Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts

Finely preserved series of Arts and Crafts illuminations to illustrate Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'

Series of six autograph letters to his close friend William Mure of Caldwell (1718-1776), and one contemporary copy

Collection of c.64 autograph letters from nineteenth- and twentieth-century naturalists, scientists and illustrators

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING,

De Americaensche Zee-Roovers, FIRST EDITION,

Manuscript journal of Cecil Rice Arney (1806-1852), officer's wife on a convict ship

Compendium, including Pseudo-Augustine (De spiritu et anima), Canon Law and Theology

Theatrum orbis terrarum,

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, FIRST EDITION,

Preliminary drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin and Eeyore going for a walk, for "The Pooh Story Book"

Group of top secret Juno 'Bigot' maps, panoramic beach photograph and effects, for the assault by the Canadian Forces

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testment, and the New, Robert Barker

Book of Hours, use of Utrecht

Critik der reinen Vernunft [Critique of Pure Reason], FIRST EDITION,

America, quae est Geographiae Blauianae pars quinta liber unus volumen undecimum,

Le petit Atlas maritime, FIRST EDITION, 6 parts in 5 vol.,

Le voyage de Babar, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY WITH FULL-PAGE PEN AND INK DRAWING OF BABAR

[GRADUAL] Proprium de tempore

Elements of the Topology of Plane Sets of Points, FIRST EDITION, ALAN TURING'S COPY

Correspondence, ephemera and a signed photograph from the collection of Steinbeck's friend and publisher Alexander Stuart Frere (1892-1984)

The remaining papers of Alexander Stuart Frere of Heinemann, including author correspondence, draft manuscripts and photographs

Album containing some 120 autograph letters, cut signatures and autograph free fronts, with good Scottish provenance,

Arms and the Covenant, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS DAUGHTER SARAH

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION,

A Picturesque Tour through the Cities of London and Westminster, 2 vol. in 1, HAND-COLOURED COPY