Christies: Printed Books and Manuscripts including an important Manuscript Map of Southeastern North America, 1721., 07Apr1978,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 07, 1978 - April 07, 1978

Page Size: 383 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	HAYLEY, WILLIAM	An Essay on Epic Poetry; in five epistles to the Revd. Mr. Mason	London	1782	USD 80.00 - 100.00	41.80
2	HAYLEY, WILLIAM	Plays of Three Acts; written for a Private Theatre	London	1784	USD 120.00 - 150.00	55.00
3	M ANNERS, Lady CATHERINE REBECCA	Review of poetry, Ancient Modern	London	1799	USD 80.00 - 100.00	38.50
4	SMITH, ADAM	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations	London	1776	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	5,280.00
5	CARLYLE, THOMAS	The Life of John Sterling	London	1851	USD 80.00 - 100.00	308.00
6	EMERSON, RALPH WALDO; CHURCHILL, Sir w.s.; HUDSON, W. H.	Society and Solitude; Lord Randolph Churchill; Far Away and Long Ago	Boston, London, London	1870, 1906, 1918	USD 50.00 - 60.00	49.50
7	GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN	The Life of Charlotte Brontë	London	1857	USD 50.00 - 75.00	220.00
8	GOLDSMITH, OLIVER; ANSON, GEORGE Lord; COWPER, WILLIAM	The Roman History; A Voyage round the World 1749; Poems.		1769, 1816	USD 50.00 - 80.00	110.00
9	GRANNISS, RUTH S.; SADLEIR, MICHAEL	A Descriptive Catalogue of the First Editions in Book Form of the writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley; Trollope A Bibliography	New York, London	1923, 1928	USD 50.00 - 60.00	132.00
10	HARDY, THOMAS	The Woodlanders	London	1887	USD 125.00 - 150.00	121.00
11	HUNT, LEIGH	The Religion of the Heart	London	1853	USD 100.00 - 120.00	330.00
12	MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON	Lays of Ancient Rome	London	1842	USD 50.00 - 75.00	165.00
13	SASSOON, SIEGFRIED	Memoirs of an Infantry Officer	London	1930	USD 30.00 - 40.00	93.50
14	SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE	The Masque of Anarchy... Now First Published	London	1832	USD 100.00 - 120.00	132.00
15	SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE	The Yemassee. A Romance of Carolina	New York	1835	USD 50.00 - 60.00	99.00
16	BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI	Genealogie Deorum	Venice	25 March 1497	USD 650.00 - 800.00	770.00
17	BAUHIN, JEAN and JEAN HENRI CHERLER	Historia Plantarum Universalis	Yverdon	1650-1651	USD 750.00 - 900.00	1,430.00
18		BOOK OF HOURS	Paris	20 September 1517	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	4,400.00
19	CAMOENS, LUIS DE	Os Lusiadas	Paris	1823	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	2,860.00
20	CREUZE, AUGUSTE	Le Seau Enlevé	Paris	1796	USD 650.00 - 800.00	2,090.00
21		EPICTETUS. Manuel d'Epictete, en Grec, Avec une Traduction Française...			USD 450.00 - 550.00	1,760.00
22	FLECHIER, ESPRIT	Oraisons Funebres	Paris	1802	USD 1,250.00 - 1,750.00	3,520.00
23	GRESSET, JEAN-BAPTISTE-LOUIS	Oeuvres	Paris	1806	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,320.00
24	ISOCRATES	Pensées Morales D'Isocrate, Extraites de ses Oeuvres, et Traduites par M. L'Abbé Auger	Paris	1782	USD 500.00 - 700.00	770.00
25		La Constitution Francaise, Presenté au Roi le 3 Septembre 1791	Paris	1791	USD 900.00 - 1,100.00	1,540.00
26	LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE	Contes et Nouvelles en Vers	Paris	1795	USD 600.00 - 800.00	770.00
27	ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES	Emile [Oeuvres]	Paris	1808	USD 1,300.00 - 1,600.00	1,650.00
28	TASSO, TORQUATO	La Gerusalemme Liberata	Paris	1783	USD 850.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
29		BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible	Cambridge, colophon	1660, 1659	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,320.00
30	Otto F. Ege	[BIBLE] Original Leaves from Famous Bibles. Nine Centuries 1121-1935 A.D....	Cleveland	n.d	USD 100.00 - 120.00	990.00
31	Oliver Simon and Stanley Morison	The Fleuron. A journal of typography.	London and Cambridge	1923-1930	USD 750.00 - 1,200.00	1,870.00
32	HAEBLER, KONRAD	German Incunabula; Italian Incunabula; West-European Incunabula	Munich	1927-1928	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	11,000.00
33	ARETINO PIETRO	Sonnetti Lussuriosi, ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS AFTER GIULIO ROMANO	n.p., Venice	or d., probably before 9 November 1527	USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	35,200.00
34	A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT	The Comic History of Rome	London	1851-52	USD 150.00 - 200.00	121.00
35	AUSTEN, JANE	Sense and Sensibility	London	1813	USD 400.00 - 500.00	495.00
36	AUSTEN, JANE	Pride and Prejudice	London	1813	USD 80.00 - 100.00	82.50
37	AUSTEN, JANE	Mansfield Park	London	1814	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,090.00
38	BAGE, ROBERT	Hermsprong; or, Man as he is not	London	1796	USD 400.00 - 500.00	352.00
39	BALLANTYNE, ROBERT MICHAEL	The Coral Island	London	1858	USD 300.00 - 350.00	242.00
40	BALLANTYNE, ROBERT MICHAEL	The World of Ice	London	1860	USD 15.00 - 20.00	27.50
41	BARHAM, Rev. RICHARD H.	The Ingoldsby Legends	London	1840, 1842, 1847	USD 150.00 - 225.00	176.00
42	BARHAM, Rev. RICHARD H.	The Ingoldsby Legends	London	1840, 1842, 1847	USD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
43	BESANT, WALTER	The World went very well then	London	1887	USD 75.00 - 100.00	176.00
44	BESANT, WALTER	Herr Paulus	London	1888	USD 75.00 - 100.00	198.00
45	BESANT, WALTER	Armorel of Lyonesse	London	1890	USD 75.00 - 100.00	187.00
46	BESANT, WALTER	St. Katherine's by The Tower	London	1891	USD 75.00 - 100.00	242.00
47	BESTE, J. RICHARD	Alcazar	London	1857	USD 75.00 - 100.00	132.00
48	BLACK, WILLIAM	White Wings	London	1880	USD 75.00 - 100.00	198.00
49	BLACK, WILLIAM	The Beautiful Wretch	London	1881	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
50	BLACK, WILLIAM	Judith Shakespeare	London	1884	USD 75.00 - 100.00	242.00
51	BLACK, WILLIAM	Sabina Zembra	London	1887	USD 75.00 - 100.00	154.00
52	BLACK, WILLIAM	The Handsome Humes	London	1893	USD 75.00 - 100.00	286.00
53	BOURNE, EDITH OWEN	Philip Lyndon's Troubles	London	1879	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
54	BRONTE, CHARLOTTE	Villette	London	1853	USD 650.00 - 850.00	2,420.00
55	BRONTE, CHARLOTTE	The Professor	London	1857	USD 400.00 - 450.00	715.00
56	BROUGHTON, RHODA	Second Thoughts	London	1880	USD 250.00 - 300.00	660.00
57	BROUGHTON, RHODA	Belinda	London	1883	USD 250.00 - 300.00	462.00
58	BROUGHTON, RHODA	Doctor Cupid	London	1886	USD 200.00 - 250.00	440.00
59	BULLEN, FRANK T.	The Cruise of the "Cachalot"	London	1898	USD 125.00 - 150.00	308.00
60	BULLEN, FRANK T.	The Log of a Sea-Waif	London	1899	USD 150.00 - 200.00	143.00
61	CAINE, HALL	The Deemster	London	1887	USD 150.00 - 200.00	308.00
62	CHOLMONDELEY, MARY	Diana Tempest	London	1893	USD 280.00 - 350.00	528.00
63	COLEMAN, GEORGE	The History of Mr. John Decastro and his Brother Bat	London	1815	USD 450.00 - 650.00	484.00
64	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Woman in White	London	1860	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	1,045.00
65	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Woman in White	New York	1860	USD 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
66	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Woman in White	New York	1860	USD 50.00 - 75.00	27.50
67	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Woman in White	London	1860	USD 40.00 - 50.00	132.00
68	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Woman in White	New York	1861	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
69	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Moonstone	New York	1868	USD 50.00 - 100.00	38.50
70	COLLINS, W. WILKIE	The Guilty River	New York	November 1886	USD 40.00 - 60.00	38.50
71	COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE	The Redskins	New York	1846	USD 80.00 - 100.00	374.00
72		Cornhill Magazine, The	London	1860-1867	USD 80.00 - 100.00	121.00
73	CUSTER, ELIZABETH B.	Boots and Saddles	New York	1885	USD 15.00 - 20.00	24.20
74	DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR.	Two Years Before the Mast	New York	1840	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	605.00
75	DICKENS, CHARLES	Sketches by "Boz"	London	1836	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	2,090.00
76	DICKENS, CHARLES	Master Humphrey's Clock	London	1840-41	USD 100.00 - 150.00	242.00
77	DICKENS, CHARLES	Bleak House	London	1853	USD 200.00 - 250.00	715.00
78	DICKENS, CHARLES	A Tale of Two Cities	London	1859	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	1,980.00
79	DICKENS, CHARLES	A Tale of Two Cities	London	1859	USD 100.00 - 200.00	440.00
80	DICKENS, CHARLES	Great Expectations	London	1861	USD 30.00 - 50.00	132.00
81	DICKENS, CHARLES	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	London	1870	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
82	DICKENS, CHARLES	Household Words	London	1850-1859	USD 300.00 - 400.00	352.00
83	DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes	London	1892-1894	USD 400.00 - 500.00	440.00
84	DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes	New York	1892	USD 80.00 - 100.00	143.00
85	DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN	The Valley of Fear	London	1915	USD 120.00 - 150.00	264.00
86	ELIOT, GEORGE	Scenes of Clerical Life	Edinburgh and London	1858	USD 850.00 - 1,000.00	825.00
87	ELIOT, GEORGE	Adam Bede	Edinburgh and London	1859	USD 850.00 - 1,000.00	935.00
88	ELIOT, GEORGE	Silas Marner, Edinburgh and London		1861	USD 250.00 - 350.00	132.00
89	ELIOT, GEORGE	Mary Ann Cross	Romola, London	1863	USD 300.00 - 400.00	418.00
90	ELIOT, GEORGE	Middlemarch	Edinburgh and London	1871	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,320.00
91	FARGUS, FREDERICK J. Hugh Conway	A Family Affair	London	1885	USD 175.00 - 225.00	242.00
92	FARINA, SALVATORE	From the Foam of the Sea	London	n.d.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	60.50
93	FENN, GEORGE MANVILLE	King of the Castle	London	1892	USD 100.00 - 150.00	187.00
94	FENN, GEORGE MANVILLE	In an Alpine Valley	London	1894	USD 100.00 - 150.00	286.00
95	FENN, GEORGE MANVILLE	Blind Policy	London	1904	USD 15.00 - 20.00	16.50
96	FERRIER, SUSAN	Destiny	Edinburgh	1831	USD 125.00 - 175.00	154.00
97	FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE	Sentimental Education	London	1898	USD 100.00 - 120.00	209.00
98	FORD, JOHN LANE	Dower and Curse	London	1872	USD 80.00 - 120.00	88.00
99	FRASER, JULIA AGNES	Shilrick, the Drummer	London	1894	USD 75.00 - 100.00	176.00
100	FULLERTON, Lady GEORGIANA	Ellen Middleton	London	1844	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00

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.
Sotheby’s
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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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December 9-17, 2025

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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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