Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 22693, London - King Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024

Page Size: 170 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)	Autograph manuscript of six songs for mixed voices a cappella, 'Sechs vierstimmige Lieder im Freyen zu-singen' (Six four-part songs to be sung outdoors), Leipzig, 3-5 March 1843	Leipzig	3-5 March 1843	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
52	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)	Autograph manuscript of the song 'O Jugend, o schone Rosenzeit', op.57 no.4,	Leipzig	1843	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
53	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)	Autograph letter signed ('Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to	London	14 June 1844	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 1,764.00
54	Leopold Mozart (1719-1787)	Versuch einer grundlichen Violinschule.	Augsburg	1756	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,520.00
55	Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)	Autograph manuscript, 'Var. 1mo', the accompaniment to the first variation of the work 'La tempesta' for violin and orchestra,	Vienna	13 July 1828	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
56	Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876) -- [Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)]	Autograph manuscript, an early draft of the libretto for Verdi's opera Il Corsaro,		c.1845	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,276.00
57	Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)	Autograph manuscript, amendment to the conclusion of Act 3 of Edgar,		early 1892	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
58	Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)	Autograph manuscript, the vocal score of the cantata Myrrha (here with autograph title 'Myrrha / Scene lyrique'),	Paris	1901	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 25,200.00
59	Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)	Autograph manuscript, the vocal score of the cantata Alyssa,	Paris	1903	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 27,720.00
60	Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)	Autograph manuscript signed ('G. Rossini'), 'Mi lagnero tacendo', Paris, 29 June 1831	Paris	29 June 1831	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,386.00
61	Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)	Autograph manuscript signed (at end, 'C. Saint-Saens'), 'Fantaisie pour Orgue-Eolian', 1906		1906	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 10,710.00
62	Anton Schindler (1795-1864)	Autograph letter signed ('A. Schindler') to Gerhard von Breuning, Bockenheim, 6 May 1860	Bockenheim	6 May 1860	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,260.00
63	Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)	Autograph letter signed ('Arnold Schonberg') to the senior typesetter ('Setzer-Faktor') [at Universal Edition],	Modling	1922-04-11	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,512.00
64	Robert Schumann (1810-1856)	Autograph music manuscript of the song 'Der Sandmann', op.79 no.13,	Dresden	1849	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 25,200.00
65	Robert Schumann (1810-1856)	Autograph manuscript of the partsong 'Der traurige Jager' (op.75 no.8),	Dresden	1849	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
66	Richard Strauss (1864-1949)	Autograph working manuscript for the solo for Flamand, 'Diese Liebe plotzlich geboren', from the opera Capriccio,		1941/42	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 5,292.00
67	Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)	Autograph manuscript signed (at end, 'Igor Stravinsky'),The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu), Suite for small orchestra ('Instrumente pour petit orchestre'), the last 14 bars of the 'Berceuse' and the complete 'Final',	Morges	1915-03-31	GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	GBP 126,000.00
68	Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)	Autograph music manuscript signed (on title 'Igor Stravinsky' and again at opening 'I. Str'), 'Le Chant du Merle' (Song of the blackbird) from the 'melodrame' Persephone, Paris, 27 October 1933	Paris	1933-10-27	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 25,200.00
69	Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)	Autograph music manuscript of the aria 'e la vita un mar d'affanni', Rome, 5 November 1844	Rome	5 November 1844	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	Not Sold
70	Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)	Autograph musical quotation signed ('G. Verdi'), probably from Falstaff, Paris, 18 April 1894	Paris	18 April 1894	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,008.00
71	Richard Wagner (1813-1883)	Autograph music manuscript, compositional draft for the conclusion of the concert overture Polonia (WWV 39),	Berlin	c. May-July 1836	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	Not Sold
72	Richard Wagner (1813-1883)	Autograph manuscript signed (at end, 'Richard Wagner'), the first poetical draft of the libretto for Tannhauser, here titled 'Das Venusberg / Romantische Oper in 3 Acten', Dresden, 29 January -- 22 March 1843	Dresden	29 January -- 22 March 1843	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 119,700.00
73	Richard Wagner (1813-1883)	Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [Ferdinand Allesina von Schweitzer, Baden ambassador to Paris],	Paris	9 January 1860	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,142.00
74	Richard Wagner (1813-1883)	Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [the music critic Franz Brendel in Leipzig],	Paris	2 October 1860	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,016.00
75	Richard Wagner (1813-1883)	Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [the wife of the critic Leon Kreutzer],		' 5 February 1861	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,764.00

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Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

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Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

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Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

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Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

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The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD