English Literature, History & Children's Books and Illustrations
Catalog Information: 396 lots | 212 with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.
Collection of letters and documents signedCondition Note: comprising: william h. taft, typed letter signed, to the Peruvian Ambassador Pezet, warmly acknowledging his congratulations on Taft's becoming Chief Justice, 1 page, 8vo, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec [...more]
Lot 2: AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.
Four letters and photographs signedCondition Note: comprising: dwight d. eisenhower, typed letter signed, to T.R. Keating, President of the American Club in London, expressing his warm appreciation of his reception there on the 14th, 1 page, large 8v [...more]
Lot 3: [AMERICAN PRESIDENTS]--JEFFERSON, THOMAS.
Document signed as President of the United States of AmericaCondition Note: a ship's passport, giving the Charles, commander Dixey Wildes, freedom to pass, a partly printed document with large vignette of ships and a lighthouse, with manuscript inser [...more]
Lot 4: AMERICAN PRESIDENTS]--KENNEDY, JOHN F., THIRTY-FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS]--KENNEDY, JOHN F., THIRTY-FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND JACQUELINE KENNEDY.Three items:Condition Note:(i) Document signed by Kennedy ("John F Kennedy") as President, a large certificate officially recognizi [...more]
Lot 5: [AMERICAN PRESIDENTS]--LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Letters Patent signed as President ("Abraham Lincoln")Condition Note: officially appointing George Sauer of New York as U.S. Consul at Brussels, a partly printed document with manuscript insertions, on vellum (c.16 x 20 1/2 inches, 410 by 520mm.,sign [...more]
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