- Antiquarian Books and Bindings. Gifford
(John), A History of the Political Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt; including some account of the times in which he lived, volumes II-IV & VI only, but complete...
[more like this] - FOUR BOOKS ON REVOLUTIONARY WAR SUBJECTSFour
books on Revolutionary War subjects, including An Impartial History of the War in America , Vol. I, Boston, Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781, The Elements of War by...
[more like this] - FOLK PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR TOWNSEND DASHIELL
WAILES, 19TH C.19th c. folk art portrait, depicting female subject Eleanor Townsend Dashiell Wailes of Maryland. Painting is oil on canvas and reconstituted from stretcher...
[more like this] - EARLY TENNESSEE RELIGIOUS IMPRINTS4
Early Tennessee Printed Books, all related to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, founded in Tennessee in the early 1800s. 1) THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN...
[more like this] - PAIR VA CHARCOAL PROFILE PORTRAITS,
ATTRIB. CHARLES BUR...Companion pair of charcoal profile portraits on paper, unsigned but attributed to Charles Burton (1782 - after 1847) depicting Captain David Evans Moore...
[more like this] - 1830 TENNESSEE PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF
KINHECHE, CHICKASA...Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright...
[more like this] - EDGAR DEGAS BALLERINA MIXED MEDIAEdgar
Degas (France, 1834 - 1917) unframed mixed media portraying a ballerina at the barre, en tendu a derrier. signed to lower left "Degas", and measures 13-3/4" in height with...
[more like this] - 21 BAROQUE ENGRAVINGS OF ARMOR (CUSTODIS-FONTANA)David
Custodis (German, active early 17th century) after Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, 1524-1587), ca. early 17th century CE. Twenty one early Baroque engravings, broadsheets...
[more like this] - DENHAM CLEMENTS PAINTING "OLD CROW"
(1998)Denham Clements (b. 1944, American). "Old Crow" acrylic on canvas, 1998. Signed on the lower right. A remarkable, large-scale painting of "Old Crow" by Denham Clements,...
[more like this] - SIGNED RUTH ORKIN PHOTO "AMERICAN GIRL
IN ITALY" (1951)...Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985). "American Girl in Italy" photograph, 1951. Hand-signed on lower right. Following an assignment for LIFE magazine in Israel...
[more like this] - JOSEPH HOLIDAY, INDIANAPOLIS (1927 -
1990), FEMALE NUDE ON THE SHORE, OIL ON CANVAS, 11 1/2"H X 39 1/2"W (SIGHT), 16 1/2"H X 44 1/2"W (FRAME)Joseph Holiday, Indianapolis, (1927 - 1990) female nude on the shore,...
[more like this] - RACHEL V. HARTLEY, NEW YORK (1884-1955),
UNTITLED, 1932, OIL ON BOARD, 19 1/2"H X 23 1/4"W (SIGHT), 28"H X 31"W (FRAME).Rachel V. Hartley, New York, (1884-1955) untitled, 1932, oil on board Signed and dated lower...
[more like this] - MARGARET MAY DASHIELL, VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA
(1869 - 1958), MASQUERADE, MARDI GRAS REVELERS, OIL ON BOARD, 27"H X 34 3/4"W (SIGHT), 29 1/4"H X 37"W (FRAME)Margaret May Dashiell, Virginia, Louisiana, (1869 - 1958) masquerade,...
[more like this] - NEWELL CONVERS (NC) WYETH, AMERICAN
(1882-1945), N.C. WYETH AND HIS GRANDSON, EXHIBITION POSTER, 23 1/2"H X 19 1/4"W, 25 1/4"H X 21 1/4"W (FRAME)Newell Convers (NC) Wyeth, American, (1882-1945) N.C. Wyeth...
[more like this] - (11) BOOKS: ROBERTSON 'HISTORY OF AMERICA'
& OTHER(lot of 11) Library shelf books: literature, history, and Americana subjects, all with leather spine, gilt embossed lettering, some with gilt page ends, including:...
[more like this] - (14) LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS, HISTORY OF
ENGLAND(lot of 14) Library shelf books: English history subjects, all quarter leather bound, with gilt lettering and embossed designs, including: (8 vols) "Cassell's History...
[more like this] - (17) BOOKS: TEXANA HISTORY SUBJECTS,
7 SIGNED(lot of 17) Books: Texana and Texas history subjects, including: (1) "Inside Texas," by Cactus Pryor, foreword by Walter Cronkite, Shoal Creek Publishers, 1982, author...
[more like this] - (18) LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS: HISTORY &
LITERATURE(lot of 18) Library shelf books: history and literature subjects, including: (8) "The History of France: From the Earliest Times to 1848," in eight complete volumes,...
[more like this] - (12) ART & ART HISTORY COFFEE TABLE
BOOKS(lot of 12) Books: art and art history subjects, including: (1) “Bruegel,” by Michael Gibson, Tabard Press, 1989, 176 pages; (1) “The World of Vermeer 1632-1675,”...
[more like this] - JOSEPH HOLIDAY, INDIANAPOLIS (1927-1990),
MOTHER AND CHILD, OIL ON CANVAS, 29 1/2" X 23", 35" X 29" (FRAME)Joseph Holiday, Indianapolis, (1927-1990) mother and child, oil on canvas signed lower left. Biography...
[more like this] - H.A. TAINE. HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
1877 8 1/2 X 6 IN. (21.59 X 15.24 CM.) 1877, [Literature] Taine, Hippolyte. History of English Literature. London: Chatto and Windus. 1877. 8vo. Four volumes, illustrated...
[more like this] - A quantity of books, mostly natural
history subjects...
[more like this] - SIX ANTIQUE REFERENCE MATERIALS: 1890
MAP OF ORANGE COUNTY FLORIDA, 1833 AN IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE, 1839 ALFRED OU LE JEUNE VOYAGEUR, 1852 MISS BENGER'S MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS, 1805 J. BIGLAND...
[more like this] - SCOTLAND, GLASGOW AND DUMBARTONSHIRE,
A COLLECTION
INCLUDING Chalmers, George Caledonia, or an Account, Historical and Topographical, of North Britain. 1807, volumes 1-3 (of 4), 4to, maps, tables, contemporary...
[more like this] - SCOTLAND, AND HISTORY
A COLLECTION,
INCLUDING Scott, Sir Walter The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. 1814, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles and plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; John Tweed,...
[more like this] - NATURAL HISTORY
A QUANTITY, INCLUDING
Bewick, Thomas History of British Birds. 1797, vol. 1 only, contemporary tree calf gilt; Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1807, large paper copy, 5th...
[more like this] - MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
A LARGE QUANTITY,
INCLUDING Horne, R.H. The History of Napoleon. 1841, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Turner, Sharon The History of the Anglo-Saxons. 1830, 3rd edition, 3 volumes,...
[more like this] - LEATHER BINDINGS
A COLLECTION, INCLUDING
DEFOE, DANIEL The History of the Union of Great Britain. Edinburgh: Heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1709. Folio, contemporary half calf; [Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode] Memorials of...
[more like this] - HENRY, ROBERT
THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
London: T. Cadell, 1805. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf; Adolphus, John The History of England. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. Third edition, 3 volumes, 8vo,...
[more like this] - Photographic Archive of Miles City Montana
Photographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
[more like this] - WRIGHT (REV. G.) CHINA in a series of
views displaying the scenery architecture and social habits two vols in one Fisher Son & Co 1843; HURD (W) A NEW UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS RITES CEREMONIES AND CUSTOMS...
[more like this] - SEYER (REV. S) MEMOIRS HISTORICAL AND
TOPOGRAPHICAL OF BRISTOL AND IT'S NEIGHBOURHOOD two vols Bristol 1821; BARRETT (W) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL William Pine 1798; BRISTOL THE CITY CHARTERS...
[more like this] - BARTLETT (W) THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS
eight vols gilt red cloth CLARK (H) THE HISTORY OF THE WAR three vols 1816; BEATTIE (W) SWITZERLAND vol II only 1836; and other plate books (a.f not subject to return) Estimate...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (German-Language Pen & Ink Natural
History Manuscript.) Zimmermann, Dr. W. V[on] A. "The Wonders of The Ancient/Primeval World. A Popular Presentation of The History of Creation and Original State of Our World...
[more like this] - Thomas L. McKenney (American 1785-1859)
and James Hall (1793-1868): the George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) Original Subscriber Set of the History of the Indian Tribes of North America 1837-1844 3 vols. in folio...
[more like this] - Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lot
of Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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