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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
76 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [Franz von Pfistermeister],

Starnberg 15 May 1864 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,512.00
77 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Autograph letter signed ('R. Wagner') to Franz [Mrazek, his servant],

Lucerne 7 March 1867 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,638.00
78 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to his brother-in-law [Oswald Marbach],

Lucerne 28 December 1868 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,638.00
79 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [Francesco Lucca],

Lucerne 22 May 1871 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 1,890.00
80 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Autograph manuscript signed ('R. Wagner'), a revision for the programme for the first concert performances of Gotterdammerung, quoting 18 lines from the libretto of 'Hagen's Watch' from Act I,

c. April 1875 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,552.00
81 Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Autograph letter signed ('Rich. Wagner') to an unidentified recipient, Bayreuth, 29 November 1878

Bayreuth 29 November 1878 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,260.00
82 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Autograph manuscript signed ('Hugo Wolf', at upper right) of the song 'Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen' (HWW 69/3), Vienna, 31 May 1878

Vienna 31 May 1878 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 5,670.00
83 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Autograph manuscript signed (at head, 'Hugo Wolf'), 'Ja, die Schonst'! ich sagt' es offen' (HWW 74), Waidhofen an der Ybbs, 11 August 1878

Waidhofen an der Ybbs 11 August 1878 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,560.00
84 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Autograph manuscript signed ('Hugo Wolf'), 'Nachtgruss', Vienna, 2 November 1880

Vienna 2 November 1880 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,560.00
85 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Autograph manuscript, 'Anakreons Grab' (HWW 120/29), [composed Vienna, 4 November 1888]

composed Vienna 4 November 1888 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
86 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Autograph manuscript signed ('Hugo Wolf'), 'Singt mein Schatz wie ein Fink' (HWW 137/2),

Unterach am Attersee 2 June 1890 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
87 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Autograph manuscript signed ('Hugo Wolf', at upper right), 'Keine gleicht von allen Schonen' (HWW 161/4),

1896 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
88 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

19 autograph letters signed ('Hugo Wolf', 'Wolf' or 'Wolfing', three unsigned) to Henriette Lang (later Baronin von Schey), Vienna, Maierling, Windischgraz, Bayreuth, Rinnbach, Unter-Sankt-Veit,

Dobling, Traunkirchen and n.p. 1881 - 1884, 1893 - 1897 GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 22,680.00
89 Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Three autograph letters signed and 13 postal cards signed ('Wolfing') to Heinrich Potpeschnigg, Vienna, 25 January -- April 1897

Vienna 1897 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 11,340.00
90 Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) and others

A collection of printed libretti for Italian operas, oratorios, cantatas and ballets, including texts set by Haydn, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Bononcini, Gasparini, Pergolesi, Hasse, Paisiello, Galuppi and Piccinni, most Modena or Reggio, late-16th to

Modena or Reggio late-16th to mid-19th century. GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
91 Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Five autograph letters and autograph copies of reports sent to him by his brother Samuel, addressed to [William Petty], 2nd Earl of Shelburne [later 1st Marquess Lansdowne],

chiefly Lincoln's Inn 1779 - 1780 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
92 Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)

Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson'), with his right hand, to William Suckling, HMS Agamemnon, Leghorn

i.e. Livorno 31 October 1794 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
93 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)

20 autograph letters and cards, of which 19 are illustrated, to the artist's granddaughter Angela Thirkell (one apparently to her mother, his daughter Margaret),

Rottingdean, West Kensington and n.p. 1890 -- 1893 and n.d. GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
94 Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Series of 43 autograph letters signed ('Albert Einstein' (4), 'Albert' (23), the later letters with variations on the pet-name 'Johannzel', two letters lacking signature) to his first wife, Mileva Maric,

Zurich, Milan, Mettmenstetten, Melchtal, Winterthur, Schaffhausen and Bern 1898 - 1903 GBP 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 GBP 441,000.00
95 Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Otto Lehmann],

Zurich 1910-12-01 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 25,200.00
96 Arthur Edward Harbord (1883-1961)

The voyage of the "Nimrod" to the Antarctic, and return. British Antarctic Expedition 1907': five typed transcripts of Harbord's journals and four photograph albums, 1907-1909

1907-1909 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
97 Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970)

Series of 34 autograph letters and 21 cards signed, with three typed or secretarial letters signed, to Hazel Eardley-Wilmot,

various locations 1942 - 1970 and n.d. GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 3,024.00
98 Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)

The 'Cuadernos de Temuco': three autograph manuscript notebooks containing his earliest poems,

Temuco and Pueto Saavedra 1918-1920 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 32,760.00
99 Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)

More than 100 autograph and typed letters signed ('Ricardo', 'Pablo', 'tu hermano'), postcards, telegrams, memoranda and further ephemera addressed to his sister, his father, his stepmother and his secretary

Homero Arce, Santiago, Rangoon, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Batavia and Weltevreden (Java), Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Budapest, Montevideo, Isla Negra, Helsinki, Tokyo, Rome, London, Jamaica, Punta del Este, Oxford, Cuba, Moscow and other locations, c.1925-15 August 1972, GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 23,940.00
100 Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)

Collection of 10 autograph letters, 2 autograph postcards and three typed letters signed ('Pablo', 'P.N'., 'Pablo Neruda') to various recipients,

Valparaiso, Paris, Rangoon, Colombo (Ceylon), Tokyo, Santiago, Valparaiso and n.p. 1926 - 1933 and 1954 - 1958 and n.d. GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,292.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD