Auction 2256
November 21, 2004 11:00AM
Lots
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(American Literary Figures)
- Lot:
- 1
- Sold for:
- $17,625$15,000
(American Literary Figures), Rare and interesting archive of approximately ninety-three autograph letters, holograph sentiments and related paper sent to Houghton, Osgood & Co. and the Atlantic More ...
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Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924)
- Lot:
- 2
- Sold for:
- $705$600
Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924), Two autograph manuscripts signed, [undated], each one page, copies of The Love of God, apparently unpublished, and Now the Day is Over, each signed lower right, the More ...
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Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924)
- Lot:
- 3
- Sold for:
- $6,463$5,500
Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924), Autograph manuscript signed, [undated], one page, signed lower right, for the hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers, with five stanzas of eight lines each, folio, framed, More ...
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Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929)
- Lot:
- 4
- Sold for:
- $24,675$21,000
Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929), Autograph manuscript signed, [c. 1914-1920], one page, lyrics to America the Beautiful, four stanzas, signed lower right, folio, (folds, tear lower left not More ...
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Beard, Charles R.
- Lot:
- 5
- Sold for:
- $118$100
Beard, Charles R., Archive of manuscript material, including an eighty-eight page script entitled The White Swan of Agincourt, a chapter synopsis of Gems and Stones of Power, an article entitled More ...
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Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931)
- Lot:
- 6
- Sold for:
- $1,998$1,700
Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931), Autograph manuscript signed with initials on title page, Venus Rising from the Sea, title page dated London, 1929, ninety-seven pages, neatly written and maintained in a More ...
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Blunden, Edmund Charles (1896-1974)
- Lot:
- 7
- Sold for:
- $264$225
Blunden, Edmund Charles (1896-1974), Autograph manuscript poem signed, [undated], entitled "Dream," fifty lines on two sheets, with crushed red morocco and cloth slipcase with gilt More ...
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Burgess, Anthony
- Lot:
- 8
- Unsold
Burgess, Anthony, Letter signed, January 23rd, 1964, one page, to Mr. Harris, concerning a request for an autograph and photograph (photograph enclosed) and commenting on broader philosophical More ...
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Byrd, Richard E. (1888-1957)
- Lot:
- 9
- Sold for:
- $764$650
Byrd, Richard E. (1888-1957), Signed and inscribed photograph, dated New York City, August 28, 1928, showing the explorer dressed in a polar outfit, More ...
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Cather, Willa (1873-1947)
- Lot:
- 10
- Sold for:
- $4,113$3,500
Cather, Willa (1873-1947), Letter signed, April 19th, 1937, two pages, to Mrs. Samuel Posner, New York City, concerning her defense of an article she had written concerning the Jew in America, More ...
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Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)
- Lot:
- 11
- Unsold
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910), Autograph letter signed, April 4th, 1900, two pages, to Colonel Harvey, regarding his conditions with respect to a publication of his collected short works, More ...
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Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)
- Lot:
- 12
- Sold for:
- $1,645$1,400
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910), Autograph letter signed, April 29th, (19) 09, one page, to Mr. Arthur Kyle Davis of Petersburg, Virginia, declining an invitation to attend an event saying More ...
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Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
- Lot:
- 13
- Sold for:
- $558$475
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878), Double-sided gouache and grisaille drawing depicting "Christian passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death," signed and dated on both sides 1871, More ...
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Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
- Lot:
- 14
- Sold for:
- $353$300
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878), Autograph letter signed, [undated], to unknown recipient, inquiring of a publisher whether the manuscript by Mr. Greenwood was of any interest, framed with etching, More ...
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Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
- Lot:
- 15
- Unsold
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), Autograph letter signed, April 8th, 1857, one page, recipient unknown, concerning his authorship of David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, 8vo, framed, (creasing). More ...
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Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
- Lot:
- 16
- Sold for:
- $676$575
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955), Signed photograph, [undated], on a photograph clipped from a periodical, 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 More ...
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Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
- Lot:
- 16A
- Sold for:
- $1,763$1,500
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955), Signed letter, October 24th, 1952, one page, from The Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematics, Princeton, New Jersey, to Mr. Archer Graham, thanking him for the More ...
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
- Lot:
- 17
- Sold for:
- $1,293$1,100
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882), Autograph letter signed, [undated], two pages, to Mr. T. M. Brewer, editor of the Boston Atlas, concerning the reprinting of a lecture that Emerson had given before More ...
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Forster, Edward Morgan (1879-1970)
- Lot:
- 18
- Unsold
Forster, Edward Morgan (1879-1970), Autograph letter signed, June 14th, 1933, two pages, to Mr. Prokosch, two pages, concerning queries about The Celestial Omnibus, "I will autograph the books More ...
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Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)
- Lot:
- 19
- Sold for:
- $9,988$8,500
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939), Photograph with signature and inscription on the mount, dated June 1930, bust portrait in black and white, photograph 9 by 6 in., overall 15 /4 by 12 1/2 More ...
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Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
- Lot:
- 20
- Sold for:
- $3,995$3,400
Gershwin, George (1898-1937), Signed and inscribed piano score for Rhapsody in Blue, October 1, 1935, inscribed "to Leonard Davis/all good wishes from George Gershwin/ Boston 10/1/35," More ...
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
- Lot:
- 21
- Unsold
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864), Autograph letter signed, Concord, October 11th, 1863, one page, to Mr. R. (perhaps Ralph Waldo Emerson), concerning a visit, 8vo, (minor creasing, slightly faded in More ...
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Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)
- Lot:
- 22
- Sold for:
- $6,463$5,500
Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961), Autograph letter signed, Madrid, [undated], three pages, to Charles Thompson, referencing many mutual friends, boating, the publication of his new book, and firearms, More ...
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
- Lot:
- 23
- Sold for:
- $2,820$2,400
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), Autograph quotation signed, dated Boston, June 15th, 1877, one page, the third and final stanza from "Old Ironsides," "Oh, better that her shattered More ...
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
- Lot:
- 24
- Sold for:
- $646$550
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), Autograph letter signed, dated November 14, 1894, on Massachusetts Judicial Court letterhead, concerning a compilation of his father's poems, framed with a More ...
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Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
- Lot:
- 25
- Sold for:
- $4,700$4,000
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910), Autograph manuscript quotation signed, dated March 16th, 1884, one page, first verse from the Battle Hymn of the Republic, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the More ...
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Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)
- Lot:
- 26
- Sold for:
- $823$700
Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), Autograph letter signed, September 22nd, one page, recipient unknown, in French, excellent content concerning censorship and the press, 8vo, framed with portrait, (some More ...
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Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969)
- Lot:
- 27
- Unsold
Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969), Letter signed, May 17th, 1965, one page, to Jacques and Lois Sorrells, containing an eleven-line excerpt from a story and commenting on life, promotion, and work, "I More ...
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Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918)
- Lot:
- 28
- Sold for:
- $1,763$1,500
Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918), Autograph manuscript signed, [undated], one page, of Good Friday, fourteen two-line stanzas with a small sketch of a setting sun with crucifix, butterfly, and birds upper More ...
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Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918)
- Lot:
- 29
- Unsold
Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918), Autograph letter signed, February 6, 1918, one page, to Mrs. William Stammers Brown of Bronxville, New York, a deeply thankful letter concerning a lost letter which was More ...