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Hancock, John (1737-1793) Signed Military Commission, 3 December 1787.
Lot: 32Sold for: $3,567$2,900Hancock, John (1737-1793) Signed Military Commission, 3 December 1787. Typographically printed document on paper, fulfilled by hand, sealed and signed by Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts, more ...
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) Two Signed Documents, 1848 and 1854.
Lot: 33Sold for: $584$475Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) Two Signed Documents, 1848 and 1854. Typographical document fulfilled in a secretarial manuscript hand with Hawthorne's signature as a collector at the port of more ...
Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822-1893) Archive Containing Presidential Clipped Signature and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet.
Lot: 34Sold for: $738$600Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822-1893) Archive Containing Presidential Clipped Signature and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet. Clipped signature of Hayes; invitation attributed to Secretary of more ...
Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) Typed Letter Signed, 7 August 1941.
Lot: 35Sold for: $1,476$1,200Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) Typed Letter Signed, 7 August 1941. Single page typed on one side, Finca Vigia San Francisco de Paula Cuba letterhead. To Arnold Gates, thanking him for birthday more ...
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Autograph Receipt Signed, 4 November 1898, Scarborough, Maine.
Lot: 37UnsoldHomer, Winslow (1836-1910) Autograph Receipt Signed, 4 November 1898, Scarborough, Maine. Single laid paper sheet inscribed on one side. To art collector Thomas B. Clarke (1848-1931) in receipt of more ...
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) Three Signed Presidential Items and Other Material Signed by Presidential Cabinet Members.
Lot: 38Sold for: $246$200Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) Three Signed Presidential Items and Other Material Signed by Presidential Cabinet Members. Two typed letters signed by Hoover; two typed letters signed by Vice more ...
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Autograph Letter Signed, 2 October 1795.
Lot: 39Sold for: $1,722$1,400Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Autograph Letter Signed, 2 October 1795. Large bifolium of laid paper, inscribed over two pages. To Markham McGee, arguing about whether a debt on a bond for one more ...
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Signed Ship's Papers, 19 January 1836.
Lot: 40Sold for: $1,169$950Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Signed Ship's Papers, 19 January 1836. Four language ship's passport for the New Bedford whaling ship, The George Washington, bound for the Pacific Ocean, sealed, with more ...
James, Henry (1843-1916) Autograph Letter Signed, 27 July 1882.
Lot: 41Sold for: $246$200James, Henry (1843-1916) Autograph Letter Signed, 27 July 1882. Single leaf inscribed on one side. To James R. Osgood (1836-1892),James's publisher, agreeing to conditions set out in Osgood's more ...
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) and James Madison (1751-1836) Signed Ship's Passport, 10 November 1802.
Lot: 42Sold for: $4,613$3,750Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) and James Madison (1751-1836) Signed Ship's Passport, 10 November 1802. Parchment document, engraved with a vignette of a lighthouse and ships in the top portion, more ...
Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) Autograph Poem, Signed.
Lot: 43UnsoldKipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) Autograph Poem, Signed. One sheet inscribed with six stanzas of his "L'Envoi" to Life's Handicap, varying slightly from the published versions, notably, without the more ...
Lawrence, D.H. (1885-1930) Signed Contract, 1 May 1929.
Lot: 44Sold for: $923$750Lawrence, D.H. (1885-1930) Signed Contract, 1 May 1929. Two leaves of legal (A4) paper typed on the rectos, with Lawrence's initials and signature. The contract between literary agents Curtis more ...
Lee Robert E. (1807-1870) Letter Signed, West Point, 30 December 1853.
Lot: 45Sold for: $3,075$2,500Lee Robert E. (1807-1870) Letter Signed, West Point, 30 December 1853. Single laid paper leaf, inscribed on one and a quarter pages. To General George H. Devereux concerning his son's misconduct more ...
Lewis, Clive Staples (1898-1963) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 April 1950.
Lot: 46Sold for: $3,198$2,600Lewis, Clive Staples (1898-1963) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 April 1950. Single sheet of Lewis's Magdalen College, Oxford stationery, inscribed on one side. To Miss McEwan, discussing the works of more ...
Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Document Signed, 6 July 1802.
Lot: 47Sold for: $246$200Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Document Signed, 6 July 1802. Importation receipt typographically printed on laid paper, fulfilled by hand, certifying the entry of green tea from Canton to the port more ...
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Working Manuscript Translation of Dante's Inferno , Two Pages.
Lot: 49Sold for: $10,455$8,500Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Working Manuscript Translation of Dante's Inferno, Two Pages. Single leaf inscribed on both surfaces, dated 14 March 1863, titled, "Inferno," consisting of more ...
Manuscript Leaf; Two Leaves from an Early Book; Document; and Print.
Lot: 50Sold for: $185$150Manuscript Leaf; Two Leaves from an Early Book; Document; and Print. Mixed lot of decorative leaves, as follows: one large parchment leaf from a gradual with illuminated initials; two leaves from more ...
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Large Signed Cabinet Photograph, 1887.
Lot: 51UnsoldMassenet, Jules (1842-1912) Large Signed Cabinet Photograph, 1887. Portrait of Massenet in profile, inscribed "au Cercle des Arts un invite reconnaissant!, 1887," photograph by Charles Chambon of more ...
Melville, Herman (1819-1891) Autograph Letter Signed, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 29 October 1858.
Lot: 52Sold for: $20,910$17,000Melville, Herman (1819-1891) Autograph Letter Signed, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 29 October 1858. Single sheet of folded wove writing paper, blind-stamped "Paris" in the upper left corner, more ...
Monroe, James (1758-1831) Signed Land Deed, 11 June 1821.
Lot: 53Sold for: $461$375Monroe, James (1758-1831) Signed Land Deed, 11 June 1821. Document on parchment, for the sale of 160 acres in Arkansas to Joseph and Thomas Wright, printed in New York, by J. Seymour, fulfilled by more ...
O'Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Typed Document Signed and Initialed, 27 August 1971.
Lot: 54UnsoldO'Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Typed Document Signed and Initialed, 27 August 1971. Two typed sheets with text on rectos. To the artist's sister Anita O'Keeffe Young (1891-1985) with very detailed more ...
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Unsigned Portrait.
Lot: 55Sold for: $2,460$2,000Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Unsigned Portrait. Oil on canvas, painted after the "Ultima Thule" daguerreotype of the poet, in a giltwood frame, relined, retouched, 10 x 8 in. more ...
Presentation of Arms to Robert John Lee, London, 1694.
Lot: 56UnsoldPresentation of Arms to Robert John Lee, London, 1694. large parchment sheet with elaborately painted and gilt coat of arms occupying the top half of the sheet, borders ruled in red, manuscript text more ...
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) Signed Menu with Musical Phrase, 26 July 1905.
Lot: 57Sold for: $1,353$1,100Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) Signed Menu with Musical Phrase, 26 July 1905. Small card with a menu printed on one side in Italian that was given during Puccini's visit to Argentina in the summer more ...
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) Signed Photograph, 19 July 1905.
Lot: 58UnsoldPuccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) Signed Photograph, 19 July 1905. Black-and-white photograph mounted on the contemporary mat of Studio Bertieri in Turin, inscribed to Argentine composer, conductor, and more ...
Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943) Two Typed Letters Signed, Autographed Picture Postcard, and Photograph.
Lot: 59Sold for: $1,845$1,500Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943) Two Typed Letters Signed, Autographed Picture Postcard, and Photograph. The letters both from 1922, both to Berthold Neuer at Knabe Pianos in New York, with old more ...
Reed, John (1887-1920) Typed Letter Signed, Truro, 28 July [1919].
Lot: 60UnsoldReed, John (1887-1920) Typed Letter Signed, Truro, 28 July [1919]. Single leaf of wove paper, typed on one side. To fellow journalist Walter Weyl (1874-1919) concerning Weyl's positive feedback more ...
Roberts III, John (1724-1778) Manuscript Memorandum and Account Books.
Lot: 61Sold for: $10,455$8,500Roberts III, John (1724-1778) Manuscript Memorandum and Account Books. Small folio account book begun by Roberts in 1768 detailing numerous transactions related to his many business enterprises, more ...
Rodin, François-Auguste-René (1840-1917) Signed Calling Card.
Lot: 62Sold for: $369$300Rodin, François-Auguste-René (1840-1917) Signed Calling Card. Card with the following printed text: "A. Rodin, Le Samedi apres midi, 182 rue de l'Universite," addressed in Rodin's hand to fellow more ...
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) Archive Containing One Presidential Typed Letter Signed and Signed Material Related to Members o
Lot: 63UnsoldRoosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) Archive Containing One Presidential Typed Letter Signed and Signed Material Related to Members of his Presidential Cabinet. Letter signed by F.D.R. on Navy more ...