American Art Association: The Collection of the late William F. Gable of Altoona, Pennsylvania Part Eight. American, English, first editions, manuscripts autographs of famous authors and statesmen, presidents of the United States, Signers and other celebrities, &c. To be sold on t, 1925Apr16,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 16, 1925 - April 16, 1925
Page Size: 578 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Sanborn (F. B.) Twenty-three Autograph Letters Signed. 67pp. 12mo and 4to. From 1855 to 1889. To John Brown, Jr., E ...

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302 Sanborn (F. B.) Original Autograph Manuscript, Signed, of his fine poem on the death of Thoreau, entitled, Henry D ...

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303 Sandelanes (James) and Wade (Robert) Letter Signed.

1602

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304 Sardou (Victorien) Autograph Letter Signed: V. Sardou. no place

no date

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305 Sargent (Epes--American Novelist and Poet) Three Autograph Letters Signed.

1841 to 1876

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306 Sargent (Epes) Original Autograph Manuscript of his article, entitled, On Lake Pepin.

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307 [Saunders (Frederick)] Salad for the Solitary. 1853; Salad for the Social. 1856. New York

1853-1856

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308 Edited by Andrew Halliday Savage-Club Papers (The). London

1867-1868

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309 Saxe (John G.) Leisure Day Rhymes. Boston, 1875; Poems. Boston, 1850; The Masquerade. Boston, 1866; The Flying ... Boston and New York

1850-1875

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310 Saxe (John G.) Poems. Portrait. Boston, 1861; The Masquerade. Boston, 1866; The Fly-ing Dutchman. Illustrated. N. Y ...

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311 Saxe (John G.) Poems. Boston

1868

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312 Schurz (Carl--German-American Statesman, General in Civil War, etc.) Seven Autograph Letters Signed.

1869 to 1898

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313 Scollard (Clinton) Songs of Sunrise Lands. Boston, 1892. Author's Autograph Signature on title; Poems. Boston, 1914 ... Boston and Clinton

1892-1914

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314 Scollard (Clinton) Hills of Song. Boston, 1895. First Edition; Odes and Elegies. N.p., 1905; Stoddard (Clinton) and ... New York and no place

1895-1905

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315 Scollard (Clinton) From the Lips of the Sea. 1911; Blank Verse Pastels. 1907. Limited and signed by author; Pro Patria ... Clinton, New York

1907-1911

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316 Serpent Worship, Etc. Wake (C. Staniland). Serpent-Worship and Other Essays, with a Chapter on ... London

1888-1897

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317 Seton (Ernest Thompson) The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore. 1920; Wild Animals at Home. 1917; Manual of the Woodcraft ... New York

1898-1920

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318 Sharp (William--Fiona Macleod) Three Autograph Letters Signed.

1894, and no date

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319 Sharp (William) Original Autograph Manuscript, Signed, of his article, entitled, A Note on the Belgian Renascence ...

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320 Sharp (William) Madge o' the Pool, The Gypsy Christ and other Tales. Westminster

1896

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321 Shaw (George Bernard) Peace Conference Hints. 1919; How to Settle the Irish Question. [1917]; Widower's Houses: A Play ... London

1908-[1917]

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322 Shaw (George Bernard) Autograph Letter, Signed with initials.

1891

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323 Shaw (George Bernard) Autograph Letter Signed.

1895

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324 Shaw (George Bernard) Two Autograph Letters Signed.

1899 and 1905

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325 Shaw (George Bernard) Autograph Letter Signed.

1909

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326 Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Autograph Transcript, entirely in Mrs. Shelley's handwriting, unsigned, of Percy Bysshe Shelley's ...

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327 Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Two Autograph Letters Signed.

No date

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328 Shelley (Percy B.) The Masque of Anarchy. A Poem. London

1832

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329 Medwin (T.) Shelley (Percy B.). The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Facsimile. 2 vols. 1847; Hogg (T. J.). The ... London

1847-1858

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330 Shelley (Percy B.). Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude: and Other Poems. London, 1885; An Address ... London and New York

1885-1903 and no date

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331 Shelley (Percy B.) Relics of Shelley. Edited by Richard Garnett. London, 1862; Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley ... London and Edinburgh

1862-1886

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332 Sherman (F. D.). Lyrics for a Lute. Boston, 1891; Paine (A. B.) and White (W. A.). Rhymes by Two ...

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333 Sherman (John--American Statesman) Three Autograph Letters Signed; two Documents Signed; and one Autograph Letter Signed by John Fisher ...

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334 Sheridan (Gen. Philip H.) Two Autograph Letters Signed.

1867, and 1874

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335 Sheridan (Gen. Philip H.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1872

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336 Sheridan (Gen. Philip H.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1874

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337 Sherman (Gen. W. T.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1876

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338 Sherman (Gen. W. T.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1861

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339 Sherman (Gen. W. T.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1877

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340 Sherman (Gen. W. T.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1881

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341 Sherman (Gen. W. T.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1888

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342 Sigel (Gen. F.) Two Autograph Letters Signed.

1871 and 1891

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343 Floyd (William) Autograph Document Signed.

1811

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344 Gerry (Elbridge) Autograph Letter Signed. One page 4to, Nov. 22, 1817.

USD - Unknown
345 Hancock (John) Document Signed,--John Hancock.

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346 Hancock (John) Document Signed.

1781

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347 Hancock (John) Letter Signed. Philadelphia

1776

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348 Hancock (John) Document Signed.

No date

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349 Harrison (Benjamin) Two Autograph Letters Signed, Benj. Harrison. (1) One page 4to, May 18th, 1782; (2) 4pp. folio, In ...

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350 Hopkinson (Francis) Two Autograph Documents Signed Twice,--Francis Hopkinson. Each one page 4to, (1) Philadelphia ...

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351 Huntington (Samuel) Letter Signed, Sam. Huntington, President. 1 1/4pp. 4to. Philadelphia, June 6, 1781. To His ...

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352 Jefferson (Thomas) Autograph Letter Signed. Monticello

1811

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353 Jefferson (Thomas) Document Signed.

1790

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354 Jefferson (Thomas) Autograph Letter Signed. Monticello

1817

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355 McKean (Thomas) Autograph Letter Signed.

1804

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356 Morris (Robert) Autograph Letter Signed. Philadelphia

1777

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357 Morris (Robert) Autograph Letter (Unsigned).

1779

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358 Morris (Robert) Autograph Letter Signed (initials).

1779

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359 Morris (Robert) Autograph Letter Signed.

1787

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360 Morris (Robert) Autograph Letter Signed.

1799

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361 Morton (John) Autograph Document Signed.

1773

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362 Morton (John) Autograph Document Signed. One page 16mo, inlaid to 4to, no date. Accompanied by a copy of Dodd ...

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363 Penn (John) Autograph Document Signed.

no date

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364 Rodney (Caesar) Two Autograph Documents Signed.

1777

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365 Smith (James) Autograph Document Signed.

USD - Unknown
366 Williams (William) Autograph Letter Signed.

1776

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367 Wolcott (Oliver) Two Autograph Documents Signed.

1787

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368 Wolcott (Oliver) Two Autograph Documents Signed. 1782 and 1789

USD - Unknown
369 Wolcott (Oliver) Autograph Letter Signed.

USD - Unknown
370 Sigourney (Lydia H.--American Poet and Prose Writer) Four Autograph Letters Signed.

1836 to 1864

 USD - Unknown
371 Sill (Edward R.) Autograph Manuscript Signed, of his fine sonnet, entitled, To a Face at a Concert.

1883

 USD - Unknown
372 Sill (Edward R.) The Venus of Milo and Other Poems. Berkeley, 1883. First Edition. With Inscription, signed in the ... Berkeley, etc.

1883, 1906 and no date

 USD - Unknown
373 Sill (Edward R.) Autograph Letter Signed.

1883

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374 Sill (Edward R.) Poems. Cambridge

1902

 USD - Unknown
375 Smedley Family. Genealogy of the Smedley Family descended from George and Sarah Smedley ... Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1901

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376 Smith (F. Hopkinson) In Dickens's London. Illustrated with charcoal drawings by the author. New York, 1916; Charcoals of ...

USD - Unknown
377 Smith (Gerrit--American Philanthropist and Abolitionist.) Sixteen Autograph Letters Signed.

1840 to 1870

 USD - Unknown
378 Smith (Goldwin) Eight Autograph Letters Signed.

1861 to 1895

 USD - Unknown
379 Smith (Richard). A Tour of Four Great Rivers. Edited by F. W. Halsey. New York, 1906. No. 12 of 780 ...

USD - Unknown
380 Smith (Rev. Sydney--Canon of St. Paul's) Autograph Letter Signed.

1841

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381 Smith (Rev. S. F.) Autograph Transcript of his famous Hymn, America. Written in ink on 2pp. 8vo, signed at end. With ...

USD - Unknown
382 Smith (Rev. S. F.) Autograph Transcript, Signed, of his famous hymn America.

USD - Unknown
383 Smithers (L. C.--Editor). The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour. London, 1893; Rump: or an Exact ...

USD - Unknown
384 Southey (Robert) Two Autograph Letters Signed.

1798 and 1834

 USD - Unknown
385 Southey (Robert) Autograph Letter Signed.

1806

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386 Southey (Robert) Two Autograph Letters Signed.

1829 and 1837

 USD - Unknown
387 Southey (Robert) Autograph Letter Signed.

1830

 USD - Unknown
388 Sparks (Jared--Celebrated American Historian, etc.) Seven Autograph Letters Signed.

1833 to 1886

 USD - Unknown
389 Spencer (Herbert) First Principles. London, 1862; An Autobiography. Illustrated. 2 vols. N. Y., 1904.

USD - Unknown
390 Spencer (Herbert) A Collection of Four Autograph Letters Signed.

USD - Unknown
391 Spencer (Herbert) A Collection of Ten Autograph Letters Signed.

USD - Unknown
392 Spenser Society Publications. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. 1874; Works of John Taylor. The ... [Manchester]

1874-1883

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393 Springer (John S.). Forest Life and Forest Trees. New York, 1851; Emerson (Edward W.). The Early ...

USD - Unknown
394 Stahle (Maj. William) The Description of the Borough of Reading. Reading

1841

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395 Stead (W. T.) Three Autograph Letters Signed, and One Letter Signed.

USD - Unknown
396 Stedman (Edmund C.) The Prince's Ball. N. Y., 1860. Inscribed by author; Poems. N. Y., 1860; Alice of Monmouth. N. Y ... Boston and New York

various dates

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397 Stedman (Edmund C.). The Blameless Prince. Boston, 1869. Autographed by author; Poetical Works ... Boston, etc.

various dates

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398 Stedman (Edmund C.) Hawthorne and other Poems. Boston, 1877; Victorian Poets. Boston, 1876; Poems. Now First Collection ... Boston

1876-1897

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399 Stedman (Edmund C.) Poems Now First Collected. Boston, 1897; Lyrics and Idylls with other Poems. Scarce. London, 1879 ... London and Boston

1879-1897

 USD - Unknown
400 [Stephen (Sir Leslie)] Sketches from Cambridge. London

1865

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