Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION 142 c   HALEY, ALEX. Roots. Signed and Inscribed, “To John D. Rockefeller III— / very warm wishes to you / and your family from / the family of Kunta Kinte.” 8vo, publisher’s ¼ cloth-backed boards; dust jacket moderately chipped with some loss to edges and separated panels. Garden City, 1976; inscription: Np, 11 March 1977 [300/400] 143 c   HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Autograph Letter Signed, “Nat’l Hawthorne,” to the Collector of the Port of New York [Heman J. Redfield], sending the certificate registry of the SS Ericsson [not present]. 1 page, 4to, with integral blank, pale blue paper; slight marginal discoloration from prior matting, folds, clerk’s note written at lower edge recto. Liverpool, 2 January 1856 [600/900] The steamship Ericsson served as a transport in the fleet under the command of Samuel F. DuPont during the Battle of Port Royal, November 1861. 143