Swann Galleries: AUTOGRAPHS: Presidents, Royalty, Popes, Musicians, Artists, Nazi, Writers, Americana, Etc., 1447,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 22, 1987 - October 22, 1987

Page Size: 297 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		ACTORS.	Vp	1883-1941	USD 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
2		ACTORS.	Vp		USD 150.00 - 200.00	88.00
3		ACTORS	Vp	1872-1901	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
4		ACTORS: ENGLISH.	Vp	1880s-early 1900s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
5	ADAMS, JOHN	Partly Printed Document Signed, as President, appointing Samuel C. Crafts as a Commissioner of the United States.	Philadelphia	7 March 1799	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,640.00
6	ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY	Letter Signed in full as Secretary of State, to William Tudor of Boston, asking for a price quotation on the complete collection of Captain Ingraham's journals, pointing out that he will not pay a high price.	Washington	16 May 1822	USD 200.00 - 300.00	385.00
7	ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY	Partly-printed vellum Document Signed J. Q. Adams, as President, grant of land at Cincinnati in the Territory north west of the Ohio, counter-signed by Geo. Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office; white-paper seal.	City of Washington	30 June 1826	USD 200.00 - 300.00	385.00
8		ALBERT OF MONACO	New York?	1921	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
9	ALBERT	PRINCE CONSORT OF QUEEN VICTORIA.	Windsor	15 October 1852	USD 80.00 - 120.00	248.00
10	ALFONSO XIII	King of Spain	Np	1931	USD 80.00 - 120.00	77.00
11	O'Neill, Eugene	Two Bank Checks, Accomplished and Signed.	New York, San Francisco	2 November 1921, 14 December 1911	USD 100.00 - 150.00	385.00
12	Cooper, James Fenimore	Two Bank Checks, Accomplished and Signed.	Cooperstown, Concord	19 May 1846, 21 July 1862	USD 150.00 - 250.00	358.00
13		AMERICAN AUTHORS.	Vp		USD 80.00 - 120.00	88.00
14		AMERICAN AUTHORS.	Vp		USD 200.00 - 300.00	143.00
15		AMERICAN REVOLUTION.	Vp	1778-1808	USD 200.00 - 300.00	143.00
16		AMERICAN REVOLUTION and MISCELLANEOUS.	Vp	1768-1855	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
17		AMERICAN STATESMEN.	Vp	1850s-1950s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	165.00
18		AMERICANA and AUTOGRAPHS.	Vp		USD 150.00 - 200.00	88.00
19		AMERICANA and MISCELLANEOUS.	Vp	1776-1943	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
20	AMPERE, ANDRE MARIE	Autograph Letter Signed A. Ampere, in French, to Monsieur Ruffy.	Paris	28 October 1809	USD 100.00 - 150.00	770.00
21	ANTHONY, SUSAN B	Autograph Letter Signed, to My Dear Girl, requesting names and addresses of some good friends of woman suffrage in her neighborhood.	New York	nd	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
22		ART, MUSIC and THEATER.	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	248.00
23	ARTHUR, CHESTER A.	Document Signed in full, as President, authorizing John Jay Knox to serve as Commissioner of Internal Revenue in place of Green B. Raum who has resigned.	Executive Mansion	11 May 1883	USD 300.00 - 400.00	330.00
24		ARTISTS.	Vp		USD 150.00 - 200.00	154.00
25		ARTISTS.	Vp	1891-1933	USD 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
26		ARTISTS.	Vp	1873-1941	USD 150.00 - 200.00	220.00
27	AUGUST WILHELM	Prince of Prussia. Autograph Letter Signed, in German, to (Adolf) Hitler, on message side of a postcard portrait of Frederick the Great and his brothers.	San Souci	December 1930	USD 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
28		AUTHORS.	Vp	mostly 19th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	220.00
29		AUTHORS.	Vp	mostly 19th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	413.00
30		AUTHORS---AMERICAN.	Vp		USD 300.00 - 400.00	660.00
31		AUTHORS---BRITISH.	Vp		USD 200.00 - 300.00	413.00
32		AUTHORS---EUROPEAN.	Vp		USD 200.00 - 250.00	413.00
33		AUTOGRAPHS.	Vp	most 1880s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	440.00
34		AUTOGRAPHS.	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	193.00
35		AUTOGRAPHS.	Vp	mostly 19th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	358.00
36	Balbo, Italo	Portrait Photograph Signed, profile bust view of the Italian Air Marshal in white uniform, wearing pilot's wings and service ribbons.	Np	1933	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
37	Eckener, Dr. Hugo	AVIATION.	Friedrichshaven and Reykjavik	1 July 1931	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
38		AVIATION.	Vp	1930s-50s	USD 150.00 - 200.00	193.00
39	Heinrich Hoffmann	AVIATORS---GERMAN.	Np	1939-60s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	440.00
40	Lowe, Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine	BALLOONING---CIVIL WAR.	Pasadena, California	15 January 1896	USD 150.00 - 200.00	193.00
41	BENJAMIN, JUDAH P	Partly Printed Document Signed in full, as Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, appointing Margie H. Burnell as Inspector in Chief of the Slave Mistresses.	Montgomery	23 April 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	385.00
42	BERNADOTTE, JEAN B.	King of Sweden as Charles XIV John.	Paris	27 ventose Year VII (17 March 1799)	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
43	BERNHARDT, SARAH	Portrait Photograph by Reutlinger of Paris	Paris	1896	USD 200.00 - 250.00	358.00
44	BOYLE, KAY	Autograph Letter Signed, to Mr. Cohen, editor at Holt, Reinhart, and Winston; a review of John Ashbery's new book, Rivers and Mountains.	San Francisco	10 December 1965	USD 100.00 - 150.00	193.00
45		BRITISH HISTORICAL.	Vp	mostly early to late 1800s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	275.00
46	BROOKE, RUPERT	Autograph Letter Signed Rupert,		8 July 1910	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,210.00
47	BUCHANAN, JAMES	Address-leaf, penned by Buchanan to Colonel Real Frazer of Lancaster, an old friend, free-franked at upper right, bearing dark Bedford circular strike, the signature tied to a stamped FREE which passes through 3 letters.	Bedford, Pennsylvania	31 July [1839]	USD 150.00 - 200.00	143.00
48	BUCHANAN, JAMES	Partly printed Passport Signed, as Secretary of State.	Washington	6 December 1847	USD 250.00 - 350.00	143.00
49	BURR, AARON	Letter Signed A. Burr, to John Hopkins of Alexandria, written just prior to the opening of Burr's treason trial and mentioning John Wickham, one of the distinguished counsel which secured Burr's acquittal; Burr here asks that various papers be handed to M	Np	12 May 1807	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
50	John Gibson	CALIFORNIA---NEVADA CITY.	Nevada City	23 December 1878-19 June 1881	USD 100.00 - 150.00	248.00
51	Jose A. Estadillo	CALIFORNIA---SAN DIEGO.	San Diego	19 September 1845, 21 July 1846	USD 100.00 - 150.00	248.00
52	CALLAS, MARIA	Stark bust profile Portrait Photograph, featuring a remarkable, huge nose, inscribed to John Hanson and signed on light portion.	Np	1972	USD 100.00 - 150.00	495.00
53	CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N.	Autograph Letter Signed, to Judge Chas. J. McDermott, commending his recent article on admiralty jurisdiction.	36 West 44th St. New York City	25 September 1923	USD 150.00 - 200.00	385.00
54	CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N.	Typed Letter Signed, to Hon. Chas. J. McDermott, sending thanks for a birthday message based on their long friendship.	New York City	24 May 1929	USD 100.00 - 150.00	248.00
55	CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N.	Autograph Letter Signed, to Judge Chas. J. McDemott; amusing comment on a photograph of McDermott in Western attire, and other personal matters.	New York City	24 September 1929	USD 150.00 - 200.00	523.00
56	CARROLL, LEWIS	Autograph Letter Signed C. L. Dodgson, in the customary purple ink, to an unidentified correspondent about the arrival of relatives.	Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford	18 May [18]84	USD 200.00 - 300.00	330.00
57	CESARINI, GIULIANO, Cardinal	Autograph Letter Signed, to Cardinal de Carpi.	Rome	23 June 1539	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
58	CHAGALL, MARC	Contes de Boccace. Peintures du Manuscrit ... Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal.	Paris	1950	USD 300.00 - 400.00	303.00
59	CHAGALL, MARC	Le Dur Desir de Durer. French text by Paul Eluard.	Paris	1950	USD 200.00 - 300.00	165.00
60	CHAGALL par Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues	Double-page lithographed frontispiece in color; profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white illustrations, mostly full-page.	Paris	1975	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
61	CHARLES I	King of England.	Palace at Westminster	22 December 1632	USD 300.00 - 400.00	605.00
62	CHARLES I.	Henrietta Maria, Queen of England; consort of Charles I.		13 January 1661/2	USD 400.00 - 600.00	248.00
63	Sergeant Francis (Frank) M. Shaw	CIVIL WAR---DIARY.	Vp	1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	715.00
64	CLEMENT VII, Pope. De Medici, Giulio, Cardinal	Letter Signed as Cardinal De Medici, in Italian, to Fabiano Lippo, governor in Siena, about possession of a house; as Cardinal Legate in Rome.	Rome	28 August 1515	USD 200.00 - 300.00	550.00
65	CLEMENT VII, Pope. De Medici, Giulio, Cardinal	Letter Signed as Cardinal, in Italian, to a council of priors, sending his greetings to their representatives and congratulations on the matters negotiated.	Palatine Hills, Rome	28 January 1520	USD 200.00 - 300.00	550.00
66	CLEVELAND, GROVER	Handsome sepia Cabinet Portrait Photograph Signed on lower mount	Np	nd	USD 250.00 - 350.00	385.00
67	CLEVELAND, GROVER	Autograph Letter Signed as Governor of New York, to Colonel D. B. Williamson, an elaborate explanation of his inability to visit and his hopes to do so in a few weeks.	Albany, New York	5 June 1883	USD 150.00 - 200.00	165.00
68	CLEVELAND, GROVER	Partly engraved vellum Document Signed as President, appointing Charles B. Howry as Judge of the Court of Claims; countersigned by Judson Harmon, Attorney-General; red paper seal, cracked.	Washington, D.C.	23 November 1896	USD 250.00 - 350.00	275.00
69	CLEVELAND, GROVER	Autograph Letter Signed, to Rev. Thos. J. Limbach, de-clining to address a group in Eastern Pennsylvania because of the illness of his daughter.	Princeton (N.J.)	3 June 1901	USD 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
70	CLYMER, GEORGE	Signer	Philadelphia	29 July 1803	USD 200.00 - 300.00	880.00
71	COLDEN, CADWALLADER	Autograph Letter Signed, as Lieutenant-Governor of New York, to William Johnson, concerning the defense of the western frontier of the Province of New York.	Fort George	12 December 1763	USD 150.00 - 250.00	193.00
72		COMPOSERS and MUSICIANS.	Vp	1833-1964	USD 150.00 - 200.00	220.00
73	CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM	Autograph Letter Signed by the English artillerist and inventor of the Congreve rocket, to Tory leader (John W.) Croker, agreeing to meet the new poet (possibly Wordsworth) to show him developments in modern warfare; Congreve links the artillery to litera	Np	27 March (1820)	USD 200.00 - 250.00	248.00
74	COOLIDGE, CALVIN	Typed Letter Signed as Governor of Massachusetts, to General Newton E. Turgeon, about a mutual friend and the general's success.	State House, Boston	21 January 1920	USD 150.00 - 200.00	121.00
75	COOLIDGE, CALVIN	Typed Note Signed, as President, to Senator Frederick Hale, regarding naval appropriations.	Washington	13 February 1925	USD 150.00 - 250.00	303.00
76	COOLIDGE, CALVIN	Typed Letter Signed as President, to Mrs. Jennie M. Dow, replying to campaign suggestions.	Washington	16 March 1927	USD 150.00 - 200.00	303.00
77	COOLIDGE, CALVIN	Autobiography.	New York	1929	USD 80.00 - 120.00	121.00
78	DALI, SALVADOR	Autograph Card Signed, Dali, to Cecil Beaton, sending regards from his Italian holiday	Cortina D'Ampezzo	19 July 1936 [postmark]	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,210.00
79	DICKENS, CHARLES	Autograph Letter Signed, to John Baldwin Buckstone (manager of the Haymarket Theatre from 1853-1876) about employing a young actress in whom Dickens had taken an interest.	London	13 October 1857	USD 350.00 - 500.00	935.00
80	DICKENS, CHARLES	Bank Check Accomplished and Signed, drawn on Messrs.	London	4 September 1865	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
81	DOENITZ, KARL	Souvenir English-language typescript of the German Grand Admiral's historic radio broadcast to the German people on 1 May 1945, announcing his succession as head of state and stating his immediate aims; signed and dated at lower left, Doenitz/2.2.67.	Np	1967 as of 1945	USD 150.00 - 200.00	88.00
82	DOUGLAS, ALFRED, LORD	Autograph Letter Signed, to his typist giving detailed instructions for typing some of his poetry.	Tisbury, Wilts.	30 March 1894	USD 80.00 - 120.00	220.00
83	DOUGLAS, ALFRED, LORD	Autograph Quotation Signed, one quatrain from The Ballad of St. Vitus penned on a card.	Np	6 August 1913	USD 150.00 - 200.00	193.00
84	DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, PERE	Autograph Letter Signed Alex. Dumas, in French, to Mr. Rezentini, about corrections to and reworking of Maria Stuart, and 2 rehearsals of his famous Antony.	Paris	3 January 1848	USD 100.00 - 150.00	193.00
85	EDWARD VII	King of England.	London	8 April 1884	USD 150.00 - 250.00	165.00
86	EDWARD VIII	King of England.	London	17 April 1928	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
87	EDWARD VIII	King of England.	Nassau, Bahamas	1940-44	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
88	EDWARD VIII	King of England.	At Sea	10 February 1952	USD 250.00 - 350.00	358.00
89	EINSTEIN, ALBERT	Typed Postcard Signed A. Einstein, in German, on message side of an official German postcard, to Mr. N. Johannsen of Stapleton, New York, angrily refusing to continue correspondence on a matter in which Einstein had already stated his opinion.	Berlin	8 October 1921	USD 350.00 - 500.00	440.00
90	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID	Typed Letter Signed Dwight D. Eisenhower, as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, thanking the correspondent for her good wishes.	Np	16 March 1945	USD 200.00 - 300.00	154.00
91	EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID	Typed Letter Signed Ike E., to his old friend Colonel Charles C. Herrick (Dear Dad), about Eisenhower's book, At Ease.	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	25 July 1967	USD 200.00 - 300.00	440.00
92		ENGLISH---MILITARY AND STATESMEN.	Vp	mostly 1840s-80s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	220.00
93		ENGLISH STATESMEN.	Vp	mostly 1830s-80s	USD 250.00 - 350.00	165.00
94	ERIE CANAL	Group of 17 Autograph Letters Signed by Henry M. Moore	New Castle, Pennsylvania and elsewhere	1836-38	USD 150.00 - 200.00	358.00
95		EUROPEAN AUTHORS	Vp		USD 300.00 - 350.00	358.00
96	FARADAY, MICHAEL	Autograph Letter Signed M. Faraday, graciously declining an invitation, by a rule of conduct of many years standing of not going to dinners or parties.		20 March 1851	USD 150.00 - 250.00	121.00
97		FEMININE ARTS AND LETTERS	Vp		USD 100.00 - 150.00	193.00
98	FIELD, EUGENE	Photographic portrait of Eugene Field and Francis Wilson clowning (?) for the camera, both shown from the chest up.		1880s?	USD 80.00 - 120.00	193.00
99	FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT	Bank Check Accomplished and Signed, to the Grove Park Inn.	Np	17 November 1936	USD 80.00 - 120.00	385.00
100	FLAGG, JAMES MONTGOMERY	Group of 11 Typed Letters Signed (all as Monty and all but one in red pencil), to an intimate lady friend variously called Jerry, Giant Asparagus Tip, Nicola Tesla, Jerrymander, etc., a hilarious personal correspondence shot through with sexual innuendo,	New York City	18 November 1947-7 March 1949	USD 300.00 - 500.00	990.00

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.
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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