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PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA LOTS 474 – 565

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474 (BOONE, DANIEL) FLINT, TIMOTHY Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, The First Settler of Kentucky: Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Cincinnati: George Conclin, 1842.
12mo, original publisher’s cloth with printed paper spine label. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and nine in-text full-page woodcuts. The fifth printing of the Cincinnati edition. $80-100
475 (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE) Printing of the Declaration of Independence on silk. Lyons: H. Burnet, c. 1820. Based on the 1818 print on paper published by O. Rogers, Philadelphia. 20 1/2 X 28 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $400-600 476 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN The Works. Hartford: S. Andrus and Son, 1850.
12mo, original publisher’s stamped cloth. Illustrated with a woodcut of Franklin. Early printing. Preface by Richard Price. Boards rubbed; small stain final 45pp.; intermittent foxing; early Lafayette, IA bookseller’s sticker to front pastedown. Property from a Private Collector $100-200
477 GOTTSCHALK, PAUL The Earliest Diplomatic Documents on America. Berlin: by the author, 1927.
Folio, publisher’s quarter vellum. One of 150 copies. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $100-200 478* (HANCOCK, JOHN) A manuscript account ledger from Joshua Pico and Samuel Treat (of Treat & Pico) to John Hancock. Achieved in an unknown hand; accepted by Elijiah Browne on behalf of John Hancock, Boston, February 14, 1766. Docketed on the verso for both parties in another hand, dated 1766. Accepted by Elijiah Brown for John Hancock. Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $1,000-2,000
479 (HOUSTON, SAM) LESTER, CHARLES EDWARDS The Life of Sam Houston. New York: J.C. Derby, 1855.
8vo, original publisher’s cloth. Early printing, published nine years after the First edition. This edition is complete and includes a frontispiece portrait and 10 maps and plates. $50-100


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480 (VIRGINIA COMPANY) The Records of the Virginia Company of London. Edited by Susan Myra. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906.
2 vols. 4to, original green cloth lettered in gilt. Profusely illustrated with several facsimile plates. Cloth faded. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $100-200
481* (WASHINGTON, GEORGE) RAMSAY, DAVID Vie de Georges Washington, General en chef desarmees des Etats Unis. Paris, 1809.
8vo, calf, morocco slipcase. From the library of Napoleon Bonaparte with library stamp to f.f.e.p. Property from the Estate of Bernard W. Weitzman, Creve Coeur, Missouri $800-1,200 482 (WASHINGTON, GEORGE) FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL George Washington. A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s, 1948.
2 vols. 8vo, bound by Maurin in blue crushed morocco, gilt-lettered and -decorated spines, a.e.g., original boards slipcase. Spines uniformly faded to turquoise. $100-200
483* (WASHINGTON, GEORGE) Early engraved portrait clipped from a newspaper, stating that the President has made Colonel Washington General and Commander in Chief of the American Forces. Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $100-200 484 WEBSTER, NOAH An American Dictionary of the English Language. New York: S. Converse, 1828.
2 vols. 4to, modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition, complete, with engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1. Previous owner’s name written on title pages: R. Fletcher. Richard Fletcher (1788-1869) was U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District (183739) and justice of the Massachusetts state supreme court, (1848-53). Dampstain scattered throughout vo. 1.
Property from a Private Collector $6,000-8,000
485* VAN BUREN, MARTIN Partially printed document signed (“M. Van Burin”), one page, on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, January 1, 1838. Appointment of John H. King as Brigadier general of Volunteers. Countersigned by Joel R. Poinsett as Secretary of War . Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $300-500
486* VAN BUREN, MARTIN Partially printed document signed (“M. Van Buren”) one page, on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, February 20, 1840. Appointment of John H. King as First Lieutenant in the first Regiment Infantry. Countersigned by Joel R. Poinsett as Secretary of War. Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $300-500
487* POLK, JAMES K. Partially printed document signed (“James K. Polk”), one page, on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, December 24, 1846. Appointment of John H. King as Captain in the First Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by William L. Marcy as Secretary of War. Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $600-800

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488* LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Partially printed document signed (“Abraham Lincoln”), one page, on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, July 1, 1864. Appointment of John H. King as Lieutenant Colonel of the 14th Regiment Infantry. Countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War. Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $3,000-5,000 489* LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Partially printed document signed (“Abraham Lincoln”), one page, on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, April 4, 1863. Appointment of John H. King as Brigadier general of Volunteers. Countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War . Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $3,000-5,000

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490 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) NEWTON, ISAAC The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Chicago: Janesen, McClurg, 1885
3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 blue morocco by C. Walters. First edition. Extra-illustrated, to which has been added a unique combination of over 100 autographed items, 125 engravings and illustrations, nine photographs, and other material.
Includes: a document autographed by Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, Millard Fillmore, David R. Atchison, Hannibal Hamlin, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Cassius M. Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, William Pinkney, Lewis Cass, Horace Greeley, Alexander Stephens, Winfield Scott, Stephen Logan, Gideon Welles, Jefferson Davis, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Fitz-John Porter, W. S. Rosecranz, William T. Sherman, David Dixon Porter, Alfred H. Terry, Schulyer Colfax, Oliver Wendell Holmes, et al. There are original photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln and others. Ephemera includes a political silk ribbon of John Cabell Breckinridge, Vice President (1857-61) and a printed election advertisement for Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens. One interesting document attests to an 18th Century account held on behalf of Abraham Lincoln’s grandfather.
Frank O. Lowden copy, with his bookplate tipped to front pastedowns, designed by Raymond Pearson and signed by the artist. Minor edgewear to boards, with a small tear to the foot of spine on vol. 2. Please inquire for further collation. $10,000-15,000
491* LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Autographed note signed (“A. Lincoln”), August 17, 1852. A receipt for $284.43 from George B. Kinkaid, from the Estate of his father-in-law, Robert S. Todd. Framed with a portrait of Lincoln. 2 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches Property from the Collection of Gerald Arcilla Norwich, Connecticut $3,000-5,000
492 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) Bust of Abraham Lincoln by Joanna C. Kendell, 1964, after the Borglum bronze of 1908. Property from a Private Collector $100-200 493 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) A period original watercolor drawing of a freedman mourning at Lincoln’s tomb, which is engraved: “Abraham Lincoln Our Nation Has Lost Its Father 1809-1865.” School-house style folk art, matted and framed. 10 1/2 x 9 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 494 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) SANDBURG, CARL The War Years. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1939.
4 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth binding. First edition. Signed by Carl Sandburg on a printed card which is clipped to the front endpaper. Minor fading and shelfwear to boards; small rust mark on f.f.e.o. and signed card from paperclip. $400-600

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495 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) A. KIDDER Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States. Engraved broadside. Chicago: A. Kidder, [1864]. 17 1/2 X 22 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000
496 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) KIMMEL & FORSTER President Lincoln and his Cabinet, with Lieut. Genl. Scott. Engraving with hand-coloring. [s.l.], Kimmel & Forster, [1866]. 21 5/8 x 27 3/4 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 497 (CIVIL WAR) KURZ & ALLISON Full Rank - Major Generals of the United States Army - Civil War 1861-1865. Lithograph in sepia. Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1887 27 1/2 x 40 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $200-400
497A (CIVIL WAR) DARLEY, FELIX OCTAVIUS CARR Sherman’s March to the Sea. Engraving after Alexander Hay Ritchie. [s.l.]: F.O.C. Darley, n.d. [c. 1868]. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $200-400 498 (U.S. ARMY) NELSON, HENRY LOOMIS The Army of the United States. Illustrated by H.A. Ogden. New York: B.M. Whitlock, [1889].
Portfolio, original printed folders. Profusely illustrated with full color plates. Deluxe edition, number 12 of 1,500 copies. Wear to portfolio boards; light toning to pages. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $200-400
499 (CIVIL WAR) FORBES, EDWIN Life Studies of the Great Army. New York, 1876. 22 (of 40) copper-plate etchings each signed in pencil by Mrs. Edwin Forbes. Housed in a gilt box. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $600-800

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499A (JOHNSON, ANDREW) Color lithograph of Andrew Johnson, surrounded by other generals. [s.l.]: for the Southern District of Ohio, n.d. 29 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches. Property from Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $100-200
500 (CIVIL WAR) BACHELDER, JOHN B., after Camp Massachusetts - Review of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia at Concord, Sept. 9, 1859. Lithograph with hand-coloring. New York: Nathanial Banks, c. 1859. 29 3/4 x 45 3/4 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,000 501 ALCOTT, LOUIS MAY Hospital Sketches. Boston: James Redpath, 1863.
12mo, publisher’s pebbled cloth, yellow endpapers. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; some light wear to boards. $100-200
502 GRANT, ULYSSES S. Autographed letter signed (“U.S. Grant”), one page, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 16, 1880. To “Mr. Hines” thanking him for “a very pleasant visit” and indicating that he hopes to have the “opportunity of reciprocating your hospitality.” Framed and matted with reproduction color portrait. $500-1,000
503* JOHNSON, ANDREW Partially printed document signed (“Andrew Johnson”), one page, on vellum with engraved head- and tail-piece, seal affixed to upper corner, Washington, April 20, 1866. Appointment for John H. King as Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $300-500 504* JOHNSON, ANDREW Partially printed document signed (“Andrew Johnson”), one page, on engraved vellum, with embossed seal affixed upper left. Washington, April 7, 1866. Appointment of John H. King as Captain in the First Regiment of Infantry. Countersigned by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War . Property from the Collection of Todd and Erin Nelson Louisville, Colorado $300-500
505 JOHNSON, LYNDON B. Color photograph inscribed by Johnson with his family. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $100-200
506 COOK, JOEL America: Picturesque and Descriptive. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1900.
3 vols. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped white cloth, red dust jackets. Large paper edition. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $100-200
507 CURRIER & IVES A Midnight Race on the Mississippi. New York, 1860. Lithograph with hand-coloring. Framed and matted. 32 x 23 3/8 inches. $2,000-4,000 508* DARROW, CLARENCE Farmington. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919.
12mo, publisher’s cloth. Lengthy inscription to the f.f.e.p.: “To my friend Frederick Stair from whom I have learned a great deal, and in regard for his attainments as a scholar and his friendship from Clarence Darrow march 23rd 1920.” Minor sunning to spine, and minor shelfwear. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400 509 JOHNSON, ALLEN, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s, [1928-1937].
16 vols. (including 6 supplements). 8vo, maroon cloth. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $50-100

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510 EARHART, AMELIA 20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in Friendship. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1928.
8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth lettered in gilt. Signed by Earhart on the recto (blank) of frontispiece photograph. Hinges tender and inner hinges cracked; rubbed; bookplate tipped to half-title; endpapers toned. $600-800
511 WHITE, GEORGE Statistics of the State of Georgia. Savannah, GA: W. Thorne Williams, 1900.
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth. First edition, lacking map. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $80-120
512* FRANKLIN, JOHN HOPE A group of fourteen books in total, some signed. Property from the Collection of Clarence Passons, Highland Beach, Florida $600-800 513 LEA, TOM The King Ranch. Boston : Little, Brown, 1957.
2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, slipcase. First edition. $100-200
514 (LEWIS AND CLARK) COUES, ELLIOTT, ed. History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lewis And Clark, To The Sources Of The Missouri River... New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893.
4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g. First edition, number 155 of 1000. With two frontispieces, two facsimile letters and an atlas/ index vol. containing five full-page maps, two foldout letterpress tables, and three large folding maps in a pocket sleeve inside the rear cover. Bookplate tipped in front pastedowns: Frank O. Lowden; minor shelfwear and a slight warp to boards. $800-1,200 515 MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS Reminiscences. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1964).
8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped buckram, gilt-lettered spine, slipcase. Special limited edition, number 335 of 1,750 copies signed by MacArthur on the limitation page. Property from a Private Collector $400-600
516* (POSTAL RECORDS) A collection of loose postal records for Maine, c. 1860s. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200
517 MANFORD, ERASMUS Twenty-Five Years in the West. Chicago: E. Manford Publishers, 1867.
8vo, original publisher’s cloth. Howes M250. Light wear to boards; minor dampstaining and rippling to pages. $200-400
518* (MISSISSIPPI RIVER) SHEA, JOHN GILMARY Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley. New York: Redfield, 1852.
8vo, publisher’s cloth, t.e.g. First edition, with facsimiles and large fold-out map. Howes S357. [Together with:] History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi. By John Monette. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. 2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s stamped cloth. First edition, with three maps (includes one of Texas), four plans and two plates. Howes M722. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400
519* (MISSISSIPPI RIVER) SHEA, JOHN Discovery and Exploration [with] Early voyages Up and Down the Mississippi [and] Journal of LaSalle’s Last Voyage. Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1861-1906.
3 vols. 8vo, publisher’s boards. Includes two limited editions. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200 520* (BODMER, KARL, after) Pikaan Indian Encampment. Engraving with handcoloring. London: Ackerman, n.d., with the printer’s blindstamp. 17 1/2 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Richard and Mary Jane Miller, St. Louis, Missouri $400-600
521 MCKENNEY AND HALL A group of three portraits of Native Americans. Size of first: 17 1/2 x 13 inches. $400-600
522 PHELPS, HUMPHREY The Presidents of the United States. Lithograph in colors. New York: Phyls, Ensigns, & Thayer, 1945. 29 x 22 inches. From the Property of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Chicago, Illinois $400-600 523 ROOSEVELT, KERMIT The Long Trail. New York: The Metropolitan Magazine, 1921
Thin 8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed boards, pastedown spine label. Signed. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown. $100-200
524 ROWLEY, FRANCIS A. Poems for the Times: Devoted to Woman’s Rights, Temperance, etc.. Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Company, 1871.
12mo, original cloth. Textblock detached from backstrip and hinges cracked; binding heavily worn; intermittent dampstaining. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

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525* SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY The American Indians, Their History, Condition and Prospects from Original Notes and Manuscripts. Rochester: Wanzer, Foot and Company, 1851.
4to, publisher’s blind stamped blue cloth-backed boards, mylar jacket, gilt-lettered spine. Spine sunned; pages cockled; light intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $100-200
526* SMITH, PAGE History of America. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1997.
16 vols. 8vo, publisher’ tan leather, gilt-lettered spines. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 527* (ILLINOIS) CRAM, GEORGE Railroad Map of Illinois. Prepared under the Direction of, and Presented by, W.H. Boys, B.A. Eckhart, et al. Geo. F. Cram, 1909. Linen-backed folding color map. Lacking upper board to binding, other worn; map with only minor soiling to linen. 39 x 31 inches unfolded. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
528* (ILLINOIS) MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS Illinois in 1837: With a Map. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1837.
8vo, original cloth backed printed boards. Complete with a fold-out map with outline color. First edition, with “Animals” spelled correctly on the title page. Howes M689. Wear to boards and endpapers. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400 529* (CHICAGO) A real estate atlas of Lake View and Rogers Park. Chicago, 1915. Large folio, bound by Fred Mees Bindery in 3/4 calf over cloth, gilt-lettered label to upper board. With 40 large lithographic real estate maps, printed on both sides. Property from the Collection of Jonathan Thorsness, Chicago , Illinois $100-200
530* (CHICAGO) CURRIER & IVES, after The City of Chicago. New York, 1892. Reproduction lithograph with hand-coloring. Laid to board. Framed and matted. 27 7/8 x 39 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Ralph Loucks, Chicago, Illinois $200-400
531 (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) STOUT, H.R. Our Family Physician... Chicago: J.S. Goodman, 1869.
8vo, blind-stamped dark brown calf, title decoratively gilt-lettered with central medallion to upper board, gilt-lettered spine. First edition pre-fire medical imprint with rare gilt-decorated boards. With in-text black and white illustrations. Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; light intermittent foxing. $200-300
532* (CHICAGO, FIRE) A group of four books on the great Chicago fire of 1871. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
533* (CHICAGO) A group of seven early historical works on Chicago. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
534* (CHICAGO) A collection of 11 pocket guide books on Chicago. Chicago, c. 1900. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $50-100 535* (CHICAGO) KIRKLAND, JOSEPH The Chicago Massacre of 1812.
8vo, original printed paper wrappers. First edition. Illustrated. Binding is moderately rubbed and soiled, with minor repair to front hinge. Protected in a custom slipcase; bookplate of Joseph T. Ryerson to f.f.e.p. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $50-100
536* (CHICAGO, HISTORY) A group of four limited edition historical works on Chicago. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
537* (CHICAGO, SANITATION) A group of 17 government publications pertaining to Chicago sanitation, with many maps and diagrams. Chicago, 1889-1931. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200 538* (CHICAGO, HISTORY) KRAUSZ, SIGMUND A group of four volumes pertaining to Chicago characters.
Street Types of Chicago. By Sigmund Krausz. Chicago. First edition of the rare photographic book, featuring images of Chicago characters with street names. The Story of Chicago. By Joseph and Caroline Kirkland. Chicago, 1894. 2 vols.; Chicagoans As We See ‘Em. Chicago, 1904. First edition. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400
539* (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) A group of four pictorial guide books on the Columbian Exposition. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
540* (COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) A collection of photograph reproductions from the Columbian Exposition. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200



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541 (CHICAGO) TRIBUNE TOWER COMPETITION The International Competition for a New Administration Building for the Chicago Tribune MCMXXII. Chicago: The Tribune Company, 1923.
4to, brown buckram, title label to front board. Illustrated throughout with photographs of architectural proposals for the Tribune Tower, including designs by Adolf Loos, Walter Gropius, Bruno Taut, Daniel Burnham and many others. Buckram cloth is fraying and lifting at top front spine; front board separating from spine. $300-500 542* (CHICAGO, CENTURY OF PROGRESS) A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934. Chicago: Kaufman-Fabry Photographers, n.d. (c. 1934).
Large 4to, full blue pebbled leather, gilt-decorative spine, silk endpapers, slipcase. Album of photographs of the Century of Progress fairgrounds. Presentation copy to Silas H. Strawn, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Montgomery Ward and a guarantor of gold notes issued to finance the Century of Progress. (Bishop & Gilbert, Chicago’s Accomplishments and Leaders, 1932). Upper board detached; some spotting to photographs; slipcase worn and separating. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $1,000-2,000 543 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negatives of the near north side, Lincoln Park/Old Town neighborhood, including various businesses, single family homes, churches, the Schiller Statue in Lincoln Park and others. Chicago, c. 1890-1900. $200-400
544 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A large collection of glass plate negatives featuring interior scenes, including furniture shops and other Arts and Crafts items. Chicago, c. 1890-1910. $100-200
545 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negatives featuring various individuals, including family photographs and people posing with their early cars. Chicago, c. 1890-1910. $100-200
546 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negatives with scenes of Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs, including Orland Park and the South Side and rural communities.
$100-200
547 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negatives of amateur sports teams, some likely high school, including basketball and baseball teams of men and women. Chicago, c. 1890-1910. $100-200 548 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negative of downtown and Michigan Avenue. Chicago, c. 1890-1900. $100-200
549 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negatives featuring different Chicago engineering projects, including the construction of the elevated trains and depot station. Chicago, c. 1890-1900. $200-400
550 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) Columbian Exposition grounds, city parks and the construction of the White City amusement park, located in the Greater Grand Crossing and Woodlawn areas, including images of the large slide being built. Chicago, c. 1900-1905. $200-400 551 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negative depicting scenes of the Chicago harbor and boats. Chicago, c. 18901905. $100-200
552 (CHICAGO, PHOTOGRAPHY) A collection of glass plate negatives featuring natural parks and other landscapes including Yellow Stone National Park. Together with a Bo-peep B Manhattan Optical camera likely used to shoot the images on the dry-plates. $200-400

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553* (CAXTON, WILLIAM) BLADES, WILLIAM The Life and Typography of William Caxton. London: Joseph Lilly, 1861-1863.
2 vols. 4to, rebound in cloth. First edition, limited to 255 sets printed. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, and a total of 61 facsimile plates, some printed in red and black, and some folding. Cloth bindings with minor shelfwear; a few page edges with minor wear or damage. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
554* (CAXTON CLUB) DAVENPORT, CYRIL A group of three works by Cyril Davenport, all with plates and illustrations. Chicago: Caxton Club, various dates.
Roger Payne: English Bookbinder of the Eighteenth Century. Chicago, 1929. One of 250; Samuel Mearne: Binder to King Charles II. Chicago, 1906. One of 250 copies; Thomas Berthelet: Royal Printer and Bookbinder to Henry VIII. Chicago, 1901. One of 252 copies. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $300-500 555* (CAXTON CLUB) DUFF, E. GORDON William Caxton. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1905.
Folio, original publisher’s cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition, limited to 252 copies. Contains 25 plates with facsimiles of Caxton’s types and wood-cuts. This copy one of 148 copies containing a leaf from an imperfect copy of the first edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, printed by Caxton in 1478. Bookplates of John Davies Cuyps. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $1,000-2,000
556* (CAXTON CLUB) KENYON, FREDERIC Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1927.
Folio, quarter vellum backed with marbled papercovered boards, unprinted dust jacket and special linen slipcase. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Illustrated with 30 plates. Annual Christmas Revels presentation copy in appreciation to speaker Walter Muir Whitehill, with a presentation leaf bound-in at the f.f.e.p. that is signed by over 100 Caxtonians and attendees of the 1961 event. Includes an original printed invitation. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400 557* (CAXTON CLUB) KENYON, FREDERIC Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1927.
Folio, quarter vellum backed with marbled papercovered boards, unprinted dust jacket and original slipcase. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Illustrated with 30 plates. Includes the printed prospectus. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
558* (CAXTON CLUB) REED, EARL H. A group of limited edition works by Earl H. Reed. Chicago: Caxton Club, various dates.
Ghost in the Tower. Chicago, 1921. Signed and inscribed; Sketches in Jacobia. Chicago, 1919. With original sketch; Sketches in Duneland. New York, 1918. Signed and inscribed, with original sketch. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
559* (CAXTON CLUB) STEVENS, FRANK EVERETT Wakefield’s History of the Black Hawk War. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1908.
8vo, vellum backed paper-covered boards. A reprint of the first edition. Illustrated with thirteen photogravures, including the color frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk. 200 copies printed. Howes W19 Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
560* (CAXTON CLUB) UZANNE, OCTAVE The French Bookbinders of the Eighteenth Century. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1904.
Folio, rebound in full black morocco, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition, limited to 252 copies. Contains 20 color plates and other illustrations. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400
561* (CAXTON CLUB) UZANNE, OCTAVE The French Bookbinders of the Eighteenth Century. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1904.
Folio, original publisher’s cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition limited to 252 copies. Contains 20 color plates and other illustrations. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200 562* (CAXTON CLUB) WILLOUGHBY, HAROLD R. The Coverdale Psalter. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1935.
Folio, full cloth binding, publisher’s slipcase, unopened, limited to 225 copies. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200
563* (CAXTON CLUB, LASALLE) A group of six limited edition volumes pertaining to the voyages of LaSalle and Charlevioux. Chicago: Caxton Club, various dates.
Journal of a Voyage to North America. Chicago, 1923. 2 vols. One of 200, with map; Joutel’s Journal of La Salle’s Last Voyage. Chicago, 1896. One of 203, with map; Relation of the Discoveries and Voyages of Cavelier de La Salle from 1679 to 1681. Chicago, 1901. One of 224; Relation to the Discovery of the Mississippi River. Chicago, 1898. One of 266; Relation of Henri de Tonty Concerning the Explorations of LaSalle from 1678 to 1683. Chicago, 1898. One of 194. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400 564* (CAXTON CLUB) A group of seventeen books. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1896-1960. Largely limited edition works. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400
565* (SOCIETY OF THE DOFOBS) Three limited edition works published by the Society of the Dofobs. Chicago: Society of the Dofobs, various dates.
The First Book of the Dofobs. Chicago, 1907. One of 50 copies; The Second Book of the Dofobs. Chicago, 1909. One of 50 copies; Poems and Letters of Lord Byron. Chicago, 1912. One of 52 copies. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200

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