Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family 2022-08-20 Auction - 223 Price Results - Turner Auctions + Appraisals in CA
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[CHAPMAN, EDWARD M. 1862-1952].TULLY, JOHN, and others; CONNECTICUT, 1753-1800.BURD, CLARA MILLER (AMERICAN, 1873-1933).
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South San Francisco, CA, United States
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Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family

Featuring over 220 lots from the 17th to the 20th centuries, the auction includes antique and vintage books on many subjects and in diverse languages. There is also a wide selection of works on paper - engravings, vintage photographs; maps; war posters, lithographs, and several artworks. Historical documents from the Chapman family are part of a collection related to Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, author, and descendant of one of Saybrook's first settlers. Books from the 17th-19th centuries are written in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Latin. There are a wide range of topics: art, history, literature, plays, poems, illustrations, European cities and travel, Russia, opinions, and more. Among the multi-volume groupings are those by Voltaire, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Darwin, and J. F. Ducis. From the 20th century are books on Americana, architecture, posters, children's and youths' books, fables, English churches, and more. Notable fiction authors include Tom Wolfe, William Faulkner, and Ayn Rand. Works on paper include "Dennis the Menace" original art; antique engravings; maps of arrondissements in Paris, and U.S. railroads and townships; vintage and panoramic photographs; patriotic World War I and II posters, and lithographs by Lucien Hector Jonas; an 1823 letter from British actor John P. Kemble; four illuminated Tafsir al-Qur'an manuscript paper leaves; Indian miniatures; and signed photos of Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Coleman. Rounding out the sale are ocean liner ephemera of the mid-20th century, including from Cunard/Queen Mary and United States Lines, and WWI-era newspaper flonges (molds).
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[CHAPMAN, EDWARD M. 1862-1952].: A photograph of Chapman (with wear), and a collection of two books, and 13 personal and family documents, including letters concerning the "Indian Town" property development project in Old Saybrook,
0001: [CHAPMAN, EDWARD M. 1862-1952].Est. $100-$200
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BURD, CLARA MILLER (AMERICAN, 1873-1933).: An opalotype milk glass portrait signed l/l: "CM Burd," in an oval gilt frame. 4 3/4in. x 3 1/4in. Together with the original photographic image in a textile frame; 6in. x 4 3/4in. Clara Miller Burd
0007: BURD, CLARA MILLER (AMERICAN, 1873-1933).Est. $200-$300
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PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN FITTED CASE, 1912.: The painted portrait of a woman is signed and dated l/r: "C. P. Newell 1912"; in a gilt metal frame. 3 1/4in. x 2 1/5in. (portrait frame); 5in. x 3 5/8in. (leather case with easel back). Good
0010: PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN FITTED CASE, 1912.Est. $100-$200
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PRATT, MARGARET; SALEM, MA, 1756.: Single-sheet letter, writing on both sides, addressed to "John Tully Esq. in Saybrook," with remnants of sealing wax, dated May 21, 1756. Margaret Pratt of Salem, Massachusetts, writes to her nephew
0013: PRATT, MARGARET; SALEM, MA, 1756.Est. $200-$400
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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.: One-page TLS on Princeton University letterhead, April 18th, 1910, when Wilson was university president. Wilson writes to Edward M. Chapman to accept his invitation to be present at the dedication of
0023: WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.Est. $300-$500
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