Parke Bernet: MANUSCRIPTS. HISTORY, MUSIC, DREYFUS, MCHENRY, AN IMPORTANT HAWTHORNE MS. FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LATE COL. ROY G. FITZGERALD, FOREST H. SWEET AND OTHER SOURCES. PUBLIC AUCTION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC. 980 MADISON AVENUE, NE, 2222,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 06, 1963 - November 06, 1963
Page Size: 266 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ADAMS, JOHN. Second President of the United States A.D. Braintree

1762

USD - 40.00
2 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY A.L.s. Washington

1818

USD - 20.00
3 ADAMS, J. Q. D.s. as SECRETARY OF STATE.

1822

USD - 180.00
4 ADAMS, J. Q. L.s. John Quincy Adams. Quincy

1835

USD - 175.00
5 ADLER, ALFRED. Viennese psychiatrist Short A.N.s. on 8vo sheet; N.Y., 2 Jan. 1933; addressed Herr Doktor; Typed L.s., 1 p., 8vo; N.Y ... New York

1933

USD - Unknown
6 AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICERS. A group of A.Ls.s. and Ls.s. by men who served in the 19th and 20th ...

USD - Unknown
7 AMERICAN OFFICERS. A group of A.Ls.s., Ls.s., and Ds.s. by American soldiers who served in the ...

USD - Unknown
8 AMERICAN POETS. A group of 7 A.Ls.s. and Ls.s. by American poets, with 1 signed photo.

USD - Unknown
9 Alexander J. Davis, and others AMERICAN RESIDENCES. Rural Residences, Etc., consisting of Designs, Original and Selected, for ... New York

1837

USD - Unknown
10 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Broadside. In Congress. Baltimore, February 26th, 1777 [Resolves fixing the ... Baltimore

[1777]

USD - Unknown
11 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. A group of A.Ls.s. and a D.s. of American Revolution interest.

USD - Unknown
12 ARTHUR, CHESTER A. N.s., 12mo, 17 Sept. 1881 (2 days before Garfield's death and Arthur's succession to the ...

USD - Unknown
13 AUTOGRAPHS. A miscellaneous collection of autograph specimens including American and English ...

USD - Unknown
14 [AUTOGRAPHS.] Collection of approximately 200 A.Ls.s., Ls.s., and Ds.s. mainly European in origin.

USD - Unknown
15 AUTOGRAPHS. Volume containing approximately 200 letters, notes, documents, or clipped signatures of ...

USD - Unknown
16 BALZAC, HONORE DE A.L.s. n.p.

1844

USD - 100.00
17 BARRAS, PAUL FRANCOIS NICOLAS DE. French Revolutionist; member of the Directory A.L.s. Paris

n.d.

USD - 7.00
18 BEAUMARCHAIS, PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON DE 2 A.Ls.s., and 1 L.s., 2 1/2 pp., 8 vo; Nantes, 24 Nov. 1779; 13 Jan. 1780; and Paris, 30 April 1798 ...

USD - Unknown
19 BERNADOTTE, JEAN BAPTISTE JULES. As General in Chief of the Army of the West A.L.s. Pontivy

USD - 30.00
20 BERNADOTTE. 3 L.s., and 1 D.s., 4 1/4 pp., 4to; 1797-1804. Including a letter to Marshal Berthier.

1797-1804

USD - Unknown
21 BERNHARDT, SARAH A.N.S., 1 page, 12mo, 4, rue de Rome, n.d.; Photograph, inscribed. Of Bernhardt as L'Aiglon. To l' ... Rome

n.d.

USD - 45.00
22 BERTHIER, LOUIS ALEXANDRE (PRINCE DE WAGRAM). Marshal of France under Napoleon I. A.L.s. Paris

n.y.

USD - Unknown
23 BERTHIER 5 Ls.s.

1801-12

USD - Unknown
24 BJORNSON, BJORNSTEN. Norwegian poet and novelist Autograph poetical transcript signed, 6 lines. n.p.

n.d.

USD - Unknown
25 BONAPARTE, LOUIS (1778-1846). As King of Holland L.s. in French. Loo

1808

USD - Unknown
26 BONAPARTE FAMILY. A group of A.Ls.s. and one L.s. by connections of Napoleon Bonaparte, by blood and ...

USD - Unknown
27 BRAHMS, JOHANNES A.L.s. (initials).

1875?

USD - 270.00
28 BRITISH AUTOGRAPHS. A group of A.Ls.s. by prominent Britons of the 19th and 20th Centuries.

USD - Unknown
29 BROWNING, ROBERT Three A.Ls.s., and an A.N.s. All signed Robert Browning. Dated 1883-6.

USD - Unknown
30 BUCHANAN, JAMES A.L.s. Lancaster

1837

USD - 35.00
31 CATHERINE II., EMPRESS OF RUSSIA A.L.s. Caterine. St. Petersburg

1763

USD - 110.00
32 CATLIN, GEORGE A.L.s. Geo. Catlin. Ostende

n.y.

USD - 17.00
33 CHAMBERS, LT. THOMAS; and RICHARD JOHNS, MASTER L.s. by Chambers, 2 pp., folio; His Majesty's late Sloop Reindeer, at sea, 29 June 1814; to Capt ...

USD - 170.00
34 CHARLES XII (1682-1719). King of Sweden D.s. (in Swedish) 1 page. Lais

1701

USD - Unknown
35 CHARLES VI (1685-1740). Emperor of Germany Patent of Nobility granted to Antonio Matthais. Vienna

1721

USD - 55.00
36 CHOPIN, FREDERIC. Polish composer A.Ms. music.

USD - 210.00
37 CHURCHILL, WINSTON L.s.

1904

USD - 90.00
38 CIVIL WAR BROADSIDES. To Our Friends in Vicksburg! June 28th 1863 . . . Liberty. 12mo. Propaganda ...

USD - Unknown
39 CIVIL WAR DIARY. Daniel Henderson of Ohio. 1st Battalion, 15th Regiment. U.S. Regular Infantry ...

USD - 300.00
40 CIVIL WAR DIARY. Newton Wallace, 27th Massachusetts Volunteers, Holland, Hampden County, Mass. Sept ...

USD - 225.00
41 CIVIL WAR MAP. War Telegram Marking Map. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by L ... [Colophon]

[1862]

USD - Unknown
42 CLARK, WILLIAM. Lieut., U.S. Army, and explorer D.s, in pencil. Missouri

1814

USD - 10.00
43 CLAY, HENRY A.L.s. Ashland

1835

USD - 80.00
44 CLAY A.L.s. H. Clay. Ashland

1842

USD - 30.00
45 CLAY A group of 3 A.L.s.

USD - Unknown
46 CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. A.N.s., 16mo; [Riverdale] 27 Oct. 1902. To Miss Webb; Mrs. Clemens cannot attend to her subscription ... Riverdale

1902

USD - Unknown
47 CLUSERET, GUSTAVE PAUL. Soldier of fortune and insurrectionist; as a Union brigadier general A.L.s. in French.

1862

USD - 15.00
48 CONFEDERATES. A group of A.Ls.s. and Ds.s. by 5 Confederate soldiers and 1 diplomat.

USD - Unknown
49 CONSTANT, BENJAMIN A.L.s. Benjamin Constant. 1 p., 8vo, Paris, 10 May 1827. To Sevestre de la Mettrie, mentioning ... Paris

1827

USD - Unknown
50 COOLIDGE, CALVIN Printed 4to size card with printed title Autographs of the President and Cabinet, March Fourth 1925 ...

USD - Unknown
51 COOLIDGE T.L.s.

1925

USD - 10.00
52 COOLIDGE Address of President Coolidge at the Memorial Exercises, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. ...

USD - Unknown
53 DAGUERRE, LOUIS. French painter, inventor of the daguerreotype Document in German on vellum, folio. Floriated borders in gold and colors. Munich

1830

USD - Unknown
54 DE GAULLE, CHARLES 2 A.L.ls., each one page, 4to [Paris], 28 July 1958 and 18 Sept. 1958. To Ventura Garcia Calderon ... Paris

1958

USD - 120.00
55 DIARY OF A UNION SOLDIER. R. J. Clark of Lancaster, Pa. With entries dated 29 June 1863 to 9 Oct ...

USD - 45.00
56 DIARY OF A UNION SOLDIER. Alfred S. Roe of New York, Company A, New York 9th Artillery of ...

USD - 170.00
57 DREYFUS, CAPTAIN ALFRED A group of about 250 pieces on his case or by persons prominent in the matter, both Dreyfusards and ...

USD - Unknown
58 DUMAS, ALEXANDRE (pere) Ms.

USD - 70.00
59 EINSTEIN, ALBERT Typed L.s. with Ms. Insertions. Princeton

1940

USD - Unknown
60 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. T.L.s.

1956

USD - 30.00
61 ELIZABETHANS, William Cecil, Lord Burghley [or Burleigh], and others A.L.s. by Burghley, 1/2 p., 4to; n.p, 17 July 1578. To Robert Petre, government auditor, sending an ... Burghley

1578

USD - Unknown
62 ENGLISH AUTHORS.

USD - Unknown
63 ENGLISH AUTHORS.

USD - Unknown
64 ENGLISH AUTOGRAPHS. Autograph album containing 91 autographic items of English interest, principally ... [England]

[19th century]

USD - Unknown
65 EON DE BEAUMONT, CHEVALIER. French espionage agent A.L.s. La Chere. D'Eon. Versailles

1777

USD - 40.00
66 EUROPEAN PATRIOTS. A group of A.L.s. and Ls.s by men prominent in 19th century nationalist movements ...

USD - Unknown
67 FERDINAND V (1452-1516). King of Spain Df. Logrono

1512

USD - Unknown
68 FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN D.s. Yo el Rey and Yo la Reina. Cordova

1485

USD - 250.00
69 FERDINAND AND ISABELLA D.s. by Isabella Yo la Reyna, 1 p., folio, Granada(?), 2 May 1492, with original paper seal; L.s ...

1492

USD - Unknown
70 FILLMORE, MILLARD A.N.s. appended to a letter written to him by Erastus Corning of Albany. Washington

1842

USD - Unknown
71 FILLMORE D.s.

1853

USD - 60.00
72 FITZHUGHS and LEES A group of letters (including a number by Fitzhugh Lee), documents, and other material concerning ...

USD - Unknown
73 FORT McHENRY A group of documents and other material connected with the famous fort in Baltimore Harbor, scene of ...

USD - Unknown
74 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN D.s. Passy

1784

USD - 450.00
75 FRANKLIN Closing salutation of a letter, five lines, and signed by Benjamin Franklin.

USD - Unknown
76 FRENCH AUTHORS. A group of letters and notes by 18th and 19th century writers including one by Ivan ...

USD - Unknown
77 FRENCH AUTOGRAPHS, etc. A group of autographs, mostly A.L.s., by Frenchmen, and others; also a group ...

USD - Unknown
78 FRENCH EMPRESSES. A.N.s., Lapagerie Bonaparte, 1 p., 12mo; Malmaison, n.d., and an A.L.s., Marie ...

USD - Unknown
79 FRENCH MARSHALS. Collection of A.Ls.s., Ls.s., and Ds.s. by various French military men who held the ...

USD - Unknown
80 FRENCH MILITARY. Collection of A.Ls.s., Ls.s., and Ds.s. by French soldiers of the Napoleonic era ...

USD - Unknown
81 FRENCH MILITARY AND NAVAL MEN. Group of A.L.s., L.s., and Ds.s by various prominent French generals ...

USD - Unknown
82 FRENCH OFFICERS. A group of A.Ls.s. and Ls.s., by French officers in the American Revolution ...

USD - Unknown
83 FRENCH REVOLUTION. A group of Ls.s. and 1 printed D.s. by men prominent in this period.

USD - Unknown
84 FRENCH SOLDIERS. A group of A.Ls.s. and Ls.s. of prominent French captains and marshals from the ...

USD - Unknown
85 FRENCH WOMEN. A group of A.Ls.s., L.s.s., and Ds.s. by illustrious women from the 15th to the 19th ...

USD - Unknown
86 FREUD, SIGMUND A.N.s. on correspondence card; Vienna, 3 Feb. 1930; with original envelope addressed to Dr. Henry D ...

USD - 150.00
87 GEORGE II (1683-1760). King of England D.s. Kensington

17 June 1758

USD - 25.00
88 GEORGE III, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN A.L.s. George R.. Windsor

1803

USD - 80.00
89 GETTYSBURG BROADSIDES. Programme of Arrangements and Order of Exercises for the Inauguration of the ... N.p.

before 19 Nov. 1863

USD - Unknown
90 GOUNOD, CHARLES. French composer A.L.s. Ch. Gounod. Paris

1879

USD - 25.00
91 GRANT, ULYSSES S. A.L.s. U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen. Vicksburg

1863

USD - 110.00
92 GREENE, NATHANIEL L.s. Nath. Greene, M. General.

1780

USD - 140.00
93 GUILBERT, YVETTE 7. A.Ls.s. various sizes. To the architect George; 2 A.Ns.s. concerning her written on the visiting ... Paris

n.d.

USD - Unknown
94 GUIZOT, FRANCOIS. French Statesman Collection of 39 A.Ls.s. Guizot, mostly 12 mo, together 63 pp., v.p., 1825-1872. To a variety of ...

USD - Unknown
95 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER L.s. Alex Hamilton, Secy of the Treasury.

1789

USD - Unknown
96 HAMILTON L.s. Alexander Hamilton. New York

1789

USD - 65.00
97 HARRISON, BENJAMIN T.L.s. Benj Harrison. Indianapolis

1896

USD - 17.00
98 HARRISON Letter by one Joseph Frecker of Edinburg, Ind., urging a pension claim, 3 pp., 8vo, docketed ...

USD - Unknown
99 HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. U. S. President Collection of A.Ds.s. and Ds.s. Wm. H. Harrison Aid de Camp or A.d.C. Each 1 p., 12mo ...

1794

USD - Unknown
100 HARRISON, W. H. Printed check, 6 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches, filled out and signed by Harrison; Cincinnati, 30 June 1815; in ...

USD - 30.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.