AUTOGRAPH BOOK W/ J.W.C. PENNINGTON,OTHERS, 1860S Presented is an autograph album of Mr. H. Baylies of Taunton, Mass of which his name is gold leafed onto the cover, containing 147 signatures, date of signing...
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A BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE, CONTAINING...ABook of Architecture, Containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments , by James Gibbs, London: W. Innys et al., 1739; Second edition with 150 engraved plates, including four...
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATIONOF THE SACRAMENTS, AND... ...other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England.... (London: Thomas Baskett, 1754), small folio (16-3/4...
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(2) 1908-1915 GERMAN ARCHITECT'S SKETCHBOOKSArchitectural Study Sketchbooks signed by Fritz Langenbach, who later had a practice in Karlsruhe, Germany. Mostly views of Austrian Alpine split timber buildings, some churches,...
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2 RARE ARCHITECTURE BOOKS: CHARLESTON,SMITHSONIAN1st item: HINTS IN PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE "Containing, among other illustrations, Views and Plans of the Smithsonian Institution together with an appendix relative...
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4 CIVIL WAR BOOKS INC. TN & MCCLELLANSIGNED BIOGRAPHY1st item: General George McClellan autographed biography, MCCLELLAN'S OWN STORY, published by Charles L. Webster & Co., 1887 (first edition), original pictorial...
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CSA CHAPLAIN WITHERSPOON DIARY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY1862Confederate diary of T. D. Witherspoon, Chaplain of the 2nd and 42nd Mississippi Regiment, starting July 7th, 1862-Dec. 31, 1862, together with an 1875 autobiography penned...
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EARLY TENNESSEE RELIGIOUS IMPRINTS4Early Tennessee Printed Books, all related to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, founded in Tennessee in the early 1800s. 1) THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN...
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1763 JOHN BASKERVILLE BIBLE1763 JohnBaskerville Bible, brown leather front and backboards, spine with raised bands, gilt floral stamp decoration and red title label. Title page reads "The Holy Bible CONTAINING...
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GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUNDIMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, most circa 1880s. 1st group: sixteen loose 11 1/2" x 15" album pages, each containing 9 images of Nashville businesses, homes, institutions...
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GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 1 - ALBUM OFSTEREOVIEW IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, circa 1884, all mounted on album pages, most inscribed with identifying captions. Most are stereoview prints. 40 pages...
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TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssortedTN Prints and Ephemera, 30 items total. 1st item: "Fourth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Nashville, Tennessee" imprint, published by Smith, Camp, and Company,...
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5 CIVIL WAR RELATED BOOKS1st item: Hopkins,Luther W. FROM BULL RUN TO APPOMATTOX, A BOY'S VIEW. Baltimore: Fleet-McGinley, (1908). Second Edition 1911 (Preface to Second Edition; precedes Table of Contents). Added...
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FOUR MANUSCRIPT PAGES FROM CHURCH HIERARCHYAND CANNON ...Handwritten Document on Church Hierarchy and canon law circa 1470. A single sheet, folded, front and back, on vellum, with illuminated first letters, beautifully...
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LOUIS REMY MIGNOT(American, 1831-1870)
MountChimborazo, Ecuador, 1862, signed with initial lower right "M 62", oil on canvas, 15-1/2 x 24 in.; silver finished wood frame, 19-1/2 x 28 in.
Note: This recently discovered...
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15TH C. EUROPEAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTPAGESWestern Europe, probably France, ca. 15th century CE. A beautiful ensemble of 4 exquisite, double-sided vellum manuscript pages from an illuminated Book of Hours manuscript,...
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Classical Literature to include Wright(IC), Dante, translated into English verse, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861, Flaxman illus, 12mo, full calf gilt, marbled endpapers and page edges, engraved frontis; Pope (Alexander),...
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1815 FORE EDGE PAINTED BOOK, CHURCHOF ENGLANDForedge painted and finely tooled red leather copy of A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England by Robert Nelson Esq., 32nd edition, published...
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JAMES HOWELL'S 'INSTRUCTIONS AND DIRECTIONSFOR FORREN TRAVELL' 1650 SECOND EDITION FOR FORREN TRAVELL' 1650 SECOND EDITION, 12mo., [12] 140 pages. VG. Bound in early calf, repacked with later matching spine. Ex-Library...
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CHRISTOPH SAUR, 1763, GERMANTOWN BIBLEChristophSaur, 1763, Germantown Bible , with colorful pages listing the Strite family history, together with four loose leaves on Ephrata paper, three with Strite genealogy. Samuel...
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PURVIS YOUNG (AMERICAN/FLORIDA, 1943-2010)PurvisYoung (American/Florida, 1943-2010), "Untitled", 9 oils and one mixed media on pornographic magazine pages, church bulletins and paper, 5 unsigned, 3 signed upper right, one...
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PURVIS YOUNG (AMERICAN/FLORIDA, 1943-2010)PurvisYoung (American/Florida, 1943-2010), "Untitled", 9 oils and one mixed media on pornographic magazine pages, church bulletins and paper, 6 signed upper right, one signed upper...
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GEROME RICHARD TIGER, OKLAHOMA (1941- 1967), OBSERVING THE ENEMY; THE GUIDING SPIRIT; YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, THREE PORTFOLIO LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS, 15" X 11" (IMAGE), 20" X 16" (SHEET)Gerome Richard...
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"YACHTS BY HERRESCHOFF", HARDCOVER BOOK,EARLY20th c. 12" x 10". Limited edition number #657, presented to Paul Burdett. 53 pages with colored and black and white illustrations. Also rig and sail plans. Boards show...
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Leatherbound books: history and criticismCampbell John Lord. THE LIVES OF THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF ENGLAND. 3 vols. London: John Murray 1849. H8 3/4''; Campbell John Lord. THE LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS AND KEEPERS...
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6 vols. Pennsylvania Church Histories:Stone, John S. A Discourse, Commemorative of The Life and Character of The Reverend James May, D.D.... Philadelphia: J. S. McCalla, 1864. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered brown cloth;...
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[Stained-Glass Window Designs] an antiquefolio book probably late 19th c. 156 pages with detailed cathedral window designs most with manuscript ink inscriptions indicating church and locations incl: Philadelphia...
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U.S. Army Indian Scout William E. ArchboldLeQuesne Archive 3 letters; 7 manuscripts; ribbon; newsclippings; 13 photographs; and 3 baskets that were purportedly presented to LeQuesne by Sitting Bull's daughter. 1884-1904....
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Two Asheville Reconstruction-era pamphlets:Some Aspects of the Race Problem in the South, by Rev. Robert F. Campbell, D.D. (Pastor of Asheville First Presbyterian Church), 24 pages, second edition, published by The...
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[General Americana] Ledger from OhioPhysician L.C. Herrick 1870s Records for a small town doctor 1872-1877. 12mo leather with gilt edging on boards spine lettered ?Ledger? in gilt marbled page edges 4 spine...
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[Martin Luther] Early German Printingof Martin Luther's Works [Luther Martin] Der Achte Teil und Letzte Aller Buecher und Schrifften des Thewren Seligen Mans Gottes Doctoris Martini Lutheri vom XLII.... [The...
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WILLIAM PENN. An important 17th centurysammelband of seventeen Quaker tracts (1668-1679) possibly to have passed to the present vendor from his first wife Gulielma Maria Springett via the maternal line comprising...
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George Washington Miniature PortraitAfter Edward Savage After Edward Savage (American 1761-1817). Miniature portrait on ivory 2 x 1.5 in. placed in a 6 x 5 in. frame. ? Ca 1800s-1830s.? Portrait is backed with...
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Three Slave Inventories circa 1860:"Ages of All the Negroes on Woodlands Plantation, Christ Church Parrish (probably Bamberg County, South Carolina), 1860 Janry [sic]", names and ages of 72 slaves on one page,...
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Journal, 60 drawings, watercolors, prints:seven engravings, 13 etchings, five watercolors, eight photographs, nine ink drawings, 15 pencil drawings, two pencil and ink drawings; by various artists, including ships,...
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History of The A. M. E. Zion Churchin America. Founded in 1796 in the City of New York Compiled and Published by John Jamison Moore D. D. Bishop of A. M. E. Z. Church York: Teachers' Journal Office 1884. 8vo...
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