Printed & Manuscript Americana Lots 389 - 480
389 ADAMS, John Quincy, President (1767-1848). A lock of hair, originally folded into a sheet of paper (present here). Matted and framed with photographic portrait (unexamined out of frame). “Hair of Hon. J. Q. Adams given to Mrs. Talbot by Mrs. John Adams June 9th 1848”. Provenance: Goodspeed’s Book Shop (label on verso). $400-500
390 ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). An Eulogy on the Life and Character of James Madison, Fourth President of the United States. Boston: John H. Eastburn, 1836. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers, stabbed and sewn, hand-lettered on spine (a few small spots or stains, chipping with minor losses to spine ends, upper corner lower wrapper torn away with loss); green cloth folding case. Provenance: Josiah Quincy Jr. (1802-1882) Mayor of Boston (gift inscription to); Daniel Pinckney Parker (1781-1850) Boston merchant, shipbuilder and businessman; Henry Tuke Parker (18241890) member of the Royal Geographical Society (signature); John W. Hancock (20th-century bookplate); Perra S. Bell (signature). FIRST EDITION. Josiah Quincy Jr. was President of the City Council of Boston when the invitation was extended to John Quincy Adams to deliver a eulogy in memory of James Madison. In his eulogy, Adams comments: “...the natural rights of mankind found efficient defenders in James Otis, Patrick Henry, John Dickinson, Josiah Quincy, Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee and numerous other writers” (p.8), likely referring to Josiah Quincy Jr.’s great grandfather, a colonel during the American Revolution. Sabin 278. RARE: according to online records, no copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 25 years. $300-400
391 ATWATER, Caleb (1778-1867). Remarks Made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien; thence to Washington City, in 1829. Columbus, OH: Isaac N. Whiting, 1831. 8vo (170 x 103 mm). (Some browning and spotting, as usual.) Contemporary tree calf, smooth spine gilt, black morocco letteringpiece gilt (joints just starting, small chips to front free endpaper); brown cloth slipcase. Provenance: W. Fullerton (early signature); Stephen Robert Parks (bookplate); Museo Parksi (stamp in chemise). FIRST EDITION. “Some very curious particulars relating to customs of the Winnebagoes are related by Atwater… The real object of his tour was to procure as Commissioner of the government, a cession of the title of the Winnebago, Pottawatomie, Chippewa, and Ottawa Indians, in the rich mineral lands, now forming the State of Wisconsin and part of Illinois” (Field 54). Howes A-379; Sabin 2335. A FINE COPY. $500-700
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