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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84) | Two Offprints on the Topic of Cosmology |
1937-1938 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 279 | Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84) | Classical theory of radiating electrons |
1938 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 280 | Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84) | Classical theory of radiating electrons |
Oxford | 1930; 1938 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,632.00 |
| 281 | Wings Over the Waves: Naval Aviation |
Leeds; Sheffield | 1945 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 282 | Whipple Fred L.; Serber Robert | 5 Books, including: First quarterly report: World-circling space ship |
Santa Monica | 1946 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 283 | Clay W L | Results of V-2 rocket tests |
Detroit | 1947 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 284 | Seifert Howard S.; Mills Mark M. 1917-58; Summerfield Martin | The physics of rockets |
1947 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 285 | Halsman Philippe 1906-1979 | Albert Einstein |
1947, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 286 | Report for the microfilm Rapid Selector |
St. Paul, MN | 1949 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 287 | Wilkinson James H. 1919- | Progress report on the Automatic Computing Engine; Report on the pilot model of the Automatic Computing Engine |
1948; 1951 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 | |
| 288 | Eckert J. Presper 1919-1995 | Comparison and Evaluation of Digital Computer Memory Systems |
Philadelphia | 1952 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 289 | Franklin Rosalind 1920-58; Holmes Kenneth C. 1926-2015; Gosling R. G.; Klug Aaron 1926-2018; Finch John T. 1930-2017 | 7 Books, including: Tobacco mosaic virus: Application of the method of isomorphous replacement to the determination of the helical parameters |
1953-58 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 | |
| 290 | Wilkins Maurice 1916-2004; Randall J. T.; Feughelman M.; Langridge R.; Seeds W. E.; Stokes A. R.; Wilson H. R. 1929-2008; Hooper C. W.; Barclay R. K.; Hamilton L. D.; Marvin D. A.; Spencer M.; Ephrussi-Taylor H.; Simmons N. S. | 9 Books, including: Crystallinity in sperm heads: Molecular structure of nucleoprotein in vivo |
1953-63 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 292 | Laue Max von (1879-1960) | 3 Typed letters signed, plus 1 form signed, and signed photo to Rolf Hosemann |
Berlin | 1954 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 293 | Backus John W. (1924-2007) | N Books, including: Fortran Programmer's Manual |
New York | 1957 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 294 | Schelling Thomas C. (1921- ) | The strategy of conflict |
Cambridge, MA | 1960 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 295 | Sumner Lloyd (1943-1996) | Computer Art and Human Response |
Charlottesville, VA | 1968 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 296 | Albertini Francesco (fl. 1493-1510) | Opusculum de mirabilibus novae & veteris urbis Romae |
Rome | 1515 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 297 | Minsheu John (1560-1627) | Hegemon eis tas glossas, id est, ductor in linguas, the guide into tongues |
London | 1617 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 298 | Evelyn John (1620-1706) | Sculptura: Or the history, and art of chalcography and engraving in copper |
London | 1662 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 299 | Marolles Michel de (1600-1681) | Catalogue de livres d'estampes et de figures en taille douce |
Paris | 1666 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 300 | Bigot | Bibliotheca Bigotiana seu catalogus librorum |
Paris | 1706 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 301 | 1 kuan note |
China | 1368-1398 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 | |
| 302 | Biondo Flavio 1392-1463 | Historiarum ab inclinatione Romanorum imperii |
Venice | 1484 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 303 | Nani Mirabelli Domenico ca. 1455–after 1528 | Polyanthea opus suavissimis floribus exornatum |
Savona | 1503 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 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.