Apr 10, 2025 - Sale 2699

Sale 2699 - Lot 77

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 12 items: 11 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by various notables, and a brief Autograph Manuscript by Alexander von Humboldt. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd

Additional Details

William Lloyd Garrison. Signature and date, "Wm. L. Garrison," on small card. 2x4 inches. Boston, 23 May 1892 • Eddie Rickenbacker. Signature, "Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker," on slip of paper. 2½x4¾ inches, pale blue paper • Richard E. Byrd. Autograph sentiment Signed, "Good luck to / Dorothy S.E. Gull[?] / REByrd," on a small card. 3x5 inches • Martin Buber. Brief TLS, to unnamed recipient, sending signed photograph [not present]. ¼ page, 8vo • Horace Greeley. Clipped Signature, mounted to album leaf. 1¼x3 inches • Josh Billings. AQS, "Your Uncle / Josh Billings": "My little Boy, if you want / to git there quick, go slow," on slip of ruled paper mounted to card. 2½x5 inches; stained • Arnold J. Toynbee. Brief TLS, "Arnold Toynbee," to unnamed recipient, sending a signed item [not present]. 1 page, 2½x7 inches; trimmed • George Abbott. Brief ALS, to an unnamed recipient, expressing pleasure at his approval. 1 page, oblong 8vo • George S. Kaufman. Brief ALS, "Geo.S. Kaufman," to "Dear Sir": "Please give your grandson my affectionate love." ½ page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery. New York, 17 November no year • Stephen Samuel Wise. Printed letter Signed, "Samuel S. Wise," in green ink, to "Dear Friend," thanking for birthday wishes. 1 page, oblong 12mo. Np, [17 March] 1949 • Otis Skinner. ALS, to "My dear Mrs. Schrader," concerning her article on a "dressing room chat." 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank, personal stationery. Detroit, 18 October 1902 • Alexander von Humboldt. AM, unsigned, in Latin and German, 10 lines mentioning the poet Paulus Silentiarius and Hippocrates, on slip of paper. 2x4 inches.