Christies: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana., 7574,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 20, 1992 - November 20, 1992
Page Size: 330 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 RUNYON, DAMON One autograph letter signed, one autograph note signed, seven typed letters signed, forty-two typed letters, and one typed note to his son Damon Runyon, Jr. in Cincinnati, nearly all written from New York (a few from Florida), 3 July 1945--22 November 194

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 8,800.00
202 VESALIUS, ANDREAS De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel

June 1543

USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 6,600.00
203 VESALIUS, ANDREAS BREMER PRESS. Munich

1934 [i.e. 1935].

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,520.00
204 VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS De Architectura Libri Dece traducti de latino in Vulgare. Como

15 July 1521

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 7,150.00
205 WILDE, OSCAR Autograph manuscript signed (at end) of his short story "The Model Millionaire," collected in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891)

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 33,000.00
206 ADAMS, ABIGAIL First Lady Autograph letter signed in full to Richard Rush, Attorney General of the United States, Quincy, [Massachusetts], 29 November 1814. Massachusetts

29 November 1814

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 10,450.00
207 ADAMS, JOHN, President Autograph letter signed ("J. Adams") as U.S. Minister to the Netherlands

See illustration

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 30,800.00
208 ADAMS, JOHN, President Autograph letter signed in full as United States Minister to Great Britain, TO ELBRIDGE GERRY, Grosvenor Square, Westminster [London], 6 July 1785. London

6 July 1785

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 19,800.00
209 ADAMS, JOHN, President Autograph letter signed in full to "John [i.e., Jean] Luzac, Professor of Grecian Literature in the University of Leyden," Quincy, Mass., 2 October 1793.

USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 26,400.00
210 ADAMS, JOHN, President Autograph letter signed in full to W[illiam) S[tephens] Smith, his son-in-law, Quincy, [Massachusetts]

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 24,200.00
211 ADAMS, JOHN, President Autograph franking signature ("J Adams") on a letter marked "Free,"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 770.00
212 BOOTH, JOHN WILKES Assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

n.d. 1862

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 11,000.00
213 BOUDINOT, ELIAS President of the Continental Congress, Director, U.S. Mint.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 38,500.00
214 BURKE, EDMUND British statesman and orator.

USD 1,000.00 - 1.00 Not Sold
215 CHASE, SAMUEL Signer (Maryland). Maryland, Baltimore Town

30 September 1791

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,520.00
216 STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN CIVIL WAR.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 7,700.00
217 SHERIDAN, PHILIP G.; Major General CIVIL WAR. Charleston

28 August 1864

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 2,200.00
218 CLARK, ABRAHAM Signer (New Jersey). Philadelphia?

after 31 October 1783

USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 4,180.00
219 COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [The Columbus Letter] Epistola Christofori Colom: cui etas nostra multu[m] debet: de Insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper inve[n]tis ... in latinum co[n]vertit. Rome

after 29 April 1493

USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 330,000.00
220 DALTON, EMMET H. Member of Dalton brothers gang. Oxford, New York

23-Jul-17

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 2,200.00
221 DALTON, EMMET H. Member of Dalton brothers gang. Charlotte

1-Mar-18

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,650.00
222 DAVIS, JEFFERSON, President, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("Jeffers Davis") to an unidentified correspondent, Briarfield, Mississippi, August [no. day] 1857. Mississippi

August [no. day] 1857

USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 15,400.00
223 DAVIS, JEFFERSON; President, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("Jeffers Davis Presdt. C.S.A.") as President, to an unidentified correspondent Richmond

20 April 1862

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 5,500.00
224 DAVIS, JEFFERSON, President, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed in full to Colonel James Howard of Baltimore, Md., Inverlocky Castle Kingussie

17 August 1867

USD 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 1,650.00
225 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE New-London [Connecticut]

1776

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 12,650.00
226 DE SMET, PIERRE-JEAN ("Blackrobe") Jesuit Missionary to the Indians. Missouri

2 February 1870

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,080.00
227 EDISON, THOMAS ALVA Document BOLDLY SIGNED (with a fine "Umbrella" paraph), A LITHOGRAPHIC PLAN FOR THE INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHT n.p.

n.d. [1881]

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 8,250.00
228 EDISON, THOMAS ALVA Autograph letter signed (a bold "E") to Smith, an assistant n.p.

n.d. [received 11 February 1914]

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
229 EDISON, THOMAS ALVA Autograph letter signed ("Edison") to Mitchell, an assistant n.p.

n.d. [received 1 February 1916].

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 990.00
230 EINSTEIN, ALBERT Autograph page of algebraic equations and large geometric figures n.p.

n.d., [ca. 1933]

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,760.00
231 EINSTEIN, ALBERT Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Arthur Judson in New York; Institute for Advanced Study Princeton

13/Jul/1938

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,090.00
232 ELLERY, WILLIAM, Signer A group of 26 autograph letters signed ("Wm. Ellery") to his son

USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 13,200.00
233 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, Signer Autograph letter signed ("B Franklin") TO SILAS DEANE in Toulon Passy [France]

7 April 1778

USD 25,000.00 - 35.00 33,000.00
234 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, Signer Printed document signed ("B. Franklin, Presidt.," with paraph) as President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, countersigned by John Nicholson Philadelphia

3 December 1785

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 8,250.00
235 FULTON, ROBERT Autograph letter signed in full (with paraph) to Major General Henry Dearborn New York

4 June 1814

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 12,100.00
236 FULTON, ROBERT Two-panel watercolor drawing with detailed holograph notes, showing the conversion of old merchant vessels into torpedo ships. N.p.

n.d. [ca. 1805-1815]

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 14,300.00
237 GARRETT, PAT Two documents signed ("P. F. Garrett Sheriff and "P. F. Garrett") as Sheriff of Dona Ana County, New Mexico

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 4,400.00
238 GEORGE III. Autograph letter signed ("G.R." with large encircling paraph), to Earl Richard Howe, First Lord of the Admiralty

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 990.00
239 GERONIMO (Indian name Goyathlay), Chief of the Chiricahua Apache.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 7,150.00
240 GHENT, TREATY Document signed ("George R" with paraph), countersigned by George Canning as head of the foreign office Carlton Palace

4 October 1822

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 2,200.00
241 GRANT, ULYSSES S., President Four depositions (ALL IN GRANT'S HAND, one signed) plus two related letters, relating to the theft of $1,000 of government funds in Grant's care during the War with Mexico

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 4,400.00
242 GRANT, ULYSSES S., President Autograph letter signed as Lt. General, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, to "Officers Commanding Troops in the Southern States Washington

20 March 1866

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,420.00
243 HALE, NATHAN Continental officer, hanged by the British in 1776. New London

24 May 1774

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 1,980.00
244 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER Secretary of the Treasury under Washington. n.p.

n.d. [between 1 March 1777 and 31 July 1781]

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,200.00
245 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER Secretary of the Treasury under Washington.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,500.00
246 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER Secretary of the Treasury under Washington.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 5,280.00
247 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER Autograph signature ("Alex Hamilton") and free frank ("Treasury of the United States") on the address panel of a letter to "Charles Lee, Esquire, Collector of the Customs for Alexandria New York

6 September [recipient's docket dated 21 September 1789]

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,320.00
248 HANCOCK, JOHN, Signer President of the Continental Congress. Printed document signed in full (with paraph) as Governor of Massachusetts Boston

7 August 1788

USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 4,400.00
249 HENRY, PATRICK Printed document signed ("P. Henry" with paraph) as Governor of Virginia

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 4,180.00
250 HILL, DANIEL HARVEY, Major General, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("Husband") to his wife, "Near Rapid Ann [sic] Station, Va.," 28 March 1862.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,100.00
251 HOOKER, JOSEPH, Major General Autograph letter signed ("J. Hooker") / Maj. Genl.") to Aaron F. Perry of Cincinnati; Brevoort House New York

21 October 1870

USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 1,650.00
252 HOUSTON, SAM President of the Republic of Texas. Printed document signed in full as Governor of Texas, countersigned by James McWhite Land Commissioner, Austin

16 March 1861

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,420.00
253 HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, Signer Autograph letter signed ("S. Huntington") as Governor of Connecticut, to Benjamin Huntington, Norwich, [Connecticut], 11 August 1788.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,860.00
254 JACKSON, ANDREW, President Autograph letter signed in full as President, to Daniel Garland, 15 June 1829.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 2,750.00
255 JACKSON, THOMAS J., General, C.S.A. Autograph closing and signature ("T.J. Jackson") clipped from a letter, n.d., one page, a narrow strip of blue lined paper, 22 x 61 mm. (1/2 x 2 5/8 in.) approximately.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 4,180.00
256 JAMES, FRANK AND JESSE; SAMUELS, ZERELDA Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. Zerelda Samuels") TO FRANK JAMES, "at home" [Clay County, Missouri], 26 April 1910.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
257 JAY, JOHN President of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 2,200.00
258 JAY, JOHN President of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,600.00
259 JAY, JOHN President of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,320.00
260 JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President Printed document signed ("Th: Jefferson") as Governor of Virginia Williamsburg

1 December 1779

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 4,400.00
261 JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President Autograph letter signed ("Th:Jefferson") to Wilson [Cary] Nicholas Monticello

1 November 1790

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 26,400.00
262 JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President Autograph letter signed ("Th:Jefferson") as President, TO GENERAL JOHN STARK Monticello

19 August 1805

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 70,400.00
263 JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson" in the third person), to Dr. [Samuel L.] Mitchill [or Mitchell] Monacello

20 February 1817

USD 5,500.00 - 7,500.00 10,450.00
264 KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD, President Autograph manuscript of the first portion of his address to the Annual Convention of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Federation of Labor. N.p.

n.d. [the speech delivered 12 August 1952].

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 10,450.00
265 LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DU MOTIER, Marquis de. Autograph letter signed ("Lafayette") to an unidentified young man named Norwood, La Grange France

2 October 1827

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 990.00
266 LEE, ROBERT E.; General, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("R E Lee Genl Comdg.") as Major General in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia, to Colonel A.C. Moore [Commander of the 29th Regiment of Virginia Volunteers] at Abingdon Virginia; Headquarters, Richmond

15 July 1861

USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 13,200.00
267 LEE, ROBERT E.; General, C.S.A. Autograph signature ("R E Lee Genl.") plus those of seven members of his General Staff, Fredericksburg

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 9,900.00
268 LEE, ROBERT E.; General, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("R E Lee") to his son Col. George Washington Custis Lee, "Camp Fred[ericksbur]g Virginia

11 May 1863

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 110,000.00
269 LEE, ROBERT E.; General, C.S.A. Autograph envelope WITH FREE FRANK SIGNATURE ("R E Lee Genl")

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 11,000.00
270 LEE, ROBERT E.; General, C.S.A. Carte-de visite photograph signed ("R.E. Lee") on front and inscribed and signed again on verso

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,600.00
271 LEE, ROBERT E., General, C.S.A. Carte-de visite photograph signed ("R E Lee") on front.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,050.00
272 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Richard Yates, Springfield, Illinois, 30 September 1857.

USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 17,600.00
273 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Horace Rublee of Madison, Wisconsin; Springfield, Illinois, 15 February 1860.

15 February 1860

USD 16,000.00 - 22,000.00 Not Sold
274 LINCOLN.

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 3,850.00
275 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Document signed in full as President Washington

28 March 1861

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 7,150.00
276 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, to Brigadier General James Wolfe Ripley, U.S. Army Chief of Ordnance n.p. [Washington]

17 August 1861

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 6,050.00
277 LINCOLN, MARY, First Lady. TROUP, E. A., artist Original pen and ink portrait of Mary Lincoln Washington

22 October 1862

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 825.00
278 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Document signed in full as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase Washington

21 January 1864

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,950.00
279 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Engraved document signed in full as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton Washington

1 July 1864

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,500.00
280 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, to the Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase n.p. [Washington]

28 October 1864

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 10,450.00
281 LINCOLN, MARY, First Lady Autograph letter signed in full and with initialled postscript at top of first page, to Caroline R. Wright ("My Dear Mrs. Wright"), Executive Mansion Washington

15 February 1865

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 19,800.00
282 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President SECOND INAUGURATION. PRENTISS, MARY Y.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 770.00
283 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President Autograph manuscript signed ("Abraham Lincoln")

USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 1,320,000.00
284 LINCOLN. ABOTT, ABOTT A. [Cover title:] The Assassination and Death of Abraham Lincoln Washington

on the 14th of April, 1865

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 880.00
285 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM; MARY LINCOLN Two locks of hair, reportedly from Mary Lincoln's and Abraham Lincoln's heads

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,620.00
286 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, Cabinet and Contemporaries. CALHOUN, JOHN C. Autograph letter signed to David Hubbard Washington

15 June 1838

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,430.00
287 LINCOLN. BEDELL, GRACE Letter signed ("Grace Bedell Billings") to John E. Boos of Albany, N.Y. Delphos, Kansas

24-Jan-34

USD 600.00 - 900.00 6,600.00
288 MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS, General Autograph letter signed ("MacArthur") as Captain serving with Chief of Staff General Leonard Wood, to H.S. Rooksby in Detroit Washington

28 March [1913]

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,760.00
289 MADISON, JAMES, President Autograph letter signed ("James Madison Jr.") on behalf of the Virginia delegates in Congress, to an unidentified correspondent [Governor Benjamin Harrison] Philadelphia

20 May 1783

USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 24,200.00
290 MADISON, JAMES; JAMES MONROE, Presidents Document signed by both (Madison in full as President, "Jas. Monroe" as Secretary of State) Washington

19 July 1813

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 3,080.00
291 MONROE, JAMES, President Autograph letter signed ("Jas. Monroe") to John Breckinridge of Lexington, Ky.; Albemarle, Va., 23 March 1798.

USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 3,300.00
292 MORRIS, ROBERT, Signer Autograph document signed ("Robt. Morris") as Superintendent of Finances

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,860.00
293 PAINE, THOMAS Autograph letter signed in full to an unidentified correspondent ("Sir") England

1 May 1789

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 14,300.00
294 PENDLETON, NATHANIEL A collection of 28 letters and documents, comprising: 22 Autograph letters signed

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
295 PICKERING, TIMOTHY Secretary of State under Washington and Adams. v.p.

v.d. [1779-1817]

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,300.00
296 PICKERING, TIMOTHY Secretary of State under Washington and Adams.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 7,150.00
297 PIERCE, FRANKLIN, President Autograph letter signed in full, as Senator from New Hampshire, to Jonathan Harvey of Sutton Village Washington

15 December 1838

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,420.00
298 PIERCE, FRANKLIN, President Letter signed in full to the diplomat Carroll Spence Concord

10 December 1867

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 1,540.00
299 POLK, JAMES KNOX, President Autograph letter signed ("James K. Polk") as President, to Hon. John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, 9 July 1847.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,420.00
300 PRESIDENTS.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 22,000.00
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