Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 22661, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 28, 2025 - January 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1885). | Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), |
[Washington D.C.] | 1 April 1864 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 |
| 202 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). | Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, |
n.p. | 16 January 1865 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 203 | [LINCOLN, Abraham, GETTYSBURG ADDRESS]. EVERETT, Edward (1794-1865). | An Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863,) at the Consecration of the Cemetery. |
New York | 1863 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 27,720.00 |
| 204 | CATLIN, George (1796-1872). | Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians with Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure. |
London | 1866 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 205 | WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). | Walt Whitman's Books. |
[Washington | 1872.] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 206 | [BONFILS, Felix (1831--1885), BONFILS, Marie-Lydie (1837--1918) and BONFILS, Adrien (1861--1929). | Two photo albums of Palestine and Syria. |
c.1896. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,260.00 | |
| 207 | CATLIN, George (1796-1872). | Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. |
London | 1875]. | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 208 | MICROPHOTOGRAPHY -- [PALM, Conrad. | Anorganisch chemischer Atlas 1. Thiel. (Cover title.) |
Bavaria | c. 1875.] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 209 | DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). | Brat'ia Karamazovy. [The Brothers Karamazov.] |
St Petersburg | 1881 [but December 1880]. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 23,940.00 |
| 210 | CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904; as "Antosha Chekhonte"). | Skazki Mel'pomeny. Shest' razskazov. [The Tales of Melpomene. Six Short Stories.] |
Moscow | 1884 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 211 | EDISON, Thomas (1847-1931). | A brass telegraphic stock ticker, stamped, "M'F'D. BY T. A. EDISON, INC.", No. 10741, c.1900. |
c.1900. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 44,100.00 | |
| 212 | KAFKA, Franz (1883-1924). | Autograph envelope signed on the verso ("Dr. F. Kafka") addressed to Felice Bauer, Prague, [c. 15 May 1913]. |
1913 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,032.00 | |
| 213 | JOYCE, James (1882-1941). | Ulysses. |
Paris | 1922 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 138,600.00 |
| 214 | ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965). | The Waste Land. |
New York | 1922 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 215 | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968) -- | Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Thin Paper Edition de Luxe. |
Springfield, MA | 1927 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 |
| 218 | MEITNER, Lise (1878-1968) and Otto Robert FRISCH (1904-1979). | Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: A New Type of Nuclear Reaction. Offprint from: Nature. Vol 143. |
[London | 1939 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,600.00 |
| 219 | HALSMAN, Philippe (1906-1979); EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). | Photograph signed ("A. Einstein 1947"). |
1947 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 37,800.00 | |
| 221 | OPPENHEIMER, J. Robert (1904-1967). | Typed letter signed ("J.R. Oppenheimer") to John W. Anderson, |
Santa Fe, N.M. | 1 October 1945. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 |
| 222 | [AEBY, Jack (1923-2015)]. | Chromogenic print [of the Trinity Test, near Bingham, New Mexico, 16 July 1945 |
1945, but printed c. 1950-1970]. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 17,640.00 | |
| 224 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). | Out of My Later Years. |
New York | 1950 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 |
| 225 | SALINGER, J.D. (1919-2010). | The Catcher in the Rye. |
Boston | 1951 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 22,680.00 |
| 226 | NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). | Lolita. |
Paris | 1955 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 138,600.00 |
| 227 | COHEN, Leonard (1934-2016). | Let Us Compare Mythologies. Drawings by Freda Gutman. |
Montreal | 1956 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 228 | HAWKING, Stephen (1942 - 2018). | Photostatic copy typescript "Singularities and the geometry of space-time", an essay submitted for the Adams Prize, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 13 December 1966. |
1966 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 229 | KING, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968). | Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? |
New York, Evanston and London | 1967 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |