November 7, 2017 10:30 AM EST - Wilton, CT, US
- Auction Details
Outstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics
by University Archives
226 lots
122: Elmore Leonard signed "Bandits" typescript and important signed letters, offered in a custom clamshell case
123: Pen made by Abraham Lincoln's cousin, brother-in-law, and first tutor, Dennis F. Hanks - he taught Abe how to write!
125: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, General Orders of the War Department, c.1865
127: Lincoln defends guilty client against breaking & entering charge brought by Chester Moon
128: Edward Livingston ALS re: depreciating land prices in PA: 200,000 acres for $86,000
129: Charmian London signed envelope the decade she published "The Book of Jack London"
130: "Lucky" Luciano TLS to New York Post's Leonard Lyons, re: organized crime and criminal trial
131: General Nathaniel Lyon carte de visite published by D. Appleton & Co.
132: W. Somerset Maugham TLS signed less than a year before his death at age ninety-one
136: Christa McAuliffe, NASA's first teacher launched in space, full page TLS in preparation for "Challenger"
137: McKinley 2x signed and inscribed life insurance medical form, framed with Meserve gelatin photo
138: James McPherson TWICE signed Civil War ALS, "The Battle Cry will be McPherson"!
139: H.L. Mencken TLS: "I am too dreadfully busy with the work of The American Mercury"
140: Mexican War soldier's letter re: Battle of Cerro Gordo: "three of the company were left dead on the field"
141: Constitution signer Thomas Mifflin signed deed from the Commonwealth of PA
