University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 61726, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
Page Size: 391 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
338 Edward Duke of Windsor;Wallis Duchess of Windsor

Edward & Wallis, Duke & Duchess of Windsor Signed Royal Stationery, With JSA LOA

London, England ca. 1952 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 275.00
339 Edward VII

Prince of Wales Signed French Telegram Addressed to Queen Victoria Re: Yacht Race Win!

Cannes, France ca. 1893-1897 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
340 George III

Rare King George III Signed Royal Military Appointment

London, England 1798 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
341 Charles III

Prince Charles TLS re: Handover of Hong Kong, Marking End of British Empire!

London, England 1997 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 2,125.00
342 Gladstone William Ewart

William Gladstone PSA Gem Mint 10 Signed Envelope Sent to Fellow Reformist in House of Commons

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
343 Hammerschmidt W.

Great Sphinx of Giza CDV & Stone Fragments!

1870 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
344 Hirohito

Hirohito Recognizes the Consul General Appointed by President Eisenhower

Tokyo, Japan 1957 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
345 Kalakaua

Rare King Kalakaua Albumen Photograph

N/A USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 350.00
346 Ulyanov Vladimir;Tsyurupa A.

Vladimir Lenin Diverts Food From Crimea to Northern Russia After WWI & Amidst Wide-Spread Starvation, Just Before White Army Takeover!

Moscow, Soviet Russia 1919 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
347 Kelly Grace

Grace Kelly ALS on Monogrammed Stationery to Brooke Astor

N/A USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,152.00
348 Passy Frederic

Frederic Passy Re: 1890 Post-Franco-Prussian War Tension Foreshadowing WWI - Future Nobel Peace Prize Winner!

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1890 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 200.00
349

Mao Zedong Commemorative Photo Album, Ca. 1949, Hand-Inscribed With 16 Photos

Shanghai, China ca. 1949 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
350 Auden W. H.

W.H. Auden Signed 1st Ed., 1st Printing of "Nones"

New York 1951 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
351 Bates Katharine

Katharine Lee Bates Signed & Inscribed "America the Beautiful", Days Before Her Death

New York 1911 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 325.00
352 Blake William

Wm. Blake's 'Songs of Innocence & Experience' 1955 Ltd. Edition Gifted to Yousuf Karsh, Ex. Karsh Estate

London 1955 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 625.00
353 Clancy Tom

Tom Clancy Signed 1st Ed. "The Hunt for Red October"

Annapolis, Maryland 1984 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 625.00
354 Cooper James Fenimore

James Fenimore Cooper Signed Check to Himself

Cooperstown, NY 1837 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,000.00
355 Emerson Ralph Waldo

Ralph W. Emerson 1st London Ed. Presentation Copy Addressed to His Friend, Ada Lovelace's Husband!

London 1850 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
356 Frost Robert

Robert Frost Signed Souvenir Printing of "The Road Not Taken"

1937 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,375.00
357 Kerouac Jack

Jack Kerouac Wants To Be on the Road Again "to come back to Denver someday in a Buick convertible with a case of scotch." Fantastic Literary Content

1947 USD 13,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
358 Kerouac Jack

Jack Kerouac TLS on Moving to Queens, Where He Would Write "Maggie Cassidy" & "The Subterraneans"

1949 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
359

Emma Lazarus Association, (5) CDVs & Cabinet Card Initialed "E.L."

Paris; New York City 1879-1885 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
360 Miller Arthur

Arthur Miller Signed Franklin Library Ltd. Ed., "Collected Plays"

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania 1980 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
361 Miller Arthur (1915-2005)

Arthur Miller Signed "Death of A Salesman" 50th Anniversary Ed.

New York 1999 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 437.50
362 Meredyth Constance A.

20th C. British Writers & Artists Book of 50+ Signatures Incl. Barrie, Kipling, Milne & More! Ex. Karsh Estate

London 1906 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 937.50
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000