Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana , 31200, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025
Page Size: 261 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 ORWELL, GEORGE. 1903-1950.

Nineteen Eighty-four.

London 1949 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
202 PAZ, OCTAVIO. 1914-1998.

Piedra de Sol.

Mexico 1957 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 960.00
203 PAZ, OCTAVIO 1914-1998.

Blanco.

Mexico 1967 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,792.00
204 POTER, COLE. 1891-1964.

Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed ("Its d'lovely / Cole Porter"), with two bars of music from his song It's De-Lovely,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
205 RACKHAM, ARTHUR. 1867-1939.

Original watercolor, "All amidst the Gardens fair; Of Hesperus, and his daughters three; That sing about the golden tree, executed for his edition of Milton's Comus,

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,520.00
206 ROWLING, J. K. b. 1965.

7 first editions including:

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
207 SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944.

Le Petit Prince.

New York 1943 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 30,720.00
208 SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944.

The Little Prince.

New York 1943 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 21,760.00
209 SCHULZ, CHARLES M. 1922-2000.

Original pen and ink drawing of Charlie Brown and Snoopy getting a kite stuck in a tree,

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,600.00
210 SEBALD, WINFRIED GEORG "MAX." 1944-2001.

The Rings of Saturn.

London 1998 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,304.00
211 SEBALD, WINFRIED GEORG "MAX." 1944-2001.

Vertigo.

London 1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,408.00
212 SENDAK, MAURICE. 1928-2012.

Where the Wild Things Are.

New York 1963 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
213 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE 1792-1822.

Queen Mab. a Philosophical Poem.

London 1821 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
214 SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552?-1599.

Faerie Queene disposed into XII Bookes fashioning the twelve Morall Vertues ... The Shepheards Calendar and Minor Poems.

London 1609-1611. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
215 STEIG, WILLIAM. 1907-2003.

58 original ink and wash drawings for About People, each individually titled by the artist in pencil with printers' notes on versos,

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
216 PODEVIN, JEAN-FRANCOIS. B.1954.

Original artwork for the first edition of Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking novel Snow Crash,

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 Not Sold
217 PODEVIN, JEAN-FRANCOIS. B.1954.

Original preliminary artwork, concept sketches and art work, including:

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
218 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. 1811-1896.

Autograph Manuscript Leaf from The Minister's Wooing, being pp 151-152 of "Chapter X: The Test of Theology,"

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,680.00
219 WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900.

Autograph Manuscript, being a partial draft of an untitled prose-poem or tale: "Every morning the Poet person went out of the gate of the city, and went into the waste land and wandered through it..."

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,640.00
220 WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900.

The Picture of Dorian Gray.

London 1891 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,352.00
221 WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 1911-1983.

Autograph Manuscript Unsigned, a working draft of what would become "Ten Blocks on the Camino Real,"

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,680.00
222 MILNE, ALAN. 1882-1956.

Archive of 13 Autograph Letters Signed ("A.A. Milne" or "A.A.M." or "Blue") to John and Elliott B. Macrae

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
223 SHEPARD, ERNEST H. 1879-1976.

Archive of 17 Autograph Letters Signed ("E.H. Shepard" and "Kipper" and "Norah and Kipper") to John Macrae and Elliott B. Macrae

USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
224 MILNE, DAPHNE; CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE; LESLEY MILNE.

A very personal archive of letters from the Milne family, Daphne, Christopher (Robin), and Lesley, to John Macrae, Elliott B. Macrae ("Jimmie"), and Marjorie Knight Macrae, including:

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
225 MILNE, ALAN ALEXANDER. 1882-1956. SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD. 1879-1976.

Winnie-the-Pooh.

New York 1926 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,320.00
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