Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts

Original portrait photograph of Lincoln seated with a book and his son Tad, taken February 9, 1864, at Brady's studio by Superintendent Anthony Berger,

St. John's Gospel, in Greek, fragment of an early codex manuscript on vellum,

Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Bronte"), to John White, Esquire, on being unable to visit because of her father and commenting on her former charges when she was a governess for the White family,

Document Signed ("J.D. Rockefeller") issuing five thousand shares of Standard Oil Trust stock to himself,

Document Signed ("Yo el rey"), a privilege for his bodyguard Sancho Sanchez of Avila

Original portrait photograph of Einstein at 50, inscribed in the mount, in German, "For beloved Aunt Sophie Lehmann on her 80th birthday,"

Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.

Partly Engraved Document Signed ("G Washington") as President of the Society of the Cincinnati, certifying Gurdon Bill,

You Only Live Twice.

Wuthering Heights.

Partly Engraved Document on Vellum Signed by Thomas Jefferson ("Thomas Jefferson") as President, and James Madison ("James Madison"), as Secretary of State,

Document Signed ("J.D. Rockefeller") issuing fifty thousand shares of Standard Oil Trust stock to founding partner Stephen V. Harkness,

Typed Letter Signed ("M.K. Gandhi"), to "[Shrimati] Janammal," on the fast and care of Ambujammal Desikachari,

Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell.

Villette.

A group of American imprints of the works of the Bronte sisters.

Photograph Signed ("RE Lee"), a carte de visite by Michael Miley from his last photographic sitting,

Ulysses ... with an Introduction by Stuart Gilbert and Illustrations by Henri Matisse.

Document Stamp-Signed by Andrew Johnson ("Andrew Johnson") as President, and by William Hunter ("WHunter"), acting Secretary of State, a Presidential pardon for Captain Elijah Hawkins,

BRONTE SISTERS - EPHEMERA. [Spine title:] "The Bronte Family - Sales of Mss. Relics, etc, and Catalogue of the Bronte Museum at Haworth."

From Russia With Love.

Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana.

Six Drawings.

The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of the Stones of Venice. With a preface by William Morris.

Poems Chosen out of the Works of Robert Herrick.