Bonhams: Fine Books & Manuscripts Including Highlights from Jeremy Norman, History of Science and Technology, 31882, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Russell William Howard 1820-1907 | The Atlantic telegraph |
London | ca. 1866 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 254 | Marey Etienne-Jules 1830-1904 | La methode graphique dans les sciences experimentales et principalement en physiologie et en medecine |
Paris | 1878 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 255 | Pasteur Louis 1822-95 | Portrait photograph signed by Pasteur |
Paris | 1879 or later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 256 | Pasteur Louis 1822-95 | Portrait photograph signed by Pasteur |
Paris | 1879 or later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 257 | Ahlfeld Friedrich 1834-1929 | Die Missbildungen des Menschen |
Leipzig | 1880-1882 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | Koch Robert 1843-1910 | Zur Untersuchung von pathologenen Organismen |
Berlin | 1881 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 259 | Stillman Jacob Davis Babcock 1819-1888; Muybridge Eadweard 1830-1904 | The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography |
Boston | 1882 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 260 | Tesla Nikola 1856-1943 | Improvements relating to the generation and distribution of electric currents to apparatus therefore |
London | 1888 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 261 | Tesla Nikola 1856-1943 | Improved methods of and apparatus for generating and utilizing electric energy for lighting purposes |
London | 1891 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 262 | Brunel Georges | Le Livre a travers les ages |
Paris | 1894 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 263 | Wright Brothers | Flugmaschine Wright G.m.b.H. |
Berlin | 1909 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 264 | Eiffel Gustave (1832–1923) | Installation d'un laboratoire d'aerodynamique; Les nouvelles recherches experimentales sur la resistance de l'air et l'aviation |
Paris | 1910–1912 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 265 | Richet Charles (1850-1935) | De l'anaphylaxie ou sensibilite croissante des organismes des doses successives de poison |
Paris | before 1911 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 266 | Einstein Albert (1879-1955) | Ein einfaches Experiment zum Nachweis der Ampereschen Molekularstrome |
1916 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 | |
| 267 | Klein Oskar (1894-1977) | Zur statistischen Theorie der Suspension und Losungen |
Uppsala | 1921 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 268 | Pauli Wolfgang (1900-1958) | Uber das thermische Gleichgewicht zwischen Strahlung und freien Elektronen |
1923 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 269 | Pauli Wolfgang (1900-1958) | Uber Gasentartung un Paramagnetismus |
1927 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 270 | Winkler Johannes; Ley Willy | Die Rakete. Zeitschrift fur Raumschiffahrt |
Breslau | 1927–1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 271 | Esnault-Pelterie Robert (1881–1957) | L'Exploration par fusees de la tres haute atmosphere et la possibilite des voyages interplanetaires |
Paris | 1928 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 272 | American Interplanetary Society | The Bulletin of the American Interplanetary Society; Astronautics |
New York City | 1930-1933 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 273 | Fermi, Enrico; Occhialini, Guiseppe | Archive of correspondence to experimental physicist Bruno Rossi |
1931-1935 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 | |
| 274 | Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84) | Relativistic quantum mechanics |
1932 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 | |
| 275 | Sanger, Eugen (1905-1964) | Neuere Ergebnisse der Raketenflugtechnik |
Wien | 1934 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 276 | Esnault-Pelterie, Robert (1881-1957) | L'Astronautique; L'Astronautique. Complement |
Paris | 1930; 1935 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 277 | Goddard, Robert Hutchings (1882-1945) | Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development |
Washington | 1936 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.