Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family 2022-08-20 Auction - 223 Price Results - Turner Auctions + Appraisals in CA - Page 2
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[CHAPMAN, EDWARD M. 1862-1952].TULLY, JOHN, and others; CONNECTICUT, 1753-1800.BURD, CLARA MILLER (AMERICAN, 1873-1933).
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South San Francisco, CA, United States
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Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family

Featuring over 220 lots from the 17th to the 20th centuries, the auction includes antique and vintage books on many subjects and in diverse languages. There is also a wide selection of works on paper - engravings, vintage photographs; maps; war posters, lithographs, and several artworks. Historical documents from the Chapman family are part of a collection related to Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, author, and descendant of one of Saybrook's first settlers. Books from the 17th-19th centuries are written in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Latin. There are a wide range of topics: art, history, literature, plays, poems, illustrations, European cities and travel, Russia, opinions, and more. Among the multi-volume groupings are those by Voltaire, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Darwin, and J. F. Ducis. From the 20th century are books on Americana, architecture, posters, children's and youths' books, fables, English churches, and more. Notable fiction authors include Tom Wolfe, William Faulkner, and Ayn Rand. Works on paper include "Dennis the Menace" original art; antique engravings; maps of arrondissements in Paris, and U.S. railroads and townships; vintage and panoramic photographs; patriotic World War I and II posters, and lithographs by Lucien Hector Jonas; an 1823 letter from British actor John P. Kemble; four illuminated Tafsir al-Qur'an manuscript paper leaves; Indian miniatures; and signed photos of Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Coleman. Rounding out the sale are ocean liner ephemera of the mid-20th century, including from Cunard/Queen Mary and United States Lines, and WWI-era newspaper flonges (molds).
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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.: One-sheet TLS, on White House stationery, with franked/stamped envelope, August 15, 1914. The letter is a personal thanks for the condolences sent by Edward M. Chapman, following the death of
0025: WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.Est. $300-$500
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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.: 1. WILSON: One-sheet TLS on Wilson's personal Princeton, New Jersey letterhead, December 16, 1910, to Edward M. Chapman. Wilson thanks him for his "gracious and delightful letter," and concludes that
0026: WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.Est. $300-$500
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WILSON, ELLEN AXSON. 1860-1914.: A group of three items relating to Woodrow Wilson and his family: 1. WILSON, ELLEN AXSON. One-sheet ALS from Woodrow Wilson's first wife, to Edward M. Chapman, on New Jersey Governor's Cottage
0027: WILSON, ELLEN AXSON. 1860-1914.Est. $300-$500
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[WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].: Group of one secretarial signed, and two stamped signature Woodrow Wilson letters, from his time as president of Princeton University, sent to Edward M. Chapman regarding his sermons at the
0028: [WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].Est. $100-$200
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[WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].: A TLS by Woodrow Wilson's secretary, and two ALS drafts from Edward M. Chapman to Wilson, regarding the appointment of Clarence L. Clark to the position of Postmaster for Lyme, Connecticut: 1.
0030: [WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].Est. $100-$200
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[CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 1927].: 1. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952). Single-sheet draft/copy TLS to Connecticut College President, Benjamin T. Marshall, personal New London letterhead, April 25, 1927. Chapman broaches his
0044: [CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 1927].Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
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