University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 21826, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
359 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Boston 1868 Reading Admission Ticket Mounted In Dickens Bibliographic Resource

ca. April 3, 1868 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
360 Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Signed & Inscribed 1st Ed., "I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew"

ca. 1965 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
361 F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald TLS Requesting Reduced Rent On Apt. Where He Wrote "The Last Tycoon" Less Than 1 Year Before His Death

2039-12-26 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,000.00
362 Robert Frost

Robert Frost With Wag The Dog, Yousuf Karsh Signed Portrait, Ex. Karsh Estate

n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,280.00
363 Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Signature on Souvenir Printing of "The Road Not Taken"

2026-12-28 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 5,120.00
364 Graham Greene

Graham Greene Signed Book "A Sort of Life"

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 204.80
365 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Boldly Signed & Inscribed 1st Ed. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

ca. 1940 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,500.00
366 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway with Yousuf Karsh in Cuba, Ex. Karsh Estate

n.d. [ca. 1957] USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 406.25
367 Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen ALS - During the Year of His Last Play "When We Dead Awaken" Writes Precautionary Letter "to prevent the intended attack on his interests"

January 25, 1899 USD 2,600.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
368 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's "Visions of Cody" Excerpt Featured In April 1961 "Escapade" Magazine, From His Estate

ca. April 1961 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 325.00
369 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Copy of Controversial 1959 "Jabberwock" Edinburgh University Review Containing Work By Him, Ginsberg, & Burroughs!

ca. 1959 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
370 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Gifted "Panache" Literary Journal With Original Cover Letter Re: Neal Cassady - Ex-Kerouac Estate

1968-09-20 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
371 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Personal Copy of "A Christmas Carol," With Holiday Card Bookmark, Possibly From Naval Acquaintance

ca. 1960s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
372 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Copy of Allen Ginsberg's "Airplane Dreams" - From Jack Kerouac Estate

ca. 1968 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
373 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Estate "Truer Words" Scrapbook: 95 Quotes From Dickens, Goethe, Shakespeare, Eliot & Others

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 358.40
374 Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Travel Story, "Tangier to London: A Beatnik Pilgrimage" In Personally Owned Copy of "Holiday" Magazine

ca. February 1960 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 437.50
375 D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence Signed Limited 1st Ed. of "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

ca. 1928 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,375.00
376 Henry Longfellow

Henry Longfellow ALS on Neuralgia with Carte de Visite by Pach Bros.

May 30, 1875 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 640.00
377 W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham Signed 1st Ed. Copy of "The Razor's Edge"

ca. 1944 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
378 A. A. Milne & E. H. Shepard

A. A. Milne & E. H. Shepard Signed Ltd. Ed. "The Christopher Robin Story Book"

ca. 1929 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,625.00
379 Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill ALS to Silent Film Star Lillian Gish re: "Desire Under the Elms" & "Strange Interlude"

2027-09-07 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
380 Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell ALS Thanking Editor of "The Dial" for Payment

2019-10-04 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,125.00
381 George B. Shaw

George B. Shaw Pensive Portrait, Yousuf Karsh Signed, Ex. Karsh Estate

n.d. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 544.00
382 Jared Sparks

Jared Sparks Signed Harvard Certificate of Admission

July 20, 1849 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
383 Edna St. Vincent

Edna St. Vincent Millay ALS Mentioning "The Harp-Weaver" Just One Year After Winning Pulitzer Prize for It

2024-01-08 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 960.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000