Parke Bernet: THE FINE LIBRARY OF THE LATE CHARLES H. MORSE. PUBLIC AUCTION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 AND 22. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC. 980 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK. 1961., 2025,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 21, 1961 - March 21, 1961

Page Size: 454 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS, HENRY	The Education of Henry Adams.	Boston	1922	USD -	140.00
2	ALKEN, HENRY	[Tutor's Assistant, containing a Variety of Amusing Scenes.] six colored plates, each displaying ...	[London]	[1823]	USD -	30.00
3	ALKEN, HENRY	A group of 8 drawings in various media, on sheets of paper varying in size from 6 3/4 by 5 inches to ...	N.p.	n.d.	USD -	275.00
4	[ALKEN, HENRY]	A group of 14 watercolor and pencil drawings, each signed H. Alken; matted, two on a mat.			USD -	280.00
5		ALMANACS. A group of 55 almanacs, 12mo. pamphlets sewn as issued or in original wrappers.	America and England	1796-1903	USD -	70.00
6		AMERICAN AUTHORS. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (Bierce). San Francisco, 1891; first edition; The ...			USD -	45.00
7		AMERICAN AUTHORS. Crayon Miscellany (Irving). 3 vols., with 1 vol. edition accompanying the set ...			USD -	60.00
8		AMERICAN ETCHERS. Reproductions.	New York	n.d.	USD -	30.00
9		AMERICAN HISTORY. Laws and Acts of the Province of New York, one of 312 copies issued by the Grolier ...	Vp.	v.d.	USD -	50.00
10		AMERICAN HISTORY. Washington in Lincoln's Time (Brooks). Extra-illustrated with photographs ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	60.00
11		AMERICAN HISTORY. The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 5 vols., full publisher' ...			USD -	95.00
12		AMERICAN PAINTING. The History of American Painting . . . with supplemental chapters by Royal ...			USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICAN POETS. Japanese Lyrics Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Boston, 1915; first edition, first ...			USD -	35.00
14		AMERICAN POETS. Poems by William Cullen Bryant. New York, 1832; first edition, worn; Hans Breitmann ...			USD -	45.00
15		AMERICAN POETS. Ballads and Other Poems (Longfellow). Cambridge, 1842; first edition, later state; A ...			USD -	40.00
16	Gregor & Fulop-Miller	AMERICAN THEATER AND CINEMA. Das amerikanische Theater und Kino.	Zurich. Leipzig & Vienna	[1931]	USD -	12.50
17	ANGOULEME, MME LA DUCHESSE DE	Royal Memoirs on the French Revolution.	London	1823	USD -	110.00
18		ANTIQUE GEMS, Etched by Wolridge, on Copper-Plates, in the Possesion of Sheffield Grace. London ...			USD -	12.50
19		ARIEL POETS. A group of seven titles in this series, as described below.	London	1928-29	USD -	50.00
20		ARTS AND CRAFTS. American Needlework (Harbeson); American Miniatures (Wehle) The Garden in Color ( ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	25.00
21		ART AND DECORATING. Problems of Portraiture (Benson); Symbols, Signs and Signets (Lehner); Les ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	17.50
22		ART AND LIFE, and the building and decoration of cities (Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society); Art ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	15.00
23		ART BIOGRAPHY. Piero della Francesca (Longhi). French text; The Life and Times of Salvator Rosa ( ...			USD -	50.00
24		ART BOOKS. The Modern Woodcut (Furst). 16 plates in color, 200 others. New York. 1924; Paul Helleu ...			USD -	17.50
25		ART BOOKS. Le Costume; Les Armes, Ustensiles, Outils Des Peuples Anciens Et Modernes (Hottenroth). 1 ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	35.00
26		ART MONOGRAPHS. The Art of Herbert Schmalz (Blakemore). 64 illustrations. London, 1911; Hubert von ...			USD -	22.50
27		ASSOCIATION COPIES. The Life of Oliver Cromwell. London, 1725; with the signatures of Matthew ...			USD -	65.00
28	ADAMS, JOHN Q.	A.L.s. J. Q. Adams.		1827	USD -	100.00
29	ADE, GEORGE	A.Ms.s. George Ade.			USD -	90.00
30	AKERS, ELIZABETH	A.Ms.s. Elizabeth Akers.			USD -	40.00
31		AMERICAN AUTHORS. A group of Autographs.	v.p.	v.d.	USD -	90.00
32	ARNOLD, BENEDICT	A.L.s.	N.p.	n.d.	USD -	200.00
33	ARTHUR, CHESTER A.	L.s.	New York	1862	USD -	75.00
34		ARTISTS. A.L.s. John S. Sargent, 2 pp., 12mo, 1926; A.L.s. Rodin. 2 pp., 12mo, July 8. 1888. To ...			USD -	20.00
35	ASTOR, JOHN JACOB	A.L.s.	New York	1820	USD -	Unknown
36		AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. A collection of about 300 autograph specimens, comprising sentiments, autograph ...			USD -	160.00
37		AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS. Three autograph albums containing signatures of Presidents, Representatives, U. S ...			USD -	140.00
38	BORROW, GEORGE. English author	A.Ms.			USD -	60.00
39	BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN	A.Ms.s. William Cullen Bryant.			USD -	60.00
40	BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN	A.Ms.s. William Cullen Bryant. Entitled The Tides.			USD -	65.00
41	BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT and ROBERT	Five pieces of autograph material, including one piece by Robert Browning, Sr., father of the poet.			USD -	375.00
42	BUCHANAN, JAMES	D.s.		1858	USD -	25.00
43	BUCHANAN, JAMES	Two A.L.s. James Buchanan.	Wheatland	1849	USD -	35.00
44	BURGOYNE, JOHN	A.L.s.		1789	USD -	80.00
45	BURNE-JONES, SIR EDWARD C.	Collection of about 63 A.L.s., comprising about 65 pp., 12mo and 8vo, many with original sketches ...		1866-1898	USD -	575.00
46	CARPENTER, EDWARD	A.MS.s. Edw. Carpenter. Entitled: A Market Place in Morocco,.			USD -	25.00
47	CHILDS, GEORGE W. American publisher	A collection of 44 A.L.s. and one T.L.s., all, but one, addressed to Mr Childs. Each artistically ...			USD -	75.00
48	CHILDS, GEORGE W.	Recollections.	Philadelphia	1890	USD -	225.00
49		CIVIL WAR, ETC. A group of A.L.s., L.s., etc., by Statesmen, Army Officers, and others.			USD -	140.00
50	CLEMENS, SAMUEL	A.L.s. S. L. Clemens. 3 pp., 8vo, June 4 (1899). To Messrs Chatto and Windus, English publishers ...		1899	USD -	70.00
51	CLEVELAND, GROVER	Three A.L.s.			USD -	100.00
52		COMPOSERS OF MUSIC. A group of 4 autographs as listed below.			USD -	25.00
53		CONFEDERATE. Two Bonds issued by the Confederate States Of America. one for $500. and one for $100 ...			USD -	80.00
54	COOPER, GEORGE	A.MS.s. George Cooper. Entitled Sweet Genevieve.		1916	USD -	20.00
55	DOYLE, A. CONAN	Autograph MS., signed three times: A Conan Doyle and Arthur Conan Doyle.			USD -	325.00
56	EDWARD I. King of England (1239-1307)	MS. on vellum.	York	XIII Century	USD -	575.00
57	ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM W.	A Golden Age of Authors.	Boston	1919	USD -	25.00
58		ENGLISH AUTHORS. Collection of 18 autographs and one T.L.s. With 5 fine portraits.			USD -	100.00
59		FAMOUS AUTOGRAPHS. A.L.s. Sarah [Bernhardt]. Three pp., 12mo, n.p., n.d., in French; A.L.s. Rosa ...			USD -	45.00
60	FIELD, EUGENE	A.L.s.	Chicago	1889	USD -	35.00
61	FIELD, EUGENE. American poet	A.MS.s. Eugene Field, entitled: Mysterious Doings. From the German of Reinick.		1890	USD -	80.00
62	FIELD, EUGENE	Four sheets signed Eugene Field dated 1891-93 D.s. by Roswell F. Field and Oliver R. Barrett, for ...			USD -	30.00
63	FILLMORE, MILLARD	Two A.L.s. Millard Fillmore.	Washington and Buffalo	1851	USD -	30.00
64	FITZGERALD, EDWARD. Translator of Omar Khayyam	Three A.L.s. (Initials).		1863	USD -	70.00
65		FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 61 A.L.s. and 2 Typewritten L.s.			USD -	475.00
66		FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS. A group of 17 autographs in French.			USD -	35.00
67		FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of 38 autographs, all but two or three exceptions, in German.			USD -	180.00
68	GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON	A.L.s. J. W. v. Goethe,.		1829	USD -	130.00
69	[GRANT, ULYSSES S.]	General Horace Porter. Campaigning with Grant.	New York	1906	USD -	160.00
70	GRIMM, THE BROTHERS	A.L.s. Wilh. Grimm, 1 p., 8vo, Gottingen, Dec. 31, 1836; A.L.s. Grim, 1 p., 12mo, Berlin, Aug. 5 ...			USD -	45.00
71	HARDING, WARREN G.	A.L.s. (Iinitials).	Washington, D. C	1916	USD -	80.00
72	HARRISON, WILLIAM H.	A.L.s. W. H. Harrison.		1836	USD -	180.00
73	HAYES, RUTHERFORD B.	A.L.s.	Washington	1877	USD -	60.00
74	HEINE, HEINRICH	A.MS.s. Heinrich Heine.	Paris	1833	USD -	Unknown
75	HENRY, PATRICK	Printed D.s. (Filled out in ink).	Williamsburg	1779	USD -	130.00
76	HITLER, ADOLF, GEN. VON HINDENBERG and others of the Third Reich	A group of 12 documents signed by Hitler, Von Hindenberg, Blomberg and others.	Berlin, Wien, etc.	v.d.	USD -	210.00
77	HITLER, ADOLPH and HEINRICH HIMMLER	Autograph Signatures to a broadside proclamation.			USD -	80.00
78	HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL	A.L.s. Oliver W. Holmes.	Cambridge	1830	USD -	210.00
79	HOPKINS, SAMUEL JOHNSON	Descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the mayflower. Captain and later Lt. Col. of the 7th New Jersey ...			USD -	825.00
80		ILLUMINATED MS PATENT OF NOBILITY. Manuscript engrossed in German on 7 leaves of sturdy vellum, each ...	Vienna	1785	USD -	Unknown
81	JACKSON, ANDREW	A.L.s. Andrew Jackson.		1831	USD -	180.00
82	JACKSON, ANDREW	A.L.s.	Hermitage	1844	USD -	190.00
83	Claude G. Bowers	[JEFFERSON. THOMAS.] Jefferson and Hamilton. The Struggle for Democracy in America.	Boston	1925	USD -	700.00
84	JOHNSON, ANDREW	A.L.s. Andrew Johnson.		1850	USD -	100.00
85	LAFAYETTE, G., M, MAKQUIS DE	A.L.s.	Paris	1824	USD -	65.00
86	LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD	Autograph Ms. of a lecture on Omar Khayyam, delivered at Minneapolis and St. Paul, written on 24 ...			USD -	120.00
87	LE QUEUX, WILLIAM. English author	A.MS.s. William Le Queux. Entitled The Secrets of Potsdam.			USD -	250.00
88	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.D.s.,Stuart & Lincoln.		1839	USD -	290.00
89	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Document in the autograph of Abraham Lincoln.			USD -	165.00
90	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.D.s. Logan and Lincoln.			USD -	200.00
91	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Two-line autograph acknowledgement, written on a legal brief, and signed Lincoln & Herndon for Deft ...			USD -	110.00
92	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Five-line note, signed Lincoln & Herndon for said Defendent. [Nov. 30, 1850].			USD -	130.00
93	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.D.s., Lincoln & Herndon.		1853	USD -	180.00
94	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.D.s. twice A. Lincoln p.p. and Lincoln -and Herndon for Plaintiff.	Urbana	1858	USD -	Unknown
95	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Receipt signed: Received, May 2, 1859, of B. F. Fox, fifty dollars to be credited on note ...			USD -	280.00
96	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	D.s.		1861	USD -	130.00
97	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Signed Autograph Endorsement on integral leaf of a letter, reads: I think the case is sufficiently ...			USD -	150.00
98	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	D.s.		1862	USD -	Unknown
99	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.L.s.		1862	USD -	400.00
100	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement Signed.			USD -	Unknown

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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.

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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.

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