19TH CENTURY SEAFARING, 15 LETTERS BYJ RUTHERFORD 15 readable documents related to Captain John Rutherford (1762-1814). A manuscript archive of John Rutherford, he was a captured Revolutionary war soldier and...
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LETTER ON SAVANNAH EXPEDITION OF HYDEPARKER,1779 A letter detailing the disposition of Hyde Parker (1739-1807) as to taken vessels during his time. Letter reads "I herewith transmit you my disposition of Hyde...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE, IDENTIFIED SWORD,BELT, PHOTO(lot of 6) U.S. Civil War naval officer archive, Lieutenant Francis Lafayette Harris U.S. Navy (Boston, 1824-1913) including: (1) U.S. Model 1852 Navy sword, the...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF JACOB K. LONAS,KNOXVILLECivil War Archive of Jacob Kimberlin Lonas (earlier spelling Lones), Sergeant/Captain, 4th TN Infantry which later became the 1st TN Cavalry. He was born on July...
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TN CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE, PAMPHLET, LETTERThree(3) Civil War era documents, including a Tennessee 1865 Franchise Act broadside, Civil War Surgeon letter from Nashville, and an 1858 slavery related pamphlet. 1st item: Broadside...
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DESCRIPTION DE L EGYPTE, PANCKOUCKE,1820-1830Description de l Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l expedition de l Egypte. Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1820-1830...
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BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLEBIGHORNThis is quite possibly one of the most important Battle of the Little Bighorn firearms ever offered for public sale, a Colt U.S. Cavalry issue Single Action Army revolver...
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1ST ED JOURNALS OF THE EXPEDITION OFLEWIS & CLARKFor your consideration is this first edition volumes I and II of “The Journals of the Expedition Under the Command of Capt.'s Lewis and Clark: to the Sources...
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DOCUMENTS ON LEDOUX'S WORK AND POTENTIALPUBLICITYDocuments regarding Louis Pierre Ledoux's fieldwork in New Guinea and its potential publicity.
There is a letter from November 10th 1936 from Giles Healey, explaining...
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1935 LETTERS AUSTRALIA PRIME MINISTERSeriesof letters and documents, dated December 1935, pertaining to Louis Pierre Ledoux's expedition to New Guinea, written by Frank Strahan, Australian Secretary to the Prime Minister,...
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IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO JAMES ADOLPHUS BUTE, CREW MEMBER ON CHARLES DARWIN'S EXPEDITION CIRCA EARLY 1830S LENGTH 6.25". INCLUDES A GLASS AND WOOD CASE WITH MIRRORED BASE. CASE HEIGHT 5.5". WIDTH...
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SCRAPBOOK OF THE FIRST ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONCIRCA 1928-1930, Circa 1928-1930, Descended in the family of Dr. Francis D. Coman, the expedition medical officer. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, typed letters...
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SCRAPBOOK OF THE FIRST ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION1928-1930 CIRCA 1930 1928-1930, Circa 1930, Descended in the family of Dr. Francis D. Coman, the expedition medical officer. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, typed...
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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...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND DOCUMENTSRELATED TO DR. ROBERT STEIN, ARCTIC EXPLORER, AUTHOR, TRANSLATOR RELATED TO DR. ROBERT STEIN, ARCTIC EXPLORER, AUTHOR, TRANSLATOR, including letters to Dr. Robert Stein from...
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(2) BOOKS ON WHALING, TO INCLUDE: ROCKWELLKENTillustrated Moby Dick: or the Whale, by Herman Melville. De Luxe edition, Garden City Publishing, 1937. Hardcover, gilt illustration of whale tail on front cover, gilt...
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CIVIL WAR: MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS,AND POCKET BIBLE BY AND BELONGING TO PRIVATE ALBERT I. SANDS, DATED 1862-1868, ITEMS INCLUDE: EIGHT HAND WRITTEN LETTERS BY PRIVATE ALBERT I. SANDS OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS...
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9 ANCIENT POTTERY OBJECTS TO INCLUDEA 6"RED ON BLACK BOWL, 2,000 TO 1,600 BC. A PAINTED WHITE WARE VASE, 2,100-2,000 BC, 9 1/2" HIGH, PEDESTAL BASE SHOWS CHIP AND IS BROKEN OFF FROM TOP. A SIMILAR PAINTED...
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LOT OF 5 BOOKS DEALING WITH WESTERNEXPANSION. TOINCLUDE: LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BY W. A. FERRIS, OLD WEST PUBLISHING CO., DENVER, CO, 1940, RED CLOTH BOARDS, 363 HAND CUT PAGES, 9 1/2" X 6 1/2", WILLIAM...
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CONFIDENTIAL ALS HENRY CLAY TO DANIELWEBSTER RE: ELECTION OF 1824, THROWING THE PRESIDENCY TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS OVER ANDREW JACKSON A letter written two weeks before the election from "The Great Compromiser"...
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African Missionary's Artifacts and Photographspertainingto the Congo mission undertaken by Methodist minister J. T. Mangum of North Carolina personal assistant to Bishop Walter Russell Lambuth. The expedition sailed from Antwerp...
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Texas & New Mexico Military Correspondenceof Jonas P. Holliday Lot of 3 ALsS. 1850-1857.Appointed to West Point from New York Jonas P. Holliday graduated 24th in the class of 1850 and remained in the military service...
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Peary Robert Admiral Autograph lettersigned (''R. E. Peary'') one page contents achieved in another hand Washington October 3 [illeg.] to (''Mr. Cannon''). Framed with a reproduction photograph. Robert Peary...
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Narrative of the expedition of an Americansquadron to the China Seas and Japan; performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C.Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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The Story of the Rear Column of theEmin Pasha Relief Expedition James S. Jameson. Edited by Mrs. James S. Jameson. Rose Publishing Co., Toronta, Canada, ND. 455 pages, with black and white illustrations througout,...
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2 vols. Keating, William H. Narrativeof An Expedition to The Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of The Woods, performed in The Year 1823... under The Command of Stephen H. Long. London: Geo. B....
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5 vols. Travel & Exploration - Utah& The American West: Stansbury, Howard. An Expedition to The Valley of The Great Salt Lake of Utah. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1852. First issue. 2 vols. 8vo, orig....
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2 vols. Arctic Exploration: Kane, ElishaKent. The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857. 8vo, orig. gilt-paneled black morocco, gilt-lettered & paneled...
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1 vol. Marcy, Randolph B. The PrairieTraveler: A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First edition. 16mo, orig. blind-stamped, gilt-lettered brown cloth; light edge wear, occasionally...
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3 vols. Arctic Travel & Exploration:Hearne, Samuel. Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay to The Northern Ocean,... in The Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. Dublin: for P. Byrne and J. Rice, 1796....
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3 vols. John C. Fremont: Fremont, J(ohn)C(harles). Report of The Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in The Year 1842... Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First edition, Senate issue. 8vo, contemp. 1/2 sheep &...
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* (EXPEDITION. LEWIS AND CLARK) COUESELLIOT ed. History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri River. New York: Francis P. Harper 1893. 4 vols. 8vo publisher's green...
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* (EXPEDITION. PIKE ZEBULON) COUES ELLIOTed. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike to the Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory and in New Spain During the Years 1805-6-7. New York:...
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4 vols. Mountaineering: Denman, Earl.Alone to Everest. London: Collins, 1954. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light edge wear, d/j (price clipped, some chipping to edges & spine panel ends,...
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1 vol. Houston, Charles S.; Bates,Robert H., et al. K2. The Savage Mountain. New York: McGraw Hill, (1954). First edition. 8vo, orig. two-tone (red & black) gilt-lettered & decorated cloth; light edge wear,...
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