00
100 FRINK (ELIZABETH, ILLUSTRATOR) Aesop

Aesop's Fables, NUMBER 16 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON, WITH 4 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS SIGNED BY FRINK, Curwen Press, 1968

1968 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 896.00
101 GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS EPHEMERA

A good collection including prospectuses (25), seasonal lists (23), subscription lists and advertisements (7), c.1926-1937; and several other Private Press related items (approx. 60)

c.1926-1937 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 896.00
102 GRAHAME (KENNETH)

The Wind in the Willows, NUMBER 250 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY E.H. SHEPARD, Methuen, 1971

1971 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,920.00
103 GREENAWAY (KATE); SPIELMAN (M.H.) AND G.S. LAYARD.

Kate Greenaway, NUMBER 51 OF 500 DE LUXE COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR, Adam and Charles Black, 1905

1905 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
104 HEMINGWAY (ERNEST)

The Old Man and the Sea, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952

1952 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,088.00
105 LANG (ANDREW)

The Rainbow Fairy Books, 13 vol., COMPLETE SET, The Folio Society, 2004-2016 (13)

2004-2016 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,048.00
106 LE CARRE (JOHN)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, NUMBER 86 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011

2011 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,408.00
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD