Item 70 is a broadside early call by organized labor to flex its political muscle. From 1867, the broadside announces, Workingmen, Arouse! Okay, that's not quite as catchy as "workers of the world unite," but it will do. It was directed at workingmen in Albany, New York, and some union workers wanted them to defeat the Republican candidate for County Sheriff, I.N. Keeler. They demonstrate Keeler's opposition to unions by noting that he had refused to buy any tickets for the Printers' Union Excursion, "emphatically declined to do so, and shaking his head as if in contempt of the enterprise, proclaimed that he was 'opposed to all Trades' Unions.'" As best I can tell, Isaac Keeler was not elected Sheriff, though he did become County Clerk the next year. $650.
Item 184 is My Luke and I, a remembrance of Lou Gehrig, written by his widow, Eleanor, and Joseph Durso. Lou Gehrig was one of baseball's greatest hitters ever, leader of the 1920s and 1930s New York Yankees, along with Babe Ruth. Many records, including most consecutive games played, were set by Gehrig. Tragically, he was struck with an incurable illness, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, today commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's disease," in 1937 and died in 1941. Eleanor Gehrig lived over 40 more years but never remarried. This book was published in 1976 (first edition) and the copy is signed by both Mrs. Gehrig and Durso. $400.
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
