Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, 23736, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion |
London | 1818 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 102 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion |
London | 1818 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 103 | BROCK, Henry Mathews (1875-1960) and BROCK, Charles Edmund (1870-1038) | Suite of 28 original drawings |
London | 1898 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 104 | BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824) | Hebrew Melodies |
London | 1815 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,905.00 |
| 105 | SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe | Alastor; or, the Spirit of Solitude: and Other Poems |
London | 1816 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 106 | KEATS, John (1795-1821) | Poems |
London | 1817 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 107 | KEATS, John (1795-1821) | Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems |
London | 1820 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 108 | ROGERS, John (fl. early 19th century) | Celebrated Sailing Vessels, of Different Classes; from the Original Drawings |
London | 1825 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
| 109 | BOSWELL, James (1740--1795) | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
Oxford; London | 1826 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 110 | LEWIS, James Otto (1799-1858) | The Aboriginal Port Folio; or a Collection of Portraits of the most Celebrated Chiefs of the North American Indians |
Philadelphia | [May 1835 - 1838] | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 111 | LOBACHEVSKY, Nikolai (1792--1856) | Voobrazhaiemaia ghieomietriia (Voobrozajemaja geometrija) [Imaginary Geometry] |
Kazan | 1835 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 112 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | The Birds of Europe |
London | 1837 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 113 | ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848) | Autograph note signed ("Mr Adams") in the third person to Joel Roberts Poinsett |
n.p. [Washington] | 4 February 1841 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 114 | DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) | A Christmas Carol |
London | 1843 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 115 | AUDUBON, John James (1780-1851) and BACHMAN, John (1790-1874) | The Quadrupeds of North America |
New York | 1849-1854 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 116 | BOLYAI, Farkas (1775-1856) | Kurzer Grundriss eines Versuchs I. Die Arithmetik [...] |
Marosvasarhely | 1851 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 117 | BUONANNI, Filippo (1638-1725) | Ricreatione dell' occhio e della mente nell' osservation' delle chiocciole, proposta a' curiosi delle opere della natura |
Rome | 1681 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 118 | McKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785--1859); HALL, James (1793--1868) | History of the Indian Tribes of North America |
Philadelphia | 1855 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 120 | STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894) | Autograph manuscript drafts of the title-page |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 | ||
| 121 | SHARPE, R. Bowdler (1847-1909) | Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-birds |
London | 1891-1898 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 122 | BUCHANAN, James. (1791-1868) | A series of autograph manuscripts as President |
[Washington] | [c. December 1860 - February 1861] | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | BUCHANAN, James. (1791-1868) | Autograph manuscript |
[Washington] | [January-February 1861] | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | BUCHANAN, James. (1791-1868) | OAutograph manuscript as President |
[Washington] | [8 February 1861] | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 125 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) | Autograph document signed ("Logan & Lincoln") |
[Springfield] | c. 14 March 1842 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 126 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) | Autograph document |
[Springfield] | [16 May 1850] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
