Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 64

Authors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 330		Buckley, William F., Jr (1925-2008). Conservative journalist; author. Book Signed and Inscribed to actress Dinah Shore, "For Dinah! With love, Bill" in red ink on the first end page. Stained Glass (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1978) is the second in a series of seven Blackford Oakes spy novels written by Buckley. Some wear to dust jacket, otherwise a good copy. Estimated Value $100 - 150. From the estate of Dinah Shore. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 331		Capote, Truman and Andy Warhol. Full copy of the July 1979 Interview magazine, 16¾ x 11 in., signed on the cover by author Truman Capote ((1924-84) and pop artist Andy Warhol (1928-87), who also inscribed, "To Ellen." With a rare colorful 17¼ x 11 invitation for a party celebrating paintings by Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $590
Lot 332		[Dickens, Charles]. A Set of 1st edition Christmas books (London, 1843-1848). 5 vols. 1st editions of A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. Full red morocco, one small chip repaired, joints strengthened, otherwise a good set. The original cloth is bound in at the end of each book. The Carol has the correct title page but "Stave One" heads the first chapter, whereas "Stave I" is earlier but the entire 1st printing was only 6,000 copies and this was one of them. The Chimes and Cricket seem straightforward 1st editions. Battle has the 4th state title page (the first 3 are scarce). Haunted Man is the 1st edition with no complications, but none of this addresses the details of Smith's inquiry into type wear and spacing idiosyncrasies. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,475
Lot 333		[Dickens, Charles]. The Complete Works of Charles Dickens, edited by Richard Garnett, Keeper of Books at the British Museum, London: Chapman and Hall, 1900, 30 volumes. With "many Etchings and Engravings by Cruikshank, Landseer…Tenniel…and others." Bound in gray cloth and black morocco, spines gilt with floral motif. "Autograph Edition," 4to (9½ x 6½ in.). Spines are rubbed and some spine edges are rough. The interiors are toned but tight. The Autograph Edition is the most comprehensive and scholarly edition by Chapman Hall and has 103 more illustrations (many taken from the original plates), than the Deluxe Edition. Chapman and Hall were Dickens' publishers from 1840 until 1844 and again from 1858 until his death in 1870. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 334		Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) Scottish physician, arthor, and spiritualist; best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Autograph Letter Signed, "A. Conan Doyle" on personal letterhead, one page, 8 x 5 in., Windlesham, Crowborough, Susses (England), Dec. 3, 1914. To Mrs. Gribble about a medical matter, in part: "… If you are comfortable where you are I should not move. You must remember that a simple & open-airing sort of life has very often a very good effect upon a man�s health…." Fine. Accompanied by a 1935 TLS from Doyle's wife, Jean Conan Doyle, to a Mr. Deets In part: "Both my family and I have had…proof of my husband�s nearness and interest in our welfare since he passed on…we never make an important decision in our daily lives without first consulting him….Hoping that you will have personal evidence before long of the truth that �There is no death'…" With the original transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $390
Lot 335		Durrell, Lawrence (1912-90) Anglo-Irish novelist and playlist; best known for The Alexandria Quartet. Signed 1st Collected Edition of The Alexandria Quartet, number 106 of 500. London, Faber and Faber, 1962, 8¾ x 5¾ in., 884 pages. Signed in red ink on the edition page. Orange covers with gold lettering, black label on spine and hand on front cover. Minor wear to covers. Housed in a worn protective case. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 336		Frost, Robert (1874-1963) American poet known for his depictions of New England rural life; a four-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Book Signed and Inscribed, "Robert Frost to Ruth Smith / Vermont," on the first end page of Steeple Bush, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1947, octavo. Green cloth covers. Dust jacket and interior are toned throughout. A dried flower is affixed below Frost's signature and inscription, which are signed in black ink. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 337		Geisel, Theodor Seuss - "Dr. Seuss". 1st Edition of Bartholomew and the Oobleck, New York: Random House, 1949, Signed "Best wishes - Dr. Seuss" in the lower right corner of the first end page. Blue boards and blue dust jacket (later editions have orange boards and dust jacket). Boards are rubbed and worn around edges and dust jacket has numerous small tears and small areas of paper loss at upper and lower edges and lower spine. Light toning; first end page has part of a child's sticker at top left. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $708
Lot 338		Heidegger, Martin (1889-1976) German philosopher; he strongly influenced Sartre and the Existentialists. Pamphlet Signed and Inscribed in German, April 19, 1950, Der Feldweg (400 copies printed by Otto Lembeck, Frankfurt am Main, 1949, 8vo, 7 pages) referred to a path in a field in Meßkirch where Heidegger often took walks; he thought it was conducive to philosophical thinking. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $224
Lot 339		Herbert, Frank. Book Club edition of "Dune," boldly signed and dated "Frank Herbert 3/4/72" on the title page, Philadelphia, New York, London, Chilton Book Company, 1965. Hard cover with original dustjacket. Frank Herbert 's book is one of the most sought after science fiction book ever written. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $496
Lot 340		Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910) American author, best known for "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Autograph Letter Signed, 3pp, 6 x 4¾, Gardiner, Maine, June 8, 1904. To Mr. Hill, regarding some Tokay wine she had not yet received from him and mentioning some writings of hers which had been published in a Boston paper and which she thinks "are taken from my volume of Reminiscences." Toned, with some soiling and scattered foxing and a few small, closed edge tears. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $236
Lot 341		Koontz, Dean Ray (1945 -) American author, screenwriter, and short story writer whose novels encompass the genres of suspense, horror, and science fiction. Page of original doodles drawn and signed by Koontz on his personal letterhead, 11 x 8½ in., April 4, 2001. To "Dear Danny," a young man in South Carolina who was suffering, and subsequently died, from a brain tumor. With a photograph signed and inscribed "To Danny--Whom I expect to meet one day on the other side…11/11/01." Also, two printed pages with original notes and signatures in blue ink from Koontz to "Barry," who was Danny's father, and three copies of Koontz; "Useless News." Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 342		Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) American novelist, playwright, and short-story writer. Commemorative Philatelic Sheet Signed in blue ink, on a 2¾ x 3¾ in. sheet celebrating the "100th Anniversary / United States Postage Stamps, " c. 1954-1955, Near Mint. Printed by the Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing as a compliment to the Centenary International Philatelic Exhibition in New York (May 17-25, 1947). This sheet features a beautiful blue 5¢ stamp of Benjamin Franklin, and a warm orange colored 10¢ stamp of George Washington. Near Mint. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 343		Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) American poet, educator, and linguist. Autograph Letter Signed ("Henry W. Longfellow"), 7 x 4½, Jan 30, 1864. Responding with "sincere pleasure" to an autograph request, accompanied by portrait engraving & greeting card, ideal for framing. Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 344		Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Autograph Letter Signed, 1½ pp, 7 x 4½ in.,Cambridge, Oct. 17, 1876. Longfellow writes to an unidentified correspondent, in part, "…My engagements here are such, that I can neither avoid them nor postpone them, and I am forced to forego the pleasure of being with you on the 16th…." A little light, but neatly and cleanly written. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 345		Miller, Arthur (1915-2005) American playwright and essayist. Two paperback books, both signed in black ink on the title page: The Price, New York, Penguin Books, 1985, 8vo, 116 pp.; light wear to covers. With Focus, New York, Penguin Books, 8vo, 1984. Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 346		[Milne, A.A] (1882-1956) British author, essayist, playwright, and poet; creator of Winnie the Pooh, the beloved stuffed bear who starred in a series of books by Milne and (much later) in the animated films of Walt Disney. Rare First Edition, First Printing, hardcover book The House At Pooh Corner, London: Methuen & Co, 1928, 8vo. Beautifully illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Some toning to end pages and wear to original dust jacket. The House at Pooh Corner is Milne's second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh. It is notable for the introduction of the character Tigger. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $496
Lot 347		Rowling, J.K (1965 -) British author best known for creating the Harry Potter series. 1st American Edition, 1st American Printing, hardcover book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban signed "J.K. Rowling" on dedication page, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999. 4to, with original dustjacket. J.K. Rowling is the British author of the Harry Potter series. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $543
Lot 348		Rowling, J.K. 7½ x 5 in. Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "to Danny, with much love from J K Rowling," in black marker. With an Autograph Note Signed on her personal, engraved notecard, 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in., to Barry, enclosing this photograph and adding, "I am so very sorry to hear of your loss." Danny was a young man in South Carolina who was suffering, and subsequently died, from a brain tumor. His father, Barry, wrote to Rowling and she responded with this photograph and note. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $295
Lot 349		Silverstein, Shel. Original Manuscript for "Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book a primer for tender young minds." Silverstein printed his name on the title page and printed "Uncle Shelby" over ten times, as well as signing "Uncle Shelby" on the last page. Hand-written and hand-drawn images. This is a funny, outrageous book seemingly addressed to children but really aimed at adults. Famed humorist and author Shel Silverstein never had children of his own and appears quite content with that fact. The cover has ragged margins and the pages are loose with lots of glue stains around the edges, but all of the manuscript is present. Keep children around from it! The book was published in 1961 by Simon and Schuster, New York. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,540
Lot 350		Thurber, James (1894-1961) American writer, cartoonist and wit. Sheet of Hotel Algonquin letterhead Signed "Best Wishes / James Thurber" in blue ballpoint, n.p., n.d. Matted with an image of Thurber and a First Day Cover with a Thurber cachet and stamp. A second FDC is in a pocket on the back of the frame, which is 16½ x 19 in. Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $114
Lot 351		[Travers, P.L.]. First Edition of Mary Poppins With Original Drawing Signed By Disney animator Norm Ferguson. This 1934 edition has original cloth covers with some wearing at the top and bottom of its spine and to covers. On the half title page is a pencil drawing of Mickey Mouse by famed Disney animator Norm Ferguson with the message "To Otilie on the Santa Fe" and signed "Fergie- Walt Disney Studio." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $552
Lot 352		[Twain, Mark]. First edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. No jacket. 8vo. Bound in original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. Page 9: "Decided" is uncorrected; page 13: the illustration "Him and another Man" is listed as on page 88; page 57: the 11th line from the bottom reads "with the was." Copyright notice is dated 1884. Hinges are cracked and spine ends rubbed. Partial bookplate on pastedown; front fly leaves have one small nameplate on one and former owners' names in ink on another; half title page and title page have penciled "N. 2" in upper right corner. Minor spotting to fly leaves; interior is lightly toned throughout. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,020
Lot 353		[Wells, H.G.]. 1st Edition of The War of the Worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898, 7¾ x 5½ in. With 16-page publisher's catalog, dated Autumn, 1897. Gray cloth, lettered in black on front cover and spine. Inner hinges cracked. Light shelfwear. A previous owner's name and a few penciled notes on first end page. Cutler and Stiles, p. 154. Earlier invoice from Heritage Bookshop, Los Angeles, is present. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $732
Lot 354		Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-92) Quaker poet; abolitionist. Autograph Letter Signed ("John G Whittier"), one page, 6¾ x 4.5", March 8 ("3rd mo 8") 1881, Danvers. Whittier writes: "Dear Friend My health & strength do not admit of my travelling much and I never give lectures. Thanking thee for the invitation I am thy friend John G Whittier." Slight brushing of ink in signature; mounting residue on verso. Boldly penned and signed in violet ink. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $90
Lot 355		Williams, Tennessee (1911-83) Born Thomas Lanier Williams. American writer known primarily for his plays; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 (A Streetcar Named Desire) and in 1950 (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof); he won the Tony Award in 1951 (The Rose Tattoo), four Drama Critic Awards, and in 1980 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is considered one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Autograph Manuscript, 3 pages and 3 lines written on New Orleans Athletic Club stationery, 10½ x 6 in. Upper left corner has a rust stain from a paperclip and a couple of creases, else fine. From a 1954 story, "Mysteries of the Joy Rio," beginning "The sweet bird of youth had flown from Mr. Gonzalez leaving him rather sad with a soft yellow face that was just as round as the moon. He worked in the men's furnishing in a department store on Canal Street in New Orleans and it was then that he got mixed up with Candy who came in to purchase some fancy pyjamas for the owner of a French Quater [sic] bar whom she was running around with at the time….Poor little Candy. she left him a dose of the clap, a nagging and melancholy disease that was like his love for her…. " Williams made several corrections, marking through words and a couple of lines. On the first page, at upper right, he wrote "Mr. Gonzalez and his attachment to Candy"; he then marked through "his attachment to Candy" and wrote "his affair with Candy." Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,776
Lot 356		Williams, Tennessee. Typed Manuscript with holograph corrections for the short story, "Chronicle of a Demise," 6 ¼ pages, n.d. Signed in type at the end, "Tennessee Williams." Pages are toned, with some soiling to first page, and have some dampstains down the right side, not affecting legibility This short story, which deals with fantasy and magical realism, was first published in 1948 in a collection called "One Arm." The story is written in the form of a report. The Saint is the leader of a religious sect called the Order. She retreats to the roof of her cousin's East side apartment in New York to die and is attended by her followers. When she dies, she magically disintegrates. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,062
Lot 357		Williams, Tennessee. Typed Manuscript for a short story, "The Pink Bedroom," signed in type, "T.L. Williams, College of Arts & Science (Soph.)," 5 pages, n.d. Williams submitted this story to a student writing contest in 1931 while attending the University of Missouri. A handwritten note at the top of the first page says, 'Something by Tolstoy' received honorable mention." "T.L. Williams" is printed in pencil under the title. There are a few penciled corrections; pages are toned, with some light soiling and a few creases in the upper corners. This short story became a one-act play in 1943 about a man and his mistress in the bedroom which had been the scene of their affair, contemplating and blaming each other for the breakdown of their relationship. This story, however, is poignant, about a mistress who decorates the bedroom in which she and her boss have their trysts in the manner in which she thinks he wants: frilly and pink. When he tires of her and the pink bedroom, in favor of a more intellectual woman, she commits suicide. It is only when he is called to the scene after her death that he finds her true bedroom, "subdued in color and stringent in furnishings as the chamber of a nun….he passed a small black table; upon its top were a number of books which he had discussed recently with his new secretary." His dead mistress "was someone whom he had not known and now could never know….a small, neatly folded note…was addressed to him….Dear Henry, the pink bedroom was just for you." Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,416
Lot 358		Williams, Tennessee. Notes for an untitled poem, including 27 typed lines and 77 holograph words written on the back of a creased and chipped 1948 poster for a Parisian painting exhibit. Eight lines are typed on the left side; on the right side, those line have numerous changes--corrections, added lines, marked-out lines and added holograph lines. This item was found with the other Tennessee Williams' items offered here. The first three typed lines are: "The beggar folk that are the dead / have crying mouths that never stop / for even in their bloodless veins," continuing on the left, "the want of love is quick and hot," and on the right, "the want of love can never stop." Several of the holograph lines added below to the right side are variations on a couple of lines; he doesn't seem to have made a decision as to which he liked best. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,357
Lot 359		Williams, Tennessee. Typed Letter Signed "10" on tan paper, 11 x 8½ in., 1½ pages, n.p., n.d. with several holograph pencil corrections. Paper is brittle and has several small edge tears. To Robert Van Gelder, who interviewed Williams shortly after "The Glass Menagerie" opened in the Playhouse Theatre on March 31, 1945 (it played there until June 29, 1946). Williams is remorseful about some comments he made to Van Gelder, such as, "I have no interest in the intellectuals or pseudo-intellectuals that I find here [New York]…They mean nothing to me creatively…." In part: "I have just been reading with horror some of the things I presumably said to you in our interview in the Times cafeteria. I appreciate what you say about my candor but I am afraid that both of us carried that virtue a little bit too far. You can toss off remarks like those I made about New York intellectuals and my attitude toward social relations in a casual conversation without their seeming too painfully earnest but when they stare back at you in cold print - well, they are not really what you meant at all! You caught me at a bad time. I had received so much attention that I was literally writhing with self-disgust….I forgot that you were a journalist and I used you as a Father Confessor…." He goes on to "amend some of those exagerations" and ends, "Anyway my justly celebrated candor is now in the dog-house!" Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,357
Lot 360		Williams, Tennessee. Five checks signed and filled out by Tennessee Williams, four of them with his address in New Orleans, 632½ St. Peter, dated from Nov. 1, 1946 through Jan. 4, 1947. All drawn on the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, three made out to Cash, one to Solari's, and one to Waguesback-Pratt Co., for amounts varying from $5.00 to $75.00. Except for one very light mark, red cancellation stamps do not touch Williams' signatures. He lived at 632½ St. Peter in 1946-47 and wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" while living there. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $354
Lot 361		Williams, Tennessee. Five checks signed and filled out by Tennessee Williams, four of them with his address in New Orleans, 632½ St. Peter, dated Jan. 3-6, 1947. All drawn on the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, four made out to Cash and one to Godchamp's, for amounts varying from $25.00 to $56.65. A red cancellation stamp lightly touches one of Williams' signatures. He lived at 632½ St. Peter in 1946-47 and wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" while living there. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $354
Lot 362		Williams, Tennessee. Typed manuscipt for an untitled short story, 6 pages (one of the pages is another version of page 3). There is no name on the manuscript, but it was found with the other Tennessee Williams items offered here. There are six holograph corrections; pages are toned, with a few small chips and tears. The story is about "Miss Barbara," who calls herself "an emancipated southerner" and who travels on the income left her by her mother, $86.50 a month. She spends a lot of time on hotel verandahs, presently on the front porch of the Costa Verde hotel in Acapulco, trying to meet American strangers ("Natives somehow could not be relied upon for much interest in her emancipation…."). She eyes two young men, writers, who don't notice her in spite of all of her efforts. "Miss Barbara was a virgin entirely from choice. Sex had never actually entered her mind except as an abstract thing…." She hears one man tell the other that going to bed with women bores him, to which the other man asks why he doesn't try going to bed with a man. When the first man walks away, she tells the other man that she couldn't help overhearing, but that she is "completely emancipated! In spite of the fact I was bawn an' bred in the South!" The second man expresses his shock at the other man's suggestion, then leaves Miss Barbara "completely alone with the view." Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $767
Lot 363		Williams, Tennessee. Four checks signed and filled out by Tennessee Williams, all four with his address in New Orleans, 632½ St. Peter, dated from Jan. 7 through Jan. 12, 1947. All drawn on the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, two made out to Cash, one to Solari's, and one to Godchamp's, for amounts varying from $4.07 to $100.00. One tiny hole of a perforated cancellation touches the tip of one "T" in one signature. He lived at 632½ St. Peter in 1946-47 and wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" while living there. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 364		Williams, Tennessee. Four checks signed and filled out by Tennessee Williams, all four with his address in New Orleans, 632½ St. Peter, dated from Jan. 113 through July 14, 1947. All drawn on the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans,one made out to Cash, one to New Orleans Public Service, one to Eustis and Godchamp, and one to Whitney National Bank, for amounts varying from $19.23 to $503.75. Signatures are unaffected by red stamps or perforated cancellations. Included with this lot is Williams' account statement from his bank (with envelope)for the period of Oct. 1946 to April 1947, as well as paperwork for $300 of wine bought in Key West. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $348
Lot 365		Williams, Tennessee. Carbon copy of a typed five-page article Williams wrote about the censorship of Eliz Kazan's production of Williams' film script "Baby Doll," which combined and adapted two of his earlier one-act plays: "Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Long Stay Cut Short." Held together with a rusty staple (first page is loose) and with uncorrected typos. The erotic tragi-comedy, which came out in 1956 and starred Carroll Baker, was denounced from the pulpit by Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York and received a "Condemned" rating from the Roman Catholic National Legion of Decency. Williams states that "Kazan has always shown a temperate attitude toward the rules of Hollywood's Production Code….On two occasions when we have worked together, on "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE", and now on "BABY DOLL," we have always been able to satisfy the demands of the Code and still live up to our own code as theater artists who put honesty first…." He challenges the "C" rating and writes at length his thoughts about censorship. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $413
Lot 366		Albee, Blume, Grafton, Hersey, Kanin, and Rice. Group of seven items: Edward Albee 6¾ x 5 in. Photo Signed and Inscribed to Dan Leeds, July 4, 2001; Judy Blume 7 x 5 in. Photo Signed and Inscribed "To Danny with love…" 7-2001, with an Autograph Note Signed "Judy"; Sue Grafton 8 x 4 in. photo Christmas Card Signed "Sue"; John Hersey 5¼ x 7 in. Photo Signed and Inscribed "For Barry Leeds with best wishes"; Garson Kanin copy of the play "Dreyfus In Rehearsal," which was adapted and directed by Kanin, signed by him on the front cover; and Anne Rice 10 x 8 in. color Photo Signed and Inscribed "For Danny." All Fine or better. Danny was a young man in South Carolina who was suffering, and subsequently died, from a brain tumor. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold