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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.