Christies: Printed Books and Manuscripts., 17Nov1978,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 17, 1978 - November 17, 1978

Page Size: 502 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	WILSON, A., and GEORGE ORD	American Ornithology ...	New York	1828-1829	USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	1,320.00
202	WILSON, A. and Prince; CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE	American Ornithology	London	1832	USD 400.00 - 450.00	330.00
203	WILSON, A., and Prince; C. L. BONAPARTE	American Ornithology	London	1832	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
204	WILSON, A.	American Ornithology	New York	1854	USD 80.00 - 120.00	99.00
205	WILSON, A., and Prince; C. L. BONAPARTE	American Ornithology, Atlas of plates only	Philadelphia	c. 1871	USD 1,700.00 - 2,000.00	1,320.00
206	WILSON, A., and Prince; C. L. BONAPARTE	American Ornithology	London	1876	USD 550.00 - 850.00	605.00
207		ARCHIMEDES. Psammites ... Arenarius, et dimmensio circuli	Oxford	1676	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
208	John Wright	BERMUDA. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, Whereby Robert Earle of Warwicke is made Governour in chiefe, and Lord high Admirall of all those Islands and other Plantations ... within the bounds, and upon the Costs of America	London	November 3, 1643	USD 200.00 - 300.00	165.00
209	BIANCHI, GIOVANNI	De Conchis Minus Notis Liber	Venice	1739	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
210		BIBLES. The Holie Bible Faithfully Translated into English [Old Testament], The Holy Bible, The Bible [Geneva version]	Douai, London's	1609-10, 1585, 1599	USD 100.00 - 150.00	71.50
211	James & Johnson	BIDDLE, CLEMENT. The Philadelphia Directory	Philadelphia	1791	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	770.00
212	BURGOYNE, JOHN	A State of the Expedition from Canada	London	1780	USD 250.00 - 350.00	264.00
213	BUNKER HILL	This town was alarmed on the 17th Instant at break of Day, by a Firing from the Lively Ship of War; and a Report was immediately spread that the Rebels had broke Ground, and were raising a Battery on the Heights of the Peninsula of Charlestown ...	Boston's	26th of June, 1775, 1775	USD 600.00 - 800.00	880.00
214	CARTER, JOHN	Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting Remaining in England	London	1838	USD 150.00 - 200.00	165.00
215	COTTON, JOHN	A Practical Commentary ... upon the First Epistle Generali of John	London	1656	USD 100.00 - 150.00	27.50
216		DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. New-England Chronicle.	Boston	18 July 1776	USD 700.00 - 900.00	1,650.00
217	EMERSON, RALPH WALDO	A Oration Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society	at Cambridge, Boston	August 31, 1837, 1838	USD 100.00 - 150.00	308.00
218	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	Plain Truth: or, Serious Considerations On the Present State of the City of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1747	USD 200.00 - 300.00	242.00
219	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital	Philadelphia's	1754, 1757, 1761	USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00	Not Sold
220	GROSE, THOMAS	The Antiquities of England and Wales	London	1773-1786	USD 80.00 - 120.00	24.20
221	JAMES I.	The Works of ...	London	1616	USD 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
222	JAMES I.; BACON, Sir FRANCIS; JONES, JOHN; HOYLE, EDMOND; CARVER, JONATHAN; THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE; SARPI, PAOLO; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; Nightingale; Nathanael Brent; Alexander Pope	His Majesties Commission ... touching the Creation of Baronets, Three Patents Concerning the Honour able Degree ... of Baronets, The Histoire of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh, The Mysteries of Opium Reveal'd, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist .	London's, Philadelphia, Liverpool	1611, 1617, 1641, 1701, 1746, 1745-46, 1796, 1865, 1818, 1676, 1725-23	USD 200.00 - 300.00	352.00
223	JOHNSON, SAMUEL	A Dictionary of the English Language	London, Rothschild	1755, 1237	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00
224	LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM	A Review of the Military Operations in North America	London	1756, 1757	USD 500.00 - 700.00	462.00
225	MORE, Sir THOMAS	The Common-Wealth of Utopia	London, Philadelphia	1753	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
226	PENN, WILLIAM	A Brief Examination and State of Liberty Spiritual	London	1681	USD 125.00 - 175.00	38.50
227	RALEIGH, Sir WALTER	The History of the World	London	1614	USD 500.00 - 650.00	440.00
228	RUSH, BENJAMIN	Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the Diseases of the Mind	Philadelphia	1812	USD 250.00 - 350.00	462.00
229	SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO	Delia verita della Fede Christiania sopra il glorioso Triompho della Croce di Christo	Florence	1516	USD 50.00 - 75.00	220.00
230	SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO	Libro di Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara delle ordine de frati predicatori; della verita della Fede Christiana sopra il glorioso Triompho della Croce di Christo, De La Semplicita de la vita Christianai: Tradottoin volgare	Florence, Venice	1516, 1533	USD 80.00 - 100.00	286.00
231	SMITH, ADAM	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations	London	1776	USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	1,430.00
232	BARING-GOULD, SABINE	Onward, Christian Soldiers			USD 300.00 - 400.00	440.00
233	BROWNING, ROBERT	Autograph letter signed, to Sir Charles Halle, 19 Warwick Crescent	London	31 October 1872	USD 250.00 - 350.00	165.00
234	DICKENS, CHARLES	Autograph letter, signed ["CD."], to his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth	London	19 December 1855	USD 500.00 - 750.00	440.00
235	GEORGE III, King of England	Document signed, to Sir Watkin Lewes		17 February 1781	USD 75.00 - 125.00	93.50
236	HENRY III, King of England	Document		1 March 1264	USD 150.00 - 200.00	198.00
237	ISABELLA I, Queen of Spain	Document, signed	Granada	15 January 1501	USD 250.00 - 300.00	165.00
238	JACKSON, ANDREW	Four fragments of a autograph letter, signed, to his wife Rachel	n.p.	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
239	JOHN I, King of England; RICHARD II, King of England; JAMES I, King of England; GEORGE III, King of England	Document from the time of his reign, undated, Docu ment, Document, yeoman; Document, Document, MARYLAND. Document	Westminster's, New York, Baltimore	28 October 1398, 6 June 1615, 1616, 14 March 1775, 5 September 1734	USD 300.00 - 400.00	209.00
240	KIPLING, RUDYARD	Autograph letter signed, to Allan Ramsay, Empire Hotel	Bath	23 February 1918	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
241	LEE, General ROBERT E.	Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Autograph letter signed, to General "Stonewall" Jackson (commanding the 2nd Army Corps)	Fredericksburg	27 February 1863	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
242	NAPOLEON I, Emperor of France	Letter signed "Bonaparte," Saint-Cloud, to the Minister of the Interior		18 October 1802	USD 150.00 - 250.00	209.00
243	NAPOLEON I, Emperor of France	Autograph endorsement signed "Np," on letter signed from Duc de Feltre, Minister of War	Paris	26 December 1810	USD 175.00 - 225.00	176.00
244	PENN, WILLIAM	Document signed		27 July 1681	USD 400.00 - 550.00	396.00
245	PENN, WILLIAM	Autograph document (unidentified hand)		n.d., probably before 1710	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
246	PICKERING, TIMOTHY	Statesman and Revolutionary Officer. Autograph letter signed, as Postmaster General	Salem, [Mass.], Washington	29 August 1792, 24 May 1827, 11 July, 1798	USD 150.00 - 200.00	82.50
247	SCHWEITZER, ALBERT	Two autograph letters, signed, in French to Madame Emilie Meyjer	Lambaréné	25 December 1937 and 25 December 1938	USD 125.00 - 175.00	132.00
248		VICTORIA, Queen of England. Document signed		26 January 1891	USD 50.00 - 70.00	60.50
249	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Autograph land survey, signed		27 April 1750	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
250	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Letter, signed, to Brigadier-General Anthony Wayne, Head Quarters	Prekaness	27 November 1780	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	2,200.00
251	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Autograph letter, signed, to Col. Timothy Pickering, the Secretary of War	Mount Vernon	27 July 1795	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
252	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Document, signed	London	August 1614	USD 125.00 - 175.00	121.00
253	WINTHROP, JOHN	First Governor of Massachusetts. Autograph letter, signed, to Sir Nathaniel Rich	Boston	22 May 1634	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	5,500.00
254	ADAMS, JOHN	Printed document signed, with seal	Boston	30 October 1800	USD 400.00 - 450.00	330.00
255	JACKSON, ANDREW	Printed document signed, with seal	Massachusetts	17 September 1833	USD 150.00 - 200.00	198.00
256	JEFFERSON, THOMAS	Printed document signed	New York	11 January 1804	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
257	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Printed document signed	Washington	2 March 1864	USD 450.00 - 550.00	605.00
258	MADISON, JAMES	Printed document signed	New York	10 May 1816	USD 250.00 - 300.00	242.00
259		NAPOLEON I. Endorsement signed [N]		11 Fevrier 1814	USD 100.00 - 150.00	198.00
260	PAINE, THOMAS	Autograph letter signed T.P., to Henry Laurens with Lau rens's receipt date 'Monday Morn		11 Jany. 1779	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,760.00
261	EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; DEWEY, THOMAS E.; WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Printed document signed, Signature, Massachusetts Spy, Worcester Gazette, SLAVERY. Seven printed speeches	Harrison	October 28 1887, Wednesday January 1, 1800, c. 1850-1860	USD 100.00 - 120.00	132.00
262	JEFFERSON, THOMAS	A fragment of an Autograph letter signed, to William Hilliard		May 22, 1825	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
263	LOUIS XV, King of France; CORNBURY, EDWARD HYDE	Document signed, Letter signed	New York	16 August 1778, September 17 1709	USD 80.00 - 100.00	27.50
264	WEBSTER, DANIEL	Autograph letter signed, to A. B. Gale	Washington	February 4 1839	USD 80.00 - 100.00	49.50
265		A Regulaor Temperance Ballad in very Irregular Verse	n.p.	n.d.	USD 50.00 - 80.00	13.20
266	CHURCH, FREDERICK STUART, painter	A Series of 129 Autograph letters signed to Grant B. Schley		1914-1917	USD 250.00 - 300.00	418.00
267		Four volumes of orderly books kept at the headquarters of Captain Alexander Moneypenny of the British forces, MANUSCRIPTS in ink		1756-1760	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	8,800.00
268		Orderly book kept at the headquarters of Major John Dyke Acland of the British forces, dated Crown Point, MANUSCRIPT in ink	Ticonderoga and other places in Canada	8 October 1776 to 4 March 1777	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	6,050.00
269		STATUTES OF THE CITY OF MARSEILLES STATUTA CIVITATIS MASSILIE, IN SIX BOOKS, in Latin and Provencal, and early 14th century., ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	France	c. 1265/70	USD 7,500.00 - 9,500.00	14,300.00
270		BOOK OF HOURS. HORAE BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS SECUNDUM CONSEUTUDINEM ANGLIAE (use of Sarum), ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	English	c. 1440	USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	Not Sold
271		BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin with Calendar (use of Rome), ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	Northern France	c. 1450	USD 200.00 - 250.00	462.00
272	CARTA EJECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA	SPANISH MANUSCRIPT., CALLIGRAPHIC AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM		July 30 1728	USD 800.00 - 1,500.00	825.00
273	GUTENBERG, JOHANN	Three leaves from The Gutenberg Bible, comprising The Gospel According to Saint Luke, chapters 4 to 7 including The Sermon on the Mount	Mainz	c. 1450-1455	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	15,400.00
274		STRABO. Geographia	Rome	1469	USD 65,000.00 - 80,000.00	Not Sold
275	CHRISTINE DE PISAN	Here begynneth the book of fayttes of armes & of Chyualrye	Westminster	14 July 1489	USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
276	AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS Saint	De Civitate Dei	Rome	1468	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
277	HYGINUS, C. PULIUS; J. Sentinus and J. L. Santritter	Poeticon astronomicon	Venice	14 October 1482	USD 650.00 - 750.00	605.00
278	MONTE, PETRUS DE	Repertorium utriusque juris	Nuremberg	7 October 1476	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
279	Menardus Monachus	BIBLIA LATINA	Nuremberg	14 April 1478	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	5,500.00
280		MISSAL, Use of Rome, Missale ad sacroscte Romane ecclesie usum.	Paris	October 20, 1517	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	20,900.00
281		Amusing Instructor, The	London	1777	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
282	EVANS, JOHN; AIKEN, JOHN	Arabian Nights, The, ..., The Juvenile Tourist, England deli neated, Fisher's Juvenile Scrapbook	London	1802, 1810, 1788, 1838-49, 1849-50	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
283	ARGUS, ARABELLA pseud	The Juvenile Spectator, Ostentation and Liberality, Further Adventures of Jemmy Donkey		1810, 1815, 1821, 1821	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
284	BERQUIN, ARNAUD	The Children's Friend.	London	1793	USD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
285	BEWICK, THOMAS	A Natural History of British Birds; ... of Foreign Birds; ... of British Quadrupeds; ... of Fishes	New Battledore	all n.d., c. 1820, C.1825, c.1835	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
286	COMENIUS, JOHANN AMOS Joh.; Charles Hoole	Amos Commenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus ... Commenius's visible world: or, a Nomenclature, and Pictures of all the chief things ... in above an 150 Copper Cuts ...	London	1705	USD 80.00 - 100.00	82.50
287	BISSET, JAMES	County Album, The, 1829, Second Edition, engraved plates, New Edition, engraved plates, The geographical Guide, A Visit to Edin burgh	WAKEFIELD, w., N., Edinburgh	1814, 1820, 1805, n.d., c. 1818, 1818	USD 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
288	DARTON, WILLIAM	Little Jack of all Trades; or Mechanical Arts Described, ...	London	1823	USD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
289	DAY, THOMAS	The Entertaining & Instructing History of Little Jack, FINE -- Compendium of Simple Arithmetic	Glasgow, London	n.d., c. 1820, 1800	USD 100.00 - 120.00	49.50
290	DORSET, CATHERINE	The Peacock "At Home:" A Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball ...	London	1808	USD 80.00 - 100.00	38.50
291	DRAPER, Rev. B. H.; JOHNSTONE, C. I.; TAYLOR, J.; ASPIN, J.	Bible Illustrations, The Public Buildings of Westminster Described, The Garden, The Farm		1831, 1831, 1831, 1832, 1835	USD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
292	EDGEWORTH, MARIA	Frank; a sequel to Frank in Early Lessons.	London	1822	USD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
293	EDGEWORTH, M.	Harry and Lucy concluded, Early Lessons		1825	USD 100.00 - 120.00	44.00
294	ELLIOTT, MARY BELSON	Precept and Example, Fancy's Wreath, The Modern Goody Two-Shoes, Rural Employments, Simple Truths, The Two Edwards		n.d., c. 1810, 1812, 1819, 1820, 1822, 1823	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
295	FAERNO, GABRIELLO; FENELON, F. de S. DE LA MOTHE; SANDHAM, E.; TUER, A. W.	Centum fabulae, Emblems for the Improvement and Entertainment of Youth, Twenty Seven Moral Tales and Fables, Twenty Six Choice Poetical Extracts, Stories by a Mother, A Visit to Brighton, s. A Visit to A Farm-House, The Sixth Edition of the same, The Juve	Brussels, w.	1682, 1787, 1729, n.d., c. 1815, 1818, 1822, 1811, 1824, 1885	USD 200.00 - 250.00	165.00
296	HUGHS, MARY ROBSON; BUDDEN, MARIA	Force of Example, The; or, The History of Henry and Caroline, The Metamorphoses, The Juvenile Plutarch, A Key to Knowledge, Always Happy! ! !		1797, 1818, 1820, 1814, 1815	USD 150.00 - 200.00	66.00
297	GRAHAM, ELIZABETH SUSANNA; FENN, ELEANOR	Voyage to Locuta, Rational Sports, Cobwebs to Catch Flies, Another Edition	London's	1818, n.d., 1783, 1829, 1837	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
298	GREENWOOD, JAMES; Harry & William; KILNER, MARY JANE; WHEATLEY, SARAH; MARMONTEL, J. F.; HACK, MARIA; GILBERT, ANN; DUNCAN, HENRY; BARBAULD, ANNA LETITIA; Mrs. Pilkington	The London Vocabulary, English and Latin, Food for the Young, William Sedley, The Christmas Fire-Side, Marmontel's Tales ... Abridged ..., History of Jack Martin, The, An Evening in Autumn, Hymns for Infant Minds, The Cottage Fire-Side, Dog of Knowledge,	Dublin	1792, 1821, 1823, n.d., c. 1783, 1806, 1799, n.d., c. 1816, 1821, 1816, 1826, 1809, n.d., c. 1830	USD 200.00 - 250.00	165.00
299	GRIFFITH & FARRAN FACSIMILES; DORSET, C. A.; B., W.; ROSCOE, W.	The Peacock "At Home"; The Lion's Masquerade, The Elephant's Ball, The Butterfly's Ball, The Royal Nursery Alphabet	London's	1883, n.d., c. 1850	USD 40.00 - 60.00	22.00
300	HACK, MARIA; BUDDEN, MARIA E.; KILNER, DOROTHY	Winter Evenings, Stories of Animals, Second Series, A Key to Knowledge, The Rational Brutes		1818, 1831, 1820, 1807	USD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold

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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.