Sothebys: Chinese Art, N11749, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025

Page Size: 15 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
221	S. W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art: Illustrated by Examples from the Collection of W.T. Walters, Ten Volumes	New York:	1897	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
224	Da Qing wannian yitong tianxia quantu [Complete map of the whole unified country of the Great Qing], Dated Jiaqing 7th year, corresponding to 1803		1803	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
225	Gujin diyu quantu [Complete Map of the Past and Present], Dated Guangxu yiwei year, corresponding to 1895		1895	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 5,715.00
226	A Christmas eve dinner guest book with autographs of major members of the Chinese Communist Party, 24th December 1944		1944	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 419,100.00
227	Mao Zedong, Autographed letter to Major Wilbur A. Dexheimer, 24th December 1944		1944	USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 69,850.00
228	Zhou Enlai, Autographed letter to Major Wilbur A. Dexheimer, 26th December 1944		1944	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 12,065.00
229	Zhou Enlai, Autographed letter to Major Wilbur A. Dexheimer, 26th December 1944		1944	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
230	Zhu De, Autographed letter to Major Wilbur A. Dexheimer, 26th December 1944		1944	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
231	Mao Zedong, Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu / Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, signed, first edition, Beijing, 1966		1966	USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 279,400.00
232	Mao Zedong Xuanji / Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, first edition, first issue, 1944		1944	USD 80,000.00 - 150,000.00	Not Sold
233	Mao Zedong Xuanji / Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, first edition, reissue, 1945		1945	USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
234	Mao Zedong, Kangri Youji Zhanzheng De Yiban Wenti [Common Problems in the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War], signed, and Lun Chi Jiu Zhan / On Protracted War, Yan'an, 1938		1938	USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00	Not Sold
235	Mao Zedong, Lun Chi Jiu Zhan / On Protracted War, 1938		1938	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
236	Yuan zi, hua xue, xi jun wu qi sun shang wei sheng fang hu [Medical Protection Against Injuries from Atomic, Chemical, and Bacteriological Weapons], 1970		1970	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,143.00
237	Jiang Ying Mei Jianji Shibie Shouce [Jiang, American and British Naval and Aircraft Recognition Manual], 1956		1956	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,064.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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