• Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000
  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026

Bonhams: Asian Art, 32202, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 02, 2026 - November 03, 2026
Page Size: 41 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
209 Schroeder U von

Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet; Indo-Tibetan Bronzes

 Hong Kong 2001; 2008 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,080.00
210 Tucci G

Tibetan Painted Scrolls

 Rome 1949 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
211 Pander E

Iconographie du Buddhisme D'apres le Professeur Pander

 Peking 1933 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,040.00
212

9 Books, including: Dunhuang Art Relics Collected in Russia

 Shanghai; Beijing 1997; 1950 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
286 Chikanobu Yoshu; Gyokuei Nabeta

5 Books and Prints, including: Naval Art of the Greater East Asia War

 1943; 1853; 1895; 1894; 1889 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,040.00
288 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Denshin kaishu Hokusai Manga

 1814-1849 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
289 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Fugaku hyakkei

 Meiji period GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,340.00
290 Okamura Masanobu (1686-1764)

Ebisu flirting with a courtesan

 c.1710 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,040.00
291 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province

 circa 1832 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 13,000.00
292 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Gojusan-tsugi meisho zu-e

 N/A GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 22,100.00
293 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

8 Books, including: 100 Famous Views of Edo

 1856; 1858 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,860.00
294 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

5 Books, including: Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces

 N/A GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,690.00
295 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shono, hakuu

 circa 1833-1834 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,430.00
296 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892); Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

4 Books, including: Twenty-four Paragons of Imperial Japan

 N/A GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
297 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Asakusa Kinryuzan

 1856 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,820.00
298 Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)

Lover Taking Leave of a Courtesan

 circa 1768-69 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,160.00
299 Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)

Eight Views of Beautiful Courtesans

 circa 1775 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,200.00
300 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Contest of Yoshiwara Beauties in Full Bloom

 circa 1805 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,080.00
301 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

3 Books, including: Courtesans as the Seven Komachi

 circa 1805 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,250.00
302 Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1829); Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806); Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)

4 Books, including: Madoka of the Tamaya

 N/A GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 5,460.00
303 Kitagawa Utamaro II (1804-1830)

Ise Ainoyama

 circa 1810 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
304 Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825)

Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

 circa 1790-95 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
305 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Cooling Off by Ryogoku Bridge

 circa 1798 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 910.00
306 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

3 Books, including: Kanadehon Chushingura

 circa 1801-1805 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,250.00
307 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Fukui Bridge in Echizen Province

 circa 1833-1834 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,240.00
  • Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000
  • Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.