Parke Bernet: GENERAL LITERAUTE JOHN BASKERVILLE PUBLICATIONS LITERARY AND HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MSS, DOCUMENTS CORRECTED PROOFS, LOTTERY TICKETS. COLLECTED BY THE LATE REV. DR. HARRIS E. KIRK, BALTIMORE SOLD BY ORDER OF MRS. KIRK SELECTIONS FROM THE LIBARY OF , 1552,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 23, 1954 - November 23, 1954

Page Size: 874 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
601	ADAMS, J. Q.	A.L.s.	Washington	1806	USD -	Unknown
602		AGASSIZ, j. L. R., naturalist. A collection of A.Ls.s., comprising 10 pp., 4to and 12mo, dated 1837 ...			USD -	Unknown
603		AMERICAN AUTHORS. Signatures and autograph notes by Wm. Lloyd Garrison; W. C. Bryant; Nathaniel ...			USD -	Unknown
604		AMERICAN AUTHORS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., D.s., and cut-signatures by American Authors.			USD -	Unknown
605		AMERICAN AUTHORS. A collection of 38 A.L.s.; an L.s.; 11 manuscripts of poems, or quotations from ...			USD -	Unknown
606		AMERICAN AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., D.s., etc.			USD -	Unknown
607		AMERICAN BILLS. Group of 12 bills for merchandise, surveys, medical services, clothing, etc.	V.p.	1787-1842	USD -	Unknown
608		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. D.s. by Major Gen. Horatio Gates, 1 p., 4to, Providence, May 10, 1779; ordering ...			USD -	Unknown
609		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A.L.s. by Gen Henry Lee, 1 p., 4to, Phila., Oct. 22, 1802; with integral ...			USD -	Unknown
610	Gen. W. Heath	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A collection of 7 D.s., dated April 4, 1777-April 3, 1778.			USD -	Unknown
611		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A.L.s., L.s., and D.s. by British Officers.			USD -	Unknown
612	Gen. J. Sullivan	AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A collection of 10 D.s., dated Feb. 13, 1778-Jan. 10, 1779.			USD -	Unknown
613		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., and D.s. by officers who served in the American ...			USD -	Unknown
614		AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A collection of A.L.s., L.s. and D.s. by officers who served in the American ...			USD -	Unknown
615		AMERICAN STATESMEN, Etc. William J. Bryan, two L.s., Jan. 28, 1898 and Jan. 12, 1914; D.s., Feb. 12 ...			USD -	Unknown
616		AMERICAN STATESMEN. A collection of about 155 A.L.s., L.s., D.s., signatures on cards, etc., by ...			USD -	Unknown
617		AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., D.s., theatre programs, etc., mainly of American interest.			USD -	Unknown
618	BEARDSLEY, A.	A collection of 16 A.L.s., including three on cards, one signed with initials.			USD -	Unknown
619	BEARDSLEY, A.	Autograph Manuscript The Warning, With apologies to W. S. Gilbert and G. Grosmith, etc.			USD -	Unknown
620	[Dr. W. Eames]	[BEARDSLEY, A.] Autograph Manuscript Notes for a Bibliography of Aubrey Beardsley.			USD -	Unknown
621	BEARDSLEY, A.	A.L.s.	Menton	1898	USD -	Unknown
622	BEARDSLEY, A.	A.L.s. (voire ami Beale).			USD -	Unknown
623	BEARDSLEY, A.	A.L.s.			USD -	Unknown
624	BEARDSLEY, A.	Five A.L.s., two signed in full, one with initials, and two with undecipherable signatures.			USD -	Unknown
625	BEARDSLEY, A.	Six A.L.s., one on a card.			USD -	Unknown
626	BEARDSLEY, A.	A Series of 28 A.L.s., 7 with initials, 5 signed Aubrey, 6 signed A, and 1 Aubrey B, in all ...			USD -	Unknown
627		BOTANISTS. A collection A.Ls.s. by botanists, mostly American, of the 19th Century; several by some.			USD -	Unknown
627a	BUCHANAN, J. E.	Gibbon. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.	Philadelphia	1816	USD -	Unknown
628	BUCHANAN, T. E., Maryland Judge	A series of 18 A.L.s.			USD -	Unknown
629	BURR, AARON	A.L.s.	Paramus	1782	USD -	Unknown
630		CALIFORNIA. A collection of A.L.s. by James B. Abbott dated Aug. 13, 1854 to May 3, 1858, comprising ...			USD -	Unknown
631	CHURCHMAN, J.	The Magnetic Atlas, or Variation Charts of the Whole Terraqueous Globe; comprising a System of the ...	London	1804	USD -	Unknown
632		CIVIL WAR. Three A.Ls.s., and a D.s. by Henry A Wise (Gov. of Va., and General), comprising 10 pp ...			USD -	Unknown
633	CLEMENS, S.	L.-A.L.s. Clemens.	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
634		CONFEDERATE. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., D.s., signatures on cards, etc., by officers of the ...			USD -	Unknown
635		CONFEDERATE. A collection of A.L.s., L.s. D.s., paper currency, etc.			USD -	Unknown
636		CONFEDERATE. Two A.Ls.s. by Edmund Ruffin (who fired the first shot at Fort Sumter from Morris ...			USD -	Unknown
637		CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. A collection of 12 A.Ls.s. 3 A.D.s., 3 D.s., and Endorsement signed on a ...			USD -	Unknown
638	CORNWALLIS, CHARLES, EARL, British Commander in the American Revolution	A.L.s.	Culford	1782	USD -	Unknown
639		CORNWALLIS, CHARLES, EARL, British Commander in the American Revolution. A.L.s. Cornwallis, 1 p ...			USD -	Unknown
640	CRUIKSHANK, G.	A.L.s.		1834	USD -	Unknown
641	DAVIS, J.	A.L. 1 p., small 4to. Washington, Jany 10, 1861. Hon. W. S. Barry, Jackson, Miss. Dispatch received ...			USD -	Unknown
642	DAVIS, J.	Three A.L.s., L.s., and a signature; accompanied by two A.L.s. by Mrs. Davis.			USD -	Unknown
643	EDDY, M. B.	Last page of an A.L.s. Mary Baker Eddy.	Pleasant View	1905	USD -	Unknown
644	EINSTEIN, A.	A.L.s.	Berlin-Wilmersdorf	1920	USD -	Unknown
645		ENGLISH AUTHORS. A collection of 11 A.L.s., an L.s., and an envelope in autograph of C. Dickens with ...			USD -	Unknown
646		ENGLISH AUTOGRAPHS. A.L.s. by Agnes Strickland, marked Private and Confidential, 4pp., 8vo, Feb. 3 ...			USD -	Unknown
647		ENGLISH AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., D.s., signatures, etc., by English Kings and ...			USD -	Unknown
648		ENGLISH AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of A.L.s., D.s., etc., by members of the nobility, statesmen ...			USD -	Unknown
649		FILLMORE AND CABINET. Dated autograph signatures of Pres. Millard Fillmore and his Cabinet.	Washington	1853	USD -	Unknown
650		FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s, and D.s. by French, German, and other persons of ...			USD -	Unknown
651		FRENCH AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s, D.S., and signatures on cards.			USD -	Unknown
652	FULTON, R.	Original Sketch of Building for Rope Engine, by R. Fulton.			USD -	Unknown
653	FULTON, R.	A.L.s.		1798	USD -	Unknown
654	FULTON, R.	Ms.D.s, Robert Fulton.		1799	USD -	Unknown
655	FULTON, R.	A.L.s.		1800	USD -	Unknown
656	FULTON, R.	A.D.s.	New York	1812	USD -	Unknown
657	GATES, H., General in the American Revolution	Ms. D.s.		1783	USD -	Unknown
658	GREENE, N., Major General in American Revolution	Draft copy, A.L.s.	New York	1779	USD -	Unknown
659		HAMILTON and BURR. L.s. by Alexander Hamilton, 1 p., 4to, Treasury Dept., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1789; D.s ...			USD -	Unknown
660	HANCOCK, J. Signer of the Declaration of Independence	D.s.		1781	USD -	Unknown
661	HARRISON, B.	L.s.	Washington	1882	USD -	Unknown
662	HARRISON, W. H., President of the United States	A.L.s.			USD -	Unknown
663	HIRST, H. B.	Ms. of his poem The Burial of Eros. Comprises five stanzas.			USD -	Unknown
664	HOOVER, H.	5 L.s. H. C. Hoover.	London	1913	USD -	Unknown
665	HOOVER, H.	American Individualism.	Garden City	1922	USD -	Unknown
666		ILLINOIS and WISCONSIN. Two Mss. by Abraham Hanson: (1) Zion's Complaint and God's Answer ...			USD -	Unknown
667		IOWA. A.L.s. by Gov. John Chambers, 4 pp., 4to, Feb. 7, 1832; A.L.s. by Congressman Augustus Hall, 2 ...			USD -	Unknown
668	IZARD, R., Member of Continental Congress from South Carolina	A.L.s.	Philadelphia	1782	USD -	Unknown
669	JEFFERSON, T.	A.L.s., third person.		1793	USD -	Unknown
670	JEFFERSON, T.	A.D.s.	Washington	1802	USD -	Unknown
671	JOHNSON, A.	D.s.		1842	USD -	Unknown
672	JOYCE, J.	First Proof Sheets of his work Tales Told of Shem and Shaun.			USD -	Unknown
673	JOYCE, J.	Typewritten Contract between James Joyce and Harry and Caresse Crosby for publication of the three ...	Paris	1929	USD -	Unknown
674	[LADD, J.]	Manuscript entitled Some Remarks of God's Dealing with me, both in his Providence and by his Spirit ...			USD -	Unknown
675	[LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE]	Two A.L.s. by Griffith Evans, one of the Commissioners for a Treaty with the Indians of N. Y, (1) 1 ...			USD -	Unknown
676		LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE. A.L.s., 1 p., 4to, La Grange, Oct. 22, 1813. To David Parish, New York. With ...			USD -	Unknown
677	LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE.	L.s.	Paris	1831	USD -	Unknown
678	LAMB, C.	Autograph Manuscript Poem, unsigned, entitled: Clever Tom Clinch going to be hanged. 1727 ...			USD -	Unknown
679		LAND DEEDS. A collection of deeds for lands in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and New York ...			USD -	Unknown
680	LAURENS, H., president of the Continental Congress	A.L.s.	York Town	1778	USD -	Unknown
681	LAURENS, H., President of the Continental Congress	A.L.s.	Philadelphia	1778	USD -	Unknown
682	LAWRENCE, D. H.	5 A.L.s. (2 with initials).		1930	USD -	Unknown
683	LEE, R. E., General	A.L.s.	Arlington	1858	USD -	Unknown
684	LINCOLN, A.	D.s. Abraham Lincoln.	Washington	1863	USD -	Unknown
685		LOTTERY TICKETS. A collection of tickets for foreign lotteries, dated 1744-1935.			USD -	Unknown
686		LOTTERY TICKETS. A collection of tickets for lotteries held in various parts of the United States ...			USD -	Unknown
687		LOTTERY TICKETS. Two tickets for the United States Lottery . . .	[Philadelphia]	[1776]	USD -	Unknown
688	McCLELLAN, G. B, Civil War General	A.L.s.		1864	USD -	Unknown
689	McHENRY, J, Secretary of War and Aid to Washington	A.L.s., 1 p., Phila, Oct. 17, 1785.			USD -	Unknown
690	McHENRY, J.	A.L.s. (draft copy).		1798	USD -	Unknown
691	McKEAN, T., signer from Delaware	A.L.s.		1759	USD -	Unknown
692	MADISON, J.	A.L.s.	Washington	1804	USD -	Unknown
693		MANUSCRIPT SERMONS. Ms. sermon dated Sept. 25, 1774, and in pencil notation Dr. Parker's Sermon ...			USD -	Unknown
694	MARION, F., The Swamp Fox, American General	A.L.s.		1781	USD -	Unknown
695		MEDALS, CHURCH TOKENS, etc. A collection of bronze medals, tokens used in churches in Scotland, etc.			USD -	Unknown
696	MERRILL, G.	Manuscripts of 5 sermons by the Rev. Gyles Merrill of Plaistow, N. H, dated June 8, 1772; Apr. 18 ...			USD -	Unknown
697	MORRIS, R, Signer of the Declaration of Independence	A collection of 24 A.L.s.s, dated Feb. 1-May 21, 1798.		1798	USD -	Unknown
698		NATURALISTS. A collection of A.L.s. and L.s. by Naturalists, American and foreign. In all 14 pp ...			USD -	Unknown
699		NEW YORK. A collection of 11 A.L.s.s, 6 L.s, 1 A.D.s, 3 D.S., and 19 cut signatures.			USD -	Unknown

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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.

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