Fine Books and Manuscripts Including The World of Hilary Knight at Bonham's Dec. 5
- by Bruce E. McKinney
Highlights from Bonhams' Dec. 5 sale
On December 5th in New York promptly at 10:00 am EST Bonhams will be hosting an important auction of collectible material. As do auction houses worldwide December frequently includes much of the best material offered all year. The sale is rich with imaginative 20th century material, including photography.
Among the items offered:
Lot 10. Eloise, The Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Kay Thompson to Hilary Knight. Knight, Hilary, illus. Kay Thompson’s Eloise. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955
Lot 19. Warhol, Andy. 1928-1987. Original watercolor, Iced Lemon Delight (cat version). Estimated $8,000-$12,000
Lot 29. Sendak, Maurice. 1928-2012. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Estimated $10,000-$15,000
Lot 96. Noland, Kenneth. 1924-2010. Original Circle Painting, untitled. Estimated $8,000-
$12,000
Lot 129. Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. A Collection of Poems, in Two Volumes … London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple Gates in Fleet-Street. [1710-1711]. Estimated $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 205. Gould, Glenn. 1932-1982. Glenmn Gould’s extensively annotated copy of Bach’s Goldberg Variatioms (Klavierubung IV. Teil Aria Mit verschiedenen Veranderungen ‘Goldberg-Variationen. Estimated $100,000 - $150,000
Lot 244. Houdini, Harry. 1874-1926. A collection of 11 cast iron shackle and lock items from Houdini’s personal collection. The natural buyer, Ricky Jay, who is reported to have passed away recently, is nevertheless expected to be a factor in the bidding.
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000
Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000
Forum, May 28:The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000
Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000
Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000
Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000
Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000
Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000
Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000
