Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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(WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE)1502 - (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE)
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Three leaves from a 1663 printing of Shakespeare's works A set of three printed leaves from the Third Folio edition of the Collected Works of W...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 120.00
 
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ZANE GREY AND OTHER WRITERS1503 - ZANE GREY AND OTHER WRITERS
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(1875-1939) American author of tales of the American West, including Riders of the Purple Sage. A.L.S. of ZANE GREY, 1p. 4to., Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 1
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 240.00
 
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JOHN STEINBECK REACTS TO ANTI-SEMITES1504 - JOHN STEINBECK REACTS TO ANTI-SEMITES
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"Those who wish...to believe me Jewish will go on believing it while men of good will and intelligence won't care…" Privately-printed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 220.00
 
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE1505 - HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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(1811 - 1896) American novelist, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin which became an important factor in solidifying sentiment in the North against slav...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 220.00
 
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE1506 - HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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(1811 - 1896) American novelist, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin which became an important factor in solidifying sentiment in the North against slav...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
 
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ALFRED TENNYSON1507 - ALFRED TENNYSON
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(1809 - 1892) English Poet Laureate and playwright. Bold signature on a small slip adding date Oct. 4, 1865. Smearing to signature, just good, matted
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*****a for 98.00
 
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WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERARY1508 - WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERARY
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(1811 - 1863) English novelist and author of Vanity Fair, Henry Esmond, and Pendennis. Clipped signature, 1 3/4" x 3 3/4", Buffalo, Dec. 2...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
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ALEXANDRA TOLSTOY1509 - ALEXANDRA TOLSTOY
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(1884-1979) "Sasha", the youngest daughter of novelist Leo Tolstoy, imprisoned in 1920 by the Bolsheviks but released the following year. ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
 
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WALT WHITMAN1510 - WALT WHITMAN
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(1819 - 1892) American poet whose volume of verse Leaves of Grass was initially rejected by the public and cost him his job in the federal government.
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 850.00
 
 
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ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT1511 - ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT
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(1887-1943) American writer and critic for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. A humorous item, the conclusion of a le
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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SIGNEND BOOKS1512 - SIGNEND BOOKS
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Lot of ten books by prominent authors, all inscribed to prominent film and theater columnist Leonard Lyons (author of "The Lyons Den"). In...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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AUTHORS1513 - AUTHORS
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Lot of nine signatures of prominent authors on seperate cards, includes: HENRY W. LONGFELLOW (with carte de visite photo, Tilton backstamp), JOHN G. S
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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AUTHORS1514 - AUTHORS
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A lot of 16 signatures of nineteenth-century authors, each executed on a small sheet and mounted. Includes: BAYARD TAYLOR (2), MOSES COIT TYLER, ALICE
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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AUTHORS1515 - AUTHORS
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A nice lot of 19 signatures of nineteenth-century authors, most being signed cards or cut signatures. Includes: ANNA KATHARINE GREEN, CHARLES PIDGIN,
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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AUTHORS AND CRITICS1516 - AUTHORS AND CRITICS
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A fine lot of 13 pieces by authors and critics of the nineteenth century, various formats (noted), includes: NATALY VON ESCHTRUTH (A.L.S.); MAURICE RE
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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AUTHORS AND EDUCATORS1517 - AUTHORS AND EDUCATORS
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A lot of over 25 signatures of authors and educators from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, various formats but most being signed cards mo
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTHORS1518 - NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTHORS
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A group of 15 signatures of authors, each on a small sheet affixed to two separate album pages, include: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS,
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTHORS1519 - NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTHORS
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A group of 17 signatures of authors, each on a small card mounted to an album sheet, includes: LEW WALLACE, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, EUGENE FIELD, FRANK
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
 
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POETS1520 - POETS
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A pair of items by notable nineteenth-century poets, the first HENRY LONGFELLOW (1807 - 1882) American poet and author whose works include The Song of
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
 
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT1521 - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
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A hand-drawn plan for a "Usonian" home, signed by Wright (1867-1959) American architect, one of the most influential of all time, he was ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for 6,000.00
 
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