1 / 8
Click To Zoom

Condition Report

Contact Information

Lot 130

Sale 5834 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 2, 2023 6:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$700 - 1,000
Price Realized
$567
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

[Presidential] Taft, William H, and Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover Group of 4 Typed Letters, signed

1. Taft, William H.
Typed Letter, signed
New Haven, Connecticut, October 5, 1915. One sheet, 9 x 7 in. (229 x 178 mm). Typed letter, signed by former President Taft on his personal stationery, to Robert Barrie of publisher George Barrie's Sons, Philadelphia. Taft thanks him for sending six copies of a book. Crease from a contemporary fold. In mat with portrait of Taft, and in frame, 12 x 16 3/4 in. (305 x 425 mm).

2. Wilson, Woodrow
Typed Letter, signed
Washington (D.C.), May 31, 1916. One sheet, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (209 x 165 mm).Typed letter, signed by Woodrow Wilson as President of the United States on "The White House" headed stationery, to William B. Howland of New York City thanking him for his previous letter. Signature very faded; crease from contemporary fold. In mat with portrait of Wilson, and in frame, 12 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (317 x 495 mm).

3. Coolidge, Calvin
Typed Letter, signed
Washington (D.C.), February 23, 1924. One sheet, 9 x 7 in. (229 x 178 mm). Typed letter, signed by Calvin Coolidge as President of the United States to Maurice B. Blumenthal of the Congregation Rodeph Sholom of New York, extending congratulations on their 80th Anniversary. Mounted to board; creasing from contemporary fold. In mat with portrait of Coolidge, and in frame, 12 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (317 x 422 mm).

4. Hoover, Herbert
Typed Letter, signed
Washington (D.C.), July 9, 1930. One sheet, 9 x 7 in. (229 x 178 mm). Typed letter, signed by Herbert Hoover as President of the United States to the Honorable T.V. O'Connor of the U.S. Shipping Board, forwarding names of those he has selected to serve on an Advisory Committee, including: Ira A. Campbell, H.G. Dalton, Edward N. Hurley, George S. Jackson, and Clarence M. Woolley. Creasing from contemporary fold. In mat with portrait of Hoover, and in frame, 13 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. (343 x 498 mm).

Provenance

Condition Report

Contact Information

Search