Sotheby Parke Bernet: American Manuscripts, Letters, Books, Newspapers, Maps., 3945,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 25, 1977 - January 25, 1977
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 098 | [PENNSYLVANIA]. [Jeffreys, T. and others] | A Map of Pennsylvania exhibiting . . . its Extensive Frontiers. Laid down from . . . the Late Map of W. Scull, Published in 1770. | London | 1775 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 200.00 |
| 099 | [PHILADELPHIA]. Matthew A. Lotter | Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia. | [Philadelphia] | 1777 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 800.00 |
| 100 | PRICE, RICHARD | Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, the Means of making it a Benefit to the World. | London | 1785 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 50.00 |
| 101 | READ, J.A., and D.F., Illustrators | Journey to the Gold Diggins [sic] by Jeremial Saddlebags. | New York | [1849] |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 100.00 |
| 102 | [SALES, LUIS] | Noticias de la Provincia de Californias en Tres Cartas de un Sacerdote Religioso Hijo del Real Convento de Predicadores de Valencia a un Amigo Suyo. Carta I. [-III]. | Valencia | 1794 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 750.00 |
| 103 | [SANDERS, DANIEL C.] | A History of the Indian Wars with the First Settlers of the United States, particularly in New England. | Montpelier, Vt. | 1812 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 275.00 |
| 104 | SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, NICOLAS | Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses principales parties ou sont distingues les uns des autres Les Estats. | [Paris] | 1674 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 700.00 |
| 105 | SAUTHIER, CLAUDE J. | A topographical map of Hudson's River, with the Channels depth of water, rocks, shoals, etc. and the Country adjacent from Sandy Hook New York. | London | 1776 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 225.00 |
| 106 | SEAVER, JAMES E. | A narrative of the life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age. | Canandaigua | 1824 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 600.00 |
| 107 | SEYD, ERNEST | California and its Resources. A work for the merchant, the capitalist, and the emigrant. | London | 1858 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 200.00 |
| 108 | STEDMAN, JOHN G. | Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. | London | 1796 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 125.00 |
| 109 | STREETER, THOMAS W. | The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter. | New York | 1966--1969 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 250.00 |
| 110 | TANNER, HENRY S. | United States of Ameica. | Philadelphia | 1829 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 325.00 |
| 111 | [TEXAS]. [Quintanar, Angel G.] | Manifiesto del congreso general en el presente ano. | Mexico | 1836 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 130.00 |
| 112 | TOWNSEND, JOHN K. | Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains, including a Journey to the Columbia River, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. | London | 1840 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 150.00 |
| 113 | TRIGGS, J.H. | History of Cheyenne and Northern Wyoming embracing the Gold Fields of the Black Hills. | Omaha, Neb | 1876 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | UNITED STATES NAVY | Group of 2 Volumes | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 115 | VENEGAS, MIGUEL | A Natural and Civil History of California: containing an accurate description of that Country . . . together with accounts of the several Voyages and Attempts made for settling California . . . Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mex | London | 1759 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 450.00 |
| 116 | [VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, ETC.] | Fry, Joshua, and Peter Jefferson. A Map of the Most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina . . . Drawn in 1751. | London | [1755] |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 650.00 |
| 117 | VISSCHER, NIKOLAUS | Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terraum. | Amsterdam | [1690] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 118 | WALDERIC, FREDERIC, Comte de | Voyage pittoresque et archeologique dans la province d'Yucatan (Amerique Centrale), pendant les Annees 1834 et 1836. | Paris | 1838 |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | 850.00 |
| 119 | [WAR OF 1812] | Newspaper. Connecticut Courant. | Hartford | 1812--1813 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 700.00 |
| 120 | [WASHINGTON D.C.] [Kollner, August] | Public buildings and statuary of the Government: the Public Buildings and Architectural Ornaments of the Capitol of the U. States. | Washington | 1839 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 325.00 |
| 121 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | The Journal of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq.: His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and the Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French Forces in Ohio. To which are added, the Governor's Letter; and a Tr | London | 1754 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | A Circular Letter from George Washington . . . to His Excellency William Greene, Esq., Governor of the State of Rhode Island. | London | 1783 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 120.00 |
| 123 | [WASHINGTON, GEORGE] | various | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 124 | [WASHINGTON TERRITORY] | Stevens, Isaac I. Governor's message of the Territory of Washington. Delivered in joint session of the Council and House . . . Wednesday, December 3d, 1856. | Olympia | 1856 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 50.00 |
| 125 | [WISCONSIN] | Thirtieth Congress---First Session. H.R. 397. April 13, 1848. A Bill for the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union [Caption title]. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 126 | WOODS, JOHN | Two Years' Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States. With an Account of its Animal and Vegetable Production . . . A Description of the Principal towns, Villages, &c, &c, with the Habits and Customs of the | London | 1822 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 650.00 |
| 127 | ADAMS, ABIGAIL, First lady | Autograph letter signed | Quincy | 29 October 1810 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | 600.00 |
| 128 | ADAMS, ABIGAIL | Autograph letter signed. | Quincy | 31 July, 1811 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 450.00 |
| 129 | ADAMS, JOHN, President | Printed vellum document, accomplished in another hand, signed. | Philadelphia | 14 June, 1798 |
USD 300.00 - 350.00 | 550.00 |
| 130 | ADAMS, JOHN | Printed document accomplished in manuscript signed. | Philadelphia | 8 January, 1800 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 700.00 |
| 131 | ADAMS, JOHN | Autograph address leaf (portion), addressed to Benjamin Crowninshield, Sec. of the Navy. | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | 225.00 | ||
| 132 | ADAMS, JOHN Q., President | Autograph letter signed. | Quincy | 11 October 1842 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 250.00 |
| 133 | ADAMS, JOHN Q. | Autograph letter (third person). | Washington | 16 May, 1846 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 |
| 134 | ADAMS, JOHN Q. | Autograph letter signed. | Washington | 21 March, 1847 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 250.00 |
| 135 | ADAMS, SAMUEL Signer | Printed document accomplished in manuscript, signed. | Boston | 1 December, 1777 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 125.00 |
| 136 | [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] | Armstrong, General John. Autograph letter signed. | "Camp at Harrells" | 3 August 1776 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 650.00 |
| 137 | [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] | Philadelphia. Oath of Allegiance. Printed document, (by John Dunlap) accomplished in manuscript, signed by Isaiah Young, Clerk of the Assembly. | Philadelphia | 24 June 1777 |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | 700.00 |
| 138 | [AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. [Captain Sutherland, Orderly to Lord Cornwallis] | Manuscript Orderly Book | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,000.00 | ||
| 139 | [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] | Thirty-third Regiment of New England. Manuscript Company Orderly Book. | [Boston] | [1813] |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | 300.00 |
| 140 | AMERICAN STATESMEN. Adams, Samuel | Group of 9 Pieces | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 141 | ARNOLD, BENEDICT, Traitor | Autograph document signed | [n.p.] | 1765 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 450.00 |
| 142 | BEAUJOUR, FELIX DE, Consul General, Charge d'Affaires in Georgetown (1804--1810) for France | Statistical Tableau of the U.S. in 1805. | Philadelphia | January 1808 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 143 | BUCHANAN, JAMES, President | Group of 2 Pieces | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 144 | BURKE, EDMUND | Autograph letter signed. | Westminster | 12 January 1775 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 |
| 145 | [BURR, AARON] | The Constitution of the United States of America; as Proposed by the Convention held at Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1787, and since Ratified by the Several States. | Philadelphia | 1791 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 700.00 |
| 146 | CARROLL, CHARLES, of Carrollton, Signer | Autograph letter signed. | Doughoragen | 24 August 1814 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 275.00 |
| 147 | [CIVIL WAR] | About 200 printed documents accomplished in manuscript, many signed by Lt. G.C. Duncan and Col. A.W. Spaight | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 148 | [CIVIL WAR MEDICAL BOOK] | Manuscript record book written in ink by various hands. | [Virginia] | [1864--1865] |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 475.00 |
| 149 | CLARK, ABRAHAM. Signer | Autograph endorsement signed | [New Jersey] | 20 February, 1764 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 275.00 |
| 150 | CLYMER, GEORGE. Signer | Autograph letter signed | [n.p.] | 30 May 1794 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.00 |
| 151 | [COLORADO TERRITORY] | Bobtail Gold Mining Company. | [Central City] | 1864--1876 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,300.00 |
| 152 | [DAKOTA TERRITORY]. Sanford, Wilmot P. | Manuscript diary, written in ink. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 153 | DEANE, SILAS, Statesman | Autograph letter signed. | Hartford | 13 June, 1761 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 200.00 |
| 154 | EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D., President | Typed letter signed. | Washington | 13 June, 1946 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 55.00 |
| 155 | GRANT, ULYSSES S., President | Letter signed. | New York | 31 October 1881 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 175.00 |
| 156 | GRANT, ULYSSES S. | Group of 2 A.l.s.s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 210.00 | ||
| 157 | HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, PHILIP SCHUYLER, and others | Printed document accomplished in manuscript, signed. | Albany | 23 May, 1804 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 140.00 |
| 158 | HANCOCK, JOHN | Document signed. | "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" | 17 November, 1792 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 325.00 |
| 159 | HANCOCK, JOHN, Statesman | Letter signed. | Philadelphia | 1 March 1776 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 160 | HENRY, PATRICK, Statesman | Printed letter (circular), signed. | "Council Chamber", to "The Magistrates of Dauguier" | 7 June, 1786 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 250.00 |
| 161 | HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, Signer | Autograph letter signed. | Norwich, [Conn.] | 14 June, 1787 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 400.00 |
| 162 | JACKSON, ANDREW, President | Autograph letter signed. | [Washington] | 23 April, 1832 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 325.00 |
| 163 | JAY, JOHN, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Autograph letter signed. | New York | 25 March 1791 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 164 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President | Autograph letter signed. | Richmond | 23 November 1780 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,250.00 |
| 165 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS | Autograph document signed. | to John Barnes | 5 October, 1801 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 400.00 |
| 166 | KELLER, HELEN | The World I Live in. | New York | [1908] |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 30.00 |
| 167 | KENNEDY, JOHN F., editor | As We Remember Joe. | Cambridge | 1945 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,300.00 |
| 168 | KENNEDY, JOHN F., President | [photograph] | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 169 | KENTON, SIMON, Pioneer and Indian Fighter | Document signed. | 5 September, 1798 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 225.00 | |
| 170 | KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT, Lawyer and author of The Star Spangled Banner | Autograph manuscript signed | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 171 | LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS de | Concluding portion of an Autograph letter signed. | [to Baron Von Steuben] | circa 25 April, [1781] |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 350.00 |
| 172 | LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS de | Autograph letter signed | Malvern Hill | 30 July 1781 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 475.00 |
| 173 | LEWIS, FRANCIS, Signer | Autograph letter signed. | 19 October 1761 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 175.00 | |
| 174 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed document accomplished in another hand, signed. | Washington | 26 February 1863 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 525.00 |
| 175 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph letter signed, Executive Mansion. | 16 September, 1863 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,500.00 | |
| 176 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph note signed. | "Executive Mansion" | 2 May, 1864 |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,600.00 |
| 177 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President | Autograph letter signed. | Executive Mansion | 5 February 1862 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,500.00 |
| 178 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed document accomplished in another hand, signed. | Washington | 6 July, 1863 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,400.00 |
| 179 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed vellum document accomplished in another hand, signed. | Washington | 24 May, 1864 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 600.00 |
| 180 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed document accomplished in another hand, signed. | Washington | 19 November 1864 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 550.00 |
| 181 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed document accomplished in another hand, signed. | Washington | 24 February, 1865 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 500.00 |
| 182 | [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM] | Cowper, Henry. Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench; from Hilary Term, the 14th of George III, 1774, to Trinity Term, the 18th of George III, 1778. | Dublin | 1794 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 450.00 |
| 182A | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, and ANDREW JOHNSON | various | Pres. Johnson | dated 19 May, and 10 Sept., 1866 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 500.00 |
| 183 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, and STEPHEN DOUGLAS | Printed documents accomplished in another hand, signed. | Springfield, Ill. | 14 July, 1842 (Douglas) and 6 December, 1849 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 800.00 |
| 184 | LINCOLN, BENJAMIN, Revolutionary officer | Autograph letter signed. | Boston | 23 December, 1788 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 50.00 |
| 185 | LINCOLN, MARY TODD, First lady | Autograph letter signed. | Frankfurt | 28 October, [18]69 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 850.00 |
| 186 | McKEAN, THOMAS, Signer | Printed document accomplished in another hand, signed. | Pennsylvania | 1 January, 1801 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | [MEDICAL PERSONALITIES] | Group of 34 Autograph letters signed and 8 Documents signed, mainly by American doctors and physicians | Written from various places | between 1754 and 1847 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 500.00 |
| 188 | [MOUNT VERNON] | Document signed. | 17 May, 1726 |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | 450.00 | |
| 189 | [NATIONAL FREEDMAN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION] | Manuscript record book containing copies of the minutes etc. of the formation and meetings of the association. | [New York] | 1862--1868 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 375.00 |
| 190 | [NAVY] | [Autograph log] | 14 August, 1859 and 31 August, 1861 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 191 | [NEW YORK CITY]. [Bridges, Joseph F.] | Manuscript book of New York City Plats. | [New York] | 1833 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 192 | NIXON, JOHN, Statesman | Autograph note signed. | [Philadelphia] | 4 March, 1776 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 60.00 |
| 193 | NIXON, RICHARD M., President | Typed letter signed. | The White House | 4 August 1969 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 194 | PAINE, ROBERT TREAT, Signer | Document signed. | Plymouth [Massachusetts Bay] | April, 1765 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 125.00 |
| 195 | [PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES] | A group of 34 documents or signatures from George Washington to Woodrow Wilson, also Herbert Hoover, Harry F. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower; | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 3,500.00 | ||
| 196 | [PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES] | various | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 140.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
