Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 49

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Authors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 618		Barrie, Sir James M (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist; best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. Autograph note signed ("J.M. Barrie"), 1p, 3¾ x 4¼ in., n.p., n.d. To the Surveyor of Taxes, Guildford, saying "I presume you want nothing further of me." Matted with a 3¾ x 3½ in. image of Barrie and framed to an overall size of 11½ x 15½ in. Fine. Estimated Value $175 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 619		Browning, Robert & Elizabeth Barrett. Cut signatures of Robert Browning (1812-1889) and Elizabeth B. Browning (1806-1861) on two small slips of paper, matted with carte-de-visite photographs and framed to an overall size of 11¾ x 12 in. Fine. With a COA on the verso from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 620		Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) Poet, journalist, and editor. Autograph quotation signed, 4¼ x 4½ in., n.p., 5 Apr. 1877. The third stanza of the poem "The Planting of the Apple-Tree," beginning "What plant we with the Apple tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs…." Fine. Matted with a small portrait of Bryant and framed to an overall size of 19½ x 15½ in. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 621		Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) American poet and owner-editor of the New York Evening Post. Carte de Visite Signed, "William Cullen Bryant" in the lower margin. Imprint on verso reads, "Rockwood - Photographer. 839 Broadway N.Y." Fine; minor soiling. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 622		Clemens, Samuel - Mark Twain (1835-1910) American humorist, satirist, lecturer, writer; he used the pen name Mark Twain. Double signature as S.L. Clemens and Mark Twain on his personal card monogrammed "SC" at upper left, 3 x 5¼ in., Hartford, 4 July 1882. Clemens added the sentiment "Very Truly Yours" above his signatures. Fine; light toning. Matted with an image of Clemens and framed to an overall size of 20 x 15 in. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,006
Lot 623		Clemens, Samuel L. Autograph letter signed ("S L Clemens"), 1p, 8 x 5½ in., Hartford, 15 Jan. (18)86. To Professor Wayland: "You catch my idea exactly. I am greatly obliged. Sincerely yours S L Clemens." Good; inlaid to larger cardstock; several tears, including one small vertical tear affecting the "m" in "Clemens." Boldly penned and signed. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 624		[Twain, Mark/Samuel Clemens] Original Photographs. Three original photographs taken at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York where Twain and his family summered in the 1870s and 80s and where he wrote many of his most famous works. Each photo is 7¾ x 9½ inches, with the publisher's blind stamp, "Copyright 1903 by the Curtis Publishing Company"; the name "T.E. Morr." is engraved in each plate at lower right, and the photos are numbered in the plate at lower left. One photo shows Twain looking out the window of the study built for him in 1874 by his sister-in-law Susan Crane and her husband Theodore. The study was moved to the campus of Elmire College in 1952. A second photo shows Twain sitting in the wooded area surrounding his home. He cogitates, holding a cigar in his right hand and papers in his left. The third is a photo of the home itself. All fine; minor silvering. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 625		Conan Doyle, Arthur (1838-1930) British mystery novelist; he studied medicine and used his knowledge of deductive reasoning in his highly renowned Sherlock Holmes series. He introduced Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson in "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). Autograph letter signed ("A Conan Doyle"), 1p, 7 x 5 in., on red, embossed crested stationery of The Hôtel Métropole, London, [1911, to O.P. Heggie]. In full, "My dear Sir / I am sure your performance will be admirable. You might just speed up two parts which drag, the end of Scene II Act II after Watson's exit, and the examination of the wall in the last scene. With best wishes A Conan Doyle." Ink blot by Conan Doyle in a blank area at the end of a line. Fine condition. This letter was purchased from a member of the Heggie family. Oliver Peters Heggie (1877-1936) is best remembered for his later role as the blind hermit who befriends the Monster (Boris Karloff) with wine and tobacco in "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935). "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First published in "Strand Magazine" in February 1892, Conan Doyle, who later revealed that he thought this was his best Holmes story, wrote and produced a play based on it. "The Speckled Band" premiered in London at the Adelphi Theatre on June 4, 1910 with H.A. Saintsbury as Holmes. On August 8th, it moved to the Globe Theatre with a few cast changes, closing on 29 October 1910. In the United States, "The Speckled Band" played for limited engagements at the Boston Theatre in October and November 1910 and New York's Garrick Theatre in November and December 1910. O.P. Heggie appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the February 6-25, 1911 production of "The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" at London's Strand Theatre. Letters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle referring to Sherlock Holmes are rare and sought after by collectors. Only two such letters have appeared on the market in the last decade. One signed "A.C.D." referred to "the Cardboard Box story" and "S.H." and sold for just over $12,000 at Sotheby's London in 1999. The other, signed "A Conan Doyle," brought $16,838.50 at a public auction last year. Its only Holmes reference was the phrase "Of course the Holmes stories are all criminal studies." The letter offered here, signed "A Conan Doyle," is exceedingly desirable in that the renowned detective's creator gives advice to an actor about to portray Sherlock Holmes on the London stage and is the only Conan Doyle letter we've ever seen mentioning Watson. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 626		Dana, Richard Henry, Jr (1815-1882) American writer and lawyer; best remembered for Two Years Before the Mast. Autograph letter signed ("R.H. Dana Jr."), 1p, 8 x 5 in., Boston, 9 Jan. 1863. Regarding having a piece placed "in the costly columns of the Times--to which I am a subscriber…it will much please the parties in India…." Fine. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 10½ in. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 627		Dickens, Charles (1812-70) English novelist who chronicled England during the Industrial Revolution. His most famous books included Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Nicholas Nickelby, and Great Expectations. Envelope addressed and signed "Charles Dickens," 2½ x 5 in., stamped in red "PAID/7 JUL 7/1848." Addressed by Dickens to "Charles M. Evans Esquire / Upper Temple Street / Birmingham." Postmarked "Birmingham / JUL 8 / 1848" on verso. Slight tear at wax seal on verso. Fine condition. In 1848, Charles Dickens was touring with the "Amateurs," a group of friends and family members, including his brother Augustus, performing plays in order to raise money to endow the office of Curatorship of the Shakespeare House. On May 18th, Dickens had written to Charles M. Evans, Secretary of the Birmingham Polytechnic, and Secretary of the Birmingham Theatricals Committee, asking if he thought he could fill the Theatre Royal in June for performances by the Amateurs of plays including "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Birmingham�s "Aris�s Gazette" reported on July 3rd that the June 27, 1848 performances of the Amateurs were "fully attended." No doubt the contents of the letter Dickens wrote to Evans on July 7, 1848 from Devonshire Terrace concerned the Amateurs. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 628		Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) English novelist. Signature with an elaborate paraph and the date "July, 1863", 6½ x 4¼ in., on specially-printed paper signifying that the autograph was signed at a fair for the benefit of the Royal Dramatic College. Printed at the top beneath a British crest: "Royal Dramatic College / Fête And Fancy Fair. / Crystal Palace, / July 25 and 27th 1863." Printed below the signature is: "The above Autograph was purchased at Mrs. Howard Paul's Stall / For the Benefit of the Royal Dramatic College." Fine. Matted with an image of Dickens and framed to an overall size of 21 x 11 in. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $810
Lot 629		Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll) (1832-1898) Clergyman, mathematician and children's author who wrote under the name Lewis Carroll. Two of his most famous books were Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Autograph letter signed ("C.L. Dodgson") in pencil, 1p, 4½ x 7¾ in., n.p., 26 Oct. 1886. To Stewart, "I had quite forgotten I should be charged for the Hall dinner as well - so it's all right, except…for 'tart & sugar', which I didn't receive, & so demur to being charged for…." Fine. Matted with an image of Dodgson and framed to an overall size of 11¼ x 19 in. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 630		Dumas, Alexandre, Père (1802-1870) French novelist and playwright; author of the Count of Monte Cristo. Autograph letter signed ("Alex Dumas"), 1p, in French, on stationery engraved with "AD" under a crown, 8¼ x 5¼ in., n.p., n.d. Dumas writes, "You already have the wife and daughter of Luigi. It appears that the wife and daughter are doing well for he wants to join them. Do what you can for him." In a footnote, he adds, "On my next trip I will take the two Chambers by force." Fine; some nicks to frame. Matted with an image of Dumas and framed to an overall size 20¼ x 11 in. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 631		Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Autograph letter signed ("R.W. Emerson"), 4pp, Concord, 15 May 1862. To W.C. Russell, regarding a train trip to California that Emerson's son, Edward, and Russells's son, Cabot, were taking to California. Emerson discusses arrangment for the trip and is happy that his son will see "the Mammoth Groves" and "the Yo Semite" in California. Edward had to be back in Cambridge for school in October. Fine. An interesting letter revealing Emerson as a concerned father. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $930
Lot 632		Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) Author, poet, and philosopher; leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Autograph quotation signed ("R.W. Emerson"), 3¾ x 4¾ in., n.p., 21 Jan. 1867. Emerson writes: "All mankind have now the deepest interest in the conscience of every American voter." Fine; minor ink brushing. Matted with a portrait of Emerson and framed to an overall size of 18¾ x 13¾ in. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 633		Field, Eugene (1850-1895) American writer, best remembered for children's poetry such as Wynken, Blynken and Nod, and humorous essays. Autograph letter signed, 1p, 5½ x 5¼ in., South Kensington, 12 Aug. 1890. To Low's Exchange, regarding his mail, and a needed address, with the comment, "My health has much improved by a visit to Germany…." He died five years later at the age of 45. Matted with a color image and framed to an overall size of 18 x 12¼ in. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 634		[Hawthorne, Nathaniel]. Original Watercolor of Nathaniel Hawthorne, by "H.B.," 10½ x 12½ in. image, framed to 13 x 15 in., c. 1865, A head and shoulders vignette, carefully rendered. Paper is toned, but the image is still quite clear and distinct. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 635		Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) 19th century novelist and short-story writer. Signature ("Nathl Hawthorne") and closing ("Respectfully yours,") cut from a letter, 1½ x 3¾ in., n.p., n.d. Matted with a printed quote, "Life is made up of marble and mud" and a 4 x 3 in. image of Hawthorne. Framed to an overall size of 15 x 8½ in. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $216
Lot 636		Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894) Poet, physician and essayist, sprang into literary fame with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, best known for his poem Old Ironsides. Salutation "Yours Truly" with "Boston / August 31, 1859" 1¼ x 3¾ in. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will go to the Manuscript Society Endowment Fund. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 637		Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr (1809-1894) Physician and writer; one of the most popular American poets of the 19th century. Autograph letter signed ("O W Holmes"), 1p, 7 x 4½ in., Boston, 7 Dec. 1886. To an unnamed man, explaining, "The lines in question are to be found in 'Poetry: A Metrical Essay' published in the first and all subsequent editions of my poetical writings." Fine. Matted with a portrait of Holmes and framed to an overall size of 13½ x 16½ in. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 638		Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910) Writer and reformer, composer of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Autograph letter signed in fountain pen ink on watermarked, laid paper, 8 x 5 in., Newport, RI, 17 August 1903. Referring to a check she had enclosed to pay a phone bill. The lot includes a printed postcard inviting the women of Boston to attend a meeting in support of Crete refugees, dated May 3, 1897. Signed and inscribed in blue ink. Both items are fine, with slight soiling and toning. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 639		Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and statesman; his best-known works outside of France are Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Autograph letter signed, in French, 1 p, 8 x 5 in., n.p., 6 Nov., N.Y. Regarding Hugo's intercession with François Villemain, Minister of Education for France (1839-44), for a friend's son. "…I have obtained from M. Villemain the formal, positive, irrevocable assurance…of a dispensation [of age] for your son; without which he would indeed have lost [his position] in six weeks…." Matted with a portrait of Hugo and framed to an overall size of 14½ x 17¼ in. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 640		Irving, Washington (1783-1859) American author, essayist, and diplomat. Autograph letter signed, 1p, 7 x 4¼ in., Sunnyside, 18 Jan. 1855. To James Narine, Chairman of the Franklin Festival, regretting that he did not receive an invitation because it was addressed to the Tarrytown post office "to which I only casually send for letters" and including a $25 draft (not present) for the Free Library fund. Fine; inlaid to a larger sheet; one vertical tear in left margin. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 641		Irving, Washington (1783-1859) American author, essayist, biographer and historian; best remembered for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Signature on a 3½ x 4¼ in. slip of paper with "Sunnyside, May 18, 1857." Matted with a 4½ x 3¼ in. engraving of Irving and framed to an overall size of 14½ x 9½ in. Fine; edges of frame need touch-up. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $120
Lot 642		James, Henry (1843-1916) American writer. Signature with holograph place and date, "Los Angeles, California, March 26, 1905," 2½ x 4 in. James lived primarily in England from 1875; when he visited the United States in 1905, it was the first time in 20 years that he had seen his native country. Fine. Matted with an image of James and framed to an overall size of 14 x 18¼ in. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 643		Jones, James (1921-77) American author; best known for From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. Typed letter signed, 1p, 11 x 8½ in., King's Cottage, Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., 30 Apr. 1952. To Leonard Lyons of the New York Post, regarding writing a guest column about "the two most important days in a first novelist's first publication: 1/the first time he actually sees one of his bound books, and 2/the first time he see the window display on it…." Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 644		Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843) Lawyer, minor poet; best remembered for writing the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner," which were first published as a poem, "The Defense of Fort McHenry," in 1814 after Key witnessed the British attack on Baltimore. ANS ("F S Key"), 1p, 9¾ x 8 in., Taneytown, Md., 2 Oct (18)41. To an admirer in Cincinnati, Ohio, "I have rec.d your letter & complied with your request…." With holograph address on verso and "25" manuscript postage. Fine; light soiling; seal holes repaired, affecting nothing. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $437
Lot 645		Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) English author and poet. Signature on a 1 x 3¾ in. slip of paper, cut from a document, n.p., n.d. Very good; signature is on the light side but legible. Matted with an image and framed to an overall size of 14 x 10 in. Some nicks to frame. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 646		Lawrence, D. H (1885-1930) British novelist; his novels analyzed the ills of modern industrial society and the role of sex in human conduct. Autograph letter signed, 1p, 6¾ x 5 in., Del Monte Ranch, Questa, New Mexico, 15 July 1925. To "Seltzer," saying, "We expect to be in New York in the autumn, coming through on our way to England. I shall be able to see you then, and have a talk." Matted with a small color drawing of Lawrence and framed to an overall size of 13¼ x 17 in.; some nicks to frame. With a COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton on the verso. Thomas Seltzer was an influential small publisher in New York who published the first U.S. editions of many of Lawrence's works. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 647		Longfellow, Henry W. Autograph letter signed, 2pp (recto/verso), Cambridge, 15 June 1877. To Julius Rosanthal, a German-born lawyer and scholar in Chicago, thanking him for sending Longfellow the German translation of "Morituri Salutamus" by Dr. (Ernst) Schmidt. In part, "…Be so good as to give him my cordial thanks…I have read his version of the poem with great interest and satisfaction…" The holograph address panel is affixed at left margin to the blank back page. Longfellow wrote "Morituri Salutamus" for the 50th anniversary of the class of 1825 from Bowdoin College. The German-born Schmidt came to America after the failed Revolution of 1848 and fought for the Union in the Civil War under Gen. Nathaniel Lyon. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 648		Longfellow, Henry W (1807-1882) Poet, Harvard professor. Signature and date ("1881") on a 2 x 4½ in. slip of paper. Matted with an image of Longfellow and framed to an overall size of 15 x 10 in. Fine; small brown area in upper left corner, affecting nothing. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $86
Lot 649		Loti, Pierre (1850-1923) French writer and naval officer, born Louis Marie-Julien Viaud. Autograph note signed, written in French in pencil, on black-bordered card, 1½ x 4½ in., n.p., n.d. To an unknown correspondent who has asked for Loti's support, wishing him success with his work (oeuvre) and saying that he is afraid that is all he can do. "I really don't know what you mean by my support, nor in what way this support would be useful to you…." Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 650		Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891) Poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat. Autograph poem signed ("J.R.L."), 1p, 4 x 3½ in., Elmwood, 30 Dec. 1863. The 12- line poem begins "This is my picture Improved on by Rowse, The sole one my victor Allows in her house…." Matted with a closing and signature cut from a letter, "truly yours J.R. Lowell," 1½ x 2¼ in. and an image of Lowell, all framed to an overall size of 18½ x 10½ in. Fine. A COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton is on the verso. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 651		Riley, James (1777-1840) Captain of the American merchant ship Commerce which was shipwrecked off the coast of Western Sahara in August 1815 and he and his men were made slaves by a band of marauding Arabs. Riley wrote about the degradations of slavery and how he survived in "Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce," published in 1817, later published as "Sufferings in Africa"; Abraham Lincoln's view on slavery is said to been influenced by Riley's book. Autograph letter from Riley to W.W. Woodward, 1p, 16½ x 10½ in., Philadelphia, 1818, April 16. Regarding "publishing a third Edition of my Narrative… it is allowed to be the cheapest Book in proportion to the quantity of matter & quality of materials & plates that has ever been published in the United States…." More details. Light toning, and a few small edge splits. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 652		Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916) American writer and poet; known as the "Hoosier Poet". Autograph quotation signed, 3 x 4¼ in., n.p., 7 May 1902. Two lines from the poem "When the Green Gits Back in the Trees." Riley often wrote in dialect. Matted with a color image of Riley and framed to an overall size of 15 x 9¼ in. Fine; a few nicks to frame. A COA from the late autograph dealer Charles Hamilton is on the verso. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 653		Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) Scottish novelist, poet, and historian. Document endorsed and signed, "Accept / Walter Scott," 3¼ x 7¾ in., Edinburgh, 26 Nov. 1819. Being a promissory note for £1200. The note is also signed by Scott's business partner and publisher James Ballantyne. Fine; light soiling. Matted with a portrait and two plaques and framed to an overall size of 25¼ x 13¾ in. Scott's novel, Ivanhoe, was written in 1819. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 654		Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Irish playwright and literary critic; the only person to win both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938). Autograph letter signed with initials ("GBS"), on his printed postcard, 5½ x 3½ in., Ayot Saint Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts., 18 Feb. 1948. Responding to a request (present) to say something nice about Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Shaw writes, "C-B was not up my street. I never met him, and have no excuse for pretending to write about him." Fine. Matted with a photo and the letter Shaw is answering and framed to an overall size of 16½ x 15¼ in. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 655		Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Irish playwright. Autograph note signed "GBS" on his personal 4½ x 3½ in. notecard, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts., 26 May 1918. In full: "Many thanks for the prints. Clutton Brock's is the best portrait." Very good; light soiling and ink smudge to last two words of text. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 656		Smiles, Samuel (1812-1904) Scottish author and social reformer, author of "Self-Help"; he wrote an influential travel narrative. Autograph letter signed, 1½ pp, 6 x 4 in., Kensington, 19 July 1884. To "My Dear Mr. Severn" (Walter Severn, the artist, son of Joseph Severn, friend of Keats) explaining that he is "unfortunately engaged at home with some friends" and therefore unable to visit Severn and his wife that day. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 657		Smith, Samuel Francis (1808-1895) Poet and author of the patriotic song, America. Autograph letter signed, "S. F. Smith," 1 page, 8 x 5½ in., Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 28 Sept. 1894. Smith expresses his regrets to a child who had written to request a photograph of Smith and had enclosed a poem. Smith did not have a photo available, but sent a handwritten copy of "the poem" (not present with this letter) instead. Though the poem is not named, we may speculate that it was "America." Fine; a few tiny edge tears and a couple of stray pieces of tape.. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 658		Solzhenitsyn, Alexander (1918-2008) Russian novelist, dramatist and historian; 1970 winner of the Novel Prize in Literature. Book inscribed and signed in Russian on the title page, "To Anna Konstantinovna Skorokhodova. April, 2004, Alexander Solzhenitsyn." The book is Solzhenitsyn's famous Gulag Archipelago, which traces the history of the Soviet concentration camp and forced labour system from 1918 to 1956. The book is in Russian and was personally obtained from Solzhenitsyn's office in Moscow in 2004. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 659		Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) American author, historian, biographer and president of Harvard University from 1849 - 1853. Autograph letter signed, 1p, 9 x 6½ in., Boston, 1830, Sept. 8, sending autographs (not present) to Mrs. Taylor and regretting that he can't furnish her with a Franklin autograph which "would be of more interest to you than the one you mentioned as already in your possession." Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 660		Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-95) Scottish novelist, poet and essayist; author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Autograph quotation signed "R.L.S." on a 2½ x 3½ in. card, Vailima (Upolu, Samoa), 5 June 1893. A rare and beautiful 11- line verse from Stevenson's "Catriona," in which David Balfour continued his adventures from "Kidnapped." The verse reads: "Catriona: all about my native city and among the larger view, See my stiff-necked David wander, seeking what a lad can do. Finding to his amazement nothing possible at all. But to please the pretty ladies - give the rudest men the wall. R.L.S." Stevenson died only a few months after writing this in 1894. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 661		Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. Signature with the phrase "(after many days)" on 2 x 3¾ in. paper, mounted to a slightly larger card, n.p., n.d. Matted with a 4 x 3 in. image of Stevenson, framed to an overall size of 13¾ x 10 in. Fine; tape visible on verso of paper; some nicks to frame. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 662		Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) American author and abolitionist; best remembered for her very influential anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Autograph quotation signed ("H.B. Stowe"), on toned 3¾ x 4¼ in. paper, 49 Forest, St. Hartford, Conn., n.d. Headed "A Noble Rule of Life," the quote, which is from Psalms 37, says "Trust in the Lord And do good," followed by a very faint line, "From yr unknown friend." Very good; script is light but legible. Matted with an engraving of Stowe and framed to an overall size of 14¼ x 17¼ in. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 663		[Stowe, Harriet Beecher] 1st Edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin, Or Life Among the Lowly". First-edition copy of Stowe's most famous book, printed by John P. Jewett & Company, Boston, in two volumes bound together, 7½ x 5 in., with original hardbound covers with marbled pastedown, 1852. Volume one has 312 pages and Volume two has 322 pages. This was the 25,000th copy produced of the book. It has the signed name of the original owner, "Prescott", neatly written on the flyleaf of the cover. There is normal wear to the cover and the interior has slight age toning and some foxing. "Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly," was first published as a serial in an antislavery paper during 1851-52. Stowe's influence was enormous and the book became an important factor in solidifying sentiment in the North against slavery. Stowe declares in the preface: "The object of these sketches is to awaken sympathy and feeling for the African race, as they exist among us; to show their wrongs and sorrows, under a system so necessarily cruel and unjust as to defeat and do away with the good effects of all that can be attempted by them, by their best friends, under it" (p. VI). Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 664		Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892) Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Autograph Note Signed ("Tennyson"), 1p, 4½ x 3½ in., n.p., n.d. With holograph envelope addressed to Miss M. Lindsay. Tennyson writes, "Madam I give you permission to publish my words set to your music…" Matted with a carte-de-visite photograph of Tennyson and framed to an overall size of 13½ x 12¼ in. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $192
Lot 665		Verne, Jules (1828-1905) French author; pioneer of science-fiction genre; author of Around the World in 80 Days. Autograph note signed, in French, 3 x 4¼ in., n.p., n.d. Verne writes, "Yours very devoted, sir, gives you a hearty handshake from one continent to the other." Matted with a portrait of Verne and framed to an overall size of 12 x 14½ in. Fine; a few nicks to frame. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 666		Webster, Noah (1758-1843) American lexicographer and author. In 1783 he wrote Grammatical Institute of the English Language, Part I, a spelling book that became known as Webster's Spelling Book or Blue-Backed Speller, which taught American children how to read, spell, and pronounce words and had tremendous sales for over 100 years. In 1828 he published his two-volume An American Dictionary of the English Language; after his death in 1843, his heirs sold the rights to his dictionary to G. & C. Merriam, and it was renamed The Merriam Webster Dictionary. Autograph manuscript, 1p, oblong, 4½ x 7¾ in., n.p., n.d. (before 1828). Being a leaf of the manuscript of Webster's An American Dictionary. The sheet contains Webster's definitions of the word "behind," for which he distinguishes six different meanings; he adds to these the phrase "behind the back," as used in scripture. A note on the verso reads: "A scrip of the manuscript of the first Dictionary / My Father's writing / Mrs. E.S. Webster Jones aged 82." On another sheet, of later date, to which the Webster fragment is neatly tipped, is a note in an unidentified hand: "…a portion of the copy of the first dictionary--authenticated by his daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Jones… obtained Oct. 7 1886." Fine. Leaves from the manuscript of Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language (New Haven, 1828) are rare on the market; the bulk of the manuscript (some 450 pages) is in The Pierpont Morgan Library. Another leaf of the manuscript which was recently on the market bore a similar inscription from Webster's daughter. It is possible that the very few pages detached from the Morgan manuscript were extracted by Webster's daughter to give to collectors who had requested a sample of the lexicographer's handwriting. See H. Cahoon, T.V. Lange and C. Ryskamp, American Literary Autographs, n.1 and p.208. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 667		[Whitman, Walt] Advertising Broadside Designed by Whitman. Attractive printed broadside designed by Whitman, advertising his own works in bookstores, 24 x 30 in., on paper, n.p., c.1872. In part: "Walt Whitman's Books…Leaves of Grass…Democratic Vistas…After All Not to Create Only… As A Strong Bird on Pinions Free…" Also, John Burroughs' "Notes On Walt Whitman As Poet And Person." Fine except for several edge tears, all outside border surrounding text. BAL volume.9, sec.IV, p.98 - First and only recorded edition; apparently some were printed on linen. After leaving school at a young age, Whitman worked as an apprentice and printer's devil for the weekly Long Island newspaper, The Patriot. At various times in his career he worked as a compositor, a typesetter, and an editor, and even ran his own newspaper, the Long Islander, for less than a year. The influence of the author in his own typographical designs is boldly apparent on the present broadside. A rare Whitman item, present in the Library of Congress but usually lacking in most collections. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875

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