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
700		ORNITHOLOGISTS. Four A.L.s. and three L.s. by Spencer F. Baird, in all 7 pp., 1861-1882; A.L.s. by ...			USD -	Unknown
701		PENNSYLVANIA. A collection of letters of Pennsylvania interest.			USD -	Unknown
702		PENNSYLVANIA. A collection of letters of Pennsylvania interest.			USD -	Unknown
703		PENNSYLVANIA. J. Nicholson, Comptroller of Pennsylvania. A.L.s., 1 p., 4to, Sept. 18, 1798. To H ...			USD -	Unknown
704		PENNSYLVANIA and WILLIAM H. HARRISON. A series of 11 A.L.s., L.s., and petitions addressed to ...	V.p.	1841	USD -	Unknown
705	PIERCE, F., President of the United States	Autograph Endorsement (eleven lines) signed with initials, [Jan. 21, 1857].		1857	USD -	Unknown
706		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Autograph of five Presidents of the United States, with one ...			USD -	Unknown
707		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of A.L.s., E.s, L.s, and D.s. by Presidents of the ...			USD -	Unknown
708		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of documents signed by the Presidents of the United ...			USD -	Unknown
709		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of autograph signatures, (some cut from letters or ...			USD -	Unknown
710		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of L.s. and D.s. by Presidents of the United States ...			USD -	Unknown
711		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Autographs of twenty Presidents of the United States, as described ...			USD -	Unknown
712		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., and D.s. by Presidents of the United ...			USD -	Unknown
713		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of signatures of the Presidents of the United States ...			USD -	Unknown
714		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.			USD -	Unknown
715		PRESIDENTS' WIVES. A collection of covers and envelopes franked in the autograph of the wives of ...			USD -	Unknown
716		QUAKER MANUSCRIPT. Manuscript Journal kept by Abraham Russell of A Journey Eastward with Jonathan ...			USD -	Unknown
717	RICHARD II, KING OF ENGLAND	Document in Latin attributed to the reign of Richard II. 1384?			USD -	Unknown
718	ROOSEVELT, F. D.	L.s, Oct. 30, 1928; to Russell H. Millward, stating he is sending him his photograph; Photograph of ...			USD -	Unknown
719	[RUSH, B.]	Two D.s. by Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, on Vellum, dated Apr. 24 and 27, 1795.		1795	USD -	Unknown
720	H. P. Wingate	SACRAMENTO (GAL.) FLOOD. A.L.s. (initials), with postscript, signed.	Sacramento	1852	USD -	Unknown
721		SCIENTISTS, GEOLOGISTS, etc. A collection of letters by geologists, statisticians, mineralogists ...			USD -	Unknown
722		SCIENTISTS, etc. A collection of letters by physicians, physicists, geologists, mathematicians, etc ...			USD -	Unknown
723	SCOTT, W.	6 A.L.s. 8vo and 4to; L.s. 1 p., 8vo. V.p., 1822-1865.			USD -	Unknown
724	SHAKESPEARE, W.	Manuscript entitled Slwkespeare.			USD -	Unknown
725	[SHAKESPEARE, W.]	A collection of 15 A.L.s., and A.D.s., and a D.s. by Edmund Malone, Editor of Shakespeare's works ...			USD -	Unknown
726	[SHAKESPEARE, W.]	A collection of 37 A.L.s. by Joseph Ritson, English antiquary and author.			USD -	Unknown
727	SHIPPEN, J. (1732-1810), Colonel in the French and Indian War, son of Edward Shippen of Lancaster	Autograph Manuscript Diary.			USD -	Unknown
728		SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Endorsement signed, cut from a document, 1 p., obl ...			USD -	Unknown
729		SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A collection of A.L.s., D.S., cut signatures, by Signers ...			USD -	Unknown
730		SLAVE BILL AND EMANCIPATION DOCUMENT FOR THE SAME SLAVE. D.s. by Benj. Boardman, Dec. 10, 1773 ...			USD -	Unknown
731		SOUTH CAROLINA. The Address of the People of South Carolina Assembled in Convention . . . Charleston ...	Charleston	1860, and [1937]	USD -	Unknown
732		SOUTH CAROLINA. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., and D.s. by Colonial and State Governors of South ...			USD -	Unknown
733		SOUTH CAROLINA. A collection of A.L.s., and D.s. by prominent persons of South Carolina, mostly ...			USD -	Unknown
734	SUMTER, T., General in American Revolution	A.L.s.		1781	USD -	Unknown
735	TAFT, W. H.	L.s.	Ohio	1908	USD -	Unknown
736	TAYLOR, Z, President of the U. S. and Army General	A.L.s.		1848	USD -	Unknown
737	TERHUNE, M. V. H.	A.Ms.s, with pseudonym Marion Harland', entitled Girls and Slang.			USD -	Unknown
738		TRUMBULL, J, Patriot and Colonial Governor of Connecticut. A.L.s., 1 p., folio, Lebanon, Dec. 16 ...			USD -	Unknown
739		UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICERS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s, D.S., cut signatures, etc.			USD -	Unknown
740		UNITED STATES NAVAL OFFICERS. A collection of A.L.s., L.s, and D.s.			USD -	Unknown
741	WASHINGTON, B, nephew of George Washington	A.L.s.	Richmond	1797	USD -	Unknown
742	[WASHINGTON, G.]	A collection of twenty-three surveying orders, all signed by G. W. Fairfax or William Fairfax, 1750- ...			USD -	Unknown
743	WASHINGTON, G.	L.s.	Morristown	1777	USD -	Unknown
744	[WASHINGTON, G.]	A.L.s. by Col. John Laurens, N.p., n.d. [Oct. 1778.] To Colonel Bowen; D.s. by Col. Benjamin Walker ...			USD -	Unknown
745	WASHINGTON, G.	D.s.		1781	USD -	Unknown
746	WASHINGTON, G.	A.L.s.	New York	1781	USD -	Unknown
747	WASHINGTON, G.	Endorsement, comprising eight lines, signed.	Newburg	1782	USD -	Unknown
748	WASHINGTON, G.	D.S.		1783	USD -	Unknown
749	WASHINGTON, G.	D.S.		1784	USD -	Unknown
750	WASHINGTON, G.	A.D.s.	Mount Vernon	1789	USD -	Unknown
751	WASHINGTON, G.	Autograph Note.		1792	USD -	Unknown
752		WESTERN LANDS. L.s. by John Baynton, 3 pp, folio, Phila, June 22, 1771. To George Croghan ...			USD -	Unknown
753	WHITMAN, W.	A.L.S.	Camden	1882	USD -	Unknown
754	[WHITMAN, W.]	A.L.s. by A. C. Swinburne.		London	USD -	Unknown
755	[WILDE, O.]	A collection of about 95 A.L.s. V.p., v.d. To Oscar Wilde.			USD -	Unknown
756	F. Douce	[SHAKESPEARE, W.] Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations.	London	1807	USD -	Unknown
757	SHAKESPEARE, W.	Dramatic Works . . . with Notes . . . by S. W. Singer.	Chiswick	1826	USD -	Unknown
758		SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, & TRAGEDIES . . . containing a Census of Extant Copies (Lee ...			USD -	Unknown
759	W. Scott	[SHELLEY, P. B.] Works.	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
760	SHELLEY, P. B.	Poetical Works.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
761	SHERIDAN, R. B.	Pizarro; a Tragedy.	London	1799	USD -	Unknown
762	SHIRLEY, J.	The Example. As it was Presented by her Majesties Servants at the private House in Drury-Lane.	London	1637	USD -	Unknown
763		SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD (Wells), N. Y, 1922; A History of the American Field Service in France ...			USD -	Unknown
764	G. Tachard	SIAM. Voyage de Siam, des Pere Jesuites envoyez par le Roy aux Indes & a la Chine. 1686; Second ...	Paris	1686-89	USD -	Unknown
765	A. Salmony	SIAMESE ART. Sculpture in Siam.	London	1925	USD -	Unknown
766	E. A. Jones	SILVER. The Old Silver of American Churches.	Letchworth	1913	USD -	Unknown
767		SLAVERY BROADSIDE. $100 Reward! I will give the above Reward to any person who will apprehend and ...			USD -	Unknown
768	[SMOLLETT, T.]	The Regicide: or, James the First, of Scotland. A Tragedy.	London	1749	USD -	Unknown
769	SMOLLETT, T.	Works. Ed. by G. Saintsbury.	London	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
770		SOME CHINESE GHOSTS (Hearn), Boston, 1887; The Silverado Squatters (Stevenson), Lond., 1883; later ...			USD -	Unknown
771	SPENSER, E.	The Faerie Queene.	Cambridge	1909	USD -	Unknown
772		STANDARD SETS. Complete Works (Fielding), 16 vols., N. Y., n.d., Limited Edition; Novels (Lever), 39 ...			USD -	Unknown
773		STANDARD SETS. Works (Dickens), 27 vols., Bost., 1868; Works (Irving), 26 vols., N. Y., 1869; Works ...			USD -	Unknown
774	STEPHEN, L.	Studies of a Biographer, 4 vols., 1898; Hours in a Library, 3 vols., 1892.	London	1892-98	USD -	Unknown
775	STERNE, L.	The Works of Laurence Sterne, A.M. . . . with the Life of the Author.	London Printed: Philadelphia, Re-printed	1774	USD -	Unknown
776	STERNE, L.	Works.	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
777	STEVENSON, R. L.	The Master of Ballantrae.	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
778	STORER, J. and H. S.	Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity.	Edinburgh	1820	USD -	Unknown
779	A. E. Bray	[STOTHARD, T.] Life of Thomas Stothard.	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
780		STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS. Lucan. Pharsalia, Cum Notis Hugonis Gretii et Richardi Bentleii.	Strawberry-Hill	1760	USD -	Unknown
781	SWIFT, J.	Works . . . Corrected and Revised by J. Nichols.	London	1801	USD -	Unknown
782	SWINBURNE, A. C.	Poems and Ballads.	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
783	SWINBURNE, A. C.	Atalanta in Calydon: a Tragedy.	London	1923	USD -	Unknown
784	SYMONDS, J. A.	In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays.	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
785	SYMONS, A.	Images of Good and Evil, Lond., 1899; William Blake, Lond., 1907; The Symbolistic Movement in ...			USD -	Unknown
786		TALES OF OLD JAPAN (Mitford), 2 vols., Lond., 1871, First Edition; Comical Romance (Scarron), 2 vols ...			USD -	Unknown
787	C. J. Demotte	TAPESTRIES. La Tapisserie Gothique.	Paris	1922	USD -	Unknown
788	R. F. Burckhardt	TAPESTRIES. Gewirkte Bildteppiche des XV und XVI Jahrhunderts im Historischen Museum zu Basel.	Leipzig	1923	USD -	Unknown
789	TAYLOR, J.	The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living; The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying.	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
790	TENNYSON, A. LORD	Idylls of the King. 1859, 2 copies; Queen Mary, 1875, 2 copies; inner hinges cracked.	London	1859-75	USD -	Unknown
791	TENNYSON, A, LORD	The Princess.	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
792	TENNYSON, A, LORD	Idylls of the King.	London	1859	USD -	Unknown
793	TENNYSON, A, LORD	Mariana. With etchings by M. M. Lamb, August, 1863.		[1863]	USD -	Unknown
794	TENNYSON, A, LORD	The Antechamber.	London	1906	USD -	Unknown
795	TENNYSON, C.	Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces.	Cambridge	1830	USD -	Unknown
796		TERENCE. Comedies.	N.p	1900	USD -	Unknown
797	Michael Titmarsh, Esq.	[THACKERAY, W. M.] Jeames's Diary; or, Sudden Riches.	New York	1846	USD -	Unknown
798	THACKERAY, W. M.	Lovel the Widower.	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
799	THACKERAY, W. M.	Works.	London	1878	USD -	Unknown

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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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.
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.