Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana Property of Mr. Charles E. Feinberg Mrs. Adele Wertheimer Various Owners, 5530,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 15, 1986 - December 15, 1986

Page Size: 237 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATRE			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
2		AMERICAN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM			USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
3	VERNON DUKE	AMERICAN MUSICIANS			USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	550.00
4	BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES	Fine autograph letter signed ("Ch. Baudelaire")	Paris	Wednesday 20 July 1859	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
5	BEN-GURION, DAVID	Engraved portrait signed in pencil (D. Ben Gurion) at the foot of a limited edition print #166/500 and signed in pencil by the artist Herbert Dairdson			USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
6	BLIGH, WILLIAM	Fine autograph letter signed ("Wm Bligh")	kent near Dartford	16 September 1816	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
7	BOLIVAR, SIMON	Autograph letter signed ("Bolivar")		18 February 1819	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,760.00
8	BOLIVAR, SIMON	Letter signed ("Bolivar")	Potosi	13 October 1825	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
9	BRAHMS, JOHANNES	Fine autograph letter signed ("Johannes")			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	2,200.00
10		BREVIS INSTRUCTIO SPONSI			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	770.00
11	JAMES I	BRITISH ROYALTY			USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	1,760.00
12		BRITISH ROYALTY			USD 2,200.00 - 2,400.00	1,760.00
13		CHANSONS ET PIECES DIVERSES			USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
14	CHARLES II	Document signed ("Charles R")			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
15	CHOPIN, FREDERIC	Autograph musical manuscript in pencil comprising two lines and a few bars on the recto of a folio leaf of printed music paper			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	6,050.00
16	CLEMENT, JEAN-MARIE-BERNARD	Epigrammes			USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
17		COMPOSERS			USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
18	CORTES, HERNAN	Marques del Valle de Oaxaca	Mexico	18 August 1534	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	16,500.00
19	CROMWELL, OLIVER	Document signed ("O. Cromwell")		14 January 1649	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,210.00
20	CROMWELL, OLIVER	Document signed ("O. Cromwell")		20 July 1649	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	12,650.00
21	CROMWELL, OLIVER	Document signed ("O. Cromwell")		28 December 1650	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
22	CURIE, MARIE	Autograph note signed ("M. Curie")	Paris	3 August 1927	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,650.00
23	DARWIN, CHARLES	Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Darwin")			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
24	DARWIN, CHARLES	Letter signed ("Charles Darwin")	Kent	3 February [ca. 1865]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	3,850.00
25	DVORAK, ANTONIN	Autograph letter signed ("Herzlichen Gruss von Dvorak")	Pisbam	16 June 1883	USD 600.00 - 800.00	880.00
26	EDWARD IV	Document signed ("R E")			USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	8,800.00
27	EINSTEIN, ALBERT	Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein")	New Jersey	7 September 1953	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
28	ELIZABETH I	Fine letter signed (Vostre bone cousine Elizabeth R")			USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	7,700.00
29	ELIZABETH I	Document signed ("Elizabeth R")		24 April 1572	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
30	ELIZABETH I	Document signed ("Elizabeth R")		8 February 1588	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
31		EUROPEAN ARTISTS			USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
32		EUROPEAN ARTISTS			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
33	FRANZ LISZT	EUROPEAN COMPOSERS			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
34		EUROPEAN WRITERS			USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
35	FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE	Fine autograph letter signed (G. Flaubert")		16 November 1866	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
36		FRENCH ARTISTS			USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
37		FRENCH AUTHORS			USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
38	INGRES, JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE	FRENCH PAINTERS			USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
39		FRENCH PLAYWRIGHTS			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
40		FRENCH POLITICIANS			USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
41		FRENCH WRITERS			USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
42	FREUD, SIGMUND	Autograph letter signed ("Sigm Freud")	39 Elsworthy Road London	19 July 1938	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	2,860.00
43	GALILEI, GALILEO	Document signed in the text ("Galileo Galilei")	Padua	15 March 1595	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	16,500.00
44	GERSHWIN, GEORGE	Autograph Inscription signed	New York	[24 August 1927]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,210.00
45	GIBBON, EDWARD	Document signed ("E. Gibbon")	Lausanne	24 July 1787	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
46		GREAT BRITAIN			USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
47	HAMILTON, EMMA	Letter signed ("Emma Hamilton")		[ca. 1813]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,310.00
48	HEMINGWAY, ERNEST and JOHN F. KENNEDY	A fine exchange of letters between Hemingway and Kennedy comprising			USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
49	HENRY VII	Document signed ("H R")			USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
50	HENRY VIII	Letter signed ("Henry R")			USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	6,875.00
51	HENRY VIII	Document signed ("Vester bonus amicus Henry R")	London	18 February 1529	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	14,300.00
52	HUGO, VICTOR	Collection of seventeen pieces including rough drafts of poems			USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	3,850.00
53	ISABELLA II	LA JURA DE LA REYNA DE ESPANA DA ISABEL		between 25 July and 25 February 1838	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
54	JAMES II	Letter signed ("Jacobus R")		11 June 1688	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	2,310.00
55	JERITZA, MARIA	Signature and innumerable markings in pencil for interpretation into her own part on the original vocal score of Richard Strauss			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,540.00
56	JOYCE, JAMES	Autograph letter signed ("James Joyce")	Zurich	14 May 1917	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
57	KENNEDY, JOHN F.	Thirty-Fifth President	Washington	[December 1958-January 1959]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,090.00
57A	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Sixteenth President			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,850.00
58	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	as President			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,980.00
59	LINCOLN	Autograph Note signed ("A. Lincoln")			USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
60	LISZT, FRANZ	Autograph musical manuscript signed ("F. Liszt")	Boulogne	30 August 1827	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	5,500.00
61	LISZT, FRANZ	Autograph musical manuscript			USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
62	LOUIS XIV	Document signed ("Louis")	Paris	18 November 1679	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
63	LOUIS XV	Document signed ("Louis")	Paris	25 May 1749 to June 1749	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
64	LUNARDI, VINCENZO	Autograph letter in the third person ("Mr. Lunardi")			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
65	MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO	Document signed in the text ("nicholo machiavegli")	Florence	20 June 1509	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	4,400.00
66	MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO	Autograph letter signed ("nicholo machiavegli")	Florence	18 August 1515	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	6,600.00
67	MARIA THERESA	Document signed ("Maria Theresia")	Vienna	2 May 1761	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
68	MENDELSSOHN-BARTOLDY, FELIX	Fine autograph letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldi")	Berlin	5 September 1832	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,430.00
69	A.A. MILNE	Early typescript draft of the first Christopher Robin book "When We Were Very Young		[ca. late 1923 or early 1924]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	3,850.00
71	NAPOLEON I	Letter signed ("Nap")	Paris	8 March 1811	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
72	NAPOLEON I	Letter signed ("Napoleon")	Paris	4 January 1805	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	3,850.00
73	PASTEUR, LOUIS	Two autograph letters signed ("L. Pasteur")			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,980.00
74	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
75	NIXON, RICHARD M. GERALD R. FORD, CARTER, JAMES ("JIMMY") and RONALD REAGAN	PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
76		PROPHETIES PERPETUELLES			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	5,775.00
77	SALIERI, ANTONIO	Autograph musical manuscript signed ("Salieri")			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	5,225.00
78	SAND, GEORGE	Autograph letter signed ("G. Sand")			USD 600.00 - 800.00	440.00
79	SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD	Three autograph letters signed ("G.B.S.")			USD 1,600.00 - 2,200.00	2,310.00
80	SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD	Autograph note signed ("G. Bernard Shaw")	Ayot St. Lawrence	20 November 1920	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
81	SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT	Autograph letter signed ("Mary Shelley")			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,650.00
82	STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS	Autograph letter signed ("Robert Louis Stevenson")	Skerryvore	[18 July 1886?]	USD 700.00 - 900.00	660.00
83	TOLSTOY, LEO NIKOLAYEVICH	Post card photograph signed ("Leo Tolstoy 17 April 1909")		17 April 1909	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	1,320.00
84	WAGNER, RICHARD	Fine autograph letter signed ("Richard Wagner")	Lucerne	11 April 1866	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
85	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	First President	Mount Vernon	10 December 1773	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	3,300.00
86	WASHINGTON	Autograph Letter signed ("Go: Washington")	Mount Vernon	31 October 1774	USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00	5,775.00
87	WASHINGTON	Autograph Letter signed ("Go: Washington")	Shannandoah	30 November 1774	USD 4,000.00 - 6,500.00	5,775.00
88	WASHINGTON	Autograph Letter signed twice ("Go: Washington" and "G W-n")	Cambridge	11 December 1775	USD 8,000.00 - 13,000.00	9,900.00
89	WASHINGTON	Autograph Letter signed ("Go: Washington")	Cambridge	12 March 1776	USD 17,000.00 - 22,000.00	26,400.00
90	WASHINGTON	Autograph Letter signed ("Go: Washington")	German Town	5 August 1777	USD 17,000.00 - 22,000.00	24,200.00
91	WASHINGTON	Autograph Note			USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,100.00
92	WASHINGTON	Autograph Letter signed ("Go: Washington")	Mount Vernon	20 June 1784	USD 18,000.00 - 30,000.00	17,600.00
93	WILDE, OSCAR	Fine series of three autograph letters signed ("Oscar Wilde")			USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	5,500.00
94	WILLIAM III	Document signed ("Guliemus R")	Kensington Palace	30 March 1700	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00
95	BUCKE, R.M.	Typed Letter signed	London	17 December 1897	USD 150.00 - 200.00	440.00
96	HARTLEY, MARSDEN	Artist and Poet			USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	1,430.00
97	HENRI, ROBERT	American Painter	New York	20 May 1909-2 April 1913	USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,430.00
98	KENT, ROCKWELL	American Painter			USD 600.00 - 800.00	825.00
99	MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER	Typed Letter signed ("CDM")			USD 300.00 - 400.00	660.00
100	PRENDERGAST, MAURICE	American Artist	New York	[29 May 1916]	USD 250.00 - 350.00	220.00

Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.
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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.