University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 111925, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
399 Edward & Wallis, Duke & Duchess of Windsor

Edward & Wallis, Duke & Duchess of Windsor Signed Royal Card

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 768.00
400 Edward, Duke of Windsor

Edward, Duke of Windsor PSA GEM MT 10 Signed Abdication Radio Address, Souvenir Typescript

n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 937.50
401 Plays

13 Plays by English Playwright J. Dryden with Additional Plays and Essays

ca. 17th-19th Centuries USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
402 Karen Blixen

Karen Blixen, "Out of Africa" Author, TLS & (2) ALS on Photographs

ca. 1950-1962 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
403 William Burroughs & Ferlinghetti & McClure

Pair of Books Signed by William Burroughs & Fellow Beat Writers Ferlinghetti & McClure

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 179.20
404 Willa Cather

Willa Cather Signed 1st Ed. "Lucy Gayheart"

ca. 1935 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
405 Willa Cather

Willa Cather ALS to Catholic Priest: "You made me more homesick for the West than I have been..."

n.d. USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
406 Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Illustrators: (4) Original Drawings & (1) ALS by Artists of 'Huckleberry Finn', 'Life on the Mississippi', & More!

ca. 1881-1883, 1896 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
407 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens 1848 ALS Slamming The American Literary Scene PSA Encapsulated NM 7 Including Original Transmittal Envelope

September 19, 1848 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,687.50
408 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, "The Battle of Life. A Love Story," Harper & Brothers 1847 1st American Ed.

ca. 1847 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
409 Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Boldly Signed Copy of "Green Eggs and Ham"

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,062.50
410 Washington Irving

Washington Irving Letter of Introduction for Colonel Childs, Ex-Charles Hamilton

September 20, 1831 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
411 Shirley Jackson

Super Scarce Shirley Jackson TLS With Great Literary Content: Page-Turning Reading, Overflowing Library & "next bookhunters [sic] convention in Westport"

"Friday" USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,000.00
412 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Personally Owned & Annotated "Grecourt Review" ft. Corso & Haikus

ca. 1950s USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
413 Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey Elaborately Signed Copy of "Sailor Song"

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
414 C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis ALS A Year Before His Death, With Original Envelope

1962-02-20 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,500.00
415 J.R. Lowell

J.R. Lowell Poet & Diplomat Fine Check & Signed Letter With Envelope

ca. 1870-1885 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
416 Edna St. Vincent

Edna St. Vincent Millay TLS on Interpretation of Her Sonnet 'Euclid' to Future Bestselling Author!

1939-02-10 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,875.00
417 Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell TLS Re: "North Georgia people... with Irish and Scotch names" - A Character Type Deeply Explored In GWTW

1940-08-02 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
418 Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe CDV by Brady, Incredibly Rare, Possibly Unique in Format!

ca. 1861 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 20,000.00
419 Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand Signed Sought-After Ltd. Ed. of Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

ca. 1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,560.00
420 William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration Bronze Bust, 11" High

ca. 1864 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
421 George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw Corrects Errors in English Edition of "Saint Joan" & Sends Manuscript for US Publication

2024-05-28 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
422 George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw ANS to New York Times "American presidents used to be lawyers and are now anarchists"

2009-10-28 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 937.50
423 Robert Southey

Robert Southey 6pp Manuscript Notes on Unfinished History of Portugal

n.d. USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 687.50
  • 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.