University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 10726, Wilton

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 07, 2026 - January 07, 2026
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
436 Julia Ward

Julia Ward Howe Signed Photograph, Framed & Ready for Display

 n.d. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
437 Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley "Texts & Pretexts" Pre-Publication Editor's Questionnaire, 150+ Words In His Hand! Year After "Brave New World"

 n.d. but ca. 1933 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
438

Archive Related to Samuel Johnson Incl. Edmond Malone 1790s MS Re: Earlier Edition of James Boswell's "Life of S. Johnson"

 ca. 1749-1953 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
439 James Joyce

James Joyce "Ulysses" Pre-Publication Advertisement, Along With Early Shakespeare & Company Material, 3 Pcs

 ca. 1921 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 5,000.00
440 Rockwell Kent

Rockwell Kent TLS Re: Autobiography, "you'll like 'This Is My Own' better than any of them"

 2041-02-14 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
441 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Signed 1st Ed. "The Town And The City" With Early Signature As "John Kerouac"

 n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,250.00
442 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Gifted (14) CalArts "Portfolio for Tomorrow" Lithographs With Excellent Provenance! Ex-Kerouac Estate

 n.d. but ca. 1968 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 175.00
443 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's "The Last Word" Featured In August 1960 "Escapade" Magazine, From His Estate

 1960-08-01 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 200.00
444 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Dog-Eared European Guide Book, Probably Consulted During 1965 "Satori In Paris" Journey

 ca. 1963 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 416.00
445 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Gifted French Literary Magazine, With Personal Dedication & Original Pencil Sketch By Breton Poet With "Satori In Paris" Association

 ca. January 1965 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
447 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Handwritten Signed Note to Longtime Friend

 n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
448 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Signed VHS Cover of Film Adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
449 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Signed Christmas Card to her Longtime Friend

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
450 Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis Novelist & Playwright TLS: "As a judge in the Harper novel-contest...I would give a lot to know"

 2037-05-29 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 204.80
451

70pp Literary Dealer's Lot of Notable 20th Century Authors & Poets: R. Jeffers, B. Smith, P. Buck & More!

 various [ca. 1930s-40s] USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 812.50
452 Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay Signed Portrait & TLS to Publicity Director Recalling Photo for Publication

 2037-07-15 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
453 Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 1st Separately Published Work, "A Winter Ship," Scarce Personally Owned Copy

 ca. 1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,304.00
454 Edgar Allan

Edgar Allan Poe Engraved Frontispiece by Cole After Iconic "Ultima Thule" Portrait

 ca. 1880 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
455 J. B. Priestley

J. B. Priestley Archive of Correspondence to Literary Publicist, 15pp

 ca. 1935-1940 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 750.00
456 Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand 11pp Revised AMS "The Cold Civil War" For LA Times Newspaper- 900+ Words in Her Hand!

 1962-07-12 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
457 George Bernard Shaw,

George Bernard Shaw, PSA GEM MT 10, Handwritten Signed Note

 2037-07-29 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
458 George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw 1936 Abdication Press Questionnaire, Signed & With 330+ Words In His Hand!

 ca. December 17, 1936 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
459 Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Solzhenitsyn Signed "Selected Prose" Dated 1 Year After Returning to Russia

 1995-04-08 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 812.50
460 John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck TLS to his Typist Mary Morgan Mentioning Two of his Works

 "Wednesday" ca. 1958 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
461 John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck "The Grapes of Wrath" 1st Edition, 1st Print, 1st Print Dust Jacket

 ca. 1939 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,375.00
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    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000