Sale 14BP01 | Catalogue

Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 10am EDT | New York

Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs | Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 10am EDT

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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America.

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Sold for $16,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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[AFRICAN-AMERICANA-SLAVE NARRATIVE] SMITH, VENTURE. A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa: but...

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Sold for $21,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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ANQUETIL, M. A Summary of Universal History. Philadelphia: Wayne, 1805. Nine volumes, contemporary sheep, the spines ruled i...

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

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[BINDINGS] Group of approximately twenty-three leather bound volumes. Comprising mostly American imprints of literature titl...

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

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[BUFFALO BILL CODY] A bound album of twenty-seven photographs of the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show (including two stereo vie...

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $2,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - CARROLL OF CARROLLTON, CHARLES Signed document

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CARROLL OF CARROLLTON, CHARLES Signed document. Baltimore County, Maryland: 27 October 1794. Land conveyance document with i...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 8

[CIVIL WAR] The War-era Union uniform of Captain Alfred Lacey Hough. A substantially complete Union Captains uniform, 1860s...

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $3,750 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE] Signed carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner

Lot 9

[CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE] Signed carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, in his war uniform, si...

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,062 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [CIVIL WAR - NEWSPAPERS] Group of six Civil War-era newspapers with coverage of important events

Lot 10

[CIVIL WAR - NEWSPAPERS] Group of six Civil War-era newspapers with coverage of important events. Comprising: The Congres...

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $218 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [CIVIL RIGHTS] To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights

Lot 11

[CIVIL RIGHTS] To Secure These Rights: The Report of the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights. Washington: GPO, 1947. Inscr...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - CLAY, HENRY Six autograph letters signed to Mrs. Mary Bayard

Lot 12

CLAY, HENRY Six autograph letters signed to Mrs. Mary Bayard. Ashland, Kentucky: 1844-18. Sizes vary, largest 10 x 8 inches...

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $3,125 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 13

CULLEN BRYANT, WILLIAM Picturesque America. New York: D. Appleton, [1872-74]. First edition. Two volumes, original brown mor...

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Tinted double-sided sixth-plate ambrotype

Lot 14

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Tinted double-sided sixth-plate ambrotype in a hinged leather case with clasps, with two bust length por...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Unsold

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Lot 15

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Group of four images. Comprising a cased half-plate daguerreotype with hand coloring depicting a standin...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $1,062 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 16

[FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN] Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Tricesimo Tertio ... Anno Regni Georgii ...

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $10,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 17

MATHER, COTTON The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-Eng...

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Sold for $8,750 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 18

[MARITIME] Three titles. Comprising: HASELDEN, THOMAS. The Seamans Daily Assistant, Being a Short, Easy, and Plain Method o...

C Property from the Collection of Jerome M. and Rhoda S. Fischer

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

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Lot image - [SHIP LOG] Log book of the Ship Factor for 1806-1807

Lot 19

[SHIP LOG] Log book of the Ship Factor for 1806-1807. Original oversize lettered hessian, the upper cover with the notation...

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $1,750 (includes buyer's premium)

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[SHIP LOG] Log book (partial) of the Barque Mars for 1858-1863.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 21

[SHIP LOG] Log book of the Schooner Annie Amsden from Portland Toward Cuba [from title], vessel log for 1875-1878.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [MEDICINE] HUNTER, JOHN. A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds

Lot 22

[MEDICINE] HUNTER, JOHN. A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds; T/W Cullen, William, Godman, William etc

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $812 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [METHODISM - WESLEY, JOHN] Letter to American evangelical preacher Freeborn Garrettson

Lot 23

[METHODISM - WESLEY, JOHN] Letter to American evangelical preacher Freeborn Garrettson. London: 2 January 1786. 1 page lette...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

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[QUAKERS] CLARKSON, THOMAS. A Portraiture of Quakerism. Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civi...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $562 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [SEMINOLE WARS] SCOTT, WINFIELD. Autograph letter signed

Lot 25

[SEMINOLE WARS] SCOTT, WINFIELD. Autograph letter signed. Astor House, New York: 13 November 1840. 1 1/4 page letter with in...

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $1,875 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS] Group of four autograph letters signed

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[POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS] Group of four autograph letters signed. Comprising WEBSTER, DANIEL. Autograph letter signed to Mrs. R...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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[VIRGINIA] ROBERTSON, DAVID. Debates and Other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia ... for the Purpose of Deliberating on...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

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[ZENGER, PETER] A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger, Printer of the New-York Weekly-Journal. Lancas...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $812 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - GREENE, NATHANAEL Autograph letter signed

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GREENE, NATHANAEL Autograph letter signed. Headquarters, South Carolina: 14 November 1781. 3 pp. autograph letter signed Na...

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $6,875 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - HANCOCK, JOHN Document signed

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HANCOCK, JOHN Document signed. Marblehead: 23 May 1782. Partially printed document accomplished in manuscript signed at left...

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Sold for $3,750 (includes buyer's premium)

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[NATIVE AMERICAN & AMERICAN REVOLUTION] LACEY, Jr., JOHN. Manuscript describing Laceys 1773 expedition to the Delaware Indians...

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Sold for $31,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 32

WASHINGTON, GEORGE Signed letter to Brigadier General John Lacey, Jr. Headquarters, Valley Forge: 11 April 1778. 1 page manu...

Estimate: $50,000 - $100,000

Unsold

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830. Second edition. Four volumes, earl...

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - MADISON, JAMES Document Signed

Lot 34

MADISON, JAMES Document Signed. Washington: 29 August 1812. Partially printed vellum document accomplished in manuscript gra...

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $531 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - MONROE, JAMES Document Signed

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MONROE, JAMES Document Signed. Washington: 7 13 November 1822. Partially printed vellum document accomplished in manuscript...

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - MONROE, JAMES Twice signed document

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MONROE, JAMES Twice signed document. Washington: 20 February 1818. Partially printed vellum document accomplished in manuscr...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Document signed

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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Document signed. Washington: 7 April 1825. Partially printed vellum document accomplished in manuscript g...

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - JACKSON, ANDREW Autograph letter signed

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JACKSON, ANDREW Autograph letter signed. Washington: 25 May 1835. 1 page letter to Colonel Davenport at Rock Island, being a...

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $2,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - JACKSON, ANDREW Order signed convening the Senate

Lot 39

JACKSON, ANDREW Order signed convening the Senate. [Washington:] 20 December 1836. One page document in a secretarial hand...

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

Sold for $2,125 (includes buyer's premium)

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POLK, JAMES Signed document. [Washington:] 24 March 1847. Partially printed passport on vellum for the United States Ship J...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $2,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - PIERCE, FRANKLIN Large signature

Lot 41

PIERCE, FRANKLIN Large signature. Washington: 16 April 1856. Large signature with date likely excised from a larger document...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot 42

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM - GARDNER, ALEXANDER] Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Meserve 100). A later printing of Meserve 100, inscribe...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $4,062 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - JOHNSON, ANDREW Endorsement signed

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JOHNSON, ANDREW Endorsement signed. [Washington:] 22 May 1865. Partially printed document on envelope accomplished in manusc...

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - GRANT, ULYSSES S. Document Signed

Lot 44

GRANT, ULYSSES S. Document Signed. Washington: 21 March 1870. Vellum document appointing Wickham Havens collector of customs...

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [PRESIDENTS] Three signed items

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[PRESIDENTS] Three signed items. Comprising HARRISON, BENJAMIN. Card signed and dated in his hand 20 July 1848; HAY...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - McKINLEY, WILLIAM Document signed

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McKINLEY, WILLIAM Document signed. Washington: 29 April 1898. Partially printed document accomplished in manuscript appointi...

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed

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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed. Washington: 23 December 1904. Typed letter on White House stationery addressed to M...

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Document signed

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TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Document signed. Washington: 19 May 1911. Partially printed document on vellum accomplished in manuscri...

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for $218 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - WILSON, WOODROW Document signed

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WILSON, WOODROW Document signed. Washington: 15 March 1915. Partially printed document accomplished in manuscript appointing...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - COOLIDGE, CALVIN Document signed

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COOLIDGE, CALVIN Document signed. Washington: 23 October 1924. Partially printed document on vellum accomplished in manuscri...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Typed letter signed

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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Typed letter signed. Washington: 25 September 1935. Typed letter on White House stationery addres...

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Correspondence with Admiral Frederick Harris

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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Correspondence with Admiral Frederick Harris. New York & Washington: March 1927 - April 1929. Com...

C Property from the Collection of Jerome M. and Rhoda S. Fischer

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Signed Navy Department document. [Washington:] 1916. Certificate that A. Forbes has passed a Nav...

Estimate: $200 - $400

Sold for $750 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - TRUMAN, HARRY Document signed

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TRUMAN, HARRY Document signed. Washington: 15 October 1946. Printed document of merit for the service of Patrick H. Hodgson,...

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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EISENHOWER, DWIGHT Signed Columbia University degree. New York: 11 February 1949. Law degree for Anthony Akers (later an Amb...

Estimate: $200 - $400

Unsold

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KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD Photograph inscribed to Press-Enterprise photographer Fred Bauman. Palm Springs, CA: 28 September 1...

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Sold for $2,187 (includes buyer's premium)

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[KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD] SHAW, MARK. [Kennedy on the Dunes]. Gelatin silver print dry-mounted to board, 10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in...

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $812 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - NIXON, RICHARD Typed letter signed

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NIXON, RICHARD Typed letter signed. Washington: 15 February 1972. On one sheet of White House stationery. Letter to Bernard...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

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[PRESIDENTS] Three signed items. Comprising REAGAN, RONALD. Inscribed photograph; CARTER, JIMMY. Signed photograph...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $187 (includes buyer's premium)

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Lot image - [AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION] The impressively comprehensive autograph collection of William Waudby

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[AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION] The impressively comprehensive autograph collection of William Waudby. A unique and diverse collectio...

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $37,500 (includes buyer's premium)

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[CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.] AIGNER, LUCIEN (1901-1999). Winston Churchill, 1934 Gelatin silver print, flush mounted 7 5/8 x 9 3/...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

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