Bonhams: Fine Books & Manuscripts Including Highlights from Jeremy Norman, History of Science and Technology, 31882, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026
Page Size: 260 items in 11 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
379 Cavendish George 1497-1562

The Life Of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York

Hammersmith 1893 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,048.00
380 Tennyson Alfred 1809-1892

Maud. A Monodrama

Hammersmith 1893 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,816.00
381 Morris William 1834-1896

The tale of the Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea

Hammersmith 1894 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,792.00
382 Shelley Percy Bysshe 1792-1822

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Hammersmith (1894)-1895 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,400.00
383 Morris William 1834-1896

Child Christopher And Goldilind The Fair

Hammersmith 1895 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
384 Rossetti Dante Gabriel

Hand & Soul

Hammersmith 1895 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
385 Morris William

Poems Chosen Out Of The Works Of Robert Herrick

Hammersmith 1895 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,560.00
386 Ellis Frederick Startridge

Syr Ysembrace

Hammersmith 1897 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,048.00
387 Lorrain Jean (1855–1906)

Ma petite ville. Le miracle de Bretagne. Un veuvage d'amour

Paris 1898 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 179.20
388 Duret Theodore

Les Peintres Impressionnistes

Paris 1906 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
389 Iribe Paul (1883-1935)

Les Robes de Paul Poiret

Paris (1908) USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
390 Iribe Paul (1883–1935); Barbier George (1882–1932); Lepape Georges (1887-1971)

L'Eventail et la Fourrure chez Paquin

Paris 1911 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
391 Sacchetti Enrico (1877–1967)

Robes et Femmes

Paris 1913 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
392 Lobel-Riche Almery (1877–1937); Guillemot Maurice

Paris Mœurs, Costumes & Attitudes 1912-1913. I. Les Bars

Paris 1914 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
393 Barbier Georges (1882–1932)

Pierrot and Columbine

Paris 1914 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
394 Benito Edouard-Garcia; Zamacois Miguel

La Derniere Lettre Persane

Paris (1920) USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
395 Lepape George; Corrard Pierre; Martin Charles; Tristan Bernard; Barbier George; Boylesve Rene; Gerval M.; Marty Andre-Edouard; Regnier Henri De; Bonfils Robert; Toulet P.J.; Simeon Fernand; Mac Orlan Pierre

Modes et Manieres d'Aujourd'hui

Paris 1912–1922 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
396 Hermant Abel (1862-1950)

Phili ou par-dela le bien et le mal

Paris 1921 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
397 Uphoff Carl Emil; Tugel Ludwig

Adam und Eva

Worpswede 1921 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
398 Lepape Georges (1887–1971)

La Donna / Modelli di Primavera

Milan; Paris 1926 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
399 Gill Eric (1882-1940); Kessler Harry (1868-1937)

Canticum Canticorum Salomonis Quod Hebraice Dicitur SIR HASIRIM

Weimar 1931 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
400 Rose Billy (1899-1966); Dali Salvador (1904-1989)

Wine, Women and Words

New York [1948] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,280.00
401 Hunter Dard (1883-1966)

Papermaking by Hand in America

Chillicothe, Ohio 1950 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
402 Matta Roberto (1911–2002); Fardoulis-Lagrange Michel (1910–1994)

Theories et Belieres

Creil 1994 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 153.60
403 Dali Salvador

Hidden Faces

London 1973 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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.