Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30942, Marlborough

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ACKERMANN, RUDOLF. 1764-1834.

Microcosm of London.

 [London] [1808-1810, watermarks 1805 and 1831]. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
2 CRONIN, DAVID EDWARD. 1839-1925.

Bibliography Relating to the Works Hand Illustrated by David Edward Cronin.

 Philadelphia 1903 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
3 ADAMS, KATHERINE.

Signs of Old Fleet Street.

 London 1895-1900. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 588.80
4 CARLYLE, THOMAS. 1795-1881.

Collectanea.

 Canton 1903 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
5 ARION PRESS. YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. DIEBENKORN, RICHARD, illustrator.

Poems of W.B.Yeats.

 San Francisco 1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,352.00
6 ARION PRESS. WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG. BOCHNER, MEL, illustrator.

On Certainty / Uber Gewissheit.

 San Francisco 1991 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,024.00
7 ARION PRESS. NABOKOV, VLADIMIR.

Pale Fire.

 San Francisco 1994 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
8 ARION PRESS. CALVINO, ITALO. THIEBAUD, WAYNE, illustrator.

Invisible Cities.

 San Francisco 1999 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,432.00
9 ARION PRESS. TOOMER, JEAN. PURYEAR, MARTIN, illustrator.

Cane.

 San Francisco 2000 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,816.00
10 ARION PRESS. MILTON, JOHN.

Paradise Lost.

 San Francisco 2002 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 960.00
11 ARION PRESS. BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD. THIEBAUD, WAYNE, illustrator.

Trout Fishing in America.

 San Francisco 2003 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,432.00
12 ARION PRESS. ELIOT, T.S. KITAJ, R. B., illustrator.

The Waste Land.

 San Francisco 2007 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 896.00
13 ARION PRESS. DICKINSON, EMILY. SMITH, KIKI, illustrator.

Sampler.

 San Francisco 2007 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
14 ARION PRESS. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. WILEY, WILLIAM T., illustrator.

Don Quixote.

 San Francisco 2009 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
15 ARION PRESS. SAPPHO. MEHRETU, JULIE, illustrator.

Poetry of Sappho.

 San Francisco 2011 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,176.00
16 ARION PRESS: SAPPHO. JULIE. B. MEHRETU, Illustrator.

Poetry of Sappho.

 San Francisco 2011 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,088.00
17 ARION PRESS. HEANEY, SEAMUS. ARTIN, WENDY, illustrator.

Stone from Delphi.

 San Francisco 2016 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,152.00
18 ARION PRESS. HEYWARD, DuBOSE; GERSHWIN, IRA. WALKER, KARA, illustrator.

Porgy & Bess.

 San Francisco 2013 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,408.00
19 ARION PRESS. ORWELL, GEORGE. HAMMER, JONATHAN, illustrator.

Animal Farm.

 San Francisco 2013 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,792.00
20 ARION PRESS. WHITMAN, WALT.

Leaves of Grass.

 San Francsico 2014 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,400.00
21 ARION PRESS. WEDEKIND, FRANK. KENTRIDGE, WILLIAM, illustrator.

The Lulu Plays.

 San Francisco 2015 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
22 ARION PRESS. HOYEM, ANDREW, et al.

Bibliography of The Arion Press. --Leaves from the first one hundred publications of the Arion Press.

 San Francisco 2015 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,584.00
23 ARION PRESS. BISHOP, ELIZABETH. NEWMAN, JOHN, illustrator.

Little of our Earthly Trust.

 San Francisco 2016 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 704.00
24 ARION PRESS. CRANE, HART. SHAPIOR, JOEL, illustrator

The Bridge.

 San Francisco 2017 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
25 ARION PRESS. AUSTEN, JANE. TALBOT, AUGUSTA, illustrator.

Sense and Sensibility.

 San Francisco 2017 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 512.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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