Potomack Company: American Historical & Political Auction: Incl. WWI & WWII Posters, 103024, Alexandria

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024
Page Size: 126 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5000 DOLLEY MADISON

DOLLEY MADISON HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO ELLEN CUTTS

CIRCA 1837 TO 1849 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
5001

MEMORABILIA FROM WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

1908 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
5002

TWO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL PROGRAMS, AN INAUGURAL INVITATION

1942 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 260.00
5003 HERBERT HOOVER

PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 195.00
5004 ULYSSES S. GRANT AND HAMILTON FISH

ULYSSES S. GRANT AND HAMILTON FISH SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR WILLIAM C. DEPRIEST OF NORTH CAROLINA

1873 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
5005 GROVER CLEVELAND AND FRANCES CLEVELAND

GROVER CLEVELAND AND FRANCES CLEVELAND SIGNED CABINET CARDS, CLEVELAND-HENDRICKS CAMPAIGN SONG, WITH OTHER CLEVELAND EPHEMERA

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
5006 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS SIGNED MILITARY APPOINTMENT FOR JAMES MADISON CUTTS

1825 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
5007 THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THEODORE ROOSEVELT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH AS PRESIDENT

1907 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,690.00
5008 WOODROW WILSON

WOODROW WILSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
5009 HARRY TRUMAN, HERBERT HOOVER AND WOODROW WILSON

THREE AUTOGRAPHS FROM PRESIDENTS HARRY TRUMAN, HERBERT HOOVER AND WOODROW WILSON

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 715.00
5010 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

SIGNED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER DINNER PROGRAM WITH PHOTOGRAPH FROM ALFALFA CLUB DINNER

1955 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 357.50
5011 WOODROW WILSON

WOODROW WILSON TYPED LETTER SIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
5012 LYNDON B. JOHNSON

LYNDON B. JOHNSON'S MEMOIR 'A VANTAGE POINT' SIGNED AND INSCRIBED

1971 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
5013 GROVER CLEVELAND

GROVER CLEVELAND AUTOGRAPHED MILITARY APPOINTMENT FOR HENRY R. TILTON

1893 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
5014 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

LETTER SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, JUNE 22 1956

1956 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
5015 LYNDON B. JOHNSON

PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 130.00
5016 LYNDON B. JOHNSON

PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO 1968, TOGETHER WITH JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL PENS AND W. MARVIN WATSON LETTERS

1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
5017 RICHARD NIXON

RICHARD NIXON TWO-PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO LEWIS STRAUSS ASKING FOR ADVICE ON NAMING HIS VICE PRESIDENT, JULY 28

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
5018 ULYSSES S. GRANT

PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. TWO VOLUMES. FIRST EDITION

1885/86 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,170.00
5019 ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. POLITICAL DEBATES BETWEEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS... FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE.

1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
5020 GEORGE WASHINGTON

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS PRINTED FOR THE WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
5021

U.S. CIVIL WAR AND MILITARY HISTORY BOOKS

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 455.00
5022 DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. REMINISCENCES. SIGNED BY JEAN MACARTHUR, LIMITED EDITION

1964 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 117.00
5023 ROBERT TOMES

BATTLES OF AMERICA BY SEA AND LAND. ROBERT TOMES. THREE VOLUMES

1878 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 487.50
5024 GOOCH.

GOOCH. MILITARY LAWS: CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS....

1820, AND 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY USD 125.00 - 175.00 Not Sold
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD