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October 12th

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AUTHENTICATORS AND CONSULTANTS

JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

John is the founder of University Archives, a leading firm specializing in the appraisal and authentication of documents and manuscripts. He is affiliated with multiple professional organizations dedicated to the autograph industry, was a contributing editor for Autograph Collector magazine, and is a PSA/DNA authenticator. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*

PSA/DNA

PSA/DNA is the world’s leading third party autograph authentication company. Using state of the art technology, PSA/DNA cre ated a security system to prevent counterfeiting, forgery and piracy. As the most respected service in the industry, PSA/DNA’s years of expertise and knowledge have established an impeccable reputation for providing professional, unbiased, expert opinions. Letters of Authenticity are availableon certain lots. Priced from $25 to $200*

STEVE ZARELLI AUTHENTICATION

Steve Zarelli is a recognized authority in the field of astronaut autographs. His findings have been published in the definitive space collect ing reference Relics of the Space Race, and he has contributed articles to the UACC’s Pen & Quill magazine, Autograph Times magazine, and the UACC signature study Neil Armstrong: The Quest for His Autograph. Zarelli Space Authentication also provides authentication consulting services to James Spence Authentication (JSA), Sportscard Guaranty Authentic (SGC), and PSA/DNA Authentication. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL

Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES

For over 20 years Phil Sears has been the recognized world authority on Walt Disney’s autograph habits. Included among Phil-sears.com customers are the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Family Museum. Sears’s items have been featured in Au tograph Collector magazine, E Ticket magazine, Collect! magazine, and the biography Walt Disney’s Missouri. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*

FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS

Frank is the world’s leading authority on Beatles signed and handwritten material. Since he began his study in 1986, he has amassed the largest file of signed examples on the planet. Through decades of focused and diligent research, he has acquired great skill in identifying authentic Beatles autographs, and also has gained the insight necessary to accurately approximate the era in which they were signed.

BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES

With more than 45 years combined experience in the field, Brian and Maria are two of the nation’s leading experts in Civil War autographs and manuscripts.

JAMES CAMNER

James is a leading classical music autograph dealer. With more than 35 years experience, he is a founding member of PADA, an authen ticator for PSA/DNA, a member of the ABAA, and an author of over ten published books on related subjects.

RICH CONSOLA

Rich has studied Elvis Presley’s handwriting and signature for nearly 20 years, which has placed him in the forefront of Presley authen ticators worldwide.

BECKETT AUTHENTICATION SERVICES

Beckett Authentication Services provides expert third party opinions on autographs from all genres and eras. Led by authentication experts Steve Grad and Brian Sobrero, the BAS experts have unmatched years of experience authenticating autographs, and are responsible for authenticating some of the rarest and most valuable items in the industry. With the most trusted and knowledgeable experts in the autograph authentication field, BAS authentication is a must for any autograph collector or dealer.

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CONTENTS

Presidents and First Ladies

Notables

Military

Early American Books

Aviation and Space

Art, Architecture, and Design

Comic Art and Animation

Literature

Music

Classic

Sports

Conditions

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President George Washington approves passage for “the Sloop called the George,” bound for Demerara

1. George Washington Document Signed as President. Highly desirable partly-printed DS as president, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 13 x 16, June 9, 1795. Three-language ship’s papers issued to “James Humphrey, master or commander of the Sloop called the George…lying at present in the port of Darby, bound for Demerara, and laden with stock beef, cornmeal, butter lard, dry goods…clothing, leather, spirits.” Boldly signed in the center by President Washington and countersigned by Secretary of State Edmund Randolph. The embossed white paper seals affixed to the left and right sides remain intact. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, stains to the seals, and small areas of paper loss repaired by complete backing. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.

When France declared war on England in February of 1793, the US was put in a precarious position, proclaiming neutrality but still formally allied with France under the treaty of 1778. Both sides harassed and seized American ships—especially those carrying provisions to colonial ports in British Guiana, where the George was bound. Used to establish proof of nationality and guarantee protection for ships, these documents were signed in bulk by Washington and Randolph, then forwarded to the collectors of customs at different ports for distribution. There, local officials would confirm the legitimacy of the vessels, their cargo, and their personnel. Starting Bid $1000

President Adams issues a 1000-acre land grant for a Lieutenant of the Revolution

2. John Adams Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.25 x 14.75, De cember 27, 1798. President John Adams, “in consideration of military service performed by Ballard Smith (a Lieutenant three years) to the United States, in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment,” grants a plot of land to an assignee containing “one thousand acres situate between the little Miami and Sciota Rivers, north-west of the River Ohio.” Signed at the conclusion by President Adams and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, and countersigned on the reverse by Secretary of War James McHenry. The lower left corner retains the original white seal. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining and toning, and Adams’ signature rather light but fully legible. Starting Bid $500

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1829). Four-volume set of The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, entitled ‘Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson,’ Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Early printing published in Charlottesville, Virginia, by F. Carr and Co., in 1829. Hardcovers half bound with green morocco leather and marbled textblock and boards, 5.75 x 8.5, 2017 total pages, with the first volume containing an engraved frontispiece of Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Jefferson, and the fourth volume concluding with a four-page facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. Opening pages of the third and fourth volumes bear the ownership signature of Richmond journalist and bookseller Thomas Ritchie. Book condition: G+/None, with wear and rubbing to boards and extremities, moderate mottled foxing throughout, and general overall wear. Starting Bid $200

Jefferson and Madison approve an 1802 land grant for “a Captain for the War”

4. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document

Signed as President and Secretary of State. Partlyprinted vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 12 x 14.75, November 15, 1802. A land grant for “Five hundred and eighty six acres,” issued to “Reuben Briscoe (a Captain for the War)” under the provisions of “An Act to enable the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment.” Signed at the conclusion by Thomas Jefferson and countersigned by James Madison. The lower left corner retains the original white paper seal. In very good to fine condition, with slightly irregular toning, skipping to Madison’s signature, and Jefferson’s signature just a bit light. Starting Bid $500

5. John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 14.5 x 9, April 2, 1828. President Adams grants William Ladd of Dallas County a parcel of land “offered for sale at Cahaba, Alabama, containing Eighty three acres and seventy five hundredths of an acre.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham.” The white paper seal af fixed to the lower left remains intact. Archivally matted and framed under TrueVue Conservation Grade glass to an overall size of 21.75 x 16. In very good to fine condition, with staining along the heavy intersecting folds, not at all affecting the signature. Starting Bid $200

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6. John Quincy Adams Document Signed as Secretary of State. Partly-printed DS as secretary of state, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, September 3, 1824. Department of State document that reads: “I certify, that J. N. Moulder and Enoch Reynolds whose names are subscribed to the annexed Instrument of writing, are, and were at the time of the signing the same Justices of the Peace for Washington County in the District of Columbia, and that full faith is due to all their acts as such.” Signed at the conclusion by John Quincy Adams. Framed to an overall size of 13.75 x 15.25. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and minor edge chipping. Starting Bid $200

7. John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, one page, 5 x 8, no date. Handwritten letter to Secretary of War John Bell, in full: “Will you at some moment of leisure give to Mr. Woodside an interview, or what might be better, direct the head of the Engineers bureau to have such interview, and report its result. I think it well to look into such matters Mr. W. has in hand, as something valuable might ac crue to the public.” Nicely mounted and framed with a color portrait to an overall size of 12 x 21.5. In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the left edge, and a small stain touching the first letter of the signature. Starting Bid $200

“I think it well to look into such matters,” writes Tyler to his Secretary of War, “as something valuable might accrue to the public”

Pierce promotes a Civil War naval hero

8. Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 18, October 13, 1855. President Pierce appoints William D. Whit ing as a “Lieutenant in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Franklin Pierce and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin. The orange Navy Department seal remains affixed to the lower vignette. In fine condition, with the signature quite faded but mostly legible. Starting Bid $200

9. Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President. Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, February 5, 1862. President Lincoln ap points William S. Ketcham as a “Lieutenant Colonel in the tenth Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Abraham Lincoln as president and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Upper left retains the original blue War Office seal. Mounted and matted to an overall size of 24 x 28. In fine condition, with several horizontal folds and some light skipping to the signature. Starting Bid $1000

President Lincoln appoints a “Lieutenant Colonel” to the ‘Tomahawks,’ the courageous 10th Infantry Regiment

Amazing Civil War autograph album, with Lincoln, Custer, Grant, and Sherman

10. Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, George A. Custer, and Civil War Figures Signed Autograph Album. Spectacular leather-bound autograph album, 5.75 x 8.75, signed inside in ink by 50 Civil War–era figures, highlighted by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, George Custer, and William T. Sherman. Additional signers include Philip H. Sheridan, George G. Meade, Winfield Scott Hancock, Lew Wallace, Benjamin F. Butler, William W. Belknap, David Hunter, Christopher C. Augur, Alexander B. Dyer, Edward P. Doherty, Mortimer D. Leggett, William Dwight, John F. Miller, Benjamin F. Potts, Henry Warner Slocum, William Hays, Charles H. Tompkins, and August Kautz. A small albumen image of Lincoln is affixed above his signature. In overall fine condition, with all signatures bold and beautifully penned. An

astounding array of the politicians and generals that won the Civil War. Starting Bid $1000

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11. Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, May 8, 1866. President Johnson appoints William S. Ketcham of the Army of the United States as a “Major General by Brevet.” Signed nicely at the conclusion by Andrew Johnson as president and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Upper left retains the original blue War Office seal. In fine condition, with some light skipping to the signature. An unusually crisp and well-preserved example, with uncommonly bold vignettes and a near-perfect, striking blue government seal. Starting Bid $200

12. U. S. Grant Signature. Clean ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 sheet. In fine condition, with light staining to the end of the signature from old mounting residue on the back edge. Starting Bid $200

Beautiful military commission from President Johnson, promoting a Civil War veteran to “Major General by Brevet”

13. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 20 x 15, November 10, 1877. President Hayes appoints Frederick A. Pratt as “Collec tor of Customs for the District of Newport in the State of Rhode Island.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Rutherford B. Hayes as president and countersigned by John Sherman as secretary of the Treasury. In very good condition, with staining and soiling, fading to the signature, and areas of paper loss repaired with complete backing. Starting Bid $200

14. Theodore Roosevelt Letter Signed as President. Manuscript letter of state signed as president, one page both sides, 10.5 x 14, February 2, 1907. Letter to the President of the Dominican Republic, in part: “I have made choice of Fenton R. McGreery, one of our distinguished citizens, to reside near the Government of Your Excellency in the quality of Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States of America…I have charged him to convey to you of the best wishes of this Government for the prosperity of the Dominican Republic.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and counter signed by Secretary of State Elihu Root. In very good to fine condition, with foxing, toning, and intersecting folds; Roosevelt’s signature is bold and uncommonly large. Starting Bid $200

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Diplomatic letter by President Roosevelt conveying “the best wishes of this Government for the prosperity of the Dominican Republic”

15. Theodore Roosevelt Signature. Nice fountain pen signature, “T. Roosevelt,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

16. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.25, personal Metropolitan letterhead, February 8, 1917. Letter to John J. Richards of the U.S. Marshal’s Office, in part: “Ordinarily, I have to have the mass of letters sent me about my division answered by someone else, but yours is a special case. I have no question that I could use both you and your brother to great advantage. I shall hope to be able to have you take part in raising a squadron, of which you would be Major, and I should like your judgment as to at least some of the officers who you would wish to have under you...It is men of your type whom I hope to have compose my entire division.”Framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 15.75. In fine condition, with upper part of frame loose.

In March 1917, Congress authorized Roosevelt to raise a maximum of four divisions similar to the Rough Riders. His zeal was quickly dashed, however, when President Wilson announced that he would not send Roosevelt and his volunteers to France, but instead would send an American Expeditionary Force under the command of General John J. Pershing. Starting Bid $300

“It is men of your type whom I hope to have compose my entire division”—Roosevelt on reforming the Rough Riders for World War I

Unusual ‘short’ military commission from President Harding

17. Warren G. Harding Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 11.5 x 14.75, April 27, 1921. President Harding appoints James William McAndrew as a “Major General in the Regular Army of the United States.” Signed nicely at the conclusion by Warren G. Harding and countersigned by Secretary of War John W. Weeks. The upper left corner is embossed with the War Office seal. In fine condition. An uncommon presidential commission from Harding, which is smaller than typically seen and sans a bottom vignette. Starting Bid $200

18. Warren G. Harding Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 Harris & Ewing portrait photo of War ren G. Harding in a clear bust-length pose, affixed to the original 9 x 12 studio presentation mount, which is signed and inscribed in black ink, “To H. W. Smith, With high esteem and good wishes, Warren G. Harding.” The lower right corner of the photo bears the Harris & Ewing blindstamp. In very good to fine condition, with a small dampstain beneath the signature, light trimming to the edges of the mount, and light silvering to the perimeter of the image. Starting Bid $200

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19. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.5, White House letterhead, November 13, 1948. Letter to his friend and former comrade Fred J. Bowman, in part: “Now that things have settled down somewhat, I want to let you know how deeply I appreciate your as sistance during the campaign. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to know that all my old friends kept faith with me during these past months. It made the fight a lot easier to make and I shall never forget it.” Truman strikes through the recipient’s surname in the valedic tion and writes “Fritz” in his own hand. Framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 20.75 x 16.25. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

20. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Manuscript Signed. Desirable typed draft of his preface to One Heartbeat Away: Presidential Disability and Succession by Senator Birch Bayh, signed “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1968. Eisenhower discusses and offers his support for the 25th Amendment, which establishes procedures for an orderly transition of power in the case of the death, disability, or resignation of the President of the United States, and which Senator Birch Bayh authored as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. The amendment was adopted on Feb ruary 10, 1967, and Bayh’s book on the topic was published in 1968.

Eisenhower’s preface, in small part: “The subject of Presidential succession and disability, which Senator Birch Bayh probes in this book, is a matter that has interested and concerned presidents, congressmen, lawyers and other scholars for many years…The amendment itself em braces and bridges two constitutional gaps. First, in keeping with our traditional constitutional notions of checks and balances, it assures that the country shall always have a Vice President. This seems to me an important consideration, particularly when it is realized that the Vice Presidency has been vacant, for one reason or another, on sixteen different occasions—for a total of more than 38 years.” Signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by Dwight D. Eisenhower, with ink and pencil annotations made throughout in an editor’s hand. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Eisenhower’s commentary on the 25th Amendment

Fresh off his historic reelection, Truman finds time to write an old comrade, “Now that things have settled down somewhat”

21. Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed as President. TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 6, 1969. Letter to Ohio Congress man Wayne Hays, in full: “The strong support which you and so many of your colleagues in the House offered following my Monday evening message to the Nation should serve as ample evidence to the leaders of North Vietnam that the time has come to move forward at the conference table to end this tragic war. Your expression of confidence that our course will lead to peace is a source of deep encouragement.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

22. Barack Obama Signed Check. Friends of Barack Obama check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Obama, payable to Friends of Dick Durbin for $500, September 27, 2002. In very fine condition.

Friends of Barack Obama was his official campaign committee; at the time he signed this check, Obama was preparing for his third straight election to the Illinois Senate, which he won for the newly configured 13th district unopposed on November 5, 2002. Also of note is the payee, the campaign committee for Dick Durbin, a fellow Illinois senator who introduced Obama on the final night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Extremely rare in this format, this is only the second Barack Obama check we have offered. Starting Bid $500

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“The time has come to move forward at the conference table to end this tragic war”

Rare ‘Friends of Barack Obama’ check donating to the campaign committee of a fellow Illinois senator

Declaration of Independence

Revolutionary War–dated pay order signed twice by Samuel Adams, for his services as a delegate to the Continental Congress

74. Samuel Adams Twice-Signed Document. Revolu tionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “S. Adams” and “Sam’l Adams,” one page, 6.25 x 8.25, December 4, 1779. State of Massachusetts-Bay council-chamber warrant ordering Treasurer Henry Gardner to “pay out of the public Treasury of this State to Honble Samuel Adams Esq., the Sum of four thousand one hundred and seven Pounds twelve Shillings & ten pence…for his services &c as a delegate from this State in Congress to July 1st 1779.” Signed at the conclusion in ink by John Avery as secretary of the commonwealth, and signed below by fifteen members of the council, including Samuel Adams, Artemas Ward (Major General who was second in command to George Washington), Moses Gill (influential businessman and politician), Nathan Cushing (later a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court), and others. Also endorsed on the reverse by Samuel Adams. In fine condition, with professional repairs to fold splits and small areas of paper loss.

The Second Continental Congress, held from May 10, 1775, to March 1, 1781, functioned as the de facto national govern

ment during the Revolutionary War—raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing petitions on behalf of what was now called the ‘United States.’ On July 4, 1776, the Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing and explaining the fledgling nation’s separation from Great Britain—Adams was one of the four signers from Massachusetts.

Although Samuel Adams’s precise role in the body’s delibera tions is uncertain—the Congress operated in secrecy—he appears to have had a major influence, working behind the scenes in the manner of a ‘parliamentary whip.’ Thomas Jef ferson credited Samuel Adams with steering the Congress toward independence, saying, ‘If there was any Palinurus to the Revolution, Samuel Adams was the man.’ Adams served on numerous committees, often dealing with military matters: among his more noted acts was the nomination of George Washington to be commander-in-chief over the Continental Army. Starting Bid $200

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75. Benjamin Franklin Autograph Letter Signed. Revolutionary War–era ALS in French, signed “B. F.,” one page, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1780. Handwritten letter by Benjamin Franklin to Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont regarding the mutiny on board John Paul Jones’s flagship, the USS Alliance. Le Ray de Chaumont was a wealthy and important French supporter of the American Revolution. In 1779, he had ordered that a merchant vessel be transformed into a warship, which he then gifted to the Americans as the USS Bonhomme Richard, placed under the command of John Paul Jones. During Jones’s legendary battle against the HMS Serapis, the Bonhomme Richard was inexplicably fired on by a ship in his squadron, the USS Alliance, commanded by the half-mad Capt. Pierre Landais, who loathed Jones. Shattered, on fire, and leaking badly, the Bonhomme Richard sank about 36 hours later.

Franklin began an inquiry into the episode, and ordered Landais to relinquish his command of the Alliance to Jones until the matter could be settled. Meanwhile, Landais was persuaded that Franklin had no right to revoke a commission made by Congress. While Jones was occupied in Paris, Landais trav eled to the port of Lorient, where the Alliance was preparing for its voyage home to America. Finding sympathizers amidst his old crew, Landais boarded the frigate, assumed command, weighed anchor, and put to sea. The French fleet prepared to intercept the mutinous crew and their ship, but Jones interceded and asked them to allow the ship to pass: he did not want to waste lives, lose the fine frigate, or strain Franco-American friendship by having French forces attack an American warship.

Although Alliance was allowed to leave France unmolested, the journey back to America was anything but routine. Landais quarreled with his officers, abused his men, shackled the for mer crew of the Bonhomme Richard in the rat-infested hold, and gave orders which violated the rules of safe and sensible seamanship. Fearful and exasperated, the crew finally judged him as insane, mutinied again, and forcibly relieved him of command. Court-martialed and found guilty upon his return to Boston, Landais was deemed unfit for command and ousted from service. Benjamin Franklin originally ordered that the Alliance crew not be paid for its trip to America, as he did not want to support mutineers. In this letter, however, he rescinds the order to withhold payment and opts to let the matter be dealt with in the American courts.

In part (translated): “Our intention, when we gave the order not to pay their shares to those who had signed the mutiny, was only a temporary expedient in order to reclaim them. It looks like, right now, it is better to recall this order, because there are American laws to punish them…it will be better to pay these people in France rather than in America because they owe money to a lot of people who will lose their rights if the money is sent to America, and this will bring complaints. In my opinion it is better to give to…all that is due to the sailors and officers…In this manner suspicions and criticism will be avoided.” In fine condition, with a trivial chip to the top edge, and light toning from prior display. An important handwritten letter by Ben Franklin, demonstrating his diplomatic finesse in a case of drama on the high seas during the American Revolution. Starting Bid $5000

Historic handwritten letter by Benjamin Franklin, deciding the fate of the mutinous crew of John Paul Jones’s flagship

76. John Hancock Letter Signed to Arthur St. Clair. Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “John Hancock Presid’t,” one page, 8 x 12.75, April 30, 1777. Significant letter by Hancock as president of Continental Congress, addressed to Major General Arthur St. Clair, ordering him to take charge at Ticonderoga in light of “the approach of the enemy.” In full: “The Congress having received Intelligence of the approach of the Enemy towards Ticonderoga, have thought proper to direct you to repair thither without delay. I have it therefore in Charge to transmit the enclosed Resolve, and direct that you immediately set out on the receipt hereof.” In very good condition, with irregular toning, complete backing, and profes sional restoration to areas of paper loss.

This letter is published in the 1882 work The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair, Soldier of the Revolutionary War, edited and annotated by William Henry Smith, who observes: ‘St. Clair had expressed a desire to be under Washington, but, while not being pleased with the resolve of Congress assigning him to Ticonderoga, he pro ceeded to that post with the alacrity of a good soldier.’ General St. Clair arrived at Ticonderoga and assumed command on June 12th, with instructions from Congress for completing the fortifications there.

The Americans had held Fort Ticonderoga since May 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort’s small British garrison. Although relatively small in scope, the capture of Ticonderoga proved important for multiple reasons—it marked one of the few patriot victories during the early stages of the war, and the fort held strategic value as a staging area for the invasion of Quebec. At the time Hancock wrote to St. Clair, they had intelligence that a

small British force was prepared to assail the fort, largely as a strategic maneuver to prevent reinforcements from reaching Washington in New Jersey.

When St. Clair arrived, he found that his garrison of about 2,500 men was inadequate to man all the defenses at Fort Ticonderoga. They were also ill-equipped, with insufficient rations, shortages of gunpowder, and tents in ‘very bad’ condition. Further, he realized that the enemy forces—led by John Burgoyne—were much stronger than anticipated at about 8,000 men, and that they were preparing to besiege the fort. Sensing imminent attack, St. Clair made the decision to surrender the fort before a shot was fired. Not even a month into his command, St. Clair had surrendered America’s most prized fortress. In spite of public outcry over the decision, and subsequent court-martial proceedings (in which he was acquit ted), St. Clair retained the respect of heroes like Washington, Lafayette, and John Paul Jones.

St. Clair’s easy defeat at Ticonderoga also set in motion several unintended consequences which would benefit the patriot cause. News of the capitulation convinced General William Howe that Burgoyne’s force could manage without his assistance, leading him to advance to Philadelphia instead of moving up the Hudson to reinforce Burgoyne. Meanwhile, the victory fed Burgoyne’s already inflated ego. Due in part to his overconfidence, Burgoyne would find himself surrounded at Saratoga just two months later, and was forced to surrender his army of 6,000 men. Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga marked a reversal of fortune for the Continental Army, provided a massive boost to the morale of the fledgling nation, and convinced France to enter the war in alliance with the United States. Starting Bid $2500

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Citing “the approach of the enemy,” John Hancock orders Gen. St. Clair to take charge at Fort Ticonderoga in 1777

77. John Hancock Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife. Revolutionary War-dated ALS from John Hancock, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 13.5, March 10 and 11, 1777. In late February 1776, Hancock returned to Philadelphia to fulfill his duties as President of the Continental Congress. In this heartfelt handwritten letter, he writes his first letter from Philadelphia to his wife Dolly, starting the letter on March 10th and finishing on the 11th. In part: “My Detention at the Ferry & the badness of the Roads prevented my arriving here untill Friday Evening…We have an abundance of lies. The current report is that General Howe is bent on coming here, another report is that the Mercht’s at New York are packing their goods & putting them on board ships & that the troops are going away, neither of which do I believe…

I have been exceedingly busy, since I have been here, tho’ have not yet made a Congress, are waiting for the South Carolina gentleman…I hope you will be able to pack up all your things quickly & have them on the way & that you will soon follow…I do not imagine there is any danger of small-pox on the Road. Wilmington is the most dangerous, but go on to Chester.”

Hancock adds below: “Doctor Bond call’d on me…He will inoculate the child as soon as it comes. Mrs. Washington got here on Saturday. I went to see her. She told me she Drank tea with you.” In fine condition, with archival tape reinforce ment to the central horizontal fold on the back of the last page. Hancock letters to his beloved wife Dolly rarely appear at auction, with this representing one of the best that we have ever seen. Starting Bid $2500

Hancock writes to his wife Dolly from the Continental Congress, discussing the state of the war, the health of his family, and the arrival of Martha Washington

American Politicians and Leaders

84. Aaron Burr Autograph Letter

Signed with Franked Address Panel. ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, July 20, 1807. Handwritten letter to Ephraim Kirby of Litchfield, Connecticut, in part: “I am much rejoiced to find that you have at length received your commission. I wrote Edwards on the subject of the delegation, a letter which he will not understand until he shall hear of your appointment...I am always happy in being made the instrument to promote good principles or good measures.” Burr has ad dressed the adjacent mailing panel and added his franking signature to the upper right, “A. Burr.” Framed to an overall size of 21.25 x 15.25. In fine condition, with multiple inter secting folds, and a thin old mounting strip along the hinge. Starting Bid $200

85. Alexander Hamilton Estate Docu ment. Significant partly-printed document concerning the estate of Alexander Hamilton, one page, 6.5 x 5.75, November 29, 1804. Marked as certificate “No. 145,” in full: “Certificate to Rufus King for a Share in the Trust intended in a certain Writing of this date, relative to the Estate of Alexander Hamilton, deceased; and this Cer tificate to be assignable, and to be receivable on Sales of the Estate by Trustees, as a payment of Two Hundred Dollars: the Dividends, however, if any, which may have been paid on the Share, being first deducted.” Signed at the conclusion by trustees Gouverneur Morris, Rufus King, Egbert Benson, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., and Charles Wilkes. Mounted, matted, and framed with engraved portraits of Hamilton and King, as well as a descriptive caption, to an overall size of 24.5 x 15.25. In fine condition.

Hamilton died on July 12, 1804, after being mortally wounded in his legendary and dramatic duel with rival politician Aaron Burr. He left a complicated will with many large bequests for which there existed insufficient assets. A group of his friends— Gouverneur Morris, Rufus King, Egbert Benson, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., and Charles Wilkes—established a trust, aimed not only at conserving the estate, but enlarging it to support his family. Starting Bid $500

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“I am always happy in being made the instrument to promote good principles or good measures”

Historic 1804 certificate “relative to the Estate of Alexander Hamilton, deceased”

79. American Parade Flag, 33-Star (Oregon Statehood) 1859-1861. Uncommon block-printed 33-star American national parade flag (Oregon statehood), 11.75 x 8.25, cotton fabric with raw edges, featuring a variation of the ‘Great Star’ pattern, with this particular example comprised of a star-shaped perimeter surrounding a wreath of six stars with a single star in the very center. Framed and in good to very good condition, with minor fraying, some fabric loss, and noticeable dampstaining resulting in color loss and bleeding; not examined outside of frame. Starting Bid $200

78. American Parade Flag, 33-Star (Oregon State hood) 1859-1861. Small block-printed 33-star American national parade flag (Oregon statehood), 8.5 x 6, cotton fabric with a raw edge, featuring a double wreath (or double medallion) pattern with a large central elongated star and four flanking corner stars; the arms of the stars have an exaggerated length and thus bear a very interesting folk quality. Framed and in very good to fine condition, with minor fraying, faded colors, and embedded dirt and light staining; not examined outside of vintage frame. Starting Bid $200

80. American Parade Flag, 34-Star (Kansas State hood) 1861-1863. Scarce block-printed 34-star parade American flag (Kansas statehood), 8 x 5.25, cotton fabric with a raw edge, featuring an oval of 18 stars surrounding four rows of stars. Framed. Framed and in fine condition, with very minor fraying and foxing, and slight darkening of the fabric; not examined outside of vintage frame. A scarce and boldly colored example of one of the earliest parade flag designs— an impressive flag representing the surge of patriotism at the dawn of the Civil War. Starting Bid $200

81. American Parade Flag, 35-Star (West Virginia Statehood) 1863-1865. Uncommon block-printed 35-star American national parade flag (West Virginia statehood), 9 x 6.5, cotton fabric with a raw edge, featuring a tightly packed double wreath (or double medallion) pattern with a large elon gated center star (representing the newest state added to the Union) and four flanking corner stars; the arms of the stars have an exaggerated length and thus bear a very interesting folk quality. Framed and in very good to fine condition, with minor fraying, faded colors and light wear, and toning due to adhesive remnants on reverse; not examined outside of vintage frame. Starting Bid $200

83. American Parade Flags (3) and Stars (2) Display (Mid-to-Late 19th-Century). Collection of five mid-to-late 19th-century American national parade ephemera, containing a pair of fabric 13-star 1876 America centen nial flags, both 3.5 x 2.5, with segments of wooden staffs; a pair of dark blue five-pointed stars, both 1.75 x 1.5; and a fabric 36-star American parade flag dating to the Nevada statehood (1864–1867), with canton featuring a rec tilinear star pattern. Framed together to an overall size of 10.75 x 13.75. In overall very good to fine condition, with instances of minor fraying and color fading to the smaller flags, and dampstaining, burn holes and fabric loss, and scattered wear and toning to larger flag; not examined out of vintage frame.

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82. American Parade Flag, 42-Star (Washington State hood) 1889-1890. Unofficial block-printed 42-star American national parade flag (Washington statehood), 9.75 x 7, cotton fabric with sewn edges, featuring a canton with a rectilinear star pattern. Framed and in very good to fine condition, with toning and dampstaining; not examined outside of vintage frame. Starting Bid $200

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Governor Patrick Henry provides for Virginia’s disabled heroes of the Revolution

86. Patrick Henry Document Signed. DS as Governor, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, October 20, 1785. Broadside issued from the Virginia Council Chamber to the clerks of the county courts, respecting the pensions for disabled veterans of the Revolution. In part: “I have caused an accurate list of them to be struck off, and do herewith forward one to you, that thereby you may see in what proportion they add to the burthen of taxes...I need not undertake to prove the good that will result from a strict examina tion into the conditions of the Pensioners, and making proper and punctual returns thereof to the Executive, nothing being more evident than the advantage of lessening the public debt. I could wish to have a return as soon as possible after the receipt hereof, and that afterwards you make returns punctually in months of April and May annually, as directed by the act of Oc tober, 1782, concerning Pensioners. In these returns it will be well to specify who are dead, and the intermarriage of widows.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Governor Patrick Henry. Archivally mounted, matted, and framed under Tru-Vue Museum Glass with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 20.25 x 16. In very good to fine condition, with professional repairs (and possible complete backing) to repair areas of paper loss, and of separation to the central vertical fold. Starting Bid $500

88. William Penn Partial Document Signed. Scarce partial manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 9.25 x 7, September 1689. Document headed “William Penn…Proprietary of the Province of Pennsilvania [sic], and Counties annexed,” by which he requests that three candidates be presented to him as potential contenders for his Deputy or Lieutenant Governor. In part: “Since the Providence of God hath disappointed my reall intentions, and earnest inclinations of comeing to you for some time longer, and to the end the inhabitants…may be assured, I have and seek no other interest, then what is agreeable…I do consent that you please your selves, and therefore do hereby empower you…three Persons within the said Province or Countys annexed, to present to me…I shall chuse one for my Deputy or Lieutenant Governor.” Docketed on the reverse, “A draught of a Commission—to impower the Councel to choose his Govenr.” In good to very good condition, with overall soiling, professional repairs to tears, and professional restoration to the lower miss ing left corner area, affecting some of the text but not the signature. A significant, early document from the decade in which Pennsylvania was founded.

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As “Proprietary of the Province of Pennsilvania” in 1689, William Penn asks the Provincial Council for candidates—”I shall chuse one for my Deputy or Lieutenant Governor”

87. Robert F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed. TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 9.5, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, January 7, 1964. Letter to Finn J. Larsen, in part: “We are going forward as quickly as possible with plans for the creation of a John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. Our most important immediate problem…is the collecting of the significant papers and documents of the Kennedy Administration. To do this quickly, while memories and experience are still fresh, will require the close cooperation not only of present agency and department heads, but of all those, who, like yourself, were closely associated with that administration and its programs. Framed to an overall size of 30 x 15.75. In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Activists and Social Leaders

90. Mohandas Gandhi Hand-Corrected Manu script. Partial hand-corrected manuscript by Mohan das Gandhi, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, on the reverse of a letter on Go-Palak Co-Operative Society letterhead written in an unknown hand. Gandhi strikes through several lines of the initial draft, marked as page “10” at the top, and pens a few lines in English. Gandhi writes, in part: “[Religion could not be] forced upon an [unwilling heart]. Even so called convert to Hinduism or Sikhism should feel sure that the conversion was not as he recognized & that every…convert was to free to follow his original faith. This applied equally to so called converts to Islam. If it was to be otherwise it would death to the two religions.” In fine condition.

Consignor notes that this page originates from the estate of Indian freedom fighter V. Kalyanam, who worked with Gandhi at his ashram and was the last personal secretary (1943–1948) to Mahatma Gandhi. Kalyanam was responsible for drafting replies to letters that Gandhi received, which Gandhi then revised in his own hand. For thrift purposes, they used to write these types of rough notes or drafts on the backside of the letters sent to Gandhi. Starting Bid $200

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RFK begins plans on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library “while memories and experience are still fresh”

Gandhi comments on religious freedom, asserting that converts to Hindusim, Sikhism, and Islam are “free to follow his original faith”

89. Dian Fossey Archive of (19) Letters, (2) Moun tain Gorilla Vocalization Tapes, a Signed Published Article, and a Signed First Edition of Gorillas in the Mist. Archive of research material and signed correspondence from renowned primatologist and conservationist Dian Fossey, composed of 19 letters, a signed first edition of Gorillas in the Mist, a rare signed published article, and two 7-inch reel-toreel tapes containing vocalizations of mountain gorillas, all of which were sent by Fossey to noted author and primatologist Dr. Don Cousins throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The letters include nine postcard ALSs and 10 TLSs, signed early on as “Dian Fossey,” and then later, as their correspondence matured, simply as “Dian.” All of the postcards are addressed from the Karisoke Research Centre, in Ruhengeri, Rwanda, as are a few of the typed letters, which also contain letterhead from the University of Cambridge and Cornell University, institutions where Fossey obtained her Ph.D. and where she later lectured as a professor.

Each brief handwritten letter finds Fossey requesting reprints of articles by Cousins, with one, in particular, revealing the inherent danger of her work: “Things are going okay here for the moment, but rumor has it there might be more killings to capture young gorillas—the reason for the last horror. We live from day to day wondering who will be next.” The typed let ters are far more involved and contain abundant information related to her fieldwork with gorillas in Rwanda, her team’s constant struggle against poaching, and the progress of her first book, a signed first edition of which is included. The archive as a whole is in overall fine condition; the book is in very good condition, with a bit of loss to the front endpaper, some adhesive remnants from prior items mounted inside, and aforementioned letters and news clippings affixed in rear.

A more detailed description of this incredible archive can be found on our website. Starting Bid $1000

Extraordinary 1970s-1980s letter archive of primatologist Dian Fossey, with mountain gorilla vocalization tapes and a rare signed first edition of Gorillas in the Mist

91. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature. Amazing large ballpoint signature, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King Jr.,” on an off-white 9.5 x 11.5 book page. This autograph was pre sented to producer Hugh Burnett on October 29, 1961, the day he interviewed Rev. King for the BBC television program Face to Face. In very fine condition.

Included with this majestic signature, which measures 7˝ across and 4˝ in height, are four silver gelatin glossy photos, ranging in size from 2.25 x 4 and 8.5 x 6.5, two depicting MLK with Burnett and interviewer John Freeman, and two featuring contact sheet images of artist Feliks Topolski drawing King’s portrait and then another of the finished works, which were

created for Burnett and Topolski’s 1964 book Face to Face; a Canadian Pacific Telegram from June 8, 1961, sent to Bur nett by Barbara Vesey Brown, alerting him that “Doctor King willing to meet you Tuesday afternoon Montgomery Alabama after court hearing…He staying with Reverend Abernathy”; a typed letter signed by King’s secretary, Miss McDonald, sent to Burnett on June 19, 1962, giving consent for the text of his interview to be used in the book, Face to Face; and a first edition copy of the aforementioned book. Without hyperbole or exaggeration, this is among the very nicest and largest signatures of the great Dr. King that we have come across. Starting Bid $1000

“Best Wishes, Martin Luther King Jr.”— a stunningly large and beautiful signature of the Civil Rights icon

Mandela’s powerful ‘Key & Bars’ lithograph, numbered 6 of 3000

92. Nelson Mandela Signed Limited Edition ‘Key & Bars’ Lithograph and Replica Key. Highly sought limited edition 10.5 x 16 lithograph by Nelson Mandela entitled ‘Key & Bars,’ which de picts four dark vertical lines representing the bars of his prison cell at Robben Island over a cast replica of a cell key, both the key and the lithograph are numbered 6/3000, with the latter signed neatly in pen cil, “N. Mandela,” below a larger black paint facsimile. The lower left corner bears Mandela’s official embossed ‘clasped hands’ blindstamp. Handsomely matted in a shadowbox frame to an overall size of 17.5 x 23 x 2.5. In fine condition. A simple yet powerful work that symbol izes Mandela’s 27 years of incarceration—an incredibly low-number example of this coveted edition and the first to be made available to the public; the first five lithographs were presented to members of the Mandela family. Starting Bid $500

94. Nelson Mandela (2) Signed Items: Booklet and Envelope. Scarce English and Afrikaans-language softcover booklet gilt-entitled “National Orders,” with dual front covers bearing an embossed coat of arms of South Africa, 6 x 8.5, signed at the top of the Afrikaans cover in black felt tip, “N. Mandela, 17-4-96.” Includes the original mailing envelope for “The National Orders of South Africa,” 9 x 6.5, which is signed by Mandela in the exact same manner. In overall fine condition. Both items are boldly signed and would make for attractive individual display pieces. Starting Bid $200

Mandela sends troops to Burundi “to put an end to the slaughtering of innocent civilians”

93. Nelson Mandela Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “N. Mandela,” two pages, 8.25 x 11.75, personal letterhead, March 6, 2001. An update letter to Kgalema Motlanthe, the Secretary-General of the African National Congress, in part: “The Govern ments of Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to send troops to the Republic of Burundi to restore and maintain peace and security in terms of Chapter VII, Article 42 of the United Nations Charter… The armed groups refuse to co-operate. I issued invitations to them as far back as January 2000 to join the Peace Negotiations and, in addition, held several meetings with them without success. Mean time, innocent and defenseless civilians, including children and women, are being indiscriminately killed. One of these groups operates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I have personally requested The U.N. Secretary-General to appeal to President Joseph Kabila, who seems to be totally committed to bring peace to his country, to stop such operations from his country…It is for these reasons that we have arranged for troops from the abovementioned countries to be sent to Burundi to put an end to the slaughtering of innocent civilians.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

95. Nelson Mandela Signed Booklet. Uncommon softcover “African National Congress” booklet containing the ANC Constitution, “As adopted at the ANC National Confer ence, June 1991, English,” 18 pages, 5.75 x 8.25, signed at the top of the first page in black ink, “N. Mandela, 9-4-2000.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the covers. Starting Bid $200

96. Nelson Mandela Signed Ballot. Uncommon color 6.75 x 12 ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed near his image in ballpoint, “N. Mandela, 181-95.” In very fine condition. Mandela became the country’s first black chief executive when his African National Congress won a sweeping victory in the South African general election of 1994. Starting Bid $200

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97. Ram Mohan Roy. Indian reformer (1772–1833) who challenged traditional Hindu culture and first introduced the word Hinduism into the English language in 1816. LS signed “Rammohun Roy,” one page, 7.25 x 9, June 6, 1832. Letter to Graves C. Haughton, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society. In full: “I am favored with your Letter of the 4th Instant, acquainting me that the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society have done me the honor to invite me to its Anniversary Dinner on the 15th Instant, and inclosing a card for the same. I beg to say that I will do myself the honor of dining with the Society on that oc casion.” In fine condition, with light staining along the left edge from old mounting remnants on the reverse. Starting Bid $200

98. Albert Schweitzer Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, two pages, 8.5 x 10.75 and 8.5 x 5.75, June 15, 1948. A handwritten letter from Lambarene, Gabon, sent to Paris publisher M. G. Payot, strongly recommending the services of his nephew, in part (translated): “I have just received an answer from the person I approached regarding the anthology’s translation. And his answer was affirmative. This person is my nephew Mr. Hoytt, an associate professor at the Strasbourg High School… this would be the best option…And this would allow me to contribute in the best manner to the writing of the French text…But what is important is that I can concentrate all my energies on the 3rd philosophical volume.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

99. John Jay Document Signed. Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 12.75 x 10.75, February 16, 1796. As the 2nd governor of New York, Jay appoints Na thaniel Lawrence as “Assistant Attorney-General for the District comprehending the Counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond and West-chester.” Signed neatly in the lower border by John Jay, and countersigned on the reverse by Lawrence and Lewis A. Scott, the Secretary of State of New York. Impressively displayed in a shadowbox frame with an encapsulated original state seal of New York to an overall size of 20.25 x 21.5; window to frame backing reveals reverse of document. In fine condition, with some staining from the impressive seal, not at all affecting the signature.

Nathaniel Lawrence was a New York lawyer and politician (1761–1797) who, after fighting in the American Revolutionary War, served as a delegate to the New York State Convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. Starting Bid $200

100. John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, measures 11.5 x 7.25 open, August 6, 1788. Handwritten letter to attorney Archibald Stuart, in part: “I congratulate on the progress of the constitution. The adoption by New York seems to have given the finishing blow to opposition. The Antis hereabout hang their ears…Yet I am afraid the next assembly will do some foolish thing on the subject. Tis pity that so many of the clever fellows of the former assemblies have deserted this.” Marshall has added a postscript and signed with his initials. In good to very good condition, with trimming, tears, and chipping to the edges, a small area of paper loss affecting the signature, and complete fold separa tions repaired with archival tape, which now discourages the folding of the letter. On July 26, 1788, the Convention of the State of New York met in Poughkeepsie and voted 30 to 27 in favor of ratifying the Federal Constitution. With its ratification of the Constitution, New York entered the new union as the eleventh of the original 13 colonies to join together as the United States of America. Starting Bid $300

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“I congratulate on the progress of the constitution,” writes Marshall, “The adoption by New York seems to have given the finishing blow to opposition”

Governor Jay appoints the Assistant Attorney-General for “the Counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond and West-chester”

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Businessmen

101. F. L. Maytag Typed Letter Signed. Founder and chairman (1857–1937) of the Maytag Company, which eventually became the Maytag Corporation, which was acquired by the Whirlpool Corporation in 2006. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, The Maytag Company letterhead, July 11, 1927. Letter to law firm Campbell & Campbell, in full: “I have yours of the 7th referring to the Skow foreclosure. I wish you would keep in touch with this matter and let me know when the proper time arrives to act.” A postscript reads: “I have not been served with a notice.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Scientists and Inventors

102. Harvey Cushing Typed Letter Signed. Surgeon (1869–1939) who pioneered many modern neurosurgical techniques and investigated the functions of the pituitary gland. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Yale University letterhead, May 9, 1934. Letter to Professor Filippo Bottazzi at the University of Naples. In part: “I am so happy to have the reprint of your paper on muscle contractures and their physiological significance. It is a most important paper in which your priority claims regarding the function of the sarcoplasm are so well established. The whole question of neuromuscular physiology has become so complicated that I personally have not attempted to keep up with it, and consequently I am most glad to have the opportunity of reading this admirable review of your own important work.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and scattered creases. Starting Bid $200

“The whole question of neuromuscular physiology has become so complicated”

103. Thomas Edison Signed Photograph. Fantastic vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Edison seated in his study in 1904, signed in the lower border in fountain pen with his iconic ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos. A. Edison.” Impressively mounted, matted, and framed with ephemera including four blank stock certificates for various Edison concerns (the Storage Battery, Phonographs, Kinetophone, and Illuminating Company) and a 1936 Thomas A. Edison Industries document signed by several company officers (including his son, Charles Edison) to an overall size of 35 x 26. In fine condition, with light silver ing along the edges of the photo. A great pose of the pioneering American inventor, handsomely displayed. Starting Bid $200

104. Thomas Edison Signed Check. Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Thomas Edison, “Thos. A. Edison,” payable to William H. Hand for $40.02, stamp-dated December 18, 1928. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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105. Thomas Edison Document Signed. DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” with his umbrella signature, three pages, 8.5 x 11, November 10, 1926. Document headed “Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Edison Storage Battery Supply Company,” which concludes with the election of five directors, all of whom sign below in ink and fountain pen: Thomas Edison, Charles Edison, Henry Lanahan, Harry F. Miller, and John V. Miller. Bound with the signed sheet is a typed letter from secretary H. H. Eckert. Includes another bound packet containing a notarized document confirming Eckert’s letter to the stockholders; a document appointing “H. J. Miller” as a proxy, signed below by Charles Edison and Eckert. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

106. Alexander von Humboldt Autograph Letter Signed. German naturalist and explorer (1769-1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowledge. ALS in German, signed “A. v. Humboldt,” one page, 5.5 x 9, March 23, 1847. Untranslated handwritten letter to pioneering American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896), who is noted for creat ing the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service. In fine condition, with a small stain, and light show-through in the top blank area from old mounting residue on the back. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Humboldt’s own hand. Starting Bid $200

107. Guglielmo Marconi Signature. Desirable fountain pen signa ture, “Regia Nave Carlo Alberto, Spezia 11 Settembre 1902, Guglielmo Marconi,” on an off-white 4.5 x 7.25 album page, which is signed below by Italian astronomer and seismologist Guido Alfani (1876-1940), and on the reverse by German writer Gabriele Reuter (1859–1941). In fine condition. The Carlo Alberto was the Italian Navy battleship from where, in 1902, Marconi conducted wireless experiments, successfully transmitting radio communications across the mountain chains of Europe. Starting Bid $200

108. Ernest Rutherford and James Chadwick Document

Signed. Scarce DS, signed “E. Rutherford” and “J. Chadwick, Gonville Caius College, Cambridge,” one page, 8.25 x 10.25, March 17, 1925. Directive issued to “Motor Owners’ Petrol Combine Limited,” in part: “I, Professor Sir Ernest Rutherford, of Newnham Cottage, Queens Road, Cambridge, do hereby request Motor Owners’ Petrol Combine Limited to issue Share Certificates for 17 fully paid Ordinary Shares of £1 each, and 39 fully paid Deferred Shares of 1/- each in Motor Owners’ Petrol Combine Limited, under the Scheme of Arrangement.” Signed and dated in bold fountain pen at the conclusion by Rutherford, and countersigned as a witness by James Chadwick. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Starting Bid $200

Rare dual-signed document from Nobel Prize-winning scientists Rutherford and Chadwick

109. Alfred Wallace Autograph Letter Signed. British naturalist, explorer, and biologist (1823–1913) best known for proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own. ALS signed “Alfred R. Wallace,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Old Orchard, Broad stone, Dorset letterhead, October 26, 1912. Handwritten letter to Mr. Harris, in full: “Thanks for your very kind and too flattering letter. I think with you, that all the great crises of my life however disappointing at the time, have been for the best.” In fine condition, with scattered faint foxing. Starting Bid $200

110. Alfred Wallace Autograph Letter Signed. British naturalist, explorer, and biologist (1823–1913) best known for proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own. ALS signed “Alfred R. Wallace,” one page, 4.5 x 7, November 27, 1892. Handwritten letter to English botanist and taxonomist Max well T. Masters, in part: “I want to get a few of the half-hardy Sikkim Rhodendrons, especially some of the following species, but I cannot find them…R. campanulatum, glaucum, lepidotum, metternichii, veit chianum, virgatum. Can you tell me where I am likely to get them?” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

“All the great crises of my life however disappointing at the time, have been for the best”

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111. Harvard University: Josiah Quincy III Signed ‘Laws and Regulations’ Admission Document . American educator and political figure (1772–1864) who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston is named in his honor. Exceedingly rare admission document from Harvard University entitled “Abstract of Laws and Regulations of the University in Cambridge, for the Information of Parents and Guardians of Students accepted on Examination,” one page, 8.25 x 9.5, signed on the reverse in fountain pen, “Josiah Quincy, 24 Aug. 1829, Cambridge,” who above writes the name of the “accepted” student. The document itself contains three sections: “Of Admission and Matriculation,” “Dress,” and “Term Bills.” In very good to fine condition, with staining, and short tears, along the right edge. This rare and early Harvard document was signed by Quincy in his first official year as the university’s president; prior to that, he had been an overseer since 1810. Starting Bid $200

Intellectuals

112. Carl Jung Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 1, 1931. Letter to his col league, Dr. Wolfgang M. Kranefeldt, in full (translated): “Many thanks for sending the references. It’s better it should be too long than too short. Cimbal can still use the scissors as he pleases. It is strange that you should dream of Schmitz [likely the German writer Oskar A. H. Schmitz], but you sometimes have telepathic attacks, which is obviously to be expected. In addition, however, one naturally had to ask oneself what you have in common with Schmitz that makes him appear so clearly in your unconscious field of vision. I don’t even know how you feel about Schmitz. But it would not be impossible that he could be a somewhat exaggerated example in terms of writing. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad in practice if you could add about 1/10th Schmitz to your mix. I am enclosing a copy of my lecture, if you want to send it back to me when you have read it. The lecture will appear soon in the European Review. With best regards always.” In fine condition. A significant, highly desir able letter from Jung, who attempts to analyze the dream of a fellow psychotherapist. Starting Bid $300

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Jung analyzes the dream of a colleague, submitting it as one of his “telepathic attacks”

113. Carl Jung Signed Photograph. Influential psy chologist (1875-1961) recognized as the founder of ana lytical psychology. Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 photo of Carl Jung in profile, showing him conversing outdoors and wearing a fedora and a pinstripe suit, signed neatly in the lower border in fountain pen, “C. G. Jung.” Reverse bears “Agfa Brovira” watermarks. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

114. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Autograph Letter Signed. French politician and philosopher (1809-1865) who was the first to describe himself as an anarchist. ALS in French, signed “P. J. Proudhon,” one page, 4.25 x 5.5, August 4. Handwritten letter, in full (translated): “I respectfully salute Mr. Lebegue. Should Mr. Paul need a few pages to complete the fourth sheet he has to lay out, he can have someone take them here tomorrow morning, fixing the number himself. As for the surplus, I would like to read it only tomorrow afternoon. Has Mr. Boussard received the 8th? If not, Mr. Lebegue would very much oblige me by sending it. Mr. Boussard has been back at his home since Sunday. Finally, I am asking whether one should soon have copies printed on special paper.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

116. Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations, Facsimile Bicentenary Edition (1976). Attractive two-volume facsimile edition of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, LL.D. and F. R. S. Limited edition, numbered 16/1000. Tokyo: Yushodo Booksellers, Ltd., 1976. Leather-bound hardcover with original full brown morocco boards, marbled endpapers, and spine with raised bands and gilt titling, 9.5 x 12, 510 pages (Vol. 1) and 587 pages (Vol. 2). Book condition: VG+/None. Accompanied by a framed original 1790 hand-colored engraving of Smith in profile, 5 x 7.5, entitled “The Author of the Wealth of Nations.” Starting Bid $200

115. Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1797). Two-volume set of The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Or, an Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by which Men naturally judge concerning the Conduct and Character, first of their Neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added A Disserta tion on the Origin of Languages. By Adam Smith, LL.D. Eighth edition in two volumes. London: Strahan, Cadell, and Davies, 1797. Hardcover with marbled leather boards and gilt-embellished spines, 5.5 x 8.5, 488 pages (Vol. 1) and 462 pages (Vol. 2). Book condition: G+/None, with rubbing to boards and spines, some cracking to spine letter, the year “1797” marked in blue in on title page of first volume, loss to spine label on Vol. I, and label missing from Vol. II; the bookplate of William Kennaway Spragge is affixed inside each book, and the pages remain clean and tightly bound. Starting Bid $200

Religious Figures

117. Francis de Sales Autograph Note Signed. Bishop of Geneva (1567–1622) who is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church, remembered as one of the greatest evangelists and most powerful confessors during the Counter-Reformation. Extremely rare ANS in French, signed “Franc’s ev. De Geneve,” penned at the conclusion of a manuscript appeal for tax exemption, one page both sides, 6 x 8, October 27, 1607. The appeal, sent to de Sales while serving as Bishop of Geneva, requests for an exemption from ecclesiastical taxes. Addressed from the Swiss town of Villy, near the Lake Geneva town Evian, where de Sales was reputed to have seen a vision of St. Francis of Assisi, the Bishop’s handwritten response reads: “Exacting of taxes suspended until we have had a chance to confer with Our deputies on the reasons of the petitioner.” Double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 19 x 14.75; a window to the frame backing reveals the front of the appeal. In fine condition.

Since 1536, Geneva had retained taxes formerly rendered to the Catholic Church, and the practice of ecclesiastical taxation was being challenged across Europe by the end of the 16th century. Starting Bid $500

World Leaders

118. Simon Bolivar and Francisco de Paula Santander Document Signed. Rare manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Bolivar” and “Fr. P. Santander,” one page on Colombian Republic letterhead, 7.75 x 9.5, December 7, 1820. Official letter from Vice President ??Francisco de Paula Santander to President Simon Bolivar, which reads (translated): “Mr. Alberto Salazza has placed before this Government the representations and documents I enclose; as these bear no character of legality, and as I have no battalion that I might give him, I await action by His Excellency the Liberator to decide the Matter.” Bolivar responds on January 3, 1821, with a short note penned in another hand. Signed at the conclusion of their respective messages by both Bolivar and Santander. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and soiling. Documents signed by both Colombian liberators are quite rare. Starting Bid $200

Remarkable handwritten note from the Bishop of Geneva, the patron saint of writers, journalists, and the deaf

119. Winston Churchill: A History of the EnglishSpeaking Peoples (1956-1958). Unsigned book set: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill, Vols. I–IV. First editions. London: Cassell and Company, 1956–1958. Hardcovers bound handsomely in full calf leather with gilt dentelles and lettering to covers and raised band spines, 6.25 x 9.75, with volume titles as follows: The Birth of Britain (416 pages), The New World (344), The Age of Revolution (332), and The Great Democracies (322). Book condition: VG/None, with foxing to textblock edges of the first volume. Starting Bid $200

120. The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill, Centenary Limited Edition, 34-Volume Set (1973). Impressive complete 34-volume set of The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill. Centenary Limited Edition, numbered 365/3000. London: Library of Imperial History, 1973. Handsomely bound in tan vellum with 22-carat gold borders and titling, gilt textblocks, and marbled endpapers, each includes their dark green slipcase with gilt ‘Fiel Pero Desdichado’ (Faithful though Joyless) emblem. The titles: My Early Life, My African Journey; The Story of the Malakand Field Force; The River War; The Boer War; Savrola: A Political Romance; Lord Randolph Churchill; Mr. Brodrick’s Army and Other Early Speeches; The World Crisis, Part I-V (5 vols.); Thoughts and Adventures; Marlborough, His Life and Times (2 vols.); Great Contemporaries; Arms and the Covenant; Step By Step; War Speeches (3 vols.); The Second World War (6 vols.); Post-War Speeches (3 vols.); and A His tory of the English Speaking Peoples (4 vols.). This multi-volume set was produced to the specifications of the British Museum and U.S. Library of Congress to have a minimum working life of 500 years. Book condition: NF/None in VG slipcases, with general wear to the cases. Each volume is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity from the publisher. Starting Bid $200

121. George Curzon Autograph Letter Signed. British Conservative statesman (1859-1925) who was viceroy of India and foreign secretary. ALS signed “Curzon,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 3.5, Carlton House Terrace stationery card, June 4, 1915. Brief handwritten letter to an artist or photographer, in full: “It is Friday not tomorrow that I must see you about the portrait and at 10:45 am here.” In fine condition, with a faint rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Starting Bid $200

122. Thomas Babington Macaulay: The History of England from the Accession of James II (1849–1861). Coveted early printing of The History of England from the Accession of James II., by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Vols. I–V. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans/ Roberts, 1849–1861. Each hardcover volume, 5.75 x 8.75, attractively bound in full tan calf leather, with raised bands, red labels, and gilt lettering to the spine, and both textblock and endpapers marbled. Starting Bid $200

125. William Wilberforce Letter Signed. LS signed “W. Wil berforce,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 10, December 3, 1791. Letter addressed from Yoxall Lodge, in part: “Conceiving you would feel interested about the settlement now forming on the Coast Africa, I lately desired a copy of the Report of the Directors of the Sierra Leone Company to the Court of Proprietors might be transmitted to you from London: this will best explain to you the nature & objects of the Institution, & I hardly need add anything to what it contains except that since its publication has been resolved to raise the Capital of £150,000—and that the accounts we have received from our agent both of the number & qualities of the Nova Scotia Negroes are extremely pleasing.”

A lengthy postscript reads: “The Negroes here referred to formerly inhabited the southern provinces of the United States, & having sided with us during the war, & being consequently obnoxious to the Americans, they were, as a reward to their Loyalty, transported to the genial climate of Nova Scotia, where they have been ever since in a most deplorable way…We expect about 700 men, women, & children will come over to Sierra Leone, with our agent this or the next month; and there is every reason to hope they will form a most valuable acquisition: you understand they are all free people.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

“You understand they are all free people”—an exceptional 1791 letter from Wilberforce regarding the transportation of “Nova Scotia Negroes” to Sierra Leone

Rare portrait of Ho Chi Minh, signed at Hanoi in 1968

123. Ho Chi Minh Signed Photograph. Extremely rare vintage matte-finish 5 x 7.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of Ho Chi Minh, signed in the lower border in black felt tip in Vietnamese with cordial greetings, and dated at Hanoi, April 1968. In fine condition.

The consignor notes that this signed photograph was presented by the North Vietnamese leader to East German statesman Kurt Hager, who led a delegation on a visit to Hanoi from April 4–10, 1968. Ho Chi Minh’s autograph is rare in any format, and this is a particularly fine example signed at the height of the Vietnam War. Starting Bid $500

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Royalty

The rare ‘Henry the Sufferer,’ Castile’s short-lived king

127. King Henry III of Castile Document Signed. King of Castile and Leon who ruled from 1390 until his death at just 27 years old (1379–1406). Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” one page, 8.75 x 4, September 19, 1392. King Henry confirms the right of Ruy Lopez de Mendoza to wear a sash in acknowledgment of his services rendered to Kings John I and Henry. In very good condition, with paper loss to edges, and archival repair on the reverse to complete separation along the central vertical fold. A sought-after document over six centuries old. Starting Bid $200

128. King Louis XIV Autograph Letter Signed. King of France (born 1638) from 1643 until his death in 1715, known as the ‘Sun King’ for the glitter ing splendor of his court at Versailles and the unparalleled glory of France during his 72-year reign. Rare ALS in French, signed “Louis,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.75, January 29, 1701. Addressed from Versailles, an untranslated handwrit ten letter from King Louis XIV. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

Exceptionally rare 1471 draft commission approved by King Edward IV

126. King Edward IV Document Signed. Exceptionally rare vellum manuscript document signed by Edward IV, one page, 16.25 x 8.5, 1471. The king authorizes a draft commis sion, which reads, in part (translated from Latin): “The Crown to Williams Hastinges of Hastings, kt, John Howard of Howard, knight, John Scotte, knight and John Donne, knight, and to John Thrish, John Blount…John Yonge, William Stenys, John Elkenhede, William Rosse and John Batte. Recites: Richard [Neville] Earl of Warwick was for the term of his life captain of the town and castle of Calais, of the tower of Rysbank and of the Marches of Calais and of the castle of Guines in Picardy; he appointed Walter Wrattesley, kt, as his lieutenant of Calais, Roland Worsley, esquire, as lieutenant of the tower of Rysbank and Richard Whetehill, esquire, as lieutenant of the castle of Guines; he died on 14 April last [1471]. After his death both Walter, Roland and Richard, and all of the officers, soldiers, artificers, and pensioners whom he had retained have been and remain in attendance. Furthermore in his lifetime Richard Earl of Warwick established 500 soldiers beyond the ordinary number, to attend in return for various wages and rewards, and certain others to attend at Guines; they for the greater part have been in attendance since 25 March last and remain so. The Crown now appoints two or more of the addresses (of whom Sir John Scott, William Stevys, John Elkenhede or John Batte must be one) to call Walter Wrattesley, Roland Worsley, Richard Whetehill and the ordinary and extraordinary establishment before them, take a view of them and enquire of each of them concerning their custody of the town, castles and towers during that period, and to make an account with them. William Hastings is granted the power and authority to discharge and remove all the soldiers of the extraordinary establishment and as many of the ordinary establishment of the town and castle of Calais and the tower of Rhysbank

according to his discretion, with power to discharge or retain as he sees fit, and to certify the names and payments to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer under seal.” Signed in the upper left corner by King Edward IV as ‘Rex Edwards,’ and endorsed on the reverse with the names of eight members of the council present when it was granted: “My Lord of Clarence, The Lord Hastynges, The Lord Duddele, The Lord Howard, [Mr.] John Alcok, Mr. John Russell, Richard Fowler, Mr. Richard Martyn.” In good to very good condition, with heavy soiling, a short tear to the right edge, and obvious loss which affects some of the body of the document. Accompanied by a later transcription of the document. Already appreciably rare as an early commission signed by King Edward IV, this example’s desirability is furthermore enhanced by its historically significant subject matter—documents regarding the English possession of the French territory Calais are of the utmost rarity and are seldom seen. Starting Bid $2500

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129. King Louis XIV: Madame de Maintenon Auto graph Letter Signed. Mistress and second wife of Louis XIV (1635–1719), who served as one of the King’s closest advisers and as governess of the royal children. Scarce ALS in French, signed “Maintenon,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, July 15, 1717. Handwritten letter, in full (translated): “It is better, Mon sieur, to inform you early rather than too late. Mr. Briderey is very ill and the doctor of St. Lazare has just been sent for. I beg you, Monsieur, to be cautious so that we [sic] are not given anything before you have examined him. I am much afraid that my letter may not reach you in time in Paris.” In fine condition, with toning to the lightly trimmed edges. Accompanied by an engraved portrait. Starting Bid $200

132. Peter III of Russia Letter Signed. Emperor of Russia (1728–1762) who was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great. He was deposed by troops loyal to his wife, who succeeded him as Empress Catherine II. Despite his generally poor reputation, Peter III made some progressive reforms during his short reign: he proclaimed religious freedom and encouraged education, sought to modernize the Russian army, abolished the secret police, which had been infamous for its extreme violence, and made it illegal for landowners to kill their serfs without going to court. Scarce LS in Cyrillic, one page, 7 x 9.25, February 27, 1756. An untranslated document issued from Saint Petersburg and signed at the conclu sion by Peter III of Russia. The interior of the second integral page bears an affixed German translation of the letter. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

Delightful letter written to her 5-year-old son

130. Marie Louise of Parma Autograph Letter Signed. Austrian archduchess (1791-1847) who was Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife and, as such, Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814; she then reigned as Duchess of Parma from 1814 until her death. ALS in French, signed “Louise,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, September 1, 1826. Handwritten letter to her five-year-old son Guillaume, the future Comte de Montenuovo, who was born of her liaison with Comte Adam de Neipperg, in part (translated): “I have learned with great pleasure from Mlle. Marianne and Mr. Zoche that you have had two teeth pulled out with the courage of a little hero which proves to me my dear child that you have become much more sensible in the last year and gives me much consolation.” In fine condition, with a thin old mounting strip along the left edge. Starting Bid $200

131. Mary, Queen of Scots Letter Signed. Exemplary LS in Scots, signed “Marie R,” one page, 8.25 x 12, “Holyrood” (“At our abbey of Halirudehous”), March 23, 1566/7, written to William Keith, the 3rd Earl Marischal. Queen Mary sum mons the Earl Marischal to a significant parliamentary event in Edinburgh on April 14, strongly urging his attendance. In part (translated): “There are various matters to be discussed touching the welfare of our realm and…issues relating to the prosperity of our cousin the Earl of Huntly” [in Scots: “Thair is divers effaces to be intreated for the welffair of or. realme and…thingis concernyng the weill of our cousing the erle of hwntlie”]. The Queen adds that his “good counsel and advice” [in Scots: “guid counsall and adwyis”] would be very beneficial. With address, later docket to reverse, and very slight traces of a red wax seal. In fine condition, with eight neat slits from the original string closure, with only one affecting two words and not the signature. Accompanied by a handsome hunter green cloth presentation folder emblazoned with “Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots” on the front in gold.

Third Earl Marischal William Keith, to whom this letter is writ ten, was the Uncle of George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Huntly, a major conspirator of the

time, had allied himself with the 4th Earl of Bothwell James Hepburn, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, and third husbandto-be of Mary, Queen of Scots. Huntly accompanied Bothwell and Mary to visit her second husband, Lord Darnley, shortly before his February 10, 1567 death; Darnley’s residence was destroyed by an explosion and he was found murdered in the garden.

Bothwell was immediately accused of the crime and stood trial on April 12: having packed Edinburgh with armed supporters, he was soon acquitted. In the meantime, Huntly persuaded his sister, Lady Jean Gordon, to divorce Bothwell, leaving him free to wed Mary. As payment for his assistance, Huntly’s family estates were to be restored and—as is foreshadowed in this letter—an Act of Parliament on April 19 delivered on that promise. Mary wed Bothwell on May 15, 1567, and with her reputation destroyed, she abdicated the throne on July 24, 1567. An exceptionally clean and attractive document of great rarity, boasting impressive historical content.

Past sales history: RR Auction, Remarkable Rarities, January 22, 2015. Starting Bid $2500

Scarce letter by Mary, Queen of Scots, related to her second husband’s murder—an event that led to her abdication

133. King Charles III Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Yours most sincerely, Charles,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Kens ington Palace letterhead, April 18, 1984. Letter to Mr. Maxwell, in full: “How very sad to hear you are retiring. I wanted to take this opportunity to send you my warmest thanks for everything you have done for me over the years and to wish you a most happy and peaceful retirement.” Charles adds the valediction in his own hand. In fine condition, with a light diagonal bend in the upper right corner area. Starting Bid $200

134. Princess Diana and Prince Charles Signed Photograph. Appealing color satin-finish 3.25 x 4.75 portrait photo of the Royal couple, affixed to its original mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Charles 1982” and “Diana.” Displayed in its original green leather Jarrolds of Knightsbridge frame to an overall size of 7 x 9.25. In very fine condition. A year earlier, the fabled royal wedding of Charles and Diana took place at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981, before an invited congregation of 3,500 and an estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million. Starting Bid $200

135. Queen Victoria: Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands (1868) and More Leaves (1884). Two unsigned first edition books: Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861, and More Leaves from the Journal of A Life in the Highlands, from 1862 to 1882, respec tively published in London by Smith, Elder and Co. in 1868 and 1884. Hardcovers bound with green beveled boards and gilt embellishments to the covers and spines, 6 x 8.5, 315 pages and 404 pages; many of the plates in the second volume bear facsimile autographs. Book condition: VG/ None, with a bit of foxing throughout, a couple plates detached in the first volume, and ownership inscriptions and annota tions to endpapers. Starting Bid $200

136. Queen Victoria (2) Oversized Illustrated Books.

Two unsigned books:

The Life of Queen Victoria, Reproduced from ‘The Times’ with Photogravure Illustrations. Limited edition, numbered 158/1000. London: The Times and Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1901. Leather-bound hardcover with impressive gilt embellishments to the covers and spine, 10 x 12.75, 138 pages, concluding with a foldout of “Queen Victoria’s Descendants.” Handsomely illustrated with 21 photogra vures. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear, sunning to spine, a tear to the frontispiece’s tissue guard, and light foxing to a few pages.

Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861, edited by Arthur Helps. First illustrated edi tion. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1868. Original quarto hardcover, red cloth with gilt textblock and richly detailed embossed designs and titling to the covers and spine, 10 x 12.5, 198 pages, featuring a wide array of steel engrav ings, chromo-lithographs, and vignettes. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear, soiling to title page, and small chips and splits at spine ends. Starting Bid $200

Titanic and Maritime

Rare autograph of the heroic Carpathia captain

137. Arthur Rostron Signature. Captain of the Carpathia (1869–1940) responsible for rescuing Titanic survivors on the morning of April 15, 1912. Vintage ink signature, “A: H: Rostron, Captain RNR,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 engraved “On Board the RMS ‘Mauretania” card. In fine condition, with a small stain to the upper right corner, and trivial loss to the lower left corner tip. Accompanied by an unsigned glossy photo. Starting Bid $200

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American West

138. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody Signature. Bold ink signature, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill’,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 sheet affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Notorious Figures

Lanksy on the bounty for Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann

140. Meyer Lansky Autograph Letter Signed. Legendary organized crime leader (1902–1983) who headed the notorious ‘enforcement’ syndicate Murder, Inc., which emerged in the early 1930s as successor to the warring Prohibition gangs and the old-line Mafia, and continued to operate into the 1950s. ALS signed “Shalom, Meyer,” two pages, 6.25 x 9.25, December 20, 1972. Handwritten letter to his friend Joseph ‘Yushki’ Sheiner, a member of the Israeli Security Agency, commenting on Israel’s role in bringing Adolf Eichmann to justice, feeling their role in the affair was unfortunate: “I was much disheartened when I read the article in our newspapers about the $10,000 reward in the Eichman [sic] case. I wish I would have known about it, I would raise the money myself before having to see the Israel government exposed in it at this time.” In fine condition, with two file holes to the right edge of each page. Starting Bid $200

Rare autograph letter by Lizzie Borden, written one year after the infamous axe murders

139. Lizzie Borden Autograph Letter Signed. Exceed ingly rare ALS signed “L. A. Borden,” one page both sides, 4 x 5.5, personal letterhead, December 9, 1896. Letter to Miss Jennie F. Bras. In full: “I should be ready to see you Wednesday the sixteenth any time after five in the after-noon. Yes I am going to tie the pages and want your help. I would like to have you get the ribbon. Get as much and the width you want and let the color be ‘royal purple’ please.” In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold and partial separations along hinge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Borden’s hand, with the stamp clipped off. Housed in a customdesigned purple leather presentation folder, with gilt-stamped spine and blindstamped “L.B.” axe on the front.

Shortly after being acquitted of her father and stepmother’s murders in June of 1893, Lizzie and her sister Emma moved to a new house (christened ‘Maplecroft’) on French Street,

a fashionable neighborhood at the time. It was there that she penned this letter. The trial that had taken place in the courtroom could not compare to the media trial in which Lizzie was portrayed as a cold-blooded murderer: regardless of the court’s decision and her public exoneration, the damage to her reputation could not be undone. She was forever ostracized from Fall River society, living out the remainder of her life at Maplecroft in relative isolation. Over a century after the Borden murders, the mystery continues to hold the public’s interest, making the demand for Lizzie’s limited autograph material very high; this is the first Lizzie Borden autograph letter we have offered in over five years.

Past sales history: University Archives, Superb Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Photos & Books, June 26, 2019. Starting Bid $1000

military

Revolutionary traitor Benedict Arnold writes out and certifies an oath of allegiance for a fellow officer:

220. Benedict Arnold Autograph Document Signed. Revolutionary War–dated ADS, signed “B. Arnold, M. Genl.,” one page, 7.25 x 12.25, September 17, 1778. As senior of ficer in command at Philadelphia, Arnold writes and certifies an oath of allegiance for his fellow officer, Brig. Gen. Edward Hand, an Irish-born Pennsylvanian physician remembered for his service during the siege of Yorktown, and who would be appointed adjutant general to Gen. George Washington in 1781. In full: “I Edward Hand Brigadier Genl. do acknowl edge the United States, to be free, Independent & Sovereign States, and declare that the People thereof owe no Allegiance or Obedience to George the third, King of Great Britain, and I renounce, refuse & abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him;—& I do swear that I will to the Utmost of my Power, sup port, maintain & defend the said United States against the said George the third, his Heirs and Successors, and his or their Abettors, Assistants & Adherents and will serve the said United States in the Office of Brigadier Genl. which I now hold, with Fidelity, according to the best of my Skill & Understanding.” At the bottom, Arnold, commanding the American garrison at Philadelphia, certifies his handwritten document: “Sworn before me, Philad’a, Sep’r 17th 1778, B. Arnold, M. Genl.” In very good to fine condition, with two tiny areas of paper loss

to the upper left corner, and irregular toning and staining af fecting only appearance.

On February 3, 1778, the Continental Congress resolved that all civil and military officers should affirm an oath ‘of al legiance and abjuration,’ worded as in the present example.

Arnold had sworn his own oath of allegiance on May 30, 1778, using a partly-printed form with the same text; as evinced by this document, handwritten manuscripts were substituted in cases where the form was not available. When the British withdrew from Philadelphia in June 1778, George Washington appointed Arnold as military commander of the city. While in Philadelphia, he met and married Peggy Shippen, a socialite from a Loyalist family, who would serve as a go-between in his correspondence with British intelligence officer John André. In September 1780, Arnold’s plot to surrender the key Conti nental Army outpost at West Point was exposed and he fled to New York, where he received a commission as a brigadier general in the British Army. A remarkable handwritten oath of allegiance from the pen of America’s most infamous traitor.

Past sales history: Christie’s, Printed Books and Manuscripts, May 29, 1998. Starting Bid $2500

“I will to the Utmost of my Power, support, maintain & defend the said United States against the said George the third”

221. Henry Knox Letter Signed. LS as Secretary of War, signed “H. Knox,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, January 29, [1790]. Official War Office letter to Revolutionary War veteran Sharp Delany, who was appointed by George Washington as first Collector of Customs in Philadelphia. In part: “The Secretary of the Treasury has informed me that he has written to you on the payment of the first moiety of the Invalid Pensioners within the State of Pennsylvania, and that he has arranged with you the funds for that purpose.” In very good condition, with edge tears and paper loss, and old tape repairs to nearly complete separations along very fragile horizontal folds. Starting Bid $200

222. Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 5.5 x 3.25, July 5, 1811. A handwritten letter addressed from “La grange,” in part (translated): “The wool from Rambouilles (legs and sides included) has been sold 49 Sols. This is a big increase over the price of 35s, which was offered before that sale. Kindly let me know what you think of this increase, and at what rate you advise me to accept proposition.” Includes the original mailing envelope addressed by Lafayette. Framed with an engraved portrait (bearing a facsimile autograph) to an overall size of 11 x 24.75. In very good to fine condition, with old tape stains to the top corners. Starting Bid $200

Fresh off his “surrender in Apr. ‘65,” Lee pens a commendation for a former Confederate spy

223. Robert E. Lee Autograph Letter Signed. Spectacular ALS signed “R. E. Lee,” one page, 7.75 x 5.75, June 28, 1865. Addressed from Richmond, Lee pens a hand written letter of commendation two-and-a-half months after his surrender to Grant. In full: “Major Cornelius Boyle has served as Provost Marshal Genl. of the Army of N. Virg. From the time I took command of said army in May ‘62 to the time of its surrender in Apr. ‘65, during all that time performed the duties of his office faithfully & well. He filled the same office in said Army under Genl. J.E. Johnston.” In very good to fine condi tion, with some light staining, and toning from prior display.

As part of the surrender meeting held between Lee and Grant on April 9, 1865, it was stipulated that certain Confederate spies were not allowed access to their private homes. As such, the abovementioned Cornelius Boyle was denied entry into the city of Washington and was not able to regain possession of his confiscated land due to his espionage activities during the war. His family lost everything after the war, and this let ter of commendation from General Robert E. Lee may have been for the purpose of reestablishing himself professionally. Starting Bid $1000

224. James Longstreet Signed Check. Confederate general (1821–1904) who distinguished himself at Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chickamauga. The State Banking Company check, 6.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Long street, “James Longstreet,” payable to John R. Dortch for $23.56, January 6, 1902. In fine condition, with a chip to the bottom edge. Starting Bid $200

225. Felix Zollicoffer Signed Photograph. Confeder ate brigadier general (1812-1862) who was killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs, making him the first Confederate general to die in the Western Theater. Rare 2.5 x 4 carte-devisite photo bearing an artistic portrait of Felix Zollicoffer in his military uniform, signed in ink, “Zollicoffer.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

227. Douglas MacArthur Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders portrait of the American five-star general, signed nicely in fountain pen by Douglas MacArthur. In very good to fine condition, with slight rippling, light silvering to the darker areas of the image, and staple holes and old tape to the corners; the peripheral flaws could be matted out if so desired. Starting Bid $200

A month before his wedding, “Armstrong” requests an old classmate “to act as groomsman”

226. George A. Custer Autograph Letter Signed. Civil War-dated ALS signed “Armstrong,” one page, 5 x 8, January 18, 1864. Addressed from “Headquarters 3rd Division, Cavalry Corp AP,” a handwritten letter to his friend John McClelland Bulkley, a former classmate of Custer’s at the Boys and Young Men’s Academy, in full: “‘To make a long story short’ I want you to act as groomsman to the subscriber on the 10th of next month. Will you? I suppose it is unnecessary to go into detail you probably know all by this time. Do not refuse to grant my request it will be gratifying both to Libbie and myself. Yours

in haste.” Custer adds at the end, “Will see you soon.” In fine condition, with a small old repair to a short fold split. Accom panied by the original mailing envelope. Fourteen months after they formally met, George A. Custer married Elizabeth Clift Bacon on February 9, 1864. A rare and intimate letter to one of his oldest allies made all the more coveted for its special request and for Custer’s uncommon middle name signature, used sparingly for close friends and family. Starting Bid $1000

661. George S. Patton Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” two pages, 8.25 x 10.5, Headquarters, Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General let terhead, October 4, 1945. An astoundingly frank and revealing letter to his former aide, Lt. Col. Charles R. Codman, exposing Patton’s isolation and depression following the end of the war in Europe, and revealing a bitter anti-Semitism. At this time, General Patton, who not long before had been instrumental in securing the Allied victory in Europe, was profoundly out of favor with both his military superiors and the civilian press corps. Critics and many former colleagues were shocked by Patton’s insinuation that Schutzstaffel (or SS) troops were typically no different from conscripts in other armies and by his dismissive treatment of Displaced Persons. After a combative press conference on September 22nd, stories appeared in a number of stateside newspapers blaming Patton for the appalling conditions at many camps for Displaced Persons, many of whom were Jews. The press also reported that General Eisenhower ordered Patton to improve the camps under his area of command and also ordered him to attend a Yom Kippur service. A week after the press conference, on September 29th, Ike transferred Patton to a minor post with the Fifteenth Army in Bad Nauheim.

In this letter, Patton reveals his anger and frustration to his devoted aide. “I presume that with your natural loyalty you have been considerably perturbed by the scurrilous attacks made on me by the non-Aryan press. As a matter of fact the quotations came just as near being lies as they could with out laying the perpetrators open to suit.” Patton sees better days ahead, though, as he indicates with an allusion to the controversial journalist who first reported Patton’s slapping of hospitalized soldier Charles Kuhl: “However, that too will pass and the reaction will be as beneficial as was that following our friend Drew Pearson’s asseverations.”

After apologizing for not being able to wrangle Codman a promotion to full colonel (“I am sorry, as I said before, that I fell down on the eagles”), Patton describes his situation as he prepares to move to his new assignment. His first comment in this paragraph, though, could apply to the recent management of his career as a whole: “Today I am performing with my usual efficiency my duties as undertaker at my own funeral and am at the moment sitting at a perfectly cleaned desk awaiting the arrival of Lucian Truscott. Actually, while I regret being relieved for what amounts to cause or rather, perhaps, to lack of guts—not on my part though—from the Third Army, it may all work out for the best because various rules and regulations

imposed on us from Washington and elsewhere, chiefly at the behest of the press, are practically unsolvable—particularly this redeployment stuff.”

Addressing the question of the state of the camps for Displaced Persons, Patton does not moderate his language. “So far as the Jews are concerned, they do not want to be placed in comfortable buildings. They actually prefer to live as many to a room as possible. They have no conception of sanitation, hygiene or decency and are, as you know, the same sub-human types that we saw in the internment camps.”

After advising that Codman’s son get out of the Army unless he intends on making it his career, Patton turns, with charac teristic candor, to the political implications of the situation in Europe, especially as regards the Soviet Union. “I am really very fearful of repercussions which will occur this winter and I am certain we are being completely hoodwinked by the degenerate descendants of Genghis Khan. People who talk about peace should visit Europe, where, as I believe the Lord said, I bring you not peace but the sword. The envy, hatred, malice and uncharitableness in Europe passes belief.”

In closing, Patton observes, “I could say a good many more things but even yet fear censoring, though it is not supposed to exist, so shall refrain until I see you. My new job in the Fif teenth Army is really literary rather than military and has the advantage of getting me out of the limelight.” Patton would not see Codman again; on December 9th, the former was involved in a wreck of military vehicles and died of his injuries 12 days later. In fine condition. Accompanied by a custom beige clothbound presentation folder with slipcase.

Many theories have been offered for Patton’s erratic behavior and statements near the end of his life. After the Pacific War was won, Patton famously noted in his diary, ‘Yet another war has come to an end, and with it my usefulness to the world.’ One biographer, Carlo D’Este, wrote that ‘it seems virtually inevitable…that Patton experienced some type of brain dam age from too many head injuries,’ including a nasty polo ac cident in 1936. But in The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family, the General’s grandson, Robert H. Patton, stated, ‘The injection of anti-Semitism into his perception of the political dynamic of the occupation signaled his ultimate loss of moral bearings.’ A dark and disturbing letter written three days before Patton was officially relieved of command of the Third Army. Starting Bid $5000

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Three days before being relieved of Third Army command, a disillusioned Patton attacks “the non-Aryan press” and alludes to “the same sub-human types that we saw in the internment camps”

228. George S. Patton Signature - PSA NM 7. Ink signature, “G. S. Patton, Jr., South Hamilton,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.5 slip. In very fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder, grading the autograph as “NM 7.” Starting Bid $200

229. George S. Patton Signed Envelope - PSA NM 7. World War II–dated airmail envelope, 6.75 x 3.75, addressed to “Mrs. G. S. Patton, Jr., South Hamilton, Mass.,” and signed as a censor in the upper left, “G. S. Patton, Jr.” Postmarked on May 22, 1944, roughly two weeks before D-Day. In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “NM 7.” Starting Bid $200

early american books

249. Thomas Clarkson: History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade with Slave Ship Plate. Rare un signed book: The Cabinet of Freedom: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, Vol. II. NY: John S. Taylor, 1836. Hardcover bound in publisher’s original decorative embossed boards with gilt-stamped title on spine, 5 x 7.75, 298 pages. Bound in at page 236/237 is a lithographed plate of the powerful diagram of a “Slave Ship” by J. H. Buffords, illustrating in several cross-section figures the horrifying method of stowing slaves aboard a cargo ship, which unfolds to an overall size of 17.25 x 12.25. The “Slave Ship” plate is in very good condition, with a bit of foxing, small losses along the fold in the bottom figure, and a few partial edge tears (not affecting the illustrations); the book is likewise very good, with light foxing to textblock, frontispiece nearly detached, and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Starting Bid $200

251. John Knox: An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760. Rare, early authori tative work on the French and Indian War by a British Army officer: An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing the Most Remarkable Occurrences of that Period; Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, Vols. I and II, by Captain John Knox. First edition. London: printed for the author and sold by W. Johnston and J. Dodsley, 1769. Hardcovers bound in full brown calf, 8.5 x 10.25, 870 pages plus errata leaves at rear. The first volume features an engraved frontispiece portrait of Jeffery Amherst, and the second features one of James Wolfe; the map is missing. Book condition: G+/None, with split joints, flaking and rubbing to leather, losses to title labels on spine, endpapers partially detached, and the bookplates of Herman LeRoy Edgar and Joel Davis Madden, Jr., affixed inside both volumes; aside from minor damp staining along the bottom of some pages, the pages are very clean and tightly bound. Starting Bid $300

Rare and iconic “Slave Ship” illustration, within an 1836 American edition of Clarkson’s History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade

250. William Gordon: History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America. Rare book set: The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies, from their origin to that period, Vols. I–IV, by William Gordon. London: printed for the author and sold by Charles Dilly, 1788. Hardcovers, 5.75 x 9, 2032 pages. Six of the map plates have been removed, but Plate VII (Charleston/Fort Moultrie), Plate VIII (Virginia), and Plate IX (Yorktown) remain in place in Vols. III and IV. The first volume contains an interesting list of subscribers, including John Adams, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Samuel Adams, and many other notable figures of the era. Book condi tion: G+/None, with heavy wear to spines and edges including some losses to spine paper and title labels, various marginal tears and losses, some creasing to edges, and the bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., affixed inside each volume; the interior pages are generally clean and tightly bound. Starting Bid $300

The ‘first full-scale history’ of the Revolutionary War by an American—a 1788 four-volume set—with maps of Charleston, Virginia, and Yorktown

Stedman’s American War in two volumes—the best contemporary British account of the Revolution— complete with its 15 maps

254. Charles Stedman: The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War.

Rare two-volume book: The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War, Vols. I and II, by Charles Stedman. First edition. London: printed for the author and sold by J. Murray, et al, 1794. Hardcover bound in half calf with marbled boards, 9 x 11.25, 848 pages plus 15 engraved plates. The desirable maps and plans depict: the Battle of Bunker Hill; Battle of Long Island; Fort Washington; Battle of White Plains; Camp at Saratoga; Attack of Fort Clinton; Fayette’s Position, Barren Hill Church; Siege of Savannah; Siege of Charleston; Battle of Camden; British Troops cross ing the Catawba; Battle at Guilford Court House; Battle at Hobkirk’s Hill; English and French Fleets; and Siege of York and Gloucester. Book condition: VG-/None, with rubbing and

light soiling to boards, bumped corners, wear to spines, some foxing to textblock, and foxing, toning, and offsetting to several plates, as well as tears to a few of the plates; the bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., is affixed inside each volume.

Bibliographer Joseph Sabin described this important work: ‘Stedman’s history is generally considered the best contem porary account of the Revolution written from the British side. Stedman entered the army, served as an officer under Lord Percy at Lexington in 1775, and subsequently with Lord Howe in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and with Lord Cornwallis in the South.’ It is a fundamental early work on the history of the Revolution, and its plates constitute the finest collection of plans assembled by an eyewitness. Starting Bid $500

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253. John Marshall: The Life of George Washington (Six Volumes with Atlas). Scarce and sought-after first edition book set: The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Estab lished the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Vols. I–V plus map supplement, compiled under the inspection of Bushrod Washington and written by Chief Justice John Marshall. First edition. Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne, 1804–1807. Hardcovers bound in three-quarter brown morocco leather with marbled boards, 6.25 x 9.5 (fivevolume biography) and 9 x 11 (atlas with subscribers’ list), totaling 3252 pages plus ten engraved map plates depicting Washington’s major Revolutionary War campaigns. Book condition: VG/None, with some dampstaining and foxing to textblocks, bumped corners to Vol. I, offsetting to title page of Vol. I from frontispiece, a few minor ink annotations within, and the bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., affixed inside each volume.

After his appointment to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Marshall began working on a biography of George Wash ington. He did so at the request of his close friend, Associate Justice Bushrod Washington, who had inherited the papers of his uncle. Marshall’s The Life of George Washington, the first biography about a U.S. president ever published, has been praised by historians for its accuracy and well-reasoned judgments. According to Robert K. Faulkner, the work ‘is po litical history as well as biography…the only comprehensive account by a great statesman of the full founding of the United States—of the founding of an independent people as well as of its government…There is no other concentrated history of the essentials by such an authority on American institutions.’ A handsome example of this historic five-volume biography, enhanced by the inclusion of its accompanying atlas with scarce subscribers’ list. Starting Bid $500

Handsomely bound first edition of John Marshall’s Life of George Washington, with companion atlas of ten strategic maps of his Revolutionary War campaigns

252. Thomas Mante: The History of the Late War in North-America. Rare and important book: The History of the Late War in North-America and the Islands of the WestIndies, including the Campaigns of MDCCLXIII and MDCCLXIV against His Majesty’s Indian Enemies, by Thomas Mante. First edition. London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1772. Hardcover bound in full brown calf, 9.75 x 11.75, 542 pages plus 18 maps and elusive errata leaf. The volume is complete with all of its engraved maps, most folded and quite large; these include: “Fort Beau Sejour”; “Lake Ontario to the Mouth of the River St. Lawrence”; “Lake George”; “A Plan of Fort Edward & Its Environs on Hudsons River”; “Communication Between Albany & Oswego”; “Attack on Louisbourg”; “The Attack of Ticonderoga”; “Plan of Fort Pitt”; “Guadaloupe”; “Attack on Quebec”; “A Sketch of the Cherokee Country”; “The River Saint Lawrence from Lake Ontario to the Island of Montreal”; “A Plan of the Attack upon Fort Levi”; “River St. Lawrence from Montreal to the Island of St. Barnaby…& the Islands of Jeremy”; “A View of the Coast of Martinico Taken by Desire of Rear Adml Rodney”; “Attack of the Havanna”; “Plan of the Retaking Newfoundland”; and “Part, of the West Coast, of the Island of Saint Lucia.” Book condition: G/None, with front board detached, heavy wear to spine, some foxing and minor dampstaining throughout, varying levels of offsetting to map

plates, some small edge tears to plates, and the bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., affixed to the front pastedown.

Thomas Mante was an English army officer, historian and military writer, and, later, a spy in the pay of the French government. His History of the Late War in North-America offers detailed narratives of the French and Indian War, with coverage of Braddock’s campaign and the other frontier and Canadian campaigns of the conflict, as well as Pontiac’s War, in which Mante served under Col. Dudley Bradstreet. George Washington’s involvement is detailed in depth, including an account of his 1753 escape from assassination by an Indian acting as his interpreter and guide. The illustrations include several seminal maps which are the most accurate produced to that time, and are highly sought even on their own. Bibli ographer Wright Howes proclaimed Mante’s War in America as the ‘best contemporary account’ of the war, while Joseph Sabin wrote: ‘Copies with all the maps are scarce. It is prob able that but few were printed, although the large and beautiful plans and military maps (which gave it so great a value), must have made its production a work of much expense.’ A superb book of immense historical and cartographical importance. Starting Bid $2500

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First edition of Mante’s History of the Late War in North-America, complete with its 18 engraved maps—the best contemporary account of the French and Indian War

Monumental six-volume limited edition history of New York City: The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909

255. I. N. Phelps Stokes: The Iconography of Manhattan Island. Rare, monumental six-volume study of the his tory of New York City: The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909, Vols. I–VI, by Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes. First edition, limited issue of 360 copies on hand-made paper (plus an additional 42 on Japanese vellum). NY: Robert H. Dodd, 1915–1928. Hardcover bound in full brown mottled calf with gilt-stamped seals, 8.75 x 11.25, 5742 pages. Compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents from public and private collections, this expansive work records and documents key events of the city’s chronology from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. Among other things, it shows the evolution of the Manhattan skyline up to the time of publication. Book condition: VG/None, with rubbing and flaking to spines, a large chip to the spine head of Vol. III, and the bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., affixed inside each volume. Accompanied by the original subscription announcement. Profusely illustrated with nearly 600 plates, The Iconography of Manhattan Island stands as the most elaborate and comprehensive history of New York City ever produced. Starting Bid $500

Tarleton’s History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, complete with its five Revolutionary War battle maps

256. Banastre Tarleton: A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America. Rare book concerning the southern campaigns of the American Revolution by one of its key British participants: A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America, by Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton. First edition. London: printed for T. Cadell, 1787. Hardcover bound in one-quarter green morocco with blue marbled boards, 9.5 x 11.5, 518 pages. The book is highlighted by its five hand-colored map plates: a large map of the United States showing the marches of Cornwallis, by William Faden, royal geographer to King George III; a plan of the siege of Charleston; a plan of the battle near Camden; a plan of the battle of Guilford; and a plan of the siege of Yorktown. Book condition: G+/None, with the front board entirely detached, wear to corners and edges, tattered edges to title page, some fox ing and toning to the large map of the country, and the bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., affixed to front pastedown.

This is considered to be the standard work on the Southern campaigns in the American Revolution, noted by Church as of ‘great value, especially because it contains many documents that cannot be found elsewhere without great labor.’ Tarleton’s narrative is one of the principal British accounts of the Revolution, and is especially prized for its highly detailed engraved maps. Starting Bid $300

283. Hindenburg Disaster Swatch. Sizable 4 x 1.75 swatch of the silver-colored hull of the LZ 129 Hindenburg, which caught fire when it attempted to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. The swatch is stapled to a typed letter from American Zeppelin Transport, Inc., 8.5 x 11, dated May 24, 1937, which reads: “This is to certify that the attached fabric was taken from the wreck of the German Airship ‘Hindenburg’ after she was de stroyed by fire over the U.S. Naval Air Station at Lakehurst N.J. on May 6th 1937.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

aviation space exploration

285. Edward H. White II Signed Photograph. Vintage color semi-glossy 7 x 7.25 photo of White when he became the first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission, signed in black ink, “Best wishes for a bright future. Edward H. White II, Gemini 4.” The upper left bears two affixed 5-cent Gemini EVA stamps. The photo is affixed to a slightly larger mount and in fine condition, with instances of rippling to the left sides. Starting Bid $200

Signed by the complete Apollo 11 crew in 1970

286. Apollo 11 Signed Launch Day Cover. Rare Apollo 11 launch day cover with a cachet of the mission insignia, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In fine condition. Accompanied by a retained carbon copy of the original collector’s letter to Collins, dated October 1970, requesting that he sign the cover and stating that Armstrong and Aldrin had signed it already “whilst attending the recent S.E.T.P. conference at Los Angeles.” At the bottom, the collector notes that the cover was “duly returned, signed as requested, 24th Nov. 1970.” Starting Bid $300

287. Neil Armstrong Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 22, 1990. Letter to John Adams of the Allenby Primary School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in full: “Thank you for your letter. I am very pleased to learn of your inter est in the space program. I am enclosing a brochure which I hope you will find interesting. Best wishes for continued progress in their studies and good luck to all the students.” In very fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

art, architecture, and design

303. Pierre Bonnard Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “P. Bonnard,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 6.75, postmarked February 6, 1932. Handwritten letter to fellow French artist Frederic Luce, whose father was the painter Maximilien Luce, in part (translated): “Life is calm...somewhat rustic, we are glad to live much outside. I have worked quite a lot and am planning to show you something in the summer. I have made a lot of red and try to use this brutality. Here, the young Lebasque makes sculptures too and begins with ceramic. He has some success and more generally I believe in the future of polychrome sculpture.” Bonnard adds his address and a postscript. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope ad dressed by Bonnard. Starting Bid $200

304. Edgar Degas Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one black-bordered page, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. A handwritten letter to Nicolas, in full (translated): “You did not come this morning. Will you not come this afternoon? I am hurriedly going to lunch and shall be back at the atelier at 2 p.m. See you soon.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

“I have made a lot of red,” writes Bonnard from the Alpes-Maritimes, “and try to use this brutality”

Lovely bouquet of original Matisse flowers, presented to one of his models

305. Henri Matisse Signed Book with Original Flower Sketches . Signed book: Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire. Vol. IV. No. 13. First edition. Paris, France: Editions de la Revue Verve, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.5 x 14, 62 pages, complete with its two color lithographs (highlighted by ‘La Chute d’Icare’). Boldly signed and inscribed in blue ink on the title page, “En Hommage a Monette Vincent, respectueuse, affection, H. Matisse, Nice 28/4 50,” who draws a beautiful cluster of four flowers in blue and red crayon around the page. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/G-, with offsetting to the ‘La Chute d’Icare’ lithograph, and substantial edge chipping, tears, and losses to the jacket (which lacks its spine and has two detached flaps inside). While little is known of the recipient, research shows that Simone ‘Monette’ Vincent was a particular favorite model of Matisse, who drew several portraits of her in 1942. Starting Bid $1000

306. Henri Matisse. ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 20, 1949. Letter concerning a collabora tion with novelist Colette. In part (translated): “Thank you for you letter which makes me quite happy. Although [the prospect of] Colette’s collaboration is very important to me, I was remaining in obscurity, full of hope. When she has a chance to think of me, that will make me happy.” Handsomely mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait of Matisse in his studio to an overall size of 15 x 22. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and edge creasing; Matisse’s last name is very bold as he apparently switched pens due to dwindling ink flow. The collaboration he discusses may be for Colette’s La Vagabonde, published in 1951, which included a lithograph portrait frontispiece by Matisse. A beautifully presented letter offering a desirable connection between French art and literature. Starting Bid $300

308. Pierre-Auguste Renoir Signature. Attractive ink signature, “Mille regret de ne vous avoir pas trouves, Renoir,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.5 sheet. Double-matted and framed with a photograph to an overall size of 14.25 x 18.25. In fine condition, with light wrinkling and central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200

“Although Colette’s collaboration is very important to me, I was remaining in obscurity, full of hope”

307. Claude Monet Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date [circa 1880]. An early handwritten letter addressed to the collector Georges de Bellio, in part (translated): “I don’t have a frame for the church. I had to frame it with a border that’s too small for the painting. As a result, quite a bit has been hidden but you can still see the effect. I’m counting on you to quickly send back the framed Venice…I’d be very grateful if you would. Thank you in advance.” In fine condition. De Bellio (1828–1894) was one of Monet’s biggest early supporters. It was he who bought Monet’s iconic 1874 painting Impression, Soleil Levant, the work that gave its name to the Impressionist movement. Starting Bid $500

“I had to frame it with a border that’s too small for the painting”

309. Auguste Rodin Autograph Letter

Signed. ALS in French, signed “Rodin,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25, no date. An untranslated handwritten letter to his friend, the art critic Maurice Guillemot. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

310. Andy Warhol Signed Postcard of ‘4 Campbell’s Soup Cans’. Very desirable color semi-glossy 4 x 6 postcard of Andy Warhol’s 1962 work ‘4 Campbell’s Soup Cans,’ which shows a stack of four iconic Campbell’s soup cans, signed below in black felt tip by Warhol. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, who obtained the autograph from a New York City book signing. Starting Bid $200

comic art and animation

322. Walt Disney Document Signed. DS, signed “Walter E. Disney,” two pages, 8.5 x 13, August 7, 1940. Agreement between Disney and his wife Lillian by which they combine ownership of their respective holdings of 106,500 shares of stock in Walt Disney Productions. Boldly signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Walt Disney and countersigned by Lillian Bounds Disney. The first page is stapled into its original blue paper folder; the signed page is loose. In fine condition. A significant Disney document boasting a large, beautiful signature. Starting Bid $300

323. Charles Schulz Original Sketch of Snoopy. Original sketch of Snoopy by Charles Schulz, depicting Charlie Brown’s beloved pet dog sitting obediently in a patch of grass, accomplished in black felt tip on a brown 6 x 8.75 sheet, which is signed below, “Schulz.” In fine condition, with two trivial creases to the left side. A wonderful Peanuts drawing just begging for display. Starting Bid $200

Disney and his wife combine their holdings of Walt Disney Productions

literature

333. Andre Breton Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.75, personal La Revolution Surrealiste letterhead, July 9, 1925. Handwritten letter to the Dada writer Pierre de Massot, penned on desirable letterhead from the Surrealist publication ‘La Revolution surrealiste.’ In part (translated): “Because of what you have written to me, and because of my absolute confidence in you, I want to inform you, before telling anyone else, that we, at the ‘Surrealist Revolution’, have decided, in collaboration with the most active editors of ‘Philosophy’ and the new editorial board of ‘Clarté,’ to set up a kind of single French revolutionary party of intellectuals. We much earnestly ask you to join us.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

334. Truman Capote Signed Book. Signed book: In Cold Blood. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 343 pages. Signed on an opening page in black ink by Truman Capote. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with minor edgewear to jacket. Starting Bid $200

332. Louisa May Alcott Autograph . IImportant ALS signed “L. M. A.,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, no date but circa 1868. Handwritten letter to her publisher, Thomas Niles of Roberts Brothers, making editorial notes pursuant to the publication of Little Women. In full: “I send the design with May’s alteration. She cannot do much but has put a snood onto Meg, & shaded here & there. About the title, we think that if a second one is needed, ‘Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy’ simply, is enough, for it isn’t the story of their lives, & any thing like [‘the story of,’ crossed out] ‘a year of their times’ is suggestive of Leslie Goldthwaite. My sister does not want to be identified as one of the little women & prefers to have it stand—’illustrated by May Alcott.’ Pray excuse this untidy note but my small nephew is in my lap recovering from a tumble & his gambols are not conducive to elegance of handwriting.” In fine condition.

In 1867, Thomas Niles, the publisher of Louisa May Alcott’s works, recommended that she write a book about girls that would have widespread appeal. Though both felt the first draft

was dull, the little girls who read it deemed it ‘splendid’—Al cott wrote, ‘they are the best critics, so I should definitely be satisfied.’ The first edition of Little Women was published in 1868 by Roberts Brothers and included illustrations by May Alcott, the sister who inspired the fictional Amy March. She ‘struggled’ with her illustrative additions to her sister’s book, but later improved her skills and achieved modest acclaim as an artist. The book’s immediate success—the initial printing of 2,000 copies sold out very quickly—surprised both her and her publisher, and the novel was declared ‘the great literary hit of the season.’

In keeping with titular convention of the era, the first edition of the book was entitled ‘Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy’—just as Alcott here suggests. A remarkable letter on one of the great American literary works of the 19th century.

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Corresponding with her publisher, Louisa May Alcott adds a subtitle to Little Women: “About the title, we think that if a second one is needed, ‘Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy’ simply, is enough”

Personal dictionary used by the best-selling fiction writer of all time—”Agatha Miller, Ashfield, Torquay”

335. Agatha Christie’s Personal Etymological Dictionary. Rare signed book from the personal collection of Agatha Christie—Chambers’s Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: A New and Thoroughly Revised Edition. London, England: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1898. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 600 pages. Signed with her own ership signature on the first free end page in fountain pen, “Agatha Miller, Ashfield, Torquay.” Autographic condition: very good, with heavy mottled staining to the signed page. Book condition: G+/None, with minor splits at joints, chip ping to spine ends, and edgewear and rubbing to boards.

A delightful tome bearing a uniquely intimate inscription from the adored scribe; Miller was the maiden name of Agatha Christie and Ashfield was the name of her much-loved childhood home in Torquay. This dictionary was just one of a number of books bearing her inscriptions that were found at Greenway House in Devon, the former holiday home of Christie and her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, that is now a National Trust property.

Provenance: Gorringe’s, Lot 19, March 2022. Starting Bid $300

336. Stephen Crane Autograph Quote Signed. Incredible AQS on an off-white 4.75 x 4.75 sheet of Brede Place, Northiam, Sussex letterhead, signed at the bottom, “Stephen Crane,” who adds the date above, “England, March 15, ‘00.” The quote, in full: “‘When I misunderstand you don’t enlighten me for I find these explanations very hard to bear.’ Last words written today on ‘The O’Ruddy.’” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, scattered light staining, and light toning from prior display. A rare quotation from Crane’s last, and ultimately unfinished, work. Starting Bid $300

337. Philip K. Dick Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Love, Phil,” who adds a heart with arrow, two pages, 8.5 x 11, February 10, 1981. Letter to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, in part: “I just reread VALIS in its entirety. I now under stand. There is another ‘time’ or reality; it does not lie in the future, i.e. in our linear time…All this is very strange, but I know it absolutely…I know it but I can’t explicate or propound it; yet what I say is true. The afterlife is not involved. VALIS, then, is an extraordinary and extraordinarily important record of this finding of this other reality, realm, world or time. I repeat: beyond doubt, what was found is absolutely real.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

340. Charles Dickens Signed Mailing Envelope. Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 3, addressed by Dickens to “W. P. Frith, Esquire R. A., 7 Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, W.,” and signed neatly in the lower left corner, “Charles Dickens.” The envelope is postmarked in December 1869. Attractively double-matted with a portrait to an overall size of 10.5 x 16. In fine condition, with light soiling and a few small stains. Starting Bid $200

“I repeat: beyond doubt, what was found is absolutely real”

Charles Dickens prepares to stage a reading of his favorite work—his handwritten six-chapter outline for David Copperfield

338. Charles Dickens Handwritten ‘David Copper field’ Outline. Handwritten manuscript by Charles Dickens for a six-chapter outline of a stage performance of David Cop perfield, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, no date. Designed for a performance of about two hours long, the outline reads, in full: “Chapter I. Copperfield (as a young man of 19 or 20) takes his friend, Steerforth, to the old boat where Mr. Peggotty lives, and introduces Steerforth to Little Emily. It is foreshadowed in this chapter, that Steerforth admires her in a profligate way, and begins to form designs upon her. Chapter II. Copperfield goes alone to the old boat, to pass with the family, the last evening of Little Emily’s single life; because she has engaged herself to be married to Ham (Mr. Peggoty’s nephew) that day fortnight. Ham suddenly brings the news that she has eloped with Steerforth—a last letter from her is read—and Mr. Peggotty sets forth to seek her ‘through the world.’ Chapter III. Copperfield describes his love for Dora, and the dinner he gave to Mr. and Mrs. Micawber and Traddles. Chapter IV. Mr. Peggotty returns from his search, unsuccessful, and relates where he has been in France and Italy. Chapter V. Copperfield describes how he made proposals to Dora—how he married Dora—and what their little ménage was. Chapter VI. describes the storm at Yarmouth, in the words of the book, and the Death of Steerforth.” In fine condition.

Charles Dickens first published David Copperfield as a serial in 1849–1850 and found modest (for him) success—sales of the serial version reached 25,000 copies in two years, con siderably less than what he achieved with Dombey and Son (32,000) and Bleak House (35,000). Nevertheless, Dickens was pleased with the reception of the semi-autobiographical tale—it was his favorite work—and began the ambitious task of compressing it into a two-hour stage show, to be performed as one of his ever-popular ‘Readings.’ In January 1855, Dick ens wrote of his struggle to do so: ‘I have been poring over Copperfield (which is my favorite), with the idea of getting a reading out of it, to be called by some such name as ‘Young

Housekeeping, and Little Emily.’ But there is still the huge dif ficulty that I constructed the whole with immense pains, and have so woven it up and blended it together that I cannot yet so separate the parts as to tell the story of David’s married life with Dora, and the story of Mr. Peggotty’s search for his Niece, within the time.’

By the time of his first Copperfield reading—performed some six years later, on October 25, 1861—he had reduced the 64-chapter, 358,000-word novel to a six-chapter, 26,500-word script. This manuscript outline of the six chapters is discussed and quoted in full in Malcolm Andrews’ 2007 study, Charles Dickens and His Performing Selves: Dickens and the Public Readings. Andrews writes: ‘Dickens had great difficulty in de signing a Reading from Copperfield…His practice in devising the other Readings had been to condense a complete short story (‘A Christmas Carol’), to extract a single episode (‘Bardell and Pickwick’), or to concentrate on a character study (‘Mrs. Gamp’). With Copperfield he was trying to do all three, to varying degrees: he wanted to encompass a developing nar rative (the story of Emily and Steerforth); he wanted to feature some of the famous characters (the Micawbers, Mr. Peggotty); and he wanted some strong single episodes (most notably the storm at Yarmouth)…The organization of the Reading is masterly. Dickens had shaped the narrative into a sequence of striking scenes, finely adapted for performance—’a series of tableaux,’ as one reviewer put it.’ Dickens immortalized the role of Mr. Peggotty throughout the 71 performances of the reading, which became—like its source material—his personal favorite. The storm scene, which he saved for the finale, has been hailed as the most sublime moment in all of Dickens’ readings. Starting Bid $2500

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339. Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed. Choice ALS signed “Charles Dickens,” one page on 4.25 x 7 black-bordered stationery, December 15, 1848. Handwritten letter to Dr. James Wilson, his wife’s physician. In full: “In thank ing you for your kind note of yesterday, allow me to beg your acceptance of a little book that will not be published before next Tuesday. I hope you may find something in it that will not accord ill with this time of year.” In fine condition.

The work to which Dickens refers is The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, the fifth and last of Dickens’s ‘Christmas’ books, published a few days later on December 19th. The theme of the story, which explores the spirit of the holidays through memory, grief, anger, and self-discovery, is aptly summed up by the character Milly: ‘It is important to remember past sorrows and wrongs so that you can then forgive those

responsible and, in doing so, unburden your soul and mature as a human being.’ As in the most famous of Dickens’s Yule tide tales, A Christmas Carol, the story incorporates a sage specter—a doppelgänger of the main character, Redlaw—as a narrative plot device.

The Haunted Man sold some eighteen thousand copies on the day of issue and was produced in a successful stage version at the Adelphi Theatre by the end of the year. Dickens’s use of mourning stationery relates to the death of his sister, Fanny, who died of tuberculosis a few months earlier at the age of 38. Subtle handling wear, otherwise fine, bright condition. A handsome letter with an excellent association.

Past sales history: RR Auction, Fine Autographs and Artifacts, December 10, 2008. Starting Bid $500

Charles Dickens sends a copy of this fifth and final Christmas book: “I hope you may find something in it that will not accord ill with this time of year”

341. Charles Dickens 29-Volume Collection of Published Works. Uncommon 29-volume hardcover collection of the works of Charles Dickens, unsigned, published by The Athenaeum Society of New York and electrotyped and printed by the Colonial Press of Boston, undated. Each volume, 5.75 x 8.25, features an affixed paper title to the upper spine, which read as follows: Barnaby Rudge I; Barnaby Rudge Etc. II; Bleak House I and II; A Child’s History of England; Christmas Books; Christmas Stories; David Copperfield I and II; Dombey and Son I and II; Hard Times Etc.; Little Dorrit I and II; Martin Chuzzlewit I and II; Nicholas Nickleby I and II; The Old Curiosity Shop I; The Old Curiosity Shop Etc. II; Oliver Twist; Our Mutual Friend I and II; Pickwick Papers I; Pickwick Papers Etc. II; Reprinted Pieces: Edwin Drood; Sketches by Boz; A Tale of Two Cities Etc.; and The Uncommercial Traveler Etc. In overall very good to fine condition, with wear and dings to boards of a few volumes. Starting Bid $200

343. Charles Dodgson: Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1962). Unsigned book: Through the LookingGlass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Car roll with Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. Later printing. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1962. Hardcover with green boards with red and black font and illustrations, 5 x 7.5, 208 pages, concluding with a poem entitled “Christmas Greetings, From a Fairy to a Child.” Starting Bid $200

Exceedingly rare handwritten poem by Emily Dickinson, soliciting a shopkeeper’s smile: “I came to buy a smile—today—”

342. Emily Dickinson Autograph Poem Signed. Au tograph poem by Emily Dickinson, signed “Emily,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, no date but circa 1861. Fabulous autograph manuscript of a poem by Emily Dickinson, rendered in her distinctive, slanted handwriting.

In fine condition, with a small old tape stain to the center of the second page, and partial separation along the hinge. Collected in the 1998 edition of the Franklin Variorum as no. F258A, this is one of two known copies of the autograph manuscript of this lovely Dickinson poem—the other known example is not signed. This one was apparently sent to Samuel Bowles, family friend and journalist who was the owner and editor-inchief of the Springfield Republican. Any autographic material from Dickinson—a recluse who did not achieve notoriety in her lifetime—is extraordinarily rare, and this is just the second handwritten poem by her that we have ever offered. A true rarity that would be the centerpiece of any American literary collection.

Past sales history: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Printed and Manu script Americana, April 28, 1982. Starting Bid $5000

“I came to buy a smile—today— But just a single smile—

Poem in full:

The smallest one upon your face Will suit me just as well— The one that no one else would miss It shone so very small— I’m pleading at the ‘counter’—sir—

Could you afford to sell— I’ve Diamonds— on my fingers— You know what Diamonds are?

I’ve Rubies—like the Evening Blood— And Topaz—like the Star!

‘Twould be ‘a bargain’ for a Jew! Say—may I have it—Sir?”

First edition of The Beautiful and Damned, beautifully signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald to the Director of the Bureau of Investigation

344. F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed First Edition of The Beautiful and Damned. Signed book: The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing (Scribners colophon NOT present on copyright page), Bruccoli A 8.I.a. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. Hardcover bound in green cloth, lettered in gilt and blind, with first printing pictorial dust jacket (title in white lettering), 5.5 x 7.75, 449 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in fountain pen to William J. Flynn, Chief of the United States Secret Service, “For Wm. J. Flynn, F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Autographic condition: fine, with a small stain and vertical fold to the right of the signature. Book condition: VG/VG, with light wear to spine and boards, a bump to lower back corner, and very light toning to endpapers; some sun ning, chipping, and paper loss to jacket, which bears a few

short tape repairs (neutral pH, acid-free, removable museum conservation tape) to the inside. Accompanied by a first edition of Flynn’s 1919 spy novel The Eagle’s Eye.

Fitzgerald’s second novel, The Beautiful and Damned is a classic Jazz Age tale of elite American society, generally considered to be based on his own relationship with his wife Zelda. Following his best-selling debut novel This Side of Paradise, Scribner’s prepared an initial print run of 20,000 copies, and mounted a publicity campaign. It sold well enough to put 50,000 copies into print with later runs. As a highly desirable first edition of the work boasting a large signature, complete with its uncommon in first printing dust jacket, this is an extraordinary piece. Starting Bid $5000

Sensational first edition of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale—the debut of James Bond

345. Ian Fleming: Casino Royale (First Edition, Second Impression). Rare early printing of Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. First edition, second impression. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Hardcover with crisp black cloth boards and bright unfaded red titles to the spine and a red heart to the front cover; requisite rough cut pages as issued with the first and second impressions; the original unclipped dust jacket, which features the original price, “10s. 6d. Net,” to the front and rear lower flaps, boasts vibrant red and gold colors to the classic front artwork. The endpapers are clean and flat, with the front bearing an ink ownership signature, which can be easily hidden behind the jacket flap. Book condition: NF/

VG, with expert restoration to the dust jacket’s spine tips by a professional conservator. A striking example of this scarce and sought-after Fleming title in atypically sharp and clean condition.

Included with the lot are three original movie props from the 1962 spy film Dr. No, the very first of the James Bond movies: a red £1 casino chip, a light blue £5 casino plaque, and a pink £10 casino plaque, all of which derive from the iconic scene where Sean Connery first says the now classic line, ‘Bond, James Bond.’ Starting Bid $1000

346. Robert Frost Twice-Signed Book with Autograph Quote from ‘Mending Wall’. Signed book: New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes by Robert Frost with Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. Fourth print ing. NY: Henry Holt, 1924. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 113 pages. Frost quotes the opening line of his poem ‘Mending Wall’ on the first free end page in ink, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” signs with an inscription, “Robert Frost, For Doris Gladden,” and then signs again above, “Robert Frost, 1926.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with worn corners and rubbing to spine cloth. Starting Bid $200

Elusive handwritten letter from the editor of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

347. Jacob Grimm Autograph Letter Signed. Ger man philologist, jurist, and mythologist (1785–1863) best remembered as the elder of the Brothers Grimm and the edi tor of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Exceedingly rare ALS in German, signed “Jac. Grimm,” one page, 5.5 x 6.5, August 27 [1846]. Handwritten letter, in full (translated): “I will be embarking on a trip to Vienna tomorrow which makes it impossible to meet with you.” Below his signature Grimm adds “in haste.” In fine condition, with one tiny speck of ink erosion in Grimm’s last name. The consignor notes that this letter was dated to 1846 by the curator of the Bruder Grimm-Museum Kassel, asserting that this style of old script handwriting is in keeping with their lone 1846 trip to Vienna, Austria. Starting Bid $500

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, Robert Frost”

Dashiell Hammett’s hand-annotated outline for the original version of The Thin Man

348. Dashiell Hammett Hand-Annotated Outline for ‘The Thin Man’. Hand-annotated typescript of a plot and chapter outline by Dashiell Hammett for the original version of The Thin Man, two pages (both headed “The Thin Man”), 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1930 [a small pocket-calendar page from May 1930, struck through and marked “Sept” is affixed to the lower left corner of the summary]. Hammett set aside this original version of The Thin Man during a yearlong sojourn in Hollywood, and embarked on a greatly altered version when he returned to it. The new novel, which became the basis for a successful six-part film series starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, was finished in May 1933, and published in January 1934.

The plot summary begins: “Walter Irving Wynant, the thin man, is an eccentric novelist whose secretary, Columbia Forrest, has a past with which he is acquainted. He lives with her and two servants on a mountain near the village of Hell Bend, a few hours’ ride from San Francisco. The girl’s lover comes to live near them when he is released from an eastern pen, taking

the name Ross Lane. When Wynant, who has come more and more under the girl’s influence, discovers that she is about to gyp him and go away with Lane he threatens them with arrest and is killed by Lane.” They go on to bring in accomplices and pretend that Wynant is still alive—forging checks, completing unfinished manuscripts, and keeping his old apartment. As pressure builds and the deception unwinds, Lane kills the girl and frames the deceased Wynant as the killer. Hammett writes fifteen words of revision and addition on the summary page, changing the surnames “Benham” and “Graeme” to “Hopkins” and “Fremont,” and noting: “Fremonts think Wynant killed girl. Lane told Hopkinses Wynant was away.” The chapter outline, divided at center in pencil by Hammett with “——2——,” offers a detailed framework for the structure of the first nine chapters of the story, which would amount to some sixty-five pages. In very good to fine condition, with chipping to the edges.

Past sales history: Christie’s, Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, June 8, 1990. Starting Bid $500

349. Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, [February 1930]. Handwritten letter to lawyer Milton S. Leidner, a collector who evidently desired to obtain all of Ernest Hemingway’s first edition books. In part: “My first book was Three Stories and Ten Poems published in Paris in, I believe 1922, by Con tact Editions…The 1st In Our Time was published by Three Mountains Press…these have both been out of print for some years—The other books are the Liveright In Our Time—Torrents of Spring—The Sun Also Rises—Men Without Women—and A Farewell T. A.—These with the pamphlet you speak of, (which by the was has a funny history)—They wrote me and asked me for a story and I sent it telling them it was the only Mss. I had and would they please return it to me—They only

paid me $10.00 for the story on a tale they were doing it as non-profit venture etc. and last year in Chicago in the Walden Bookshop—I found the Mss. of the story with my letter asking them to please send it back as it was only one I had—which they had sold!—Both Mss. and letter. I’m afraid it was a racket after all—Anyway good luck to you and if you get all the first editions you’ll have more than I have!” In fine condition. A remarkable letter, offering both a handwritten Hemingway bibliography up to 1930 and a humorous anecdote on the merciless book trade.

Past sales history: Christie’s East, Catalogue of Modern Literature: The Property of a Private Collector, December 5, 1996. Starting Bid $1000

Hemingway on collecting Hemingway: “If you get all the first editions you’ll have more than I have!”

350. Victor Hugo Handwritten Draft Poem of ‘God’ . Magnificent handwritten draft of seven lines of poetry by Victor Hugo, unsigned, no date, penned on an off-white 4.25 x 2 sheet, containing multiple verses from his great philosophical poem ‘Dieu’ or ‘God,’ which, transcribed in French, read, in part (loosely translated): “(Heavenly fire burning on Mount Olympus)— / …But Prometheus took the flame and man can / To be in turn Titan and even Gods he wants / If he knows how to fight, think, climb…embrace / And if he doesn’t let the big torch go out / For two divine rays make up the clarity / And one prisoner and the other is beauty.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

351. Victor Hugo Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Handwritten letter to the lawyer Jean-Baptiste Duvergier, in full (translated): “If you deem it good, my honorable and dear friend, and if you do not send me a countermanding order, I shall be at your place Thursday and 1 p.m. Please trust that I am yours from the bottom of my heart.” The reverse panel is addressed in Hugo’s own hand. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Seven lines of verse from Hugo’s censored, posthumously published long poem, ‘God’

Wonderful love letter to Victor Hugo, her “little Toto”

352. Victor Hugo: Juliette Drouet Au tograph Letter Signed. French actress (1806-1883) who abandoned her career after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and traveling com panion. ALS in French, signed “Juliette,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, February 11, no year. Handwritten letter to her lover, the illustrious French writer Victor Hugo, offering a unique glimpse into their daily life, in part (translated): “Shortly I will copy, it will be charming. Suzanne has resigned herself to list the presents I give her in the expenses, which she could not decide to do it before...My little Toto, I love you, I adore you, my little man I am waiting for you, my beloved I desire you, my joy, my happiness, my love, I kiss you from head to foot.” In fine condition. Suzanne was Juliette Drouet’s cook since 1839.

Drouet’s letters to Victor Hugo form one of the most beautiful correspondences of French literature. Starting Bid $200

353. The Works of Samuel Johnson: Complete 14 Volume Set (1806-1811). Scarce 14-volume hardcover set of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., A New Edition, In Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. London: Hansard, 1806–1811; the last two volumes contain Johnson’s ‘Debates in Parliament.’ Each volume, 5.5 x 8.5, is period bound in full calf leather with spines bearing red labels and stamped in gilt with volume number and title. Starting Bid $200

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354. Works of Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book (1934) and The Second Jungle Book (1930). TTwo unsigned French-language books pub lished in Paris by Mercure de France in a series entitled ‘Works of Rudyard Kipling’—The Jungle Book (1934) and The Second Jungle Book (1930). Both hardcover, three-quarter-bound with red leather, raised band spine with gilt letter ing, and marbled endpapers, 5.5 x 8, 314 pages and 396 pages. Book condition: VG/None. Starting Bid $200

355. T. E. Lawrence: Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1936). Unsigned book: Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Later printing. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. Cloth-bound hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 7.75 x 10.25, 672 pages. The classic autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks from 1916 to 1918. Book condition: VG-/None, with spine darkened and frayed at the top, cracked hinges, and bumped lower corners. Starting Bid $200

356. T. E. Lawrence Autograph Letter Signed. Superb ALS, one page, 7 x 4.5, November 18, 1922. Handwritten letter to “Gore,” in full: “Congratulations, first on getting in, second on getting the C.D. The circumstances will make your position in the latter more effective than it usually is. I hope you’ll be able to save some of the pieces from the press wolves: but it will be difficult & not pleasant for you. Those poor Eastern creatures are so impossibly ungracious towards help—and so unable to dispense with it. Be kind to their follies, to the limit of your patience. The practise gained from them will benefit you as it benefited me.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and a central vertical fold. Starting Bid $300

358. The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton (1843). Scarce unsigned book: The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton; with Explanatory Notes, and a Life of the Author by the Rev. H. Stebbing, A. M. To Which is Prefixed, Dr. Channing’s Essay on the Poetical Genius of Milton. New York / Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co. and Geo. S. Appleton, 1843. Leather-bound hardcover with gilt-titled front cover, marbled textblock and endpapers, and an engraved frontis piece of Milton with facsimile autograph, 5 x 7, 552 pages. Book condition: VG-/None, with crude tape repairs to hinges, wear to corners, and chipping to head of the spine. Starting Bid $200

“Those poor Eastern creatures are so impossibly ungracious towards help—and so unable to dispense with it”

357. Herman Melville Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “H. Melville,” one page, 4.75 x 8, December 11, [1887?].

Handwritten letter to author and editor Rossiter Johnson, in full: “Yours of the 9th is received.—Your friendly proposition I must decline. And this—in part at least—from a sense of incompetence. For I am unpracticed in a kind of writing that exacts so much heedfulness—heedfulness, I mean, of a sort not demanded in some other departments.” In fine condition.

The text of this letter is collected in the Northwest-Newbury edition of The Writings of Herman Melville: Correspondence, edited by Lynn Horth, which notes: ‘The long career of Edwin Rossiter Johnson (1840–1931) as a prolific editor of ency clopedias, dictionaries, abridged classics, and anthologies (including Melville’s piece ‘The Bell-Tower’ in the third volume,

‘Tragedy’ [1875] of his Little Classics…together with implica tions in this letter, make it likely that Melville was replying to a 9 December invitation to write something for such a work. Although this letter cannot be dated exactly, Davis and Gil man reported that it was written on the same paper as that of Melville’s 9 January 1888 letter to Edmund C. Stedman. If so, this letter probably refers either to Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, for which Johnson was managing editor…or Appletons’ Annual Cyclopaedia, of which Johnson was sole editor between 1883 and 1902.’

By this point in his career, Melville’s literary efforts were focused almost entirely on poetic fiction—a mode entirely dissimilar from the compressed, fact-based style of the attentive ency clopedia entry. Starting Bid $1000

Herman Melville declines to write encyclopedia entries: “I am unpracticed in a kind of writing that exacts so much heedfulness”

361. Beatrix Potter Autograph Letter Signed. British author and illustrator (1866–1943) whose Edwardian-era tales of naughty rabbits, bad mice, and other amusingly mischievous animals take a place among the most enduring and beloved works in the annals of children’s literature. Her first and bestknown book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, has sold more than 40 million copies since it was first published in 1902. ALS signed “Beatrix Heelis,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, March 19, 1942. Handwritten letter to Bertha Mahony Miller, a figure head of the children’s literature movement who established one of the first children’s bookstores and founded The Horn Book Magazine. In part: “I received your letter…and about at same time the Jan-Feb Hornbook with your fine tribute to Anne Carroll Moore—it could not be better. What a wonderful purposeful life of achievement—purposeful, because she has had an aim all throughout her career. I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up! Your letter…is so

understanding that I gladly leave the question of how much or how little should be printed entirely to you. I see ‘Nancy’ has come into Hornbook mention. I am very glad! And I cannot help whispering that I think she is a more human ‘interlocutor’ than Nicholas-wooden-doll [referring to Moore’s award-winning 1924 book Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story]; though he seems to have been successful with children, and it was an inspired idea, for Miss Moore could not have carried a little girl about with her in her handbag. The news has been most distressing lately. But there is great hope from Russian suc cess. I cannot think (and I don’t want to think) that Australia is in peril. The Japanese are spreading themselves so far. And America & Australia have room to manoeuvre in open lands, unlike small islands. The loss of the Exeter & the Houston is serious indeed. But we will win in the end.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

Beatrix Potters sums up the essence of her creative impulse: “I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up!”

“Squirrel Nutkin”—a children’s play “for private acting” by Beatrix Potter

360. Beatrix Potter Autograph Manuscript Signed for ‘Squirrel Nutkin’. Autograph manuscript for a play entitled “Squirrel Nutkin,” signed and inscribed inside the front cover in ink, “E. L. Choyce, from Beatrix Potter, (Mrs. Heelis), Spring 1924, For private acting,” totaling 21 pages in pencil inside a 6.5 x 8 exercise book. This short play, writ ten for children, compresses the six days’ action of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903) into two scenes: the first has them arrive on Owl Island, where Old Brown observes their arrival: “Every year they come with sacks to Owl Island to gather nuts. I don’t mind them—nice polite little squirrels like Twinkleberry, Timmy Tip Toes & Goody. But as for that naughty squirrel Nutkin—hush, hush! here they come, I must dissemble.” While the other squirrels offer the owl gifts in exchange for permission to gather nuts, Nutkin dances, sings, and proffers a series of annoying riddles. The scene ends with Old Brown’s sudden sequestration of Squirrel Nutkin, dragged kicking and struggling off stage. The second scene portrays the squirrels’

successful rescue of Nutkin, and the episode concludes with a round of dance and song.

The text is interspersed with some notes and suggestions on staging the show, offering detailed specifications for scenery, props, and costumes: “It will be quite unnecessary to have any special costumes provided the children have fine tails.” She also gives some direction for Old Brown: “Old Brown is easy to dress & could be extremely effective if played by anyone who has been accustomed to observe the solemn yet suddenly alert movements of the live owl.” In very good to fine condition, with general handling wear, and creasing and partial separation to the covers.

Past sales history: Christie’s, Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Books, June 5, 2007. Starting Bid $5000

Poe solicits a donation for the Southern Literary Messenger, his shortlived employer and his formal entrance into the publishing realm

359. Edgar Allen Poe Autograph Letter Signed. Rare

ALS signed “Edgar A. Poe,” one page, 8 x 10, November 12, 1836. As editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, Virginia, Poe neatly pens a handwritten letter to lawyer Edgar Simeon Van Winkle, in full: “At the suggestion of your brother, the editor of The Natchez Courier, I take the liberty of addressing you, and of soliciting a contribution for the Southern Literary Messenger published in this city by Mr. T. W. White. It would afford me the greatest pleasure if you could aid us in this way. Mr Peter G. Van Winkle of Parkersburg, Va. has written for our Magazine, and your brother in Natchez promises his aid. He informs us that you have by you (most probably) a M.S. on the ‘Study of the Law in the U.S.’—which

it would give us pleasure to insert in the Messenger, if you have devoted it to no better purpose.” Below Poe’s letter is a signed message from Thomas Willis White, publisher and founder of The Southern Literary Messenger, who writes: “Mr. Van Winkle will please accept of the issued No’s of my 2d Volume—which he can attain by applying to Charles King, Esq., editor of the American.”The central address panel on the reverse is annotated by Poe, with another hand docketing Poe’s name and address below. In fine condition. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture. A beautifully penned letter from the 27-year-old scribe, writ ten during a formative period in his life. Starting Bid $10000

362. J. D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Jerry,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, postmarked December 29, 1971. Insightful letter to Eileen Paddison, a close friend and aspiring writer who maintained a correspondence with Salinger for over 15 years. Salinger’s response relates to an experience had by Paddison with her grandmother, who, ostensibly, made an anti-Semitic remark. Salinger commiserates with Paddison before pulling from his own childhood memories and how he would be left “dodging or mumbling” when asked about his religion.

Born to a Jewish father and a gentile mother, Salinger expounds on the difficulty of being a ‘halfer’ as a young person. He writes of his mother’s English-German heritage, dismisses the exaggerated value of ethnic descent—“God, what crap it all is”—and recalls a particular phone conversation with an uncle, one of the “Jew haters” on his mother’s “exquisitely Christian side.” In spite of this, Salinger explains how this stunted mentality did not drive him away from his family, but rather taught him to be “grateful to the whole motley bunch…Certain kinds of fiction writers simply do not get born in secure and untroubled families.” He advises Paddison to react similarly to her grandmother, positing that “People who hate (or fear) Jews or any other ‘minority’ group” are well beyond changing, and that prejudice is akin to a “jigsaw puzzle of some several thousand separate pieces.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.. Starting Bid $300

367. Percy Bysshe Shelley: First Edition of Rosalind and Helen (1819) with ‘Ozymandias’. Unsigned book: Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue; With Other Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. First edition. London: C. and J. Ollier, 1819. Hardcover, handsomely bound by Riviere & Son in full dark red crushed morocco with gilt to spine and borders, 5.5 x 9, 92 pages, with the last page featuring the first book ap pearance of the sonnet ‘Ozymandias,’ which, on the contents leaf, erroneously lists the ‘Sonnet’ on page 98. ‘Ozymandias’ had first appeared in an issue of The Examiner the previous year. Book condition: VG/None, with rubbing to joints, chip to head of spine, and bookplates of Blairhame and Charles J. Groves affixed to front pastedown. Starting Bid $200

Salinger on growing up with anti-Semitism: “Certain kinds of fiction writers simply do not get born in secure and untroubled families”

366. The Works of William Shakespeare, Limited Edition 10-Volume Set (circa 1900). Desirable 10-volume limited edition set of The Works of William Shakespeare. Edition de Luxe, numbered 129/1000. London: Grolier Society, circa 1900. Ten volumes of two sections each, handsomely bound in hardcover octavo books with contemporary three-quarter red morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers, and gilt top edges. The set includes all of Shakespeare’s plays as well as his poems and sonnets, with each volume measuring 6.5 x 9.5 and containing beautifully illustrated hand-colored frontispieces and numerous plates in each volume. Edited by Reverend Alexander Dyce, with his “Life of the Poet,” explanatory notes, and glossary. Includes some of the introductions from important earlier editors of Shakespeare’s works. In overall very good to fine condition, with rubbing and edgwear. Starting Bid $200

Rare oversized portrait of the Bengali polymath

370. Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph. Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who be came the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Scarce vintage sepia 8.25 x 11.5 paperstock photo of Rabindranath Tagore in a noble bust-length pose, signed in the lower border in Bengali in fountain pen. A small printed caption bearing his name is affixed to the right of the autograph. In very good to fine condition, with tears to the top, and to the side borders, repaired with tape on the reverse. The largest signed portrait of Tagore that we have ever offered, and a great portrayal of one of literature’s foremost minds. Starting Bid $300

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662. John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed. Re markable ALS in pencil, signed “Love, Father,” two pages, 8 x 12.5, November 10, 1958. John Steinbeck’s handwritten draft of a famous letter to his 14-year-old son, Thomas, offering his wise, fatherly advice on matters of the heart. In full:

“Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First—if you are in love—that’s a good thing—that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

Second—: There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you—of kindness and consideration and respect—not only the social respect of man ners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply—of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it—and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing, and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best, and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone—there is no possible harm in saying so—only you must remember that some people are very

shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another—but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly—I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.” Steinbeck strikes through a couple of lines and a few words in his handwritten draft. In fine condition. Accompanied by a typed transcript.

The text of this famous letter has been widely circulated in print (see: Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, published by Penguin in 1989) and online, in The Atlantic, Letters of Note, and other blogosphere outlets large and small—these enduring words thus form a bridge between one of America’s greatest writers and contemporary pop culture. It is a marvelous exposition of love—what it feels like, what it means, and what it can be. Steinbeck treats his son’s revelation in a serious and straightforward manner—perhaps in response to a denial of “puppy love”—and warmly offers a hand in expressing and understanding these newfound feelings. While this letter offers an intimate, private glimpse into Steinbeck’s family life, it also expresses his ideas about love with profundity and eloquence. Four years later, in 1962, the great American author would be honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.’. Starting Bid $1000

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Steinbeck annotates a dust jacket proof for his WWII collection Once There Was a War

663. John Steinbeck Hand-Annotated Dust Jacket Proof. Interesting hand-annotated 8.5 x 9.75 color proof of the dust jacket cover and spine for John Steinbeck’s collection of World War II articles, Once There Was a War, published by the Viking Press in 1958. Steinbeck writes two brief nota tions in the right margin in fountain pen—drawing a line to a character that looks like him, writing, “Me and not bad?…J.S.,” and pointing out a soldier lighting a pipe, asking, “Who he?” In fine condition, with two horizontal mailing folds.

Steinbeck served as a special war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune from June to December 1943. Rather than writing about battles and generals, he focused on the lives of ordinary people on the front lines—from those doing the actual fighting to those serving in vital support roles for the troops.

In his introduction to Once There Was a War, published some fifteen years after the articles were first published, Steinbeck writes: ‘Once upon a time there was a war, but so long ago and so shouldered out of the way by other wars and other kinds of wars that even people who were there are apt to forget. This was that I speak of came after the plate armor and longbows of Crecy and Agincourt and just before the little spitting experi mental atom bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I attended a part of that war, you might say visited it, since I went in the costume of a war correspondent and certainly did not fight, and it is interesting to me that I do not remember very much about it. Reading these old reports sent in with excitement at the time brings back images and emotions completely lost.’ Starting Bid $200

368. John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “John,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date [but circa September 1938]. Handwritten letter to friend and filmmaker Pare Lorentz, commenting on the culmination of his work on the landmark novel The Grapes of Wrath. In part: “I should never have put a time deadline on this book. I’m afraid it will not be done by the 15th. Probably will by the 1st of November. It is impos sible for me to tell. Anyway I’m going on at the regular pace and while it may possibly end by the fifteenth I would rather have the extension for fear the pressure to get through might make for a feeling of hurry in the book. Do you like the title we have chosen ‘The Grapes of Wrath’—from the Battle Hymn? It

satisfies me completely…My people—in the book—have just spent some time in a government camp and are now headed for Shafter where there is a strike now—led by a woman—200 pounds—captain of the picket line. Good story. From there they will go to Tulare for the cotton, work there and get caught by last winter’s floods and that is the end of the book. Carol is typing it now, 2nd draft and has near four hundred pages in type.” In fine condition.

Past sales history: Bonhams, Fine Books and Manuscripts, June 20, 2007. Starting Bid $1000

“Do you like the title we have chosen ‘The Grapes of Wrath’?,” writes Steinbeck: “It satisfies me completely”

371. Rabindranath Tagore Autograph Letter Signed. Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first nonEuropean to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, May 20, 1913. Addressed from his London residence at 37 Alfred Place West, South Kensington, a handwritten letter sent to Countess Martinengo, in full: “I am very sorry to say that I have an engagement in Oxford on May 23rd and it is not possible for me to accept your invitation to lunch on the same day. Thank ing you for your kindness.” In fine condition. On November 13, 1913, less than six months after writing this letter, Tagore learned that he had become the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Starting Bid $200

374. Emile Zola: Original ‘J’Accuse...!’ Newspaper Front Page - L’Aurore (January 13, 1898). Scarce original front page of the French newspaper L’Aurore, 18.5 x 25.5, published on January 13, 1898, and featuring the famous headline “J’Accuse…! Lettre au President de la Republique Par Emile Zola.” The most popular is sue of L’Aurore’s entire publication run, the newspaper contained an open letter from Zola in response to the Dreyfus affair. In the letter, Zola addressed President of France Felix Faure and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence. The newspaper caused a stir in France and abroad, and Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty on February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899. In very good to fine condition, with small areas of paper loss, and tape reinforcements, along the fragile intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

“J’Accuse...!”—original front page of the L’Aurore newspaper with Zola’s open letter on the Dreyfus affair

372. Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “Jules Verne,” one page, 4 x 5.25, February 23, 1904. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, desirably nam ing three of his novels. In full: “Being very ill, I have not been able to answer your letter, and I can only do so briefly as my sight is very bad. Five Weeks in a Balloon [Cinq semaines en ballon] dates from 1863, my first novel…Regarding the dis crepancy in dates between Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Seas [Vint mille lieues sous la mers] and The Mysterious Island [L’Ile mystérieuse], I have reason to believe that it is an error.” In fine condition.

Verne writes from the town of Amiens, where he had been elected town councilor in 1888. He makes note of his ill ness—he suffered from chronic diabetes, and would die from complications of the disease the next year—and comments on three of his novels. Verne’s letters mentioning his works are scarce, and this one is exceptionally desirable: he refers to his first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, as well as one of his most famous adventure stories, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Past sales history: Profiles in History, December 16, 2014. Starting Bid $500

Scarce handwritten letter by Jules Verne, commenting on Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and its crossover sequel, The Mysterious Island

Magnificently rare signed first edition of the final Dr. Seuss book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

363. Dr. Seuss Signed Book. Signed book: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! First edition. NY: Random House, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.25 x 11.25, 44 pages. Signed and inscribed adjacent to the half-title page in black ink, “With very best wishes to Amy! Dr. Seuss.” Autographic condition: fine, with a tiny stain to extreme top edge. Book condition: VG+/VG+, with a tiny stain to the top edge of the textblock, slightly bumped corners, a soft diagonal crease to the front dust jacket flap, and some very subtle toning and soiling to the jacket.

Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original owner: “This book was given to me as a gift from my Grand

mother when I was 3 years old in 1990. She was a personal acquaintance of Theodor Geisel / Dr. Seuss, they lived near each other and ran in similar social circles in La Jolla, CA.”

Signed examples of Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, the last Seuss book to be published during his lifetime, are virtually nonexis tent, with RR Auction having sold one other last June; prior to that, our research reveals that no other example had sold at auction within the past 15 years. Starting Bid $1000

El Gato Ensombradero signed by Dr. Seuss

364. Dr. Seuss Signed Book. Signed book: The Cat in the Hat (in English and Spanish) [El Gato Ensombradero]. First edition. NY: Random House, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the title page in red felt tip, “For Sean, Dr. Seuss.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG-, with wear to spine and corners (mi nor splits at spine head), and edge nicks, wear, and creasing to the price-clipped dust jacket. A very scarce bilingual title signed by Dr. Seuss—the only such example we have been able to locate. Starting Bid $200

365. Dr. Seuss Signed Print. Color 5.5 x 8.5 print of the Cat in the Hat, inscribed in black felt tip, “And a Plethora of Happy Birthdays to Helen Songer!,” and signed below in red crayon, “Dr. Seuss.” In fine condition, with a very light central horizontal fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

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429. Franz Liszt Signed Photograph. Vintage pearl-finish 4.25 x 6 portrait photo of Franz Liszt by Nadar of Paris, affixed to the original 6 x 7.75 mount, which is signed in black ink, “F. Liszt.” The lower left cor ner of the photo is also signed by the photographer, Felix Nadar. In fine condition. An uncommonly large signed portrait of the great Hungarian composer, with this particular example complemented furthermore by it being a Nadar, a pioneer of French photography whose portraits remain highly desirable. Starting Bid $500

427. Claude Debussy Signature. Important French composer (1862-1918) whose colorful, evocative works, par ticularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the ‘impressionist’ style, and whose innovative use of harmonic and instrumental resources was a seminal influence on the emerging language of twentieth-century music. Uncommon pencil signature, “Claude Debussy, 1 Fev. 08,” on an offwhite 4 x 2 slip. Handsomely double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 13.5 x 16.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

428. Edvard Grieg Signed Photograph. Important Nor wegian composer and pianist (1843-1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the ‘Piano Concerto in A minor,’ the incidental music to Peer Gynt, and the ‘Holberg Suite.’ Uncommon vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the composer, nicely signed in ink, “Edvard Greig.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Scarce Nadar portrait of the Hungarian master, signed by both subject and photographer

Puccini has trouble getting Il Trittico at the Opera Comique

431. Giacomo Puccini Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in Italian, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, Torre della Tagliata letterhead, July 4, 1920. Letter to Renzo Valcarenghi, director of the Ricordi publishing house. In part (translated): “I spoke with the management of the Opera-Comique, but Carre told me that I would make too much money, and therefore it would be impossible to give my other operas at the Opera-Comique…it is still the same old story, the war against me by the French colleagues, on account of the predominance of my works at the Opera-Comique. Why not try to give Il Trittico at the Grand Opera?” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

432. Giuseppe Verdi Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, July 4, 1898. Letter to Giuseppe de Amicis, Verdi’s friend and cousin of the important writer Edmondo De Amicis, written from the village of Sant’Agata. In part (translated): “The death of Carretta grieved me a lot. He was one of the most distinguished officers, but even more of a good man, frank, loyal, open, and he could be counted on.” He goes on to observe that while there was a time when he never felt he was aging, he was now feeling the infirmities of old age. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Let There Be Rock signed by Bon Scott, Angus, and Malcolm

434. AC/DC Signed Album. Let There Be Rock album signed and inscribed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Bon Scott (“To Sin, Bon, x”), Angus Young (“For Sandy, from Angus, AC/DC, xxx”), and Malcolm Young (“Malcolm Y.”). In fine condition, with a scuff to the left of the title and some creasing to the lower right corner. The record is included.

The consignor notes: “My relative’s father was a top executive at the NYC based music publishing company for AC/DC. (He helped discover and introduce AC/DC to the American public in 1975.) My relative worked at the publishing company and since the AC/DC band members frequently visited the office, she thoughtfully asked the band members to autograph their albums for me for my 15th birthday.” Starting Bid $200

433. Woody Guthrie Handwritten Lyrics and Original Sketch. Amazing autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song by Woody Guthrie, one page, 8.5 x 11, titled at the top, “Brown Christmas,” and signed at the bottom, “W. W. Woody Guthrie, 5899, F.D.H., N.Y.C., December 16th 1949,” who added a large original sketch of a rattlesnake coiling around a woman, imagery in keeping with the song’s lyrics, which read, in full: “I’m thinking ‘bout a brown Christmas / out on the desert where I grew / where the snakes all rattle at the hungry cattle / that leave their dry bones on the sand; / I’m dreaming ‘bout a brownskin cowgirl / with every Christmas card I draw; may your sky be sunny and blue / and may all your Christmases be brown!” In fine condition, with staple holes along the left edge. When Guthrie died in 1967, the folk song-writing legend left behind more than 3,000 songs, most of them unpublished and unrecorded. Starting Bid $300

Guthrie’s original sketch and parody lyrics for “Brown Christmas”—“where the snakes all rattle at the hungry cattle”

Catching a train with the Beatles

435. Beatles Signatures (June 1963). Vintage 1963 greeting card, 3 x 6.25, signed upside down on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “The Beatles, Ringo Starr, xxx,” “Paul McCartney, xxx,” “John Lennon, xxx,” and “George Harrison.” The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained at the Crewe railway station in June 1963. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and a central horizontal fold. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Starting Bid $1000

436. Beatles Signatures (1963). Vintage late 1963 ballpoint signatures of the Beatles—John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr—on individual off-white slips ranging in size from 2.5 x 1.25 to 3 x 1.5. The autographs are mounted, matted, and framed with a signature of David Jacobs, the presenter of the BBC Television show Juke Box Jury, a photo of the band with Jacobs, and a provenance caption sheet to an overall size of 21 x 17. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and soiling to each slip. Starting Bid $500

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The Beatles serve as the Juke Box Jury panel in late 1963

437. Beatles: John Lennon Signature. Circa 1967/1968 blue felt tip signature, “John Lennon,” on an off-white 8 x 2.25 sheet clipped from the close of a typed letter from Lennon, who adds below the postscript in his own hand: “See me 4/10.” In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, and a central vertical fold. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter of provenance from a prior owner, who states that the autograph belonged to his wife’s grandparents: “Whilst we are not exactly sure how Dai and Connie came by the signature, they were living locally to John Lennon in Surrey and were active in sports clubs and charities in the local area.” Starting Bid $300

438. Beatles: Paul McCartney Signed 45 RPM Record. MPL 45 RPM record for the Paul McCartney single, ‘Coming Up / Lunchbox/Odd Sox,’ signed on the front cover in black felt tip. The consignor notes that the signature was obtained outside McCartney’s MPL offices in Soho, London in either 1989 or 1990. In very good to fine condition, with creasing along the top edge. Accom panied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Starting Bid $200

439. Beatles: Ringo Starr Signed 1966 Candlestick Park Ticket. Original complete concert ticket for the Beatles’ performance at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, on August 29, 1966, 5.75 x 2.5, signed in black felt tip by Ringo Starr, who adds “89.” The vivid ticket reads, “KYA Radio 1260 Welcomes The Beatles,” and features ‘floating head’ images of Ringo, John, Paul, and George. The ticket is for the “Bleachers” and is numbered “881.” In very good to fine condition, with light staining and creasing, and the signature partially over the stub, which is held in place with tape on the back. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200

Rare fully signed first issue pressing of Candy-O

440. The Cars Signed Album. Sought-after 1979 U.S. first issue vinyl copy of Candy-O, the second studio album by The Cars, signed beautifully on the back cover in blue felt tip by Ric Ocasek and Elliot Easton, in green felt tip by Greg Hawkes and Benjamin Orr, and in black felt tip by David Robinson. The consignor attests that the autographs were obtained around the time of the album’s release. In fine condition, with scattered tiny surface impressions. The record is included. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. True vintage and fully signed Cars albums are quite rare, with this being a truly outstanding early specimen. Starting Bid $200

441. Led Zeppelin: John Bonham Signature. Ballpoint signature, “Best wishes, John Bonham,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4.25 sheet. In very good condition, with overall creasing, and old tape stains along the edges. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Start ing Bid $200

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442. Pink Floyd Signed Album. The Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd, signed prominently on the front cover in silver ink by David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters. In fine condition. The record is not included. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from REAL and Floyd Authentic. Starting Bid $500

“Give it the works this Christmas”—rare 1984 Xmas card from Queen

443. Queen Signed 1984 Christmas Card. Extremely rare Christmas card sent out by Queen during the band’s ‘The Works Tour’ in 1984, with front showing a brilliantly illuminated stage and packed arena, measures 20 x 8 unfolded, signed inside below a printed greeting, “Give it the works this Christmas, from, Queen,” in blue ballpoint by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, in black ballpoint by Brian May, and in silver ink by Roger Taylor. In fine condition, with light smudging to Taylor’s signature, and some old glue residue on the back cover. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.

Starting Bid $300

444. Rolling Stones Signatures (August 1964). Vintage ballpoint signatures of the Rolling Stones— “Mick Jagger, xx,” “Brian Jones, xx,” “Keith Richard,” Bill Wyman,” and “The Rolling Stones, Charlie Boy, xx”—on an off-white autograph album centerfold page measuring 8.75 x 3.5, the reverse of which has been signed again by Jones and Richards. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient and a copy of the ticket for the Stones concert at Torquay Town Hall on August 29, 1964, the date and venue where the autographs were obtained. Starting Bid $300

445. Rolling Stones Signed Album. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll album by the Rolling Stones, signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, and Bill Wyman, and in blue felt tip by Charlie Watts, who adds “’05.” In fine condition. The record is included. An uncommon fully signed title from the Stones. Starting Bid $200

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Exceptional oversized portrait from The Cowboy and the Lady

516. Gary Cooper Signed Photograph. Magnificent vintage glossy 10.75 x 13.5 portrait of Cooper in his role as Stretch in the 1938 film The Cowboy and the Lady, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Walter Mutal, Best regards, Gary Cooper.” Reverse bears a Coburn photographer’s stamp. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, two intersecting creases passing through Cooper’s image, and poor-to-moderate signature contrast. An extraordinary, crystal-clear image of Cooper in Western costume by one of Hollywood’s acclaimed photographers. Starting Bid $200

Top-notch Humphrey Bogart portrait, beautifully signed by the leading man

515. Humphrey Bogart Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Bogart in a blazer looking pensively skyward, beautifully signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Johnny, Good luck, Humphrey Bogart.” Archivally cloth matted and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 16.5. In fine condition. A striking pose of Hollywood’s legendary leading man that boasts a beautifully penned, bold autograph. Starting Bid $300

517. Audrey Hepburn Signed Photograph. Lovely color glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Audrey Hepburn dressed as Eliza Doolittle for a My Fair Lady promo shoot, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Originally obtained by in-person specialist Mike Wehrmann. Starting Bid $200

518. Alfred Hitchcock Signed Photograph. Glossy 8 x 9.5 full-length photo of the great director with a quizzical, perhaps surprised, expression, signed in black felt tip by Alfred Hitchcock. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

520. Bruce Lee Signed Photograph. Vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.25 head-and-shoulders photo of the legendary martial artist, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Lisa, Bless to you, Bruce Lee,” add ing his ‘Loong’ character below his signature, which represents the Chinese character of a dragon. In very good condition, with a central vertical crease, old tape stains to two corners, and a tiny tear to the lower left corner. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. Starting Bid $500

519. Harry Houdini Signed SAM Membership Card. Soughtafter Society of American Magicians (SAM) membership card issued to Edwin Fay Rice for 1918, 4 x 2.5, boldly signed at the bottom in fountain pen by Harry Houdini as president, and countersigned by Oscar Schutte Teale as secretary. Mounted and framed with a photo of Houdini leaving a prison cell to an overall size of 11.5 x 18. In very good condition, with overall soiling, creasing to the upper right corner, and a small area of surface loss to the lower right edge; the accompanying photo is silvered and discolored, but could easily be replaced.

A journalist for the Boston Daily Times, Edwin Fay Rice (1849–1919) had a short but impactful career in the world of magic, and was a key figure in helping found the Mystics Circle of Boston as a member of SAM.

Oscar Schutte Teale was an American architect, magician, and writer (1847–1934) who served as the fourth President of SAM and who worked as Houdini’s private secretary and ghostwriter; when Houdini’s book A Magician Among the Spirits was published, Teale stated that he had written ‘the damnable work.’ Starting Bid $300

521. Carole Lombard Signed Photograph. American actress (1908–1942) who enjoyed great success as a popu lar screen comedienne in the 1930s, and who became Mrs. Clark Gable in 1939. On January 16, 1942, the plane in which Lombard was traveling en route to a war bond rally crashed into Mount Potosi near Las Vegas, killing all 22 aboard. Breathtaking oversized vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 full-length photo of Lombard in an off-the-shoulder dress and bathed in soft light, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Shim, Cordially, Carole Lombard.” In fine condition, with light creasing to the edges and corners. Starting Bid $200

Houdini approves a SAM card for a founder of the Mystics Circle of Boston

522. Steve McQueen Document Signed. DS, signed “Steven T. McQueen,” twelve pages, 8.5 x 11, April 1, 1969. Document outlining the “By-Laws of Solar Plastics Engineering Company,” pertaining to shareholder meetings, directors and management, stock ownership, and corporate record keeping. Signed at the conclusion in felt tip by Steve McQueen, Luben Jordan, and Robert J. Schiller as directors, and signed again by Schiller as secretary. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

523. Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph. Vintage mattefinish 8 x 10 photo of Monroe reclining on a pillow and wearing a low-cut dress and diamond jewelry, a pose from circa 1953, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Jack, It’s a pleasure to know you, Marilyn Monroe.” In very fine condition. A clas sic, virtually pristine portrait of the blonde bombshell flashing her radiant smile; the photo’s inscription can’t help but bring to mind Monroe’s most famous of paramours, President John F. Kennedy. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. Starting Bid $1000

Pristine portrait of Marilyn—“Jack, It’s a pleasure to know you”

Late 1950 bank check from the iconic blonde

525. Paramount Pictures ‘King Tutankhamun’ Egyptian Revival Prop Chair. Magnificent wooden Egyptian revivalist chair dating to the 1920s and expertly made in the likeness of King Tutankhamun’s golden throne that was dis covered in the Valley of the Kings archaeological site in 1922 by Howard Carter. Purportedly deriving from the Paramount Pictures prop department, the robust gilt-gesso armchair measures 40.5˝ x 22˝ x 26˝ and is adorned with inlaid stone, polychrome decorations, and boasts an incredible array of detail from top to bottom. The underside of the seat is marked in felt tip, “A-12802, P. P. C. [Paramount Pictures Corporation], GR-1677, AF1569,” and bears an affixed label from the “Para mount Pictures Property Dept.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered wear, chipping, and some rubbing to paint.

This chair very closely resembles the exact type produced by Elias Hatoun of Cairo, Egypt, shortly after the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, and exhibited at the Reading Museum in Pennsylvania. Hatoun was a major woodworker and dealer of antiques and reproductions to American collectors and museums well into the 1920s, and many of the finest pieces of Mamluke and Egyptian Revival pieces came through his shop. Starting Bid $300

524. Marilyn Monroe Signed Check. Bank of America check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Marilyn Monroe, payable to William D. Wallace for $10, November 15, 1950. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. Less than a month before Monroe signed her career-making contract with 20th Century Fox. Starting Bid $500

526. Three Stooges Signatures. Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Curly, 3 Stooges,” “Moe,” and “Larry,” on an off-white 4.5 x 6 album page. In fine condi tion. A clean cast of autographs from these comedic slapstick legends. Starting Bid $200

527. John Wayne Autograph Letter Signed. World War II-dated ALS signed “Dad,” two pages, 7.75 x 10.25, January 15, 1944. Handwritten letter from John Wayne to his daughter Toni, in part (spelling retained): “We give shows to the men in big amphitheatres like the Hollywood Bowl but...the men sit on the ground back up the hill as far as you can see. The dark night will be broken by a match light or flash light. They make these open air theatres by cutting a way the jungle growth and sit out there on the ground and watch a show even if it’s raining.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope, with the return address field reading, “John Wayne, ? Sp Serv Office, Base Sec 3, APO 923, ? PM San Francisco, Cal.” Starting Bid $200

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“The men sit on the ground back up the hill as far as you can see,” writes Wayne from his South Pacific USO tour, “The dark night will be broken by a match light or flash light”

Imperial pocket knife from the Duke’s collection

Accompanied by a handwritten letter of provenance from Wayne’s granddaughter, Anita LaCava Swift, who states: “This is a Diamond Edge 858DE which was taken from my grandfather’s (John Wayne) desk by his eldest daughter Toni Wayne LaCava (my mother). He loved to collect pocket knives and when he died there were many in his desk drawers!” Starting Bid $200

Detailed set design sketch by James Whale from the same year he directed Frankenstein

529. James Whale Signed Set Design Sketch. British-born film director (1889–1957) who helmed such horror classics as Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man. After a series of strokes left Whale physically weak, he com mitted suicide by throwing himself into his swimming pool. Original pencil and ink sketch of the set for Myra’s bedroom in his 1931 film Waterloo Bridge accomplished by Whale on an off-white 17.5 x 11.25 sheet, signed in the lower right border in pencil, “James Whale—1931.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 20.5. In very good to fine condition, with a central area of light dampstaining in the area of the bed. Whale had garnered ac claim for himself as a set and costume designer on the British theater scene—passions that carried over into his film career, as demonstrated by this set design sketch. Waterloo Bridge opened to mixed reviews, and was quickly overshadowed by the film Whale released three months later: Frankenstein. Starting Bid $200

528. John Wayne’s Personally-Owned and -Used Imperial Diamond Edge Pocket Knife. John Wayne’s personallyowned and -used vintage circa 1973 Imperial ‘Diamond Edge’ (858 DE) two-blade pocket knife, measuring 4˝ closed and 7˝ open. In very good to fine condition, with some light scuffs to handle, and various marks and soiling to blades.

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634. John L. Sullivan Signature. Boxer known as the ‘Bos ton Strong Boy’ (1858–1918) recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring Rules. Fountain pen signature, “Yours Truly, John L. Sullivan, Feb. 17th, 1900,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 sheet. In fine condition, with clipped corners impinging on, but not affecting, the handwriting.

Starting Bid $200

Archival material for the unpublished autobiography of Jim Thorpe

635. Jim Thorpe Archive for His Unpublished Autobiography. Archive relating to an unpublished autobiography of legendary athlete Jim Thorpe, highlighted by an ALS from Thorpe to his co-author, AP writer Orlo Robertson, and a handwritten statement about Thorpe by revered football coach Pop Warner.

Thorpe’s handwritten letter, August 22, 1950, in part: “Mrs. Thorpe…has done everything on my behalf to build up everything pertaining to my life…she has stuck through thick and thin with me and we have gone through it together—if it wasn’t for her there have been many times I would have given up.”

Warner’s signed statement, intended for the book’s forward, in part: “Having been Jim Thorpe’s coach from the time he started to develop his world famous athletic career until he finished his course at the Carlisle Indian School I naturally came to know him very well.”

Includes a 132-page hand-corrected typed manuscript of the book; 14 letters (all but one TLSs) between Patricia Thorpe and Robertson; and additional material related to the book’s production. In overall very good to fine condition, with a few minor stains to Pop Warner’s letter and substantial age toning and edge tears to the manuscript which, due to its age, is in fairly delicate condition. Starting Bid $300

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24. Joe Biden Signature with Printed U.S. Troops Withdrawal Letter

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25. Joe Biden Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

27. Joe Biden Signed Mock Impeachment Article Starting Bid $200

28. George Bush Typed Letter Signed

29. George Bush Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

30. George and George W. Bush Signed Book Starting Bid $200

31. George W. Bush Signature with Printed Andy Card 9/11 Image Starting Bid $200

32. George W. Bush Signed Book

Grover Cleveland Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

Bill Clinton Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200

Bill Clinton Signed Book Starting Bid $200

36. Bill Clinton Signed Photograph

Calvin Coolidge Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200

Calvin Coolidge Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200

Dwight D. Eisenhower (4) Signatures Starting Bid $200

40. Dwight D. Eisenhower (6) Signatures

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41. Gerald Ford Signed Book

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50. Richard Nixon Signed Book Starting Bid $200

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54. Richard Nixon Signed Book Starting Bid $200

42. Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

43. Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed as Vice President Starting Bid $200

44. Warren G. Harding Document Signed

45. Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed as President

46. Lyndon B. Johnson Signature with Printed Oath of Office Image Starting Bid $200

47. John F. Kennedy (5) Magazines Starting Bid $200

48. Abraham Lincoln 1864 Presidential Election Ticket

49. William McKinley Document Signed as President

51. Richard Nixon Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

52. Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed as President

53. Richard Nixon Signed Book Presented to Wilt Chamberlain

55. Richard Nixon Signed Mock Resignation Starting Bid $200

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Signed

Ronald Reagan Signed

Harry

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Harry S. Truman

Donald Trump Signed

71. Donald Trump Signed

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148. William Booth Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

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153. Roy Cohn Document Signed Starting Bid $200

72. Martin Van Buren Signed Free Frank

73. Woodrow Wilson Signature

141. American Trapunto Banner Circa 1900 Starting Bid $200

142. Apple: Wozniak and Wayne Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

143. Apple: Wozniak and Wayne Signed Photograph

144. Apple: Wozniak and Wayne Signed Photograph

145. Apple: Wozniak and Wayne Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

146. Apple: Steve Wozniak Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

147. Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden Document Signed

149. James F. Byrnes Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

150. Camilla, Queen Consort Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

151. Camilla, Queen Consort Typed Letter Signed

152. Vint Cerf Signed Sketch

154. Clarence Darrow Signed Book Starting Bid $200

155. Democratic National Convention 1924 Ticket Stub - PSA VG-EX 4

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156. DNA: Watson and Crick Signed Book

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157. Arthur Eddington Autograph Quote Signed

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158. Elizabeth, Queen Mother Signed Christmas Card (1967)

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159. Oliver Ellsworth Document Signed

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161. Ernst Haeckel Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

162. Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

163. Edmund Hillary Signed Book

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164. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed Commemorative Cover

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165. J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

166. J. Edgar Hoover Signed Book Starting Bid $100

167. Kaiser Wilhelm I (4) Documents Signed

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168. Kaiser Wilhem II Document Signed

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169. Robert F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

170. Rose Kennedy Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

160. Milton Friedman Signed Photograph

171. Kennedy Assassination Swatch of Limousine Leather

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172. King Christian VI of Denmark Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

173. King Frederick V of Denmark Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

174. King George III Document Signed Starting Bid $200

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176. King George V and Mary of Teck Signatures Starting Bid $200

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184. Ferdinand Marcos Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

186. Thurgood Marshall Signature Starting Bid $200

175. King George IV Signature

177. King George VI Document Signed Starting Bid $200

178. King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden Document Signed Starting Bid $200

179. King Louis XV Document Signed Starting Bid $200

180. King William IV Document Signed Starting Bid $200

181. Gordon W. 'Pawnee Bill' Lillie Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

182. Louise of Great Britain Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

183. Nelson and Winnie Mandela Signed FDC

185. Thurgood Marshall Signed First Day Cover Starting Bid $200

187. Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Signed Christmas Card (1953)

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188. Richard McDonald Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

189. J. Pierpont Morgan Signed Stock Certificate Starting Bid $200

190. Robert E. Peary Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

191. Juan Peron Signed Oversized Photograph

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192. Pope Benedict XVI Signed Booklet

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193. King Charles III Signed Christmas Card (1979) Starting Bid $200

194. Princess Grace of Monaco Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

195. Princess Grace of Monaco Signature

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196. Princess Victoria Signed Christmas Card with Handwritten Note

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198. Queen Mary of Teck Signed Christmas Card (1947)

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199. Queen Victoria Signature Starting Bid $200

200. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Typed Letter Signed

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201. Nathan Mayer Rothschild Signed Russian Imperial Bond

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202. Jack Ruby Signed Check - PSA NM-MT 8 Starting Bid $200

203. Jonas Salk Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

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206. Supreme Court Justices (6) Signatures Starting Bid $200

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212. William M. 'Boss' Tweed (2) Documents Signed

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214. Lech Walesa Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

211. Desmond Tutu Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

215. Booker T. Washington Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

219. Wu Ting-fang Signature Starting Bid $200

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204. Antonin Scalia Signed Photograph

205. Alfred E. Smith Signed Photograph

207. Margaret Thatcher (5) Signed Commemorative Covers

208. Margaret Thatcher Signed Photograph

209. Titanic Oak Wheelhouse Door Relic Display

210. Titanic: Michel Navratil, Bertram Vere and Millvina Dean Signed Envelope Starting Bid $200

213. William M. 'Boss' Tweed Document Signed Starting Bid $200

216. Booker T. Washington Signature

217. Daniel Webster Document Signed

218. Henry Wells and William Fargo Signed Stock Certificate

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230. Aviation and Military

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231. P.G.T. Beauregard Signed

232. Pappy Boyington Signed Book

233. Civil War Soldier's Letter

234. Jefferson Davis Signature

235. Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn

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236. Doolittle's Raiders

Gay Signed

238. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph

239. Joseph Fouche Document Signed

241. John J. Pershing Typed

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242. Colin Powell Signed Photograph and Typed

Signed

243. Eddie Rickenbacker Signed Photograph

244. Carl Spaatz Signed Photograph Starting Bid

245. Carl Spaatz Signed Photograph

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246. Vietnam War: William Westmoreland and U.S. Grant Sharp, Jr. Signed Book

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247. Duke of Wellington Letter Signed

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248. William Westmoreland (3) Signed Items Starting Bid $200

257. John Russell Bartlett: Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua (Vol. II)

258. Albert J. Beveridge: The Life of John Marshall

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259. Henry Brown: The History of Illinois, from its First Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Time

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260. Marquis de Chastellux: Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782

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261. Cadwallader D. Colden: The Life of Robert Fulton Starting Bid $200

262. Timothy Dwight: Travels in New-England and New-York

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263. John Eaton: The Life of Andrew Jackson, MajorGeneral in the Service of the United States

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264. Alexander Garden: Anecdotes of the American Revolution (Second Series)

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265. Alexander Garden: Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War in America

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266. Jay Gould: History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York

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267. William Jay: The Life of John Jay

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268. William Johnson: Sketches of the Life and Correspondence of Nathanael Greene

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269. Henry Lee: The Campaign of 1781 in the Carolinas

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284. Wright Brothers Starting Bid $200

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270. Lemuel Lyons and Samuel Haws: The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775

271. Mayo & Weed: Old Mexico 1893 Photo Album Starting Bid $200

272. Robert B. McAfee: History of the Late War in the Western Country Starting Bid $200

273. William Moultrie: Memoirs of the American Revolution Starting Bid $200

274. Pierre Pouchot: Memoir Upon the Late War in North America

275. Philip H. Sheridan: Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan Starting Bid $200

276. Jared Sparks: The Life of George Washington Starting Bid $200

277. William L. Stone: Life of Joseph BrantThayendanegea Starting Bid $200

278. S. Putnam Waldo: Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes in the War of the Revolution

279. William Willett: A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett

280. William Wirt: Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry Starting Bid $200

281. Alexander Withers: Chronicles of Border Warfare Starting Bid $200

282. John Huddleston Wynne: A General History of the British Empire in America

288. Apollo 13: Lovell and Haise Signed Book Starting Bid $200

289. Frank Borman Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200

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314. Christo and JeanneClaude Signed Exhibition

315. Roy Lichtenstein

Poster -

316. Roy Lichtenstein

Promo

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317. LeRoy Neiman Signed Photograph

318. Frederick Law Olmsted

319. Andy Warhol

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320. Andy Warhol Signed

Magazine with Diana Vreeland

321. Andy Warhol Signature

324. Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

Cartoonists

Freleng

328. Matt Groening Signed

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Walter Lantz Original Sketch of Woody Woodpecker

330. Don Messick Signed Photograph

375. Isaac Asimov Signed Photograph

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383. Dale Carnegie Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

376. James M. Barrie Autograph Letter Signed

377. Samuel Beckett Signed Book

378. Peter Benchley Signed Sketch

379. Ray Bradbury (2) Signed Books Starting Bid $200

380. William Cullen Bryant Autograph Letter Signed

381. Charles Bukowski Signed Book

382. Edgar Rice Burroughs Signed Book Starting Bid $200

384. Tom Clancy Signed Book

385. Tom Clancy (2) Signed Items: Book and Poster Starting Bid $200

386. E. L. Doctorow Signed Book Starting Bid $100

387. Ellery Queen: Frederic Dannay Autograph Manuscript Signed Starting Bid $200

388. Dick Francis Signed Book

389. Erle Stanley Gardner Signed Photograph

390. William Golding Signed Photograph and Signature Starting Bid $200

391. Gunter Grass (2) Signed Postcards Starting Bid $200

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399. Ken Kesey Signed Catalog Starting Bid $200

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392. H. Rider Haggard Autograph Letter Signed

393. Alex Haley Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

394. John Hersey Signed Book Starting Bid $100

395. Hermann Hesse Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

396. The Friends of Eddie Coyle: George V. Higgins Signed Book and Robert Mitchum Signed Photograph

397. Langston Hughes Signature

398. Washington Irving Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

400. Stephen King Signed Book Page

401. Ira Levin Signed Book and Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

402. Jack London Signed Check -

403. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Quote Signed

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404. Norman Mailer Signed Book

405. Cormac McCarthy Signed Receipt

406. Arthur Miller Signed Book

407. Arthur Miller and Inge Morath (2) Signed Books and Signed Photograph

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408. Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books

409. Philip Roth Signed Book

410. Carl Sandburg Signed Book Starting Bid

411. Maurice Sendak Signed Book Starting Bid

412. Maurice Sendak Signed Book

413. Maurice Sendak Signed Book

414. Ernest Thompson Seton Signature with Sketch of a Bear Cub

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415. Georges Simenon (4) Signed Items

416. Isaac Bashevis Singer

Book

Samuel Francis Smith

Quote Signed

Samuel Francis Smith Signed Broadside of 'America'

419. John Updike Signed Book

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420. John Updike Signed Book

421. John Updike Signed Book

422. Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book

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423. Kurt Vonnegut Signed Photograph Starting Bid

424. Kurt

G. Wells

426. Tennessee Williams

Caruso

447. Paul Hindemith

Engelbert Humperdinck

Aram Khachaturian

Arthur Rubinstein

451. Arturo Toscanini

Walter

Roy Eldridge Signed Photograph

B. King

461. Beatles: Pete Best

Beatles: Pete Best

475.

483.

487.

Richard

489. Manfred Mann

490. Dave Matthews Signed

491.

Fred

Christian Bale

538. Bride of Frankenstein: Elsa Lanchester Signed Photograph

539. Jeff Bridges Signed Photograph

540. James Cameron Signed Photograph

541. John Candy Signed Photograph

Charlie's Angels Signed Photograph

Signed

Cher Signed

Photograph

545. Montgomery Clift Signed Photograph

546. Colin Clive Signature

547. Tony Curtis Signed Photograph

548. Peter Cushing Signed Photograph

549. Peter Cushing Signed Photograph

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550. Peter Cushing Signed Photograph

Dorothy Dandridge

552. Vittorio De Sica Signed Photograph

553. Leonardo DiCaprio Signed Oversized Photograph

554. Marlene Dietrich Signed Photograph

555. Michael Douglas Signed Oversized Photograph

556. Farrah Fawcett Signed Photograph

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557. Will Ferrell Signed Oversized Photograph

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558. Henry Fonda Signed Photograph

Michael J. Fox Signed Oversized Photograph

560. Abel Gance Autograph Letter Signed

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Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield Signed Oversized Photograph

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562. Billy Gilbert Signed Photograph

563. Cary Grant Document Signed

564. Hugh Griffith Signed Photograph

565. Alec Guinness Signed Photograph

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566. Alec Guinness Signed Photograph

567. Happy Days: Winkler, Bosley, and Ross Signed Photograph

568. Batman: Tom Hardy Signed Oversized Photograph

Rex Harrison (3) Signed Items

570. Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe Signed

Photograph

571. Batman: Anne Hathaway Signed Oversized Photograph

572. Sessue Hayakawa Signed Photograph

573. Tippi Hedren (3) Signed Photographs

Jim Henson

Card with

Multi-Signed

578. Horror: Doug Bradley and Kane Hodder (2) Signed Posters

579. Leslie Howard Signed Photograph

580. Boris Karloff Signed Photograph

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581. Val Kilmer Signed Photograph

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582. King Kong: Fay Wray Signed Photograph

583. Werner Krauss Signed Photograph

584. Stan Laurel Typed Letter Signed

585. Leave It to Beaver: Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow Signed Oversized Photograph

586. Ray Liotta

587. Ray Liotta

588. Sophia Loren

Keye Luke Signed Photograph

590. David Lynch Signed Photograph

Meghan Markle Signed Photograph

Mike Mazurki Signed Photograph

593. Ray Milland Signed Photograph

594. Yves Montand

Monty Python

Roger Moore Signed Photograph

Munsters: Fred Gwynne

598. Alfred Newman

599. Paul Newman

600. Jack Nicholson Signed

Photograph

601. Kim Novak Signed Photograph

602. Gregory Peck Signed Photograph

603. Gregory Peck Signed Photograph

604. Mary Pickford Signed Photograph

605. Christopher Plummer Signed Photograph

606. Sidney Poitier

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Vincent

George Raft Signed Photograph

Julia Roberts Signed Photograph

Rogers

Paul Schofield Signed Photograph

Jean Seberg Signed Photograph

Barbara Stanwyck

616. Star Trek: William Shatner and Patrick Stewart

617. Star Wars: Carrie Fisher and Anthony Daniels Signed Photograph

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618. Star Wars: Carrie Fisher Signed Photograph

620. Star Wars: James Earl Jones Signed Photograph

621. Star Wars: George Lucas and Anthony Daniels Signed Photograph

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622. Star Wars: George Lucas Signed Oversized Photograph

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623. Star Wars: Ralph McQuarrie and Dave Prowse Signed Print

624. James Stewart Autograph Note Signed

Preston Sturges Autograph Letter Signed

Superman: Margot Kidder Signed Photograph

627. Billy Bob Thornton Signed Poster

Three Stooges: Moe Howard Signed

Orson Welles

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Marx

Will and Grace CastSigned Photograph

631. Robin Williams Signed Oversized Photograph

Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger Signed Photograph

633. Monty Woolley Signed Photograph Starting Bid

636. Muhammad Ali Signed Oversized Photograph by John Stewart

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637.

Ali

645. Wayne Gretzky

Paige

653. Hanley Ramirez GameUsed Baseball Bat Starting Bid $200

657. Tom Sharkey Autograph Quote Signed Starting Bid $200

654. Bill Russell Signed Book Starting Bid $200

656. Mike Schmidt Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200

660. Ted Williams Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200

655. Bill Russell Signed Booklet - From the Personal Collection of Bill Russell Starting Bid $200

658. Sports Legends MultiSigned Book Starting Bid $200

659. Pie Traynor Signature Starting Bid $200

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This Auction is presented by RR Auction, a d/b/a/ of R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC, as identified with the applicable licensing information on the title page of the Catalog or on the www.RRauction.com Internet site. The Auction is conducted under these Conditions of Sale. Announcements and corrections from the podium at live auctions and those made through the Condi tions of Sale appearing on the Internet at RRauction.com supersede those in the printed Catalog.

1.2 Bidder

Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auc tion and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal.

The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or convey ance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right con ferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale.

Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent or legal guardian’s written consent containing an acknowledg ment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder.

All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction.

If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid and agrees to be bound by these Conditions of Sale in addition to company for whom the Bid der is acting

By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guar antees payment.

Section 2

Bidding Privileges

2.1 In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established an account with RR Auction must either furnish satisfactory credit information (including two collect ibles-related business references) or supply additional information if requested, well in advance of the Auction. Bidders who are not members of RRAuction.com should pre-register before the close of the Auction to allow adequate time to con tact references. Privileges will be granted at the sole discretion of RR Auction. Additionally, Bidders who have not previously established credit or who wish to bid in excess of their established credit history may be required to provide a cash deposit prior to RR Auction’s acceptance of a bid. Check writing privileges and immediate delivery of merchandise may also be determined by pre-approval of credit based on a combination of criteria: RRAuction.com history, related in dustry references, bank verification, a credit bureau report and/or a personal guarantee for a corporate or partnership entity in advance of the Auction venue.

2.2 Bidder providing any false or misleading information provided in connection with the registration shall be a material breach of the Conditions of Sale and in addition to any other remedies at law shall excuse RR Auction from performance under these Conditions of Sale, including the right to any refund.

2.2 Bidding privileges may be revoked without notice, for any reason, at the sole discretion of RR Auction .

Section 3 Buyer’s Premium

3.1 The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed and live Auctions. . For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is earlier. Bidder’s failure to pay any payment in full when due required shall constitute a material breach, and in addition to other damages available under contract or law, at RR Auction’s elec tion, RR Auction may cancel the sale and require full premium still be due along with interest at 1.5% per month from the date of breach, or at the maximum legally allowable rate.

Section 4 Bidding

4.1 Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own exami nation of the item(s) and independent investigation, rather than the any reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. Bidder affirms that it regards any statements made by RR Auction concerning the item as solely opinion and that Bidder is making its own inspection and independent evaluation of the goods, and is not relying upon any description or statements by RR Auc tion (including as to quality, authenticity, provenance, ownership, liens existing, on goods legality, or value) in making its determination to bid on or purchase an item. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

4.2 RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bid der should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a reoffering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is uncondition ally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake.

4.3 All prospective Bidders who examine lots in person prior to the sale shall personally assume all responsibility for any damage they cause in so doing. RR Auction shall have sole discretion in determining the value of the damage caused, which shall be promptly paid by the prospective Bidder.

4.4 Title to any lot remains with Consignor, any secured party of the Consignor, or assignee of Consignor, as the case may be, until the lot is paid for in full by Bidder and Bidder has fully satisfied any outstanding financial obligations to RR Auction (including as it concerns aby other lots). RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder.

4.5 It is the Bidder’s responsibility and obligation to have the lots fully insured while in their possession. Bidder assumes any and all risk of loss upon the earlier of shipment to Bidder or in Bidder’s possession.

4.6 Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, sub sequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder fur

ther grants RR Auction a lien consisting of a senior security interest (or purchase money security interest to the extent applicable) in such sums or items to the fullest extent applicable, authorizes RR Auction to file documents concerning the interest, and Bidder agrees to execute any further documents as may be reason ably necessary to grant RR Auction such security interest. Bidder agrees that RR Auction and its assigns shall be a secured party with respect to items bought by Bidder and in the possession of RR Auction, to the extent of the maximum in debtedness, plus all accrued fees and expenses, until the indebtedness is paid.

4.7 By bidding in this sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. The authorized representative of any corporate Bidder who is present at the sale shall provide RR Auction or its agent, prior to the commencement of the bidding (or at the time of registration), with a statement signed by a principal, director or officer that they he or she personally and unconditionally guarantees any payment due RR Auction.

4.8 RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders.

Section 5

Bidding Options

5.1 Non-Internet bids (including but not limited to in-person, facsimile, phone and mail bids) are treated similarly to floor bids in that they must be on-incre ment. Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid.

5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins.

5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dol lar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction.

5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auc tion will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive.

Section 6

Payment

6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and ex pense of the Bidder.

6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other dam ages pertaining to the lot.

6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $1,000 are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements.

6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auc tion’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check con stitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks.

6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment.

6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collec tion to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys.

6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bid der (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, in cluding but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might oth erwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by posses sory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession.

6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an in voice totaling $1,000 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@ rrauction.com. Authorize.net, a third-party service provider contracted by RR Auction for processing on-line payments, charges a nonrefundable service fee of 3%, which will be added to your final invoice should you pay by credit/debit card.

Section 7 Sales Tax

RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to col lect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus. When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. The states that are affected are: ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNE SOTA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CARO LINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA,RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN

If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases.

The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchas es are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Mas sachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%.

If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax.

Section 8 Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges

Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for ship ping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that

service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction.

Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, in cluding specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be deliv ered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.

Section 9 Title

Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper.

Section 10 Rights Reserved

RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time.

Section 11

Conducting the Auction

11.1 RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session there of for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including conse quential damages.

11.2 RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bid ding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auctions record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale.

11.3 Reserves

Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or prop erty. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve.

11.4 Off-Site Bidding

Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted sub ject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for er rors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Condi tions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form.

11.5 Estimate Prices:

In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes in cludes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading).

11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property:

RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auc tion; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction.

11.7 Before the Auction:

Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request con dition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment.

11.8 Maximum Bids In All Auctions:

To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing ar bitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid.

11.9 Successful Bids:

The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is suc cessful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice.

11.10 Unsold Lots:

If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers.

11.11 Bidding in Timed Auction:

Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absen tee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/ EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/ EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion.

11.12 Bidding - Internet Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.

During live internet or live auction, property is auctioned in consecutive numeri cal order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone,

internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid or bids (successively or otherwise) on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise.

During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable. com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execu tion or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third-party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium.

11.13 Miscellaneous:

Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement.

Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with ”donot-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available.

11.14 Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.

Section 12

RR Auction’s Remedies

Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of material breach or default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under subpart (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reason able attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

13.1 RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold ”as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representa tion or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for in tended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correct ness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright, trademark, or other intel lectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title.

13.2 All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports re quested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and rel evance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bid ders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices.

13.3 Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly.

13.4 All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certifica tion is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void.

Section 14 Firearms

RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm.

Section 15

Unauthorized Statements

Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment re quirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any docu ments issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bid der, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction by all par ties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction.

Section 16

Bidder’s Remedies

16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auc tion, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only.

16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against

RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures.

16.3 Title to Items

The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bid der’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, satisfactory to the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction may make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Con ditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances.

16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process

(1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (in cluding asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following proce dure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Au thenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genu iness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contrac tors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initi ate suit or claim.

(2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale.

16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Au thenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner:

(1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertain ing to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auc tion, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”). This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to authenticity; and

(2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any

claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and condi tions stated in the Conditions of Sale.

NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BID DER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID.

16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or mul tiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00.

Section 17

RR Auction’s Additional Services

For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premis es, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recom mended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge.

Section 18

Headings

Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the sub stantive sections to which they refer.

Section 19

Entire Agreement

Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the auction Registration Form. They may not be amended, modi fied or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties.

If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court or arbitrator of com petent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way.

Section 20

Governing Law and Enforcement

20.1 The Parties agree that all agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bid der was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location.

20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Mas sachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the ”Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association

(the “AAA”) The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Con sumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitra tion shall also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Fed eral Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential.

20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court of competent jurisdiction, in cluding the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agree ment shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRE SENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CON SOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS.

20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Rem edies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or cir cumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.

20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of ac tion, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale. Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding.

20.6 The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this para graph as conclusive evidence of the Parties agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdic tion.

20.7 Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches

In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid. Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other dam ages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis.

20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction

(along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and against any and all claims, costs, fees, damages, and liabilities arising out of or related to these Conditions of Sale, view of items, or lots, bidding, or participa tion in any auction by RR Auction, and/or or in any way connected to any item you viewed, bid upon or purchased through RR Auction.

Section 21: State-by-State Law Issues

This Auction is being conducted in and the sale shall take place in the State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, the foregoing, should these terms and condi tions violate the law of any State should that state’s law be found to govern, or any provision herein determined to be invalid, the clause itself and the remainder of the Agreement shall be valid to the fullest extent allowed. Also, to the extent other states law apply to any transaction arising out of the Agreement (without admitting such), RR Auction states:

For Residents of California:

SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLES: AS REQUIRED BY LAW, A DEALER WHO SELLS TO A CONSUMER ANY COLLECTIBLE DESCRIBED AS BEING AUTOGRAPHED MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPRESS WAR RANTY AT THE TIME OF SALE. THIS DEALER MAY BE SURETY BONDED OR OTHERWISE INSURED TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANY AU TOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLE SOLD BY THIS DEALER.

A written express warranty is provided with each autographed collectible, as re quired by law. This dealer may be surety bonded or otherwise insured to ensure the authenticity of any autographed collectible sold by this dealer.

Section 22

Glossary of Condition terms

Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction.

Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows:

VERY FINE describes an item believed to be in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance.

FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that we believe to show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors.

VERY GOOD describes an item that we believe exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example).

GOOD describes an item which we believe to have obvious visible flaws, includ ing heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise believed to be exceedingly rare or important.

Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion.

Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired: Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and af filiates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.

For over 40 years, relationships have been the backbone of RR Auction. We have made it a priority to keep our consignors informed and involved, encourag ing them to share their voices, to instill their knowledge, and to forge a partnership based on our shared passion for history. With a mutual desire to achieve greatness, these relationships are at the heart of our success.