• Auction 22135

    The Alphabet of Genius: Important Autograph Letters and Manuscripts

    1 December 2023 - 15 December 2023, London

    SALE TOTAL: 3,275,622 (GBP)
365 Lots for Sale 22135
Lot 1
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
Autograph letter signed (‘Aubrey Beardsley’) to [E.J.] Marshall, 114 Cambridge...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 2
William Blake (1757-1827)
Prospectus of a new and elegant edition of Blair's Grave. London:...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 3
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
Autograph letter signed (‘David’) to ‘Monsieur le Comte’ [de Daru, Intendant...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 4
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Autograph letter signed ('Degas') to Auguste Renoir, 'Jeudi', [postmarked...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£10,080
($12,862)
Lot 5
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
Seven autograph letters (of which five signed,‘Eug. Delacroix’, ‘E. Delacroix’)...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 6
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed letters,...
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($18,945 - $31,575)

Lot 7
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Autograph letter signed ('P. Gauguin') to [Camille] Pissarro, n.p., n.d....
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 8
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Autograph letter signed ('Paul Gauguin') to Émile Schuffenecker, Martinique, 25...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 9
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Autograph letter signed ('Paul Gauguin') to Émile Schuffenecker ('Mon cher...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

Lot 10
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Autograph letter signed ('Paul Gauguin') to [Ambroise] Vollard, [Tahiti,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 11
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Autograph letter signed ('Paul Gauguin') to Daniel [de Monfreid], [Tahiti],...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£10,710
($13,665)
Lot 12
Juan Gris (1887-1927)
Autograph letter and a postcard, both signed (‘Pepe’), to ‘Pío’ [Álvarez],...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 13
Juan Gris (1887-1927)
Autograph letter signed (‘Pepe’) to an unknown friend (?‘Tana’), Madrid, 19...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£5,670
($7,234)
Lot 14
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) – John Chamberlaine (1745-1812; editor)
Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of His...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 15
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Autograph letter signed ('E.L. Kirchner') to [Ludwig Goldscheider] at Phaidon...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£3,780
($4,823)
Lot 16
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Three autograph letters signed with initials ('OK') to the architect Egon Riss...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£882
($1,125)
Lot 17
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Five autograph letters and two autograph postcards signed ('Oskar', 'OK') to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 18
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Autograph annotations, emendations and cancellations on a partial typed...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£3,024
($3,858)
Lot 19
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
One autograph postcard and one autograph letter signed ('Käthe Kollwitz') to...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,638
($2,090)
Lot 20
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Autograph letter signed (‘Käthe Kollwitz’) to ‘Herr [Adolph] Meyerdiercks’,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 21
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Autograph letter and four autograph postcards signed (‘Käthe Kollwitz’, ‘K....
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,260
($1,607)
Lot 22
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Two autograph letters and two autograph postcards signed (‘Käthe Kollwitz’) to...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,890
($2,411)
Lot 23
[René Magritte (1898-1967)]
Collection of letters, postcards, scripts, essays and poems addressed to René...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 24
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Four autograph letters signed ('Henri Matisse') to various recipients, Paris...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£4,410
($5,627)
Lot 25
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Picture postcard of the artist signed (‘Henri Matisse’) to ‘mon cher André...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£2,016
($2,572)
Lot 26
[Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)] – Antonio Mini (c.1507-1533)
Autograph letter signed (‘Antonio Mini’) to Michelangelo Buonarroti...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

price realized
£37,800
($48,232)
Lot 27
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed ('Monet') to [Frédéric] Bazille, n.d. [Chailly, July or...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£25,200
($32,155)
Lot 28
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed (‘Claude Monet’) to Frédéric Bazille (‘Mon cher ami’),...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£8,820
($11,254)
Lot 29
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed ('Claude Monet') to [his friend the painter Frédéric...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 30
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed ('Claude Monet') to [Gustave Geffroy], Giverny, 24...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£8,190
($10,450)
Lot 31
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed (‘Claude Monet’) to an unnamed correspondent, Giverny,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,890
($2,411)
Lot 32
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed ('Claude') to [his wife, Alice], Savoy Hotel, London,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£10,080
($12,862)
Lot 33
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Autograph letter signed ('Claude Monet') to Gustave Geffroy, Giverny, 13 May...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 34
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Two autograph manuscripts, ‘Some Notes on Space and Form in Sculpture’ and...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 35
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Autograph letter signed (‘B. Manet’) to the gallerist ‘Maurice’ [Joyant], n.p.,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 36
Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
Autograph letter signed (‘Edvard Munch’) to [?his publisher, Bruno Cassirer]...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 37
Ben Nicholson (1894-1982)
Nine autograph letters signed (‘Ben’) to Maria Schweter (later Kansier), 67...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£5,670
($7,234)
Lot 38
Ben Nicholson (1894-1982)
14 autograph letters signed (‘Ben Nicholson’) to Anthony Bertram, London and...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£8,820
($11,254)
Lot 39
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)
Three autograph letters signed ('Georgia' and 'Georgia O'Keeffe'), Abiquiu, New...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£8,190
($10,450)
Lot 40
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Series of 20 autograph letters signed ('C. Pissarro') to his wife, Julie, the...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($31,575 - $44,205)

Lot 41
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Autograph letter signed (‘C. Pissarro) to [Maximilien] Luce, Éragny, 8 March...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£882
($1,125)
Lot 42
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Autograph letter signed (‘C. Pissarro’) to [Maximilien] Luce, Kew, 24 July 1892
estimate
£1,500 - £2,200
($1,894 - $2,778)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 43
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Autograph letter (unsigned, perhaps a draft) to an unknown recipient...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 44
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Autograph letter signed with initials (‘C.P.’) to Georges [Pissarro], Rouen, 24...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£882
($1,125)
Lot 45
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Autograph letter signed (‘C. Pissarro’) to Félix [Pissarro], Paris, 26 July...
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,515 - $2,273)

price realized
£756
($964)
Lot 46
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Five autograph letters signed ('C. Pissarro', one with signature excised) to...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£7,560
($9,646)
Lot 47
Camille Pissaro (1830-1903) and Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944)
2 autograph letters from Camille and Lucien Pissarro to the author and critic...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 48
Odilon Redon (1840-1916)
Three autograph picture postcards signed (‘Od. Redon’, ‘Odilon R.’, ‘Od. R.’)...
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,515 - $2,273)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 49
Georges Rouault (1878-1951)
Three autograph letters, of which two signed ('Georges Rouault'), to various...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 50
[Siegfried Sassoon 1886-1967)]
Twelve letters to Siegfried Sassoon by William Walton (1), Eric Kennington (3),...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,142
($2,733)
Lot 51
After Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Zeichnungen Egon Schiele / 12 Blätter in Originalgrösse
510 x 340 mm. (overall)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£94,500
($120,582)
Lot 52
Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Autograph letter signed ('Egon Schiele') to Dr Oskar Reichel ('Lieber Dr...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£16,380
($20,900)
Lot 53
Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Autograph letter signed ('Egon Schiele') to his mother, Marie Schiele,...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£18,900
($24,116)
Lot 54
Max Schwimmer (1895-1960)
Illustrated letters and postcards, the majority autograph and signed (‘Max’) to...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£1,638
($2,090)
Lot 55
Paul Signac (1863-1935) and Ginette Signac (1913-1980)
Saint-Paul du Var
pencil on paper
Image: 5 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (13 x 13.5 cm.)
Sheet: 5 ¼ x 8 3/8 in. (21.4 x 13.5 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 56
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Three autograph letters signed (‘A. Sisley’) to an art dealer (‘Cher...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,764
($2,250)
Lot 57
Graham Sutherland (1903-1980)
24 autograph letters and 7 typed letters signed to Max Aitken, 1st...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 58
Roberta F.C. Waudby
A series of 119 ink drawings for the Aldine Chap Books, c.1930
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£252
($321)
Lot 59
Artists
Collection of letters by artists, mainly French and Italian, 1795-1870 and n.d.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 60
Artists – France
Collection of 12 letters by artists including Signac, Bonnard, Matisse, Redon...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 61
Artists
Collection of letters by artists, mainly France, 1878-1895 and n.d.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 62
Artists
Collection of letters by artists, mainly British and French, 1816-1923
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 63
Artists
Six autograph letters signed and one typed speech signed by Chagall, Bakst,...
estimate
£2,500 - £4,000
($3,157 - $5,052)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 64
British Artists
41 autograph letters, the majority signed, by 19th century British...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£378
($482)
Lot 65
Artists – Impressionists
Autograph letters signed by Caillebotte, Boudin, Jongkind and Daubigny,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 66
Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959)
Four autograph letters (three signed) by Alfred Munnings to Paul Konody and...
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,010 - $1,515)

price realized
£1,638
($2,090)
Lot 67
Anna Akhmatova (Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, 1889-1966)
Typescript signed ('A. Akhmatova') with autograph revisions of Poema Bez...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 68
Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)
Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1913.
estimate
£25,000 - £30,000
($31,575 - $37,890)

Lot 69
Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)
Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1913.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 70
Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)
Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1913.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 71
Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914) – Jean-Pierre
Le Grand Meaulnes. Lausanne: André Gonin, 1956.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£378
($482)
Lot 72
Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)
Autograph letter signed ('Henri') to 'Yvonne', 'Mardi matin 11 heures ½',...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 73
Max Brod (1884-1968)
Seven autograph letters signed (‘Max’) to his cousin Steffi Glaser (one to her...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,134
($1,446)
Lot 74
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Autograph poetry manuscript signed, ‘The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point’,...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($50,520 - $75,780)

price realized
£94,500
($120,582)
Lot 75
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Autograph poetry manuscript, the printer’s copy of ‘A Lament for Adonis’,...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($22,734 - $31,575)

Lot 76
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Autograph poetry manuscript signed, a fair copy of ‘A Musical Instrument',...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,156 - $22,734)

price realized
£13,860
($17,685)
Lot 77
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Autograph letter signed (‘Your privy councillor, EBB’) to [Richard Hengist]...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 78
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Six autograph letters signed (‘Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to [Dinah] Mulock,...
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($18,945 - $31,575)

price realized
£20,160
($25,724)
Lot 79
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Autograph letter signed (‘Elizabeth B Browning’) to John Ruskin, Florence, 2...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 80
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Autograph letter signed (‘Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to John Ruskin, 43 Bocca...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£8,820
($11,254)
Lot 81
Robert Browning (1812-1889) and others
Two autograph albums, chiefly 19th century
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£2,772
($3,537)
Lot 82
Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
11 autograph letters signed (‘R.F. Burton’, ‘Rich. F. Burton’, ‘R.F.B.’ and...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 83
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
Autograph letter signed ('S.T. Coleridge') to Dr Sainsbury, Calne, 'Thursday',...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£11,340
($14,469)
Lot 84
Joseph Conrad (1847-1924)
Autograph letter signed ('J. Conrad') to [Edward] Garnett, n.p., 13 February...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 85
[Charles Dickens (1812-1870)] – Hablot Knight Browne ['Phiz'] (1815-1882)
42 original drawings for Little Dorrit
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($101,040 - $151,560)

Lot 86
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Autograph manuscript inventory of the library and contents of 1 Devonshire...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($63,150 - $101,040)

Lot 87
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to [Mrs Novello], 1 Devonshire...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 88
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to [Alfred d'Orsay, comte d'Orsay],...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£3,024
($3,858)
Lot 89
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to Clarkson Stanfield ('My dear...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 90
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to Frederic Ouvry, Gad's Hill...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 91
[Charles Dickens (1812-1870)] – auction catalogue
Catalogue of the Beautiful Collection of Modern Pictures, Water-Colour...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 92
[Charles Dickens (1812-1870)] – Georgina Hogarth (1827-1917)
An unpublished archive of letters to Charles Kent, c.1867-1897
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 93
[Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)]
List of the contents of Arthur Conan Doyle’s psychic library kept by his...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£2,268
($2,893)
Lot 94
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
Autograph manuscript, notes on the Essais and Journal de voyage...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£10,080
($12,862)
Lot 95
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
Autograph letter signed (with initial 'G.') to [Louise Colet], [Croisset],...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 96
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
Autograph letter (signed 'ton MonSTRE') to [Louise Colet], [Croisset],...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 97
Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970)
Series of 18 autograph letters, two typed letters and one autograph postcard...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 98
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970)
Series of 34 autograph letters and 21 cards signed, with three typed or...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

Lot 99
Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) and E.H. Shepard (1879-1976, illustrator)
The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co., 1931.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 100
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
35 autograph letters signed (‘Robert’, ‘R.G’, or ‘Robert Graves’) to T.E....
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 101
Arthur Henry Hallam (1811-1833)
Autograph letter signed (‘Arthur Hallam’) to Emily Tennyson, Cambridge, n.d....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 102
William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
Two autograph letters signed with initials (‘W.H.’) to [Peter George Patmore]...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 103
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Letter signed ('Heinrich Heine') to Joseph Lehmann, Paris, 5 October 1854
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 104
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Letter signed ('Heinrich Hein[e]') to [Alfred] Meissner, Paris, 1 November 1850
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 105
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)
Typescript signed ('Hermann Hesse' on title) and illustrated with the author's...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 106
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)
Autograph manuscript illustrated with a small watercolour flower of his poem...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£3,024
($3,858)
Lot 107
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)
Two autograph letters and one postcard signed (‘Hermann’) to his half-brother...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£4,410
($5,627)
Lot 108
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
Three typed letters signed (‘Aldous Huxley’, ‘Aldous’) to J.R. Smythies, 740...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£5,040
($6,431)
Lot 109
Max Jacob (1876-1944)
Series of approx. 16 autograph letters signed to Pierre Lagarde, 14 June 1936 -...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 110
Henry James (1843-1916)
Autograph letter signed ('Henry James') to Gertrude Bloede, 131 Mount Vernon...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£252
($321)
Lot 111
Henry James (1843-1916)
Typed letter signed ('Henry James') to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle Mansions,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 112
David Jones (1895-1974)
Seven autograph letters signed (‘David Jones’) to the editor of The...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£3,276
($4,180)
Lot 113
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) and Stanley Twardowicz (1917-2008)
Autograph manuscript haikus and drawings, [Northport, New York], [1963]
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 114
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Autograph manuscript poem signed ('Rudyard Kipling'), 'The Absent Minded...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 115
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
23 autograph letters and cards signed and 5 typed letters signed ('Rudyard...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 116
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Autograph letter signed (‘Rudyard Kipling’) to Rev. Mr Wyatt, Vermont, 10...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 117
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Autograph letter signed (‘Rudyard Kipling’) to Charles Flight, Brown’s Hotel,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 118
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Eight letters, signed (‘Rudyard Kipling’) to Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell,...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 119
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Typed letter signed (‘RK’) with autograph additions to H. Rider Haggard,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£756
($964)
Lot 120
Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
Autograph manuscript (signed with his pseudonym, 'Elia') of the essay, 'The...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

Lot 121
Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
Autograph manuscript poem signed ('C. Lamb'), 'To a Friend on his Marriage',...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

Lot 122
Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
Series of 21 autograph letters signed ('C. Lamb', 'C.L.', in one case...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,156 - $22,734)

price realized
£37,800
($48,232)
Lot 123
D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
Autograph manuscripts and corrected typescripts of Studies in Classic...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

Lot 124
[D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)] – Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Love Poems. London: John Long, 1908.
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 125
[D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)] – Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
The Scarlet Letter. London: J. M. Dent, Everyman’s Library, 1916.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 126
Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956)
An important, unpublished series of letters to A.S. Frere Reeves, 1931-1936
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 127
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Illustrated autograph letter signed (‘Edward Lear’) to Emily, Lady Tennyson,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 128
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Autograph letter signed (‘Edward Lear’) to Emily, Lady Tennyson, Stratford...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 129
Edward Lear (1812-1882)
Illustrated autograph letter signed (‘Edward Lear’) to Mrs Digby Wyatt, Nice,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 130
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Illustrated autograph letter signed (‘Edward Lear’) to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 131
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Illustrated autograph letter signed (‘Edward Lear’) to Hallam Tennyson, Varese...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 132
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Henry W. Longfellow') of his poem, 'A Psalm of...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 133
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
Autograph letter signed (‘Guy de Maupassant’,) to an unknown recipient [Henry...
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,010 - $1,515)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 134
Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938)
Autograph manuscript signed ('O. Mandelstam'), heavily revised draft of an...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,156 - $22,734)

price realized
£13,860
($17,685)
Lot 135
Henry Miller (1891-1980)
Collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s - after 1979]
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,315 - $8,841)

Lot 136
Henry Miller (1891-1980)
Series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed (‘Henry Miller’,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 137
Henry Miller (1891-1980)
Twelve autograph and one typed letter signed (‘Henry Miller’ or ‘Henry V....
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£882
($1,125)
Lot 138
A.A. Milne (1882-1956)
Annotated typescript, an early draft of When we were Very Young with...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

Lot 139
Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
‘Good morning, Christopher Robin, he said’ [1928]
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

price realized
£35,280
($45,017)
Lot 140
A.A. Milne (1882-1956)
Set of the four Pooh books, comprising: When We Were Very Young. 1924....
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 141
[A.A. Milne (1882-1956)] – Harold Fraser-Simson (1872-1944)
Autograph music manuscripts signed, working manuscripts of songs from Teddy...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£756
($964)
Lot 142
[A.A. Milne (1882-1956)] – Harold Fraser-Simson (1872-1944)
Autograph musical settings of Milne’s verse, with an autograph poem by Milne,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 143
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
Autograph manuscript, eight poems from the sequence ????? ???????????...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 144
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
Autograph manuscript poem signed, '?????? ????' [Winter Night] from Doctor...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£32,760
($41,801)
Lot 145
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
Autograph letter signed with initials ('B.P.') to Boris Livanov, [Moscow], 5...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 146
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
Autograph letter signed (‘B. Pasternak’) to his English publishers and Stefan...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,520
($3,215)
Lot 147
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
Autograph letter signed (‘B. Pasternak’) to Frau Schirmbeck, n.p., 20 November...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 148
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Ten autograph letters, of which seven signed (‘A. Pope’), to Judith Cowper...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 149
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Seven autograph letters, six signed (‘A. Pope’), to his lawyer and close friend...
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($18,945 - $31,575)

price realized
£17,640
($22,508)
Lot 150
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Ten autograph letters, of which six signed (‘A. Pope’, 'A.P.'), to Hugh,...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 151
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Autograph letter to George Lyttelton, secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,772
($3,537)
Lot 152
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Autograph letter signed (‘A. Pope’) to ‘Mr [John] Brinsden’, Twickenham...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,268
($2,893)
Lot 153
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Typed letter signed (‘Ezra Pound’) to T.E. Lawrence (‘My dear Colonel’), Via...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£10,080
($12,862)
Lot 154
Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997)
Autograph manuscript of his lecture “The Short Story”, with additional notes,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£252
($321)
Lot 155
Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
Autograph letter signed ('Marcel Proust') to Anatole France, [postmarked 2...
estimate
£3,500 - £5,000
($4,420 - $6,315)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 156
Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
Autograph letter signed ('Marcel Proust') to Robert [de Billy], n.d. [1910]
estimate
£4,500 - £6,000
($5,683 - $7,578)

Lot 157
Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859)
Two autograph letters to Emily De Quincey, n.p., 29 September 1854 and 6...
estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,263 - $2,526)

price realized
£2,016
($2,572)
Lot 158
Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859)
Autograph letter to Emily De Quincey, n.p. [Edinburgh], n.d. [?1856]
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£2,772
($3,537)
Lot 159
Mary Renault (1905-1983)
Series of 49 typed letters and one autograph letter signed ('Mary') to Julian...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,268
($2,893)
Lot 160
Romain Rolland (1866-1944)
Collection of approx. 43 autograph manuscripts, letters and postcards, 1906-1942
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

Lot 161
Romain Rolland (1866-1944)
Series of 21 autograph letters and three autograph postcards signed ('Romain...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,890
($2,411)
Lot 162
Romain Rolland (1866-1944)
11 autograph letters signed (‘Romain Rolland’) to various correspondents,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 163
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
An original watercolour of the Little Prince, used to illustrate the book, [New...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($31,575 - $44,205)

price realized
£302,400
($385,862)
Lot 164
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
An original sketch of the Little Prince on his planet, [1942]
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£18,900
($24,116)
Lot 165
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
A page of sketches for the Little Prince, [New York], [1942]
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£27,720
($35,370)
Lot 166
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
Two pencil sketches for the Little Prince, [New York], [1942]
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£47,880
($61,094)
Lot 167
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) and Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
Five autograph letters signed (‘Siegfried Sassoon’ and with his monogram) to...
estimate
£2,800 - £3,500
($3,536 - $4,420)

price realized
£3,276
($4,180)
Lot 168
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Three autograph letters signed to J. A. Stark, Heytesbury and ‘Snowed Up...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,764
($2,250)
Lot 169
Dorothea von Schlegel (1764-1839)
Autograph letter signed (‘Dorothea verwittwete von Schlegel gebohren...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,263 - $1,515)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 170
George Bernard Shaw (1865-1950)
Autograph letter signed (‘G. Bernard Shaw’) to Georgia Pearl Foster, 29 Fitzroy...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 171
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Typescript, with autograph revisions, of Trotsky, Prince of Pamphleteers,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 172
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and others
Autograph letters signed by Gertrude Stein, George Bernard Shaw, and Henry...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 173
Stevie Smith (1902-1971)
71 original drawings, illustrations for her poems, n.d. [c.1937-1957]
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 174
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'J.S.') to Revd Daniel Jackson ('Dear...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 175
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Autograph letter signed ('J. Swift') to Benjamin Motte, Dublin, 15 July 1732
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£12,600
($16,077)
Lot 176
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Algernon Charles Swinburne') of his poem...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 177
Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892)
Autograph manuscript of two poems, 'Come not, when I am dead' and 'The Eagle....
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 178
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
Autograph letter signed (‘W.M. Thackeray’) to Edward Fitzgerald, Bridgewater,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£3,024
($3,858)
Lot 179
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, n.d.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 180
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Series of one autograph letter and nine typed letters signed ('Dylan Thomas')...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 181
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Autograph letter signed (‘Dylan Thomas’) to the Society of Authors, Holywell,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 182
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Autograph letter signed (‘Dylan Thomas’) to Denys Kilham Roberts, Holywell,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,142
($2,733)
Lot 183
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Autograph letter signed ('Dylan Thomas') to Ernest F. Bozman, Boat House,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 184
James Thomson (1700-1748)
Autograph letter signed (‘James Thomson’) to [George Bubb Dodington], n.p., 24...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 185
James Thomson (1700-1748)
Autograph letter signed (‘J. Thomson’) to George Bubb Dodington, Rome, 28...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£4,032
($5,144)
Lot 186
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)
Autograph letter signed (‘J.R.R. Tolkien’) to [Naomi] Mitchison, [Oxford], 25...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

Lot 187
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Iv. Turgenev') of his novella ???????...
estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($75,780 - $113,670)

Lot 188
Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom
Autograph letter signed with initials (‘V.R.I.’) to [Alfred,] Lord Tennyson,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 189
Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom
Autograph letter signed with initials (‘V.R.I.’) to Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 190
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) and others
Autograph letter signed ('Evelyn') to Robin Campbell, Stinchcombe, 27 December...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 191
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Wm Wordsworth') of the poem 'She dwelt...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 192
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Autograph manuscript signed ('William Wordsworth'), transcribing extracts from...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£8,190
($10,450)
Lot 193
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Typescript signed ('W.B. Yeats') of The Countess Cathleen with extensive...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 194
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Autograph letter signed (‘W.B. Yeats’) to [D.J.] O’Donoghue, 3 Blenheim Road,...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£756
($964)
Lot 195
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Series of 30 autograph letters and two letters signed ('W.B. Yeats') to...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

price realized
£17,640
($22,508)
Lot 196
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Autograph letter signed (‘W.B. Yeats’) to Florence Farr (‘Florence Emery’), 18...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£756
($964)
Lot 197
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Autograph letter signed (‘W.B. Yeats’) to Frank Harris, 82 Merrion Square,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 198
Émile Zola (1840-1902)
Document signed ('Emile Zola'), official record ('procès verbal') of the duel...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£35,280
($45,017)
Lot 199
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)
Autograph letter signed (‘Stefan Zweig’) to [Simon] Kra, Salzburg, 8 February...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,260
($1,607)
Lot 200
Album of autograph music
Album containing autograph music by Verdi, Bellini, Liszt, Rossini, Donizetti...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£16,380
($20,900)
Lot 201
Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) and Gabriel Astruc (1864-1938)
Contract signed by Serge Diaghilev and Gabriel Astruc, Paris, 21 June 1913
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 202
[Circle of Beethoven and Mozart – Johann Andreas Streicher (1761-1833)]
Collection of letters by members of Beethoven and Mozart's circle addressed to...
estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($11,367 - $15,156)

price realized
£10,710
($13,665)
Lot 203
[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)] – Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)
Autograph manuscript account by Attwood of his time spent with Mozart in Vienna...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 204
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Autograph letter signed (‘H. Berlioz’) to [Amédée] Méreaux, Paris, 11 September...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 205
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Autograph letter signed (‘Hector Berlioz’) to [Carolyne, Princess zu...
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,515 - $2,273)

price realized
£1,008
($1,286)
Lot 206
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Autograph music manuscript signed (at end, 'Ernest Bloch') for an addition to...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 207
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Autograph music manuscript signed of the Second String Quartet, Agate Beach,...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

Lot 208
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
An important correspondence with Ernest Chapman, 1933-1958
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 209
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Eight autograph letters and postcards signed (some with initials, one in jest...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£378
($482)
Lot 210
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Autograph manuscript, a thematic catalogue of chamber and orchestral...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

Lot 211
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Autograph letter signed (‘Max Bruch’) to an unnamed recipient (‘Verehrte...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 212
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Autograph letter signed (‘Max Bruch’) to [Kapellmeister Halir of Wiesbaden],...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 213
Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
Series of 27 autograph letters signed ('H. v.Bülow') to Dr Carl Gille, Berlin,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 214
John Cage (1912-1992)
Autograph music manuscript signed (on title, 'John Cage'), sixth player's part...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£8,190
($10,450)
Lot 215
John Cage (1912-1992)
Autograph manuscripts comprising the complete draft of 'Diary: How to Improve...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 216
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Autograph letter signed (‘L. Cherubini’) to [Jean-Baptiste-Roger Fauchon]...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 217
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Autograph letter signed ('Claude Debussy') to [Lorenzo Parodi], 80, avenue du...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 218
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Autograph music manuscript, sketches for 'Brigg Fair', 'Hassan' and the Sonata...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 219
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Autograph letter and postcard signed (‘Frederick Delius’) to [Harry Waldo]...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£1,890
($2,411)
Lot 220
Arnold Dolmetsch (1848-1940)
Series of 31 autograph letters signed ('Arnold Dolmetsch') to Herbert Percy...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 221
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1853), Gaspare
Album containing autograph musical quotations and complete works by composers...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

Lot 222
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Autograph letter signed ('Donizetti') to Giovanni Ricordi, [Rome], 1 August 1833
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 223
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Autograph music manuscript of Elgar's orchestration of Henry Purcell's motet...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 224
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Scribal music manuscript, signed by Falla and inscribed with an autograph...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 225
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and others
Manuscript of c.80 Italian arias, [Italy], [c.1700-1707], with an autograph...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

price realized
£37,800
($48,232)
Lot 226
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Dr. Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas for the Voice with an Accompaniment for...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 227
Fanny Mendelssohn (later Hensel, 1805-1847)
Autograph letter (unsigned) to her mother Lea, incorporating a drawing and an...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£11,340
($14,469)
Lot 228
Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
Nine autograph letters signed (‘Jenny’, ‘Jenny Lind’ and ‘Jenny Goldschmidt’)...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,894 - $2,526)

price realized
£2,772
($3,537)
Lot 229
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Autograph music manuscript 'signed' of the symphonic poem Hungaria,...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 230
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Autograph letter signed (‘F. Liszt’) to an unnamed journal editor, n.p., n.d....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£2,016
($2,572)
Lot 231
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Autograph letter signed ('F. Liszt') to [Hector] Berlioz, Eiken, 20 August 1851
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 232
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Autograph letter signed (‘F. Liszt’) to Eduard Liszt, Rome, 19 November 1862
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,142
($2,733)
Lot 233
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Symphonische Dichtungen für grosses Orchester ... 'Les Préludes',...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 234
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph music manuscript, a working manuscript for the song ‘Blicke mir nicht...
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($126,300 - $189,450)

price realized
£107,100
($136,659)
Lot 235
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph letter signed (‘Gustav Mahler’) to Emil [Freund], [Vienna, 1 November...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£16,380
($20,900)
Lot 236
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph letter signed (‘Gustav’) to [Alma Schindler: ‘Liebste!’], n.p....
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 237
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph letter signed (Gustav Mahler’) to [C.M.] Schröder (‘Sehr geehrter...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 238
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph letter signed (‘Gustav Mahler’) to [Guido Adler: ‘Lieber Freund‘],...
estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($11,367 - $15,156)

price realized
£10,710
($13,665)
Lot 239
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph letter signed (‘Gust. Mahler’) to Emil [Freund], n.p. [probably New...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 240
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Autograph letter signed (‘Gustav Mahler’) to Emil Freund (‘Lieber Emil!‘), [New...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£10,710
($13,665)
Lot 241
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
c.146 autograph letters and cards signed, 1864-1910 and n.d.
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 242
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Autograph music manuscript signed ('Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy') of the song,...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

Lot 243
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Autograph letter signed (‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’) to his publisher Adolph...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,890
($2,411)
Lot 244
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Autograph letter signed ('W: A: Mozart') to [Martha Elisabeth] Baroness von...
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($189,450 - $252,600)

price realized
£226,800
($289,396)
Lot 245
Vincent Novello (1781-1861)
Autograph letter signed ('V. Novello') to Thomas Attwood, Lincoln’s Inn, 29...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 246
Vincent Novello (1781-1861)
Autograph letter signed (‘V. Novello’) to Thomas Attwood, 67 Frith Street, Soho...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,386
($1,768)
Lot 247
Vincent Novello (1781-1861) and others
Two letterbooks of Edward Rimbault, London, 1840-1855, including series of...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 248
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Autograph letter signed (‘Nicolò Paganini’) to Lazzaro Rebizzo, Paris, 17...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£4,410
($5,627)
Lot 249
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Collection of autograph music manuscripts for piano (a few for organ),...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,156 - $22,734)

price realized
£13,860
($17,685)
Lot 250
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Autograph letter signed (‘G. Puccini’) to Sybil [Seligman], Grand Hotel...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,134
($1,446)
Lot 251
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Autograph letter signed (‘tuo Giacomo’) to his wife Elvira [Puccini], New York,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£3,024
($3,858)
Lot 252
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One, Two,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 253
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Autograph music manuscript, the stichvorlage of the 'Etudes' for piano,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£2,520
($3,215)
Lot 254
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Four autograph letters signed (‘C. Saint-Saëns’) to Franz Liszt (‘Maître’),...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£15,120
($19,293)
Lot 255
Andrés Segovia (1893-1987)
Autograph music manuscripts, a collection of transcriptions and works...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 256
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Eleven autograph letters signed ('D. Shostakovich') to the conductor Samuil...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 257
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Scriabin') to Nikolai Gustavovich [von Struve],...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 258
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Three autograph letters signed ('Dr Richard Strauss') to Lotte [Lehmann],...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 259
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Autograph letter signed ('G. Verdi') to Francesco Maria Piave, Sant'Agata, 17...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 260
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Autograph letter signed ('G. Verdi') to [Carlo] Baucardé, 4, rue Richer, Paris,...
estimate
£3,500 - £4,500
($4,420 - $5,683)

Lot 261
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Wagner's copy of Beethoven's Symphony No.3 ('Eroica') signed ('Richard Wagner')...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£25,200
($32,155)
Lot 262
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [Ferdinand] Heine, Meudon, 14...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£4,032
($5,144)
Lot 263
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to August Röckel, Zurich, 12...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£10,080
($12,862)
Lot 264
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [August Röckel], Zurich, 23...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 265
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed (‘Rich. Wagner’) to [Heinrich] Szadrowsky, Zurich, 18...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 266
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'R.W.') to [Heinrich Szadrowsky],...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 267
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'R.W.') to [Heinrich Szadrowsky], n.p.,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 268
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [Eduard Liszt], Starnberg, 23 May...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 269
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Rich. Wagner') to an unidentified recipient, Munich,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 270
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to Dr [Theodor Kafka], Lucerne, 7...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 271
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Richard Wagner') to [Maria Theresia Löw], Bayreuth,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 272
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Webern') to [Hermann] Scherchen, Mödling, Austria,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,894 - $3,157)

price realized
£2,520
($3,215)
Lot 273
French Composers & Artists
Autograph letters signed by Chavannes, Moreau, Delibes, and Félicien David, to...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£504
($643)
Lot 274
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and Jeremiah Bentham (1712-1792)
Autograph letters to the 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 1778-1784
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

Lot 275
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Autograph letter signed (‘Jeremy Bentham’) to [William Petty], Earl Shelburne...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

Lot 276
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Autograph letter to [William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne] (‘My...
estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($11,367 - $15,156)

Lot 277
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Autograph letter and two autograph manuscripts, 1791
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

Lot 278
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Seven autograph letters to [William Petty, the Marquess of Lansdowne], Dover...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 279
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Three autograph letters to [William Petty, 1st] Marquess of...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

Lot 280
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Letter, document and pamphlet signed and inscribed to the 3rd...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

Lot 281
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Autograph letter signed (‘Jeremy Bentham’) to Sir Charles Bunbury (‘Dear Sir’),...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 282
James Mill (1773-1836) and Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
Two conjoined autograph letters signed, 7 September 1820
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 283
Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
Series of approx. 106 autograph letters and one autograph postcard signed ('H....
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£8,190
($10,450)
Lot 284
Martin Buber (1878-1965)
7 autograph letters signed (‘Martin Buber’ and ‘Buber’) to [Hermann] Stehr,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£756
($964)
Lot 285
Martin Buber (1878-1965)
Two autograph letters and one postcard signed, 1922-1928
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 286
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Autograph letter signed ('Freud') to [Dr Franz Alexander], Berggasse 19,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 287
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Autograph letter signed ('Freud') to [Dr Franz Alexander], Berggasse 19,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 288
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Autograph letter signed ('Freud') to [Arthur] Sweetser, Berggasse 19, Vienna,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£5,292
($6,752)
Lot 289
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947)
Autograph manuscript dissertation signed ('G.H. Hardy'), 'Definite Integrals of...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 290
Friedrich August Hayek (1899-1992)
Autograph manuscript signed (‘F.A. Hayek’), ‘Notes for lectures’, n.d.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 291
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to [Dr John Raymond] Smythies, [Küsnacht], 5...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

Lot 292
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Dr [John Raymond] Smythies, [Küsnacht], 29...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 293
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Autograph letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Dr [John Raymond] Smythies, Locarno, 8...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 294
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Stephen Abrams, [Küsnacht], 20 June 1957
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 295
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Stephen Abrams, [Küsnacht], 21 October 1957
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 296
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Stephen Abrams, [Küsnacht], 5 February 1958
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 297
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Stephen Abrams, [Küsnacht], 5 March 1959
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 298
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Typed letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Stephen Abrams, [Küsnacht], 11 July 1960
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 299
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)
Two autograph letters signed (‘H. Martineau’) to Richard Monckton Milnes [later...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£2,394
($3,054)
Lot 300
Tomáš Masaryk (1850-1937)
Autograph manuscript draft of his essay 'Blaise Pascal, jeho život a filozofie'...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 301
George Edward Moore (1873-1958)
Autograph letter signed (‘G. E .Moore’) to Jacques Raverat, Trinity College,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,134
($1,446)
Lot 302
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827)
Autograph manuscript, correction slips for Nachforschungen (Enquiries),...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 303
John Cowper Powys (1872-1963)
Seven autograph letters signed (‘John Cowper Powys’, ‘J.C.P’, ‘Jack’, and ‘Jack...
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,515 - $2,273)

price realized
£1,764
($2,250)
Lot 304
Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise Germaine, Baronne de Staël-Holstein, 1766-1817)
Autograph letter to [Joseph Marie, baron de] Gérando, n.p., ‘8 brumaire’ [?31...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,134
($1,446)
Lot 305
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (1727-1781)
28 autograph letters to the Marquis de Condorcet, the majority Limoges or...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

Lot 306
Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936)
Two autograph letters signed (‘Miguel de Unamuno’) to A[ntonio] Bórquez Solar,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 307
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Autograph manuscript, early writing and pencil exercises, n.d. [1890s]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£15,120
($19,293)
Lot 308
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Two autograph letters signed (‘Ludwig’) to ‘Mining’ [Hermine Wittgenstein],...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 309
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
7 autograph letters signed (‘L.W’ and ‘Ludwig Wittgenstein’) to [William]...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

Lot 310
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
4 autograph letters and one typed letter signed (‘L. Wittgenstein’, ‘Ludwig...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£47,880
($61,094)
Lot 311
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Autograph letter signed (‘Ludwig’) to ‘Gretl’ [Margarete Wittgenstein], 76...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£7,560
($9,646)
Lot 312
Circle of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Letters by Blanche Schlick (2, to F.A. Hayek), William Eccles (2), and Hermine...
estimate
£600 - £900
($757 - $1,136)

price realized
£1,260
($1,607)
Lot 313
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917)
Two autograph letters signed (‘Gf. Zeppelin’) to [Professor Dr A. Vögtlin] and...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£1,134
($1,446)
Lot 314
Scientists
Letters by H.C. Schumacher (4), Richard Owen and John Pond,1833-1847
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£378
($482)
Lot 315
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)
Autograph letter signed ('R. Arkwright') to [Jedediah Strutt], Cromford, 2...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 316
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Autograph letter signed ('Charles Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], Down, 23...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 317
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], 28 December [1862]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£5,040
($6,431)
Lot 318
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], Down, 1 February...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£8,820
($11,254)
Lot 319
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to Lawson Tait, Down, 6 August 1876
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

Lot 320
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], Down, 5 March [1863]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 321
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Autograph manuscript, a laboratory notebook, [probably Menlo Park, New Jersey],...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($37,890 - $63,150)

price realized
£60,480
($77,172)
Lot 322
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript signed (at conclusion, 'A. Einstein'), 'Einheitliche...
estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($75,780 - $113,670)

price realized
£69,300
($88,426)
Lot 323
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [c.1950]
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£13,860
($17,685)
Lot 324
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [c.1950]
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£12,600
($16,077)
Lot 325
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [c.1950]
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

Lot 326
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [c.1950]
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

Lot 327
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [c.1950]
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

price realized
£17,640
($22,508)
Lot 328
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [January 1951]
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,260 - $37,890)

price realized
£23,940
($30,547)
Lot 329
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript of scientific calculations, n.d. [March 1950 - early April...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

Lot 330
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, Old Lyme,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£13,860
($17,685)
Lot 331
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, Old Lyme,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£10,710
($13,665)
Lot 332
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Three typed letters with signatures excised to Cornelius Lanczos, Old Lyme, CT,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£2,394
($3,054)
Lot 333
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 29...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 334
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 9 October...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£10,080
($12,862)
Lot 335
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 23 January...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,841 - $12,630)

price realized
£11,970
($15,273)
Lot 336
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., n.d. [1940]
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£12,600
($16,077)
Lot 337
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'A.E.') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 21...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($31,575 - $44,205)

price realized
£94,500
($120,582)
Lot 338
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, 112 Mercer Street,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,780
($4,823)
Lot 339
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'A.E.') to Cornelius Lanczos,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 340
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 18 March...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

price realized
£18,900
($24,116)
Lot 341
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, Princeton, 4...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£10,710
($13,665)
Lot 342
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, 112 Mercer Street,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

price realized
£4,788
($6,109)
Lot 343
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'A.E.') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 19...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£9,450
($12,058)
Lot 344
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Cornelius Lanczos, 112 Mercer Street,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 345
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'A.E.') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 24...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,104 - $15,156)

Lot 346
Louis Godin (1704-1760)
Autograph document signed (‘Godin'), Quito, 23 July 1737
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 347
John Goodricke (1764-1786)
Autograph letter signed (‘J Goodricke’) to Nathaniel Pigott, 'M. Yard' [York],...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£252
($321)
Lot 348
Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
Two autograph manuscripts, on lunar and solar eclipses [c.1690-5, probably 1692]
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($88,410 - $126,300)

price realized
£201,600
($257,241)
Lot 349
Johann Rudolph Halter of Basel
A mathematical, astronomical and surveying sketchbook, in Swiss-German and...
estimate
£15,000 - £22,000
($18,945 - $27,786)

Lot 350
Sir J.F.W. Herschel (1792-1871), Colonel John Herschel (1837-1921) and family
Correspondence and other papers, late 18th - 20th century
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,315 - $10,104)

price realized
£6,048
($7,717)
Lot 351
William Herschel (1738-1822)
Two autograph letters signed (‘W Herschel’), Slough, 24 May 1795 and 16...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£1,764
($2,250)
Lot 352
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
Autograph letter signed ('Leibniz') to Jacques Lelong ('Mon Reverend pere'),...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,156 - $22,734)

price realized
£13,860
($17,685)
Lot 353
Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (1678-1771)
Seven autograph letters, of which six signed (‘D’ortous de Mairan’), to [the...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,273 - $3,157)

price realized
£630
($803)
Lot 354
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Autograph manuscript notebook, Arbois, 1-15 September 1858
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,630 - $18,945)

price realized
£88,200
($112,543)
Lot 355
Henry Joseph Round (1881-1966)
The archive of H.J. Round, radio pioneer
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,578 - $11,367)

price realized
£6,930
($8,842)
Lot 356
George Stephenson (1781-1848)
Autograph letter signed (‘Geo. Stephenson’) to [his son Robert Stephenson] (‘My...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,052 - $7,578)

Lot 357
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
Letter signed (‘Bolivar’) to Juan José Sarratea in Lima, Guayaquil, [Ecuador],...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,157 - $4,420)

price realized
£3,024
($3,858)
Lot 358
Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774)
Autograph letter signed (‘La Condamine’) to [Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan],...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,268
($2,893)
Lot 359
Asher Isaiah Hallevy
Autograph manuscript, ‘Shomer Ha’brit’ and other stories, Calcutta, 1886
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 360
Cyril Quixano Henriques (1880-1976)
The archive of Cyril Quixano Henriques, 1930-1967
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£2,772
($3,537)
Lot 361
José de la Mar (1776-1830)
Series of 8 letters signed (‘Jose de la Mar’) to Andrés de Santa Cruz,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

Lot 362
José de San Martín (1778-1850)
Autograph letter signed (‘Jose de S.n Martin’) to [General] Mariano...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,526 - $3,789)

price realized
£1,512
($1,929)
Lot 363
Augusto César Sandino (1895-1934)
Typed letter signed (‘A.C. Sandino’) to Armando [Dugand] (‘Dugán’), Bonanza,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,789 - $6,315)

price realized
£3,528
($4,501)
Lot 364
[Luis de Velasco (1511-1564)] - Fray Juan de Alameda
Proclamation relating to the administration of the town of Huexotzinco,...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,945 - $25,260)

price realized
£32,760
($41,801)
Lot 365
South America - Vicente Rocafuerte (1783-1847) and others
9 letters signed, Lima, Valparaíso and at sea [off Guayaquil], 18 December 1833...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,263 - $1,894)

price realized
£504
($643)
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