Parke Bernet: THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES E. FEINBERG, DETROIT PART I AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS. PUBLIC AUCTION TUESDAY, APRIL 2, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC. 980 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, 1968., 2676,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 02, 1968 - April 02, 1968

Page Size: 734 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	NEWCOMBE, WILLIAM	[ADAMS, JOHN.] Observations on Our Lord's Conduct as a Divine Instructor . . .	Charlestown	1810	USD -	Unknown
2	WHITEFIELD, REV. GEORGE.	[ADAMS.] Eighteen Sermons.	Newburyport	1797	USD -	Unknown
3	ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY	A.L.s.	Boston	1808	USD -	Unknown
4	ADAMS	An Eulogy: on the Life and Character of James Monroe . . . 25th of August, 1831.	Boston	1831	USD -	Unknown
5	ADAMS	Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette . . .	Washington	1835	USD -	Unknown
6	ADAMS	Printed document, accomplished in manuscript, signed.	Washington	1826	USD -	Unknown
7	[ADAMS]	The United States Album . . . containing the [facsimile] Autographs of the President and Cabinet ...	Lancaster, Penna.	1844	USD -	Unknown
8	ADAMS, SAMUEL	A.L.s.	n.p.	1775	USD -	Unknown
9	AGASSIZ, LOUIS	A.L.s.	Cambridge	1869	USD -	Unknown
10	ALCOTT, LOUISA M.	A.L.s.	New York	n.y.	USD -	Unknown
11	ALDRICH, THOMAS B.	A.L.s.	Ponkapog, Massachusetts	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
12	ALDRICH	A.L.s.	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
13	ALDRICH	A.L.s.	[Boston]	1888	USD -	Unknown
14	ALLEN GRANT	A.Ms.s., The Miraculous Explorer.			USD -	Unknown
15	ALLEN, WILLIAM	Two A.Ls.s. Northampton.			USD -	Unknown
16	ALLSTON, WASHINGTON	A.L.s.	Boston	1825	USD -	Unknown
17		AMERICAN ARTISTS. A group of 17 A.L.s., l2mo, 16mo, and one 32mo card. Written to James D. Gill ...			USD -	Unknown
18	ANDERSON, SHERWOOD	Five A.Ls.s., 3 T.Ls., one a. quotation s., together with 6 autograph envelopes, one typed envelope.	v. p.	1931 and 1939	USD -	Unknown
19		[ARMOR] Ms.	n.p.	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
20		ARTISTS. A group of about 75 A.Ls.s. and 10 photographs, mainly by American Artists.			USD -	Unknown
21	AUSTIN, ALFRED	A.Ms.			USD -	Unknown
22	BACH, KARL PHILIPP EMANUEL	A.L.s. Bach.	Hamburg	[17]44	USD -	Unknown
23	BACK, GEORGE	A.L.s.	York Factory	1822	USD -	Unknown
24	BACON, DELIA	Five A.Ls.s., together 47pp., 16mo. Stratford-upon-Avon, dated between May 1856 and August 1857. To ...			USD -	Unknown
25	BANCROFT, GEORGE	A.L.s. Geo. Bancroft.	Berlin	1872	USD -	Unknown
26	BANCROFT	A.Ms. s.			USD -	Unknown
27	BARLOW, JOEL	A.L.s.	Paris	1811	USD -	Unknown
28	BARRIE, JAMES M.	Two autograph drafts for his speech for the Bedford School Prize-giving in July, 1932.			USD -	Unknown
29	BARRIE	Two autograph drafts of his speech to the Institute of Journalists at Edinburgh on January 30th ...			USD -	Unknown
30	BARRIE	Three autograph drafts in 17 leaves 8vo of his speech delivered on January 27th, 1932, in aid of the ...			USD -	Unknown
31	BASTIDE, J. H.	A.L.s.	Bath	1763	USD -	Unknown
32	BEARD, CHARLES	Typescript, Minority Rule in America with ms. corrections throughout in pencil; typesetter's ...			USD -	Unknown
33	BEARD, JAMES HENRY	Signed receipt with sketch.	Cincinnati	1864	USD -	Unknown
34	BEAUREGARD, GEN. P. G. T.	A.L.s.	Charleston, S.C.	1863	USD -	Unknown
35	[William M. Aitken]	BEAVERBROOK, LORD. T.L.s.	London	1925	USD -	Unknown
36	BEECHER, CATHERINE E.	Two A.Ls.s., 3 1/2 pp., large 4to; Brattleboro [Vermont], 29 Aug. 1846. To Rufus Choate; 2 1/2 pp ...			USD -	Unknown
37	BEERBOHM, SIR MAX	A.L.s.	[London]		USD -	Unknown
38	BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT	T.L.S., 1 p., large 4to; [Paris, Dec. 1928]. To D. L. Smith. With stamped, postmarked envelope.	[Paris]	[Dec. 1928]	USD -	Unknown
39	BENJAMIN, JUDAH P.	A.L.s.	Richmond	1861	USD -	Unknown
40	BENNETT, ARNOLD	A.L.s., 1 p. 4to; [London] 9 March 1909 and A.C.s.; [Paris], n.d. Both to Aleister Crowley.			USD -	Unknown
41	BENNETT	A.Ms.s. Books & Persons.		1916	USD -	Unknown
42	BENNETT	Manuscript s. 14 pp., small 4to. 31 May, 1920-19 June, 1920. n.p. Together with a T.L.s., 1 p ...			USD -	Unknown
43	BENNETT	Autograph Ms. Things That Have Interested Me.			USD -	Unknown
44	BENSON, E. F.	Typecript, book review, Archaeology in Literature, with numerous autograph corrections throughout ...			USD -	Unknown
45	BENSON, FRANK A.	L.s.	Bristol	1922	USD -	Unknown
46	BENTON, JOEL	A.L.	Amenia	1864	USD -	Unknown
47	BIERCE. AMBROSE	A.L.s.	Washington D.C.	1913	USD -	Unknown
48	BIERSTADT, ALBERT	A.L.s.	New York	1863	USD -	Unknown
49	[Henry Wheeler Shaw]	BILLINGS, JOSH. A.L.s., (twice) 2 pp. 8vo; New York, Monday 20 1869; inlaid and A. quotation s ...			USD -	Unknown
50	BOKER, GEORGE H.	A.Ms.s., Dirge for a Soldier.		1888	USD -	Unknown
51	BOOTH, EDWIN	Printed document, accomplished in manuscript, signed.			USD -	Unknown
52	BOOTH, JOHN WILKES	Autograph Ms.s.	Detroit	[18]61	USD -	Unknown
53	BOTTA, ANNE C. L.	Autograph Ms.s. Ode For The Fourth of July, 1840.			USD -	Unknown
54	BOUDINOT, ELIAS	L.s.	Philadelphia	1783	USD -	Unknown
55	BOUCHTON, G. H.	Eleven A.Ls.s.	London	1885 and 1896	USD -	Unknown
56	BRIDGES, ROBERT	Autograph verse s., 4 lines and T.L.s., 1 p. 8vo; New York, 11 March 1931. To Capt. F. L. Pleadwell ...			USD -	Unknown
57	BROOKS, CHARLES T.	Autograph Ms.s.		1864	USD -	Unknown
58	BROWN, HENRY KIRKE	A.L.s.	Newburgh	1868	USD -	Unknown
59	BROWNELL, WILLIAM CRARY	Autograph Ms. of Carlyle.			USD -	Unknown
60	BROWNING, ROBERT	A.L.s., 1 p. small 8vo; 12 May [18]83. To Mrs. Burne-Jones. With stamped postmarked envelope.		[18]83	USD -	Unknown
61	BROWNING	Autograph sonnet signed MB. Venice Nov. 28. '83.			USD -	Unknown
62	BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN	Autograph Ms.s. The Hidden Rill and The Eagle and the Serpent.			USD -	Unknown
63	BRYANT	A.L.s.	New York	1836	USD -	Unknown
64	BUBER, MARTIN	A.L.s.	Heppenheim	1931	USD -	Unknown
65	[BUCHANAN, JAMES]	Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of Rebellion.	New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
66	BUCK, PEARL S.	Typescript, Heat Wave with ms. corrections throughout in pencil and typesetter's notations.			USD -	Unknown
67	BURNSIDE, GEN. AMBROSE E.	A.L.s.	Providence	1861	USD -	Unknown
68	BURROUGHS, JOHN	Autograph Ms. poem s., That First of June, on recto of two leaves.			USD -	Unknown
69	BURROUGHS	Autograph Ms.s. at end, The Porcupine.			USD -	Unknown
70	BURROUGHS	Autograph Ms.s. At Sea.			USD -	Unknown
71	BURROUGHS	Autograph Ms., untitled.			USD -	Unknown
72	BURROUGHS	A.L.s.	Esopus [New York]	1884	USD -	Unknown
73	BURROUGHS	A.L.s.	West Park New York	[19]04	USD -	Unknown
74	BURROUGHS	A group of manuscript pages, corrected typed pages, proof sheets, etc.			USD -	Unknown
75	BURROUGHS	Autograph Ms.s.		1906	USD -	Unknown
76	BYRON, LORD GEORGE G., AND OTHERS	A group of 8 A.Ls.s. and an A.N.s. by Byron, members of his family, his mistress and executor.			USD -	Unknown
77	CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON	A.L.s.	Simsbury, Connecticut	1885	USD -	Unknown
78	CABLE	A.L.s.	Simsbury, Connecticut	1885	USD -	Unknown
79	CALDWELL, ERSKINE	Typescript, The Man Who Looked Like Himself.			USD -	Unknown
80	CAMPBELL, THOMAS	A.L.s.		1833	USD -	Unknown
81	CAMPBELL	Autograph Ms. on the Life of Petrarch.			USD -	Unknown
82		[CANADA.] Ms. genealogy.	n.p.	1875	USD -	Unknown
83	CARMAN, BLISS	A.L.s.	Siasconset, Massachusetts	1904	USD -	Unknown
84	CARY, ALICE AND PHOEBE	Two autograph poems. Alice Cary, 8 lines, beginning: The poor man hath no fear of loss. 32mo. An ...	New York	1867	USD -	Unknown
85	[CARY, EDWARD]	A group of 22 A.Ls.s., various sizes and places; 1894, by various literary people to Cary.			USD -	Unknown
86	CASS, LEWIS	A.L.s.	Detroit	1813	USD -	Unknown
87	CASS	A.D.s.		1814	USD -	Unknown
88	CASS	Three A.Ls.s., one A.N.s., one L.s. Washington, Dec. 11, 1832. 1 p., 4to. Replying to a committee ...			USD -	Unknown
89	CASS	Three A.Ls.s., together three pp. Dated Washington, Dec. 11, 1846; Detroit, Oct. 21, 1850 ...			USD -	Unknown
90	CASS.	A.Ms.s.		1851	USD -	Unknown
91	[CASTLEHAVEN TRIAL]	Autograph ms., The Arraignement of ye Earle of Castlehaven. Wherein is sett forth, as well as the ...		1631	USD -	Unknown
92	CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY	A.L.s. Wm. E. Charming.	York, England		USD -	Unknown
93	CHANNING, WILLIAM HENRY	A.L.s., n.p., April 15th, n.y.			USD -	Unknown
94		CHECKS BY AMERICAN AUTHORS. A group of 12 checks, signed or endorsed, mainly by American Authors.	Various places	Various dates	USD -	Unknown
95	CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN	Manuscript transcription entitled Ouvrage de Loisire de Christine Reine de Suede.			USD -	Unknown
96	CHRISTY, HOWARD CHANDLER	A.L.s.	n.p.	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
97	CHURCH, F. L.	Signed sketch and greeting.	New York	[18]99	USD -	Unknown
98	CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN	3 A.Ls.s.			USD -	Unknown
99	CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.	Cabinet-size sepia photograph of Clemens, inscribed on back: With the warmest regards of yr friend ...			USD -	Unknown
100	CLEMENS	A.L.s.	Hartford	1881	USD -	Unknown

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