Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

Lot 290
Inscribed by George Grosz to one of his students from The Art Students League

Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 291
George Grosz's portfolio of provocative prints lampooning Weimar Germany's decadence

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 292
George Grosz's autobiography, with an original drawing from one of the artist's sketchbooks

Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000

Lot 293
David Hockney's Bigger Book

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 294
The sketchbook of an American artist in Holland in 1906/7

Sold for $704
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 295
A signed copy of Richard Prince's 1992 Whitney Museum exhibition catalog

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 296
The rare deluxe issue of Kokoschka's King Lear, with the additional signed plate

Sold for $640
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 297
Enzensberger's Sans Titre by Éditions du Solstice

Estate / Collection: Property from the Estate of Elaine and James D. Wolfensohn

Sold for $160
Estimated at $150 - $250

Lot 298
An important Expressionist portfolio

Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 299
One of the masterpieces of Art Deco bookmaking

Sold for $7,040
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 300
The limited edition of the Viking work on O'Keefe, signed by the artist

Sold for $832
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 301
Pettibon illustrates the LA librarian's trials and tribulations

Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 302
Picasso's La Guerre et La Paix.

Sold for $288
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 303
Picasso's vigorous drawings in the Pantheon Books suite

Sold for $1,792
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 304
An uncommon Ben Shahn Anti-Nazi poster

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 305
The Latin Grammar of Toulouse-Lautrec, illustrated with hundreds of small drawings

Sold for $70,350
Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000

Lot 306
LAMBERTO VITALI

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 307
The career spanning archive of Major General Israel Bush Richardson (1815-1862)

Sold for $20,480
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 308
Inscription from Frederic A. Bartholdi and a copper fragment of the Statue of Liberty

Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 309
A lambasting letter from Henry Ward Beecher

Sold for $160
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 310
A 1775 loan agreement document printed by John Dunlap

Sold for $704
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 311
Two signatures of Thomas Edison

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 312
A rare John Paul Jones signature

Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 313
An important archive of manuscripts and materials following Timothy Leary's 1970 marijuana arrest

Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 314
Inscribed by J.C. Penney, Edgar Hoover, Felix Frankfurter etc.

Estate / Collection: Property from the Founder of a Brooklyn Department Store

Sold for $544
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 315
A signed note from Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story

Sold for $704
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 316
One of only six signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Sold for $768
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 317
An inscribed photograph from Nguyen Cao Ky to Ambassador Lodge in 1967

Sold for $448
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 318
Orville Wright takes to the air

Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 319
Signed by John Quincy Adams

Sold for $640
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 320
Chester A. Arthur appoints a Massachusetts postmaster

Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 321
An autograph note from George H.W. Bush just four days before being elected President

Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 322
Signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 323
Five works signed or inscribed by Hoover

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 324
A ship's passport signed by Andrew Jackson

Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 325
An uncommon document signed by Andrew Johnson as President

Sold for $896
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 326
A framed display of impeachment artifact from Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $608
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 327
A group of Kennedy political and family memorabilia

Sold for $768
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 328
A fine Judicial appointment for a Nebraska judge, signed by Lincoln and Seward

Sold for $8,320
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 329
Four language ship's papers signed by James Madison as President

Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 330
Nixon thanks a conservative newspaperman following the "Kitchen Debate" in the Soviet Union

Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $384
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 331
Four language ship's papers signed by Franklin Pierce as President

Sold for $768
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 332
Signed by James Polk

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 333
A loan agreement for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sold for $832
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 334
An interesting autograph miscellany

Estate / Collection: Property from the Founder of a Brooklyn Department Store

Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 335
Harry Truman signed photograph

Sold for $192
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 336
A signed letter from Truman accepting J. Howard McGrath's resignation as Solicitor General

Sold for $352
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 337
An official letter from President Tyler to King Ferdinand II

Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000