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PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA 389-480
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
392 393
392
[AVIATION - AMERICAN FIGHTER ACES]. Signatures of 292 American pilots in: American Fighter Aces Album. Mesa, AZ: The American Fighter Aces Association, 1996. 4to. Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth and dust jacket.
292 SIGNATURES OF AMERICAN FIGHTER ACE PILOTS including Chuck Yeager, Francis Gabreski, Rex Barber, and Donald K. Yost.
American Fighter Aces Album includes biographies of pilots from World War I through the Vietnam War; signatures on labels affixed to blank areas of sheets. Complete list of signatures available on request.
$800-1,200
393
[AVIATION - NAVY FIGHTER SQUADRONS]. Signatures of 103 American pilots in: TILLMAN, Barrett. U. S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press Publishers, 1997. Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth and dust jacket.
103 SIGNATURES OF AMERICAN FIGHTER ACE PILOTS including Randall “Duke” Cunningham, Sam Silber, Jim Pearce and others.
U. S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II includes squadron histories; signatures on labels affixed to blank areas of sheets. Complete list of signatures available on request.
$200-300
394
BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)
Saki Indian | Musquake Indian (Plate 3). From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842. Aquatint engraving with handcoloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, plate 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in (17 1/2 x 24 1/4 in sheet), some light marginal creasing, some toning.
$400-600
395
BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)
Woman of the Snake-Tribe | Woman of the Cree-Tribe (Plate 33). From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842. Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, plate 14 1/4 x 18 1/2 in (17 1/2 x 24 1/4 in sheet), small crease lower margin, a few short marginal tears, some toning.
$400-600
396
BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)
Indian Utensils and Arms (Plate 21). From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842. Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, plate 15 7/8 x 20 3/4 in (17 1/2 x 24 1/4 in sheet), small crease lower left corner, some spotting in margin, dampstain lower right margin, some toning.
397
[BROADSIDE—U. S. POSTAL SYSTEM]. A Geographical View Of All The Post Towns In The United States of America And Their Distances From Each Other According To The Establishment of the Post Master General In the Year 1815. Anderston Printfield, near Glasgow: R. Gillespie, 1815.
Broadside, 21 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. PRINTED IN SEPIA ON CLOTH. With full decorative grapevine border, incorporating medallion portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Madison & other vignettes including sailing ships (4), the American Eagle (2), Lady Liberty, and the Seal of the United States. (Some minor staining and slight fading.) Stitchmounted at edges to pasteboard. Matted and framed. Unexamined out of frame.
VERY RARE DECORATIVE BROADSIDE PRINTED ON CLOTH, detailing the postal road system in the United States at the time of the War of 1812. Includes three charts summarizing the American post road network. One of the large tables indicates distances between the post towns on the “Main Line” from Georgia to Maine. To the right, a chart shows the “Cross Post Roads,” giving distances along post roads crossing the main line and a statistical table. This broadside is drawn from on a 1796 version issued in Boston by Samuel Ruddock and engraved by Benjamin Callendar.
The printer, Robert Gillespie, was one of three sons of William Gillespie, Cotton Spinner and Calico Printer, who was active outside of Glasgow at the end of the 18th Century. One of his sons, Colin Gillespie, move to America and became a successful merchant. Colin’s brother, Richard Gillespie, took over the calico printing business in 1808 or 1809. Threads of History, no. 47 & p. 67; Linda Eaton, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850, no. C344 (described as plate- or roller-printed handkerchief on cotton).
Property from The Western Union Company
$2,000-3,000
398
BUCHANAN, James, President (1791-1868). Autograph letter signed (“James Buchanan”), as President, to Robert Michael. Washington, D. C., 8 January 1860.
1 page, 8vo, creased, slight separation along fold, some toning, matted and framed with photographic portrait (unexamined out of frame). “I have received your favor...informing me that you had called your seventh son after my name. For this valued token of your regard please to accept my warm thanks.”
$300-400
399
[BUFFALO BILL]. GRIFFIN, Charles Eldridge (1859-1914). Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill. Albia, Iowa: The Stage Company, 1908.
8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s red pictorial cloth (small spot on upper cover, slight rubbing to edges). Provenance: Marcuse Paulsen (gift inscription).
FIRST EDITION of Griffin’s description of the Wild West’s 9-day road tour from London to Manchester. “It is not my intention to tire the reader with useless verbiage or dry statistics, such as the ordinary Circus Route Book affords, but to give a straightforward narrative of the... stupendous undertaking” (author’s preface). RARE.
$100-200
400
BURK, John. The History of Virginia, from its First Settlement to the Present Day. Continued by Skelton JONES and Louis Hue GIRARDIN. Petersburg, VA: Vols. I-III: for the author by Dickson & Pescud; Vol. IV: M. W. Dunnavant, 1804-1805; 1816.
4 volumes, 8vo (210 x 126 mm). Contemporary tree sheep, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces gilt (a few repairs, cut to upper cover vol. III, some light wear). Provenance: Jos. E. Smith (signatures); Ivory Hovey, Jr. (1770-1822), American sea captain (signatures, purchase note); M. M. Hedges, Tennessee manufacturer (signature, Chattanooga, Tenn. 1927).
FIRST EDITIONS. “This work, of which the first three volumes were written by Burk, was continued after his death, in 1808, by Skelton Jones and Louis Hue Girardin. Much of the matter for Volume 4, which relates to the Revolution, was supplied by Thomas Jefferson” (Church). WITH THE RARE FOURTH VOLUME: Church, Howes and Sabin all note that Volume 4 is exceedingly rare, as most copies were destroyed in a fire. Church 1298; Howes B-971; Sabin 9723.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park
$1,500-2,500
401
CARROLL, Charles (1737-1842), signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph note signed in text (“Mr. Carroll of Carrollton”), to Mr. and Mrs. Madison. N.p., 21 May 1816.
1 page, oblong 8vo, creased, a few small stains, matted and framed, not examined out of frame. Inviting the recipients to dinner.
$400-600
403
[CIVIL WAR]. Illustrated union officer letter. Autograph letter signed (“Frank”), to “my dear wife.” Camp Alexander, Washington, 1 June 1862.
4pp, 8vo, on bifolium. With an accomplished drawing of a tent encampment labeled “My house.” “They say MacC[llelan] is fighting hard at Richmond & that Banks is gaining on the enemy on his line and has taken back the prisoners he lost and 3,000 more of the enemy.”
[With:] ALS, Fort Warren, 3 March 1862, to his wife. 1p, 8vo.
$300-400 402
CARSON, Christopher (“Kit,” 1809-1868). Kit Carson’s Own Story. Taos, NM: Santa Fe New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1926.
8vo. Photographic frontispiece and illustrations. Original printed green wrappers (tear to spine, edges with short tears or creasing).
FIRST EDITION, based on a memoir dictated by Carson to DeWitt Clinton Peters, and edited by Blanche C. Grant. Graff 603; Howes C-182; Wagner-Camp 306 (see note).
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation
$200-300
404
COXE, Tench (1755-1824), Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. Printed document signed (“Tench Coxe”), as purveyor of public supplies. Philadelphia, July 17, 1810. Additionally signed by Tho. Cotton.
1 page, 4to, creased. Regarding cotton drilling. Coxe had a long political career, first as a Whig, then as a Federalist. He later became DemocraticRepublican, was appointed purveyor of public supplies by President Thomas Jefferson.
$150-250
405
CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Lettres d’un Cultivateur Americain. Paris, 1784.
2 volumes, 8vo. ORIGINAL GREY WRAPPERS uncut, volume numbers in manuscript on spines. Provenance: D’aleslatour (signature).
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, a “description of American life of great influence in attracting European immigration in the postrevolutionary period. As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century” (Howes). Howes C-883 (the issue paginated: [24] 422 [2]; [4] 392); see Sabin 17494 (collation varies slightly).
$400-500 406
407
DAWES, Charles G. (1865-1951). The First Year of the Budget of the United States. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1923.
8vo. Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth gilt; original printed dust jacket (a few tears with losses). FIRST EDITION.
[With:]
DAWES. Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain. New York: Macmillan Company, 1939. 8vo. Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth gilt; original printed dust jacket (price-clipped, a few tears with losses). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DAWES.
$100-200 408
DARBY, William (1775-1854). The Emigrant’s Guide to the Western and South-Western States and Territories. New York: Kirk & Mercien, 1818.
8vo (214 x 132 mm). Diagram illustrating land surveying, one folding engraved map of Mobile, Perdido & Pensacola Bays (of 2, lacking the map of the United States). (Some browning or staining.) Original roan-backed boards (light chipping to head of spine, some wear). Provenance: Charles S. Woodward (signature).
FIRST EDITION, focusing primarily on the more settled regions of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Darby writes that, though Texas is “justly claimed” by the United States, immigration should not yet be encouraged. Howes D-41; Sabin 18527; Wagner-Camp 14b.
$400-600
407DIXON, Joseph Kossuth (1856-1926) The Vanishing Race: The Last Great Indian Council. Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.
8vo. Sepia photogravure frontispiece, numerous sepia photogravure plates after photographs by Rodman Wannemaker. Publisher’s brown pictorial cloth (light wear to spine ends.) Provenance: R. Frank Borone (signature dated 12/18/13).
FIRST EDITION, published to commemorate the groundbreaking of the National American Indian Memorial, intended to overlook the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor, which was never completed.
$200-300
409
DOUGLASS, Frederick (1817-1895). Cut autograph sentiment signed (“Fredk. Douglass”), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., March 5 1878.
1 page, 66 x 100 mm. “Very truly yours. Fredk. Douglass.”
$500-700
410
EISENHOWER, Dwight D., President (1890-1969). Typed letter signed (“Dwight D. Eisenhower”), to Mr. Propp. New York, 20 March 1950.
1 page, 8vo, on Columbia University stationery, creased, short tear to left margin, matted and framed with photographic portrait (unexamined out of frame). Regarding a gift made to Columbia University: “We are indeed grateful for your generosity and wish to express to you and the Foundation the appreciation of the University for your interest and continued support.”
$200-300
411
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (1890-1969). The White House Years. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.
2 volumes, 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth gilt; original slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 969 of 1500 copies, SIGNED BY EISENHOWER in both volumes.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park
$800-1,200
412
GARDINER, Howard C. (b. 1943). MORGAN, Dale L., editor. In Pursuit of the Golden Dream. Stoughton, MA: Western Hemisphere, Inc., 1970.
4to. Numerous illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding). Quarter morocco gilt; slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 96 of 100 copies SIGNED BY MORGAN. A compilation of reflections on the California Gold Rush written in the 1890s.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park
$200-300
413
GARNETT, Robert S. (1819-1861), Confederate brigadier. Autograph letter signed (“R. Garnett Capt”), to Officer of the Day Henry L. Abbott, addressed in his hand on verso. N.p., date illegible.
1 page, 4to, two pinholes to left margin, creased. Written to his Officer of the Day, Henry L. Abbott, who would later become brevet brigadier general. “[You] will instruct Members of the Sections paraded for examination to add the state from which they are appointed to their names on the black board when they are called upon the floor...”
RARE. Garnett, a Confederate brigadier general, was the first officer from either side to be killed in the Civil War.
$600-800
414
[GRANT, Ulysses S.— GRANT, Julia, First Lady]. Carved Applewood and 18-karat Gold Jewelry Suite, Browne & Spaulding, Jewelers, New York City, 1865.
A UNIQUE SET OF JEWELRY PRESENTED TO MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT MADE FROM WOOD CUT FROM THE APPLE TREE UNDER WHICH GENERAL GRANT’S OFFICERS MET GENERAL LEE ON THE MORNING OF THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX, 9 APRIL 1865
Comprising a hinged hair comb, a brooch, and a pair of earrings with acorns and oak leaves with black enamel accents set in 18-karat yellow gold, hair comb set with 14 acorns and 24 leaves, earrings each set with 3 acorns and 2 leaves (evidence of later screwbacks), brooch set with 3 (of 4) acorns and 6 leaves (brooch lacking one wooden acorn). Laid in original fitted velvet-lined box marked Browne & Spaulding, upper lid with gilt presentation statement from the jeweler (some light rubbing).
Provenance: Mrs. Julia Dent Grant (presentation case from the jeweler; brooch engraved on back: “Mrs. Genl. Grant from Browne & Spaulding”; pencil note in her hand laid in: “I wish this to go to my dear Grandson Ulysses S. Grant, 3rd Fred’s son. J. D. G. May 14th 1901”); by descent to present owner.
On the morning of April 9th, 1865, Lee sent Grant a letter requesting a meeting to discuss his army’s surrender. Lt. Colonel Orville E. Babcock and his orderly, Captain Dunn, took Grant’s reply to Lee, who they found resting under an apple tree near the Appomattox River. Lee, his Aide-de-Camp Lt. Colonel Charles Marshall, and Private Joshua O. Johns rode toward Appomattox Court House, accompanied by Babcock and Dunn. Marshall and Johns rode ahead of Lee to find a place where the Generals could confer when they encountered Wilmer McLean, who offered that Lee and Grant could use his home. In the late afternoon of April 9th, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War.
After the surrender, many historic artifacts were taken by soldiers seeking souvenirs, including portions of the apple tree under which Lee sat. Writing a history of his regiment, John L. Smith publishes a letter he wrote to General Grant, October 3, 1884: “Dear Sir, I have read several articles in the papers of late alleging that the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox was not under an apple tree...on the morning of April 9, 1865, our regiment was lying near the hill. I was early at the spot and secured a piece of the tree. A number of officers were there also...and one of your orderlies was there and got a branch for you at the time. From this latter a set of jewelry was made by the Messrs. Browne, Spaulding & Co., of New York, for your wife, according to a paper I saw at the time” (History of the Corn Exchange Regiment..., 1888, pp. 675-676).
Smith publishes Grant’s response in full along with a facsimile of the note, written October 16, 1884: “General Lee was seated on the ground, with his back resting against an apple tree, when General Babcock delivered to him my answer to his letter requesting an interview for the purpose of arranging terms of surrender. Lee was conducted to McLeans’ house, within our lines, before I got up [to the front]” (ibid, pp. 676-677).
“A PRESENT FOR MRS. GRANT”: On the front page on August 26, 1865, The New York Times remarked on the set of jewelry created for Mrs. Grant: «The acorns cut from the wood of the famous, but no longer existing, apple tree at Appomattox Court-house, under which the terms of surrender of LEE›s army were agreed upon. ...The effect of the combination is exceedingly good.» Harper’s Weekly published an account as well as an illustration of the present set of jewelry on September 19, 1865 (Vol. IX, No., 454, pp. 565-566). Another less-complete set, comprising a brooch and earrings (but without the hair comb), was made by Browne & Spaulding after the present set at William Cullen Bryant’s request for his wife. (See the sale of “A Portion of The Library of William Cullen Bryant,” Anderson Galleries, 1908, lot 407, later sold Skinner Auctions, 1 March 2015, lot 13).
Property from the Family of Ulysses S. Grant
$20,000-30,000
415 415
GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), President. Engraved portrait signed as President (“U. S. Grant”), May 11th, 1871.
Portrait by Bureau, Engraving & Printing, visible area 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in (160 x 120 mm), matted, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame).
$500-700
414
416 416
HANCOCK, John (1737-1793). Document signed (“John Hancock”), partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, as Governor of Massachusetts, countersigned by John Avery Jr. as Secretary, docketed on verso by Benjamin Lawin,19 September 1791.
1 page, embossed paper seal upper left, creased at folds with some losses, silked along folds on verso, stained. Appointing Jonas Holden Jr. as Captain of a company in the 4th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division of the Massachusetts Militia in Middlesex County.
$2,000-3,000
417
[HANCOCK, John (1737-1793)]. Partly-printed United States Loan-Office Transfer Certificate issued on behalf of John Hancock. Signed on the recto by William Imlay, as Commissioner of Loans in the State of Connecticut. 28 February 1793.
One page, oblong 12mo (132 x c.280mm). Accomplished in manuscript. (Irregularly trimmed on side margins, with circular cancellation through Imlay’s signature, some separation a folds, small diamond-shaped hole cut in lower border, some tape reinforcements on verso.)
Acknowledging that “John Hancock Esq. of Boston” is Proprietor of stock, in the Public Funds of the United States, to the amount of $4,902.68, bearing interest at three percent per annum, and that the certificate has been cancelled and transferred to his credit in the Books of Commissioner of Loans in the State of Massachusetts by Warrant from the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton Esq. An attractively designed security printed in several decorative types, delicate floral border incorporating the word “AMERICA” in fancy cursive at left and “Loan office of the United States of America” in block letters on an intertwining scroll, at left an oval woodcut of the United States seal and woodcut device for the United States Loan Office.
“The loan officers and the Register of the Treasury issued these certificates with a warrant [see below] in order to notify the federal treasury of stock transfer form the books of one office to another” Hessler, Illustrated History of U. S. Loans, p. 60. Anderson US 204; Hessler X38 (rarity “R8” [1-3 surviving copies known]).
[With the accompanying:]
HAMILTON, Alexander (1757-1804). Partly-printed United States Loan Office Transfer Warrant for a credit transfer of stock in the Public Funds of the United States belonging to John Hancock from the State of Connecticut to the State of Massachusetts. Signed “Alexander Hamilton,” as Secretary of the Treasury. Accomplished in manuscript. Countersigned by Oliver Wolcott, as Comptroller. 18 April 1793.
One page, folio (332 x 212mm). Affixed with the embossed paper seal of the U. S. Treasury to the annexed certificate (above). With registry docket on recto signed by Joseph Nourse, as Register of the Treasury, and additionally docketed in another hand on verso. (With a c.20mm punch-hole cancellation through a large portion of Hamilton’s signature, some separations at folds and tape reinforcements on verso.)
The document addressed to Nathaniel Appleton, the Commissioner of Loans in the State of Massachusetts, certifies the credit transfer to John Hancock in the amount of $4,902.68, bearing interest at three percent per annum, from William Imlay, the Commissioner of Loans in the State of Connecticut. Hamilton’s certification was signed less than six months before Hancock’s death on 8 October 1793. Anderson, The Price of Liberty US 205; Hessler X39 (rarity “R8” [1-3 surviving copies known]).
AN HISTORIC PAIR OF EXTREMELY RARE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO “STOCK IN AMERICA” OWNED BY JOHN HANCOCK. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TWO FOUNDING FATHERS—JOHN HANCOCK AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
$2,000-3,000
417
418
HARRISON, Benjamin (1726-1791), signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph letter signed (“Benj. Harrison”), as Governor of Virginia, to the Commercial Committee. Beckley, 7 July 1779.
1 1/2 pages, 8vo, docketed verso in another hand, a few small holes and inkburn affecting a few letters, creased. A wartime letter discussing missing tobacco: «Enclosed I send you a list of 42 Hkd? of Tobacco, sold to the Mill Gratz only 35 of which are to be found in the warehouses, the other seven the inspectors say are missing...the warehouses have not been properly searched. ...I am in Cash for this Tobacco & have placed it to your Credit, ...now in the Warehouses at Hanover Town York River.”
$250-350
419
[HAWAIIAN IMPRINT - LAHAINALUNA]. GALLAUDET, Thomas Hopkins (1787-1851). Hoike Akua: he Palapala ia e hoike ana ma na mea i hanaia aia no he Akua. Lahainaluna: Wea pai Palapala no ke Kulanu, 1842.
12mo. Woodcut illustrations. Contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards (some rubbing and wear, front free end paper detached.) Provenance: The Library of Congress (bookplate, blind stamp on title, “surplus duplicate” stamp).
Second edition of Gallaudet’s arguments to prove the existence and omniscience of God. Hawaiian Language Imprints, 1822-1899, p. 238. RARE.
$500-700
420
[HAWAIIAN IMPRINT - LAHAINALUNA]. He Hoakakaolelo no na Huaolelo Beritania, i mea kokua i na kanaka Hawaii e ao ana ia olelo. Lahainaluna: Mea Pai Palapala o ke Kulanui, 1845.
8vo. (Some spotting or browning throughout, a few leaves dampstained.) Contemporary roan-backed marbled boards (spine perished, covers detached, some wear). Provenance: Rev. P Gulick (numerous early signatures, Oahu College, Sandwich Islands); The Library of Congress, Walter R. Steiner Collection (bookplate, blind stamp on title, “surplus duplicate” stamp).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH-HAWAIIAN DICTIONARY, “one of the most important publications of the Lahainaluna Press” (Forbes 1551). RARE.
$600-800
421
[HINTON, Richard J. (d. 1901)]. Rebel Invasion of Missouri and Kansas, and the Campaign of the Army of the Border against General Sterling Price. Chicago and Leavenworth, KS: Church & Goodman; T. W. Marshall, 1865.
8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates and maps. (Some minor spotting or staining, heavier on first few leaves.) Original publisher’s blue pebble cloth (staining to front cover).
FIRST EDITION. Hinton, born in London, emigrated to the United States in 1851 and settled in Kansas in 1856. An abolitionist who supported the free state cause, he joined the Union army in 1862, retiring as a colonel in 1865. A RARE PRE-FIRE IMPRINT printed by Church, Goodman & Donnelley, stereotyped by J. Conahan, and bound by Cox & Donahue. Sabin 31969.
$200-300
422
HOWARD, Benjamin C. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States...in the case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1857.
8vo (235 x 140 mm). 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements; “Prospectus of Abridgment of Debates of Congress” leaf laid down on front pastedown, “Specimen Page of Abridgment of Debates of Congress” leaf laid down on rear pastedown. (Some light browning or staining to a few leaves.) Original publisher’s printed wrappers laid over modern cloth, stabbed and sewn (some browning).
FIRST EDITION of the landmark Supreme Court decision that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Dred Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had been taken into “free” territory in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory by the family that enslaved him. Chief Justice Roger Taney’s decision stated that slaves were “not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word ‘citizens’ in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures,” igniting a strong public reaction against the decision. Grolier American 68; Howes S-218; Sabin 33240.
$400-600
423
HUBBARD, William (1621?-1704). The Present State of New-England, being a Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians. London: for Tho. Parkhurst, 1677.
4to (187 x 136 mm). π2-4, a1-3, L2-4 and map provided in facsimile from the John Carter Brown Library copy with their stamps. (Lacking first blank, a4, and R4, C1 disbound, some soiling as usual.) Modern half calf (some wear).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the most thorough account of the King Philip’s War, first printed in Boston in the same year. The large woodcut map (produced here in facsimile) is a copy of the map in the Boston edition, considered to be the first map of America printed in this country. Church 651; ESTC R1358; Howes H-756; Sabin 33446; Streeter II:641.
$1,800-2,500
424
JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830.
4 volumes, 8vo (219 x 133 mm). Half-titles; engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 pp. folding facsimiles (a few short tears, some offsetting). (Some overall spotting throughout as usual.) Contemporary sheep, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: F[rancis] K[inloch] Huger (1837-1897) Colonel in the Confederate States Army (signatures).
Second edition, including a 2-page facsimile of “A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled.” Howes R-60.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park
$300-400
425
JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973). The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.
8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth; publisher’s printed dust jacket (some wear to edges).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY JOHNSON on a label with the Presidential Seal affixed to the half-title.
$200-300
426
LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Autograph letter signed (“Lafayette”), in English, to William Little, Esquire. Addressed verso in a different hand. On board the Herald, May 22, 1825.
1 page, 8vo, on a bifolium, creased, a few holes along creases affecting letters, some staining, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame).
Thanking the recipient for naming his son after him, and commenting on the use of his title: “I think he had better leave the appellation of Marquis endearing[?] as it is to my recollection when pronounced, as a keepsake, by an American veteran, because titles of nobility have been happily interdicted from the Constitution of the United States, and have been abolished by the Representatives of France at the time of the year 1790.”
Property from the Collection of Richard Park
$400-600
427
[LAW - UNITED STATES LAWS AND TREATIES]. The Laws of the United States of America. Philadelphia: Richard Folwell, 1796-[1798].
4 volumes, 8vo (200 x 119 mm). (Some browning or spotting.) Nonuniformly bound in contemporary sheep gilt (some staining or wear).
FIRST EDITION, with the fourth volume (Acts passed at the First Session of the Fifth Congress of the United States of America) printed by William Ross in Philadelphia in 1798 (though the title-page reads 1797). Comprising the “first collected laws of the United States and including the acts of Congress still in force passed by the first four Congresses... This set is also important as a collection of early American treaties, with the appendices including the treaties of the United States with foreign powers and Indian tribes” (Reese). ESTC W20624; Evans 329763; Reese Federal Hundred 63 (Vols. I-III).
$300-400
428
LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph letter signed (“R. E. Lee”), as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, to James Longstreet, Confederate General. Camp, 28 September 1864.
1 page, 8vo, small holes just affecting a few letters, a few separations along creases, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).
Lee writes General Longstreet in the midst of the Siege of Petersburg on the eve of the New Market Heights offensive regarding a shipment of supplies being sent from England by Major J. B. Ferguson. Lee quotes Ferguson: “Through the kindness of Mr. Andrews who leaves in the Morn direct for Richmond, I send a box containing Sundry articles for you & Gen. Longstreet, who I hope has recovered from his wound.” Lee continues: “I hope you will receive your portion safely. The box I understand arrived in Richmond, was opened by Major Ferguson (brother to the one in Europe) & the articles intended for me sent to my gis? in Richmond – Yours I understand from my son Major F__ retained. Very truly yours, R. E. Lee.”
The Richmond-Peterson campaign consisted of trench warfare from June 1864 through April 1865 and was a costly campaign for both sides. During the night of September 28-29, Butler’s Army of the James crossed the James River to assault the Richmond defenses north of the river at dawn. Lee reinforced his lines north of the James and counterattacked unsuccessfully on September 30.
Property from the Estate of Wilder Glover Little, Marietta, Georgia
$6,000-8,000
429
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph document signed under his early firm’s name “Stuart & Lincoln.” Sangamon County, Illinois, “Of the July term [14 July?]” 1840.
2 pages, folio, 318 x 194 mm, creased, split along center fold affecting text, chipping with minor losses to two blank corners and left margin, small hole affecting one letter.
AN EARLY AND LENGTHY LEGAL DOCUMENT, ENTIRELY WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY LINCOLN DURING HIS FIRST LAW PARTNERSHIP. Lincoln is acting for the plaintiff, Jesse Ditson, and suing for the payment of a promissory note and damages from Thomas Lasswell. It reads in part: “Jesse Ditson, plaintiff, complains of Thomas Lasswell, defendant, being in custody &c. of plea of Trespass on the case upon promises. For that whereas, heretofore, to wit, on the twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, at Springfield, in the county and circuit aforesaid, made his certain promissory note in writing bearing date the day and year aforesaid, and thereby and then promised to pay, on or before the fifteenth of April, (then) next (ensuing) one Moses Lawson, one hundred dollars, for value received, and then and there delivered the said promissory note to the said Moses Lawson…” Containing approximately 570 words in Lincoln’s hand.
John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) made Lincoln’s acquaintance while serving in the same battalion during Black Hawk War in 1832. Stuart was elected a member of the Illinois House of Representatives between 1832 and 1836, and encouraged the young Lincoln to study law. The two subsequently partnered in Springfield from1837 until 1841. He had a significant influence on Lincoln’s career as a lawyer and politician. Stuart was a favorite cousin of Lincoln’s future wife, Mary Todd. Provenance: Henry Goldsmith (his sale, American Art Association, 29 Jan 1925, lot 74); Emanuel Hertz (his sale, Anderson Galleries, 15 Nov 1927, lot 297).
$4,000-6,000
430
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph document signed under his firm’s name “Logan & Lincoln.” Sangamon County, Illinois, 31 March 1842.
1 page, folio, 325 x 203 mm, creased, a few tiny separations along ends of folds just affecting letters. Docketed on verso by J. Calhoun as clerk.
A LEGAL PLEA WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN LINCOLN’S HAND DURING HIS SECOND LAW PARTNERSHIP. Complaint written by Lincoln, while a legal partner with Stephen T. Logan, on behalf of the plaintiff, Isaac Beebe, against the defendant Jonathan Dunn, for the recovery of the amount due on a promissory note. Containing approximately 280 words in Lincoln’s hand.
Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880), practiced law with Abraham Lincoln from 1841 to 1843. He served as Illinois circuit court judge and in 1847 was elected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention. He also served in the Illinois House of Representatives. Logan later nominated Lincoln for Senator, and helped fund his 1860 presidential campaign. Provenance: Emanuel Hertz (his sale, Anderson Galleries, 15 Nov 1927, lot 299).
$3,000-4,000
431
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph letter signed “Lincoln & Herndon”. To Messrs. S. C. Davis & Co. Springfield, 30 November 1858.
1 page, 4to, 214 x 196 mm, creased, a few small stains.
Written during his final and most famous legal partnership with William Herndon, Lincoln advises Samuel C. Davis & Co. regarding foreclosures and property the company had been awarded in a case handled by their firm.
“Gentlemen / Yours of the 27th returning letter of Mr. Fishback is just received. What amount will have to be paid Mr. Fishback, we can not tell until we hear further from him - We await your direction about making sales - The first Monday of January will be the 3rd day - so that judgment can be obtained at the January Term if process be served as early as the 24th of Dec - being ten days - If suit be commenced as early as the 15th the Marshal will have from that till the 24th to find the parties, and serve the process - reasonable time, but not quite so safe as if it were a little greater. Yours &c / Lincoln & Herndon.”
The young Arkansas lawyer (and later Governor of Arkansas), William Meade Fishback handled foreclosure proceedings for Lincoln & Herndon, and is referenced in the opening of this letter. In 1857, Fishback moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he was admitted to the bar and briefly practiced law. Poor health prompted him to move to Sebastian County, Arkansas in 1858. In 1861, Fishback was elected to the Arkansas Secession Convention as a proUnion delegate. Fishback was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1892.
William Henry Herndon (1818-1891) was born in Kentucky and moved to Springfield with his family in 1823. Herndon worked as a store clerk before studying law in the Logan and Lincoln partnership. Admitted to the bar in 1844, Lincoln later that year chose him as his junior partner. The partnership of Lincoln and Herndon lasted until Lincoln’s death in 1865, and handled at least 3,200 cases in the county courts of central Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the federal courts in Illinois. Provenance: Emanuel Hertz (his sale, Anderson Galleries, 15 Nov 1927, lot 324).
$4,000-6,000
432
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Signature “A. Lincoln” cut from a legal document. N.d. [ca 1859].
On a small slip (20 x 75 mm), matted, framed, and glazed (unexamined out of frame). (Tear crossing signature; a few old repairs; some soiling.) Matted with a printed photographic bust portrait of Lincoln taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, IL on June 3, 1860. Provenance: Charles Sessler, Philadelphia (typed description on frame verso).
$1,000-1,500
433
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster, and Company, 1860.
8vo. (Some light spotting, as usual.) Publisher’s brown cloth (some very light wear to spine ends and corners, a few minor stains, otherwise fine).
FIRST EDITION, later issue, with “2” on p. 13 (rather than p. 17). The first published edition of the debates between Lincoln and Douglas for the U.S. Senate in 1858. Follett, Foster, and Co. would later publish Lincoln’s campaign biography. Howes L-338; Sabin 41156. A FINE COPY.
$400-500
434
[LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE]. LINCOLN, Abraham (18091865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster, and Company, 1860.
8vo. (Some light spotting, as usual.) Publisher’s brown cloth (wear to spine ends and corners, upper portion of spine becoming detached). FIRST EDITION, later issue, with “2” on p. 13 (rather than p. 17). Howes L-388; Sabin 41156.
[With:]
The Campaign in Illinois. Last Joint Debate. Douglas and Lincoln at Alton, Illinois. Washington: Lemuel Towers, 1858. 8vo. Original printed wrappers; red folding case. Offprint from the Chicago Daily Times, October 17, 1858. Monaghan 10.
$300-400
435
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. The Wigwam Edition. The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abram [sic] Lincoln. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1860.
8vo. Frontispiece portrait. Original publisher’s buff pictorial wrappers (slight chipping with small loss to foot of spine and outer margins, some minor staining, otherwise fine); half morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of “the most popular life issued during the campaign...Rightfully the keystone to any collection of Lincolniana” (Wessen, Campaign Lives of Lincoln, 1). In the rush to send the first campaign biography to press, the publisher misspelled Lincoln’s name on the wrapper and title-page. Howes L-341; Monaghan 92 (“probably the earliest biography in book or pamphlet form”); Sabin 41200; Streeter III:1744. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY.
$500-700
436
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph note signed “A. Lincoln,” as President. 6 November 1861.
1 page, 12mo (45 x 90 mm), matted, framed, and glazed (unexamined out of frame). Matted with a litho portrait of Lincoln seated at his desk with his son Tad.
A transmittal note. In full: “Respectfully submitted to the War Department. A. Lincoln / Nov. 6. 1861.”
$1,000-1,500
437
[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM—GETTYSBURG ADDRESS]. New-York Daily Tribune. New York, 20 November 1863.
8 pages, folio, 513 x 399 mm. Disbound. (Separation along left fold, some minor foxing.)
“Immortal, one of the supreme utterances of the principles of democratic freedom”--Printing and the Mind of Man 351.
AN EARLY NEWSPAPER PRINTING OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
Issued less than a day after Lincoln delivered his most memorable speech at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg. The Tribune had a circulation of about 200,000, therefore a large segment of the population got their first reading of the speech through this paper. The headline on the fifth column, above the fold, reads: “The Gettysburg Cemetery. The Consecration Ceremonies. Grand Military and Civic Display. Speeches by the President, Secretary of State and Others. Edward Everett’s Address.” Lincoln›s short, but eloquent remarks begin at the bottom of the column and conclude at the top of the adjoining column. The paper also prints news of fighting near Knoxville, Tennessee and other theaters of operation. The first appearances of the Gettysburg Address in print were in several morning newspapers issued on 20 November 1863, without an exact priority established. Carbonell, Gettysburg Address 1.
$2,500-3,500
438
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Signaure “A. Lincoln” cut from a letter closing. N.d.
On a small sheet (52 x 105 mm), matted, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame). Letter closing reads: “…present at the meeting today. / Yours truly / A. Lincoln.” Matted with an oval albumen photograph portrait by Alexander Gardner (mounted, slight blistering).
[With:]
SEWARD, William (1801-1872). Autograph note signed “William H. Seward”. N.d.
On a small sheet (51 x 112 mm), matted, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame). Note or letter closing, reads: “Very well, Let it be as you say. Faithfully / William H. Seward.” Matted with an albumen photograph portrait of Seward seated a desk by Alexander Gardner (mounted, slight blistering).
Together with an autograph letter signed from George E. Baker, 3 May 1864, sending the above items to Matthias Woolbert. Baker was a clerk in the State Department working under Seward during Lincoln’s Presidency, and later edited Seward’s works. Matted together with a letter from Woolbert? mentioning Washington and Lincoln, and with a few other items (wax seal, stamped envelope fragment and printed calling card); framed.
$800-1,200
439
[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Daily Morning Chronicle. Vol. III, Number 140. Washington, [D.C.], Saturday Morning, April 15, 1865.
4 pages, on a bifolio, 743 x 524 mm. Unbound as issued. (Some splitting at folds with minor loss, some other old cellotape repairs with associated discoloration through some account text on first page; some minor foxing.)
VERY RARE EARLY ISSUE OF A WASHINGTON D.C. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF THE ASSASSINATION.
The Washington D.C. Daily Morning Chronicle contains some of the earliest printed reports of the assassination in the city where it had only recently occurred, and when many details were yet unknown. The front page with heading at the top of the third column: “MURDER of PRESIDENT LINCOLN” “Attempt To Assassinate The Secretary of State” “Manner Of Assassination” “Safety of Other Members of the Cabinet” “Description Of The Assassin” “The Police Investigation” “The Surgeons’ Latest Reports”. The text begins: “At half past ten o’clock last night, in the front upper left-hand private box in Ford’s Theatre, while the second scene of the third act of ‘Our American Cousin’ was being played, a pistol was fired and Abraham Lincoln shot through the neck and lower part of the head...” This lengthy & detailed early account takes nearly 3 columns of the front page, but nowhere mentions the death of the President. Subsequent issues of this paper of the same day are indicated at top of the sixth column with “Second Edition” or “Third Edition” with additional updated information added below.
The remainder of the front page contains reports previously planned front page content concerning the closing events of the Civil War, with assassination coverage continuing on the second page. Although the third page primarily contains advertisements, the first ad listed under “Amusements” is for Ford’s New Theatre with note: “There will be not performance at this theatre tonight.” This historic newspaper was published at the Chronicle Building located on 9th St. between E and F Streets, which was in the same block as Ford’s Theatre. Newspapers from Washington reporting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are scarce and desirable.
$1,000-1,500
440
[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882). Incidents of the War | Sic Semper Sicariis [caption title]. Washington, D. C.: Philip & Solomons, 1865.
Albumen photographs on printed mounts, entitled: “Arrival on Scaffold. No. 1.” -- “Reading the Death Warrant. No. 2.” -- “Adjusting the Ropes. No. 3.” -- “(Thus be it ever with Assassins.) No. 4.”
Suite of 4 albumen photographs, each approximately 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (173 x 225 mm), on original printed mounts with Gardner’s credit, titles, date, and copyright printed recto. (Some minor dampstaining affecting left side of image, some marginal soiling, surface abrasion to first albumen photograph, small crease to fourth albumen photograph, small abrasions to mounts verso.) All mounted on stubs, bound in early 20th-century half green morocco, marbled boards (some overall wear).
RARE SERIES OF IMAGES OF THE EXECUTION OF THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION CONSPIRATORS
The series of images taken by Gardner and his assistant, Timothy O’Sullivan, in the yard of the Washington Penitentiary on the morning of 7 July 1865, is considered to be one of the first examples of photojournalism. Roughly 1,000 people attended the execution of the conspirators; most were soldiers, but many journalists and members of the public. The grim images show the accused: Mary Surratt (who kept a boardinghouse where the conspirators met), George Atzerodt (charged with the attempted assassination of Vice President Johnson), David Herold (who assisted Booth on his flight from Washington) and Lewis Payne (who attempted to assassinate Secretary of War Stanton). Though a Presidential pardon was expected for Surratt, one was never issued, and Surratt became the first woman ever hanged by the U. S. Government.
As Gardner’s biographer Mark Katz writes, these scenes “remain the most vivid images from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It was the longest picture-story recording of an event to date, capturing a complex, significant series of events. Gardner and O’Sullivan’s execution series was a 19thcentury precursor of the kind of photo-journalism that subsequently became so important” (Witness to an Era, p.192).
Individual images from this sequence of The Incidents of War are scarce, and there is little informed consensus on the actual number of images comprising the complete series. Not present in this group is the rare image of the ropes hanging empty prior to the hanging, and what can be considered adjunct images (the photograph of the executioners and the photograph of the initial grave sites). Only 3 lots containing 4 or more images from the series can be traced at auction in the last 20 years: The Laico set (containing 5 images), sold Christie’s East 12 May 1999; another set (containing 7 images) sold Christie’s New York, 12 September 2000; and another set (containing 4 images) sold at Swann Galleries, 17 October 2013.
441
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. HERNDON, William H. (1818-1891) and Jesse William WEIK (1857-1930). Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Chicago, New York, and San Francisco: Bedford, Clarke & Company, 1889.
3 volumes, 8vo. Numerous steel engraved plates. (A few pale spots.) Original publisher’s cloth gilt, top edge gilt (slight wear to extremities); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, “based on Herndon’s intimate, first-hand knowledge, this will always be the most authoritative single source for Lincoln’s early period” (Howes H-440). Monaghan 1049. A BRIGHT COPY.
$100-200
442
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. Abraham Lincoln: His Book. A Facsimile Reproduction of the Original with an Explanatory Note. New York: McClure, Phillips, & Co., 1901.
12mo. Comprising 20 leaves in facsimile, with accompanying printed explanatory notes. Original sheep; cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION of this facsimile reproduction of Lincoln’s manuscript pocket notebook, replicating manuscript notes and newspaper clippings. In his explanatory note, J. McCan David writes: “This book - the only one now or ever extant of its Illustrious authorship - owes its existence to the political campaign of 1858, when the opposing candidates for United States Senator for Illinois were Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.”
$100-200
443
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. BEVERIDGE, Albert J. Abraham Lincoln 18091858. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
4 volumes, 8vo. Photogravure frontispieces, numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth-backed boards uncut (some light rubbing).
LIMITED EDITION, number 365 of 1000 copies of “The Manuscript Edition.” WITH AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEAF BY BEVERIDGE in pencil, window-mounted and bound in to Vol. I. Howes B-408.
$200-300
444
BEVERIDGE, Albert J. (1862-1927). Abraham Lincoln 18091858. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait to each volume. Contemporary quarter calf, edges uncut (spines rubbed, some overall wear).
FIRST EDITION of Beveridge’s comprehensive biography of Abraham Lincoln.
$200-300
445
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years. -- Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926, 1939.
2 works in 6 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Original publisher’s blue cloth gilt; original dust jackets.
FIRST EDITION, trade issues, of Sandburg’s influential biography of Abraham Lincoln.
$300-400
446
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.
4 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Original publisher’s brown cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 228 of 500 copies SIGNED BY SANDBURG.
$300-400
447
[LINCOLNIANA]. BRENNER, Victor David. Abraham Lincoln Bronze Plaque. New York, 1907 [but 1909].
Plaque 9 1/2 x 7 in. on 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 green marble mount (small chip to upper edge). Bronze plaque titled “Abraham Lincoln **1809 * 1865**,” dated 1907 with the artist’s monogram and copyright information, original easel back. Stamped on lower left side: “Copyright 1909 by S. Klaber & Co.” Other issues of the plaque are known with the imprint: “S. Klaber & Co. Founders N. Y.”
$400-500
448
448
[LINCOLNIANA]. Wood from Lincoln Farm, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
Approximately 100 x 200 x 15 mm. Small postcard of Lincoln Cabin at Lincoln National Park in Hodgenville, KY, mounted under glass with brass tacks on front, hook at top. Printed paper label on back: “This ‘Wood’ is from the Lincoln Farm. Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. By Ladies Lincoln League. For Library Fund. Hodgenville, Ky.”
The Ladies Lincoln League sold pieces of wood from Lincoln’s cabin in the 1920s to raise money for the Lincoln Memorial Library in Hodgenville, KY. The library was dedicated on 12 February 1935.
$500-700
449
[LINCOLNIANA]. A group of Lincoln-related ephemera, including:
Engraved portrait. John Sartrain, engraver, after a photograph. Abraham Lincoln. Pennsylvania: Bradley & Co., 1860. 325 x 265 mm (visible area, matted and framed, unexamined out of frame). -- Engraved portrait. William E. Marshall, engraver. Abraham Lincoln. N.p.: n.p., ca 1866. 535 x 412 mm (visible area matted and framed, unexamined out of frame). -- The New York Herald. Whole no. 10459. Saturday, April 15, 1865. 2 pages, 565 x 425 mm. Framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame). A late souvenir printing, front page with the heading “IMPORTANT. Assasination of President Lincoln. The President Shot at the Theater Last Evening.” -- Evening Star. Vol. XXV, No. 8786. Washington, D.C. Thursday, April 20, 1865. 4 pages (separations along folds with old tape repairs, chipping with losses), 555 x 362 mm. Contemporary account of Lincoln’s funeral. The front page with the heading “THE FUNERAL. A SOLEMN DAY. Impressive Features. THE IMMENSE PROCESSION.”
[With:] Lincoln centennial medal by B.L. Pratt, 1909; Lincoln half dollar, 1918. Also with a commemorative medal, a bronze plaque, and two pairs of bronze Lincoln bookends.
$200-300
450
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. A group of 27 works about Lincoln, including:
MCCLELLAN, George B. Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmiting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. -- RAYMOND, Henry J. The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Derby and Miller, 1865. -- NICOLAY, John G. and John HAY. Abraham Lincoln. A History. New York: The Century Co., 1890. 10 volumes. -- ROTHSCHILD, Alonzo. Lincoln Master of Men. A Study in Character. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. -- THOMAS, Benjamin P. Abraham Lincoln. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. -- And 22 others. Together, 27 works in 46 volumes, most FIRST EDITIONS, all in various cloth or leather bindings, complete list available on request.
[With:] Two pairs of bronze Lincoln bookends and two record albums including readings by Carl Sandburg.
$300-400
452
451
453 451
MACARTHUR, Douglas (1880-1964). Reminiscences. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.
8vo. Publisher’s tan cloth gilt.
LIMITED EDITION, number 930 of 1750 copies SIGNED BY MACARTHUR.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park $300-400
452
MARSHALL, John (1755-1835). The Life of George Washington: Maps and Subscribers’ Names. Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1807.
Atlas volume only, 4to (279 x 222 mm). 10 engraved folding maps (8 double-page), mounted on stubs, 22pp. subscribers’ list. (Some light browning or offsetting throughout as usual, dampstaining to a few leaves, several leaves loose, a few separations with small losses to folds.) Original sheep-backed marbled boards, printed label to upper cover (overall wear, label partially torn with losses, spine perished). Provenance: John Alburtis (early 19th-century booklabel); William Alburtis (signature).
FIRST EDITION, with maps depicting major battles of Washington’s Revolutionary War campaigns, including Boston, New York, and Charleston, and the list of subscribers (frequently lacking). Howes M-317; Sabin 44788.
$600-800
*453
MARTIN, Francois-Xavier (1762-1846). The History of North Carolina, from the Earliest Period. New Orleans: A. T. Penniman, 1829.
2 volumes, 8vo (233 x 146 mm). Half-titles. (Some minor spotting.) ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT, printed labels to spines (old paper rebacking preserving printed labels, some light wear or staining); green quarter morocco folding case).
FIRST EDITION of Martin’s rare early history of North Carolina. “A painstaking search, as far as his opportunities permitted, and a perspicuous way of writing stand for the work’s chief merits.” (Winsor qtd. in Streeter). RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, no copies of this work in original boards have sold at auction in the last 35 years. Church 1341, Howes M-333, Jumonville 671, 6712 (locating only 5 copies); Sabin 44872, Streeter 1140.
[With:]
Laws of North-Carolina. Newbern, NC: Francois X. Martin, [1794]. Folio (348 x 210). Comprising 5 leaves on 3 sheets. Stab-sewn (some minor browning or spotting). FIRST EDITION. RARE. Evans 27425.
Property from The Estate of Charles S. Ackerman, Atlanta, Georgia
$1,000-2,000
454
MIFFLIN, Thomas (1744-1800), signer of the Constitution. Manuscript document signed (“Tho Mifflin”), as Governor of Pennsylvania, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 26 February 1791.
1 page, 4to, bifolium, addressed and docketed verso, original wax seal, creased, blank corner verso torn away. Informing the Pennsylvania Senate and House that he approved and signed an Act of the General Assembly entitled “A further supplement to the several acts of the General Assembly respecting Auctions and Auctioneers.”
$100-200
*456
[MORMONISM]. [In Deseret phonetic alphabet:] The Deseret Second Book by the Regents of the Deseret University. [Salt Lake City], 1868.
12mo (185 x 114 mm). Text printed in Deseret language throughout, pictorial title-page, numerous illustrations. Original brown cloth-backed printed boards (some overall staining or light wear, some light chipping to spine). Provenance: O’Connor (signature); acquired Swann Galleries, 1957.
FIRST EDITION of this phonetic alphabet. Alfred L. Bush notes: “I find [volumes in the Deseret alphabet] a curious and interesting aspect of Brigham Young’s empire-building -- which went so far as to include an attempt at an alphabetic reformation” (qtd. in Streeter). Flake 2818; Streeter IV: 2309.
Property from the Collection of Evelyn and Eric Newman, St. Louis, Missouri
$100-200 457
MORRIS, Gouverneur (1752-1816), signer of the Constitution and the Articles of the Confederation. Autograph letter signed (“Gouv Morris”), addressed in his hand, to Peter Steven Duponceau, French-American lawyer. Morrisiana, 20 June 1805.
455
MORGAN, Dale Lowell (1914-1971), editor. The West of William Ashley. Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, 1964.
Folio. Numerous facsimile illustrations by Seymour, Bodmer, and Catlin; folding map (slightly creased). Modern half calf gilt; fore-edge uncut, with cloth slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 126 of 250 copies SIGNED BY MORGAN.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park
$200-300
1 1/2 pp., 4to, bifolium, original wax seal, docketed and addressed on integral leaf. Legal letter regarding a deed of trust which he sought and which he had heard was held by Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox had written to him that he passed his trusteeship to Duponceau and Abraham Kintzing, as he was unable to cooperate because of his distant residence.
$300-500
458
MUHLENBERG, Frederick A. (1750-1801), first Speaker of the House of Representatives. Partially printed document signed (“Fredk. A Muhlenberg Speaker”), as Speaker, counter signed by William Harris. Philadelphia, 10 April 1781.
1 page, oblong 8vo, separated at creases and repaired verso, mounting remnants verso. Order to pay William Harris £63 for “Sixty three Days attendance in Assembly.”
$150-250
460
MUIR, John (1838-1914). Travels in Alaska. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.
8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. Original grey cloth, cover and spine lettered in white, illustrated cover label, top edge gilt, others uncut (very slight rubbing to foot of spine and corners, otherwise fine).
FIRST TRADE EDITION describing Muir’s travels to Alaska in 1879 and 1880. BAL 14771. A FINE COPY.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation
$100-150 459
MUIR, John (1838-1914). My First Summer in the Sierra. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911.
8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. Original green pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (light rubbing to extremities, spine slightly leaned).
FIRST EDITION of Muir’s account of his time spent working as a shepherd in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. BAL 14765.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation
$250-350
461
[NATIVE AMERICAN ART] -- [PUEBLO INDIANS]. Pueblo Indian Painting. Text by Jamake Highwater and Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander. Santa Fe: Bell Editions, 1979.
Folio. 26 pp. text booklet; 50 color plates loose as issued housed with text in original imitation leather portfolio; original shipping carton.
LIMITED EDITION, number 707 of 750 copies signed by Jamake Highwater. Facsimile reprint of the 1932 edition. The complete portfolio includes reproductions of watercolor paintings by artists of the New Mexican pueblos of San Ildefonso and Zia, including works by Julian Martinez, Encarnacion Pena, Abel Sanchez, Romando Vigil, Louis Roybal, Richard Martinez, Alfonso Roybal, Awa Tsireh, Miguel Martinez, and Velino Herrera. A fine set as new.
$200-300
462
[NATIVE AMERICAN ART]. SZWEDZICKI, C., publisher. Sioux Indian Painting. Part I: Paintings Of The Sioux and Other Tribes of The Great Plains. Part II: The Art of Amos Bad Heart Buffalo. Nice: C. Szwedzicki, [1938].
2 volumes, folio (500 x 390 mm). Part I: 26 images on 25 plates; Part II: 25 plates. Loose as issued in publisher’s original pictorial boards, grey silk ties (a few ties broken, a few minor stains).
LIMITED EDITIONS, numbers 332 and 369, respectively, of 400 copies SIGNED BY SZWEDZICKI, and V. Crespin. The second part includes a series of famous view of the Battle of Little Big Horn by Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, including 17 which relate to the battle against Custer.
$1,000-1,500 463
464
NIXON, Richard (1913-1994). Leaders. New York: Warner Books, 1982.
8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher’s black cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards; publisher’s pictorial dust jacket (short tear and minor creasing along top edge).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY NIXON on half-title.
$100-200 [NEW MEXICO]. FROST, Max, editor. New Mexico. Its Resources, Climate, Geography and Geological Condition. Santa Fe: New Mexican Printing Company, 1890.
8vo. Errata slip tipped in; 2 lithographed folding maps. Original pictorial wrappers (a few short tears, upper joint with short separation).
FIRST EDITION, including maps of New Mexico and the Santa Fe Route and connections. Adams Herd 857 (“Scarce”).
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation
$300-400
465
PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811.
4to (267 x 213 mm). 2 engraved maps (one folding). (Some light spotting or offsetting to a few leaves.) Later 19th-century half tan calf, green cloth-covered boards, marbled edges, by J. G. Goodwyn, Tetbury with his ticket (some light wear, upper joint starting).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, edited by Thomas Rees, of Pike’s journey, the first government-endorsed exploration of the American Southwest. Pike received orders to explore the Arkansas and Red Rivers; it was on this expedition that he attempted to summit the peak later named for him.
$2,000-3,000
466
[SAINT LOUIS]. KURZ & ALLISON, publishers
The Great Tornado at St. Louis, MO and E. St. Louis, Ill.’s. May 27,1896. Lithograph, Chicago, 1896, visible area 27 x 41 in (687 x 1040 mm), matted, framed and glazed with old wooden backing (unexamined out of frame), browning, surface soiling and abrasions, possible old repairs verso. Depicting the damage of the tornado which swept through St. Louis and East St. Louis in 1896, and depicting several well-known landmarks.
$2,000-3,000
467
SEWARD, William H. (1801-1872), Secretary of State to President Lincoln. Autograph free frank (“William H. Seward”), on cover addressed in his hand. To Miss Myrtilla Miner, Hamilton, Madison County, NY, postmarked Washington D.C., date unintelligible.
80 x 140 mm, with red wax seal.
$300-400
468
SIMCOE, John Graves (1752-1806). Military Journal.... New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1844.
8vo. 10 lithographed folding maps. (Some minor spotting.) Modern brown leather.
FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, preceded by a privately-printed edition of 1787, and expanded by the addition of a biography of Simcoe and an appendix of letters, papers, and observations. Simcoe commanded The Queen’s Rangers, a Loyalist regiment who served in the New York and Philadelphia campaigns, at Charleston, and with Benedict Arnold in Virginia. Howes S-461; Sabin 81135.
$300-400
469
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Autograph sentiment signed (“H. B. Stowe”), to an unnamed recipient. Mandarin, Florida, March 5 1878.
1 page, 225 x 140 mm. «Very truly yours, H. B. Stowe.»
$600-800
470
TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884-1972), President. Photograph signed and inscribed (“Harry Truman”), to Paul H. Ragon. N.p., January 29, 1969.
8 x 10 in black and white photograph, signed and inscribed right margin. “To Paul H. Ragon Harry Truman.”
$200-300
471
TRUMBULL, Jonathan (1710-1785), Governor of Connecticut. Partially printed document accomplished in manuscript, signed (“Jon Trumbull”). 17 October 1806.
1 page, small folio, bifolium, separations along creases repaired verso, some spotting. With the embossed paper seal of the state of Connecticut. Appointing Samuel Guernsey Ensign of the ninth Company in the 17th regiment of the Connecticut Militia, effective October 2nd, 1806.
$100-200
472
TRUMBULL, Jonathan (1710-1785), Governor of Connecticut. Document signed (“Jon Trumble”). N.p., n.d.
Approximately 6 x 6 in., possibly cut from a larger document, tears to folds expertly repaired verso, 3 lines in a different hand verso, docketed on verso. Summoning David Nevins to appear before the county court “to recover of the Defendant the...sum of nine pounds lawful money” owed to the “Governor and Company.”
$200-300
473
[U. S. POLITICAL FIGURES - SIGNED]. A group of 3 works, signed by Gerald Ford, Colin Powell, and Condoleeza Rice, comprising:
FORD, Gerald R. (1913-2006). A Time to Heal. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers and the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1979. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY FORD. -- RICE, Condoleezza (b. 1954). No Higher Honor. New York: Crown Publishers, 2011. With box. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RICE. -- POWELL, Colin (b. 1937). It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership. New York: Harper, 2012. With box. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY POWELL. Together, three works in three volumes, all in original publisher’s cloth with original dust jackets and boxes, all in fine condition.
$300-400
474
[WHITE HOUSE]. HALLER, Henry. The White House Family Cookbook. New York: Random House, 1987.
Square 8vo. Illustrated. Original publisher’s ivory cloth; publisher’s pictorial dust jacket.
Later edition, SIGNED BY GERALD R. FORD, BETTY FORD, JIMMY CARTER, ROSALYNN CARTER, NANCY REAGAN, AND JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER. Additionally signed and inscribed by the author. Haller served as the White House Executive Chef for more than twenty years.
$400-600
475
WILSON, James (1742-1798), signer of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Ink endorsement signature (“Wilson”), on the verso of an autograph document signed by John Agnew. 1774.
1 page, 318 x 97 mm, blind seal, creased. Regarding a court appearance of George Wright and ordering the Cumberland County Sheriff to take him into custody. Wilson is one of only 6 men to sign both the Declaration and the Constitution.
$200-300
476
WRIGHT, Marcus J., General. -- Colonel Benjamin LA BREE. -- James P. BOYD. Official and Illustrated War Record. Washington, D. C.: n.p., 1899.
Folio. Profusely illustrated, numerous folding illustrations (many with tears repaired verso, a few linen-backed). (Some repaired tears, a few leaves reinserted or with marginal repairs). Modern cloth.
FIRST EDITION, including nearly 1,000 sketches of battles during the Civil War, and including portraits and biographies of famous leaders.
$150-250
477
WOLCOTT, Oliver (1726-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of the Confederation. Partially printed document signed (“Oliver Wolcott”), 15 March 1782.
1 page, oblong 8vo, countersigned over Wolcott’s signature, docketed verso, creased. Granting payment of nine shillings to Eliazer Wales.
$200-300
478
WOLCOTT, Oliver (1726-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of the Confederation. Autograph document signed (“O Wolcott”), Dec. 16 1773.
1 page, oblong 8vo, comprising approximately 44 words in Wolcott’s hand, 5-line note in a different hand. Regarding the estate settlement of Zachariah Bates: “The above was exhibited by Nathan Garfry Adminit’or on the estate of Zachariah Bates, as an Addition to the inventory of said Estate...”
$200-300
479
[AMERICANA]. A group of 11 works, including:
SHERIDAN, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. 2 volumes. -- GREGG, Thomas. The Prophet of Palmyra. New York: John B. Alden, 1890. -- HALL, Henry, editor. America’s Successful Men of Affairs. New York: The New York Tribune, 1895. -- SUMMERHAYES, Martha. Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life. Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott Company, 1908. -- GARLAND, Hamlin. A Son of the Middle Border. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. SIGNED BY HAMLIN. -- And 6 others. Together, 11 works in 13 volumes, most later editions, all original publisher’s cloth gilt or half morocco gilt, complete list available upon request.
$400-500
480
[AMERICANA]. A group of 13 works, including:
IRVING, Washington. Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. -- WHYMPER, Frederick. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. -- CUSTER, Elizabeth B. Following the Guidon. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. -- FINERTY, John F. War-Path and Bivouac, or the Conquest of the Sioux. Chicago: Publication Office, 1890. -- BERTON, Pierre. Klondike: The Life & Death of the Last Great Gold Rush. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1958. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY BERTON. -- And 8 others. Together, 13 works in 15 volumes, most later editions, all in various leather or cloth bindings, complete list available on request.
$400-500 (part lot)
