Sale 21BP02 | Catalogue

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

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[AMERICANA] FEATHERSTONHAUGH, G.W. A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; etc.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 2

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] CALLENDER, JAMES T. The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the year year 1796.

C From the Collection of the late William Safire

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 3

COBBETT, WILLIAM A collection of William Cobbett, and related materials.

C From the Collection of the late William Safire

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 4

[ECONOMICS] SMITH, ADAM. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold for $8,190 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 5

FORD, GERALD A Time to Heal.

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $63 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FRENEAU, PHILIP Poems written between 1768 & 1794 by Philip Freneau, of New Jersey. A new edition, revised and corrected by the author; including a considerable number of pieces never before published.

Lot 6

FRENEAU, PHILIP Poems written between 1768 & 1794 by Philip Freneau, of New Jersey. A new edition, revised and corrected by the author; including a considerable number of pieces never before published.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 7

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] CALLENDER, JAMES T. The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the year year 1796.

C From the Collection of the late William Safire

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [NAVAJO] MATTHEWS, WASHINGTON. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History Volume VI. Publications of The Hyde Southwestern Expedition. The Night Chant, a Navaho Ceremony.

Lot 8

[NAVAJO] MATTHEWS, WASHINGTON. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History Volume VI. Publications of The Hyde Southwestern Expedition. The Night Chant, a Navaho Ceremony.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

Lot 9

[MEDICINE] Group of four early American medical works, all uncut in boards of issue

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 10

[MEXICO] WARD, HENRY G. Mexico in 1827.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $567 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 11

MUIR, JOHN The Writings of John Muir. Manuscript Edition.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $5,985 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 12

PIKE, NICOLAS A New and Complete System of Arithmetic, Composed for the Use of the Citizens of the United States.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $157 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes.

Lot 13

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains. Comprising Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter.

Lot 14

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains. Comprising "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" and "The Wilderness Hunter."

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Sold for $4,410 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 15

SCHMIDT, CARL E. A Western Trip.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $945 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R.[OWE] Narrative Of An Expedition Through The Upper Mississippi To Itasca Lake, The Actual Source Of The River, Embracing An Exploratory Trip Through The St. Croix And Burntwood (Or Broule) Rivers in 1832.

Lot 16

SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R.[OWE] Narrative Of An Expedition Through The Upper Mississippi To Itasca Lake, The Actual Source Of The River, Embracing An Exploratory Trip Through The St. Croix And Burntwood (Or Broule) Rivers in 1832.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $441 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [THOMAS, ISAIAH] DUNCAN, ANDREW (Jr.). The Edinburgh new dispensatory: containing I. the elements of pharmaceutical chemistry; II. the materia medica... ; III. the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions...

Lot 17

[THOMAS, ISAIAH] DUNCAN, ANDREW (Jr.). The Edinburgh new dispensatory: containing I. the elements of pharmaceutical chemistry; II. the materia medica... ; III. the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions...

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $200 - $300

Unsold

Lot image - [U.S. NAVY] A Complete List of the American Navy; showing the Name, number of Guns, Commanders names and station of each Vessel...

Lot 18

[U.S. NAVY] A Complete List of the American Navy; showing the Name, number of Guns, Commanders names and station of each Vessel, with the names of all the Officers in service, for October, 1813; and Steel's List of the Navy of Great Britain for July, 1813.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $1,008 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 19

[WASHINGTON, GEORGE] IRVING, WASHINGTON. The Life of George Washington.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $2,835 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 20

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Letter to the editors of the Boston Atlas

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Sold for $28,350 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 21

ADAMS, SAMUEL Printed document signed.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,764 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 22

ADAMS, SAMUEL Printed document signed.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,890 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 23

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, CABINET OFFICIALS etc. The album of a late 19th century collector of American autographs.

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Sold for $34,650 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 24

BARNUM, P.[HINEAS]. T. Autograph card signed twice.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 25

BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. Autograph document signed on Confederate States of America War Department stationery.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $1,764 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 26

BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. Autograph document signed.

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 27

BROOKS, JOHN, Lieut.-Colonel Revolutionary War era autograph letter signed to the Reverend Elias Stone.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 28

CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N.[ATHAN] Seven letters (one autograph letter signed, the rest typed letters signed)

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $819 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [CIVIL WAR MUSIC-JOHN BROWNS BODY] HALLGREEN, HENRY J., SERGEANT. Archive of manuscript letters and lyrics offering the original history of the Civil War march John Browns Body. [Fort Warren, MA: after

Lot 29

[CIVIL WAR MUSIC-JOHN BROWN'S BODY] HALLGREEN, HENRY J., SERGEANT. Archive of manuscript letters and lyrics offering the original history of the Civil War march John Brown's Body. [Fort Warren, MA: after

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $1,260 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 30

DE PEYSTER FAMILY Manuscript Family Tree and Coat of Arms of the De Peyster family.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 31

HANCOCK, JOHN Secretarial document signed.

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold for $5,040 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 32

HANCOCK, JOHN Printed document signed.

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $4,095 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 33

JOHNSON, LYNDON Document signed as President.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 34

KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD Document signed as President.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $2,268 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [KENNEDY, JOHN & ROBERT; HOFFA, JIMMY] Original portrait drawings of the members of the United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management.

Lot 35

[KENNEDY, JOHN & ROBERT; HOFFA, JIMMY] Original portrait drawings of the members of the United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Autograph note signed instructing Edwin Stanton to meet with the important African American abolitionist and officer Martin Delany.

Lot 36

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Autograph note signed instructing Edwin Stanton to meet with the important African American abolitionist and officer Martin Delany.

C Collection of a California Family

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Sold for $63,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 37

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM] Clerestory window from Lincoln's funeral train.

C Collection of a California Family

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold for $3,780 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 38

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM - EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION] A highly decorative early calligraphic broadside titled Proclamation of Freedom.

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

Unsold

Lot 39

LINDBERGH, CHARLES and ANNE MORROW Archive pertaining to Gertrude Gloor, nurse for a year to the Lindbergh's three youngest children.

C Estate of a Connecticut Collector

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $1,386 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 40

MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT Typed letter signed.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 41

NIXON, RICHARD Document signed as President, with Watergate connection.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,764 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [OBAMA/BIDEN INAUGURATION] Finely framed invitation to the 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden.

Lot 42

[OBAMA/BIDEN INAUGURATION] Finely framed invitation to the 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden.

C The Collection of an Upper East Side Gentleman

Estimate: $200 - $300

Unsold

Lot 43

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed letter signed as President regarding the death of Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater.

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $441 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 44

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed letter signed as Governor to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 45

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed letter signed to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater on family history mentioning his cousin "T.R."

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $756 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 46

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Two typed letters signed to Judge Alphonso T. Clearwater, the latter as President.

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $567 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 47

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Two Typed letters signed.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $1,890 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 48

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed to Judge Alphonso T. Clearwater regarding the Board of Pardons.

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $504 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed as President to Judge Alphonso T. Clearwater regarding the renomination of New York Governor Hughes.

Lot 49

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed as President to Judge Alphonso T. Clearwater regarding the renomination of New York Governor Hughes.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 50

ROOT, ELIHU Archive of approximately thirty-seven signed letters to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $882 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 51

[STAMP ACT] Stamp from the Stamp Act of 1765.

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold for $11,970 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 52

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Inscribed photograph as President.

C Estate of a Connecticut Collector

Estimate: $200 - $400

Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 53

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Eight typed letters signed, two as President, written to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,386 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 54

TRUMAN, HARRY S. Mr. Citizen.

C Property of the William Codus Trust

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 55

WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Two letters signed.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $504 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 56

WILSON, WOODROW Typed letter signed as President to William Bayard Hale.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 57

[MAPS-AMERICAN REVOLUTION] Sketch of the Country Illustrating the Late Engagement in Long Island.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 58

[MAP-BOSTON] SIDNEY, J.C. Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts from original surveys by J.C. Sidney.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $504 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 59

[MAPS-CHINA] Group of twelve framed maps of China and region.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $409 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 60

[MAPS-FRANCE] Fifteen statistical volumes on the French countryside, nine with folding maps.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Unsold