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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

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ADAMS, JOHN The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, notes and illustrations, by his Grandson Charles Francis Adams.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $15,120 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - ADAMS, JOHN A Defence of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778.

Lot 2

ADAMS, JOHN A Defence of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $1,512 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 3

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Land Grant signed as President.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $630 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVE] [BROWN, WILLIAM J.]. The Life of William J. Brown, of Providence, R. I. With Personal Recollections of Incidents in Rhode Island.

Lot 4

[AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVE] [BROWN, WILLIAM J.]. The Life of William J. Brown, of Providence, R. I. With Personal Recollections of Incidents in Rhode Island.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $300 - $500

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

Lot image - [AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVE] SMITH, JAMES L. Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.

Lot 5

[AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVE] SMITH, JAMES L. Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $300 - $500

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

Lot image - [AMERICANA-ANTIQUARIAN] A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest.

Lot 6

[AMERICANA-ANTIQUARIAN] A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $16,380 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 7

[AMERICANA-ANTIQUARIAN] A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $11,340 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 8

[AMERICAN BIBLE - MINIATURE] The Bible.

C Property from The Monroe and Elizabeth Dreher Collection

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 9

[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] BURGOYNE, JOHN. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons.

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

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

Lot 10

[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] GORDON, WILLIAM. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the ... United States.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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

Lot 11

[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] TARLETON, BANASTRE. A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $567 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 12

ARTHUR, CHESTER Document signed as President.

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - BURNABY, ANDREW Travels through the Middle Settlements in North-America, In the Years 1759 and 1760. With Observations upon the State of the Colonies.

Lot 13

BURNABY, ANDREW Travels through the Middle Settlements in North-America, In the Years 1759 and 1760. With Observations upon the State of the Colonies.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $1,512 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 14

BURR, AARON Autograph letter signed to Ephraim Kirby.

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Unsold

Lot 15

COOLIDGE, CALVIN Typed letter signed as President.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $504 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [CURRENCY-LABAN, HEATH] Heaths Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector, at Sight ... with genuine designs from the original Government plates.

Lot 16

[CURRENCY-LABAN, HEATH] Heath's Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector, at Sight ... with genuine designs from the original Government plates.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $220 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 17

DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast.

C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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

Lot 18

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Signed photograph.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $630 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 19

[EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED] RHODES, JAMES FORD. History of the United States.

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $3,150 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 20

[EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED] FISKE, JOHN. Works.

C Property from an Ohio Collection

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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

Lot 21

GARFIELD, JAMES Telegram signed.

Estimate: $700 - $900

Sold for $441 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] Report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, on the Subject of Manufactures. Presented to the House of Representatives Dec. 5, 1791.

Lot 22

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] Report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, on the Subject of Manufactures. Presented to the House of Representatives Dec. 5, 1791.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $13,860 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 23

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] The Examination of the President's Message at the Opening of Congress December 7, 1801. Revised and Corrected.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $13,860 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 24

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, et al] The Federalist, on the New Constitution.

Estimate: $500 - $800

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

Lot 25

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton.

Estimate: $200 - $400

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

Lot 26

JACKSON, ANDREW Land grant signed as President.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $756 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 27

JOHNSON, ANDREW Signature on document.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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

Lot 28

JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES Signed photograph.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 29

[KENNEDY, JOHN F.] John F. Kennedy's signed copy of The Complete Poems of Robert Service.

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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

Lot 30

KENNEDY, JOHN F. The Strategy of Peace.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $4,725 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 31

KENNEDY, JOHN F. Sheet of manuscript notes mentioning Thomas Jefferson and Ambassador of Ireland Matt McCloskey.

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Unsold

Lot 32

KENNEDY, JOHN F. Typed letter signed as President to Philip H. Goodman.

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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

Lot 33

KENNEDY, JACQUELINE Framed display with letter to Evelyn Lincoln regarding international magazine subscriptions.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $945 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 34

KENT, JAMES Commentaries on American Law

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $2,520 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 35

KING Jr., MARTIN LUTHER Inscribed album sheet.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $2,016 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 36

[LEWIS & CLARK] History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark 1804-5-6. Reprinted from the edition of 1814.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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

Lot 37

MANN, HORACE Autograph quotation signed laid-in to a first edition of A Few Thoughts on the Powers and Duties of Woman.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MATHER, COTTON Magnalia Christi Americana; or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from the First Planting in the Year 1620 unto the Year of our Lord, 1698.

Lot 38

MATHER, COTTON Magnalia Christi Americana; or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from the First Planting in the Year 1620 unto the Year of our Lord, 1698.

C Property from The Monroe and Elizabeth Dreher Collection

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $4,725 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [MATHER, COTTON] JENNINGS, DAVID. An Abridgment of the Life of the late Reverend and Learned Dr. Cotton Mather, of Boston, in New-England. Taken from the Account of him published by his Son, the Reverend Mr. Samuel Mather.

Lot 39

[MATHER, COTTON] JENNINGS, DAVID. An Abridgment of the Life of the late Reverend and Learned Dr. Cotton Mather, of Boston, in New-England. Taken from the Account of him published by his Son, the Reverend Mr. Samuel Mather.

C Property from the Estate of Dr. James Lawrence Pool

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - McKENNEY, THOMAS L. [and HALL, JAMES] History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes o...

Lot 40

McKENNEY, THOMAS L. [and HALL, JAMES] History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington.

C Property from an Ohio Collection

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $6,930 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 41

MONROE, JAMES Land grant signed as Governor of Virginia.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Sold for $630 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including A Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians, in the Remote Prairies of the Missouri, and A Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands.

Lot 42

MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including A Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians, in the Remote Prairies of the Missouri, and A Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 43

[NEW YORK GUIDES] Group of five New York city and state guides with folding maps.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,197 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [NEW YORK-VAN BUREN, JOHN] The Constitutions of the United States and State of New-York and Articles of Confederation; Together...

Lot 44

[NEW YORK-VAN BUREN, JOHN] The Constitutions of the United States and State of New-York and Articles of Confederation; Together with the Rules and Orders, Standing Committees, List of Members of the Senate and Assembly for 1831, List of Counties, &c. &c. &c.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [OLDMIXON, JOHN] The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of all the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America.

Lot 45

[OLDMIXON, JOHN] The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of all the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America.

C Property from The Monroe and Elizabeth Dreher Collection

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $3,465 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 46

PIERCE, FRANKLIN Appointment signed as President.

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 47

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Photograph inscribed to Morris J. Hirsch.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $1,512 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 48

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Outlook Editorials.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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

Lot image - [SANDERS, DANIEL CLARK] A History of the Indian Wars with the First Settlers of the United States, Particularly in New England. Written in Vermont.

Lot 49

[SANDERS, DANIEL CLARK] A History of the Indian Wars with the First Settlers of the United States, Particularly in New England. Written in Vermont.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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

Lot 50

[SNOWDEN, RICHARD] History of the American Revolution in Scripture Style...

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $9,450 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI-BROOKS, JOHN] The Institution and Proceedings of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by the Office...

Lot 51

[SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI-BROOKS, JOHN] The Institution and Proceedings of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by the Officers of the United States, at the Cantonment of the Banks of Hudson's River, May 10, 1783: with the Proceedings of the Massachusetts State Society of the Cincinnati, from its Organization, June 9, 1783, to July 4, 1811.

Estimate: $200 - $400

Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR] HOBSON, RICHARD PEARSON. The Sinking of the Merrimac. A Personal Narrative of the Adventure in the Harbor of Santiago de Cuba.

Lot 52

[SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR] HOBSON, RICHARD PEARSON. The Sinking of the "Merrimac." A Personal Narrative of the Adventure in the Harbor of Santiago de Cuba.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 53

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Military appointment signed.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 54

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Typed letter signed.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 55

TAYLOR, ZACHARY Autograph letter signed as President-Elect.

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

Unsold

Lot 56

TRUMAN, HARRY Large format inscribed photograph.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 57

VAN BUREN, MARTIN Autograph letter to Governor Daniel Tompkins offering a legal opinion.

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 58

[WAR of 1812] LAWRENCE, JAMES. Autograph note signed, 1809.

C Property from the Estate of Dr. James Lawrence Pool

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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

Lot 59

[WAR of 1812] LAWRENCE, JAMES. Collection of portraits and rare books.

C Property from the Estate of Dr. James Lawrence Pool

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Unsold

Lot 60

[WAR of 1812] Set of four lithographs depicting the battle between the U.S.S. Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon.

C Property from the Estate of Dr. James Lawrence Pool

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $945 (includes buyer's premium)