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
501 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE--Gen. in Revolution, and Marshal of France) Fine Bronze Medal, struck upon the retirement of Lafayette from the Chamber of Deputies.

USD - 5.75
502 LAFAYETTE (GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON--son of the Marquis) A. L. S. (in French). Paris

1834

 USD - Unknown
503 LAFAYETTE (GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON--son of the Marquis) C. Morris, in Command at Brandy wine; James Brooks; W. Lewis, builder of lighthouses; Horace Maynard ...

USD - Unknown
504 LAFOREY (SIR JOHN--Celebrated English Admiral) D. S. Martinico

1796

 USD - Unknown
505 LA HARPE (JEAN FRANCOIS DE--Celebrated French Critic and Dramatist) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
506 LAMARTINE (ALPHONSE DE--Noted French Poet and Historian) A. L. (3rd person, in French).

1821

 USD - Unknown
507 LAMB (CAROLINE--English Authoress) A.L.S.

USD - Unknown
508 LANDON (LETITIA E.--Popular English Poetess) Autograph Quotation, Gifts are the Beads of Memory,.

USD - Unknown
509 LANGHORNE (JOHN--English Rear Admiral) L. S. Malta

1813

 USD - Unknown
510 LATHROP (G. P.--American Author) A. L. S. New London

'92.

 USD - Unknown
511 LAURENS (HENRY--President of the Old Congress) A. L. S. Charlestown

1767

 USD - 5.75
512 LAWRENCE (MELANCTHON) A. L. S. Martin County

[17]'85

 USD - Unknown
513 LAYA (LEON--French Dramatist) A. L. S. (in French). Paris

1851

 USD - Unknown
514 LAYARD (AUSTEN H.--Eminent Orientalist) A. L. S.

1854

 USD - Unknown
515 LEADER (V. D.--Author of the Life of Mary Queen of Scots) A. L. S. Sheffield

1880

 USD - Unknown
516 LEE (HENRY--Light Horse Harry) D. S.

1798

 USD - Unknown
517 LEAR (TOBIAS--Secy. to Gen. Washington) A. L. S.

1812

 USD - Unknown
518 LEAS (WM.--TO THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY, Phila.) L. S. York Town

1776

 USD - 3.00
519 LEDRU-ROLLIN (ALEX. AUGUST--Distinguished French Socialist) N. S. (in French). Paris

1839

 USD - Unknown
520 LEE (EZRA--Lieut, in Washington's Army) A. L. S. Lyme (Conn)

1815

 USD - 1.00
521 LESSART (A. DE VALDEC DE--French Minister of the Interior, 1791, guillotined in 1792) L. S. Paris

1791

 USD - Unknown
522 LESSEPS (FERDINAND--French Diplomatist, superintended the Construction of the Suez Canal) A. L. S. (in French). Cairo

1871

 USD - 1.00
523 LETCHER (JOHN--War Gov. of Va.) A. L. S. Lexington

1867

 USD - Unknown
524 LEVISON GOWER (JOHN) Colonel of the 10th Regiment. Power of attorney, signed.

1803

 USD - Unknown
525 LEWIS (MORGAN--Col. in Rev., Maj.-Gen. in War of 1812) A. L. S. Staatsburgh

1808

 USD - 2.25
526 LEWIS (M. G.--Author of The Monk) Original Manuscript Poem. Bill Jones, a Tale of wonder, founded on fact.

USD - 3.25
527 LICHFIELD (LORD) D. S.

1682

 USD - Unknown
528 LINCOLN (ABRAHAM) Petition to President Lincoln regarding the appointment of Cyrus Aldrich, U. S. Marshal.

1865

 USD - Unknown
529 LINCOLN (ABRAHAM) Bronze Oval Medal, in commemoration of Lincoln's Death, his head in high relief on the obverse.

1865

 USD - Unknown
530 Corbett (J. H.--Boston Corbett) LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S. Boston

1858

 USD - Unknown
531 LINCOLN (ABRAHAM) A. L. S. Boston

1858

 USD - 9.00
532 LINCOLN (BENJ.--Gen. in American Revolution) A. L. S. Boston

1785

 USD - 2.50
533 LINCOLN (BENJ.--Gen. in American Revolution) D. S. Boston

1805

 USD - Unknown
534 LITERARY. A. N. S., Celia Thaxter, 1883; Cabinet photograph, with autograph inscription, John Vance ...

USD - Unknown
535 LITERARY SIGNATURES, with Specimens of, Handwriting. Alfred de Musset, Benson J. Lossing, O. W ...

USD - 1.50
536 LITERARY SIGNATURES, Ouida, Alf. de Musset, Charles Blanc and others. Autograph signatures with ...

USD - Unknown
537 LIVINGSTON (PH., Jr.) Signature to Affidavit. Feb. 1, 1777.

1777

 USD - Unknown
538 LIVINGSTONE (EDWARD--Jackson's Secretary of State) A. L. S. Paris

1834

 USD - Unknown
539 LIVRON (FRENCH LIEUT.-GEN.--Capt. of the Guards) A.L.S. (in French). Parme

1816

 USD - Unknown
540 LOCKHART (J. G.--Biographer of Sir Walter Scott) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
541 LOGAN (JOHN A.--Fed. Gen.) A. L. S. (pencil).

1881

 USD - 1.00
542 LONGFELLOW (HENRY WADSWORTH--American Poet) Autograph Stanza from The Day is Done, Dated November, 1851.

1851

 USD - 5.00
543 LONGFELLOW (HENRY WADSWORTH--American Poet) A. L. S. Rowsley

1868

 USD - 10.00
544 LONG ISLAND. Copy of agreement made the 14th February, 1784, by John Kissam, Edward Thorne, John ...

USD - Unknown
545 LONGSTREET (GEN. JAMES); Henry A. Wise; Gen. Mahone; Gen. R. W. Johnson; J. D. Imboden, Con. Gen ...

USD - Unknown
546 LORING (GEORGE BAILEY--Agriculturist) A. L. S. Chelsea

1849

 USD - Unknown
547 LORING (JOSHUA--British Commissary of Prisoners) D. S.

1781

 USD - Unknown
548 LOSSING (BENSON J.--Am. Historian) A.L.S. Poughkeepsie

1855

 USD - Unknown
549 LOSSING (BENSON J.--Am. Historian) A. L. S. Dover Plains

1887

 USD - Unknown
550 LOUIS XIV, of France D. S.

1665

 USD - 2.00
551 LOUIS XIV, of France D. S.

1690

 USD - 2.50
552 LOUIS XV, of France D. S. Versailles

1773

 USD - 1.75
553 LOUIS XVI, of France D. S.

1789

 USD - 4.75
554 LOUIS PHILIPPE (The Citizen King) N. S.

1840

 USD - Unknown
555 LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH, DUC D'ORLEANS (Philippe Egalite) D. S. Paris

1791

 USD - Unknown
556 LOVER (SAMUEL--Irish Poet and Novelist) A. L. S. London

'45

 USD - 3.00
557 McCARTHY (JUSTIN--Author) A. L. S.

'67

 USD - Unknown
558 MCCARTHY (JUSTIN--Historian) A. L. S. New York

1868

 USD - Unknown
559 MCCARTHY (JUSTIN--Irish Author) Autograph signature.

USD - Unknown
560 MCCULLOCH (HUGH--Secy, of Treasury, U. S.) L. S.

1867

 USD - Unknown
561 MacKEAN (THOMAS--Signer) D. S. Phila.

1784

 USD - 1.25
562 MacKEAN (THOMAS--Signer) D. S. Lancaster (Pennsylvania)

1805

 USD - 1.00
563 MCKINLEY (WM.-Pres. U. S.) A. N. S. Washington

1880

 USD - 4.50
564 MACKAY (CHARLES--Scottish Author and Poet) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
565 McLANE (LOUIS--Secty. of the Treasury) L. S.

1832

 USD - Unknown
566 McLEAN (FRANCIS--Brig. - Gen. of Nova Scotia) D. S. Halifax

1780

 USD - Unknown
567 McLEAN (JOHN--American Statesman and Jurist) A. L. S. Washington

1826

 USD - Unknown
568 McMAHON (M. T.--Fed. Gen.) Endorsement signed, Hqs.

1863

 USD - 1.50
569 McMANUS (SEUMAS) Original Manuscript. Shusie's Letter.

USD - 5.00
570 McMURDO (GENL.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
571 MACULLAGH (ALEX.--Clerk of the Council of West Florida) D. S. Pensacola

1776

 USD - Unknown
572 MADEN (MARTIN--Eminent English Clergyman, Author of Thelyptithora) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
573 MADISON (DOLLY--Wife of James Madison) A. N. S.

USD - 1.50
574 MADISON (JAMES--President of the U. S.) D.S.

1799

 USD - 3.50
575 MADISON (JAMES--President of the U. S.) D. S. New York

1804

 USD - Unknown
576 MADISON (JAMES) D. S. New York

1815

 USD - 1.25
577 MADISON (JAMES) A. N. S. Montpellier

1827

 USD - Unknown
578 MALTE-BRUN (CONRAD--Celebrated Danish Geographer) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
579 MANSFIELD (SIR JAMES--Chief Justice of England) D. S.

USD - 2.50
580 MANTELL (R. B.--Actor) A. L. S. Brooklyn

1902

 USD - Unknown
581 MAP. Boston, Mass. Plan of the Town and Chart of the Harbour of Boston.

1775

 USD - Unknown
582 MAP. A Map of the Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America. London

1795

 USD - Unknown
583 MAP. Plan of the Battle Fought near Camden, August 16, 1780.

USD - Unknown
584 MAP. Eye Sketch of the Falls of Niagara, Neele, sc., 1798; New Map of Canada, from the Sr. Robert ...

USD - Unknown
585 MAP. California. A Map of the Internal Provinces of New Spain.

USD - Unknown
586 MARCY (W. L.--Sectij. of War and Gov. of New York) A. L. S.

1849

 USD - Unknown
587 MARSHALL (JOHN--Chief Justice of the U. S.) A. L. S.

(1835)

 USD - 5.25
588 MARTINEAU (HARRIET--English Authoress) A. S. L.

USD - Unknown
589 MARYLAND. D. S., 1806.

1806

 USD - Unknown
590 MASON (CAPT. JOHN--Officer of the Revolution) A. L. S. George Town

1809

 USD - Unknown
591 MASON (JOHN YOUNG--Tyler's Secty. of the Navy) D. S. Washington

1848

 USD - Unknown
592 MATHEWS (CHARLES--Celebrated English Comedian) A. S. L.

1805

 USD - Unknown
593 MATTHIAS OF GERMANY (Archduke of Austria) L. S.

1578

 USD - 1.80
594 MATTHEWS (BRANDER--Author) A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo. Relative to a vol. of Essays; Bishop Kelle; Letter to Andrew Jackson by Henry ...

USD - Unknown
595 MATTHEWS (STANLEY--U. S. Senator--Associate Justice U. S. Supreme Court) A. L. S. Cincinnati

1879

 USD - Unknown
596 MAY (PHIL--Caricaturist) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
597 MAXIMILIAN II (JOSEPH--King of Bavaria) L. S. Munich

1808

 USD - 1.00
598 MEADE (GEORGE G.--Major-General); O. O. Howard; J. H. Wilson; Rob. Schenck; John A. Dix; G. H ...

USD - Unknown
599 MEASE (JOHN--American Soldier in the Revolution) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
600 MELMOTH (WILLIAM--Eminent English Lawyer) D. S.

1720

 USD - Unknown
  • <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>
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    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.
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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
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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.
    Sotheby’s
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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.