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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

Christie's, New York

Date of the auction: 25.10.2019

Lot number 1
An unrecorded broadside

An unrecorded broadside Edgar Allan Poe, 1841 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) – Graham's Lady's and...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$3,125
Lot number 3
Rare broadside

Rare broadside Walt Whitman, 1872 WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Walt Whitman's Books . [Washington...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$12,500
Lot number 12
The manuscript for a minimalist masterpiece

The manuscript for a minimalist masterpiece Steve Reich, 1971 REICH, Stephen Michael (b.1936...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$25,000
Lot number 35
The Holy Grail of detective fiction

The Holy Grail of detective fiction The Maltese Falcon, 1930 HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894-1961). The...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$50,000
Lot number 39
Hammett's favorite work, in the rare jacket

Hammett's favorite work, in the rare jacket The Glass Key, 1931 HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894-1961). The...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$75,000
Lot number 45
The first Bond — James Bond

The first Bond — James Bond Casino Royale, 1953 FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). Casino Royale . London...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 60
Nash's doctoral thesis

Nash's doctoral thesis Non-Cooperative Games, 1951 NASH, JR. John Forbes (1928-2015...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$137,500
Lot number 61
For his brilliant insight into human behavior

For his brilliant insight into human behavior John Forbes Nash, Jr., 1994 The 1994 Nobel Prize in...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$500,000 - US$800,000
Price realised:
US$735,000
Lot number 115
Maria Sibylla Merian's great plate books on insects

Maria Sibylla Merian's great plate books on insects Amsterdam, 1719 & 1730 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$180,000 - US$250,000
Price realised:
US$225,000
Lot number 81
America’s first banned book, lampooning the Puritans

America’s first banned book, lampooning the Puritans Thomas Morton, 1637 MORTON, Thomas (1564-1659...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$35,000 - US$45,000
Price realised:
US$60,000
Lot number 82
Granting ''Anthony the Turk'' land in Brooklyn

Granting "Anthony the Turk" land in Brooklyn Willem Kieft, 27 May 1643 KIEFT, Willem (1598-1647...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Lot number 62
For refining Nash's work

For refining Nash's work Reinhard Selten, 1994 The 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
US$225,000
Lot number 89
Stemming the Panic of 1792

Stemming the Panic of 1792 Alexander Hamilton, 25 March 1792 HAMILTON, Alexander (1757-1804...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$162,500
Lot number 2
Working drafts by Thoreau

Working drafts by Thoreau Boston, 1863 THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). Two autograph manuscripts...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 4
With autograph card and signed photograph

With autograph card and signed photograph Walt Whitman, 1876 WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Two Rivulets...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,750
Lot number 5
Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick Herman Melville, 1851 MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or The Whale . New York...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$40,000
Lot number 6
Presentation copy to Marilyn Monroe, star of the film

Presentation copy to Marilyn Monroe, star of the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1925 MARILYN MONROE...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$16,250
Lot number 7
The nihilistic masterpiece, inscribed

The nihilistic masterpiece, inscribed Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 1932 CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 8
Letters to a young writer

Letters to a young writer J.D. Salinger, 1950s SALINGER, J.D. (1919-2010). A group of ten letters...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$18,000 - US$25,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 9
''Writers are born, not made (ask Balzac)''

"Writers are born, not made (ask Balzac)" Kerouac, Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, et al, 1960...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$7,500
Lot number 10
Philip Roth's Typewriter

Philip Roth's Typewriter Signed, c.1974-6 ROTH, Philip (1933-2018). An IBM Seletric II Correcting...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 11
Love letters to Beverly Bentley

Love letters to Beverly Bentley Miles Davis, 1959 DAVIS, Miles (1926-1991). Collection of three...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$13,750
Lot number 13
''Had we but World enough, and Time...''

"Had we but World enough, and Time..." Andrew Marvell, 1681 MARVELL, Andrew (1621-1678...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$8,750
Lot number 14
Frankenstein! With autograph letter by the author

Frankenstein! With autograph letter by the author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1831 SHELLEY, Mary...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 15
''Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'''

"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'" Edgar Allan Poe, 1845 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Raven" in...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$3,000
Lot number 16
''Please, sir, may I have some more please?''

"Please, sir, may I have some more please?" Charles Dickens, 1838 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,375
Lot number 17
God Bless Us, Every One!

God Bless Us, Every One! Dickens's Christmas Carol, 1843 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Christmas...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$11,250
Lot number 18
Dracula, first issue

Dracula, first issue Bram Stoker, 1897 STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula . London: Archibald...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$8,125
Lot number 19
Treasure Island

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883 STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,250
Lot number 20
''The Body Snatcher'' in original wrappers

"The Body Snatcher" in original wrappers Robert Louis Stevenson, 1884 STEVENSON, Robert Louis...

Christie's, 25 Oct 2019
Estimate
US$3,500 - US$4,500
Price realised:
n. a.
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