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Bonhams: The Contents of Monreith House. A Historical Seat of Clan Maxwell Part II
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Contents of Monreith House. A Historical Seat of Clan Maxwell Part II | Total Sales (GBP) | 61,696.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 27,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #32598 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 41,450.00 |
| Total Lots | 44 | ||
| Sold Lots | 42.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 28,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.45% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 42,850.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 143.98% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | Cherry-Garrard Apsley | The Worst Journey in the World |
[1922] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 |
| 272 | Maxwell Herbert (1845-1937) | Monreith Garden Flowers |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,040.00 |
| 237 | Collection of c.150 volumes |
c.150 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 240 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet |
1598 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 243 | Elwes H J; Elwes H A | The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland |
1906-1913 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 268 | Maxwell Herbert; Maxwell Gavin; Maxwell Aymer; Percy Earl | 100 Books, including: Sixty Years a Queen |
various dates | GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 260 | Stevenson Robert Louis | Works |
1906-1907? | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 264 | Maxwell Mary; Brown John; Keble John | Bible; The Christian Year |
1898; 1900; 1907 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 249 | Johnson Samuel | A Dictionary of the English Language |
1765 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
| 248 | Hutcheson Francis | A System of Moral Philosophy |
1755 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,792.00 |
| 255 | Renaudot Eusebe; Sulayman Al-Tajir; Abu Zayd Hasan Ibn Yazid Sirafi | Anciennes relations des Indes et de la Chine de deux voyageurs mahometans |
1718 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 317 | Wymer Reginald Augustus (1849-1935) | Military uniforms from 1660 |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,536.00 |
| 250 | Johnson Samuel | The Works of the English Poets, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical |
1790? | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 261 | Stow John; Strype John | A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster |
1720 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 263 | Christison John; Christison Colin; Christison & Son; Jessop Wm; Wilson John | 12 Books, including: Clauchan-Park on Mid Martin |
1813; 1816; 1817; 1820; 1829; 1830; 1832; 1838 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 251 | Lilford Thomas Littleton Powys | Coloured Figures of Birds of the British Islands |
1885-1897 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,216.00 |
| 236 | Ruskin John | Roadside Songs of Tuscany |
1885 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 246 | Fraser William | N Books, including: The Lennox |
1874-1881 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 245 | Fraser William | The Book of Caerlaverock; The Maxwells of Pollock |
1873; 1863 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 832.00 |
| 258 | Shaw George Bernard | Group of 6 works |
various dates | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 832.00 |
| 152 | Dixon John (circa 1740-circa 1801); Stubbs George | A Tigress |
1773 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 235 | Kingsley Charles | The Water-Babies |
1890 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 256 | Ronalds Alfred | The Fly-Fisher's Entomology |
1913 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 257 | Ross John | A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander |
1819 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 704.00 |
| 266 | Maxwell Herbert | The Story of The Tweed |
1905; 1913 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 640.00 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.