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
26	A 17th-century cookbook	Artis recentioris Precepta, in Italian, manuscript on paper	Southern Italy, perhaps Naples or Sicily	17th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,040.00
27		Cartas executorias, in Spanish, illuminated manuscripts on vellum	Spain	16th to 19th centuries	GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 7,560.00
28	Pope Alexander IV (Rinaldo di Jenne, 1199 or c.1185 - 1261)	Papal bull to the podesta and council of Florence, informing them of the grant of the monastery of San Miniato al Monte to the nuns of Monticello, Lateran Palace,10 May 1256		1256	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,410.00
29	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)	Autograph sketch leaf for the string quartet in C, op. 59 no.3, the second movement,	Vienna	1806	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 113,400.00
30	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)	Autograph letter signed (with initial 'B') to Joseph Blahetka,	Vienna	?1817 / 18	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	Not Sold
31	Georges Bizet (1838-1875)	Autograph manuscript, transcription for piano solo of Massenet's piano duet Scenes de bal, op. 17, no.2, 'Premiere Danse',		perhaps c.1871-72	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,638.00
32	Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)	Autograph letter signed ('J. Br.') to	Ernst Frank		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,268.00
33	Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)	Autograph manuscript, draft for the Finale of the 9th Symphony,	Vienna	1895-1896	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 32,760.00
34	Claude Debussy (1862-1918)	Autograph manuscript 'Devoir', contrapuntal exercises,		c.1880	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,386.00
35	Claude Debussy (1862-1918)	Autograph manuscript, 'Fugues et Contrepoint',		c.1880	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,276.00
36	Claude Debussy (1862-1918)	Autograph manuscript, Fugue in F minor,	Paris	1883	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,032.00
37	Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)	Autograph manuscript, vocal score of the comic opera Der Tenor, op.34, Budapest, 2 August 1920	Budapest	1920-08-02	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
38	Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)	Autograph manuscript, 'Studio del Contrappunto' (Contrapuntal Studies), Bologna, 22 November 1815 - 2 March 1817	Bologna	1815 - 1817	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 9,450.00
39	Cesar Franck (1822-1890)	Autograph manuscript signed ('C. Franck', at the end of each work), 'Deux Melodies', two works for piano,		c.1846	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,670.00
40	Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)	Letter (in the hand of his wife and signed by her in his name) to Franz Kruthoffer, Vienna, 30 December 1781	Vienna	30 December 1781	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 504.00
41	Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)	Letter signed ('Chevalier Gluck', with autograph date and subscription) to [the librettist Valadier],	Vienna	1 May 1785	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 1,764.00
42	Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)	Autograph manuscript signed (at lower left, 'H.W. Henze'), compositional draft for act I of his opera Phaedra, summer 2005		2005	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,260.00
43	Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)	Autograph manuscript signed ('J. Lanner'), orchestration for 16-part orchestra of the overture to Peter Josef von Lindpaintner's opera Der Vampyr,		n.d. c.1830	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,930.00
44	Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)	Autograph manuscript signed (four times, 'R. Leoncavallo'), 'La canzone di Don Giovanni', Warsaw, 16 May 1903	Warsaw	1903-05-16	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,024.00
45	Franz Liszt (1811-1886)	Autograph manuscript signed (at end, 'F. Liszt') of the song 'Hohe Liebe' ('In Liebesarmen ruht ihr trunken': S.307), Weimar, 'Im Bett' (in bed), 29 April 1854	Weimar 'Im Bett' (in bed)	29 April 1854	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 10,710.00
46	Ludwig II (1845-1886), King of Bavaria	Document signed, Schloss Berg, 14 September 1866	Schloss Berg	14 September 1866	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 630.00
47	Ludwig II (1845-1886), King of Bavaria	Document signed ('Ludwig'), Hohenschwangau, 31 January 1878	Hohenschwangau	31 January 1878	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,764.00
48	[Ludwig II (1845-1886), King of Bavaria]	Nine notebooks of an official or courtier of Ludwig II and Prince Regent Luitpold, most relating to royal building projects,	c.1880s-1890s		GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 1,890.00
49	Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)	Autograph manuscript signed ('B. Martinu' on title, first page and at end) of the String Quintet H.164, Policka, 27 September - 5 October 1927	Policka	27 September - 5 October 1927	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 17,640.00
50	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)	Autograph manuscript signed ('FMB') of the 'Fruhlingslied' op.19a no.1 ('In dem Walde, susse Tone') illustrated with a drawing by Wilhelm Hensel,	Berlin	1830	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold

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”.

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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
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
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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.
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

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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

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