University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books - Just In Time For The Holidays!, 121124, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024

Page Size: 518 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
252	John Armstrong Offers Advice to Friend Facing Bankruptcy, 1811	November 10, 1811	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
253	Josiah Bartlett 2x Signed ADS Re: "Evilly Entreat[ing] ... against the Laws of said Province of New Hampshire & the King's peace"	ca. September 27-28, 1774	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 593.75
254	Judah P. Benjamin Signature, 1st Jewish U.S. Senator	ca. 1853-1861	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 531.25
255	Benjamin Chew of the Pennsylvania High Court of Errors & Appeals Writes to Delaware Attorney General Nicholas Ridgely Re: Legal Matters, Ex-Forbes	May 5, 1794	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
256	1777 Georgia DS Signed by John Stirk & John Martin for Administrating the Estate of the Late Quintin Pooler	April 19, 1777	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50
257	Early Georgia Political Archive Incl. 2 GA Govs, 4 Pcs, Ca. 1759-1791	ca. 1759-1791	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 608.00
258	Women In Pre-Rev. War Georgia: A Slave-Owning Widow Tallies Property & A Spinster Sells 50 Acres	ca. 1772-1775	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
259	1776 Copy of "The Young Clerk's Vade Mecum", Vital for Young Professionals in Business	ca. 1776	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 593.75
260	1792 Issue of "Gazette of the United States" Ft. 3 Published Congressional Acts	May 26, 1792	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 562.50
261	Royal Governor Henry Ellis 1760 DS to "repair all such parts & places within this Province"	August 11, 1760	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 468.75
262	Ben Franklin Signed as President of PA, Regarding the Famous Somers Family of Egg Harbor	December 7, 1787	USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00	USD 34,375.00
263	John Hancock Signed Pay Warrant for Bounty on Hemp, 1791	July 5, 1791	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,875.00
264	John Hancock Signed Military Appointment for Suffolk Co. Militia	July 14, 1788	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 10,625.00
265	Thomas Heyward Jr. Signed Court Writ for Payment of Debt, 1784	November 16, 1784	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 625.00
266	Early Georgia: James Jackson Legal Doc on 52nd Article	n.d. [1777]	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
267	1792 Issue of "Gazette of the United States" Ft. 10 Published Congressional Acts	May 30, 1792	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 562.50
268	Lafayette ALS in English, He is "an American"!, Also Discusses July Revolution	October 28, 1831	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 13,750.00
269	William Penn Sells 500 Acres in His 9-Month-Old Colony, Where the Earliest Friends' Meetings Were Held	December 22, 1681	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 10,625.00
270	T. Pickering Docs Feat. Knox, Steuben, Cobb & Gibbs. Final Military Operations of the Rev. War Boldly Signed by Pickering!	November 17, 1783	USD 900.00 - 1,000.00	USD 704.00
271	1st Blood of Revolutionary War, Map of Canal from the Trent to the Mersey	ca. July 1771	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
272	Provisions for Benedict Arnold, Deserters, Pulaski and Indians Who Fought at Valley Forge, PA Immediately After 1778 British Evacuation	ca. June 24-30, 1778	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,432.00
273	Georgia Pays Its Share of Revolutionary War Expenses In Accordance With Congressional Act of 1782	October 1, 1785	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 468.75
274	"Mad Anthony" Wayne ALS to George Washington Re: Raid on British Loyalists in NJ	July 19, 1780	USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,000.00
275	Signer James Wilson Defends Client in Legal Case, Secretarially Signed	ca. July 1774	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
276	Marlon Brando's Personal Leather Attache, From His Estate	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,000.00

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