Merwin Clayton Sales Company: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTED BY THE LATE ROBERT BROWN SECRETARY OF YALE OBSERVATORY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. (WITH OTHER PROPERTIES) COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF CELEBRATED AMERICAN AND FOREIGN HISTORICAL, DRAMATIC, MUSICAL AND LITERARY PERSONAGES INCL, 462,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 13, 1912 - May 13, 1912

Page Size: 1327 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY--President U. S.)	Autograph Poem.	Washington	1839	USD -	8.50
2	ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY--President U. S.)	D. S.	Washington	1822	USD -	1.00
3	ADAMS (MOSES--Capt. Am. Rev.)	D. S.		1778	USD -	Unknown
4	AGASSIZ (LOUIS--Eminent Scientist)	Original Manuscript in pencil.		1861	USD -	1.25
5	AINSWORTH (W. HARRISON--Celebrated English Novelist)	Two-line quotation from Lord Byron.		1842	USD -	Unknown
6	ALLIBONE (S. AUSTIN--Author and Bibliophile)	A. L. S.		1862	USD -	1.00
7	ALSOP (JOHN--Memb. Continental Congress)	D. S.	New York	1804	USD -	Unknown
8	ALTHORP (LORD JOHN CHARLES SPENCER--First Lord of the Admiralty)	D. S.		1782	USD -	Unknown
9	AMBERLEY (VISCOUNT)	A. L. S.		1863	USD -	Unknown
10		AMERICAN AUTHORS. Autograph Signatures of Bayard Taylor, Ned Buntline, Gerald Massey, J. O ...			USD -	Unknown
11		AMERICAN FINANCIERS AND R.R. MAGNATES.			USD -	1.00
12		AMERICAN GENERALS, STATESMEN, Etc. Autograph signatures of: Lew Wallace, R. E. Fenton, Wm. A ...			USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICAN LAWYERS AND JURISTS. A N. S., J. B. McKean, 1817; A. L. S., John M. Scott, 1827; A.N.S ...			USD -	Unknown
14	Tryon (William--Colonial Governor of New York)	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Signals to be made from Norwich Hill, Suttons Hill and Flushing Heights, Queens ...			USD -	1.10
15		AMERICAN STATESMEN, SENATORS, Etc. A. S. of Thurlow Weed. Horace Greeley, Edward Payson Weston, Owen ...			USD -	2.00
16	AMHERST (GEN. WM)	Copy of a Letter, made by W. Richards.	Worcester	1779	USD -	Unknown
17	ARAGO (FRANCOIS--Celebrated French Astronomer)	D. S.		1840	USD -	Unknown
18	ARTHUR (CHESTER A.--President U.S.)	N. S.	New York	1880	USD -	7.00
19	ARTHUR (CHESTER A.--President U.S.)	D. S.	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
20	ARTHUR (T. S.--Author)	A. N. S.	Phila.	1866	USD -	Unknown
21	ASTOR (JOHN JACOB--Eminent Merchant)	A.L.S.	New York	1811	USD -	3.00
22	ATHERTON (GERTRUDE F.--American Author)	A. L. S.	New York	'89	USD -	Unknown
23	AUDUBON (M. R.--Granddaughter of J. J. Audubon)	Two A. L. S.			USD -	Unknown
24		AUTHORS. A. S., A. Allison; Wm. Godolphin; Mark Ridley; Princess Oldenberg; Elias Ashmole; Rev. E ...			USD -	Unknown
25		AUTHORS. Signatures of J. O. Halliwell, G. A. Sala, Charles Blanc, M. Faraday (with rare ...			USD -	Unknown
26		AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES. Alden Bradford; W. W. Astor; Thomas Talbot; Levi P. Morton; Nelly Bly, and ...			USD -	Unknown
27		AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES. Of Thomas Pitcairn, John Mackenzie, David Cooper, W. K. Tweedie, and others.			USD -	Unknown
28		AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES. Prince Esterhazy, L. Cherubini, De Musset, etc.			USD -	3.25
29		AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES. Senor Tejada, Pres. of Mexico; E. Ward; J. Swanwick; E. W. Dorsey; and others.			USD -	Unknown
30	BACHE (RICHARD--Appointed Postmaster-General U. S., 1776)	A. L. S.	Phila.	1776	USD -	1.35
31	BALL (ROBERT--Early Charlestown, S. C., Merchant)	A. L. S.	Charlestown	1736	USD -	Unknown
32	BANCROFT (EBENEZER--Major in Am. Revolu-Hon)	A. L. S.		1779	USD -	Unknown
33	BANCROFT (GEORGE--Eminent American Historian)	A. L. S.			USD -	1.00
34	BANCROFT (GEORGE--Eminent American Historian)	L. S.	Washington	1882	USD -	Unknown
35	BANCROFT (GEORGE--Eminent American Historian)	A. L. S.	Newport	1876	USD -	Unknown
36	BANKS (SIR JOSEPH--Eminent English Naturalist)	A. L., 3rd person.		1817	USD -	Unknown
37	BARBAULD (ANNA LAETITIA--English Writer)	A. L. S.	Newington	1814	USD -	1.10
38	BARCLAY (THOMAS--British Commissioner of Prisoners at N. Y. in War of 1812)	D. S.	New York	1813	USD -	Unknown
39	BARNUM (P. T.--Celebrated Showman)	A. L. S.	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
40	BARTHELEMY (AUGUSTE M.--French Satiric Poet)	L. S.	Paris	1843	USD -	Unknown
41	BEECHER (HENRY WARD--Eminent Divine)	A. L. S.	New York	1879	USD -	Unknown
42	BEECHER (HENRY WARD--Eminent Divine)	A. L. S. (in pencil).			USD -	Unknown
43	BELKNAP (WM. G.--Col. in Mexican War)	L. S.		1850	USD -	Unknown
44	BELLE-ISLE (CHARLES-LOUIS-AUGUSTE FAUQUET--Marshal of France)	N. S. (in French).		1744	USD -	Unknown
45	BENJAMIN (PARK--American Poet and Journalist)	A. L. S.		'43	USD -	Unknown
46	BENTON (THOMAS H.--American Statesman)	A. N. S.		1857	USD -	1.00
47	BERKELEY (JAMES, EARL OF--First Lord of the Admiralty and member of the Kit Kat Club)	D. S.		1714	USD -	Unknown
48	BERKELEY (JOHN, THIRD BARON BERKELEY OF STRATTON, 1663-97--Admiral)	L. S.		1696-97	USD -	Unknown
49	BERNAT (JULIE-- Mlle. Judith--French Actress)	A. L. S. (in French).			USD -	Unknown
50	BERNHARDT (SARAH--French Actress)	A. L. S.			USD -	2.00
51	BESANT (WALTER--English Author)	A. L. S.	London	1892	USD -	Unknown
52	BIDDLE (CHARLES)	D. S.	Phila.	1787	USD -	Unknown
53	BIDDLE (NICHOLAS--Eminent Financier)	Exchange Note on the Bank of the United States, 1838.			USD -	Unknown
54	BILDERDIJK (WILLIAM--Dutch Poet)	A. L. S.			USD -	Unknown
55	BIRON (ARMOND LOUIS DE GONTAUT, DUC DE LAZUN--Distinguished in the American Revolution)	L. S. (in French).		1776	USD -	Unknown
56	BLEECKER (NICOLAS--Early Fur Trader)	L. S.	Albany	1735	USD -	Unknown
57	BLESSINGTON (MARGARET, COUNTESS OF--Famous English Beauty and Authoress)	A. L. S.	Gore House	1845	USD -	1.50
58		BOBCOCK (MRS.); Miles Taylor; J. Mason; J. Dykes Campbell; Caroline Norton and others. Autograph ...			USD -	Unknown
59	BOLIVAR (Pres. Republic of Columbia, S. A.)	Autograph Signature.			USD -	1.00
60	BONHAM (B.--Gov. of the Colony of Surinam)	A. L. S.		1812	USD -	Unknown
61		BOSTON. D. S.			USD -	Unknown
62	BOTFIELD (BERIAH--English Antiquarian)	A. L. S.		1850	USD -	Unknown
63	BOUDINOT (ELIAS--Pres. Continental Congress, 1782)	A. L. S.	Burlington	1817	USD -	1.75
64	BOUDINOT (ELIAS--Pres. Continental Congress, 1782)	A. L. S.	Rosehill	1799	USD -	1.50
65	BOULANGER (GEN.--French Officer.)	A. L. S.	St.-Sauveur	1888	USD -	Unknown
66	BOWDOIN (JAMES--Famous Old Boston Merchant and Patriot)	L. S.	Boston	1735	USD -	Unknown
67	BOWDOIN (JAMES--Famous Old Boston Merchant and Patriot)	L. S.	Boston	1737	USD -	Unknown
68	BOWIE (ROBT.--Capt. in the Revolution and Gov. Md.)	D. S.	Annapolis	1812	USD -	Unknown
69		BOWNE (WALTER--Mayor of New York); Amos Kendall; Anna E. Dickinson (with portrait), etc.			USD -	Unknown
70	BOYLE (HENRY--Chancellor of the Exchequer, afterwards Lord Carleton)	D. S.		1700	USD -	Unknown
71	BOYESEN (HJALMAR HJORTH--Author)	Postal Card, addressed to William Carey.		'80	USD -	Unknown
72	BRACKENRIDGE (HUGH HENRY--Eminent American Jurist)	D. S.		1810	USD -	Unknown
73	BRADSHAW (E.--Secty. to Gov. Hopson of Louisbourg)	D. S.		1748	USD -	Unknown
74	BRANDENBURG (JOACHIM ERNEST OF--Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Margrave of Anspach)	L. S.	Anspach	1622	USD -	Unknown
75	BRAY (ANNA ELIZA--English Novelist, Married Charles Stothard, the Actor)	A. L. S.		1835	USD -	Unknown
76	BREESE (SAML. L.--Rear Admiral)	A. L. S.	Baltimore	1839	USD -	Unknown
77	BRIGHT (JOHN--Celebrated English Orator.)	L. S. 3d person.			USD -	Unknown
78	BROUGHAM (HENRY, LORD--English Author and Statesman)	A. L. (3d person).			USD -	Unknown
79	BRINKLEY (CAPT.--Author of Japan)	A.L.S.			USD -	Unknown
80		BRITISH PLANTATION IN AMERICA. D. S.	London	1735	USD -	Unknown
81		BROADSIDES. An Act for Raising 100,000 Pounds within the several Counties therein mentioned.		1784	USD -	25.00
82		BROADSIDES. An Elegy on the Death of Capt. Annanias Valentine, Thomas Pinkney, Isaac Elliot ...		1800	USD -	Unknown
83	BRODHEAD (J. Romeyn--Eminent Historian)	A. L. S.	Paris	1842	USD -	Unknown
84	BROKE (SIR PHILIP B. V.--British Admiral)	L. S.		1812	USD -	1.00
85	BROOKS (JOHN--Gov. of Mass.)	D. S.		1818	USD -	Unknown
86	BROUNCKER (WILLIAM, VISCOUNT--Distinguished Mathematician, Chancellor of Queen)	D. S.			USD -	Unknown
87	BROWNE (HOLLY LEE)	Manuscript Poem To my Mother.			USD -	Unknown
88	BROWNE (ISAAC HAWKINS--English Poet)	A. L. S.		1808	USD -	Unknown
89	BROWNING (ROBERT--English Author)	A. L. S.		'74	USD -	7.50
90	BROWNING (ROBERT--English Author)	Address in Browning's own hand, on printed slip June 24 (1887), Robert Browning, 29, De Veu Gardens ...			USD -	Unknown
91		BRYANT(JACOB--Authorof Ancient Mythology), A. L. (3d person), 1 p. 4to, April, 1793, to Mr. Cadel ...			USD -	Unknown
92	BRYANT (JOHN HOWARD--American Poet)	Autograph signature on printed slip containing two of his poems.			USD -	Unknown
93	BRYANT (W. C.--American Poet)	A. L. S.			USD -	2.25
94	BRYANT (W. C.--American Poet)	A. L. S.	New York	1871	USD -	2.25
95	BUCHANAN (JAMES--Pres. U. S.)	L. S.	Wash	1858	USD -	8.00
96	BUELL (GEN. D. C--Brig.-Gen. Civil War)	Portion of D. S.	Louisville	1862	USD -	Unknown
97	BULLER (CHARLES, JR.)	A. N. S., 1840, another 1843.			USD -	Unknown
98	BULLER (SIR FRANCIS--Judge of Chester Circuit and King's Bench)	Autograph Signature to portion of document.		1794	USD -	Unknown
99	BULLOCH (REV. CHAS.--English Author)	A. L. S.			USD -	Unknown
100	BULWER (EDWARD, LORD LYTTON--English Author)	A. L. S.	Ventnor	1861	USD -	2.00

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December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.