At head of title: Auction Sale Catalogue.
Lots offered include George Washington or Mount Vernon related material.
500 lots.
"Including many important Revolutionary War items, Washington, Lincoln, and all the presidents, Decatur, Rogers, Porter and other early naval heroes; the records of the Burr conspiracy, Sheridan's letter to Grant of Lee's collapse, a group of Confederate generals, a.ll.s. and ms. of literary celebrities; scarce Americana, first editions and presentation copies of Stevenson, Somerset Maugham, Galsworthy, Mark Twain and others, many 'high spots' and rarities among the more recent writers, books with fore-edge paintings, sets of books in beautiful bindings, etc., etc. From the estates of Caleb J. Milne, dec'd. Germantown, Pa.; Emma B. Schmidt, dec'd, Radnor, Pa.; also the properties of Louis Grabosky, Paul L. Springer and the third part of the collection of a noted Philadelphian."
Place of sale: Philadelphia, Pa.
Date of sale: October 13, 1944.