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
101	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Dispatch Signed.	Washington	1863	USD -	Unknown
101a	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement.			USD -	Unknown
102	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Dispatch, signed.			USD -	850.00
103	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	D.s.		1864	USD -	140.00
104	[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]	A collection of A.Ls.s., Ls.s., etc., as listed below, by President Lincoln and the Members of his ...			USD -	300.00
105	[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]	Album containing about 500 Autograph Signatures of prominent men of the nation, including Lincoln ...		[1864]	USD -	Unknown
106	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Endorsement on a letter.			USD -	150.00
107	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement Signed.			USD -	160.00
108	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Pass, signed.			USD -	150.00
109	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.N.s.		1865	USD -	180.00
110	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph endorsement on an integral leaf of a letter.			USD -	160.00
111	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Two legal briefs in the autograph of Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, undated.			USD -	170.00
112		LINCOLN'S CABINET OFFICERS. A group of A.L.s. and L.s. by Lincoln's Cabinet Officers.			USD -	15.00
113		LINCOLN AND HIS GENERALS. A collection comprising a D.s. by Lincoln, and A.Ls.s. by the Union ...			USD -	650.00
114	LINCOLN, MARY TODD	A.L.s.	Germany	1869	USD -	325.00
115	LISZT, FRANZ	A.L.s. F. Liszt.	Weimar	1875	USD -	40.00
116	LISZT, FRANZ	A.L.s. Liszt.	n.p.	n.d.	USD -	90.00
117	LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH	A.L.s. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.	Cambridge	1840	USD -	130.00
118	MARIA THERESA	L.s. Maria Theresa, 5 pp., 4to, Sept. 27, 1766; D.s. Maria Theresa, 3 pp., folio (1771).			USD -	40.00
119	MARIE ANTOINETTE and LOUIS XVI	D.s. Marie Antoinette. One p., folio, Versailles, July 1, 1785; A.L. by Louis XVI. One p., 12mo.	Versailles	1785	USD -	Unknown
120	MARIA THERESA AND JOSEPH II	L.s. Maria Theresa. One p., folio. May 20, 1775. Written in Latin on mourning paper to her son-in- ...			USD -	65.00
121	McKINLEY, WILLIAM	Two A.L.s. Wm. McKinley Jr.		1869	USD -	45.00
122	MELISSUS, PAUL, German writer	A.L.s. P. Melissus.		1583	USD -	20.00
123	MEYERBEER, GIACOMO	L.s. Meyerbeer.	Berlin	1843	USD -	15.00
124	MONROE, JAMES	A.L.s. James Monroe.	Washington	1825	USD -	150.00
125	Fauvelet de Bourrienne. General in Chief of the Army of Italy	NAPOLEON I. A.L.s. Fauvelet de Bourrienne.	Paris	1799	USD -	15.00
126	NAPOLEON I.	The History of Napoleon: Edited by R. W. Horne. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood ...	London	1840	USD -	3,250.00
127	PIERCE, FRANKLIN	A.L.s., Fr. Pierce.	Washington	1840	USD -	40.00
128		POETRY AUTOGRAPHS. A group of 11 Autographs, including poetical Mss by Edgar Fawcett; Thos ...			USD -	80.00
129	POLK, JAMES KNOX	A.L.s.	Nashville	1840	USD -	Unknown
130		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Autograph signatures of thirty-one Presidents of the United States ...			USD -	2,800.00
131		PRESIDENTS. Typewritten L.s. by Warren G. Harding, U. S. Senate, Washington. Dec. 1. 1916; regrets ...			USD -	20.00
132		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of A.Ls.s., L.s., and Ds.s., as listed below.			USD -	200.00
133		PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collection of A.Ls.s., L.s., and D.s., as listed below.			USD -	425.00
134	RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB	A.L.s. J. W. Riley, 2 pp., 8vo, Indianapolis, Jan. 9, 1880. About 195 words; A.L.s. J. W. Riley ...			USD -	120.00
135	RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB	A.M.s. James Whitcomb Riley, of poem Elviry.			USD -	125.00
136	ROOSEVELT, THEODORE	Typescript entitled Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers.			USD -	140.00
137		ROYALTY, etc. A.L.s. by William I, king of Prussia, 2 pp., large 4to, November 25, 1848. In German ...			USD -	25.00
138	RUSKIN, JOHN	A portion of the Original Manuscript of The Gipsies, 4 pp., small folio, about 1600 words.			USD -	120.00
139		RUSSIAN INTEREST. A group of 23 photographs commemorating the Visit of Czar Nicholas II to Germany.			USD -	100.00
140		SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Bank check signed by James Wilson. Signer from ...			USD -	95.00
141	SMITH, SAMUEL F.	First verse of America in the autograph of the author and signed. With notation Written in 1832 ...			USD -	300.00
142		STATESMEN AND OTHERS. A collection of A.L.s., D.s., etc.			USD -	20.00
143	STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS	A. MS.			USD -	190.00
144	[STEVENSON, ROBERT L.]	A series of 8 A.L.s., and a L.s. by various people, various places and dates.			USD -	275.00
145	TAFT, WILLIAM H.	A.L.s. Wm. H. Taft,.	Washington, D. C.	1908	USD -	35.00
146	TAYLOR, ZACHARY	A.L.s. Z. Taylor,.	St. Louis	1820	USD -	130.00
147		THEATRE.			USD -	12.50
148	THORPE, ROSE HARTWICK	A.MS.s. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. Entitled Curfew Must not ring To-night,.	San Diego, California	1932	USD -	25.00
149	TYLER, JOHN	A.L.s. J. Tyler.		n.d.	USD -	160.00
150	WAGNER, COSIMA	Termination of a letter Signed. C. Wagner, 2 3/4 by 4 3/4 inches. Beyreuth, Feb. 18, 1893.			USD -	20.00
151	WAGNER, RICHARD	A.L.s. Richard Wagner.	Zurich	1853	USD -	50.00
152	WAGNER, RICHARD	A.L.s. Rich. Wagner.	Lucerne	1868	USD -	150.00
153	WAGNER, RICHARD	A.L.s. Richard Wagner.	Bayreuth	1876	USD -	50.00
154	WAGNER, RICHARD	A.L.s. Rich. Wagner.	n.p.	n.d.	USD -	60.00
155	WAGNER, RICHARD and COSIMA	A.L.s. Richard Wagner, 1 p., Lucerne, Oct. 26, 1868. To Dr. Ullrich; A.L.s. Rich. Wagner.; D.s ...			USD -	45.00
156	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	L.s. G. Washington,.	Headquarters	1783	USD -	2,900.00
157	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	A.D. signed in text Gen'l Washington,.		1785	USD -	170.00
158	Franklin B. Hough	[WASHINGTON, GEORGE.] Washingtonia; or, Memorials of the Death of George Washington.	Roxbury Massachusetts	1865	USD -	300.00
159	WAX SEALS	A collection of hundreds of wax seals in various colors and sizes, in sealing wax.			USD -	60.00
160	WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF	A.MS.s. John G. Whittier.	Amesbury	1871	USD -	80.00
161	WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF	A.MS.s. John Greenleaf Whittier,.	Danvers, Massachusetts	1882	USD -	75.00
162	WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF	At Sundown.	Cambridge	1892	USD -	375.00
163	WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF	A.MS.s. John G. Whittier.			USD -	210.00
164	WILSON, WOODROW	2 Ls.			USD -	20.00
165		MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL. A collection of A.L.s., L.s., Ds.s., etc., by Governors, U. S ...			USD -	70.00
166	BAKER, HENRY B.	Our Old Actors.	London	1878	USD -	27.50
167	BARRIE, SIR JAMES M.	Works.	New York	1929-41	USD -	55.00
168	BAYLEY, JOHN	The history and Antiquities of the Tower of London. Illustrated, 2 vols.; One vol. of autograph ...	London	1825	USD -	35.00
169	BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, and FLETCHER, JOHN	Comedies and Tragedies, Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originale Copies [ ...	London	1647, 1652	USD -	210.00
170	BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VON	Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle compose et dedie a son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince ...	Mayence	1826	USD -	80.00
171		BIBLE IN DUTCH. Biblia, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, etc. States-General Version.	Amsterdam	1643	USD -	Unknown
172		BIBLE IN GERMAN. Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze Schrifft, Altes and Neues Testaments. Luther's ...			USD -	Unknown
173		BIBLE IN LATIN. Biblia latina cum postillis. [Part IV only; New Testament complete.]	Nuremberg	3 Dec. 1487	USD -	Unknown
174		BIBLIOGRAPHER, THE. A Journal of Book-Lore.	London	1881-84	USD -	45.00
175	Gumuchian et Cie	BIBLIOGRAPHY. Les Livres de l'Enfance.	Paris	circa 1930	USD -	80.00
176	BICKHAM, GEORGE	The British Monarchy: or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King ...	London	1747-48	USD -	70.00
177	E. M. Bacon	BINDING. The Hudson River From Ocean to Source.	New York	1903	USD -	65.00
178	Mrs. Russell Barrington	BINDING. The Life, Letters, and Work of Frederic Leighton.	London	1906	USD -	60.00
179	Julia Frankau	BINDING. Eighteenth Century Artists and Engravers: William Ward, A.R.A., James Ward, R.A., their ...	London	1904	USD -	65.00
180		BINDING. The Latin Year: A Collection of Hymns for the Seasons of the Church Selected from Mediaeval ...	London	1873	USD -	35.00
181		BINDINGS. The Golden Pomp: A Procession of English Lyrics from Surrey to Shirley (Quiller-Couch ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	55.00
182		BINDINGS. Bell's Pantheon; or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods . . . etc. Plates. 2 vols., old ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	55.00
183		BINDINGS. Aldine Poets. 5 vols.; Books and Men (Agnes Repplier). With 8 other titles, 9 vols ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	50.00
184		BIOGRAPHIES OF ARTISTS. Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A. (Mrs. Bray). 1 vol. extended to 2 vols.; Life ...	London and Boston	v.d.	USD -	22.50
185		BIOGRAPHY. Portraits. Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons from . . . 1688 to the End of ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	55.00
186		BIOGRAPHY. The Roman Empresses. 2 vols.; The Loves and Marriages of Some Eminent Persons (Thiselton- ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	35.00
187	BODLEY, JOHN	E. C. France.	London	1898	USD -	12.50
188		BOOKPLATES. A collection of American and Foreign bookplates.			USD -	10.00
189		BOOKPLATES. A collection of about 300 ex-libris, of varying sizes, mostly English and American and ...			USD -	50.00
190	Edited by Alfred W. Pollard	BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS.	London	1893	USD -	65.00
191		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. My Cookery Books (E. R. Pennell). one of 330 copies. Boston, 1904; Privately ...			USD -	30.00
192		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Books in Manuscript (Madan). London, 1893; The Library of Robert Hoe (Bierstadt ...			USD -	52.50
193		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men (Spence). London, 1858 ...			USD -	35.00
194		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. The Book: its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders (Bouchot) London, 1890; Title- ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	30.00
195		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. Bibliomania (Dibdin), 1 vol. extended to 3 vols., 1811; Reportorium ...	London	1811-21	USD -	40.00
196		BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. The Anatomy of Bibliomania (Jackson), 2 vols., London, 1930; two copies; The Fear ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	30.00
197	BOSWELL, JAMES	The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.	London	1791	USD -	290.00
198	BOETTIGER, JOHN	Philipp Hainhofer und Der Kunstschrank Gustav Adolfs in Upsala.	Stockholm	[1909-10]	USD -	45.00
199	BOUCHOT, HENRI	La Miniature Francaise, 1750-1825.	Paris	1907	USD -	Unknown

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