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Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letter, with Manuscript Additions, 1-5 June 1940.
Lot: 47Sold for: $13,530$11,000Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letter, with Manuscript Additions, 1-5 June 1940. Five leaves (ten pages), typed, 1 1/2 space, comprising one letter on two sheets (four pages); and an experimental ...
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Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letters, Fragments, [February 1941]
Lot: 50Sold for: $4,920$4,000Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letters, Fragments, [February 1941] Two separate letters, each a single page with substantial damage due to a leaking can of paint, with loss to the paper and text, ...
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Blount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum
Lot: 147Sold for: $154$125Blount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum. London: Chiswell, 1690. First edition, folio, half-title present, title printed in red and black, bound in full contemporary ...
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Philenia [aka: Sarah Wentworth Morton] (1759-1846) Ouabi: or the Virtues of Nature. An Indian Tale in Four Cantos.
Lot: 331Sold for: $185$150Philenia [aka: Sarah Wentworth Morton] (1759-1846) Ouabi: or the Virtues of Nature. An Indian Tale in Four Cantos. Boston: by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1790. First edition, of the author's first ...
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Shaker Red-Painted Pine Writing Box
Lot: 4Sold for: $3,198$2,600Shaker Red-Painted Pine Writing Box, New Lebanon, New York, c. 1830, rectangular box with hinged lid with breadboard ends on dovetail-constructed case, the sides with red wash surface, the interior ...
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Blount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum
Lot: 82UnsoldBlount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum. London: Chiswell, 1690. First edition, folio, half-title present, title printed in red and black, bound in full contemporary ...
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Carte-de-visite Album.
Lot: 93UnsoldCarte-de-visite Album. Folio landscape-format commercially produced album consisting of thirteen album leaves, containing fifty-two 4 x 6 in. portrait cards including those of: William Gladstone; ...
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Brush Pot in the Form of a Tree Trunk
Lot: 321Sold for: $400$325Brush Pot in the Form of a Tree Trunk, China, stone, dated 1988, carved to simulate an ancient tree, where the "bark" has peeled away, an incised poem reads, "It is a long way to cultivate one's ...
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Artists' Notes and Letters, France, 20th Century.
Lot: 5Sold for: $1,476$1,200Artists' Notes and Letters, France, 20th Century. Twenty-four documents, mostly letters, from the following artists: three from Jules Cheret (1836-1932); one from Maurice Denis (1870-1943); eleven ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) and Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906) Archive of Correspondence
Lot: 17Sold for: $600$500Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) and Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906) Archive of Correspondence. Three letters from Varina Davis, 1859-1861, addressed to John W. French, one written on the blank ...
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Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Dictated Note Signed, Vailima Samoa, 11 May 1893.
Lot: 59Sold for: $1,020$850Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Dictated Note Signed, Vailima Samoa, 11 May 1893. Single leaf, inscribed on one side. To James fulfilling a request for Samoan stamps (not included) adding his ...
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Brown, Fredric (1906-1972) The Dead Ringer
Lot: 83Sold for: $480$400Brown, Fredric (1906-1972) The Dead Ringer. New York: Dutton, 1948. Stated first edition, in red cloth publisher's binding, in a good dust jacket, the spine slightly sunned, the back panel with ...
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Zeit-Echo, Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler
Lot: 310UnsoldZeit-Echo, Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler. Munich: Graphik Verlag, 1914-1916. Thirty-eight issues: continuous runs for numbers 1-23/24 (1914-1915), and 1-15 (1915-1916); each in limp ...
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William & Mary Walnut and Walnut Veneer Escritoire or Fall-front Desk
Lot: 38Sold for: $270,000$225,000William & Mary Walnut and Walnut Veneer Escritoire or Fall-front Desk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1705-10, the upper section with flat-molded cornice concealing a torus drawer above a fall-front ...
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Framed Watercolor Memorial to a Fallen Revolutionary Soldier and Lithograph-printed Sailor's Valentine
Lot: 1030Sold for: $360$300Framed Watercolor Memorial to a Fallen Revolutionary Soldier and Lithograph-printed Sailor's Valentine, the memorial watercolor and ink on paper, depicting an urn-topped monument inscribed "Sacred ...
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Ken Druse (American, b. 1950) Water Nymph
Lot: 780Sold for: $3,480$2,900Ken Druse (American, b. 1950) Water Nymph Unsigned, c. 2006 Fiber glass, laminating resin, epoxy, verdigris finish, ht. 43 in. Condition: Minor losses. In addition to being an accomplished ...
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Conner, Samuel Shepard (1783-1820) Political and Military Theory Manuscript, c. 1807.
Lot: 14UnsoldConner, Samuel Shepard (1783-1820) Political and Military Theory Manuscript, c. 1807. Folio, seventeen leaves, disbound, each leaf in a protective sleeve; sheets ruled in red, lined by hand; some ...
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War of 1812, Battle of Baltimore, Two Letters, Two Indentures.
Lot: 57Sold for: $360$300War of 1812, Battle of Baltimore, Two Letters, Two Indentures. The two letters written by American soldiers and addressed to John K. Barney of Warren, Rhode Island. The first dated 11 September ...
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Group of Cabinet Cards, Depicting Presidents, Political Figures, Writers, Literary Figures, and Actors
Lot: 532Sold for: $431$350Group of Cabinet Cards, Depicting Presidents, Political Figures, Writers, Literary Figures, and Actors, American presidents and related cards including three of Garfield, one of Garfield's assassin, ...
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Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988) Reclining Nude.
Lot: 233Sold for: $240$200Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988) Reclining Nude. Signed "L. Lucioni" l.l., inscribed "Finger Painting by/Luigi Lucioni/Shaw Studio 1933/N.Y.C." in pencil on the frame backing. Finger ...
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Book Catalogs, Twelve Volumes:
Lot: 23Sold for: $80$80Book Catalogs, Twelve Volumes: Auction catalog of Lord Amherst of Hackney's collection, 1908-09; Catalogue of the Collection of English and French Literature of the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century, ...
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Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946) The Aeroplane
Lot: 252Sold for: $1,920$1,600Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946) The Aeroplane, 1910. Unsigned. Photogravure on Japan tissue, 5 5/8 x 7 in. (14.3 x 17.8 cm), matted, framed. Condition: Mat burn u.r., l.r., and l.l. ...
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Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929) White Boat on the Hudson River
Lot: 459Sold for: $2,337$1,900Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929) White Boat on the Hudson River Signed "A.C. GOODWIN" on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm), framed. Condition: Beeswax ...
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Baker, Samuel (c. 1711-1778) Bibliotheca Rawlinsoniana
Lot: 210Sold for: $1,440$1,200Baker, Samuel (c. 1711-1778) Bibliotheca Rawlinsoniana. [London]: Catalogi venundantur apud plurimos Londini Bibliopolas unius Solidi pretio, 1756. First edition, octavo, printed by William ...
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Book Catalogs, Twelve Volumes:
Lot: 226UnsoldBook Catalogs, Twelve Volumes: Auction catalog of Lord Amherst of Hackney's collection, 1908-09; Catalogue of the Collection of English and French Literature of the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century, ...
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Cartes-de-Visite Album of Prominent 19th Century Figures
Lot: 200Sold for: $7,800$6,500Cartes-de-Visite Album of Prominent 19th Century Figures, fourteen Civil War era military including Gen. Grant, Sedgwick, Gregg, Dunham, Webster, Slocum, Adm. Wilkes, Porter, Commodores Collins, ...
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Eight Silver and Silver-plated Articles
Lot: 14Sold for: $415$350Eight Silver and Silver-plated Articles, a William Spratling sterling brooch, a sterling shaker, fork, ashtray, pair of candleholders, an .800 cocktail spoon, and a Christofle silver-plated ...
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Lot of Miscellaneous Decorative Articles
Lot: 654Sold for: $61$50Lot of Miscellaneous Decorative Articles, including a nineteen-piece gilt and transfer-decorated porcelain tea set, two ceramic cat figures, a miniature doll, an ethnographic knife, four Persian ...
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Gary Cooper Autographed Photograph, Three Handwritten Letters, and a Pair of Wire Sock Stretchers
Lot: 307Sold for: $577$475Gary Cooper Autographed Photograph, Three Handwritten Letters, and a Pair of Wire Sock Stretchers, a portrait photograph inscribed "To Linda, With all the best wishes in this world from- your ...
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Three Clara Bow Autographed Portrait and Family Photographs and an Unsigned Family Portrait Photograph
Lot: 308Sold for: $459$375Three Clara Bow Autographed Portrait and Family Photographs and an Unsigned Family Portrait Photograph, a portrait of Bow inscribed "To Elaine Dear-Best Wishes from your friend and admirer Clara"; a ...