Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, 23736, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809 - 1865) | Franking signature addressed to Benjamin Brown French |
ca. 1861-1865 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 | |
| 128 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) | Partly-printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President |
Washington | 17 January 1865 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 129 | LINCOLN CABINET MEMBERS. A collection of approximately 24 autographs, primarily consisting of letters |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 | |||
| 130 | BONNARD, Pierre (1867--1947); VERLAINE, Paul (1844--1896) | Parallelement |
Paris | 1900 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 131 | ROYDS, Sir Charles (1876--1931) | Discovery Expedition archive, comprising 6 notebooks and 44 photographs |
4 March 1902 to 15 May 1904 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 132 | PERGER, Anton, Ritter von (1809-1876) | "Vor-geschichtliche Steinbauten" [An album of 36 watercolors of megaliths] |
[Vienna] | 1867 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 133 | EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803--1882) | Complete Works and Journals |
Cambridge | 1903--04 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
| 134 | DODGSON, C.L. (1832--1898) | Autograph letter signed ("Lewis Carroll"), Christ Church |
London | 1869 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 135 | WILSON, Woodrow (1856-1924) and BRYAN, William Jennings (1860-1925) | Archive of nine typed letters sent between the two men, including five typed letters |
Washington D.C. | dated from 3 July 1913 to 4 June 1915 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | SEWELL, Anna (1820-1878) | Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions |
London | [1877] | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 137 | FROST, Robert (1874-1963) | Autograph manuscript poem signed ("Robert Frost"), entitled "Nothing New" |
Amherst [Massachusetts] | 1918 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 138 | [LANE, Bertha James (1875-1956) | Autograph Book signed by Twain, Stowe, George Griffin and others |
Connecticut | c.1880s-90s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 139 | [FERMI, Enrico (1901-1954), and others] | Method for Increasing the Efficiency of Nuclear Reactions and Products thereof (caption title) |
[London] | 1937 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 140 | DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895) | Life and Times of Frederick Douglass |
Hartford | 1881 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 141 | MEITNER, Lise (1878-1968) and Otto Robert FRISCH (1904-1979) | "Products of the Fission of the Uranium Nucleus" |
[London] | 1939 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 142 | ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) | A Monograph of the Bucerotidae, or Family of the Hornbills |
[New York] | [1877]-1882 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 143 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Autograph document signed ("Albert Einstein") |
Princeton | 1934-05-18 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 144 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955); EINSTEIN, Margot (1899-1986) | An archive of letters, notes, signed photographs, and a book |
Saranac Lake | 1937-1951 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 145 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Autograph manuscript on unified field theory |
n.p. | n.d. [before 23 August 1943] | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 146 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Signed portrait ("Albert Einstein") with the inscribed date "1943", applied beneath a pasted image of Einstein with a pipe clenched in his mouth |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | ||
| 147 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | An archive relative to his relationship with Konrad Katzenellenbogen (later changed to Kellen) |
1935-1954 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 | |
| 148 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Photograph signed and inscribed on the outer mat ("Dir lieben Estella Albert Einstein 1940") |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 | ||
| 149 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Autograph letter signed to Joseph N. Jacobson |
Princeton | n.d., [but 10 October 1952] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 150 | ROOSEVELT, Franklin D (1882-1945) | Typed letter signed ("Franklin D Roosevelt") as President to Mr. Edward J. Flynn |
Washington | 1943-04-09 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 151 | MANN, Thomas (1875-1955) | An archive of his letters to Konrad Kellen |
1943-1954 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
