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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 329 | Morison Stanley (1889-1967);Pacioli Luca de (c. 1447-1517) | Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo S. Sepolcro |
New York | 1933 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 330 | Matisse Henri (1869-1954) | Jazz; Matisse Cut-Outs |
Cologne | 2009 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 331 | Tindale Thomas;Tindale Harriet R | The Handmade Papers of Japan |
Rutland, Vermont | 1952 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 332 | Chagall Marc (1887–1985); Mourlot Fernand; Sorlier Charles | Chagall Lithographe |
Monte Carlo; Paris; New York; Boston | 1960–1986 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 333 | Chagall Marc (1887–1985); Leymarie Jean | The Jerusalem Windows |
New York | 1962 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 334 | McGovern Melvin P. (born 1913) | Specimen pages of Korean movable types |
Los Angeles | 1966 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 335 | Desmazieres Erik (b. 1967) | Grand hemicycle |
1997 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 336 | Desmazieres Erik (b. 1948) | Alphabet imaginaire II |
1997 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 338 | Desmazieres Erik (b. 1948) | La bibliotheque de Babel |
Paris | 1997 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 339 | Desmazieres Erik (b. 1948) | l'Oiseau de Minerve |
Paris | 2015 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 340 | Anglicus Bartholomaeus; Trevisa John; Tate John; de Worde Wynkyn | Three Lions and the Cross of Lorraine |
Newtown | 1992 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 341 | Morris Henry; Hunter Dard II; Hunter Dard III | Dard Hunter & Son |
Newtown, PA | 1998 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 342 | Berger Sidney E.; Tindale Thomas Keith; Tindale Harriett Ramsey | The Handmade Papers of Japan |
Newtown, PA | 2001 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 343 | Grahame Kenneth 1859-1932 | The Wind in the Willows |
Mancelona, MI | 2021 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 344 | Two illuminated initials cut from a large-format choirbook |
Northern Italy | late 15th century | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 | |
| 345 | Leonardus De Utino c.1400-1470 | Sermones de sanctis |
Venice | 1473 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 346 | Schedel Hartmann 1440-1514 | Liber chronicarum |
Nuremberg | 1493 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,960.00 |
| 347 | Melanchton Philipp 1497-1560 | Autograph letter signed to Joachim Camerarius |
1555 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 348 | Walton Izaak 1593-1683 | The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation |
London | 1653 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 349 | Venables Robert 1612-1687 | The Experienced Angler; or, Angling Improved |
London | 1662 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 350 | Cotton Charles 1630-1687 | Being instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear stream |
London | 1676 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,864.00 |
| 351 | Smith Alexander | The Court of Venus, or Cupid restor'd to Sight; Being a History of Cuckolds and Cuckold-makers |
London | 1716 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 352 | Mayhew Experience 1673-1758 | Grace Defended, in a Modest Plea for an Important Truth |
Boston | 1744 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 353 | Nolli Giovanni Battista; Bufalini Leonardo | Urbis Ichnographiam; La topografia di Roma |
Rome | c.1748 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 409.60 |
| 354 | Poppers Wolf Leib Katz | An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript |
Lower Saxony | ca. 1750 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 43,520.00 |
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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.