University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 100825, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025

Page Size: 421 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	U.S. President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)	J.Q. Adams Signed Pamphlet of July 4, 1831 Quincy Oration Gifted to Fellow Congressman Thomas Newton		n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,125.00
2	Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886)	Chester Arthur & Robert Todd Lincoln Signed Commission for Indian Fighter & Future San Juan Hill Hero Charles D. Parkhurst		June 25, 1884	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,125.00
3	JAMES BUCHANAN	President James Buchanan Outlines Relations with Paraguay for U.S. Senate		February 12, 1861	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 593.75
4	George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)	G.H.W. Bush Pays Tribute to Friend and Author of Redskins Fight Song: "Some special friendly guy that Barnee."		1989-10-25	USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	USD 1,000.00
5	George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)	George W. Bush 9/11 Typescripts w/ Bin Laden Mugshot and Iconic Speech & Unique Action Figure!		2001-09-11	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
6	Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)	Grover Cleveland ALS Telegraph Draft Re: Washington Territorial Judge Nomination Less Than 1 Year Before Washington Statehood		December 18, 1888	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 1,125.00
7	Bill Clinton (b. 1946)	Bill Clinton Writes to Rev. Stan Easty, "Thanks...for letting me know how you feel about Mother Theresa and what I said about her"		1994-03-01	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 2,000.00
8	Bill Clinton (b. 1946)	Bill Clinton Signed Limited Edition of "My Life"		n.d	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
9	Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)	Calvin Coolidge PSA Signed NY-ATL Air Mail Service First Flight FDC - With Added Philatelic Interest!		[April 1, 1930]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
10	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)	Dwight D. Eisenhower Boldly Signed D-Day Orders to His Troops		[June 6, 1944]	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,937.50
11	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)	Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Copy of "Crusade in Europe"	Garden City, New York	1948	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,750.00
12	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)	Dwight D. Eisenhower Responds to Parole Request		1947-05-12	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50
13	Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)	Millard Fillmore ALS Gem Mint 10! PSA Slabbed and Graded		May 10, 1864	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,000.00
14	Sir Archibald Alison	"History of Europe". Millard Fillmore 2x Signed Book from Personal Library.	Edinburgh and London	September 26, 1860	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 937.50
15	Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)	Millard Fillmore's Speech Broadside "What He Thinks of the Republicans"		ca. July 1856	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,125.00
16	Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)	Millard Fillmore ALS Ordering a Miniature Portrait from Engraver E. Anthony		September 22, 1848	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 500.00
17	Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006)	Gerald Ford ALS Re: 1978 Lebanon Conflict, "must not destroy a superb relationship of almost 30 years"		1978-03-24	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 1,062.50
18	Gerald R. Ford.	G. Ford Signed JFK: Assassination Report of the Warren Commission. A Rare Limited Edition Copy!	Nashville	2004	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 500.00
21	Gerald Ford (1913-2006)	Gerald Ford Signed 1st Edition Mini Book "Global Stability"		ca. 1981	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
22	Gerald Ford (1913-2006)	Gerald Ford Signed First Edition "A Vision for America"		ca. 1981	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 350.00
23	James Garfield	J. Garfield Signed Book "Investigation into the Causes of the Gold Panic"	Washington	1870	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,750.00
24	Charles Pierre Chapsal (1787--1858)	"French Lessons" Bearing James Garfield's Hand Written 28 Word Quote About Cicero Also Signed by His Future Wife Lucretia Rudolph		ca. 1854-1858	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 812.50
25	William Schouler (1814-1872)	From U. S. Grant's Library! Civil War Subject , Great Association		June 9, 1868	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,125.00
26	Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)	Scarce U.S. Grant Signed West Point Appointment as Interim Secretary of War		December 7, 1867	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,750.00
27	Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)	U.S. Grant Cut Autograph with Rank, PSA Slabbed & Graded Mint 9		March 12, 1866	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 1,125.00

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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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.