Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30263, Boston

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Auction Date
November 12, 2024 - November 12, 2024
Page Size: 116 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Black and White Creeper.

London [1836]. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
2 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Black Tern.

London [1836]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
3 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Children's Warbler.

London [1831] USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
4 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Marsh Tern.

London [1837]. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,280.00
5 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Purple Sandpiper.

London [1836]. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 460.80
6 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Red-Shouldered Hawk.

London 1829 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,120.00
7 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851

Sharp-Tailed Grous.

London [1837]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
8 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Traill's Flycatcher.

London [1835.] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 409.60
9 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Tufted Duck.

London [1834]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
10 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Wilson's Plover.

London [1836]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 563.20
11 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Wood Pewee.

London 1831 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 768.00
12 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

Group of 3 loose folio plates from .

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,408.00
13 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

2 folio prints from :

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,536.00
14 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

A group of 4 folio plates from .

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,608.00
15 AUDUBON IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.

Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories.

New York and Philadelphia: c.1839. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
16 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES 1785-1851.

A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black

1839 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 166.40
17 BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON. 1823-1887, THOMAS MAYO BREWER. 1814-1880. And ROBERT RIDGWAY. 1850-1929.

History of North American Birds. Land Birds.

Boston 1875 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,280.00
18 ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHINGS OF FRANK BENSON.

Etchings and Drypoints. [Volumes I - IV]. Boston

1917-1929. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 4,608.00
19 BENSON, FRANK W. 1862-1951.

A group of 19 drypoint etched ornithological plates,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,120.00
20 BESLER, BASILIUS. 1561-1629.

2 hand-colored engraved plates from ,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 563.20
21 BODMER, JOHANN CARL.

A group of prints of American scenes by Bodmer.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,608.00
22 CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872.

Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians.

London 1841 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 537.60
23 CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872.

A group of 6 works.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 832.00
24 CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872.

A group of 7 works.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
25 COOPER, THOMAS.

Some Information Respecting America.

London 1794 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 460.80
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