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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

Christie's, New York

Date of the auction: 25.10.2019

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Lot number 1
An unrecorded broadside
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US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$3,125
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Lot number 3
Rare broadside
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US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$12,500
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Lot number 12
The manuscript for a minimalist masterpiece
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US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$25,000
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Lot number 35
The Holy Grail of detective fiction
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US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$50,000
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Lot number 39
Hammett's favorite work, in the rare jacket
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US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$75,000
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Lot number 45
The first Bond — James Bond
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US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 60
Nash's doctoral thesis
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$137,500
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Lot number 61
For his brilliant insight into human behavior
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US$500,000 - US$800,000
Price realised:
US$735,000
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Lot number 115
Maria Sibylla Merian's great plate books on insects
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US$180,000 - US$250,000
Price realised:
US$225,000
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Lot number 81
America’s first banned book, lampooning the Puritans
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US$35,000 - US$45,000
Price realised:
US$60,000
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Lot number 82
Granting ''Anthony the Turk'' land in Brooklyn
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US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
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Lot number 62
For refining Nash's work
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US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
US$225,000
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Lot number 89
Stemming the Panic of 1792
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$162,500
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Lot number 2
Working drafts by Thoreau
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 4
With autograph card and signed photograph
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,750
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Lot number 5
Moby-Dick
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US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$40,000
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Lot number 6
Presentation copy to Marilyn Monroe, star of the film
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$16,250
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Lot number 7
The nihilistic masterpiece, inscribed
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US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 8
Letters to a young writer
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US$18,000 - US$25,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 9
''Writers are born, not made (ask Balzac)''
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$7,500
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Lot number 10
Philip Roth's Typewriter
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US$4,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 11
Love letters to Beverly Bentley
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$13,750
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Lot number 13
''Had we but World enough, and Time...''
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US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$8,750
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Lot number 14
Frankenstein! With autograph letter by the author
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US$10,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 15
''Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'''
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$3,000
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Lot number 16
''Please, sir, may I have some more please?''
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,375
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Lot number 17
God Bless Us, Every One!
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US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$11,250
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Lot number 18
Dracula, first issue
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$8,125
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Lot number 19
Treasure Island
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,250
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Lot number 20
''The Body Snatcher'' in original wrappers
Estimate
US$3,500 - US$4,500
Price realised:
n. a.
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