27 Jun 2006
11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
Fishing Books: the Collection of Sir Jocelyn Stevens, C.V.O.; Atlases, Maps and Manuscripts
Back to auction 13812
Fishing Books: the Collection of Sir Jocelyn Stevens, C.V.O.; Atlases, Maps and Manuscripts
Back to auction 13812
AMERICAN HISTORY
Autograph album containing signatures (in most cases inserted presentation examples) of Brigham Young, Robert E. Lee, Thomas A. Edison, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Longfellow (Cambridge, 30 October 1875), W.T. Sherman, G.T. Beauregard, Joseph Henry (as Secretary of the Smithsonian), William H. Payne, Cyrus W. Field, John L. Worden (Captain of the Monitor), William Cullen Bryant, Mayne Reid, and others; plus clipped franking signatures of Daniel Webster and Millard Fillmore, and a group of inscriptions by Japanese personalities, nineteenth century blue morocco stamped in gilt 'Autographs', usual slight wear through use, small oblong 8vo, c.1870-1880
Sold for
£3,000
inc. premium
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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