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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Autograph Letter signed by Martin Madan, to a bookseller, complaining about the valuation of some books he wants to sell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingAAA(Bookselling)AuthorMadan, M.(?)HeadlineLetter to bookseller about values, 1808Date PublishedMay 31, 1808 Lot #2 Contemporary manuscript copy of two dispatches by Sir Robert Cecil giving account of his embassy to King Henry IV of France, 1597-1598 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorCecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury and first Viscount Cranborne.HeadlineMS account of Lord Cecil's Mission to France 1597Date Published17th century [after 1603] Lot #3 Autograph Letter signed by T.M.G. Brown, a disabled veteran, to President Andrew Johnson, requesting a government job View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)AuthorBrown, Thomas Moore GiffordHeadlineALs to A. Johnson from disabled Civil War veteranDate PublishedAug. 17, 1865 Lot #4 Autograph Letter signed by John William Colenso, first Bishop of Natal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorColenso, John WilliamHeadlineLetter from first Bishop of NatalDate PublishedDec. 4, 1879 Lot #5 Autograph Letter signed by John Thacher, to Lt. Governor William Stoughton of Massachusetts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold HeadingAAA(Colonial Indian Wars)AuthorThacher, JohnHeadlineColonial Indian War Letter 1694Date PublishedDec. 22, 1694 Lot #6 Autograph Letter signed by George Stevenson, describing the passage to Madeira View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Colonial Shipping)AuthorStevenson, GeorgeHeadlineLetter describing the passage to Madeira 1768Date PublishedJan. 28, 1768 Lot #7 Archive of letters, documents and photos relating to his work with Dailey Paskman View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFriml, RudolfHeadlineRudolf Friml ArchiveDate Published1940s-1970s Lot #8 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold HeadingAAA(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineSingle vellum leaf from a French missalDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #9 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] Lot #10 Five Autograph Letters signed by William Mitford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingAAAAuthorMitford, WilliamHeadlineFive Autograph Letters signed by William MitfordDate Published1790-1805 Lot #11 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineLand grant document, signed by James MonroeDate PublishedNov. 27, 1820 Lot #12 Manuscript petition by Lewis Cook to the Great Council of the State of New York, at the Albany Council-Fire View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingAAA(Native American)AuthorCook, LewisHeadlineMS. plea for redress by African-MohawkDate PublishedMarch 24, 1806 Lot #13 Manuscript document pleading the case of James Gamonell, a merchant who fled America during the Revolution, and makes claim for monies owed him View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold HeadingAAA(Revolutionary War Claims)Author**HeadlinePlea for monetary damages from Am. RevolutionDate Published1798 Lot #14 Autograph Letter, signed by John Moffat, to the mercantile firm of Reynells & Coates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold HeadingAAA(Revolutionary War)AuthorMoffatt, JohnHeadlineLetter on shipments during RevolutionDate PublishedAug. 31, 1775 Lot #15 Manuscript Document signed by William Nelson granting power of attorney to Robert Joutt and Joseph Crocket, signed as witnesses by Charles Scott and James Wood View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Charles; James Wood; William NelsonHeadlineDoc. signed by Charles Scott & James WoodDate PublishedOct. 22, 1790 Lot #16 Copybook containing letters written by Marcus C.M. Hammond over a period of 6½ years View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold HeadingAAA(South Carolina)AuthorHammond, Marcus C.M.HeadlineSouth Carolina letterbook 1842-48Date Published1842-1848 Lot #17 Autograph Letter signed by Egbert Benson, + 13-page manuscript article + 4 manuscript maps, all relating to the St. Croix Boundary Dispute View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold HeadingAAA(St. Croix Boundary Dispute)AuthorBenson, Egbert, etc.HeadlineMS. letters and maps on St. Croix dispute c.1802Date Publishedc.1802 Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Stewart, to Thomas L. Smith at the Treasury Department View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStewart, CharlesHeadlineLetter from "Old Ironsides" CaptainDate PublishedJune 17, 1829 Lot #19 Autograph Letter signed by John Trumbull, to J[edediah] Huntington View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorTrumbull, JohnHeadlineLetter from Painter of Revolution John TrumbullDate PublishedSept. 24th, 1799 Lot #20 Autograph Letter signed by Wellesley, to an unnamed recipient View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorWellesley, Arthur, first Duke of WellingtonHeadlineAutograph Letter signed by Duke of WellingtonDate PublishedMay 4, 1841 Lot #21 Autograph Letter, signed by William MacRea, regarding the the appointment of Joseph Garden Smith to West Point View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold HeadingAAA(West Point)AuthorMacRea, WilliamHeadlineLetter about 1st West Point graduate, 1801Date Published24 March 1801 Lot #24 Atomic Energy for Military Purposes View details Estimate$10,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSmyth, Henry D.HeadlineAtomic Energy Signed by ScientistsPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1945 Lot #32 Art Forms in Nature: Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct from Nature View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBlossfeldt, KarlHeadlineKarl Blossfeldt Art Forms in Nature 1929PublisherE. WeyheDate Published1929 Lot #35 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineThe Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkePublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1826-27 Lot #54 Message From the Interior - inscribed copy View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorEvans, WalkerHeadlineMessage From the Interior inscribed copyPublisherEakins PressDate Published[1966] Lot #71 Autograph manuscript draft of The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, RomerHeadlineautograph mss draft of Romer Grey's SouthernCrossDate Published[c.1925] Lot #72 Manuscript account of Zane Grey's first visit to Santa Cruz Island View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1910s-1920s] Lot #73 Why I Live in California - Original Typescript View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Typescript Why I Live in CaliforniaDate PublishedNo date Lot #121 The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineThe Hobbit Inscribed 1st Edn. Jeweled BindingPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published1937 Lot #130 Orlando: A Biography View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next