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Fine Books & Manuscripts Including Americana , #N09435

  • New York, United States
  • Sotheby's | Dec 13 2015 , Dec 13 2015
  • Total lots estimates: £2,255,200 - £3,336,100
  • Sale total: £2,204,750
  • % Lots Sold: 44.44%
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99 RESULTS ARE FOUND

Aviation History - Harry Lyons Trans-Pacific Flight Archive

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: #

LETTER SIGNED ("JOHN ADAMS"), BEING A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO "GENTLEMAN OF THE SENATE AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 1

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JOHN QUINCY ADAMS") TO JAMES MADISON

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 2

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JOHN QUINCY ADAMS") TO WILLIAM D. LEWIS

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 3

SIREN, OSVALD. A HISTORY OF EARLY CHINESE PAINTING. LONDON: MEDICI SOCIETY, 1933

Reference
Lot: # 5

AND WILLIAM MEREDITH. A SMALL ARCHIVE OF ITEMS DOCUMENTING THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE TWO POETS. V.P., C. 1962–72

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 6

THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA. NEW YORK: BY V.G. AUDUBON, 1856-1860.

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 7

THE BIRDS OF AMERICA

Lot: # 8

THE BIRDS OF AMERICA.

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 9

BANKS' FLORILEGIUM

Natural history
Lot: # 11

AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE VERY SAD. CA. 1953

Oil Original oil and gouache on board
33 cm - 34.3 cm (12.99 in - 13.5 in)
Lot: # 12

HOROLOGIUM DEVOTIONIS. [COLOGNE: ULRICH ZEL, C. 1488]

Book & Manuscripts, Other
Lot: # 13

ESPACES. 13 DESSINS, LAVIS, AQUARELLES. PARIS: AU VENT D'ARLES, 1957

Unknown Broadsheets, unbound as issued (19 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.; 485 x 393mm, uncut). 13 pochoir plates after Braque by Daniel Jacomet. Portfolio with cover design by Braque, green ribbon ties.
48.5 cm - 39.3 cm (19.09 in - 15.47 in)
Lot: # 14

MAGAGNA, ANNA MARIE.

Lot: # 16

ODONTOLOGIA OSSIA TRATTATO SOPRA I DENTI...

Lot: # 17

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, OREGON, BRITISH AND RUSSIAN AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT, 1856.

Fine illustrations
Lot: # 18

INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AMERICA, CHIAPAS, AND YUCATAN. NEW YORK, HARPER & BROTHERS

Book & Manuscripts, Other
22.3 cm - 13.4 cm (8.78 in - 5.28 in)
Lot: # 19

MORAND, PAUL. OUVERT LA NUIT. PARIS: NRF, 1927

Unknown 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 in.; 228 x 146mm, uncut and unopened). Frontispiece etching by Chagall; minor offsetting onto title-page. Publisher's printed wrappers and glassine; minor wear.
Lot: # 20

VITRAUX POUR JÉRUSALEM. MONTE CARLO: ANDRÉ SAURET, 1963

Unknown Bifolium, unbound as issued (14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.; 368 x 267mm). 7 original lithographs by Chagall, 36 color plates and 80 black-and-white plates. Publisher's pictorial wrappers with original glassine. Gilt-lettered cloth-covered slipcase; minimal wear.
Lot: # 22

WINSTON CHURCHILL, NEW YORK. NEW YORK, 1932.

Unknown Gelatin Silver Print (10 x 8 in.; 252 x 202 mm). "Copyright by "The Conde Nast Publications inc. 1185-6" on the lower margin of the photo with stamp on the lower matte. Winston Churchill's signature, dated 1932, on the matte. Photograph laid down on cardb
Lot: # 23