Bonhams: Fine Books & Manuscripts, 29535, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 18, 2024 - December 18, 2024
Page Size: 159 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
53 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Walt Whitman") to John Burroughs regarding Emerson and Carlyle's ,

1881 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
54 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Printed broadside, "Republished! The Suppressed Book! Walt Whitman's Poems: Leaves of Grass," agent E.C.

Walker, Iowa 1882 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,432.00
55 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Walt Whitman") to John Burroughs providing detailed information on the 1882 Rees Welsh edition of , and his "prose jumble" ,

1882 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
56 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed ("W.W.") to John Burroughs on and , with a note about Carlyle's "cussedness"

1882 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
57 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Walt Whitman") to John Burroughs on his conception for and his Lincoln lectures,

1886 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
58

Printed program, "Walt Whitman on Abraham Lincoln," for the performance at the Chestnut Street Opera House, Thursday Afternoon, April 15, 1886,

1886 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 409.60
59 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Walt Whitman") to Thomas Donaldson (as "TD") setting up his 1886 Abraham Lincoln lecture in Philadelphia,

1886 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
60 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed ("Walt Whitman") to William Sloane Kennedy regarding Sidney Morse's casting for his second bust, and Mrs.

F[airchild], 1887 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
61 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed ("Walt Whitman") to his brother Thomas Jefferson Whitman noting the efforts for his cottage fund,

1887 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
62 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Invitation Signed ("Walt Whitman") to the reception following his landmark Madison Square Garden lecture on Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1887,

1887 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
63 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed ("Walt Whitman") to Silvester Baxter sending the second of Sydney Morse's "plaster heads" for "WSK" [William Sloane Kennedy],

1887 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
64 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Walt Whitman") to John Burroughs on finishing , letter from Mrs O'C [O'Connor] on Williams' health,

1888 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
65 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed to John Burroughs on O'Connor, Bucke and the German translation of ,

1889 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
66 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed ("Walt Whitman") to William Sloane Kennedy applauding his piece on Whitman's Quaker Traits

1890 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
67 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Post Card Signed ("Walt Whitman") to William Sloane Kennedy reporting sending off proof of , a "brief and scrappy affair"

1891 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
68 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.

New York and London [1902]. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
69 TRAUBEL, HORACE.

Two Whitman items from Traubel, his "Hells and Damns" edition and annotated "pimple" portrait photograph of Whitman:

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 230.40
70 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

A collection of letters from Reverend George Chase to Ella Wheeler, using Whitman and his poetry to court her,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
71 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Two Autograph Letters Signed, with great Whitman content:

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 166.40
72 PEARSALL, GEORGE FRANK EDGAR. 1841-1927.

Stereoview-style portrait photograph of Walt Whitman, printed on a single sheet,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,176.00
73 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

2 rare deluxe editions on Japan vellum:

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 115.20
74 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

A group of 7 works:1.

Boston 1922 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 460.80
75 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

A collection of six rare works of Walt Whitman:

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 153.60
76 [WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.]

Miniature portrait on porcelain,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
77 MAYER, LOUIS. 1869-1969.

A patinated bronze bust of Walt Whitman, c.

1926 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
  • 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
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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