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
301	PRESIDENTS. GRANT, ULYSSES S.	Engraved document signed ("U.S. Grant")	Washington	26 March 1869	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
302	PRESIDENTS. MADISON, JAMES	Printed document signed in full as President	Washington	9 November 1813	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,980.00
303	PRESIDENTS. WILSON, WOODROW	Three typed letters signed in full as President, to George Rublee	Washington	3 & 18 August 1916, 9 October 1914	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,760.00
304	REVERE, PAUL	Autograph document signed ("Paul Revere & Son," with his name repeated in the text)	n.p.	21 September 1814	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	7,700.00
305		REVOLUTIONARY WAR.			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	8,250.00
306	MORRILL, JUDAH HACKETT, Continental Soldier	REVOLUTIONARY WAR.			USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	6,050.00
307	MORRIS, ROBERT, Signer	REVOLUTIONARY WAR.			USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,045.00
308	ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, President	Autograph letter signed in full, to the naturalist and conservationist William Temple Hornaday			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	3,300.00
309	ROSECRANS, WILLIAM STARKE, Major General	Autograph letter signed ("W.S. Rosecrans") to Major General Nathaniel P. Banks	Virginia	23 April 1862	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	44.00
310	RUSH, BENJAMIN, Signer	Autograph letter signed (in third person, signature, "Dr. Rush," in text) to Davis Steuart Erskine			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,210.00
311	SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General	Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman") to Philemon Ewing ("Dear Phil"), "Head Qrs. 5 Divn.			USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	49,500.00
312	SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General	Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman") to the publishers Harper Brothers in New York; "Head Quarters 15 Army Corps.			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	6,600.00
313	SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General	Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman") to Horace Rublee, U.S. Minister at Berne, Switzerland	Washington	1 October 1872	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,760.00
314	SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General	Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman General"), to John A. Lynch	Washington	12July 1873	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	14,300.00
315		SHILOH COURTHOUSE, Battle of.			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	990.00
316	STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN, Major General, C.S.A.	Two autograph letters signed ("J. E. B. Stuart") to his wife in Lynchburg, Va.; Camp Von Borcke, 18 August 1863 and Wigwam, 16 April 1864.			USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	18,700.00
317	BRANDÉIS, LOUIS D.	SUPREME COURT, JUSTICES.			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,420.00
318	TAYLOR, ZACHARY, President	Autograph document signed ("Z. Taylor, Col. 1st Regt. U.S. Infy & Actg. U.S. In[dian] Agent")			USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	2,090.00
319	TRUMBULL, JONATHAN, Governor of Connecticut	Autograph letter signed ("Jonth. Trumbull" with paraph) to the Committee of Pay	Lebanon [Pennsylvania?]	5 August 1776	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	660.00
320	WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President	Letter signed ("G: Washington") as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army			USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	19,800.00
321	WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President	Printed document signed ("Go: Washington") as General and Commander-in-Chief, accomplished and countersigned by John Trumbull, endorsed by COL. ELISHA SHELDON			USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	8,250.00
322	WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President	Engraved document signed ("G:Washington") as President, also signed by Henry Knox, Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati	New York	15 August 1790	USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00	7,150.00
323	WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President	Engraved document signed ("Go: Washington") as President, countersigned by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State and James Lamb	n.p. [New York]	2 March 1797	USD 6,500.00 - 8,500.00	15,400.00
324	WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President	Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") as Commander-in-Chief			USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	46,200.00
325	WEBSTER, NOAH	An American Dictionary of the English Language.			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	4,400.00
326	WEBSTER, NOAH	An American Dictionary of the English Language.	New York	1828	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	3,520.00
327	WILLETT, MARINUS, Colonel, Continental Army	Autograph letter signed in full to Christian Miller in Albany; Cedar Grove, 14 September 1827.			USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	715.00
328	WILSON, WOODROW, President	Typed letter signed ("Woodrow Wilson") as President, to R. Fulton Cutting	Washington	14/Dec/1915	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	770.00
329	WRIGHT, ORVILLE	Typed letter signed in full to Hart O. Berg, The Wright Co. representative in Paris	Dayton, Ohio	7-Mar-10	USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00	2,860.00
330	WRIGHT, WILBUR; ORVILLE WRIGHT	Typed letter signed ("Wilbur and Orville Wright [per] O.W."), to the journalist Carl Dienstbach	Dayton, Ohio	5/May/1905	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	3,850.00

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