Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30942, Marlborough

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

[London February 1902]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,080.00
152 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

London [1902]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
153 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

London 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
154 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

London and New York 1903 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 243.20
155 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Pie & the Patty-Pan.

London and New York 1905 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 563.20
156 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher.

London and New York 1906 [but ca 1918 or later]. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
157 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tale of Tom Kitten.

London and New York 1907 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,176.00
158 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.

London and New York 1908 [but c.1918 or later]. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
159 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Roly-Poly Pudding.

New York 1908 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
160 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Fairy Caravan by Beatrix Heelis.

Philadelphia [and Ambleside] 1929 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,816.00
161 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

Wag-by-Wall.

London [1944]. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 512.00
162 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

CHRISTMAS CARD SIGNED BY POTTER.

1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,432.00
163 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

CHRISTMAS CARD INSCRIBED BY POTTER TO NELLIE WILKINSON.

1935 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,432.00
164 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

Autograph letter signed ("H.B. Heelis"), to Mr. Symonds. April 11, 1940, Castle Cottage, Sawrey, Ambleside.

1940 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
165 [POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943. HER COPIES.]; GASKELL, ELIZABETH. 1810-1865.

Works.

London 1863, 1873, 1874 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
166 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

23 FIRST EDITIONS, ALL FIRST OR EARLY ISSUE, of The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter, with a later reissue of one tale

London. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,360.00
167

A group of 28 works relating to The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Potter's other works, including copies of her tales and other works, and related works and ephemera

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,608.00
168 RAVEL, MAURICE. 1875-1937.

Postcard Signed ("Maurice Ravel") with an autograph bar of music,

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
169 REGER, MAX. 1873-1916.

Musical Quotation Signed ("Max Reger"), being a bar of music in four measures,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 140.80
170 VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON. 1606-1669.

Drypoint etching

1648 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,376.00
171

Valentine and Orson, The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; with New Pictures, lively Expressing the History.

[London] [1697]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
172 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. 1804-1864.

The Scarlet Letter. A Romance.

Boston 1850 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
173 FITZGERALD, EDWARD, translator. 1809-1883.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; and the Salaman and Absal of Jami.

London 1879 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,176.00
174 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G. 1830-1894.

Verses ... Dedicated to Her Mother.

London 1847 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
175 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA. 1830-1894.

Goblin Market.

London 1893 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 588.80
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