Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30263, Boston

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
51

A group of 10 works on America in the 19th century

19th century. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,152.00
52

A group of 10 works on travel in 19th-century North America

19th century. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 704.00
53

A group of 11 works on Natural History

USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
54

A group of 11 works on travel in 19th-century North America

19th century. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 614.40
55

A group of 12 works on America in the 19th century:

19th century. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 563.20
56

A group of 12 works on the history of New England.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 435.20
57

A group of 13 books on the American Mid-West in the 19th and 20th Century

19th and 20th Century USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 332.80
58

A group of 14 biographies about 19th-century American men

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 332.80
59

A group of 15 works on West California and New Mexico in the 19th century

19th century USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,816.00
60 ADAMS, JOHN.

Poems on Several Occasions, Original and Translated.

Boston 1745 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
61 ANTHONY, SUSAN B.

Autograph Quotation Signed ("Susan B. Anthony"), on equal rights for men and women,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
62 EARLY BASEBALL "MUG" BOOK.

The New York and Brooklyn Base Ball Clubs: Brief and Authentic Sketches of the Clubs with Portraits of the Managers and Individual Players.

New York 1888 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 5,120.00
63 BUCHANAN, JAMES.

Autograph Letter Signed ("James Buchanan"), to George W. Bowman, giving his version of events leading to attack on Fort Sumter,

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
64 THOMSON, CHARLES.

Autograph Letter Signed, ("Chas. Thomson"), to the Governor of New Jersey following ratification of the Constitution transmitting the "Act to putting into operation the Constitution now ratified, enforcing the Constitution and creating the first U.S. Pres

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
65

The following Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, we are induced to publish....

Boston 1774 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 95,750.00
66 DITTERLINE, THEODORE.

Sketches of the Battles of Gettysburg with Explanatory Map.

New York 1863 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,664.00
67 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID.

Document Signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower") as President, an appointment to a second term for William H. Brett as Director of the Mint,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 40,960.00
68 ENGLISH, GEORGE BETHUNE.

The Grounds of Christianity Examined.

Boston 1813 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
69

National List of Persons Known to be or Suspected of Being Engaged in the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs. (As amended 10/1/50, 8/15/51, 9/25/53, and completely revised 1/1/58.)

Washington, D.C.: [1958]. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
70

Rules and Orders Agreed to be observed by a Mutual Society, instituted at Boston....

Boston January 1764. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
71

Autograph Letter Signed integrally ("Mr Franklin") to Le Comte de Milly arranging a meeting with M. Broignard,

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,880.00
72 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.

Two Pennsylvania twenty shilling notes printed by Benjamin Franklon and D. Hall,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
73

The Massachusetts Mercury. Volume I, Number LXI, Monday, May 20, 1793

Boston 1793 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 537.60
74 HANCOCK, JOHN.

Document Signed ("John Hancock"), as Governor of Massachusetts, appointing "David Scott, Gentleman," a Captain in the militia,

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
75 HANCOCK, JOHN.

Document Signed ("John Hancock"), an appointment for "Samuel Buel, Gentleman" as First Lieutenant in the Massachusetts militia,

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,072.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    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
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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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
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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