5VOL WILLIAM TEMPLE COLLECTED WORKSFive volume collection of works by Sir William Temple, Bar (1628-1699). Memoirs Of The Life and Negotiations of Sir William Temple, Bar. Containing the most important Occurrences...
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MARK TWAIN SIGNED LETTER TO ADELE HOLT,DATED 1907 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) signed letter. A boldly written letter dated May 3, 1907, covering a full page and signed. The letter is to Mrs. Adele Durant Holt (1860-1949)...
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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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CHARLES DICKENS TWICE SIGNED LETTER,1839 Charles Dickens letter, 4 pages total. Two of which have writing and contain 2 different signatures of Dickens, one a full signature with flourish and the other a...
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4 YVES SAINT LAURENT HANDBAGSFour (4)Yves Saint Laurent handbags. 1st item: Blue-denim dyed calfskin structured tote bag with calfskin handle; hanging calfskin clochette with two keys; gold-tone brass frame stamped...
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3 19TH C PHOTOGRAPHS, TENNESSEE ANDVIRGINIA INTEREST1st item: Quarter plate ambrotype of young Catherine "Kate" Fulton Wilson (Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1851-1879), wearing a plaid dress and seated on a chair,...
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28 LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, FRENCH LITERATUREincluding:[ The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas ] by John Baptiste Louvet De Couvray, London: Privately Printed, 1898, number 27 of 100, four volumes (complete), bound in full green...
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TWO LEATHERBOUND CLASSICAL STUDIES TITLESTheCommentaries of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus, translated by James Thomson, London: T. Parker, 1747, bound in full tree calf leather, morocco spine label, gilt lettering to...
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EIGHT ASSORTED LEATHERBOUND BOOKSeightvolumes total, comprising: John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1928, with dust jacket and clipped signature, in...
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FIVE VOLUMES, THREE CHARLES DICKENSTITLESfive volumes total, comprising: Bleak House , London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853, first edition, containing 39 black and white plate illustrations, signed Morell binding,...
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THREE LETTERS FROM ANDREW WYETH (AMERICAN,1917-2009) TO ALICE MOOREThree Letters from ANDREW WYETH (American, 1917-2009) to Alice Moore, Mailed Tuesday, November 30, 1937, South Carolina Dearest Alice, Well here...
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(2) US PRESIDENTIAL JOHN ADAMS $1 ERRORCOINS(lot of 2) U.S. Presidential $1 error coins, John Adams: (1) edge errors, the full date 2007 appears twice partially on top of other letters, several letters stamped...
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SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) SET OF SIXSIGNED LITHOGRAPHSSalvador Dali (France, Spain, 1904-1989)Changes in Great Masterpieces (1974)Each of the six lithographs in colors on RIVES watermarked paper, with remarque...
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LETTERS AND EPHEMERA SAVED BY A LONGTIMEKENNEDY FAMILY FRIEND Comprising a small and private archive compiled by Kennedy friend and confidant Binky Van Lair, its most important item being a Typed Letter Signed "John...
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[JAPANESE PRINTS & DRAWINGS--COLLECTIONS]
Agroup of multi-volumed works about Japanese Prints & Drawings in Private or Museum Collections, comprising:
— GUNSAULUS, Helen C. and GENTLES, Margaret O. The Clarence...
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TWO HENRY M. STANLEY TITLES To include:
HenryM. Stanley. THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT OR THE SOURCES OF THE NILE AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND DOWN THE LIVINGSTONE RIVER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. New York:...
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WAR OF 1812, HISTORIC CONTENT ALS, DETROITOutstandingcontent, written by Captain John Sharp, who effectively accuses his commander, Brigadier General William Hull, of treason in his surrendering of Detroit to the British General...
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LORD CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS, FULL SETOF 3 VOLUMES Lord Chesterfield's Letters edited by John Bradshaw, full set of three volumes, published in 1893 by Swan Sonnenschein & Co, London. with gilt decorated red leather...
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LORENZ SCHWARTZ BOUND COMPLETE WRITINGSOF ELBERT HUBBARD, INDIVIDUAL SET, IN FULL LEVANT, THE ROYCROFT BINDERY, 1908, VOL. 1 11 1/2 X 8 IN. (29.21 X 20.32 CM.) OF ELBERT HUBBARD, INDIVIDUAL SET, IN FULL LEVANT,...
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An autograph letter, signed, from Col.Richard Kidder Meade to General Henry Knox. Meade (1746-1805) was like his friend Alexander Hamilton an aide-de-camp of George Washington, and is perhaps best remembered...
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9 vols. Leather Bindings - Englishand American Poetry: Hartshorne, Charles H., editor. Ancient Metrical Tales. London: W. Pickering, 1829. 1st ed. 8vo, late 19th-Century 3/4 blue calf & marbled bds., gilt,...
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6 vols. Leather Bindings - Belles-Lettres:Wordsworth, (William). Poems. London: Macmillan, 1886. Edited by Matthew Arnold. Sm. 8vo, early 20th-Century 3/4 brown morocco & marbled bds., spine gilt, t.e.g., raised bands;...
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17 vols. Moore, George [Limited Editions- Most Signed]: A Story-Teller's Holiday. London, 1918. 1st ed., #428/1000 signed by Moore. Tall 8vo, orig. paper vellum & bds., paper spine label, d/j. Untrimmed. Cutler...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/ChickamaugaPresentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
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6 vols. Leather Bindings - Belles Lettres:Lamb, Charles. The Works. Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, 1857. Thick 8vo, contemp. 1/2 brown calf & marbled bds., raised bands, brown morocco spine label, marbled endpapers...
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Private John Cumisky 17th ConnecticutVols Killed by Discharge of Own Gun Civil War Archive 11 letters 1 full plate tintype. Renowned for their stand atop Cemetery Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg the 17th Connecticut...
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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
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8 vols. Texas - History & C: Thrall,Homer S. A Pictorial History of Texas. St. Louis: N.D. Thompson, 1879. 5th ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered & black-stamped terra-cotta cloth, gilt-lettered & decorated spine;...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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5 vols. Travel - Asia Minor, The Caucasus,Persia: Southgate, Horatio. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia. New York: D. Appleton, 1840. 1st Am. ed. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. 3/4...
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5 vols. Military History - The Franco-Prussian& other 19th-Century European Conflicts: Brockett, L.P. The Year of Battles; or The Franco-German War of 1870-71. New York: J.W. Goodspeed, 1871. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered...
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4 vols. Americana: Blunt, Edmund M.The Merchant and Seaman's Expeditious Measurer... New York, etc., 1825. Stereotype ed. Tall 12mo, later 19th-Century 3/4 dark brown morocco & gilt, gilt-lettered & decorated...
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(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) NICOLAY JOHN G. ANDHAY JOHN The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Francis D. Tandy n.d. 24 vols. [uniformly bound with:] The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln. By Francis Fisher Browne....
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Hand drawn book of castles, 1627: HANDDRAWN, HANDCOLORED MAP AND VIEWS OF AUSTRIAN/ITALIAN HILL FORTS . No Title. Milano , 1627. Large quarto. 12x10 inches. 15 leaves including front and rear endpapers. A handcrafted...
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POW Letter From Andersonville with Archive(24)war-date Union soldier's letters by Private Simeon B. Merrill Co. G 5th Michigan Infantry to his wife Julia in Fowlerville Michigan. The 33 year-old Merrill enlisted the day...
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