University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books - Just In Time For The Holidays!, 121124, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024

Page Size: 518 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
352	John B. Magruder ALS Instructing TX & AR Infantry & Rangers to Reconnoiter Little Rock	n.d., but ca. Fall 1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
353	Samuel B. Maxey ALS Regarding Burnet's Sharpshooters, One Month Before Its Surrender	May 19, 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 325.00
354	CSA Gen. Samuel B. Maxey Expresses Frustration in Waning Days of the War	May 14, 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 200.00
355	Four General George B. McClellan Cartes de Visite	ca. 1860s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
356	George Meade Signed CDV, Adding Rank	n.d.	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 937.50
357	John Hunt Morgan War-Date Letter Written During his Great Raid!	June 14, 1863	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,500.00
358	Early Texas: Rules for Citizenship and the Man Who Issued "Come and Take It" Cannon!	ca. February-September, 1831	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
359	Nimitz Recalls: "My first task was to restore the morale of personnel...at Pearl Harbor"	1964-03-05	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,062.50
360	Gen. Patton to Mother of Fallen Solider: "...we should not...regret that such men have died, rather we should thank God [they] have lived", 75 Pcs.	ca. 1941-1945	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
361	George Patton ALS to His "Dearest Mama" From Cavalry School	ca. 1913	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,375.00
362	George S. Patton, Jr. to His Financial Advisor: "...we will go on a debauch together..."	1936-02-07	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,125.00
363	John Pershing to Anne Wilson Patton in the Midst of Paris Peace Conference Re: League of Nations, the President, & Bolshevism	2019-02-01	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,875.00
364	Admiral David Dixon Porter Readies U.S. Navy for War with Spain	December 8, 1873	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 2,250.00
365	Fitz John Porter Signed & Dedicated Defense Against Bull Run Court-Martial, With Associations to 2 Mid-Atlantic Senators	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
366	Gen. Philip Sheridan Signed Cabinet Card to Daughter of Friend of R.B. Hayes	n.d.	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 812.50
367	W.T. Sherman Holds "Lincoln and Grant" Dear	December 17, 1888	USD 700.00 - 800.00	USD 812.50
368	Frank Snepp Vietnam War Photo With Lengthy Handwritten Essay	1975-04-29	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 1,500.00
369	Stalin Best WWII Content DS Siege Leningrad, Op. Barbarossa, He Defends Moscow, Incredible!	1941-09-15	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 13,750.00
370	Union Blockade Runner Collection, Including Documents Re: CSS Florida	ca. 1862/1863	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50
371	USS Indianapolis Photo Signed by 4 Survivors w/ FDC Signed by Rear Adm. Charles McVay, Haunting Disaster at Sea!	ca. 1965	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 204.80
372	Iconic "Napalm Girl" Photo Signed by Phan Thi Kim Phuc With LOA	1972-06-08	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,187.50
373	Hartford Convention Broadsheet 1814, Possible Earliest Publication of Proceedings	December 15, 1814	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 875.00
374	WWI Era "Banner of Freedom" Showcasing Close Ties of France & US and Commemorating the Dec. of War against Germany. A Gorgeous Poster!	ca. 1918	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 150.00
375	Real Life Hogan's Heroes Stalag 13 Prisoner Archive - Amazing!	ca. 1943-1955	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,125.00
376	Capt. Katsumori Yamashiro, Commander Who Collided with JFK's PT-109, Signed Photo	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 750.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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