Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

14 Jan 2022  |  USA, New York, NY
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Adams, Henry | First edition, presentation copy of Adams' work on Thomas Jefferson

1: Adams, Henry | First edition... Estimate: Login

American Revolution | The first treaty between the United States and any other country

2: American Revolution | The... Estimate: Login

American Song-Sheet | A curious American song-sheet coupling a mourning song for George Washington with the another sentimental song of loss

3: American Song-Sheet | A... Estimate: Login

Audubon, John James | The "Wild Turkey" manuscript — capturing one of the nation's most iconic symbols of unity

4: Audubon, John James | The... Estimate: Login

Audubon, John James | First edition of the separately-issued text for The Birds of America

5: Audubon, John James | First... Estimate: Login

Audubon, John James | Audubon's favorite bird, from the Amsterdam edition

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Audubon, John James | Fantastic beasts, and how to preserve them

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Bierstadt, Albert | A Western paradise sumptuously depicted

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Bodmer, Karl | "Dacota Woman and Assiniboin Girl"

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Bodmer, Karl | Handcolored engraving by Paul Legrand after Bodmer, blindstamp. , Bodmer, Karl | Handcolored engraving by Paul Legrand after Bodmer, blindstamp.

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Bodmer, Karlv | A fine full-length double portrait of Sih-Chidä & Mahchsi-Karehde

11: Bodmer, Karlv | A fine... Estimate: Login

Bodmer, Karl | Perhaps the greatest image to emerge from the picturing of the American West

12: Bodmer, Karl | Perhaps the... Estimate: Login

(Boston) — John Carwitham (engraver), and William Burgis (after) | An important and early view of Boston

13: (Boston) — John Carwitham... Estimate: Login

Byron, John, and [Dubois-Fontanelle, Jean Gaspard] | A pair of important American shipwreck narratives

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Carey, John | A great cartographical rarity of the United States

15: Carey, John | A great... Estimate: Login

(Civil War) — Charleston Mercury Extra: Secession | The Union is Dissolved!

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Coolidge, Calvin | Calvin Coolidge congratulates Myron Herrick, the U.S. Ambassador to France, on his speech at Saint-Nazaire, defending the Mellon-Bérenger Accord

17: Coolidge, Calvin | Calvin... Estimate: Login

Coolidge, Grace and Calvin | A very uncommon White House letter signed by both First Lady and President Coolidge

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Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria | A fine impression of a foundational map

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Danckerts, Justus | A fine example of an important map of the Eastern Seaboard

20: Danckerts, Justus | A fine... Estimate: Login

Douglass, Frederick | A deed signed by the great abolitionist and orator

21: Douglass, Frederick | A deed... Estimate: Login

Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, and Dwight D. Eisenhower | Thank-you letters from the Eisenhowers to the Sangs

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Featherstonhaugh, James D., and Richard L. Mudge | The territory in dispute between Great Britain and the United States , Featherstonhaugh, James D., and Richard L. Mudge | The territory in dispute between Great Britain and the United States

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(Flag) — Commemorative Thirteen-Star Flag | Pre-Civil War, Thirteen-Star Flag of the United States, from the collection of Charles Kuralt

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Foster, Stephen C. | Autograph music manuscript signed ("S. C. Foster") of "Maggie By My Side," from the collection of Harry Houdini

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Franklin, Benjamin | One of only 600 numbered sets

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Fry, Joshua, and Peter Jefferson | A landmark in the mapping of Virginia and Maryland

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Grant, Ulysses S. | Ulysses Grant directs General Philip Sheridan to achieve a racial balance among the volunteer troops under his command

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Hamilton, Alexander | Treasury Secretary Hamilton wishes "liberal allowances to the Judiciary"

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Hamilton, Alexander | The Bank of the United States makes special accomodation to ensure the compensation of public officers

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[Hamilton, Alexander] | A landmark case in the history of the First Amendment

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Harrison, Benjamin | Senator Harrison recommending Col. William Holloway to President Garfield, and asking that he be given official recognition

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Harrison, Caroline Scott | Caroline Harrison praises the United States and excoriates Congress, while pledging to assist a jeweler in placing a commemorative suite in the Smithsonian

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Harrison, Caroline Scott, and Mary Lord Harrison | Letters by both of President Benjamin Harrison's wives

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Hayden, Thomas and Moran, Ferdinand | Stunning chromolithographs of Yellowstone and the West

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Heap, George, and Nicholas Scull | One of the great early views of Philadelphia

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Hill, John — William Guy Wall (after) | The Wall view of Manhattan from Brooklyn

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Hill, John — William Guy Wall (after) | The Wall view of Manhattan from Weehawken

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Hoover, J. Edgar — [Harry S. Truman] | J. Edgar Hoover's File on Harry Truman

39: Hoover, J. Edgar — [Harry S... Estimate: Login

Howe, Julia Ward | "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord..."

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Jackson, Andrew | A collection of mostly ephemeral publications relating to Andrew Jackson's political career , Jackson, Andrew | A collection of mostly ephemeral publications relating to Andrew Jackson's political career

41: Jackson, Andrew | A collection... Estimate: Login

Jefferson, Thomas | The first attempt to comprehensively collect Jefferson's writings

42: Jefferson, Thomas | The first... Estimate: Login

Johnson, Eliza McCardle, Andrew Johnson, and Martha Johnson Patterson | Calling cards of President and First Lady Andrew Johnson, as well as of Martha Johnson Patterson, their daughter and White House hostess, each with an autograph inscription

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Kennedy, John F. | President John F. Kennedy remembers Dr. Sara Jordan for a 1905 class tree dedication in her honor

44: Kennedy, John F. | President... Estimate: Login

Knox, William | An argument in support of England's claim to the American colonies

45: Knox, William | An argument in... Estimate: Login

Lawrence, A. B. (attributed to) | The earliest first-hand bird's-eye view of Austin, Texas

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Lincoln, Abraham | A military commission for Charles R. Woods, "...for long and continued services, and for special gallantry..."

47: Lincoln, Abraham | A military... Estimate: Login

Abraham Lincoln , William Edgar Marshall

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Lossing, Benson J. | The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution, profusely extra-illustrated.

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Marion, Francis | The Swamp Fox acts as executor for the estate of comrade in arms

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Massachusetts Bay Colony | An early printing of the charter and laws of Massachusetts Bay

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Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, 24th United States Congress | A letter of recommendation signed by the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, 24th United States Congress

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Mather, John A. | The early days of the U.S. Petroleum Industry

53: Mather, John A. | The early... Estimate: Login

(Mississippi Bubble) | A sammelband of pamphlet poetry

54: (Mississippi Bubble) | A... Estimate: Login

Monroe, James | First printing of the Monroe Doctrine in book form

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Moran, Thomas | The most dramatic of Moran's printed works

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[Morris, Robert] | The organization and prospectus of the North American Land Company

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Mortier, Pierre | The first map of the Carolinas to be printed outside of England

58: Mortier, Pierre | The first... Estimate: Login

The New-York Pocket Almanack | A very uncommon French-and-Indian-War-era almanac printed by Hugh Gaine

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The New-York Pocket Almanack | A second Hugh Gaine almanac from the period of the French and Indian War

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[Penn, William] | First edition of A Seasonable Caveat Against Popery

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Polk, James K. | A scarce James K. Polk presidential land grant reassigning a tract originally deeded to a member of the Creek people

62: Polk, James K. | A scarce... Estimate: Login

Purchas, Samuel | Second, enlarged edition of this famous collection of travel narratives

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Roosevelt, Edith Kermit | Edith Roosevelt writes of her husband's campaign for Vice President and of family life in the White House

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Russell, Ezekiel | A very scarce Salem handbill issued to (and possibly printed by) Ezekiel Russell

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Sage, Rufus B. | One of the most important overland narratives, complete with its map

66: Sage, Rufus B. | One of the... Estimate: Login

Sanson d'Abbevile, Nicolas | A scarce issue of an important map of North America

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Scull, Nicholas | The first detailed map of the interior of Philadelphia

68: Scull, Nicholas | The first... Estimate: Login

(Stamp Act) | First Edition, a strong argument in support of the Stamp Act

69: (Stamp Act) | First Edition, a... Estimate: Login

Stith, William | First edition of one of the earliest Virginia imprints

70: Stith, William | First edition... Estimate: Login

Taft, William Howard | William Howard Taft writes to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding malfeasance and personnel changes at the Bureau of Chemistry , Taft, William Howard | William Howard Taft writes to Secretary of Agriculture James...

71: Taft, William Howard | William... Estimate: Login

Triggs, J.H. | A rare imprint offering a frank history of Laramie in its turbulent days

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