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
375 Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

Stephen Crane Rare ALS on Syracuse University Letterhead Re: Religious Choral Concert While Researching "Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets"

March 7, [1891] USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
376 Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Charles Dickens PSA Certified 3rd Person ALS On Christmas Eve, Same Month Spooky "Mugby Junction" Was Published!

December 24, 1866 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 593.75
377 Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Charles Dickens PSA Certified ALS Addressed to Guild Troupe Member & Artist, Possibly Related to Upcoming Royal Charitable Performance

May 13, 1851 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
378 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

A.C. Doyle PSA Certified ALS Re: 2 London Landmarks, Incl. Morley's Hotel, Where "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Was Partly Written

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
379 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

R.W. Emerson's "Representative Men," Significant Presentation Copy to the Earl of Lovelace & Ada Lovelace, the Earliest Computer Programmer

n.d. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
380 Eugene Field (1850-1895)

Eugene Field Comic ALS: "I have been so busy and, at the same, so grumpy that writing to anybody has been quite out of the question"

January 9, 1887 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
381 Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Robert Frost Signed Poem "The Road Not Taken"

ca. 1957 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,000.00
382 Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

Allen Ginsberg ALS Revising Stanza for Landmark Poem 'Friday the Thirteenth', with Finished Publication in Magazine

1970-06-10 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
383 Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867

Poet Fitz-Greene Halleck Note Sending His Autograph, PSA Authenticated and Slabbed

n.d. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
384 E. C. Grenville Murray.

Thomas Hardy Signed Book, "Queer Stories From Truth" 3rd Series

London n.d. [ca. 1880s] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
385 Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Ernest Hemingway Boldly Signed Financial Document, Earmarked For Youngest Son, Dated 3 Weeks Before Leaving For Spanish Civil War Front

1938-08-11 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
386 Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley Signed Limited Edition Copy of "Brave New World"

London n.d. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
387 Evelyn Waugh

Kerouac's Personal Copy of "Men at Arms" by Evelyn Waugh, From His Estate

Boston 1952 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 325.00
388 Stephen King

Stephen King Signed Promo for Finders Keepers

ca. 2015 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
389 Nelle Harper Lee (1926-2016)

Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed to Long-time Pen Pal

1995-02-20 USD 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
390 Harper Lee (1926-2016)

Harper Lee Handwritten Letter Signed "Miss Nelle," Warm Content, With Signed Envelope, "Lee"

2000-12-29 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 593.75
391 Harper Lee (1926-2016)

Harper Lee ALS Recommending "a family man of exemplary character...for any position he applies for"

2006-02-20 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 512.00
392 Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Rare Herman Melville ALS Dating From 1867, His "Annus Horribilis" According to One Biographer

December 4, 1867 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
393 Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)

Pablo Neruda Russian Translation of "Voyages and Returns" Signed "Pablo Neruda Mosc[ow]"

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
394 J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling Signed 1st Ed. "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone", PSA Authentic

Haydock ca. 1998 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
395 Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010)

J.D. Salinger Lengthy TLS Re: Boarding School, Identity Crises, and Other Holden-esque Adolescent Difficulties

December 23, [1971] USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
396 Edward Steichen; Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

Carl Sandburg Signed Photo by Edward Steichen

ca. 1936 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
397 Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)

Upton Sinclair on Jack London, Corresponding with Joseph Noel in Salacious Letter

1940-12-23 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
398 John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

John Steinbeck Signed 1st Edition, 1st Printing Presentation Copy of "Sweet Thursday"

New York 1954 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,750.00
399 John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of "Cup of Gold"

New York 1953 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
  • 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: 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.
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  • Swann
    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.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    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.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    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.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    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.