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Lot 1
Vue d'optiques of New York and Philadelphia at the outset of the Revolutionary War

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $640
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 2
The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $7,040
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 3
An American Revolution map-engraved powder horn dated from Ticonderoga in 1777

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 4
Burke on the Revolution through 1779, with portraits of Washington, Franklin and others

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 5
A Revolutionary War muster roll of a Dorchester regiment dated 1780

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $576
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 6
The first accurate published representation of the American flag

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000

Lot 7
"First French book with a title page mentioning the United States"—Howes

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 8
Slavery documents from Federal Connecticut and Antebellum New Orleans

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 9
First edition of Stedman's authoritative History of the American War

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $6,080
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 10
An uncommon and scathing work on Aaron Burr as Vice President

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $480
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 11
The funeral orations for Alexander Hamilton

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $448
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 12
A Collection of the Facts and Documents, Relative to the Death of Major-General Alexander Hamilton

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $384
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 13
The New-York Spectator issue announcing Hamilton's death

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $416
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 14
An early issue of the Charleston Courier from 1806

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 15
A bonbonniere with hand-colored scenes from the War of 1812 and Napoleonic Wars

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 16
A finely bound copy of Thompson's History of Long Island

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $576
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 17
The Cries of New York

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $320
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 18
A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $64,000
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 19
The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $14,080
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 20
Abner Doubleday signed note from Fort Sumter on the first day of the Civil War

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 21
A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 22
The scarce Uniform and Dress of the Army of the Confederate States, with fine plates

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $9,600
Estimated at $7,000 - $10,000

Lot 23
Proceedings of the Secession Convention of Florida

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 24
Patriotic covers of "Lincoln & Davis in 5 rounds"

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $608
Estimated at $500 - $700

Lot 25
Union Army countersign signals from early in the Civil War

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $192
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 26
Confederate enlistment document for the South Carolina Army

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $544
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 27
The scarce 1863 U.S. Infantry Tactics for Colored Troops

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 29
A small Civil War miscellany

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $448
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 30
Civil War draft substitute document signed by William "Boss" Tweed

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $416
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 31
A first-hand account of the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $960
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 32
Confederate States $1000 loan bond sheet issued in 1863

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $352
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 33
General Orders No. 66 and 67: Hooker resigns, Meade assumes command

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $608
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 34
The Southern Almanac for 1864, printed in Lynchburg

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $640
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 35
A pamphlet on the first regiments of colored troops from New York, inscribed to Charles Sumner

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $11,520
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 36
An English artist's satire on the American Civil War, in panorama format

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 37
Large hand-colored folding map of the Border and Southern States from 1864

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $544
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 38
Broadside for Lincoln's second campaign

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 39
The New York Herald, April 15, 1865, announcing Lincoln's assassination

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $576
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 40
Lincoln assassination relic presentation

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $416
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 41
Lincoln presidential campaign ferrotypes and commemorative mourning buttons

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 42
The rarer issue of The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $704
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 43
The Civil War years of Harper's Weekly, bound in five folios

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 44
An amusing Jefferson Davis cartoon pamphlet

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $384
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 46
An 1866 Myriopticon of the Civil War with remarkable illustrations

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 47
An 1868 Andrew Johnson impeachment trial ticket

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $608
Estimated at $300 - $400

Lot 48
White House dinner invitation signed by Andrew Johnson as President

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $960
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 49
Native American beaded pin cushion from the 19th century

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 50
Beers' map of North Hempstead, Great Neck, and Roslyn, Long Island

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $64
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 51
James Garfield memorial service card and the signature of his assassin

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $704
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 52
Complete set of 1888 (N124) Duke "Presidential Possibilities" trade cards

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 53
P.T. Barnum's autobiography, inscribed the year before his death

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $500 - $700

Lot 54
1896 William McKinley campaign handkerchief

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $352
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 55
Houdini's biography, boldly signed

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 56
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, inscribed by Houdini to a fellow magician

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $5,760
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 57
Lindbergh's "We," signed by the author

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 58
Covarrubias's Negro Drawings with an original drawing

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 60
Alfred Smith's autobiography signed

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $32
Estimated at $50 - $80

Lot 61
A rare copy in jacket of Nightlife: Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide to New York After Dark

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $640
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 62
Al Hirschfeld's rare prohibition era book on Manhattan speakeasies

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $960
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 63
Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 64
A pleasing inscribed copy of Clarence Darrow's The Story of My Life

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $832
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 65
An inscribed copy of Robert Ripley's Big Book: Believe It or Not!

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $448
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 66
The wanted poster for John Dillinger

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $448
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 67
Promotional film volumes from Columbia and RKO

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,792
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 68
Vice-President Garner's copy of The Democratic Book with two Roosevelt signatures

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 69
Autograph letter signed by Benjamin Cardozo to Judge Samuel Seabury

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $224
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 70
World War II Japanese Internment broadside poster

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 71
James Montgomery Flagg thank-you letter with a fine watercolor

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $544
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 72
The navigator of the Enola Gay comments on the dropping of the atomic bomb

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 73
Hollywood on Trial, signed by five of the Hollywood Ten members

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $448
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 74
A signed first edition of Oppenheimer's The Open Mind

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $6,080
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 76
JFK's. signature on campaign brochure.

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $960
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 77
The Memorial Edition of JFK's Profiles in Courage, signed by RFK

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 78
"Welcome Mr. Kennedy To Dallas..."

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 79
The Warren Committee report on the assassination of President Kennedy, signed by the full committee

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 80
John F. Kennedy items, including the original Pictorial Directory of the 81st Congress

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $256
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 81
Signatures of the Warren Court Justices

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $544
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 82
A rare signed copy of Jimmy Hoffa's 1970 Autobiography

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $640
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 83
The official invitation to the 1973 inaugural ball, signed by Nixon and Agnew

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $288
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 84
George H.W. Bush autograph note to Ed Koch

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 85
Striking watercolors of daily life in Imperial Russia, with intense punishment scenes

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $16,640
Estimated at $5,000 - $7,000

Lot 86
Sergeant-Major Beardsley's reminiscences of the Crimean War, with superb drawing and watercolors

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $11,520
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 87
The illustrated manuscript memoir of a British soldier in Balochistan, later published

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $5,440
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 88
Indian erotic manuscript drawings

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $576
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 89
Radziwill's pilgrimage to Jerusalem, gifted by David Ben-Gurion to John F. Kennedy

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $10,240
Estimated at $7,000 - $9,000

Lot 90
Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $7,000 - $10,000

Lot 91
Dreyfus' Five Years of My Life, inscribed to one of his superiors and supporters

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $5,760
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 92
a large group of lithographed political posters published during the height of the Dreyfus Affair

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 93
Justice Brandeis aids his two cousins in Nazi occupied Austria

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $768
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 94
Passover Haggadah printed in Amsterdam in 1941

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $512
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 95
Harrowing caricatures taken within Auschwitz and published in Munich in 1946

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $608
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 96
A letter of condolence signed by David Ben-Gurion concerning the death of an Israeli soldier

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $832
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 97
Two gouache copies of the designs by Szyk for The Statutes of Kalisz

Collection of a Florida Bibliophile

Sold for $352
Estimated at $200 - $300