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Rare books, autograph letters, documents and manuscripts : to be sold at public auction Friday, October 13, 1944

Title
Rare books, autograph letters, documents and manuscripts : to be sold at public auction Friday, October 13, 1944.
Published
Philadelphia, Pa. : Wm. D. Morley, Inc., 1944.
Physical Description
79 p. ; 23 cm
Notes
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.
Variant and related titles
Books & autographs comprising, Americana, English literature, "high sports," books in fine bindings
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 30, 2015
Genre/Form
Auction catalogs - 1944 10 13.
Auction catalogues - 1944 10 13.
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