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CHRISTIE’S
Valuable Books and Manuscripts
London auction
13 December
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TREW, Christoph Jacob (1695–1769). Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortus curiosorum. [Nuremberg: 1750–1773]. £30,000–40,000Christie’s, Explore now
VERBIEST, Ferdinand (1623–88). Liber Organicus Astronomiae Europaeae apud Sinas restituate. [Beijing: Board of Astronomy, 1674]. £250,000–350,000Christie’s, Explore now
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALICE & NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT. Master of Jean Rolin (active 1445–65). Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, [Paris, c.1450–1460]. £120,000–180,000Christie’s, Explore now
A SILVER MICROSCOPE. Probably by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), c.1700. £150,000–250,000Christie’s, Explore now
AN ENGLISH HORARY QUADRANT
C.1311. £100,000–150,000 -
Sotheby’s
Important Modern Literature from the Library of an American Filmmaker
8 December 2023Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Kerouac, Jack. Typescript scroll of The Dharma Bums. Typed by Kerouac in Orlando, Florida, 1957, published by Viking in 1958. 300,000 - 500,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. The autograph manuscript of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." [Key West, finished April 1936]. 300,000 - 500,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Miller, Henry. Typescript of The Last Book, a working title for Tropic of Cancer, written circa 1931–1932. 100,000 - 150,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Ruscha, Ed. Twentysix Gasoline Stations, with a lengthy inscription to Joe Goode. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. in our time, first edition of Hemingway’s second book. 30,000 - 50,000 USD -
Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 2:
John Ford Clymer, U.S. Troops' Triumphant Return to New York Harbor, oil on canvas, circa 1944.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 44:
Edward Gorey, Illustration of cover and spine for Fonthill, a Comedy by Aubrey Menen, pen and ink, 1973.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 50:
Harrison Cady, frontispiece for Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess, watercolor and ink, 1921.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 54:
Ludwig Bemelmans, Pepito, portrait of Pepito from the Madeline book series, mixed media.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 79:
Gluyas Williams, Fellow Citizens Observation Platform, pen and ink, cartoon published in The New Yorker, March 11, 1933.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 86:
Thomas Nast, Victory, – for the moment, political cartoon, pen and ink, 1884.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 91:
Mischa Richter, Lot of 10 cartoons for Field Publications, ink and pencil, circa 1940.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 111:
Arthur Getz, Sledding In Central Park, casein tempera on canvas, cover of The New Yorker, February 26, 1955.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 124:
Richard Erdoes, Map of Boston, illustration for unknown children's magazine, gouache on board, circa 1960.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 155:
Robert Fawcett, The old man looked him over carefully, gouache on board, published in The Saturday Evening Post, June 9, 1945.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 170:
Violet Oakley, Portrait of Woodrow Wilson, charcoal and pastel, circa 1918.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 188:
Robert J. Wildhack, Scribner's for March, 1907, mixed media. -
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Roberts (David) & Croly (George). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumae, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. Lond. 1842 - 1843 [-49]. First Edn. €10,000 to €15,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Incunabula: O'Fihily (Maurice). Duns Scotus Joannes: O'Fihely, Maurice Abp… Venice, 20th November 1497. €8,000 to €12,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: An important file of documents with provenance to G.A. Newsom, manager of the Jacob’s Factory in Dublin, occupied by insurgents during Easter Week 1916. €6,000 to €9,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: WILDE (Oscar), 1854-1900, playwright, aesthete and wit. A lock of Wilde’s Hair, presented by his son to the distinguished Irish actor Mícheál MacLiammóir. €6,000 to €8,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Heaney (Seamus). Bog Poems, London, 1975. Special Limited Edition, No. 33 of 150 Copies, Signed by Author. Illus. by Barrie Cooke. €4,000 to €6,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Binding: Burke, Thomas O.P. (de Burgo). Hibernia Dominicana, Sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Praedicatorum, ... 1762. First Edition. €4,000 to €6,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: COLLINS, Michael. An important TL, 29 July 1922, addressed to GOVERNMENT on ‘suggested Proclamation warning all concerned that troops have orders to shoot prisoners found sniping, ambushing etc.’. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Scott Fitzgerald (F.) The Great Gatsby, New York (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1925, First Edn. €2,000 to €3,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Limited Edition, No. 46 of 375 Copies Only, Signed by W.B. Yeats. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of the Russian Empire, Description in English and French, Lg. folio London (S. Gosnell) 1803. First Edn. €1,000 to €1,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings. Lg. folio Lond.(T. Bensley) 1802. First Edn. €800 to €1,200.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Mason (Geo. Henry). The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings. Lg. folio London (for W. Miller) 1800. First Edn. €1,400 to €1,800
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 09, 2023 - November 09, 2023
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TASMANIA / THE SWITZERLAND OF THE SOUTH. Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,560.00 | ||
| 2 | TASMANIA / AUSTRALIA FOR THE ANGLER. Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 | ||
| 3 | AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIAN PARROTS. Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 | ||
| 4 | WORLD'S GREATEST AIR RACE / ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. 1934. |
1934 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 | ||
| 5 | QANTAS / A NEW AIR MAP FROM THE AUSTRALIAN VIEWPOINT. Circa 1939. |
Circa 1939. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 | ||
| 6 | QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS. Circa 1938. |
Circa 1938. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 | ||
| 7 | AUSTRALIA / STURT'S DESERT PEA. 1957. |
1957 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | ||
| 8 | AUSTRALIA. 1957. |
1957 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 | ||
| 9 | ORIENT LINE / BOOMERANG TRIPS. 1958. |
1958 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,430.00 | ||
| 10 | SOUTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND / PEAT'S. 1954. |
1954 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 585.00 | ||
| 11 | QANTAS / NEW ZEALAND. Circa 1954. |
Circa 1954. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 12 | QANTAS / PACIFIC ISLANDS. Circa 1954. |
Circa 1954. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 | ||
| 13 | WESTERN AUSTRALIA FOR SUNSHINE AND SURF. Circa 1950s. |
Circa 1950s. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,625.00 | ||
| 14 | AMERICAN AIRLINES AUSTRALIA. 1971. |
1971 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 688.00 | ||
| 15 | VISIT INDIA / LAND OF SUNSHINE & COLOUR. Circa 1930. |
Circa 1930. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 16 | VISIT INDIA / HOWRAH BRIDGE, CALCUTTA. Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 17 | LLOYD TRIESTINO INDIA / EXPRESS SERVICE TO BOMBAY VIA ITALY. Circa 1938. |
Circa 1938. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,375.00 | ||
| 18 | VISIT INDIA / THE TAJ MAHAL / B.B. & C.I. RAILWAY. Circa 1930. |
Circa 1930. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 | ||
| 19 | SIMLA / SEE INDIA. Circa 1930s. |
Circa 1930s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | A SHILLONG BELLE / SEE INDIA. Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 21 | SEE INDIA / NORTH - WEST FRONTIER. Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 22 | SEE INDIA / AJANTA FRESCOES CAVE TEMPLES. 1934. |
1934 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 | ||
| 23 | INDIA / AIR - INDIA. 1964. |
1964 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 938.00 | ||
| 24 | SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO. 1925. |
1925 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,430.00 | ||
| 25 | FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS / THE BEST ROAD. 1929. |
1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
