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Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
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19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
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![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 40925, Leyburn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | del Hoyo (Josep et al., editors). Handbook of the Birds of the World. |
Barcelona: | 1992-2013 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 180.00 | |
| 77 | De Gray (Thomas). | The Compleat Horseman and Expert Ferrier. In two bookes. |
London | 1639 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 720.00 |
| 78 | Freeman (Gage Earle and Francis Henry Salvin). | Falconry. Its Claims, History and Practice. |
London | 1859 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 216.00 |
| 79 | Hills (Robert). | Cattle in Groups for the embellishment of Landscape. |
London | 1803-1808 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 216.00 |
| 80 | La Quintinie (Jean de). | The Compleat Gard'ner; or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of Husbandry |
London | 1693 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 336.00 |
| 81 | Ray (John). | Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum... |
London | 1724 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 108.00 |
| 82 | Ray (John). | A Collection of English Proverbs Digested into a convenient Method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion; with Short Annotations... |
Cambridge | 1678 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 456.00 |
| 83 | Ray (John). | A Collection of English Words Not Generally used, with their Significations and Original, in two Alphabetical Catalogues, the one of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties. |
London | 1674 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 264.00 |
| 84 | Ray (John). | Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World... |
London | 1692 | GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 720.00 |
| 85 | Ray (John). | Observations Topographical, Moral, & Physiological; Made in a Journey through Part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France: |
London | 1673 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 228.00 |
| 86 | Salvin (Francis Henry and William Brodrick). | Falconry in the British Isles. |
London | 1855 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 87 | Sowerby (James). | English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. With their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. |
London | 1790-1797 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 228.00 |
| 88 | A broken run of fifty-nine volumes from the Collins New Naturalist Series, |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 216.00 | |||
| 89 | [Evans (Mary Ann)], George Eliot. | Adam Bede. |
Edinburgh and London | 1859 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 84.00 |
| 90 | [Street (Cecil)], Burton (Miles). | To Catch a Thief. |
London | 1934 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 91 | Austen (Jane). | Pride and Prejudice. |
London | 1894 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,020.00 |
| 92 | Brooke (Rupert). | Four Poems. |
London | 1974 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 144.00 |
| 93 | Clemoes (Peter, et al., editors). | Anglo-Saxon England. |
Cambridge | 1972-2010 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 192.00 |
| 94 | Crowne [(John)]. | Darius, King of Persia. A Tragedy. |
London | [1688] | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 1,200.00 |
| 95 | Dickens (Charles and Arthur Rackham, illustrator). | A Christmas Carol. |
London, Philadelphia | 1915 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 228.00 |
| 96 | Dugdale (William) | Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales... |
London | 1849 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 97 | Fuller (Thomas). | The Historie of the Holy Warre. |
[Cambridge:] | 1651 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 216.00 |
| 98 | Lee (Laurie). | Cider with Rosie. |
London | 1959 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 540.00 |
| 99 | Sixty-one volumes of Malone Society Reprints, including Edward the Second, Titus Andronicus, Friar Bacon, etc. various dates (20th-21st century) |
various dates (20th-21st century) | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 48.00 | ||
| 100 | Maugham (W. Somerset). | Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard. |
London | [1953] | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 48.00 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
