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Toronto Appraisal Event: Books and Manuscripts

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20 Hazelton Avenue
Toronto ON M5R 2E2
This event is held at our Toronto office.
30 May 2013 from 9:00 EDT to 17:00 EDT
31 May 2013 from 9:00 EDT to 17:00 EDT

Christina Geiger, Director of Books and Manuscripts from Bonhams, NY, will be visiting Toronto, March 21st and 22nd seeking consignments for upcoming auctions.

Specialists in attendance

Christina Geiger

Sourced for future auctions

Papers of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke: archive as per list, relating to service in Canada and the Peninsular war, including maps, a portrait etc.
NAPOLEON DEATH MASK
BRONTE (CHARLOTTE) Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BOARDS, 1847
GOULD (JOHN) The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, [1862]-1873
COLOGNE CHRONICLES. Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat van Coellen, COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, 1499
BLIGH (WILLIAM)] Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-martial Held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. FIRST EDITION, 1794

Previously sourced lots

Bernardus Albingaunensis manuscript, account of voyages of discovery in Africa, Asia, and the New World, 1512.
Sold for US$ 326,500 inc. premium
"TERRA FIRMA NULLI ANTECESSORIBUS COGNITA."
[COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, VESPUCCI, AMERIGO AND OTHERS.] BERNARDUS ALBINGAUNENSIS.
Henry Robert "Bobby" Pearce - Rowing Archive
Sold for £49,250 inc. premium
Henry Robert "Bobby" Pearce - Rowing Archive
THOMSON, JOHN. 1837-1921. Illustrations of China and its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Description of the Places and People Represented. London: Sampson, Low, 1873-1874.
Sold for US$ 53,750 inc. premium
THOMSON, JOHN. 1837-1921. Illustrations of China and its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Description of the ...
BLACKER (WILLIAM) Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Comprising Most Essential Information, 1843
Sold for £3,000 inc. premium
BLACKER (WILLIAM) Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Comprising Most Essential Information, 1843

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