University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books, and Artwork, 60425, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025

Page Size: 479 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
444	Ian Fleming (1908-1964).	Ian Fleming Rare Signed Copy of "For Your Eyes Only," James Bond Short Stories	London	n.d.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,250.00
445	Robert Frost	Robert Frost ALS to Book Collector: "I am a simple man, too simple to be more than an onlooker... for my first editions."	Cambridge, MA	1950-01-13	USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,375.00
446	Robert Frost	Robert Frost Signed Poem "The Road Not Taken" - His Most Famous!		ca. 1938	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 5,312.50
447	Sue Grafton	Sue Grafton Complete 1st Ed. Collection, Each Signed, The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series, 26 Volumes, From "A" To "Y"	New York	n.d.	USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
448	Ernest Hemingway	Hemingway Signed Modern Library Edition of Wartime Classic "A Farewell to Arms"	New York	ca. 1932	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,062.50
449	Helen Keller (1880-1968)	Helen Keller Signed 1st Edition, "Midstream: My Later Life"	Garden City	n.d.	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 875.00
450		Jack Kerouac ALS: "a violation of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution" on the Banning of His Books	Jack Kerouac	1961-05-05	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,062.50
451		Stephen King Signed Broadside for Finders Keepers		ca. 2015	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 350.00
452		"Lord John Signatures" Signed 1st Ed. with Nearly 40 Sigs! Stephen King, Gerald Ford, and More		ca. 1991	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
453	A.A. Milne (1882-1956).	A.A. Milne Signed 1st Edition, 1st Printing of "Now We Are Six"	London	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,062.50
454	Margaret Mitchell (1900-1948)	Margaret Mitchell TLS Declining Using AL Confederate's Letters In New Novel After GWTW: "... my problem has been, since 1936, trying to find one minute in which to write"		1948-06-02	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
455	Charles Nordhoff (1887-1947)	Charles Nordhoff, "Mutiny on the Bounty" Author, Heavily Annotated Baby Book Incl. Lock of his Hair!		ca. 1887-1898	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 625.00
456	Sylvia Plath (1932-1963).	Sylvia Plath 1st Separately Published Work, "A Winter Ship", Personally Owned	Edinburgh	ca. 1960	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 812.50
457	Ayn Rand	Ayn Rand Signed Contract for "The Moral Factor" - Lecture Inspired by D.O.I Bicentennial	[New York, New York]	1976-06-16	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
458	Ayn Rand	Ayn Rand Signed "Atlas Shrugged" 10th Anniversary Ltd. Ed. With Rare Original Glassine Dust Jacket & Slipcase	New York	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,000.00
459		Rare 1st English Ed., "The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: with the Reveries of the Solitary Walker"	(London)	1783	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,125.00
460	J.D. Salinger	J.D. Salinger TLS to Publishers about "Franny and Zooey": "I honestly don't enjoy butting in"	Windsor, Vermont	1961-05-27	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,625.00
461	J.D. Salinger	J.D. Salinger Signed Contract for "Franny and Zooey", Stipulating "no photographs"	New York	1964-02-25	USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 10,625.00
462	Shel Silverstein (1930-1999).	Shel Silverstein Signed Original Artwork Within 1st Edition of "Falling Up"	New York	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,875.00
463	Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).	Hunter S. Thompson TLS on the Day His Hell's Angels Article Debuted, With 17 Word Handwritten Postscript	San Francisco	1965-05-17	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 687.50
464	Mark Twain	Fantastic Mark Twain Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph		n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,000.00
465	Mark Twain	Mark Twain's Memory-Builder Unused Game Board		ca. 1891	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
466	Thorton Wilder	Two Thorton Wilder Autograph Postcards Signed to Designer Vera Maxwell, PSA/DNA Encapsulated	Lausanne, Switzerland	ca. October 11, 1955 & January 29, 1962	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
467	Emile Zola (1840-1902).	French Novelist Emile Zola Boldly Signed Cabinet Card		February 24, 1898	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 687.50
468		Frontiersman Simon Kenton & Partner William Ward Agree on Locating and Surveying Lands in Kentucky		April 20, 1789	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,375.00

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Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR