Catalogue for an auction of Embroideries, Costume, Textiles, Lace and Fans de Bonhams - 2004

LONDON: Bonhams. Paperback, 1400 lots, illustrated, VERY GOOD.

Contents: Scientific Instruments (lots 1-28), Scientific Books & Manuscripts (29-102), Technology (104-115), Index. 115 lots, color photos; 26.5 cm.; color pictorial stiff-paper covers; VG+. Stock#ofc0196.

Two auction catalogs from Bonhams; the larger includes Russian literature, children's books, illustration art; Children's books from Europe & America, Art & architecture, Early printed books & manuscripts, Travel & maps, Science & natural history, Literature, Americana, World history. Respectively 177 & 29 pages, 474 and 27 lots, lavish color illus.; 26.5 cm. Color pictorial paper covers; Very Good+. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0200.

Printed, manuscript, and photographic material, sold in two auction catalogs: 305 lots / 127 pages & 328 lots / 128 pages; color illustrations throughout; color pictorial paper covers; Very Good+. The two catalogs sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0202.

Includes a one-page essay "Hilary Knight by Graydon Carter" preceding 64 lots of HK artwork & publications; Art, Fine Press, and Illustrated Books, lots 65-107; Literature and History to 1900, lots 108-134; Modern Literature and Music, including the Jacqueline Koenig Collection, lots 135-233; 20th Century World Figures and Events, lots 234-263 (incl. a case of Houdini's locks); Conflicts of the 20th Century, lots 264-303 (incl. four Enigma machines); index. As new; color illustrations throughout. Stock#ofc0492.

New York: Bonhams, 2009. Perfect bound wrappers. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 72pp. Catalogue of auction held on Thursday, December 3, 2009, Bonhams New York. 1413 lots, iIllustrated with color photographs. From The Jaguar Collection and The Property of a Gentleman. Almost all currency is US: half cents, large cents, small cents, two cents, three cents, nickel five cents, half dimes, dimes, twenty cents, quarters, half dollars, silver dollars, commemorative silver, gold dollars, quarter eagles, three dollars, half eagles, eagles, double eagles, misc. US gold sets, commemorative gold and territirial, banknotes, misc. coins and sets, world coins, medals and medallions.

Aviation (lots 1-16); Wright Brothers (17-39); Rocketry & Unmanned Exploration (40-51); Soviet & Russian Hardware, Gear, & Models (52-67); American Gear, Hardware & Models(68-81); Project Mercury (82-95); Project Gemini (96-115); Apollo Program through Apollo 10 (116-127); Apollo 11 (128-146); Apollo 12-17 (147-206); ShuttleMissions (207-213). Auction catalog: 75 pages, index, color illus.; 26.5 cm. Color pictorial paper covers; VG+. Stock#ofc0199.

Auction catalogue: Northwest America & Pacific Voyages: Property of a U.N. Diplomat [S.W.G.]; The Arctic Library of Dr. William Priester; Other Properties. 251 lots, 92 pages, index, color illus.; color pictorial paper covers; Very Good+. Stock#ofc0201.

Includes A Collection of Globes (lots 400-445); a Celestial Atlas; Scientific Instruments (lots 447455; Houdon's L'écorché in bronze; Books & Manuscripts (lots 457-485); Aviation (lots 486-511); Space History (lots 512-592); Technology (lots593-658)recorders, cipher machines, computers, robots). 258 lots, index; color illustrations; glossy paper covers; fine. Stock#ofc0493.

Art & Architecture before 1880 (1-28); Modern Artists' Books (29-95); Rackham & Contemporaries (96-131); Illustration Art (133-181); Nobel Prize of Victor Hess (182); Natural History & Travel (183-202); Literature to 1900 (203-222); Modern Literature, Film, & Performing Arts (223-267); Americana (268-312); Daniel Topping Collection of the New York Yankees (314-357). 180 pages, index, color illus.; 26.5 cm.; color pictorial paper covers; minor wear, VG+. Stock#ofc0198.