University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Books, 103024, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024

Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
375	Scarce Richard Winters & Lewis Nixon	Scarce Richard Winters & Lewis Nixon III Signed Photograph	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 3,250.00
376	Surviving	Last Surviving Marines Sign Iwo Jima Flag Raising Photo	1945-02-23	USD 160.00 - 200.00	USD 1,000.00
377	John Paul Howatt, U.S.N.	Pearl Harbor Survivor John Paul Howatt, U.S.N. Remarkable Collection of Military Decorations, Which Mostly Also Survived!	n.d.	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,062.50
378		Pearl Harbor Official Dispatch: "This is not drill", with Intriguing Provenance!	1941-12-07	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,875.00
379		Pearl Harbor Christmas That Wasn't! Dinner for the 18th Bombardment Wing to be held in the Rare Survival, Printed Weeks in Advance of Bombing	December 25, 1941 & November 2, 1942	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	USD 437.50
380		Pearl Harbor Cover Dated Dec. 7 & Sent from USS New Orleans & Narrowly Escaping Destruction, Truly Remarkable!	1941-12-07	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 704.00
381	Elbe Day	Elbe Day (2) Iconic Signed Photos- Williamson & Staub	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 687.50
383		ALS from Naval Eyewitness to Tokyo After Atomic Bombs "90% of it is completely leveled or bombed out..."	1945-09-25	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 230.40
384		Age of Discovery-Dated Portuguese Manuscript, 50+pp, Re: Establishing Lisbon Consulate For Foreign Merchants Plying The Spice & Slave Trade	ca. November 28, 1592 - July 9, 1593	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 1,500.00
385		A Large & Colorful Piece of the Berlin Wall	ca. November 1989	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
386	Leonid Brezhnev	Leonid Brezhnev Signed Book of Memoirs: "Virgin Lands"	ca. 1979	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
387	Fidel Castro	Fidel Castro Signed Poster Certificate Awarded to a University Graduate	2001-07-26	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 593.75
388	Churchill	Churchill to His Editor in the Critical Year of 1938: "I have not noticed any serious mistakes pointed out by the reviewers"	1938-10-29	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,500.00
389	James Craig	Archive of Sir James Craig, Leader of Pro-British Unionist Movement & First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Ex-Forbes	ca. 1905-1943	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 4,375.00
390		Marine One Security Cards For Camp David Conference, Including Anwar Sadat	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 307.20
391		Late 19th & Early 20th C. Famous Europeans, Ex-Forbes	ca. 1881-1961	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 375.00
392	Gandhi	1889 Gandhi Letter - The Earliest We Have Seen, Signed Twice!	January 22, 1889	USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 10,625.00
393	Che Guevara	Che Guevara TLS Investigating Political Murders in 1959	1959-01-04	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,375.00
394		Medieval 13th Cent. Florence Manuscript Concerning Guicciardini Estates. Truly Remarkable!	ca. 1298	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,408.00
395	Mata Hari	Rare Mata Hari ALS From Her Love Nest Outside Paris	Monday, n.d. but ca. 1911-1917	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,750.00
396	Saddam Hussein	Saddam Hussein Prepares for War During Oil Boom by Building Up Automotive Industry Supporting Military Needs.	1980-08-17	USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	USD 1,000.00
397		Illuminated Manuscript of Ottoman Origin, Islamic Contents, ca. 18th Century	n.d. [ca. 18th century]	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 468.75
398		Collection of 5 Haggadahs Including Szyk Ed., 1938-1965; Important Zionist Contents Pre & Post Independence	ca. 1938-1965	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 500.00
399	Nikita Khrushchev	Nikita Khrushchev Rare Signed Book	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 687.50
400		Edward I-Era Miniature Illuminated Manuscript, Plus 2 Bonus Black Prince Engravings!	attributed to 13th C.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 325.00

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 .

High Bids Win
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