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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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.