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DeGruson Estate of Rare Books, Autographs

355 items

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Lot 1
BRANDT, SEBASTIAN 'STULTIFERA NAVIS, 1497 (SHIP OF F


Edition of 1497 in Latin as translated by Jacob Locher. Complete...

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Lot 2
JOHNSON, SAMUEL A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE


First edition, 1755. Printed by W. Strahan. 2 volumes, folio, in...

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Lot 3
WHARTON, EDITH THE BOOK OF THE HOMELESS


Charles Scribner & Sons, 1916. Folio with illustrations...

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Lot 4
SCOTT, WALTER THE LORD OF THE ISLES: A POEM


Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, 1815. First edition in original...

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CHARLES A DANA (1819-1897) SIGNED HANDWRITTEN LETTER


Dana was managing editor of the New York Tribune, an author and...

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Lot 6
LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891) SIGNED CARD AND PE


Lowell was active in the anti-slavery movement and many of his...

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Lot 7
INGELOW, JEAN (1820-1897) SIGNED LETTER


Three pp ALS to unknown recipient. 'I am true and...

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Lot 8
THEODORE PARKER (1810-1860) SIGNED LETTERS AND HANDW


Clergyman Parker was active in the Anti-slavery campaign and one...

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Lot 9
BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887) SIGNED LETTER


Short signed letter dated 1854 signed H.W. Beecher in which he...

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Lot 10
MARTIN FARQUAHR TUPPER (1810-1889) SIGNED LETTERS A


Tupper was a well know English poet and philosopher who has now...

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Lot 11
GREELEY, HORACE (1811-1872) SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH


Signed CDV of newspaperman Horace Greeley who advised 'Go west...

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Lot 12
SINCLAIR, UPTON (1878-1968) ARCHIVE


Over 30 signed letters and notes, mostly from the 1960's from...

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Lot 13
EMMA GOLDMAN (1869-1940) ARCHIVE


Documents and letters related to Goldmans 1934 'Welcome Home...

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Lot 14
MERTON, THOMAS (1915-1968) SIGNED LETTER AND MANUSC


TLS to a resident of the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson...

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Lot 15
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882) SIGNED LETTER


A signed ALS dated Dec. 7, 1852 together with an undated clipped...

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Lot 16
EASTMAN, MAX (1883-1969) SIGNED LETTER AND SIGNED P


Two ALS and four TLS, dating from 1908 to 1945, on various...

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Lot 17
NATION, CARRIE (1846-1911) SIGNED DOCUMENT


Signed document by Mrs. Nation. Almost not readable but signature...

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Lot 18
JIM TULLY (1886-1947) SIGNED LETTER


Tully describes himself as an 'orphan farm boy, teamster, circus...

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Lot 19
WILLARD, FRANCES (1839-1898) SIGNED LETTER


Willard was an American temperance activist and suffragette. She...

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Lot 20
RIPLEY, GEORGE (1802-1880) SIGNED ALS FROM BROOK FA


Signed 4pp letter written from Brook Farm to Godwin discussing...

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Lot 21
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID (1817-1862) SIGNED LETTER


A page of a December 19, 1854 letter to Harrison Gray Otis Blake...

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Lot 22
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) SIGNED HANDWRITTEN LETTE


English textile designer associated with the English Arts and...

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Lot 23
JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE (1810-1888) SIGNED LETTERS AND


Clarke was an American Clergyman who founded the Church of the...

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Lot 24
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER (1813-1892) SIGNED LETTERS AND


A ALS, dated 1876, to a Ms. Jacobsen about a request for a...

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Lot 25
HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT (1784-1859) SIGNED MAN


Signed manuscript poem titled 'Description of Hampstead' and dated...

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Lot 26
BELLAMY, EDWARD (1850-1898) SIGNATURE AND PHOTOGRAP


Signed card and older photograph o f the author of the Utopian...

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Lot 27
WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1892) MANUSCRIPT POEM


Signed manuscript poem, dated Feb. 22, 1885, as published in the...

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Lot 28
WAKOSKI, DIANA (1937- ) SIGNED MANUSCRIPT


The poem 'Summer' in manuscript signed by Wakoski. Dated on the...

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Lot 29
CHANNING, WILLIAM HENRY (1810-1884) SIGNED LETTERS


Two ALS dated from concerning religious activities of the Bible...

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Lot 30
FULLER, MARGARET (1810-1850) SIGNED LETTER


Two ALS both undated but probably from the 1840s plus an ALS from...

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Lot 31
FIELDS, JAMES T. (1817-1881) SIGNED LETTERS


Two ALS, signed in full, plus a signed note affixed with a signed...

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Lot 32
OSGOOD, JAMES R. (1836-1892) SIGNED LETTERS


Three ALS from the publisher J.R. Osgood of Boston.

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Lot 33
PEABODY, ELIZABETH (1804-1894) SIGNED LETTER


ALS to Parke Godwin, signed in full by Peabody, herself a writer...

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Lot 34
RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1900) PHOTOGRAPH


One CDV.

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Lot 35
SMIRKE, SIDNEY (1798-1877) SIGNED LETTER


One pp ALS to H.G. Hine advising he will be a member of any...

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Lot 36
SHAW, LEMUEL (1781-1861) SIGNED LETTER


ALS dated May 2, 1860 to Lewis Thomas. Shaw was the father-in-law...

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Lot 37
FROTHINGHAM, O.B. (1822-1895) SIGNED LETTER


Octavius Brooks Frothingham. ALS dated September 6, 1887, and...

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Lot 38
ALCOTT, BRONSON (1799-1888) SIGNED NOTE AND TICKET


Signed note by Alcott advising 'follow your ideals,' plus full...

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Lot 39
PARTON, JAMES (1822-1891) SIGNED LETTER


Three pp ALS to James Osgood, discussing among other things the...

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Lot 40
DWIGHT, JOHN SULLIVAN (1812-1893) SIGNED LETTER


ALS to Rev. Theodore Parker.

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Lot 41
SIGOURNEY, LYDIA HOWARD (1791-1865) SIGNED LETTERS


Three ALS signed in full, plus a CDV signed 'Mrs. Sigourney,' plus...

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Lot 42
JARVIS, ANNA (1864-1948) SIGNED LETTER


TLS to Governor Reed of Kansas from the founder of Mother's Day...

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Lot 43
DARROW, CLARENCE (1857-1938) SIGNED LETTER BY WIFE


Lone ALS by Clarence Darrow's wife, Ruby, apparently to Arthur...

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Lot 44
INGERSOLL, ROBERT GREEN (1833-1899) SIGNED LETTERS


Two full page ALS signed in full by Ingersoll, plus a signed...

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Lot 45
ELLIS, HAVELOCK (1859-1939) SIGNED LETTER


TLS signed in full by Ellis. The proper guidance of children in...

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Lot 46
HALDEMAN, JULIUS E. (1889-1951) FREEMAN CARTOONS


Three volumes of cartoons from 'The American Freeman,' with the...

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Lot 47
GOODWIN, PARKE (1816-1904) SIGNED LETTER


One ALS.

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Lot 48
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) SIGNED LETTER AND O


Signed letter, dated Dec. 18, 1877, to an unknown party advising...

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Lot 49
MELVILLE, THOMAS (1751-1832) SIGNED DOCUMENT


Receipt from the Inspector of the Port of Boston and Charlestown...

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TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD SIGNED NOTE 1893


A short ALS signed by Tennyson and dated Nov. 27, 1893 plus an...

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