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#51: FILLMORE, MILLARD ALS - 5/16/1855.
Letter to his law partner in Buffalo, Solomon G. Haven. Probably
just after the death of his daughter Mary when he went on
a tour of Europe. Includes a Franking signature on integral
address leaf. Framed.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $550 |
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#52: BENJAMIN HARRISON (1833 - 1901) DOCUMENT SIGNED.
FOLIO.
Appointment of John Clark as collector of customs in Chicago.
Bold signature. Along with souvenir booklet for Harrisons's
1889 inauguration. Some soiling.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $250 |
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#53: AUTOGRAPHS - INCLUDES PRESIDENTIAL.
(1) Warren G. Harding - TLS - 1/25/1922 - on White House
stationery. (2) Calvin Coolidge - TLS - 6/2/1925 - on White
House stationery. (3) Charles Lindbergh - cut signature.
(4) Ralph Waldo Emerson - cut signature - Nov., 1837. (5)
Millard Fillmore - signature on title page of a book. (6)
Robert A. Taft - TLS - 8/8/1952 - on Senate letterhead. With
envelope.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $600 |
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#54: SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH "ALS - MAY
11, 1875. ST. LOUIS, MO.
One page on "Headquarters Army of the United States" letterhead.
A letter to the publisher of his "memoirs" requesting
to send a copy to Colonel Ferdinand Le Compin and charging
it to him. Signed W.T. Sherman - General.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold
at $325
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#55: ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR "TYPED
LETTER SIGNED" 9/14/1956.
Framed along with a First Day of Issue Cover of the 5 cent
Eleanor Roosevelt stamp and the dust jacket of the Helen
Douglas book on Mrs. Roosevelt. Lot also includes 2 books
about Mrs. Roosevelt "Her Life in Pictures" and "The
Eleanor Roosevelt We Remember", the second signed by
the author.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 |
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#56: (SIGNED) LINDBERGH, CHARLES "WE" NY,
1927. AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH EDITION - 1 OF 1000 SIGNED BY LINDBERGH.
Binding: 1/2 vellum over paper covered boards. Spine faded.
Wear at the tips.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 |
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#57: (SIGNED) "MARLENE DIETRICH OVERSEAS - AMERICAN
SONGS IN GERMAN FOR THE O.S.S." COLUMBIA RECORDS 33
1/3 LP RECORD IN PICTORIAL SLEEVE.
Jacket inscribed by Dietrich - "Mein Leibe Hugh - Marlene".
Dietrich recorded the songs for the O.S.S. as propaganda
for broadcast to Germany.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 |
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#58: (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED) WESTALL, R. "VICTORIES
OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON" LONDON, 1819. 1ST EDITION,
4TO. 12 HANDCOLORED AQUATINT PLATES.
Extra illustrated - Letters, signatures and plates added.
Includes - 2 signed letters from Wellington; a note and a
signature by Wellington; 2 General Burgoyne signed letters;
King George IV signatures. Also includes contemporary descriptions
of the Battle of Waterloo in English and French. 26 handcolored
plates and many black and white plates and portraits. A folding
view of Waterloo, double page map of Battle of Waterloo and
an additional color folding map. Bound in full red gilt morocco
by Henderson and Bisset of Edinburgh. Minor rubs and a few
stains.
Estimate: $ 3000.00 - $ 4000.00 Sold at $4000 |
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#59: GUIDE BOOKS - 3 EARLY TITLES.
(1) "Tourist, or Pocket Manual for Travellers on the
Hudson River, the Western Canal, and Stage Road, to Niagara
Falls ..." NY, 1831. 12mo. 2nd edition. Large folding
map of the Hudson River. (2) Hackstaff, G.H. "New Guide
Book of Niagara Falls for Strangers" Niagara Falls,
1854. Wraps, Woodcuts and ads. (3) Peck, W and E "Peck's
Tourists' Companion to Niagara Falls, Saratoga Springs ..." Buffalo
(Circa 1845). Title page missing. Bound in 3/4 green morocco.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $225 |
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#60: HUSKE, JOHN "THE PRESENT STATE OF NORTH-AMERICA" BOSTON,
1755. 1ST AMERICAN EDITION, 8VO.
Part one (all published). Bookseller's ad at end. Apparently
some copies had a map. This copy does not. Ownership inscription
in ink on the title. Rebound in 19th century 1/2 calf. Rubs.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $1200 |