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
401 HIGGINSON (THOMAS W.--American Author) D. S., p. folio. Confidential Circular in regard to the organization of the American Author's ...

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402 HILL (DANIEL H.--Mexican War and Confederacy) A. N. S. Milledgeville, Ga.

1887

 USD - Unknown
403 HILL (B. H.--Mayor of Louisville) Copy of A.L.S. Cincinnati

1864

 USD - 4.25
404 HILL (GEN.-LORD--Peninsular Gen. under Wellington) A. L. (3rd person).

1845

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405 HOFFMAN (MICHAEL--Naval Officer of the Port of New York) A. L. S.

1841

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406 HOFLAND (BARBARA--English Writer) A.L.S.

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407 HOLLAND (HENRY R. V. FOX, LORD--Statesman and Author) A. L. S.

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408 HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL) A. L. S. Pittsfield

1849

 USD - 6.50
409 HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL) A. L. S. Boston

1854

 USD - 2.25
410 HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL) A. N. S. Boston

1859

 USD - 1.20
411 HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL) A. L. S. Boston

1880

 USD - 1.50
412 HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL) A. L. S. Boston

1882

 USD - 8.50
413 HOLMES (OLIVER WENDELL) A. L. S. Boston

1889

 USD - 5.00
414 HONE (WILLIAM--English Writer) A.L.S.

1816

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415 HOOD (ALEXANDER-- Viscount Bridporl) L. S. Torby

1793

 USD - 1.00
416 HOOD (SAMUEL LORD--Admiral of the Red) D. S.

1793

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417 HOOK (SIR THOMAS--Brother to Alexander Hood) A. D. S. Jamaica

1791

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418 HOOK (THEODORE E.--Composer and Author) A. N. S.

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419 HOOK (THEODORE E.--Composer and Author) A. L. S.

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420 HOOPER (ROBT. LETTIS) A. N. S.

1773

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421 HOTHAM (HENRY--Commodore, with British, Navy at N. Y. in Revolution and War in 1812) L. S.

1814

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422 HOTHAM (H.--English Vice-Admiral, received Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon) D. S., on parchment. London

1820

 USD - 1.00
423 HOWE (RICHARD, EARL--Admiral of the British Navy) D. S.

1757

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424 HOWE (SIR WILLIAM--General, Commanding British Army in America, 1775-1778) D. S.

1775

 USD - 3.30
425 HOWITT (MARY--Authoress) A. S.

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426 HOWITT (MARY--Authoress) A. L. S. Thorpe

1860

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427 HOWITT (WILLIAM--Eminent English Author) 1 p. MS. (p. 26), of his Visit to Remarkable Places.

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428 HUBLEY (ADAM--Col. in Sullivan's Expedition Against the Indians) L. S. Phila.

1772

 USD - 1.00
429 HUE (FRANCOIS--Valet to Louis XVIth, and author of Last Years of Louis XVIth) Receipt signed. 1810.

1810

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430 HUGO (VICTOR--French Author) A. N. S., in the third person.

USD - 1.60
431 HUGO (VICTOR--French Author) A. N. S.

USD - 2.20
432 HULL (WILLIAM--Lt.-Col. in Continental Army) A. L. S.

1784

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433 HUMBOLDT, 3 lines of autograph inscription on portrait; Thomas B. Macaulay; B. F. Wade; Anson ...

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434 HUNTER (DAVID--Federal Gen.) D. S. New York

1855

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435 HUNTER (LIEUT.-GEN.) D. S. Quebec

1802

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436 HUNTINGTON (SAMUEL--Gov. of Conn.) D. S.

1773

 USD - 1.30
437 HUTTON (CATHERINE--Novelist) A. N. S.

1844

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438 HUXLEY (T. H.--Eminent English Physiologist) A. L. S., Oct. 9, 1862; A. L. S., April 9, 1876, 3 pp. To Mr. White.

USD - 2.10
439 HYMERS (J.--Eminent Mathematician) A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo. April 9, 1849, to Dawson Turner, in regard to candidate for examination; A. L. S ...

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440 IMBODEN (J. D.--Confederate Brig.-Gen.) A. L. S. Damascus

1892

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441 INGALLS (JOHN J.--Made Vice-Pres. when Garfield was shot) A. N. S. Senate Chamber

1876

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442 INGALLS (RUFUS.--Fed. Gen.) Portion of D. S. Army of the Potomac.

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443 INGELOW (JEAN--English Poet) Original Manuscript Poem, from Light and Shade.

USD - 4.50
444 IRVINE (JAMES--V. P. of Penn., American Patriot, Served with Bouquet) D. S. Phila.

1874

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445 IRVING (HENRY--Noted Actor) Photograph, with autograph signature.

USD - 2.40
446 IRVING (WASHINGTON) A. N. S. Greenburgh

1839

 USD - 7.00
447 IRVING (WASHINGTON) A. N. S. Sunnyside

1851

 USD - 8.50
448 IRVING (WASHINGTON) A. N. S.

USD - 7.50
449 ISABELLA II OF SPAIN D. S. Madrid

1855

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450 JACKSON (ANDREW--7th President of the U. S.) A.L.S. Washington

1831

 USD - 28.00
451 JACKSON (A.) D. S.

1812

 USD - 1.25
452 JACKSON (A.) D. S.

1813

 USD - 2.00
453 JACKSON (A.) D. S. Nashville

1820

 USD - 1.00
454 JACKSON (A.) A. L. Hermitage

1820

 USD - 2.50
455 JACKSON (A.) A. L. S.

1827

 USD - 11.00
456 JACKSON (A.) Signature on Check.

1833

 USD - 1.25
457 JACKSON (A.) Last portion of A. L. S.

USD - 4.00
458 JACKSON (LIEUT.-GEN. RICHARD--Comder. of Forces in Canada) D. S.

1815

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459 JAMES (G. P. R.--Popular Author) A. L. S. Kent.

1844

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460 JAMES (HENRY-- Celebrated Author) A. L. S. Rome

1907

 USD - 1.35
461 JAY (JOHN--American Statesman) N. S.

1790

 USD - 1.10
462 JEFFERSON (THOMAS--President U. S.) D. S. New York

1804

 USD - 1.60
463 JEFFERSON (THOMAS--President U. S.) D. S.

1807

 USD - 2.10
464 JEFFERSON (THOMAS--President U. S.) A. L. S. Monticello

1825

 USD - 15.50
465 JEFFREY (LORD FRANCIS--Scottish Critic and Essayist) A. L. S.

1844

 USD - 6.00
466 JENKINS (THORNTON A.--Rear Admiral) A. N. S. Washington

1865

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467 JERROLD (W. BLANCHARD--English Editor and Author) A. L. S. Paris

1855

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468 JERVIS (SIR JOHN--EARL ST. VINCENT-- Admiral) Front of an Envelope, addressed in his autograph to Rear Admiral Nelson, Theseus, marked Private ...

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469 JOHNSON (ANDREW--V. P., U. S.) Portion of D. S. Washington, March 10, 1866. Washington

1866

 USD - 1.10
470 JOHNSON (COL. GUY--Nephew of Sir William; married his daughter) D. S. Montreal

1785

 USD - 4.25
471 JOHNSON (RICHARD M.--V. P., U. S, killed the Indian Chief Tecumseh) A. L. S.

1835

 USD - 1.00
472 JOHNSON (RICHARD M.--V. P., U. S, killed the Indian Chief Tecumseh) 2 A. L. S.

1839

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473 JOHNSTONE (WM.--Capt. of the Royal Regt. of Artillery) D. S. Florida

1772

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474 JULLIEN (LOUIS--Popular French Composer) A. L. S. (in French). Brighton

1894

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475 KEITH (VISCOUNT G. H. E.--Famous English Admiral) D. S.

1801

 USD - 10.00
476 KEITH (SIR ROBERT MURRAY--Eminent English Diplomatist) D. S. Whitehall

1788

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477 KEMBLE (JOHN M.--Historian, son of Chas. Kemble) A. L. S. Chapelfields

1843

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478 KEMPT (SIR JAMES--Gov. of Canada) D. S. Quebec

1828

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479 KENDALL (AMOS--Journalist and Postmaster General) A. L. S.

1830

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480 KENNEDY (JOHN P.--Secretary of the Navy) A. N. S.

1845

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481 KENNEDY (JOHN P.--American Author) A. N. S. Baltimore

1851

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482 KENT (EDWARD A.--Duke of Kent) D. S. Halifax

1800

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483 KENT (JAMES--Chancellor of New York) D. S.

1802

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484 KEPPEL (GEORGE--English Admiral in Command at Martinique) L. S. Martinico

1801

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485 KIMBERLEY JOHN, EARL OF) D. S. London

1894

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486 KING (HORATIO--Eminent Lawyer) A. N. S.

1868

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487 KING (JOHN--Secy, of State under George III) D. S. Westminster

1802

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488 KING (PRESTON); Josiah Quincy, Anna E. Dickinson, Theodore Sedgwick, B. J. Lossing, and others.

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489 KING (RUFUS--Vice-Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S.

1816

 USD - 2.00
490 KINGLAKE (A. W.--English Historian) A. N. S.

1865

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491 KINGLAKE (A. W.--English Historian) A. N. S.

1871

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492 KISSAM (JOHN--Major in British Army) A.L.S. Wethersfield

[17]'81

 USD - 1.00
493 KISSAM (BENJAMIN--Early N. Y. Physician) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
494 KOSSUTH (LOUIS--Hungarian Patriot) Autograph Signature, certified to by former owner.

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495 LACEPEDE (BERNARD GERMAIN ETRENNE DE LA VILLE--Eminent French Naturalist) A. L. S. (in French).

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496 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE--Gen. in Revolution, and Marshal of France) A. L. S. Lagrange

1804

 USD - 7.00
497 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE--Gen. in Revolution, and Marshal of France) Same to same. A. L. S. Lagrange

1806

 USD - 6.25
498 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE--Gen. in Revolution, and Marshal of France) N. S. Paris

1829

 USD - Unknown
499 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE--Gen. in Revolution, and Marshal of France) L. S. La Grange

1832

 USD - 1.50
500 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE--Gen. in Revolution, and Marshal of France) L. S., with two lines in his autograph at bottom.

USD - 1.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <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. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <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>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.