Sale 493: Rare Manuscripts & Archives (#493) 11/15/2012 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/15/2012 1:00 PM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-174 of 174. Previous|12|Next Lot #101 Archive of approximately 70 letters, documents, reports, telegrams, etc., pertaining to the lead-up to the Spanish-American War and its execution Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorSpanish-American WarHeadlineLead-up to Spanish-American WarDate Publishedc.1897-1898 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #102 Archive of approximately 70 letters, telegrams, etc., most written to William R. Day in Paris while we was head of the United States Peace Commission formed to negotiate an end to the Spanish-American War with Spain Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorSpanish-American WarHeadlineNegotiating end to Spanish-American WarDate Published1898 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #103 Typed Letter Signed by William Howard Taft, advising William R. Day to accept the post of Solicitor-General being offered him by President McKinley Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineLetter from William Howard Taft to William R. DayDate PublishedApril 22, 1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #104 Archive of approximately 80 letters and documents relating to the early relatives of Judge William R. Day, his in-laws, etc. Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author**HeadlineRelatives of Judge William R. DayDate Publishedc.1797-1890 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #105 Collection of engraved invitations, calling cards, etc. Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author**HeadlineCollection of engraved invitations, calling cardsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #106 Autograph Letter Signed from John McLean while Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court - who dissented on the Dred Scott fugitive slave case AuthorMcLean, JohnHeadlineALs from John McLean 1852Date PublishedJuly 24, 1852 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #107 Autograph letter, signed to Supreme Court Justice John McLean - from the General Land Office Heading(McLean, John)AuthorBrown, Ethan A., commissionerHeadlineALs from GLO to Supreme Court Justice McLeanDate PublishedJune 13th, 1836 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #108 Autograph letter, signed from Joseph Taylor (Zachary Taylor's brother) to Supreme Court Justice John McLean Heading(McLean, John)AuthorTaylor, J[oseph]HeadlineALs from Jos Taylor to Justice John McLean 1837Date PublishedSept. 1st, 1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #109 Autograph Letter Signed (in French), as Prussian Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey, relating to medical treatment and nursing in the Crimean War, with veiled reference to the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale Heading(Medical - Nursing)AuthorWildenbruch, Ludwig vonHeadlineLetter about hospital care in Crimean War 1855Date PublishedMarch 29, 1855 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #110 Primera Secretaria de Estado. Departamento del Interior...la secularizacion de las misiones de la Alta y Baja California... Heading(Mexico)AuthorSanta Anna, Antonio Lopez deHeadlineBroadside on the Secularization of CA MissionsDate PublishedNovember 26, 1833 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #111 Convencion con el fin de perpetuar los principios de los Derechos de los Neutrales en el mar, entre la Republica Mexicana y los Estados-Unidos de America Headingzzf(Mexico-United States Treaty)Author**HeadlineTreaty between U.S. & Mexico 1855Date Published1855 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 Autograph Letter Signed from a Colorado Indian Fighter, Rough Rider, as a West Point Cadet Heading(Military - West Point)AuthorBrown, W.C.HeadlineALs from West Point Cadet in 1873Date PublishedOct 12th, 1873 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #113 Autograph Letter Signed, from a cynical Cadet at West Point Heading(Military - West Point)AuthorMetcalfe, John T.HeadlineALs from a Cadet at West Point 1837Date PublishedAugust 30, 1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #114 Invitation from future Gen. Beauregard and others to a Ball at the US Military Academy Heading(Military - West Point)AuthorWest PointHeadline1837 invitation to a ball at West PointDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Land purchase document, signed by Governor of South Carolina, William Moultrie AuthorMoultrie, WilliamHeadlineland document sgnd by Wm Moultrie 1785Date PublishedDec. 5, 1785 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #116 Collection of photographs of South Dakota, including eleven photographs of a not-yet-completed Mount Rushmore Heading(Mount Rushmore)Authord'Emery, CharlesHeadline36 photos of S. Dakota 11 of Mt Rushmore 1929Date Published[c.1929] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #117 Toots and Casper - two original hand-drawn comic strips AuthorMurphy, JimmyHeadlineToots and Casper mss comic strips 1923Date Published1923 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #118 Document signed by Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy and Benito Mussolini Heading(Mussolini, Benito)AuthorVittorio Emanuele III, King of ItalyHeadlineBenito Mussolini Document SignedDate Published22 Dec. 1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #119 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding song lyrics for "A Bunch of Bananas" AuthorNash, OgdenHeadlineOgden Nash Autograph Letter, signedDate PublishedJanuary 4, 1971 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #120 Autograph Letter Signed from the future Admiral who built Guantanamo Heading(Naval)AuthorRogers, Charles C[urtis]HeadlineALs from Chas Rogers, who build GuantanamoDate PublishedOctober 5, 1884 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #121 Group of twelve newspapers, all but one from the United States, recording current events from 1769-1945 Heading(Newspapers)Author**Headline12 newspapers 1769-1945Date Published1769-1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Nixon Family Wishes You a Safe and Happy Halloween! - signed greeting card AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineRichard Nixon signed Halloween greeting card View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #123 Typed Letter, signed, to Hudson Strode AuthorO'Neill, EugeneHeadlineTLs Eugene O'Neill to Hudson StrodeDate PublishedOctober 5, 1938 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #124 Abstract of Title for a plot of land in Muskogee, Indian Territory Heading(Oklahoma)Author**HeadlineMukogee, OK Abstract of TitleDate Published1920s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #125 Letter to Osborn Oldroyd communicating John Bright's declining to write a piece on President Lincoln - plus, a pamphlet on Osborn H. Oldroyd, the founder of Lincoln Mementos Heading(Oldroyd, Osborn H.)Author**HeadlineAL about John Bright plus pamphlet on Os. OldroydDate PublishedAug 20, 1880 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #126 Autograph Letter Signed from a trader about providing goods to Columbia River Miners in 1864 Heading(Oregon)AuthorCooper, A.B.HeadlineALs from a trader providing goods to miners 1864Date PublishedJanuary 25, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #127 Application for a patent from the US Patent Office for an "Improved Governor; or Self-Acting Break for Horse Power &c." Heading(Patent Application)AuthorAllen, Samuel S.Headlinepatent application for a break device 1858Date PublishedNovember 10-13, 1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #128 Small archive of material relating to Linus Pauling, including several signed letters, photographs, books, etc. HeadingzzfAuthorPauling, LinusHeadlineLinus Pauling signed books, photos, &cDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #129 Four letters from the 1830s with postal markings Heading(Philatelic)Author**HeadlineFour letters from the 1830s with postal markingsDate Published1830s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #130 "The Vanguard" - original photographic print of the painting Heading(Philatelic)AuthorMacWhirter, J.A.Headline"The Vanguard" - original photographic print View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #131 34 original mounted photographs from the 1870s Heading(Photographs)Author**Headline34 original mounted photos from the 1870sDate Published1870s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #132 Large collection of stock certificates from the Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Co. Heading(Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co.)Author**HeadlinePlume & Atwood Stock CertificatesDate Published1870s-1900s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #133 Archive of letters and other material relating to David Dixon Porter and his family AuthorPorter, David D. and Mouina G. PorterHeadlinearchive of David Dixon PorterDate Published1860s-1880s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #134 Presidential ephemera Heading(Presidential)Author**HeadlinePresidential ephemera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #135 Prescription Forms For Medicinal Liquor Heading(Prohibition)Author**HeadlinePrescription Forms For Medicinal LiquorPublisherTreasury Department, Bureau of ProhibitionDate Published1931 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #136 Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to Bayard T. Putnam, his family & heirs, including his patented Chart-Holder and Course Indicator AuthorPutnam, Bayard T.HeadlineArchive relating to Bayard T. PutnamDate Publishedc.1875-1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #137 Small archive of checks from The Grocers and Producers Bank of Providence, Rhode Island Heading(Rhode Island)Author**HeadlineThe Grocers and Producers Bank Providence RIDate Published1877 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #138 Three letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, written before he was President AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Headline3 TLs from FDR before he was President to a DRDate Published1928-1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #139 Two Rothschild Banking letters Heading(Rothschild Bank)Author**HeadlineTwo Rothschild Banking letters 1842-50Date Published1842 and 1850 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #140 Autograph Letter Signed regarding the death of San Francisco Forty-Niner Gabriel B. Post Heading(San Francisco)AuthorJones, William H.HeadlineALs regarding death of Gabriel B. Post 1861Date PublishedFeby 7, 1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #141 Typed letter, signed from Editor of Sunset Magazine - with copy of the Sunset Magazine's New San Francisco Emergency Edition, 1906 Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorAiken, Charles S.HeadlineTLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake editionDate PublishedMay and June, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #142 Large archive of letters, documents, photographs, and other material relating to the life and family of Alfred Schnurmann, a German Jew who managed to emigrate from Germany in 1940, with much correspondence from family members in Palestine and the new state of Israel as well Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 View details StatusUnsold Lot #143 Two Autograph Letters, signed, and a Typed Letter, signed AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineSmall collection of letters from Upton SinclairDate Published1955 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #144 Alabama slave bill of sale Heading(Slavery)AuthorBush, MarshallHeadlineAlabama slave bill of saleDate PublishedAugust 5, 1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #145 Autograph Letter, signed, and, Typed Letter, signed from the author to a friend AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineTwo letters, signed, from F. Hopkinson SmithDate Published1893-94 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #146 Survey of land in South Carolina for James Cantey, 1784 Heading(South Carolina)AuthorMitchell, EphraimHeadlineSurvey of land in South Carolina 1784Date PublishedDecember 9th, 1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #147 Autograph letter, signed AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineAutograph letter, signed by Jared Sparks 1845Date PublishedFeb. 21, 1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #148 The Conduct of the Late Administration Examined Heading(Stamp Tax)Author[Lloyd, Charles]HeadlineThe Conduct of the Late Administration ExaminedPublisherJ. AlmonDate Published1767 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #149 An Abstract of all the Acts of Parliament Relating to the Stamp Dutys - manuscript book, bound in full morocco Heading(Stamp Tax)AuthorSchutz, JohnHeadlineAbstract of all the Acts of Parliament Stamp DutyDate Published[c.1715] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #150 Typed Letter, signed, to photographer Editta Sherman AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Typed Letter SignedDate PublishedJan 11, 1963 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #151 Eighteen stereoviews of various American subjects Heading(Stereoviews)Author**HeadlineEighteen stereoviews of various American subjectsDate Published1880s-1910s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #152 Eight stereoviews of the World's Fair Heading(Stereoviews)Author**HeadlineEight stereoviews of the World's FairDate Published1889-1904 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #153 Sears, Roebuck & Co. - a tour of the company in 1906 through stereoscopic views Heading(Stereoviews)Author**HeadlineSears, Roebuck & Co stereoviews 46 cardsPublisherSears, Roebuck & Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 Thirty-five stereoviews of military or war-time Heading(Stereoviews)Author**HeadlineThirty-five stereoviews of militaryDate Published1880s-1910s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #155 Twenty-nine stereoviews of various subjects Heading(Stereoviews)Author**Headline29 stereoviews of various subjectsDate PublishedMostly 1900 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #156 Twenty-two stereoviews of the American West, mostly San Francisco Heading(Stereoviews)Author**Headline22 stereoviews of West, mostly SFDate Publishedc.1900-1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #157 Temperance Song - broadside Heading(Temperance Broadside)AuthorAdams, J[ohn], published byHeadlineTemperance Song - broadside J. Adams 19th c.PublisherJ. AdamsDate Published[c.1815] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #158 Statement & Time Table of the Black Valley Railroad - manuscript document signed By Order of Beelzebub President Heading(Temperance)Author**HeadlineMS statement of Black Valley RailroadDate Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #159 Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. This Evening. Thursday, May 4, 1820...King Lear...The Lady and the Devil... Heading(Theater Broadsides)Author(Drury Lane)HeadlineDrury Lane theater broadside 1820PublisherDrury LaneDate Published1820 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #160 Address portion of envelope, signed by Drury Lane actor Robert William Elliston Heading(Theater)AuthorElliston, R[obert] W[illiam] (1774-1831)Headlinesgn by 18th cent. actor RW EllistonDate Published[c.1800] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #161 Two autograph letters, signed from famed American scholar George Ticknor, fearing British social revolution and American "hatreds" AuthorTicknor, GeorgeHeadline2 ALs from Geo Ticknor about US 1867Date PublishedOctober 15, 1867 and Jan. 20, 1868 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #162 1728 Tobacco tax law document, signed by Karl VI, Holy Roman Emperor Heading(Tobacco Tax, 1728)AuthorKarl VI (1711-1740)Headline1728 Tobacco tax law signed by Emperor Karl VIDate Published1728 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #163 Signature, framed with portrait AuthorToscanini, ArturoHeadlineArturo Toscanini signatureDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #164 Autograph Letter Signed from Mark Twain's future San Francisco friend and landlord Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorLeland, A. LewisHeadlineALs from Mark Twain's future SF friend/landlordDate PublishedApril 5, 1849 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #165 Ledgers and letter copybook from the W.P. Fuller Company and its predecessors, the Whittier-Fuller Co. and Cameron, Whittier & Co., etc. Heading(W.P. Fuller & Co.)Author**HeadlineW.P. Fuller & Co. ledgers and copy bookDate Published1860s-1910s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #166 The Dog Supper and Other Poems - signed AuthorWhite EagleHeadlineThe Dog Supper and Other Poems - signedDate Published1918 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #167 Two autograph, letters signed - plus one post card from Thornton Wilder to Oscar MacPherson AuthorWilder, ThorntonHeadline3 autograph items from Thornton Wilder 1930sDate Published1925-1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #168 Clipped signature AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson autographDate Published1911 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #169 Autograph Letter Signed from a Vassar graduate about women students and politics Heading(Women's History)AuthorAcer, K.A.HeadlineALs from a recent graduate of Vassar, politicsDate PublishedNov. 17, 1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #170 Autograph Letter Signed from a Vassar student about women students "voting" Republican Heading(Women's History)AuthorCowles, M.F.HeadlineALs from Vassar student in 1868 about electionDate PublishedNov 2, 1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #171 Early Feminist musical manuscript, lampooning male chauvinism Heading(Women's History)Author**Headlinefeminist musical manuscript c1840Date Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #172 Autograph Letter Signed from Pennsylvania State Senator commenting on an a bill that was struck down regarding married women's rights Heading(Women's History)AuthorWilliamson, W.HeadlineALs from Penn Senator about women's rightsDate PublishedJuly 15, 1847 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #173 Archive relating to Claude Edward Duncan, an aviator with the U.S. Signal Corps in World War I, who rose to general and saw service in World War II and the Korean War Heading(World War I Aviator Archive)Author**HeadlineWorld War I Aviator ArchiveDate Published1917-1971 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #174 Ninth United States Army Operations… Heading(World War II)Author**HeadlineSecret records of World War IIDate Published1945 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next