Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 27

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Artists

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 4419		Beardsley, Audrey (1872-98) English illustrator; a leader of the Aesthetic movement and a principal artist in the Art Nouveau manner. Autograph Letter Signed, n.p., n.d., 3-0 pm, one page, octavo. To Aymer Vallance, Esq.: "Here is the zinc process picture - a much better pull than the one I showed you on Thursday. I couldn't get anything else to bring. It's awfully good of you to show it to Mr. Morris." Light toning, else fine. Among the works Beardsley illustrated were Malory's Morte d'Arthur and Oscar Wilde's Salomé. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,185
Lot 4420		Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Foremost American Impressionist painter and master etcher. Signature ("Childe Hassam") on "East Hampton / Long Island" stationery, Long Island, May 18, 1930, one page, large octavo. One horizontal fold, chipped upper right corner, else fine. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $127
Lot 4421		Gibson, Charles Dana and Flagg, James Montgomery. Lot of two signatures from two of America's most famous illustrators. 1. Inscription and Signature ("With all good wishes / CD Gibson") on "Seven Hundred Acre Island / Dark Harbor / Maine" letterhead, n.d., one page, large quarto. Three horizontal and one vertical crease, minor soil and abrasion at corners, one small area of abrasion above inscription. 2). Signature and date ("James Montgomery Flagg / May 23 / 30"), n.p., one page, 8½ x 3¼ in. Three vertical folds, soil at top corners, collector's description visible from verso along bottom edge (easily matted out). Both very good. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details	Realized $46
Lot 4422		Auden, W. H (1907-73) English poet. Autograph Letter Signed ("Wystan"), Brooklyn Heights, New York, October 14, 1939, 1½ pp (1 sheet), 10½ x 7¼ in. Written in six numbered paragraphs to Richard Eberhart, a Minnesota-born poet who became poet-in-residence at Dartmouth. In part: " Of course, I shall be delighted to do anything about squeezing money for you out of Gug-Gug [Guggenheim Foundation]…(I'm doing a high school operetta about Paul Bunyan). Still an equivocal alien. But assurances from Washington officials that they will defend me if attacked by Dies [Dies Committee on Unamerican Activities]…Pearl Buck wrote…'Auden isn't even a liberal; he's definitely right-wing.' No, you may not quote my remark in the Gotham Book Mart. I have to be very careful until I have become an American. Just got into this apartment which has a heavenly view over the river to Manhattan. Not a word from English friends. Wilbert has been 'banned' by the F.O. [Foreign Office]. Written in red ink with a few smears, else fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 4423		Auden, W. H. Autograph Letter Signed "Wystan" on the letter and "W.H. Auden" on the envelope, Oxford, England, Jan. 22 (1973), one page, 9 x 7 in. To Richard Eberhart, poet-in-residence at Dartmouth. In part: "…I'm so glad everything at the Poetry Society quietened down….when I was asked if I would stand for President, I had no idea that you were. When I heard, of course I immediately withdrew….The colleges are nice, but Oxford City is sheer hell. Compared with New York, it is four times as crowded, and the traffic noise is at least six times louder. Written in black ink; with envelope. Auden died in September in Vienna. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $437
Lot 4424		(Auden, W.H.). Two poems from Auden to Richard Eberhart, with a notation at the end, "WHA to RE written out evening of June 8, 1939 room next to Mr. Bald's St. Mark's." Titled "Songs of the Nation," one six-stanza poem is written in French; a nine-line poem is in German. The French poem says: "Hélas j'ai perdu / Mon joli enfant; / Le p'tit méchant / Est disparu / Je l'ai cherché / Au dessus, au dessous, / Dans les coins et les trous / Et dans le forêt. / Dîtes-moi, alouette, / Qu'est-ce qui'il fait, le p'tit? / Ce matin il est parti / Sur sa bicyclette. / 'Il a trouvé / un autre gamin; / Ils jouent au medecin / Dans le champs de blé.' / Mon Dieu, c'est trop. / Allez, donc, vite / Vers lui et dites / Que c'est un salaud / Qui désire, plus qu'il peut. / Mais, s'il revient ce soir, / Je le ferai voir / Tous les anges qu'il veut." The German poem begins, "Schatzlein, Schatzlein…" Translation with both poems. Written in blue ink, probably in Eberhart's hand, on quarto sheet. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 4425		Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?) Journalist and author; disappeared and presumed to have died in Mexico. Autograph Letter Signed, Washington D.C., April 14, 1904, 3 pp, octavo. To close friend Lella Cotton, whose father had died. In part, "…Death being as natural a thing as birth, is no evil when it comes after 'length of days'…I do not know that it ever is….And poor Cottie [probably Lella's mother]…she must be sleepy for death; may it come to her as to one who 'lies down to pleasant dreams.' I am enough older than you, my comrade, to know, better than you, that death is not unfriendly to the aged. I could myself meet it with a smile….the unfriendly thing is bereavement, the sharpest of privations…." Bierce, who was the literary arbiter of the West, became discontent with life in America. He went to Mexico in 1913 and met Pancho Villa; he is thought to have died in a battle in January 1914. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 4426		Bierce, Ambrose. Autograph Letter Signed, Los Gatos, March 8, 1897, 3 pp, octavo. To (Edwin) Markham: "Doyle's verses - which amuse me are herewith 'returned with thanks' - the fate of most of his verses I fear….During my week's absence and illness in Berkeley my post office box here was robbed….Will you kindly send my typescript 'pomes' if you've finished boring yourself with them? I hope you did not feel obliged to read many of them, and don't feel obliged to say anything of their quality. I know them." In 1897 Bierce was in Washington as correspondent for the Hearst newspapers. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661
Lot 4427		Borges, Jorge Luis (1899-1986) One of Latin America's foremost men of letters. Typed Letter Signed, Buenos Aires, June 27, 1979, one page, quarto. To John Norbutt, answering some questions about writing. In part: "…I venture to suggest that a work may have lasting importance if it does not concerned [sic] self too much in things circumstancial and transient. As far as my own experience tells me, the gift of writing is a blessing and makes for happiness, not solitude…." Borges was blind from 1956. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 4428		Buck, Pearl S (1892-1973) American writer; won Nobel prize for literature in 1938. First Edition Book, The Child Who Never Grew (New York: The John Day Company, 1950), with a Card affixed to the first end page Signed "Pearl S. Buck." Pale blue covers with silver print; faint discoloration to part of lower cover; light foxing to end pages, else tight and clean. Miss Buck tells the story of her own "retarded" daughter and how she found a loving environment for her. A poignant story, told to help other families, at a time when helping children with disabilities was not discussed openly. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4429		Caldwell, Erskine (1903-1987) One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century; his books sold 80 million copies and were translated into 43 languares. Seven-page Typescript titled "Bossier City, Louisiana" Signed on page 7, n.p., n.d., quarto. Caldwell calls Bossier City "a dazzling three-mile strip of booze, girls, and ear-jarring nightlife," and he describes the people who go there to entertain and to be entertained. Caldwell's books portrayed rural poverty in the South. God's Little Acre (1933) sold 14 million copies; the stage adaptation of Tobacco Road ran for 7½ years on Broadway. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Very fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 4430		Capote, Truman (1924-84) American writer; pioneered the genre of the "non-fiction" novel with In Cold Blood (1966). Autograph Letter Signed, on personal letterhead, n.d., one page, small quarto. To Mr. Watson, enclosing a check (not present) and saying, "I'm sure I will like the house; someday soon perhaps we might have a drink, and I could see other photographs…." Neatly written in Capote's small, cramped hand. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $357
Lot 4431		Chayefsky, Sidney "Paddy" (1923-1981) American author of plays, television dramas, and screenplays; winner of three Academy Awards. Typed Letter Signed ("Paddy Chayefsky"), on personal stationery, n.p., January 22, 1957, one page, quarto. Addressed to Jack Benny, who was chairman of the entertainment committee to celebrate Eddie Cantor's 65th birthday. Chayefsky writes that he is flattered to be asked to be a member of the committee. "…Any time I can be associated with Eddie Cantor's name it will be my privilege…." Very fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4432		Cummings, E.E (1894-1962) American poet and painter. Typed Letter Signed, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, August 2, 1947, one page, quarto. To Sanders Russell, in verse form, thanking him for a positive article on Cummings: "whatever a piece of critical writing / may be for the critic, for the (or anyhow / this) criticised it's a mirror in which / he sees himself both as isn't and as is / if as is exceeds as isn't, he fells better; / otherwise worse / you have made me (by your essay in 'The Ark') feel better than better; and I heartily thank you / --bonne chance". Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 4433		Cummings, E.E. Typed Note Signed ("Cummings"), n.p., April 28, 1946, one page, quarto. To (Sanders) Russell (at The Ark in San Francisco), "thanks for a good letter! / I enclose four poems. / Good luck! / --Sincerely…." The four printed poems are included. One begins, "hair your a brook…." With transmittal envelope. Light toning. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 4434		De Quincey, Thomas (1785-1859) English author, made famous by Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Autograph Letter Signed, 42 Lothian Place, Aug. 23, 1857, 4 pp, octavo. To an unnamed doctor, regarding the Sepoy Rebellion in Indian. In part: "You will have read…in your own feelings of deadly anxiety, -- (sometimes of horror) -- what must naturally have been my restless anticipations of evil tidings fm. India ever since the fatal 10th and 11th of May became known with us. I…look with more hope upon Rourkee…since, whilst other leaders can salute the children of Hell with a succession of messages from revolvers, Col. Smith can…transmit his love remembrances in the weightier form of cannon-shot. Still I am anxious inexpressibly…." He includes the news of the deaths of Sir Henry Lawrence and Gen. Bernard from cholera, the first presumably at Lucknow and the second before Delhi. Some age wear, else very good. The capture of Delhi on May 10 and 11 by the 3rd Light Cavalry was a great blow to the British Empire. The Sepoy rebellion began when the British Army introduced an Enfield rifle with cartridges sealed by grease; the cartridges had to be bitten open before loading. The sepoys, who composed 96% of the army, were mostly high caste Hindus; they feared the grease was fat from a sacred cow; the Moslems feared that it was pork. Rebellion broke out and atrocities were committed on both sides. The outraged British public avidly followed the news. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $891
Lot 4435		Dreiser, Theodore (1871-1945) American writer and magazine editor. Autograph Letter Signed, New York, Jan. 9, 1925, one page, 12½ x 7 in. To Ellen Holst in Detroit, discussing Sister Carrie, a book Dreiser wrote in 1900; it was considered immoral, and the publishers would not market it until his second novel, Jennie Gerhardt, was favorably received. In part: "I confess that I sympathize not a little with Carrie although I sympathize greatly with Hurstwood also….She was - as most of us are - seeking the light. Not being so very gifted her conduct - (to me at least) seems rather natural and not so very reprehensible…." More content. With transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,013
Lot 4436		Ferber, Edna (1885-1968) American author of novels and short stories; Pulitzer prize winner. Pristine title page for The Girls (Garden City, N.Y., and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921) Signed boldly in black ink across her printed name, n.p., n.d., one page, octavo. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4437		Galsworthy, John (1867-1933) English novelist and playwright; awarded Nobel prize for literature in 1932. The Forsyte Saga is his most famous work. Sentiment, Signature, and date, "March 29, 1927 / Cordially / John Galsworthy" on his personal stationery, Bury House, Bury, nr Pulborough, Sussex, one page, octavo. With transmittal envelope addressed in his hand to Mr. William Batty in Middletown, Conn. Light toning. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4438		Grey, Zane (1872-1939) Best-selling Western author of all time. Autograph Letter Signed on Avalon, Catalina Island, California stationery, June 4, 1920, three pages, octavo. With hand-addressed envelope to Miss Constance Keating in Boston, Mass. In part: "…Many thanks for your praise. You'll be interested to learn that for eighteen months I have been scouring the U.S. for a wonderful girl to star in my motion-picture plays of my books. We are making fine, clean, beautiful pictures. Two have been released, Desert Gold and Riders of the Dawn….I have not been able to find a girl that I could personally develop to write picture-plays around….I…am getting discouraged…." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 4439		Grey, Zane (1875-1939) Dentist turned author; Grey's 54 novels, such as Riders of the Purple Sage, created the image of the American West many people still hold today. One of the most translated 20th century authors in the world, some 100 movies have been made from Grey's stories. Photographic Postcard Signed, n.p., n.d., one page, 6 x 3½ in. Sepia toned and signed in the lower border in blue ink. Faint corner abrasion at top right and bottom left, else fine. A striking portrait with a strong signature, perfect for display. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 4440		Haley, Alec (1921-1992) American writer, best known for Roots, the chronicle of his own family from Africa to slavery in the United States; it was made into a record-breaking television mini-series, viewed by some 130 million people. Photograph Signed, n.p., n.d., 10 x 8 in. A pale-blue tinted, head and shoulders portrait of the writer who introduced Kunta Kinte to the world. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4441		[Hampshire Bookshop Guest Book, 1921-42]. A guestbook from Marion Dodd's legendary Hampshire Bookshop in Northampton, Massachusetts. There are eight pages of entries, between 1921 and 1942, by guests such as Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Thorton Wilder, Christopher Morley, Dick Halliburton, Hugh Walpole, G.K. Chesterton, Rachel Field, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. The worn leather cover is gold stamped, "Guest Book" and "Hampshire Bookshop." The bookstore was established by two Smith graduates, Marion Dodd and Mary Byers Smith, in 1916, a time when bookselling was a male profession. They were, nonetheless, very successful, and had a particular affinity for English writers such as Virginia Woolf and her Bloomsbury circle. Gertrude Stein's entry reads: "January 11/35 at Smith. For Marion Dodd and a pleasant visit in a pleasant airy windowed place. Gertrude Stein." Alice B. Toklas writes just below Stein: "To Marion Dodd whose Hampshire Book Shop is now so much more than a name. Alice B. Toklas." On the facing page, Thornton Wilder wrote his name and the date, March 14, 1929, and Rachel Field signed her name and the date, October 24th, 1930, then drew a picture of her dog and added, "& Scottie." On another page, Dick Halliburton wrote: "Mes hommages to the Hampshire bookshop and the good girls in it! Dick Halliburton / April 28, 1927." G.K. Chesterton signed on the first page on January 18, 1921, and Eleanor Roosevelt was the next-to-last signer, on February 6, 1941. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,185
Lot 4442		*(Hemingway, Ernest). Winner Take Nothing.* First edition of Hemingway's distinguished collection of short stories that secured his reputation as a master of short fiction. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Octavo, original black cloth with gold paper labels; original dust jacket. This collection of 14 stories includes "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," "After the Storm," and "A Natural History of the Dead." Six of the stories made their first appearance here. This outstanding example is one of the finest known, with only the lightest wear to edges and spine ends, and is in exceptional condition. One of the rarest Hemingway first editions, seldom found this choice. Winner Take Nothing was epochal in Hemingway's career, the major catalyst that sent him -- for the next three decades -- on to fame, fortune, and Hollywood immortalization. In a very real sense, it did for him what The Pickwick Papers did for Dickens. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 4443		Hurst, Fannie (1889-1968) Author of novels, short stories, plays, many articles, and a screenplay; she was actively involved in social issues. Autograph Letter Signed on personal stationery, New York, April 1, 1957, 1 page, quarto. To Senator (Herbert) Lehman, accepting "with pleasure a place on the Honorary Committee for the Ambassador's Ball…in honor of His Excellency, the Ambassador of Israel and Mrs. Eban…." Written in red ink. Miss Hurst, of Bavarian Jewish background, had raised funds in the 40's for refugees from Nazi Germany and was a staunch supporter of Israel in the 50's. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4444		Joyce, James (1882-1941) Irish writer. Autograph Letter Signed, Paris, Nov. 29, 1920, one page, quarto. To Mrs. Tanaka, who was writing an article on Joyce. "As promised I send you the notices [not present] but may I ask you to return them when read as I have no others. If you will drop a line to: Mr. Fritz Vanderplyl…saying that you are writing the article on me I am sure he will let you have the copy of Egoist (15 January 1913) which I lent him some time ago. It contains the whole story of Dubliners. Sincerely yours / James Joyce. Dubliners was Joyce's first published work of fiction; it is a series of twelve stories, set in Dublin and thematically connected. Its traditionally structured style makes it more accessible than his other works. Although he wrote the stories in 1904-05, it took him until 1914 to get them published. Egoist was published in London from 1914-19 by Dora Marsden (1914) and Harriet Shaw Weaver (1914-19). Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,038
Lot 4445		Joyce, James. Autograph Letter Signed, Paris, Nov. 24, 1920, on a folded, blue 6¼ x 4½ in. letter sheet. To Madame Yasushi Tanaka, who was writing an article on Joyce: "In reply to your letter I will call on you on Sunday afternoon next as it seems that that is the most convenient time for you…." After living in Trieste from 1905 to 1920, Joyce had recently moved to Paris, where he would spend most of the rest of his life. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,220
Lot 4446		Kaufman, George (1889-1961) American playwright; twice winner of the Puliter prize; best known for his collaborations with Moss Hart, Ira Gershwin, and Edna Ferber. Typed Note Signed, on his personal letterhead, New York City, no date (1957), one page, quarto. He writes, "Regretfully, I shall not be in town for the Cantor dinner, " and signs in black ink, "George Kaufman." The occasion Kaufman missed was a celebration of Eddie Cantor's 65th birthday. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4447		Keller, Helen (1880-1968) Blind, deaf, mute author. Typed Letter Signed in pencil, on personal stationery, New York, Feb. 3, 1949, one page, quarto. To Mrs. Friedman, requesting financial support for the Committee on the Deaf-blind of American, a newly-established department of the American Foundation for the Blind, with whom Miss Keller had worked for 24 years. In part: "…All that time there has burned within me an unceasing pain because the problems of the doubly handicapped remain for the most part unsolved….Now that there is a Committee to study their needs, I am writing to you because it offers a wonderful opportunity for your noble impulses -- effective aid to the most appealing and loneliest group of human beings on earth….Try to imagine…the anguish and horror you would experience bowed down by the twofold weight of blindness and deafness….All your pleasures would vanish in a dreadful monotony of silent days….I doubt if even the most imaginative and tender normal people can realize the peculiar cruelty of such a situation…." Light creasing in right margin, not affecting the signature. Excellent content. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $431
Lot 4448		Keller, Helen (1880-1968) Author and lecturer; advocate for the disabled. Keller's struggles to overcome her physical disabilities with the help of Anne Sullivan, recounted in The Story of My Life, made her one of the most popular figures on the early 20th century lecture circuit. Inscription and Signature ("Cordially yours / Helen Keller") in pencil on cream stationery, n.d., n.d., one page, 3¼ x 5¾ in. One small smudge at "ller", else fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 4449		(Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley). Period copy of a letter from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to her sister, the Countess of Mar, datelined Adrianople, April 18, 1707, 8 pp, 8¼ x 6¾ in. Lady Mary's husband, Edward Wortley Mortagu, was appointed ambassador to Turkey in 1716, and Mary set about exploring the wonders of Constantinople. She learned Turkish (she already spoke Latin, French, and Italian), visited the mosques and the women of the harem. This letter details her visit to the harem where the grand visier's lady lived, and subsequently, to the harem of the grand visier's deputy. Some age yellowing, but clearly written. Lady Mary's account of her travels in Turkey were edited and distributed among her circle of friends; they are referred to as the Turkish Embassy Letters. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4450		Steinbeck, John (1902-68) American author. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned and untitled, of the article "The Mail I've Seen," published in the Saturday Review (volume 39, number 31), 4+ pages, stapled together, written in ink on yellow legal paper, with numerous corrections. The humorous essay categorizes the mail he receives, including fan mail, denunciations, requests for autographs, for money, for collaborations, etc. In part: "A writer's mail is very interesting. But gradually the letters fall into categories. The most common is the fan letter, written simply because the writer after reading something of mine has felt the urge to communicate. These letters usually begin - I have never written a fan letter before. Then there is the letter which starts out with praise and then gets to work on my morals and choice of subject….A third kind of letter is the honest out and out denunciation. A great many of these utilize four letter words….Then come the requests for autographs and pictures, some of them naive and some quite professional. These latter usually list signatures they already have, usually including Thomas Mann and G.B. Shaw. The implication is that I will be in good company if I send it and a schnook if I don't….The requests for money are fairly constant reaching their peak a few months after each book is published…. [A woman] who wrote often for a while said that Joan Crawford was her mother and Bing Crosby her father and they wouldn't give her any money so she appealed to me, her uncle, to ask them to send her 50,000 dollars. " One of Steinbeck's favorite offers was from a saloon owner who wrote that he had a million stories and that Steinbeck should come out and write them down. "I'll stake you to grub and liquor. If you have a wife, she can tend bar while we write. It was hard to refuse that one…." Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,325
Lot 4451		Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-96) American author, best known for the very influential, anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Autograph Quotation Signed, n.p., February 9, 1894, on an 8 x 6 in. album leaf. There is slight residue at the left edge of the leaf and a couple of minor blemishes; otherwise, it is a fine, attractive piece, boldly penned and signed. In full: "Not one throb of anguish / Not one tear of the oppressed / Tis forgotten by the Man of / Sorrows the Lord of Glory. / In his patient generous bosom / He bears the anguish of a world. / Uncle Tom's Cabin / Chap 12th / Harriet Beecher Stowe / Feby 9th 1894." The context in which this quotation appears in the book involves the riverboat trip on which the slave trader Haley conducted Tom and other Kentucky slaves southward to be sold as plantation hands. At Louisville, Haley surreptitiously sold for forty dollars the baby of the newly-traded slave woman Lucy when she briefly left it in hopes of finding her husband at the wharf. Devastated, she committed suicide by jumping into the Ohio River that night; Tom was a witness to her suicide and the above passage immediately follows. Mrs. Stowe obviously intended it as a powerful statement. The acceptance at face value of Uncle Tom's Cabin by people in the north was a major factor in influencing opinion and in the development of the climate leading to the Civil War. When Mrs. Stowe met President Lincoln, he is said to have commented something along the lines of, "So you are the little lady who started this big war." Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,220
Lot 4452		Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most influential (and inflammatory) books of the mid 19th century. Stowe travelled throughout Europe and the northern United States in support of the abolitionist cause. Signature, Inscription, and Date ("Very Truly Yours / HB Stowe / Jany 24, 1884"), n.p., in brown ink on 2 x 3½ in. cream card stock. One small spot of album paper at bottom right corner, very minor toning. Very good to fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288