Rare Book Transaction History — 15,569,183 searchable records

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  • Forum AuctionsThe Library of John and Suzanne Bonhams30th October 2025 Forum AuctionsThe Library of John and Suzanne Bonhams30th October 2025
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    The Library of John and Suzanne Bonhams
    30th October 2025
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    The Library of John and Suzanne Bonhams
    30th October 2025
    Forum, Oct. 30: Bligh (William). A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies ..., first edition, 1792. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Coryate (Thomas). Coryats Crudities: Hastily gobled up in five months travells, first edition, [William Stansby for the Author], 1611. £5,000 to £7,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Krusenstern (Captain Adam Johnson von). Voyage Round the World ... by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, 1813. £5,000 to £7,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Mayer (Attributed to Auguste Etienne Francois). Astrolable, the French ship under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), caught in pack ice in Antarctica, watercolour, [c. 1838]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Oxley (John). Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, first edition, 1820. £5,000 to £7,000.
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    The Library of John and Suzanne Bonhams
    30th October 2025
    Forum, Oct. 30: Richardson (John) & others. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, 1829-37. £20,000 to £25,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Shackleton (Ernest H.) The South Polar Times, 4 vol., vols 1 & 2 numbered 30 of 350 copies, vol. 3 no. 23 of 350 copies, vol. 4 no. 30 of 500 copies, 1907-2010. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Shipley (Lt. Conway). Sketches in the Pacific: The South Sea Islands, first edition, 1851. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Webb (Rev. Arthur J.) The History of Fiji,, first edition, 1885. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, Oct. 30: Weddell (James).- Open face chronometer pocket watch, owned by James Weddell, Grant, Fleet Street, 1811. £15,000 to £20,000.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.