Bonahms - London, Knightsbridge

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Auctions

Fine Books and Manuscripts

1pm

Montpelier Street
Knightsbridge

London, England, UK

51.499344, -0.1658037

Bonahms - London, Knightsbridge

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26772/

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Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Exhibitions

Mort Drucker, The Oddfather (parody of The Godfather), illustration for MAD #155 (EC, 1972). Ink on board . Private Collection

Original MAD Magazine Illustrations Featured in New Norman Rockwell Museum Exhibition

Raymond Briggs' Writing and Drawing Desk Goes on Display for First Time

Exhibition of Book-like Objects Opens at at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Book Arts

Underdog - The Other Other Bronte starring (left to right) Rhiannon Clements as Anne, Gemma Whelan as Charlotte, Adele James as Emily

World Premiere of New Bröntes Play Opens at National Theatre

The Creative Process of Italy's Most Prolific Small Publisher, Alberto Casiraghy

A New Book Examines 100 Years of the Historic Queen Mary's Dolls' House Library

Photographs

Queen Elizabeth II letter

Wartime Letter Written by Queen Elizabeth II With Signed Photogaph to Auction

Wilson Centre for Photography Deposits Collection of Early Photographs at the Bodleian Libraries

Street Photographer Vivian Maier's Vintage Prints, Self-Portraits and Earliest Camera Work to Auction

Book People

Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science by Renée Bergland

Dickinson and Darwin, Why We Read, and Drink Maps: May Books Roundup

The Bibliographical Society’s New YouTube Channel

Small Volume Books' Justine Johnson on Goofy Erotica, Fan Fiction, and CABS-Minnesota

Maps

Gerrit de Veer, VVaerachtighe Beschryvinghe Uan drie seylagien (Amstelredam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598). Engraving, 7.8 x 19.5 in (19.6 x 49.5 cm).

Early Maps, Photographs and Artists’ Books Chart 500 years of the Arctic

Early Baseball Sheet Music, Arrowsmith’s Maps, JFK Presentation Copy: Auction Preview

Rare New Amsterdam Map Helps Reveal Life in New York Before New York

Auctions

John F. Kennedy's doodles

JFK's Handwritten Notes the Night Before His Assassination Sold for $34,504

Aldine Imprints, Chekhov’s First Book, Buffon’s Birds: Auction Preview

Four Autograph Letters from Albert Einstein to Mathematics Colleague to Auction

Rare Books

* A first and only edition from Bernard Quaritch Ltd of a rare set of ornithological prints by cartographer Nicolaes Visscher I from 1659. The 24 plates show more than 100 figures in natural settings (£3,750).

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Natural History

17th Century Royal Commode Designed Like a Book at Firsts London

Firsts London 2024 Highlights

Americana

Howard Hochhauser, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Ancestry, signs an official agreement with Dr. Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States, at a signing event at the National Archives Building

Millions of Historical Records Held by the National Archives to be Digitized and Made Accessible

Benjamin Franklin Book-Related Items to Auction

President Grover Cleveland's Signed Document Approving Utah Statehood Sold for $27,188

Visual Art

Hundreds of Copies of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to Feature in Anniversary Library Artwork

Original Harry Potter Cover Illustration to Auction with $600,000 Estimate

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Tennis Posters