Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Lot: 1 - [African-Americana] Bacon, Benjamin C. Autograph Letter, signed on Printed Circular "To the friends of the colored race in the U. States."

[African-Americana] Bacon, Benjamin C. Autograph Letter, signed on Printed Circular "To the friends of the colored race in the U. States." Boston, December 7, 1833. One-page autograph letter, signed by Quaker abolitionist Benjamin C. Bacon to reformer and abolisitonist Rev. Samuel J. May, requesting May to address the second annual meeting of the New-England Anti-Slavery Society and to endorse

Lot: 2 - [African-Americana] (Bacon, Benjamin C.) Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Printed Circular

[African-Americana] (Bacon, Benjamin C.) Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Printed Circular "MILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS are degraded and held down to the condition of PROPERTY-to the the level of BRUTES-in a land professing to respect equality of human rights, and to be governed by impartial law!" Boston, February 15, 1835. Bifolium, 9 3/4 x 8 in. (248 x 203 mm). Two-page printed circular,

Lot: 3 - [African-Americana] Birney, James G. Signed Printed Circular of the American Anti-Slavery Society

[African-Americana] Birney, James G. Signed Printed Circular of the American Anti-Slavery Society The American Anti-Slavery Society's Plea for Funding to Abolitionist Groups Across the Country "the work is not complete. The slave is yet in chains. And now, to the main question, WHAT SHALL BE DONE?...We must have immediate and general, and liberal aid, or greatly curtail our operations..."

Lot: 4 - [African-Americana] Chapman, Maria W. Autograph Letter, signed, on Printed Circular, "Address of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society"

[African-Americana] Chapman, Maria W. Autograph Letter, signed, on Printed Circular, "Address of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society" Rare Female Anti-Slavery Society Circular, with an Autograph Letter by its Founder mentioning the Grimke Sisters Boston, June 20, 1837. Single sheet, 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (248 x 200 mm). One-page autograph letter, signed by leading Boston abolitionist and

Lot: 5 - [African-Americana] Colin, Paul. Le Tumulte noir

[African-Americana] Colin, Paul. Le Tumulte noir (Paris: Henri Chachoin, Editions d'Art Succes, 1927). First edition, one of 500 portfolios printed on velin paper. Partial set of 32 (of 44) lithographs with color pochoir, on 16 double-sided sheets, each 18 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (473 x 321 mm). With letterpress half-title; facsimile of hand-written preface by Josephine Baker; one (of two) lithographic calligrams; limitation leaf on two-pages; printed biographical leaf. Scattered light foxing; some top margins creased with small closed tears; many plates with later small pencil notation "Posters Please Oct 1984" at bottom right; lacking original hand-painted folder. Rare and sizable group of double-sided lithographs depicting African American dancers from the Harlem Jazz Age, by French artist Paul Colin (1892-1985). Colin's inspiration for Le Tumulte noir largely came from the 1925 debut performance of Josephine Baker (1906-75) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Her dancing, especially her signature "Charleston", caused a sensational wave of popularity in African American culture and jazz dancing throughout France. Paying tribute to Baker and many other Black performers in Paris during the 1920s, Colin painted created his images directly on stone, and hand-colored them using painstaking technique known as pochoir. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 6 - [African-Americana] Cuffe, Paul. Autograph Letter, signed

[African-Americana] Cuffe, Paul. Autograph Letter, signed Paul Cuffe Makes Preparations for His Last Voyage to Africa Westport, Massachusetts, November 30, 1815. Single sheet, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (248 x 197 mm). One-page autograph letter, signed by Paul Cuffe to Joseph May: "Capt A[bner] Davis, & the passengers seem not vitely to understand the agreement for their passages from Boston to

Lot: 7 - [African-Americana] [Douglass, Frederick] May, Rev. Samuel J. Group of 3 Receipts for the Purchase of Subscriptions to "Frederick Douglass' Paper"

[African-Americana] [Douglass, Frederick] May, Rev. Samuel J. Group of 3 Receipts for the Purchase of Subscriptions to "Frederick Douglass' Paper" No place, 1860-61. Three oblong sheets, 3 x 8 in. (76 x 203 mm). Group of three partially-printed receipts for Samuel J. May for his yearly subscription for Frederick Douglass' Paper, between August 1860-August 1862; accomplished in pencil and in ink. Docketing on verso of each; creasing from old folds; light soiling. Lot includes a partial copy of the January 21, 1853 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper (Vol. VI, No. 5, Whole No. 265); lacking the second sheet (pp. 3-4). Creasing from when folded, worming along same affecting text. Frederick Douglass and Rev. Samuel J. May were close allies and regular correspondents. In 1841, Douglass joined the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS), of which May was a founder and paid agent. On its behalf, Douglass traveled extensively, delivering speeches, distributing pamphlets, and recruiting subscribers for William Lloyd Garrison's TheLiberator. In 1843, Douglass participated in the AASS's ambitious "Hundred Conventions" project, a six-month speaking tour across the eastern and midwestern United States, where he recounted his experiences as a slave. Along the way, pro-slavery mobs repeatedly harassed and assaulted him; with one attack in Pendleton, Indiana, that left him with a hand broken. Upon his return to the United States in 1847, after touring England and Ireland, Douglass began to distance himself from the AASS and established his first newspaper, The North Star, in Rochester, New York. At the urging of abolitionist Gerrit Smith, Douglass merged The North Star with Syracuse's Liberty Party Paper in June 1851 to create Frederick Douglass' Paper. The paper appeared weekly until 1858 and then monthly until 1863, focusing on anti-slavery advocacy and broader social reform. The three present documents show Rev. May subscribing to the monthly iteration of Douglass's newspaper. Rev. Samuel J. May (1797-1871) was a Unitarian minister, and an ardent supporter of abolition, women's rights, and educational reform. Born into a prominent Boston family, May was a descendant of two renowned colonial families, the Quincys and the Hancocks. His sister, Abby May Alcott was the mother of author Louisa May Alcott. May was a founding member of the New England Anti-Slavery society, and a close supporter of William Lloyd Garrison, often traveling throughout the northeast area to local chapters as a lecturer and agent. He was a prolific author and orator, writing a multitude of essays and speeches on reforming political and religious society, until his death in 1871.

Lot: 8 - [African-Americana] [Jackson, Andrew] Protest of the American Anti-Slavery Society

[African-Americana] [Jackson, Andrew] Protest of the American Anti-Slavery Society The American Anti-Slavery Society Protests President Andrew Jackson's Censorship of its Publications New York, December 26, 1835. Bifolium. Three-page printed circular, signed in type by Arthur Tappan, William Jay, John Rankin, Abraham L. Cox, Lewis Tappan, et al. With an autograph letter, signed by John

Lot: 9 - [African-Americana] [King, Martin Luther, Jr.] Obsequies Martin Luther King Jr.

[African-Americana] [King, Martin Luther, Jr.] Obsequies Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. First printing on heavy-coated paper, and without copyright notice. 8vo. Unpaginated (16 pp.). Original stiff staple-bound pictorial self wrappers; light wear along edges; slightly creased from when rolled. Rare original printed program for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 9, 1968. The program was later reprinted on different paper bearing a copyright statement to Coretta Scott King. Only a limited number of copies were printed for attendees. OCLC locates nine copies, with only about eight copies sold at auction in the last 12 years. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 10 - [African-Americana] May, Rev. Samuel J., and Evan Lewis, and George Benson, and Rowland Greene. Printed Circular Calling for the Formation of a National Anti-Slavery Society

[African-Americana] May, Rev. Samuel J., and Evan Lewis, and George Benson, and Rowland Greene. Printed Circular Calling for the Formation of a National Anti-Slavery Society The Formation of the American Anti-Slavery Society "But amidst this general scene of prosperity, and within the jurisdiction of those laws and institutions which are calculated to raise the character of man to the

Lot: 11 - [African-Americana] May, Rev. Samuel J. Autograph Letter, signed on Verso of a Printed Circular

[African-Americana] May, Rev. Samuel J. Autograph Letter, signed on Verso of a Printed Circular The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Requests Accommodation for an Annual Meeting of Members Boston, December 28, 1835. Bifolium, 9 1/2 x 8 in. (241 x 203 mm.) Autograph letter, signed by Rev. Samuel J. May, Henry G. Chapman, and Henry E. Benson, managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, addressed to George E. Head, Secretary of the Boston Academy of Music, requesting use of their facilities for an upcoming meeting. In part: "The Annual Meeting of the Masschts. Anti-Slavery Society will be held the 20th of January next. We have reason to expect that it will be very numerously attended-and we are therefore anxious to procure as large and commodious a room as the city affords. The Odeon would be, in every respect the most convenient for us-and we earnestly request you-Gentlemen-to grant us the use of it on that occasion...You cannot have failed, furthermore, to notice that not only the rights of the enslaved, but also the rights of Freeman in our country have been set at defiance by the opposers of abolition. May we not therefore hope, that you will evince a due respect for those rights, which have been so grossly outraged in us..." Hand-addressed and docketed on verso. Wax seal remnant. Creasing from old folds; scattered stains. Letter written on the back of a printed circular, with a printed header quoting Daniel Webster ("Free Discussion is a Homebred Right!"), featuring the text of Gerrit Smith's October 22, 1835 speech before the New York Anti-Slavery Convention at Peterboro, the day after the Utica riot which converted him to the abolitionist cause. An important autograph letter signed by the managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, requesting the Boston Academy of Music to use their facilities for the 1836 Annual Society Meeting. Even though Anti-Slavery Societies began to spring up throughout Massachusetts in the early 1830s, the issue of abolition was still a highly contested subject for most of the general population. Many abolitionists in the state, including Rev. Samuel J. May, were adherents to William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy, which called for an immediate and uncompromising dismantling of the slavery system. Some viewed this position as too extreme, and thus sought to distance themselves from affiliation societies. When discussing the Anti-Slavery societies' attempts to secure meeting places in the early years of its organization, historian Elaine Brooks observed "an evidence of the illiberality of Boston, it was with difficulty that any place could be obtained for the meetings of an abolition convention. Eight of the churches were applied for without success." (Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 1945) The constant search for meeting accommodation was a problem that plagued many abolitionist groups throughout their early histories.

Lot: 12 - [African-Americana] May, Rev. Samuel J. Printed Invitation, "A Call to the New-England Anti Slavery Convention"

[African-Americana] May, Rev. Samuel J. Printed Invitation, "A Call to the New-England Anti Slavery Convention" Boston, March 19, 1836. Bifolium, 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (248 x 216 mm). Two-page printed circular, signed in type by Rev. Samuel J. May, issued to recruit attendees for the 1836 Convention of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. In part: "Come, then, we entreat you, friends of humanity, impartial advocates of the rights of man, ye, who are not despisers of the poor and degraded, ye, who would avert from our guilty nation the displeasure of the Almighty, come ye to the great assembly!...The Convention, to which you are hereby invited, will be held in Boston, on the 24th of May next...Distinguished abolitionists from other parts of the country are expected to be present..." Creasing from old folds, a few small closed tears or chips along same. Rare printed circular issued by the New-England Anti-Slavery Society, inviting all those who support the cause to attend the Convention in Boston, which was held on May 24, 1836. Rev. Samuel J. May oversaw the event as chairman of the society's standing committee. Rev. Samuel J. May (1797-1871) was an American Unitarian minister, and ardent supporter of abolition, women's rights, and educational reform. Born in Boston, he was a descendant of two renowned colonial families, the Quincys and the Hancocks. His sister, Abby May Alcott was the mother of author Louisa May Alcott. May was one of the founding members of the New England Anti-Slavery society, being a close supporter of William Lloyd Garrison, the publisher of the famous Liberator newspaper. Throughout the 1830s and 40s, he was actively involved in the national abolition movement, traveling throughout the northeastern United States to local anti-slavery chapters or societies as a lecturer and agent. A friend to Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Douglass, May aided freedom seekers directly, led the Syracuse Fugitive Aid Society, and founded one of the nation's first Freedmen's Relief Associations in 1862. He was a prolific author and orator, writing a multitude of essays and speeches on reforming political and religious society until his death in 1871.

Lot: 13 - [African-Americana] Phelps, Amos A. Printed Circular of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

[African-Americana] Phelps, Amos A. Printed Circular of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Denounces Rumors of Disunity Among the Abolition Movement Boston, September 18, 1837. Single sheet, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). One-page printed circular, signed in type by Amos A. Phelps, agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (MASS), announcing the

Lot: 14 - [African-Americana] [Reason, Patrick Henry] Stanton, Henry B. Autograph Letter, signed

[African-Americana] [Reason, Patrick Henry] Stanton, Henry B. Autograph Letter, signed On Pioneering Black Engraver Patrick Henry Reason's Iconic Letterhead New York: Anti-Slavery Office, July 19, 1836. Three-page autograph letter on bifolium, signed by abolitionist, social reformer, and journalist Henry B. Stanton, to fellow abolitionist and reformer Rev. Samuel J. May, discussing the

Lot: 15 - [African-Americana] Tappan, Arthur, and Joshua Leavitt, and Elizur Wright, Jr. Partially-Printed Invitation to the Founding Convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society

[African-Americana] Tappan, Arthur, and Joshua Leavitt, and Elizur Wright, Jr. Partially-Printed Invitation to the Founding Convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society Samuel J. May's Personal Invitation to the Founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society New York, October 29, 1833. Single sheet, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Partially-printed document, addressed to Rev. Samuel J. May, and

Lot: 16 - [African Americana] Tappan, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed on Printed Circular of the American Anti-Slavery Society

[African Americana] Tappan, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed on Printed Circular of the American Anti-Slavery Society The American Anti-Slavery Society Defends the Actions of Their Great Postal Campaign of 1835 in its Aftermath "We are charged with sending incendiary publications to the South. If by the term incendiary is meant publications containing arguments and facts to prove Slavery to

Lot: 17 - [African-Americana] Tappan, Arthur and Henry B. Stanton. Partially-Printed Circular Letter of the American Anti-Slavery Society, signed

[African-Americana] Tappan, Arthur and Henry B. Stanton. Partially-Printed Circular Letter of the American Anti-Slavery Society, signed The American Anti-Slavery Society Requests the Continued Support and Services of Rev. Samuel J. May "never was there a more favorable moment to move the public mind towards abolition than the present. The public attention is thoroughly aroused...The events

Lot: 18 - [African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr. Autograph Letter, signed on an Anti-American Colonization Society Broadside "The Shields of American Slavery..."

[African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr. Autograph Letter, signed on an Anti-American Colonization Society Broadside "The Shields of American Slavery..." New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, February 24, 1834. Lengthy two-page autograph letter, signed by American abolitionist and mathematician Elizur Wright, Jr. to reformer and abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May, written on the integral leaf of

Lot: 19 - [African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr., and Arthur Tappan. Abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May's Partially-Printed American Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee Commission

[African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr., and Arthur Tappan. Abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May's Partially-Printed American Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee Commission New York, July 24, 1834. Tall bifolium, 13 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (336 x 206 mm). Partially-printed American Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee commission for Rev. Samuel J. May, signed and accomplished by Society secretary

Lot: 20 - [African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr. Autograph Letter, signed, on a Printed Circular Regarding the Abolition of Slavery in Washington, D.C.

[African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr. Autograph Letter, signed, on a Printed Circular Regarding the Abolition of Slavery in Washington, D.C. A Rallying Cry to Anti-Slavery Societies in America, Requesting Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery in Washington, D.C. "Let these things be published on the house-tops. Let every child know them. Make them so familiar that no man can picture to

Lot: 21 - [African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr., and Arthur Tappan. Rev. Samuel J. May's Partially-Printed American Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee Commission for 1836

[African-Americana] Wright, Elizur, Jr., and Arthur Tappan. Rev. Samuel J. May's Partially-Printed American Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee Commission for 1836 New York, August 18, 1836. Bifolium, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Partially-printed Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee commission for Rev. Samuel J. May, accomplished and signed by secretary Elizur Wright, Jr., and by

Lot: 22 - [African-Americana] "A Tour to the South", A Revealing Firsthand Account of Slavery in Antebellum Virginia and Washington, D.C.

[African-Americana] "A Tour to the South", A Revealing Firsthand Account of Slavery in Antebellum Virginia and Washington, D.C. A Very Revealing First Hand Account of Slavery in Virginia and Washington, D.C., Commenting on the Views of Slave Owners, Fugitive Slave Catchers, a Slave Prison, a Slave Auction, and more Salem, (Massachusetts), September 28, 1835. Tall bifolium, 15 x 6 1/4 in.

Lot: 23 - [American Revolution] Franklin, Benjamin. Partially-Printed Promissory Note, accomplished and twice signed

[American Revolution] Franklin, Benjamin. Partially-Printed Promissory Note, accomplished and twice signed Only Weeks After America's Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution (Passy, France: Printed by Benjamin Franklin), December 4, 1781. Single sheet, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (248 x 184 mm). A fine partially-printed promissory

Lot: 24 - [American Revolution] Iznardy, Miguel Lorenzo de. Manuscript Document, "Nota de los certificados pagaderos por los Estados unidos de la America"

[American Revolution] Iznardy, Miguel Lorenzo de. Manuscript Document, "Nota de los certificados pagaderos por los Estados unidos de la America" Evidence of Covert Spanish Financial Support During the American Revolution (Philadelphia, April 13 1783). Bifolium, 12 x 8 1/2 in. (304 x 216 mm). Three-page manuscript document in Spanish, titled "Nota de los certificados pagaderos por los Estados unidos de la America...", prepared by Miguel Lorenzo de Iznardy and sent to Francisco Rendon, being an inventory of funds which reference loans granted by the Spanish Empire, to the Revolutionary United States and the colony of South Carolina. Creasing from old folds, a few small separations along same; scattered foxing and stains. Very rare manuscript document prepared for Spanish Emissary to the Continental Congress, Francisco Rendon (1760-1821), documenting Spain's covert financial support of the American Revolution, through loans advanced in the closing months of the war. Iznardy was an Andalusian merchant, and unofficial agent of Spain based in Philadelphia. Listed within the inventory are 242 payment certificates issued by the United States or South Carolina governments, together with 3,000 pesos in Continental paper currency, in repayment of obligations. The entries list the face value of each group of certificates, accrued interest, their conversion into pesos (fuertes), while also comparing the values of South Carolina currency, pounds sterling, Continental currency, and Spanish silver pesos. In total, the recorded obligations amount to approximately 227,399 pesos (approximately $7 million in 2026 dollars). From these payments, allocations were made to Juan Ignacio de Urriza (1730-92), Intendant of Havana, and one of the principal Spanish officials responsible for administering secret financial assistance to the American Revolution. Throughout the inventory, specific shares of the certificates are assigned to Urriza, Iznardy and Havana merchant Gaspar de la Guardia, which suggests a sophisticated financial arrangement involving Spanish officials and private merchants acting as intermediaries in financing the American cause. Rather than relying solely on direct state subsidies, Spanish officials and merchant networks advanced substantial loans to the American government, with repayment secured through negotiable certificates, as seen here. The manuscript concludes with an endorsement written in Havana on July 6, 1783 by merchant Fernando Rodríguez Berenguer, noting that an additional 16,000 pesos remained in the hands of Charleston firm Hall & Company. The endorsement confirms that Iznardy retained possession of the certificates, was authorized to collect the funds, and distribute both principal and accrued interest upon payment. An important piece of primary-source evidence for Spain's hidden contribution to American independence. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 25 - [American Revolution] Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de. Autograph Letter, signed

[American Revolution] Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de. Autograph Letter, signed La Grange, France, March 12, 1826. Bifolium, approximately 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm) (sight). One-page autograph letter, signed by the Marquis de Lafayette to Joseph Auguste Marie Petit, regarding an impending shipment of samples of wool, asking Petit for his opinion on their quality. Lightly soiled. Unexamined out of frame. Joseph Auguste Marie Petit (1786-1852) was a French politician who served as the Vice President of the Civil Court of the Seine in 1830, deputy for Loir-et-Cher from 1831 to 1834, and as a judge to the Paris Court of Appeal beginning in 1834. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 26 - [Americana] (Snowden, Richard). The History of the American Revolution; in Scripture Style. To Which is Added, the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution...

[Americana] (Snowden, Richard). The History of the American Revolution; in Scripture Style. To Which is Added, the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution... Frederick County, M(arylan)d: Published by Matthias Bartgis at Pleasant Dale Paper Mill, 1823. 12mo. xii, 300 pp. Full printings at the end of the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and Washington's Farewell Address. Illustrated with woodcut frontispiece portrait of George Washington. Full brown tree calf, extremities lightly worn, black morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; adhesive residue on front paste-down; front free endpaper torn; scattered stains, heavy foxing to text. Sabin 85595 Scarce edition of Richard Snowden's classic work, notable for its crude frontispiece portrait of George Washington, who is depicted with a bulbous nose. Matthias Bartgis (1756-1825) was a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and learned the art of printing from William Bradford. In 1778 he established his press in Frederick, Maryland, becoming the first printer in the Shenandoah Valley. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 27 - [Americana] Bierstadt, Albert. The Rocky Mountains

[Americana] Bierstadt, Albert. The Rocky Mountains (American, 1830-1902) New York: Edward Bierstadt, 1866. Hand-colored engraving on thick paper, by James Smillie after a painting by Albert Bierstadt. Mat burn; foxing. 24 13/16 x 35 9/16 in. (630 x 903 mm). In mat and in frame. Bierstadt's stunning view of Lander's Peak in Wyoming. This dramatic scene shows a Shoshone encampment and surrounding forest in the foreground, and the snow-capped ridge of the Rocky Mountains in the background. Considered the "chronicler par excellence of the American West" (Deak), Bierstadt executed the painting this engraving is based on in 1863, following an expedition by the artist in 1859 as part of Colonel Frederick W. Lander's Honey Road Survey Party. The painting was done as a tribute to Lander, who died in the Civil War, in 1863. The massive six- by ten-foot painting, now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, catapulted Bierstadt to overnight fame, and it remained a "paradigm of American subject matter for many years" (Met, American Paintings, 1965). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 28 - [Americana] Bingham, George Caleb. The County Election

[Americana] Bingham, George Caleb. The County Election New York: George Caleb Bingham, 1854. Hand-colored engraving, by John Sartain after a painting by George Caleb Bingham. Mounted to paper board. Approximately 25 x 32 in. (635 x 813 mm) (sight). Unexamined out of mat, and in frame. The County Election is the first (of three) in George Caleb Bingham's famed series of American election scenes, painted from 1853-54. It is followed by Stump Speaking (painted in 1852) and The Verdict of the People (painted in 1854-55). A handsome example with bright hand-coloring. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 29 - [Americana] Bingham, George Caleb. The Jolly Flat Boat Men

[Americana] Bingham, George Caleb. The Jolly Flat Boat Men New York: George S. Appleton for the American Art Union, (1847). Hand-colored engraving with mezzotint, by Thomas Doney after George C. Bingham. Mounted to paper board; trimmed at bottom, excising copyright line; repaired closed tears, some extending into image area. Approximately 22 x 26 in. (559 x 660 mm) (sight). In mat and in frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 30 - [Americana] Boone, Daniel. Autograph Letter, signed

[Americana] Boone, Daniel. Autograph Letter, signed Hanover County, Virginia, January 18, 1788. One-page autograph letter on bifolium, signed by Daniel Boone to Captain Charles Yancey: "Inclosed you have a few Lines from Coll Marshall I Shewed him the order your Sun Bobey gave me But he Sayes he thinks he owes you Nothing and if he Dos his Sun John Will Satel Withe you Sir Donot be oneaysey about the Balance Due me untill a Convinent opertunity Sarves We are all Well at present My Respects to your famyly..." Addressed by Boone on verso of integral leaf, remnants of red wax seal at same. Creasing from old folds, very small scattered holes along same; later pencil inscription beneath letter, initialed "A.C.P." In green morocco slip case and chemise. Reproduced in Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness (p. 314, John Bakeless, 1939). American frontiersman Daniel Boone writes to his business associate, Capt. Charles Yancey, about the settlement of a debt. As a result of his service in the Virginia militia in the American Revolution and earlier in the French and Indian War, Capt. Yancey was granted 1,000 acres of land in Western Virginia. Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolution, Yancey partnered with Boone in order to identify and survey his land in order to make a claim to it. Their partnership soured after Yancey claimed that Boone did not record all of Yancey's land, and that he even retained more for himself than their original agreement had stipulated. Yancey subsequently filed a successful lawsuit against Boone. The Colonel Marshall referred to above is Col. Thomas Marshall (1730-1802), surveyor of Fayette County, Kentucky. His son, also mentioned by Boone, is John Marshall (1755-1835), future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Property from Bethany College This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 31 - [Americana] [Borden, Lizzie] The Fall River Directory, 1892, 1893, 1894

[Americana] [Borden, Lizzie] The Fall River Directory, 1892, 1893, 1894 "Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother forty whacks, And when she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one" Fall River, (Massachusetts): Geo. E. Bamford and Robert Adams, 1892, 1893, and 1894. In three volumes. Thick 8vo. 1893 volume illustrated with a folding map of Fall River (now loose). Original

Lot: 32 - [Americana] Bryan, William Jennings. Autograph Letter, signed.

[Americana] Bryan, William Jennings. Autograph Letter, signed. Lincoln, Nebraska, November 11, (no year, but ca. 1908 or later). Single sheet, 11 x 9 in. (279 x 229 mm). One-page autograph letter on The Commoner stationery, signed by William Jennings Bryan to "My Dear Mr. Barclay." In part: "The Roosevelt cartoon is here and I am greatly obliged to you for sending it. I have told of the cartoon several times and the audience always appreciates it..." Creasing from old folds, several closed tears along same, one affecting signature; sections of paper loss to right and left margins; lower margin toned. American lawyer and Democratic Presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) writes a thank you letter to one of the two Barclay brothers (Thomas or McKee), both political cartoonists for The Baltimore Sun. The Barclay brothers joined the Sun in 1908, and became famous for many political cartoons throughout the early twentieth century.

Lot: 33 - [Americana] (Carey, Mathew). Carey's Pennsylvania Evening Herald and American Monitor, Group of Almost 100 Issues

[Americana] (Carey, Mathew). Carey's Pennsylvania Evening Herald and American Monitor, Group of Almost 100 Issues Philadelphia: March 1, 1785-February 22, 1786. Group of approx. 98 issues of Carey's Pennsylvania Evening Herald and American Monitor, containing Vol. I (lacking Nos. 1-10, 17, 19, 28, 39, 50); Vol. II (lacking No. 15); Vol. III (two issues only, Nos. 11, 12). Bound with some issues of Carey's The Complete Counting House Companion... (beginning March 5, 1785). Front and rear boards perished, leather spine mostly perished, remnants of spine label; condition of contents generally worn; many pages creased or with closed tears. an extensive run of one of Mathew Carey's first printed newspapers in America, the Pennsylvania Evening Herald and American Monitor. Printed during the end of the era of the Confederation Congress, many issues feature commentary on contemporary national or Pennsylvania state politics. Included are multiple articles honoring the exploits of Benjamin Franklin, then the President of the State of Pennsylvania. Many of the problems or legislations reported would lead to a call for reform of the Articles of Confederation at the Annapolis Convention in 1786, and the subsequent Constitutional Convention in September of 1787. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) of Philadelphia was one of the most prominent printers of the early Federal Era. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 34 - [Americana] Engraved Centennial International Exhibition Stock Certificate

[Americana] Engraved Centennial International Exhibition Stock Certificate (Washington, D.C.): Bureau of Engraving and Printing, January 7, 1876. Engraved Centennial International Exhibition stock certificate (No. 8672), signed by President John Welsh and Treasurer Frederick Fraley, for James A. Haas & Co., for five $10 shares. Engraved by George W. Casilear. Laid down on japanese paper; toned; scattered spotting; repaired closed tears along edges. In mat with a replica printing of same certificate, and in frame. 16 7/8 x 20 1/4 in. (429 x 514 mm). Scarce stock certificate for the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition, the first official World's Fair in the United States, held from May 10 to November 10, 1876. Featuring fine allegorical scenes, including depictions of laborers, Civil and Revolutionary War soldiers, gold prospectors, farmers, Native Americans, etc., as well as John Trumbull's painting of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence, figures such as Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant. James Haas & Co., was a Philadelphia-based jeweler, watchmaker, and metal goods manufacturer. During the Exhibition they were commended for "character of finish and appropriate designs" for their metallic emblems. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 35 - [Americana] Chase, Salmon P. Autograph Letter, signed

[Americana] Chase, Salmon P. Autograph Letter, signed Salmon P. Chase Defends His Conduct Against a Defamatory Newspaper Column, Days Before His Removal as Treasury Secretary "There is One who knows with what fidelity I have endeavored to serve this Country; with what anxiety to know & to do what is best for the People..." Washington, D.C., Treasury Department, June 26, 1864. One-page

Lot: 36 - [Americana] [1893 Chicago World's Fair] Personal Diary of William M. Wikoff, with an Original Fair Ticket

[Americana] [1893 Chicago World's Fair] Personal Diary of William M. Wikoff, with an Original Fair Ticket New Salem, Ohio, January 1, 1893-June 17, 1894. Comprising 100 manuscript pages (within The American Diary 1893; No place: Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Co. 1892). Full brown cloth pocket-book binding, stamped in blind; marbled edges; front endpapers with printed plan of Jackson Park at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; original Exposition ticket for October 9, 1893 laid into pocket at rear with other paper ephemera. First-hand account of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, by William M. Wikoff, with his original ticket laid in. Wikoff (1855-1935) was a teacher, preacher, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and an avid automobilist from New Salem, Ohio. The Wikoffs arrived in Chicago on October 6, and spent a night in the Exposition Hotel. The next day they "Visited Transportation Building, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois & California State Buildings; Puck and White Star Line Ship building then Midway Plasiance..." His entry for October 9th opens, "Went to ground about 9 oclk. Never was there such a crowd together in Chicago..." Wikoff attended the fair almost daily until leaving the city on October 19th. The 1893 Chicago World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) was held from May through October of that year, and was a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' crossing of the Atlantic. The fairgrounds were laid out by prominent architects such as John W. Root, Daniel Burnham, and Frederick Law Olmstead, and their work received worldwide praise for its Beaux-Arts and neoclassical designs. The Exposition was also the first to feature electrical lighting, with over 200,000 lamps being powered by Nikola Tesla's polyphase alternating current system. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 37 - [Americana] Ewing, John, and David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Hutchins. Manuscript Document, signed

[Americana] Ewing, John, and David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Hutchins. Manuscript Document, signed The Continental Congress' Survey Commission Approves the Massachusetts and New York Border, Settling Over a Century of Dispute Philadelphia, December 24, 1787. Single oblong sheet, 7 x 10 1/4 in. (178 x 260 mm). Manuscript document, signed by John Ewing, David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Hutchins, as

Lot: 38 - [Americana] Flagg, James Montgomery. I Want You For U.S. Army

[Americana] Flagg, James Montgomery. I Want You For U.S. Army New York: Leslie-Judge Co., 1917. Color lithograph; 39 1/2 x 29 3/4 in. (1,003 x 756 mm). Contemporary ink stamp at bottom: "3 Tremont Row, Scollay Sq. Boston, Mass". Laid down on old linen; closed tear in center bottom edge; paper brittle; old creasing. Rawls, p. 13 James Montgomery Flagg's iconic World War I recruitment poster, featuring a contemporary ink stamp of the Army recruitment station at 3 Tremont Row in Boston. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 39 - [Americana] [Green Bartholomew] Partially-Printed Massachusetts Tax Collector Broadside

[Americana] [Green Bartholomew] Partially-Printed Massachusetts Tax Collector Broadside (Boston: Bartholomew Green and John Allen), September 3, 1706. Partially-printed tax collector commission for Constable Thomas Prentis of Newtown, Massachusetts, stipulating that he will be required to "Collect all and every the Sums of Money, mentioned in the List or Lists of said Tax or Assessment of your Town", signed at bottom in ink by treasurer James Taylor. Some spotting; marginal separations along folds occasionally affecting text. 13 3/4 x 8 in. (349 x 203 mm). In frame. Not in Evans The present document details a debt to be collected by the Town Constable, Captain Thomas Prentis, and then paid to the Treasurer, James Taylor, by the end of May 1707. Described as "one of the most colorful" figures in the first hundred years of European settlement in North America, Thomas Prentis had established himself as a military hero during King Philip's War. The request for taxes to be collected came in the midst of Queen Anne's War, the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America and involving the armies of England, France, and Spain. Bartholomew Green was the eldest son of printer Samuel Green, who emigrated to North America from England ca. 1633. One of the first printers to operate in North America, Samuel Green printed the Eliot Indian Bible in 1663, the first translation of the Christian Bible into an indigenous language. Bartholomew would assist his father in printing the second edition in 1685. They were one of only around five printing presses operating in North America at the time. Exceedingly rare. According to online records, only one copy has been offered in the past 80 years (Rosenbach, dealer catalogue, 1948: "Of the Utmost Rarity"). This lot is located in Chicago.

Lot: 40 - [Americana] [Ohio] 16 Manuscript Diaries of a New Salem, Ohio Family, 1878-1922, Plus Assorted Ephemera

[Americana] [Ohio] 16 Manuscript Diaries of a New Salem, Ohio Family, 1878-1922, Plus Assorted Ephemera Locations vary, ca. 1878-1922. Group of 16 manuscript diaries of William M. Wikoff, recording daily entries for the whole years of: 1878, 1886-87, 1892, 1896-98, and 1916-22. Sizes vary. Many bound in wallet-style bindings, with pockets at rear that include receipts other ephemera. Lot includes eight black and white photographs of Wikoff and members of his family. Also included is a typed document outlining the genealogy of the Wikoff family. Condition varies, diaries generally worn, some with front or rear covers split at gutter; contents generally fine and legible. A fascinating and extensive archive of manuscript diaries kept by William M. Wikoff (1855-1935), a teacher, preacher, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and avid automobilist who lived in New Salem, Ohio, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Wikoff records observations related to him and his family, his educational and preaching careers, as well as his association with the Odd Fellows Thornville Lodge No. 184. He often provides brief notes on particular days coinciding with important historical events, such as presidential elections, the Spanish American War, World War I, and much more. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 41 - [Americana] May, Samuel J. An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society, in Park Street Church, Boston. May 28, 1860

[Americana] May, Samuel J. An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society, in Park Street Church, Boston. May 28, 1860 "If any thing was spoken of as sinful by Christ and the first preachers of his Gospel,--if any thing was forbidden by them--it was the indulgence of those lusts and passions which impel men to fight, and which are called into fiercest exercise in war." Boston: American Peace Society, 1860. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by reformer and abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May at top of front wrapper, to Syracuse mayor and abolitionist Lyman Stevens: "Lyman Stevens Esq / with the kind regards of / the Author". 8vo. 24 pp. Original limp printed wrappers; text moderately toned; scattered contemporary marginalia. Scarce presentation copy of reformer and abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May's impassioned speech on pacifism before the American Peace Society, inscribed by him to Syracuse Mayor Lyman Stevens. The American Peace Society (APS) was a pacifist group founded in 1828 by William Ladd, formed by the merging of the Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania Peace Societies. "The political philosophy of the APS was never as radical or pacifist as some reformists would have liked, so some activists broke away to form new organizations, such as the New England Non-Resistance Society in the 1830s, and the Universal Peace Union in 1866. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to 'promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of conciliation, arbitration, judicial methods, and other peaceful means of avoiding and adjusting differences among nations, to the end that right shall rule might in a law-governed world.'" (TriCollege Libraries, Archives and Manuscripts: Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 42 - [Americana] [May, Samuel J.] The Literary Union: A Monthly Magazine

[Americana] [May, Samuel J.] The Literary Union: A Monthly Magazine "To redeem men from iniquity, to reform the vicious, to save the lost, will be the intention and tendency of any treatment, that true humanity, true Christianity approve..." Syracuse, New York: J.M. Winchell, and W.L. Palmer, July 1850. New Series, Vol. II, No. I. First edition. 8vo. 94, (14) pp. Printed by T.S. Truair. Abolitionist and reformer Rev. Samuel J. May's copy, with manuscript on front wrapper: along left side, "S.J. May's article on Capital Punishment first published in the New York Tribune"; at top, "Rev. S.J. May"; along fore-edge, "Samuel J. May's only copy." Original stiff printed wrappers; scattered light foxing to text. A fine example of abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May's own copy of this literary magazine, featuring May's passionate article against capital punishment. "Capital punishment should be abolished, because it is cowardly to inflict it. The wretched men, who can be made to suffer it, are already subdued, already in the hands and at the disposal of the State. There is nothing more to be feared from them; and the safety of no one requires their death..." This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 43 - [Americana] Smith, Joseph. The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken From the Plates of Nephi

[Americana] Smith, Joseph. The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken From the Plates of Nephi Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church Palmyra: Printed by E.B. Grandin, For the Author, 1830. First edition (one of 5,000 copies printed, of which only about 500-700 copies are known to survive). From the collection of Bethany College,

Lot: 44 - [Americana] [Mormonism] Bell, Alfreda Eva. Boadicea; The Mormon Wife. Life-Scenes in Utah

[Americana] [Mormonism] Bell, Alfreda Eva. Boadicea; The Mormon Wife. Life-Scenes in Utah Baltimore, et al: Arthur R. Orton, (1855). First edition. 8vo. 11-13, 15-97, (5, ads) pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white engravings, by George T. Devereux. Contemporary wrappers (original illustrated wrappers wanting), soiled, extremities worn; all edges trimmed; scattered stains; heavy foxing throughout. Sabin 6052; Wright 253 Very rare first edition of one of the first fictional anti-Mormon pulp novels, satirizing the Church of the Latter Day Saints' practice of plural marriage in the 1850s. The author, Alfreda Eva Bell, is believed to be a pseudonym for the publisher Arthur Orton. The story follows the character of Boadicea, a woman who marries a Mormon man in Utah, and is thrust into the world of polygamy. The sensationalized plot portrays Mormon society as violent, chaotic, and dysfunctional, with multiple characters being shot, stabbed, bludgeoned, poisoned, and more. According to RBH, we cannot locate another copy at auction. OCLC locates only 12 copies, at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, Dartmouth University, University of Utah, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Virginia, Harvard University, the Newberry Library, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, the Denver Public Library, and The Huntington Library. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 45 - [Americana] Thomas, Gabriel. An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America...With a Map of both Countries

[Americana] Thomas, Gabriel. An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America...With a Map of both Countries London: Printed for, and Sold by A. Baldwin, 1698. Two parts in one volume. First edition. Small 8vo. (viii), 55, (1); (xii), 34 pp. Illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece map of Pennsylvania and West New

Lot: 46 - [Americana] Wallihan, Allen, G. Collection of 92 Original Photographs, including Examples Published in "Camera Shots at Big Game."

[Americana] Wallihan, Allen, G. Collection of 92 Original Photographs, including Examples Published in "Camera Shots at Big Game." Large Group of Works by the "World's First Wildlife Photographer" Lay, (Colorado), ca. 1894-97. Group of 92 original mounted black and white photographs. Images in two formats: approximately half measuring 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (on 5 x 8 in. mounts), and the remainder 7 x 9 1/2 in. (on 10 x 12 in. mounts). All outdoor scenes featuring hunting of cougar, elk, or other big game subjects. Thirty-three plates published in Wallihan’s Camera Shots At Big Game (1901), including the title image “Leaping Cougar” (No. 12). Many titled and signed in the negative, with publisher's imprint on verso. Some with ownership signatures on verso. Condition varies; some examples creased, with damage or stains to mats. Lot also includes an issue of Outing magazine (January 1896). A large group of hunting photographs by Allen G. Wallihan (1859-1935) and his wife Augusta, known as the world's first wildlife photographers. Wallihan was a farmer for most of his early life, until he moved to the Colorado territory in 1880, where he eventually met his wife Augusta and settled in the town of Lay. By the late 1880s the couple became interested in the local wildlife, and together learned the arts of photography and printmaking so they could starting capturing images of the region's landscape. They published two compilations of wildlife photographs: Hoofs, Claws and Antlers of the Rocky Mountains (1894) and Camera Shots at Big Game (1901), the latter of which featured an introduction written by Theodore Roosevelt, who was a friend of the couple. Their works were so popular that they were invited to exhibit their photographs at the Paris World Exposition in 1900. This collection descended directly through the family of Charles Ashley Hardy, an engineer and the owner of the Chatham Bars Inn, in Chatham, Massachusetts. In 1895, Hardy was a member of the Wells and Patterson hunting expedition that Wallihan accompanied when he took photographs for Camera Shots at Big Game. Hardy is credited with the killing of a cougar, and his story is told on p. 317 of the included issue of Outing magazine. A rare and extensive collection of Wallihan wildlife photographs. Descended directly in the family of Charles Ashley Hardy

Lot: 47 - [Americana] Wikoff, William M. Manuscript Diaries of Cross-Country Automobile Trips, ca. 1914-25, with Assorted Ephemera

[Americana] Wikoff, William M. Manuscript Diaries of Cross-Country Automobile Trips, ca. 1914-25, with Assorted Ephemera Locations vary, June 17-September 2, 1925. In two volumes. Unpaginated. Manuscript diaries of William M. Wikoff, detailing three separate automobile trips taken by him and his family, each beginning from their hometown of New Salem, Ohio. The first trip to Boston (June 17-July 18, 1914), the second to California (June 22-August 7, 1915), and the third to North Dakota (August 23-September 2, 1925). The diaries record expenses, distances traveled, and other aspects of the trips. Lot includes: three autograph letters written by Wikoff's son Charles to his girlfriend Hazel, during the California trip; 72 black and white photographs of the family on the road (likely from the 1915 trip). Condition varies, generally worn and stained. A fascinating snapshot of early American cross country road trips, taken by an Ohio family. The author, William M. Wikoff (1855-1935) was a teacher, preacher, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and an avid automobilist who lived in New Salem, Ohio. Wikoff drove his "machine" (as he refers to it) with his family on a number of journeys, stopping in locations such as Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Boston, Niagara Falls, St. Louis, Albuquerque, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and many more. He often records notes on stops in prominent cities and landmarks, expenses paid, mechanical work done to the vehicle, and more. A rare glimpse into early cross-country automobile travel. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 48 - [Americana] Woodville, Richard Caton. Mexican News

[Americana] Woodville, Richard Caton. Mexican News New York: American Art Union, 1851. Hand-colored engraving, by Alfred Jones after a painting by R.C. Woodville; printed by J. Dalton. 24 3/8 x 20 1/2 in. (619 x 521 mm). Mounted to paper board; repaired closed tears along edges; light soiling below image. In mat and in frame. After a painting titled "War News from Mexico" which emphasizes the role of the press during the Mexican War. Public opinion was swayed in favor of the war in part by the press popularizing "manifest destiny" as justification for the westward expansion. Here, a shocked-looking man holds the daily newspaper and reads to an interested crowd on the porch of the American Hotel, including an African American man and child. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 49 - [Americana] Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark!

[Americana] Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark! (London): G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., Ltd./Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., 1914. Large color-lithographed seriocomic map. Approximately 22 x 29 in. (559 x 737 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. A large seriocomic map caricaturing the world powers in the early stages of the First World War. Featuring a sardonic essay by Walter Emanuel printed at bottom. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 50 - [Art] [Demand, Thomas] Thomas Demand

[Art] [Demand, Thomas] Thomas Demand Munich: Schirmer/Mosel for Serpentine Gallery, (2006). Collector's Edition, No. 41/60 numbered copies, with two cibachrome prints (untitled from "Grotto", 2006), signed, dated (2009), and numbered by Demand. Oblong 4to. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over patterned boards, stamped in blue; prints in separate matching blue cloth chemise; together in original blue cloth slip case. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 51 - [Art] Ford, Walton. Pancha Tantra

[Art] Ford, Walton. Pancha Tantra (Cologne): Taschen, (2009). Folio. Signed by Ford on title-page and with an original drawing by him of a Rhino. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind; in original pictorial dust-jacket. An as new copy. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 52 - [Art] Grosz, George. Ecce Homo

[Art] Grosz, George. Ecce Homo Berlin: Der Malik, 1923. First edition (issue C). Folio. Illustrated with 84 lithographs after drawings, and 16 in color after watercolors, by Grosz. Original stiff illustrated wrappers, unevenly toned, lightly worn; all edges trimmed; sheets lightly toned. A near-fine copy. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 53 - [Art] Meatyard, Ralph Eugene, and Eugenia Parry. Dolls and Masks

[Art] Meatyard, Ralph Eugene, and Eugenia Parry. Dolls and Masks Santa Fe: Radius Books for the Art Institute of Chicago, (2011). First edition. 4to. Signed by the author, Eugenia Parry, on title-page. With an original photograph by Meatyard (untitled, 1962), loose as issued in separate paper folder, printed by Meatyard's son Christopher in 2011 (#19/30). Publisher's original grey cloth, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; in original grey cloth fall-down-back box. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 54 - [Art] [Gontcharova, Natalia] Pouchkine, Alexandre. Conte de Tsar Saltan...

[Art] [Gontcharova, Natalia] Pouchkine, Alexandre. Conte de Tsar Saltan... Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First and limited edition, #528/599 numbered copies. 4to. Illustrated with 10 full-page pochoir illustrations, many with tissue guards, as well as decorated pochoir borders, and historiated initials, by Natalia Gontcharova. Sheets loose as issued, and housed within original marbled paper chemise, decorated by the artist, worn with joints split but holding, ties perished; all edges untrimmed; many pages unopened; scattered foxing. One of the most celebrated books by Russian artist Natalia Gontcharova (1881-1962). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 55 - [Art] Verve an Artistic and Literary Quarterly

[Art] Verve an Artistic and Literary Quarterly Paris, 1937-39. In two volumes. Comprising Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4. Folio. Each profusely illustrated by numerous artists throughout, from photographs (including many heliogravures), drawings, paintings, etc., as well as numerous original color lithographs and color plates, by Matisse, Braque, Bonnard, Rouault, Chagall, Miro, Rattner, Klee, et al. No. 1 bound in original wrappers, by Matisse, in glassine; Vols. 2-4 bound in full brick red cloth, stamped in silver, rubbed and moderately worn, original wrappers bound in. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 56 - [Art] Walker, Kara.
Freedom A Fable A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times...

[Art] Walker, Kara. Freedom A Fable A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times... Signed Copy of Kara Walker's Rarest Book (Pasadena: Typecraft, Inc.) for the Peter Norton Family, 1997. First edition (one of 4,000 copies printed). Signed and dated by Walker on title-page, "Kara Walker (2013)". Small square 4to. Illustrated with die-cut pop-ups and offset lithographs by Walker, and engineered by David Eisen. Original full red faux leather, stamped in blind. Caldic Collection, Artist's Books, p. 324-325 A lovely signed copy of Kara Walker's rarest book, published for the Peter Norton Christmas Project in 1997, and distributed to friends and colleagues. "The painstakingly produced pop-ups create an intimate atmosphere in the hands of the reader. Upon turning each page, with a single movement a whole backdrop is constructed for the dreams of a 'soon-to-be-emancipated 19th century Negress', as her character is described in the introduction. In this work Walker also tells the more lugubrious story of a black slave woman who is ill-treated, and whose life ends as a stowaway on a rudderless ship. It is the vision of a just world that keeps the slave woman going." (Artist's Books, p. 324) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 57 - [Baseball] Boston Braves 1914 National League Championship Pennant

[Baseball] Boston Braves 1914 National League Championship Pennant No place, ca. 1914. Red, blue, and white felt baseball pennant, decorated with a printed image of a "Boston Brave" and the words "National League Championship Braves." Moderately worn and stained; lettering dried and cracked; three small closed tears at outer point affecting lettering and image. 14 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (368 x 902 mm). Rare original National League Championship pennant for the 1914 Boston Braves, one of the most memorable seasons by any team in the entire history of baseball. From 1900-13 Boston's National League team underwent a variety of name changes, including the Beaneaters, the Doves, and the Rustlers, before settling on the Braves. During this span the team had only one winning season, and lost 100 or more games six times. For most of the 1914 season it was much the same for Boston's National league fans, and by early July the team was in last place, with a record of 26-40--nearly 15 games behind the first place New York Giants. However, their luck began to change, and from July 6 through September 5, they won 41 of their 53 games. Their hot streak continued through September, and they stole the pennant from the reigning National League champion Giants, who had won the pennant in their previous three seasons, to become the only team in history to win the race after being in last place on the Fourth of July. Despite being heavily unfavored in the World Series, the Braves swept Connie Mack's powerhouse Philadelphia Athletics, completing their full season comeback, earning the title "Miracle Braves" in the press. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 58 - [Baseball] 1915 Boston Red Sox Pennant

[Baseball] 1915 Boston Red Sox Pennant No place, ca. 1915. Red and white felt pennant, with red and white felt lettering and two small red felt socks. Moderately worn; white felt faded. 12 x 36 in. (305 x 914 mm). Rare original team pennant for the Boston Red Sox from their 1915 World Series-winning season. That year the Red Sox finished first in the American League with a record of 101-50, and went on to beat the Philadelphia Athletics in five games to win franchise's third World Series since their founding in 1901. The 1915 Red Sox season was also important as the first full year that the team's roster included baseball legend Babe Ruth. Ruth, then a left-handed pitcher, had debuted the previous season but his performance during the off season prompted Red Sox manager Bill Carrigan to keep him on for the 1915 season. He would finish with a record of 18-8 as a pitcher, a .315 batting average, and four home runs. While he wasn't selected to pitch during the post-season that year, Ruth recorded his first World Series at-bat during game five. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 59 - [British Isles] Camden, William. Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland...Translated newly into English by Philemon Holland...

[British Isles] Camden, William. Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland...Translated newly into English by Philemon Holland... London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610. First edition in English. Thick folio. (xvi), 822, (2), 233, (50) pp.; lacking 5D1 and 5D2 in the index. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, eight full-page engravings of coins, 57 engraved maps (all but two double-page) by William Kip and William Hole after Christopher Saxton, as well as in-text engravings and woodcuts. Full contemporary dark brown sheep, stamped in blind, loss in upper spine, extremities and boards moderately worn; armorial book-plate on front paste-down, abrasion from removed label above same; old manuscript on front free endpaper regarding the publication of this title; contemporary ownership signature at top of frontispiece, now crossed out; scattered contemporary marginalia; open tear at center of Dd6; scattered soiling and dampstaining to text; scattered wear along edges. ESTC S107167 A handsome first edition in English of William Camden's monumental topographical treatise of Britain, Ireland, and Scotland. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 60 - [British Isles] [Richard III] Buck, George. The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard The Third

[British Isles] [Richard III] Buck, George. The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard The Third London: Printed by W. Wilson, 1646. First edition. 4to. (iv), 107, (1), 113-150, (8) pp.; lacking blank K4. Illustrated with a mounted engraved frontispiece portrait, by Cross. Full contemporary brown mottled calf, ruled in blind, rebacked, black morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities moderately worn; top edge stained black, other edges trimmed; scattered light soiling to text. ESTC R19914 This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 61 - [Children's & Illustrated] Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle

[Children's & Illustrated] Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle Boston: S.E. Cassino, 1888. Folio. Extra-illustrated, with 96 additional plates by F.O.C. Darley, and others, including a four-page autograph letter, signed by Washington Irving, dated Sunnyside, March 2, 1857, to Rev. J.B. Wakeley, on a variety of subjects, including his health, literary matters, and family. With illustrations by Frank T. Merrill, as issued, lacking the portrait called for in the list of plates. Full green morocco; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; scattered soiling and wear along edges. A fine extra-illustrated copy of Washington Irving's classic story, with a set of the Darley illustrations, a portrait of the author after Leslie, numerous other plates, and a fine four-page autograph letter, signed by Irving discussing literary matters. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 62 - [Children's & Illustrated] Lobel, Arnold. Original Illustration of Frog and Toad

[Children's & Illustrated] Lobel, Arnold. Original Illustration of Frog and Toad No place, ca. 1981. Ink over graphite on paper, by Arnold Lobel. 14 9/16 x 10 3/4 in. (370 x 273 mm). Numbered at bottom margin "14", with manuscript "S.S." at same. Original illustration by Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) of his beloved Frog and Toad characters, created for the Frog and Toad Coloring Book (1981). Found on the twelfth-page, with the text, "Frog gave his jacket to Frog. Frog thought that it was beautiful. He put it on and jumped for joy." 10 3/4 x 8 inches. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 63 - [Children's & Illustrated] Lobel, Arnold. Original Illustration of Frog and Toad

[Children's & Illustrated] Lobel, Arnold. Original Illustration of Frog and Toad No place, ca. 1981. Ink over graphite on paper, Arnold Lobel. 14 5/8 x 11 in. (371 x 279 mm) Numbered at bottom "32", manuacript "S.S." at same. Multiple stains in bottom margin, but not affecting image. Original illustration by artist Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) of his beloved Frog and Toad characters, created for his Frog and Toad Coloring Book (1981). Found on the last page, with the text, "Four days later the snail got to Toad's house and gave him the letter from Frog. Toad was very pleased to have it." This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 64 - [Children's & Illustrated] (Wyeth, N.C.) Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Signed by N.C. and Andrew Wyeth

[Children's & Illustrated] (Wyeth, N.C.) Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Signed by N.C. and Andrew Wyeth Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1921). First Wyeth illustrated edition. Inscribed by N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth on half-title: "Autograph by the illustrator of this book July 20th 1931 N.C. Wyeth", and "to Gillett from Andy". 4to. (xii), 86 pp. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt, pictorial cover label, scattered very light wear and rubbing; top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers; dust-jacket wanting; scattered foxing and offsetting to text. A scarce copy of this work, inscribed by both the illustrator N.C. Wyeth and his son, acclaimed painter Andrew Wyeth. Andrew's inscription is made out to Gillett Whitney, a childhood friend, and the son of headmaster of Westtown Friends School (West Chester, Pennsylvania), George Gillett Whitney. The latter was also a pupil of N.C. Wyeth's.

Lot: 65 - [British Isles] Churchill, Winston S. Typed Letter, signed

[British Isles] Churchill, Winston S. Typed Letter, signed (London) April 15, 1937. Single sheet, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). One-page typed letter on Chartwell stationery, signed by Winston S. Churchill to C.E. Bechhofer Roberts, labeled "Personal." In part: "I read your Life of Baldwin with interest, and am sending for a copy of the reprint about me which you kindly wrote. I always feel that if F.E. had lived the normal span, many misfortunes might have been avoided. However there is no excuse for despair..." Creasing from old folds; scattered light foxing or stains. Typed letter, signed by Winston Churchill to the author of one of his earliest biographers, C.E. Bechhofer Roberts (1894-1939). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 66 - [British Isles] Churchill, Winston S. Typed Letter, signed

[British Isles] Churchill, Winston S. Typed Letter, signed (London), September 6, 1937. One sheet, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill to Mr. C.E. Bechofer Roberts. In part: "I have it in my mind that when you were writing the sketch about me, I said something to you about a report of the Commission on Awards to Inventors about the Tanks. Did I sent it to you? Perhaps I only mentioned it to you. Have you an recollection of it? If so, I should be obliged if you would let me know." Creasing from old folds; scattered light foxing; two small closed tears at right margin. Typed letter, signed by Winston Churchill to one of his earliest biographers, C.E. Bechhofer Roberts (1894-1939). During his term as First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-15), Churchill was instrumental in the development of the tank for wartime use. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 67 - [Civil War] Sheridan Cavalry Corps Member Badge

[Civil War] Sheridan Cavalry Corps Member Badge No place, ca. 1861-65. Enamel and brass badge of the Union Cavalry Corps. 1 5/8 x 2 in. (41 x 51 mm). Soldered pin and hook to verso. Moderately tarnished, enamel on cavalry insignia completely faded. Major General Philip H. Sheridan (1831-88) first commanded the Union cavalry in May of 1862, when he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment, despite having no experience in mounted warfare. He quickly displayed prowess, routing opposing Confederates at a number of key battles in the Stones River and Overland Campaigns. His deeds earned him the respect and trust of General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, and he was appointed lead the cavalry corps in the Army of the Potomac, serving in this capacity throughout the end of the war. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 68 - [Civil War] Woolsey, Charles W. Identified Army of the Potomac Headquarters Badge

[Civil War] Woolsey, Charles W. Identified Army of the Potomac Headquarters Badge Extremely Rare Army of the Potomac "Headquarters" Badge, Presented to Brevet Lt. Col. Charles Woolsey No place, ca. May 12, 1863 or later. Silver Army of the Potomac Headquarters badge, presented to Brevet Lt. Col. Charles Woolsey. Silver eagle mounted to blue glass within silver laurel wreath, fastened to later American flag ribbon and brass triple chain-link bar suspension. Engraved on verso, "Bvt. Lt. Colonel & A.D.C. Charles W. Woolsey Hd. Qrs. Army of the Potomac". Soldered pin and hook to verso. Silver lightly tarnished. An extremely rare survival, a silver "Headquarters" badge presented to Bvt. Lt. Col. Charles W. Woolsey (1840-1907). Woolsey enlisted in the 164th New York Infantry in November of 1862, where he became a close friend of Adjutant General of the Army of the Potomac, Seth Williams. Invited by Williams to become a member of his staff, in this capacity, Woolsey often worked closely with Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, and Meade, and was part of several war meetings with President Lincoln. On May 12, 1863, General Seth Williams issued an order from his camp near Falmouth, Virginia that "the officers of the staff on duty at these headquarters shall wear a badge according to pattern in the assistant adjutant-general's office..." While an official specification for this badge has not been located, period photographs show that similar "headquarters" badges were worn by staff members of other Union generals, such as George D. Ruggles and George G. Meade. This very medal was profiled in a 2025 issue of the Journal of the Orders and Medals Society America. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 69 - [Constitution] (Hamilton, Alexander, and John Jay, and James Madison). The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787

[Constitution] (Hamilton, Alexander, and John Jay, and James Madison). The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 New-York: Printed and Sold by J(ohn). and A(ndrew). M'Lean, 1788. Vol. II only. First edition (with correct reading "Number LXX" on p. 240). 12mo. vi, 384 pp. Original quarter buff

Lot: 70 - [Constitution] (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay) The Federalist, on the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of

[Constitution] (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay) The Federalist, on the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. Likewise, The Federal Constitution, With all the Amendments New-York: Printed and Sold by George F. Hopkins, 1802. In two volumes. Second edition (Revised and Corrected). 8vo. viii, 317, (1, errata); v, (iii), 351 pp. (some erratic pagination in first volume). Full contemporary speckled calf, remnant of original spine label on first volume, front boards of each volume detached, rear boards of each volume separated but just holding, spines dry, boards and extremities scuffed and worn, small paper labels at foot of each spine; all edges trimmed; front free endpapers detached with boards; contemporary ownership signatures at front of each volume; scattered spotting and soiling to text. Howes H-114; Sabin 23981; Shaw & Shoemaker 2218; Reese, The Federal Hundred 19 Second edition of The Federalist in a contemporary binding, the last edition issued in Alexander Hamilton's lifetime. This edition is revised and corrected with numerous additions, and contains a printing of the United States Constitution including the first 11 amendments, as well as Hamilton's series of essays penned under the name Pacificus. Significantly, it is the first edition to identify Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay as the authors, and what essays they had written. “Clearly written by Hamilton partisans, it gives more authorial credit to Hamilton than modern scholarship cedes him” (Reese). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 71 - [Declaration of Independence] Binns, John. Declaration of Independence

[Declaration of Independence] Binns, John. Declaration of Independence (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania: Printed by James Porter for John Binns, November 1, 1818 (but 1819). Engraved broadside, by George Murray, C.H. Parker, J.B. Longacre, after Johns Binns, George Bridport, Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, Bass Otis, and John Singleton Copley. Mounted to thick paper; two small losses in top right corner; three losses in bottom corners and in bottom edge; scattered repaired closed tears along edges; ten-inch repaired closed tear in upper left side; scattered spotting; sheet toned. 36 5/16 x 27 3/8 in. (922 x 695 mm). In frame, 38 x 29 in. (965 x 737 mm). Bidwell 5 A scarce example of John Binns's highly decorative printing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the earliest and most faithful facsimiles of America's founding document. Following the War of 1812, a sense of national unity and political harmony swept the country. Binns, an Irish-born Philadelphia journalist and publisher of the Republican Philadelphia newspaper The Democratic Review, saw in this moment a chance to capitalize on this patriotic sentiment, and in 1816 began taking subscriptions for a decorative facsimile print of the Declaration of Independence. Although he declared that he would have the print ready in only a year, the magnitude of the undertaking delayed its completion until 1819. By that time, another printer, Benjamin Owen Tyler, had already published his own cheaper, and less elaborate, facsimile print in 1818. Despite this, Binns's print has since been justly regarded as the best decorative reproduction of the Declaration, and one that appropriately symbolizes a period of an emerging American nationalism. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 72 - [Declaration of Independence] Clymer, George. Signed Check

[Declaration of Independence] Clymer, George. Signed Check Philadelphia, February 16, 1804. Oblong sheet, 2 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (57 x 171 mm). Partially-printed Philadelphia Bank check, signed and accomplished by George Clymer, payable to "AB" for $20. Cancelled at center (now repaired); vertical repairs with sello-tape on verso. In mat and in frame. George Clymer (1739-1813) was one of only six Founders to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution, and served as President of the Philadelphia Bank from 1803 until his death. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 73 - [Declaration of Independence] Durand, Asher. The Declaration of Independence of the United States of American. July 4th 1776

[Declaration of Independence] Durand, Asher. The Declaration of Independence of the United States of American. July 4th 1776 (New York): December 20, 1820. Engraving by Asher Durand after the painting by John Trumbull. Approximately 23 1/2 x 32 in. (596 x 813 mm) (sight). Heavily toned and stained; scattered small closed tears; worming to top right margin, large one-inch tear at top right. With accompanying separately printed index key, identifying the individuals in the painting. In contemporary frame and glass. Asher Durand's engraving of John Trumbull's famous 1819 painting depicting the five-man drafting committee's presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress, on June 28, 1776. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 74 - [Declaration of Independence] Morris, Robert. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Declaration of Independence] Morris, Robert. Partially-Printed Document, signed Philadelphia, April 17, 1795. Single oblong sheet, approximately 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (248 x 317 mm) (sight). Partially-printed stock certificate of the North American Land Company (No. 957), signed by Robert Morris, granting three shares to James Bruce Nicholls; counter-signed by Secretary James Marshall. Docketed on verso. Creasing form old folds; scattered foxing; a few small closed tears and paper loss to margins. In mat with printed portrait of Morris as well as small placard and unexamined out of frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 75 - [Declaration of Independence] Sherman, Roger. Autograph Letter, signed.

[Declaration of Independence] Sherman, Roger. Autograph Letter, signed. New Haven, Connecticut, May 21, 1787. One sheet, 3 x 6 1/2 in. (76 x 165 mm). (sight). Autograph letter signed by Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, Roger Sherman, to John Lawrence. In full: "Please to pay to Mr. Joseph Peck three pounds three shillings on account of what is due on my debentures in your hands." Creasing from old folds, scattered light foxing. In mat and in frame with printed images of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, and founding documents of America. Four days before the beginning of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, founding father Roger Sherman (1721-1793) pens a payment order to Connecticut state treasurer John Lawrence (1719-1802). Sherman was one of the most influential members of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and was instrumental in the adoption of the Connecticut Compromise, which settled the issue of representation of states in the proposed bicameral legislature. When he signed the U.S. Constitution at the conclusion of the convention, he made history by becoming the only individual to sign the four great state papers: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 76 - [Declaration of Independence] [Trumbull, John] Declaration of Independence of the United States of America 4th. July 1776

[Declaration of Independence] [Trumbull, John] Declaration of Independence of the United States of America 4th. July 1776 No place, first-half 19th century. Sepia-toned cotton handkerchief. Forty-eight facsimile signatures printed at bottom; each signature numbered to correspond with a portrait key printed above it, identifying each individual. Stitched to modern cloth backing; contemporary pencil gift inscription below image ("Mrs S.A. Chrisman Given her by John W. Riddle___ In the year of 1844 Given him in the Year of 1804 Given E____ Litz by her mother S.A. Chrisman for the Year of our Lord Oct 29 1877", additional gift inscription in ink at bottom, "Given Florence A. Litz by John H. Litz June 1928"; scattered losses, affecting title ("Independence of", in the key, and in image); spotting in key; scattered areas of wear; dampstaining. 28 5/8 x 31 3/4 in. (727 x 806 mm). In frame. Threads of History 418 A scarce large sepia-toned print on cotton depicting John Trumbull's famous 1818 painting of the five-man drafting committee's presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress, on June 28, 1776. This handkerchief printing is a composite image based on American painter Asher B. Durand's 1820-23 engraving of Trumbull's painting, and features Durand's printed key identifying each signer, which was originally issued on a separate sheet. Historian and author Herbert Ridgeway Collins in his Threads of History dates this textile to 1876 to correspond to the United States's centennial celebration (Smithsonian Press, 1978, p. 200, item 418), but others have recently dated it earlier. If so, it is possible it was created to correspond with the hanging of Trumbull's painting in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1826 during the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. This example with "Independence" spelled correctly. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 77 - [Declaration of Independence] Williams, William. Clipped Signature

[Declaration of Independence] Williams, William. Clipped Signature No place, August 26, 1793. Excised section of a document, signed by William Williams ("W. Williams"), Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. Creasing from old folds; scattered toning. 3 x 1 1/2 in. (76 x 38 mm) (sight). In mat with portrait of Williams and in frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 78 - [Declaration of Independence] Wilson, James. Manuscript Document, signed

[Declaration of Independence] Wilson, James. Manuscript Document, signed Carlisle, (Pennsylvania), January 18, (1774). Single oblong sheet, 4 x 12 in. (102 x 305 mm). Manuscript document, endorsed on verso by Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, James Wilson, regarding a legal dispute between David Stevenson and Samuel Endsworth; counter-signed by Secretary John Agnew. Creasing from old folds; separation at middle repaired with sello-tape; unevenly toned; scattered stains. James Wilson (1742-98) was one of only six Founding Fathers to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. After the latter, he was appointed one of the first Associate Justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 79 - [Early Printing] Ariosto, Ludovico. ll (Orlando) Furioso...

[Early Printing] Ariosto, Ludovico. ll (Orlando) Furioso... Lyon: Bastiano di Bartholomeo Honorati, 1556. 12mo. 511, 38, (2) pp. Title-page within elaborate architectural woodcut border, and illustrated with numerous in-text wood engravings. Full mottled tan calf, stamped in gilt, rebacked, boards and extremities scuffed and lightly worn; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; scattered spotting and soiling to text. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 80 - [Early Printing] Biblia Sacra, Ad optima quaeque veteris, & vulgate translationis exeplaria summa diligentia, pariq; fide castigata. Cum Hebraicorum, Caldaeorum & Graecorum nominu interpretatione

[Early Printing] Biblia Sacra, Ad optima quaeque veteris, & vulgate translationis exeplaria summa diligentia, pariq; fide castigata. Cum Hebraicorum, Caldaeorum & Graecorum nominu interpretatione Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1567. Thick 8vo. (xvi), 1,176, 100 pp. Printed in two columns. Illustrated with an architectural woodcut title-page, numerous in-text woodcuts, and woodcut initials. Full modern vellum, title in manuscript along spine, split at upper and lower joints of front board; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; old repair in upper gutter of title-page; scattered dampstaining and short closed tears to edges throughout; scattered light soiling to text; heavier soiling L1-L6; open tear traversing R8 and nn8; loss in bottom corner yy2, but not affecting text. Pettegree & Walsby 57423 A handsome and profusely illustrated copy. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 81 - [Early Printing] Cartari, Vincenzo. Le imagini de I Dei de Gli Antichi...

[Early Printing] Cartari, Vincenzo. Le imagini de I Dei de Gli Antichi... Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1587. Revised and Corrected. 4to. (xx), 460, (1) pp. Illustrated with 87 engraved plates. Full vellum, stamped in gilt, wear at top and bottom of front joints; blue speckled edges; old catalogue label mounted on front free endpaper; old manuscript at bottom of title-page; intermittent soiling to text; scattered wear along edges; Rr2 and Rr3 bound out of order; Yy2-3 starting; Mmm-Mmm3 repaired in gutter; repair in fore-edge of Mmm. A scarce reissue of the 1571 Giordano Ziletti-illustrated edition of Vincenzo Catari's popular work on the iconography of ancient gods, by his nephew Francesco Ziletti, using the same engravings by Bolognino Zaltieri. First published in Italian in 1556 without illustrations. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 82 - [Early Printing] H(oogstraeten)., F(rans). van. Het Voorhof der Ziele, Behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden

[Early Printing] H(oogstraeten)., F(rans). van. Het Voorhof der Ziele, Behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden Rotterdam: Fransois van Hoogstraeten, 1668. First edition. 4to. (xvi), 199, (9) pp. Illustrated with an engraved vignette title-page and 60 in-text engravings by and after Romeyn de Hooghe. Full contemporary vellum, title in manuscript on spine, soiling on rear board; all edges trimmed; scattered light spotting to text; some leaves at front and rear with wear along fore-edge; small loss in lower margin of P2, but not affecting text; pencil and ink notations on front and rear paste-downs. First edition of the first illustrated book by Dutch Baroque artist Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 83 - [Early Printing] Tasso, Torquato. La Gierusalemme liberata...

[Early Printing] Tasso, Torquato. La Gierusalemme liberata... Genoa: (Girolamo Bartoli), 1590. First illustrated edition. 4to. 11, (i), 255, (1), 71, (1), 40, (8) pp. Title-page within elaborate wood engraved architectural border, and illustrated with 20 full-page engraved plates after Bernardo Castello by Giacomo Franco and Agostino Carracci, as well as wood engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces. Full 19th century vellum, red and black morocco spine labels, stamped in gilt; marbled endpapers; light soiling to title-page; ink stamps at bottom of each plate, now partially obscured; scattered light soiling and spotting to text. Adams T243; Harvard, Italian, 494 A handsome first illustrated edition of Tasso's epic poem on the First Crusade. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 84 - [Early Printing] Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. Flavii Vegetii Renati Vier bücher der Ritterschafft...

[Early Printing] Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. Flavii Vegetii Renati Vier bücher der Ritterschafft... (Augsburg: Heinrich Stainer, 1529). Third German edition. Folio. 104 leaves; lacking R6 (blank). From the library of French Orientalist Charles Schefer, and with his armorial book-plate on front paste-down. Printed in two columns. Illustrated with woodcut title-page within woodcut border and 123 fine full-page and in-text woodcuts. Full vellum, yapp edges, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; small bookseller's ticket in top corner of verso front free endpaper; scattered light spotting; mild toning. A scarce and handsome copy of this German translation of Late Roman writer Vegetius' classic military guide, De re militari. First published in a German translation ca. 1485, the second German edition followed in 1511, and this third edition in 1529, including a new translation and woodcuts. The fine and numerous woodcuts depict a variety of military equipment, some very curious, including siege equipment, cannons, underwater diving suits, and other various military weapons and attire. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 85 - [Education] Brooks, Charles. To the Friends of Education in Plymouth County

[Education] Brooks, Charles. To the Friends of Education in Plymouth County Rev. Charles Brooks Issues a Call For Educational Reform, and the Establishment of a Board of Education "Parents! you wish your children to possess learning and virtue...Let us study the requirements of our situations, and then we shall feel the imperative moral obligation which there is upon us to patronize our

Lot: 86 - [Education] Brooks, Charles and Catherwood, Frederick. Printed Education Circular, with a Short Autograph Note

[Education] Brooks, Charles and Catherwood, Frederick. Printed Education Circular, with a Short Autograph Note Education Reformer Charles Brooks Writes to Abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May on a Printed Circular Announcing the Establishment of the Massachusetts Board of Education Hingham, (Massachusetts), ca. November 8, 1837 or later. Bifolium, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Printed circular,

Lot: 87 - [Education] [May, Rev. Samuel J.] Memorial of the Quarter-Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Normal Schools in America, Held at Framingham, July 1, 1864

[Education] [May, Rev. Samuel J.] Memorial of the Quarter-Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Normal Schools in America, Held at Framingham, July 1, 1864 Boston: Printed by C.C.P. Moody, 1866. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by reformer and abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May at top of front wrapper, to Edward Smith: "Mr Edward Smith / with the sincere regards / of Saml. J. May". 12mo. 59 pp. Original stiff printed wrappers, small stain on front wrapper, short tear in lower spine; all edges trimmed. A fine presentation copy of this pamphlet, inscribed by reformer and abolitionist Rev. Samuel J. May, memorializing the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the first state-sponsored Normal School in America. Printing Rev. May's impassioned keynote speech before graduates and educators of the Normal Schools, where he celebrates education as the essential force of democracy and urges the adoption of universal suffrage: "In our democracies, the lowliest citizen is, as much as the loftiest, the source of the powers which the governments wield. Nay, there is no one so lowly that he may not be raised to the highest office in the State or the Republic, be called not only to confer but to administer the power of the nation. Under our form of government, it is then nothing less than indispensable that all the people should be well educated, diligently trained to respect the power, by which they are governed, (although that power emanates from themselves) because it can have no vital force in the body politic, if it have none in the constituency of that body. No members of a self-governing State do or can contribute aught to the strength of the government, except so far as they have the ability and disposition to govern themselves. Consequently a far higher degree of moral as well as intellectual culture is needed in all the people of a democracy, than in the subjects of a monarch or of an aristocracy..." The first public normal school in the United States was founded in 1839 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as the Lexington Normal School (current day Framingham State University). Modeled on the French École Normale, or model school, it trained educators for teaching in public schools. Throughout his life, Rev. Samuel J. May was intimately involved in educational reform in the United States. He founded the Brooklyn, Connecticut Lyceum, served on that town's school committee, and sponsored the first state-wide common school convention in Connecticut in 1827. Under the aegis of educational reformer Horace Mann (known as the "Father of American Education"), who founded Lexington Normal School, May served as its principal in the early 1840s, where he instituted educational reforms and oversaw the increase in the student population. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 88 - [Fashion] [Vuitton, Louis] (Alas, Mert, and Marcus Piggott. Visionaire 52: Private)

[Fashion] [Vuitton, Louis] (Alas, Mert, and Marcus Piggott. Visionaire 52: Private) (New York, 2007). First and limited edition, #805/2,500 numbered copies. Folio. In monogrammed Louis Vuitton clamshell case; completely unopened in original shrink wrap. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 89 - [Franklin, Benjamin] Franklin, Benjamin. Manuscript Document, signed

[Franklin, Benjamin] Franklin, Benjamin. Manuscript Document, signed Philadelphia, February 26, 1787. One-page manuscript document on bifolium, signed by Benjamin Franklin as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being an affidavit by Joseph Redman regarding the bankruptcy of Philadelphia merchant John Redman. In part, "Joseph Redman of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania Doctor of Physic being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God maketh oath and saith That John Redman the younger of the said City of Philadelphia merchant now is and stainseth justly and truly indebted to their Deponent in the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds and upwards And that the Contract or transaction upon which the said Debt became due to this Deponent arose subsequent to the sixteenth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five And that the said John Redman is become Bankrupt within the Act of Assembly of their State made and now in Force concerning Bankrupts passed the sixteenth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five entitled 'An Act for the Regulation of Bankruptcy' as this Deponent is informed and believes..." Signed by Joseph Redman at bottom. Creasing from when folded, separated along central horizontal fold. Docketed on verso. A scarce legal document, boldly signed by Benjamin Franklin as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (analogous to today's governor), affirming an affidavit given by physician Joseph Redman in regards to the bankruptcy of merchant John Redman. On September 16, 1785 the Pennsylvania Legislature passed, "An Act for the Regulation of Bankruptcy,". It was one of the first instances in which the term ‘bankruptcy’ was used in American law, and was based on English legal statutes. Under the law, Franklin, as President of the Supreme Executive Council, was empowered to appoint up to five men to a commission to oversee the estate of a subject claiming bankruptcy, following the petition of a creditor for claims exceeding 200 pounds (Franklin appointed a five-man commission to oversee the above case the same day he approved this affidavit). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 90 - [Franklin, Benjamin] Franklin, Benjamin. Manuscript Document, signed

[Franklin, Benjamin] Franklin, Benjamin. Manuscript Document, signed Philadelphia, June 8, 1787. Manuscript land grant on vellum, signed by Benjamin Franklin as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for Edward Carrell for a tract of land called "Turkey Hill", situated along a branch of Wheeling Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania; counter-signed at bottom by James Trimble for John Armstrong, Junior Secretary. Paper and wax seal in top left corner. Creasing from when folded; foxing and soiling; dampstaining in lower left, affecting some text. Approximately 13 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (336 x 394 mm) (sight). Unexamined out of frame. Boldly signed by Franklin in his role as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania (a role analogous to Governor of Pennsylvania), granting Edward Carrell (or Carroll) (abt. 1754-1824) land in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The Council was founded by the 1776 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and began convening in Philadelphia on July 15, 1776, less than two weeks after the Declaration of Independence. Franklin was the sixth President (of seven), and it would prove to be one of his last public roles, as he would die two years after his term of service ended on November 5, 1788.

Lot: 91 - [Franklin, Benjamin] (Bowles's Moral Pictures; or Poor Richard Illustrated)

[Franklin, Benjamin] (Bowles's Moral Pictures; or Poor Richard Illustrated) (London: Bowles & Carver, 1795). Jigsaw puzzle-style engravings mounted on wood with interlocking scalloped-cut edges, after Robert Dighton; comprising 24 (of 25) oblong pieces (lacking: "By diligence and perseverance the mouse eat the cable in two..."), from, Bowles's Moral Pictures, or Poor Richard Illustrated. Being Lessons for the Young and the Old, on Industry, Temperance, Frugality, etc. by the late Dr. Benj. Franklin... Scattered wear and soiling; abrasions to verso from when mounted. A scarce jigsaw puzzle-style set of engraved scenes illustrating maxims from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. The present series of illustrations by Dighton proved to be incredible popular, and appeared in several editions and formats in both England and America, typically in broadside format, but also as above. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 92 - [Franklin, Benjamin] Rockwell, Norman. Poor Richard's Almanack

[Franklin, Benjamin] Rockwell, Norman. Poor Richard's Almanack No place: Raymond & Raymond, Inc. in Association with Circle Gallery Ltd., 1973. First and limited edition, #19/200 numbered sets. With title-page and limitation leaf on orange paper. Illustrated with seven color lithographs, printed by Fernand Mourlot in Paris, each signed and numbered by Rockwell, with caption leaf on orange paper, approximately 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (648 x 495 mm). Together loose as issued in original brown cloth fall-down-back box. Includes original printed copyright leaf and prospectus. A fine signed set by Norman Rockwell, illustrating scenes from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. Featuring seven color lithographs, including "Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia," "The Drunkard," "Ben's Belles," "The Village Smithy," "Ye Olde Print Shoppe," "The Golden Age," and "The Royal Crown". This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 93 - [Franklin, Benjamin] Rockwell, Norman. Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence

[Franklin, Benjamin] Rockwell, Norman. Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence No place, ca. 1976. Color lithograph; artist's proof, signed by Rockwell in pencil in bottom right. Approximately 28 x 21 in. (711 x 533 mm) (sight). Unexamined out of frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 94 - [Funerary] Porcacchi, Tommaso. Funerali Antichi di diuers i Popoli, et Nationi...

[Funerary] Porcacchi, Tommaso. Funerali Antichi di diuers i Popoli, et Nationi... Venice: Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1591. Second edition. Folio. (iv), 95 pp. Illustrated with a engraved hand-colored title-page, hand-colored initials and head- and tail-pieces, 23 hand-colored plates by Girolamo Porro, and one hand-colored printer's device. Full near-contemporary vellum over boards, old paper spine label, soiling and wear; all edges trimmed; heavy soiling and dampstaining to title-page; scattered soiling and dampstaining to text, heavier at rear. Brunet IV 820; Mortimer 395 A rare hand-colored copy of the second edition of Porcacchi's Funerali Antichi, illustrated with 23 engraved plates by Girolamo Porro. Originally issued in 1574, this work is structured as a dialogue between Porcacchi and two interlocutors, exploring ancient funerary customs and ceremonies practiced by Romans, Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, Scythians, and Christians. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 95 - [Gold Rush] Hardy, Charles Ashley. Collection of Photographs Taken in Colorado, Alaska, and the Canadian Yukon During Mining Excursions

[Gold Rush] Hardy, Charles Ashley. Collection of Photographs Taken in Colorado, Alaska, and the Canadian Yukon During Mining Excursions Extensive Photographic Archive of Gold Mining in Colorado and the Canadian Yukon Locations vary, ca. 1898 and 1902. Collection of 90 black and white photographs by amateur photographer Charles Ashley Hardy taken on two separate trips: one in June 1898 to

Lot: 96 - [Ireland] Molloy, Francis (Froinsias Ó, Maolmhuaidh). Lucerna Fidelium, sev Fasciculus Decerptus ab Authoribus magis versatis, qui tractarunt de Doctrina Christiana...

[Ireland] Molloy, Francis (Froinsias Ó, Maolmhuaidh). Lucerna Fidelium, sev Fasciculus Decerptus ab Authoribus magis versatis, qui tractarunt de Doctrina Christiana... First Edition in Irish Printed by the Propaganda Press Rome: Sacrae Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, 1676. First edition. 8vo. (iv), 391, (1), viii pp. Texted printed in Latin and in Irish. Three-quarter brown calf over blue-green pebbled cloth-covered boards, morocco spine label, stamped in blind and in gilt. calf scuffed and moderately worn; red speckled edges; bottom corner A6 and Q3 repaired; scattered spotting and soiling to text. Scarce first edition of this Irish-language catechism of the doctrines of the Catholic Church, the first book in Irish issued from the press of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide. Francis Molloy (ca. 1606-77) was a Franciscan friar, theologian, and grammarian. Molloy entered the Franciscan order in 1632, and then briefly taught in Vienna, before returning to Rome in 1652 to teach philosophy and theology at the college of St. Isidore. During his life he published several works, including the present (his most popular), as well as the first printed Irish grammar. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 97 - [Jazz] Armstrong, Louis. Swing That Music

[Jazz] Armstrong, Louis. Swing That Music London, etc.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936. First edition. 8vo. xii, (ii), 136 pp., plus 11 folding sheets of printed music scores. Signed or inscribed by dozens of Jazz greats, including Louis Armstrong (inscribed twice), Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Joe Garland, Kenny "Red" Allen, Jack Teagarden, Jimmie Blanton, Bud Freeman, Stanley Dennis (inscribed to a "Fred"), Ray Bauduc, and over 50 other musicians from the era, many listing their respective instruments (see below for a full list). Original orange cloth, stamped in gilt, upper boards and spine affected by damp; all edges trimmed; upper leaves variously affected by damp, affecting some signatures, scattered soiling at same; frontispiece loose; dust-jacket wanting. A fantastic copy of this scarce autobiography by Louis Armstrong and of the birth of swing music, inscribed twice by Armstrong, and signed by over 70 of his fellow jazz players of the era. Signed or inscribed names, include: Henry (Red) Allen (trumpet), Terry Allen, Ernie Anderson, Louis Armstrong (trumpet), Louis Armstrong (2), Mildred Bailey , Charlie Barnet, Wilbur Bascomb (Sr.) (Trumpet), Ray Bauduc (Drums), Sidney Bechel, Bunny Berigan, Barney Bigard, Lee Blair (Guitar), Jimmy Blanton, Dolores Brown, Lawerence brown, Dave Bowman, Harry Carney, Sidney (“Big Sid”) Catlett, Rubert Cole (Sax), Eddie Condon, Bob Crosby, Julian Dash, Stanley Dennis (Sax), Sidney De Paris, Wilbur Deparis, Joe Dixon, Duke Ellington, Bernard Flood (Trumpet), George Foster (Bass), Bud Freeman (Sax), Joe Garland, Monte Green (Trumpet), Sonny Greer, Fred L Guy, Bob Haggart, Otto Hardwicke (sax), Erskine Hawkins, Shelton Hemphill (Trmpt), Hayward Henry (Sax), Jay C Higginbotham (Trombone), Johnny Hodge, Charles Holmes (Sax), Brad Jawerski, William Johnson (1st sot), Wallace Jones, Max Kaminsky, Sonny James Lovell (Guitar), Sammy Lowe, Bingie Madison (Sax), Wingy Manone, William McLemore, Eddie Mille, Jimmie Mitchelle, James Morrison (Drums), Joe Nanton, Blyde Newcomb, Avery Parrish, Bob range, Gail Reese, Pee Wee Reese, Luis Russell (Piano), Al Sidell, Edward “Captain” Sims, LEM Stanfield (Bass), Rex Stewart, Jack Teagarden, Juan Tizol, Geo Washington (Trombone), J. Tank Wayland, Ben Webster, Cootie Williams, Midge Williams, and Bob Zurke.

Lot: 98 - [Judaica] Liber Genesis (Hebrew title translated: Quinque libri legis Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium)

[Judaica] Liber Genesis (Hebrew title translated: Quinque libri legis Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium) Paris: ex officina Caroli Stephani (Charles Estienne), 1556. 4to. 143 pp. (A-S4). Text in Latin and in Hebrew. Full contemporary vellum, titled in a contemporary hand in upper spine, loss in lower spine, scattered soiling to boards; all edges trimmed; book-plate of the Bibliotheque de la Societe Eduenne on front paste-down (noted "Don de M. Gabriel Delagrange...2 Septbre. 1882"); inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1640; ownership inscriptions on title-page; scattered contemporary or near-contemporary marginalia, some in Hebrew; scattered dampstaining in fore-edge. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 99 - [Judaica] Levita, Johann Isaak. Malachias Propheta, Hebraice et Latine Interpretatus...

[Judaica] Levita, Johann Isaak. Malachias Propheta, Hebraice et Latine Interpretatus... Cologne: Jacob Soter & Peter Horst, 1563. 12mo. (xxiv), 107, (4) pp. Text in Latin and in Hebrew. Full contemporary vellum, lightly worn; blue stained edges; scattered minor spotting to text. OCLC 1059127645 This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 100 - [Literature] [Lawrence, T.E.] Shaw, T.E. Autograph Letter, signed

[Literature] [Lawrence, T.E.] Shaw, T.E. Autograph Letter, signed Royal Air Force, Mount Batten Station, Plymouth, October 22, 1932. Two sheets, 9 x 7 in. (229 x 178 mm). Two-page autograph letter on rectos only, signed by Thomas Edward Lawrence ("T.E. Shaw"), to Sir Montague Shearman, thanking him for attempting to acquire international visas for him. In full: "Dear Shearman It is good of you

Lot: 101 - [Literature] Benson, Sally. Meet Me in St. Louis

[Literature] Benson, Sally. Meet Me in St. Louis New York: Random House, (1942). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red and black cloth, stamped in gilt; in original unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, wear along edges; contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper; light toning to outer edges of text. First edition in the scarce original dust-jacket of Benson's story of the Smith family and the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. The basis for the 1944 movie of the same name, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, and Mary Astor. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 102 - [Literature] [Matisse, Henry] Joyce, James. Ulysses

[Literature] [Matisse, Henry] Joyce, James. Ulysses New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited edition, #350/1,500 numbered copies signed by Henri Matisse. 4to. Illustrated with six etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings on colored paper by Matisse. Publisher's brown cloth, decorated in gilt; in original glassine, spine perished, closed tears and losses along edges; top edge speckled red, other edges untrimmed; in publisher's slip case. The American Livre de Peintre 32; The Artist and the Book 197; Slocum and Calhoun, A22. A near-fine copy of one of the most important works by Irish author James Joyce. Ulysses was first published in Paris by Shakespeare & Co. in 1922 and, from there, spent over a decade fending off legal challenges for perceived obscenity, before finally seeing publication in the United States, in 1934. The following year, George Macy, founder and publisher of the Limited Editions Club, paid French artist Henri Matisse $5,000 to create the illustrations for Macy's edition. Matisse famously created illustrations based on Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, claiming that he had not read Joyce's book. Though it is reported that Joyce was so angry at this perceived snub that he refused to sign more than 250 copies, the contract Joyce initially signed with Macy allowed only 250 copies to be signed by both him and Matisse, owing to Joyce's failing eyesight. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 103 - [Literature] Maugham, W. Somerset. Catalina A Romance

[Literature] Maugham, W. Somerset. Catalina A Romance Presentation Copy of Maugham's Last Novel, with Two Autograph Letters Melbourne, London, etc.: William Heinemann Ltd, (1948). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham on half-title to bibliophile Reginald A. Addyes-Scott: "For Reginald Addyes-Scott This is the last novel I shall ever write. With this I bring my career as a professional writer to a close...W. Somerset Maugham", dated at top by Maugham "17.9.48". 8vo. (iv), 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in silver; in original unclipped illustrated dust-jacket, light wear along edges; in grey cloth fall-down-back box. Stott A67a With two autograph letters, signed by Maugham to New York City rare book dealer Barnet B. Ruder, dated October 10 and November 5, 1935; each with original mailing envelope addressed by Maugham. Each regarding the sale of manuscripts by Maugham. Lot also includes a typed letter, signed by Alan Searle, longtime private secretary and companion of Maugham's, to a Mr. Hilton, dated January 12, 1966, thanking him for his condolences on the death of Maugham; with original envelope. Also included is a typed letter from A.P. Watt & Son to a Mr. Campbell, regrettably informing him that he does not have any information about Reginald A. Addyes-Scott. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 104 - [Literature] Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

[Literature] Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale New York: Harper & Brothers/London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First American edition. 8vo. xxiii, (i), 634, (1, Epilogue) pp., without rear ads; lacking 26*2 (pp. 611/612). Later 19th century quarter black calf over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, front and rear boards detached but holding, spine worn and dry with loss at top and bottom, boards and extremities rubbed; red speckled edges; old newspaper clippings mounted to front paste-down; old ownership signature (John Fox), dated December 1888, at top of title-page (now partially trimmed), ownership stamp of same faintly present on dedication leaf; scattered foxing; scattered light dampstaining in fore-edge of several leaves. BAL 13664; Grolier American, 60; Tanselle 2 First American edition, printed in 2,915 copies, and preceded only by a month by the three-volume English edition. Contains thirty-five passages not present in the earlier one. In Grolier's One Hundred Influential American Books, Melville's great novel can best be described as containing "the sounds and scents, the very flavor, of the maritime life of our whaling ancestors" and in Johnson's High Spots, as a "masterpiece" after rising from semi-obscurity in the 20th century

Lot: 105 - [Literature] Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita

[Literature] Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita Paris: The Olympia Press, (1955). In two volumes. First edition, first issue (with printed price of 900 francs on rear wrapper of each volume). 12mo. Publisher's stiff green wrappers, spines darkened, text block of second volume loose, wear along extremities of same, wear at spine ends of each volume; all edges trimmed. Juliar A28.1.1 (issue a) Nabokov's controversial novel was rejected by American publishers, all of whom feared the repercussions of publishing such a "pornographic" work. It was finally accepted by the avant-garde Olympia Press in Paris and published in this two-volume edition. The first edition sold out quickly, but it was not warmly received abroad: alarmed by Graham Greene's assessment of Lolita as "one of the three best books of 1955," the English government pressured the French to ban the novel, and it was not published in America until 1958. Lolita is ranked fourth on the Modern Library's list of 100 best novels of the 20th Century This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 106 - [Literature] Poe, Edgar Allan. The Mask of the Red Death

[Literature] Poe, Edgar Allan. The Mask of the Red Death Baltimore: Aquarius Press, 1969. In two volumes. Limited edition, copy number "C/E", signed by the illustrator Federico Castellon. Folio. Illustrated with 16 color lithographs by Castellon, and with an additional suite comprising 28 signed and numbered lithographs (housed in separate portfolio). Original quarter morocco over brocade cloth, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, some very minor rubbing along edges; in publisher's folding case. The Masque of the Red Death was first published in Graham's Magazine in 1842, albeit under the original title "The Mask of the Red Death." For this story, Poe was paid $12, which would be about $400 in 2026 dollars. In its original form, the title referred to the central figure of the story, who appears at a party hosted by wealthy nobles amid a devastating plague that brings death to all it encounters. When reprinted in the July 19, 1845 issue of The Broadway Journal, Poe changed the title to "The Masque of the Red Death," placing the emphasis on the fateful masquerade ball. The Aquarius Press in choosing the story as its first publication chose to retain the original title and text of the 1842 Graham's Magazine edition. This lot is located in Chicago.

Lot: 107 - [Literature] Spenser, Edmund, and Walter Crane. Spenser's Faerie Queene A Poem in Six Books with the Fragment Mutabilitie

[Literature] Spenser, Edmund, and Walter Crane. Spenser's Faerie Queene A Poem in Six Books with the Fragment Mutabilitie London: Published by George Allen and Ruskin House, 1896-97. In six volumes. Limited edition, one of 1,000 unnumbered sets. 4to. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Profusely illustrated by Walter Crane with full-page woodcuts as well as head- and tail-pieces. Three-quarter green levant over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, scattered light wear and scratching to boards; top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed; marbled endpapers; original wrappers bound in. A handsome and near-fine set, beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane on hand-made paper. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 108 - [Literature] Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens) Autograph Letter, signed

[Literature] Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens) Autograph Letter, signed New York City, no date (ca. 1888 or later). One-page autograph letter on bifolium, signed by Samuel L. Clemens on The Players stationery, to a Mrs. Hutton. In part: "I go away Sunday, but as it is promised that I shall be returned in good order & condition Monday, I venture to accept, & will hope that there will be no obstruction. It is mighty good of you to ask me." Creased from old folds; scattered stains; pencil notation on verso; adhesive residue to left margin. Autograph letter, signed by American author Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), likely to Mrs. Eleanor Hutton, wife of essayist and editor of Harper's Magazine Laurence Hutton (1843-1904). Clemens and Laurence were both founding members of The Players, a private New York social club whose membership included many luminaries of the Gilded Age.

Lot: 109 - [Literature] Wells, H.G. Autograph Letter, signed

[Literature] Wells, H.G. Autograph Letter, signed (London): September 17, 1930. Oblong card, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (89 x 140 mm). Autograph letter, signed by English author H.G. Wells on his personal stationery, possibly to C.E. Bechhofer Roberts thanking him for a recent visit in London. Lightly creased. Short autograph note by H.G Wells (1866-1946), the "father of science fiction". This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 110 - [Literature] Whitman, Walt. Autograph Letter, signed

[Literature] Whitman, Walt. Autograph Letter, signed Washington, D.C., February 18, 1871. Single sheet, 6 x 5 in. (152 x 127 mm). Autograph letter on lined Attorney General's Office stationery, signed by Walt Whitman to an unidentified recipient: "Dear Sir: You will find 'Leaves of Grass' at 140 Fulton st., near Broadway, up stairs, at Mr. Redfield's. Walt Whitman". Creased from when folded; paper remnants on verso from when mounted. Lot includes a copy of the seventh edition of Leaves of Grass (Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., 1882). Book-plate of Travis Briscoe on front paste-down Myerson A2.7.h James Redfield was a publisher located at 140 Fulton St. in New York and a distributor of Whitman's books in the early 1870s. The edition mentioned in the above letter is almost certainly the fifth (Myerson A2.5.a). Published in September 1870 in Washington, D.C., it was printed by Redfield, at Whitman's expense, in New York. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 111 - [Maps & Atlases] Morden, Robert. Group of 3 Maps of America

[Maps & Atlases] Morden, Robert. Group of 3 Maps of America (London, ca. 1693). Group of three engraved maps with hand-colored outlining, comprising: America; A New Map of New England and New York; A Map of Florida and ye Great Lakes of Canada. English text. Disbound. Each measuring 8 x 6 1/4 in. (203 x 159 mm). Scattered minor soiling. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 112 - [Maps & Atlases] [Buenos Aires] Willems, (Guillermo). Buenos Ayres

[Maps & Atlases] [Buenos Aires] Willems, (Guillermo). Buenos Ayres No place, ca. 1860s or later. Lithograph on five sheets. Mounted to foam-core; scattered spotting. 18 x 95 in. (457 x 2,413 mm). In frame. A very rare and massive panoramic view of Buenos Aires, taken from the pier on the Dique River leading to the Taylor's Customs House, likely the most extensive and early view of the city. Designed by British engineer Edward Taylor, the Customs House began construction in 1855 and was completed in 1857. It was the first large public building in the city, and was demolished in 1894. We cannot locate another example at auction in available online records, nor examples listed in OCLC. Property of a Philadelphia Gentleman This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 113 - [Maps & Atlases] [New York] Maerschalk, Francis. Early Manuscript Map of the Bloomingdale Road

[Maps & Atlases] [New York] Maerschalk, Francis. Early Manuscript Map of the Bloomingdale Road New York, 1763. Manuscript map in ink on vellum by Francis Maerschalk, inscribed by him in bottom right, "Surveyed July 5th 1763 / by Fran Maerschalk / & Laid Down by A Scale of 4 Chains to an Inch". Showing the Bloemendaal Road (Bloomingdale, now Broadway), as well as the Boston Post Road and Cross Road, in current day Murray Hill in Manhattan. Inscribed on verso, "Inclenburgh Lots / 9th Ward", additional manuscript on same, "Path of the Bloomingdale & Kingsbridge Roads to the Cross Road by Maerschalk 1763". Scattered small creasing; small loss in bottom right corner, closed tear above same repaired on verso; small remnants of removed paper at bottom right; scattered soiling; old ink stamp on verso, modern ink notations on same. A very early manuscript map of the upper reaches of Inclenberg, Manhattan, in present day Murray Hill. Showing where Bowery Lane diverges into the Bloemendaal Road, commonly known as Bloomingdale Road (present day Broadway), to the northwest, and the Post Road, also known as the Boston Post Road, to the northeast. The land depicted here is shown on Bernard Ratzer's 1766 plan of New York City, and is the site of Robert Murray's manor house, a prominent Scots-Irish merchant, who is listed in manuscript in the present map. "Inclenberg" is Dutch for "beautiful hill" and eventually became known as Murray Hill. The land is divided into numerous plots, listing various individuals, including John Aslop, Jacobus Van Zandt, John Bookman, Isaac Martin, Hugh Hughes, Obadiah Wells, Caleb Hyatt, et al. The land is centrally divided by a "Middle Road" and divided in the north by a "Cross Road". Francis Maerschalk (d. 1776) was a long-time city surveyor for colonial New York, appointed in 1733. He surveyed much of the city during his lifetime, issuing the Maerschalk plan in 1755. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 114 - [Maps & Atlases] [Paris] Braun, Georg and Frans Hogenberg. Lutetia Vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima

[Maps & Atlases] [Paris] Braun, Georg and Frans Hogenberg. Lutetia Vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima Cologne, ca 1572. Engraved map with hand-coloring; approximately 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (495 x 343 mm) (sight). Decorative cartouche. Minor marginal staining at upper portion; some toning. In mat and unexamined out of frame. The present map is derived from one executed by Sebastian Munster in 1569, and depicts the Bastille, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Abbey of St. Victor, and other notable landmarks. It first appeared as part of Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, a six-volume set published between 1572 and 1617 which depicted 531 towns and cities on 363 plates. In an era in which travel could be time-consuming and hazardous, these books were intended to provide the reader with the luxury of exploring the world without having to leave their home. In the preface to the third volume Braun wrote, "What could be more pleasant than, in one's own home far from all danger, to gaze in these books at the universal form of the earth...adorned with the splendor of cities and fortresses and, by looking at pictures and reading the texts accompanying them, to acquire knowledge which could scarcely be had but by long and difficult journeys?" Property from the Estate of Norma K. Hunt, Dallas, Texas This lot is located in Chicago.

Lot: 115 - [Motor Racing] [Indianapolis 500] Bretzman, Charles F. Panoramic photograph of the Main Grandstands and Pits, 3rd Annual 500 Mile International Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 30, 1913

[Motor Racing] [Indianapolis 500] Bretzman, Charles F. Panoramic photograph of the Main Grandstands and Pits, 3rd Annual 500 Mile International Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 30, 1913 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30, 1913. Panoramic photograph by Charles F. Bretzman; signed in negative bottom right “CIRKUT Photo / By C.F. Bretzman / INDPLS / No. 13-E”. Wear along edges and surface, with some loss; scattered soiling; loss in bottom left corner. Approximately 48 x 9 in. (1,219 x 229 mm). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Charles F. Bretzman (1867-1934) was a portrait and commercial photographer in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the first official photographer of the Indianapolis 500. The first "500" was held two years prior to this photograph, on Tuesday, May 30, 1911. The 1913 race depicted here, was won by French driver Jules Goux, the first foreign-born, and first European winner of the race. His margin of victory of 13 minutes, 8 seconds (approximately seven laps) over second place Spencer Wishart still stands, as of 2026, as the largest margin of victory in Indianapolis 500 history.

Lot: 116 - [Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Assiniboin Indianer...Assiniboin Indians

[Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Assiniboin Indianer...Assiniboin Indians Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. 32. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Geoffroy after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title.. 24 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (629 x 464 mm). Lightly toned; light wear and soiling along edges. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 117 - [Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Bisonheerde...Herd of Bisons on the upper Missouri

[Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Bisonheerde...Herd of Bisons on the upper Missouri Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. 40. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Bishop & Himely after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. 18 x 24 5/8 in. (457 x 625 mm) Closed tear in bottom left edge; short closed tear in left edge; repaired closed tear in right edge; light scattered spotting. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 118 - [Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Bisonheerden und Elkhirsche...

[Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Bisonheerden und Elkhirsche... Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. XLVII. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Ch. Vogel after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. 17 5/8 x 24 1/4 in. (448 x 616 mm). Dampstain in right edge; scattered pale foxing; scattered light wear along edges. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 119 - [Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Missouri Indianer...

[Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Missouri Indianer... Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. 7. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Hurlimann after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. 17 x 23 7/8 in. (432 x 606 mm). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 120 - [Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Wahk-Ta-Ge-Li...A Sioux Warrior

[Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl. Wahk-Ta-Ge-Li...A Sioux Warrior Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. 8. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Prevost after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. 24 x 17 1/8 in. (610 x 435 mm). Light toning within plate. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 121 - [Native Americana] Catlin, George. Osceola. of Florida

[Native Americana] Catlin, George. Osceola. of Florida New York, 1838. Lithograph. Trimmed to edge ruling and laid down on larger paper. Approximately 17 x 13 in. (432 x 330 mm) (sight). Lightly worn. In mat and unexamined out of frame. George Catlin's rare full-length lithographed portrait of Seminole leader and warrior Osceola (1804-38). Catlin painted Osceola’s portrait in January

Lot: 122 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Coups Well-Known - Apsaroke

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Coups Well-Known - Apsaroke No place: John Andrew & Son, 1908. Plate 144. Photogravure after Curtis on Japanese vellum. 21 1/2 x 18 in. (546 x 457 mm). Plate 144 from the fourth portfolio of Curtis' The North American Indian (1907-30). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 123 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Fish Shows - Apsaroke

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Fish Shows - Apsaroke No place: John Andrew & Son, 1908. Plate 135. Photogravure after Curtis on Holland Van Gelder paper. 22 x 18 1/4 in (559 x 464 mm). Small light stain in top edge. Plate 135 from the fourth portfolio of Curtis' The North American Indian (1907-30). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 124 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. The Fisherman-Wishham

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. The Fisherman-Wishham (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, 2006 (original negative, 1909). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 2000". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #11/200 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 14 x 17 in. (356 x 432 mm). In original batwing-style frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 125 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Hopi Snake Priest-Hopi

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Hopi Snake Priest-Hopi (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, printed 2008 (original negative, 1907). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 1998". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #20/150 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 14 x 17 in. (356 x 432 mm). In original batwing-style frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 126 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. An Oasis in the Badlands-Sioux

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. An Oasis in the Badlands-Sioux (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, 2005 (original negative, 1905). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 1998". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #33/150 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 18 x 22 in. (457 x 559 mm). In original batwing-style frame.

Lot: 127 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. A Painted Tipi-Assiniboin

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. A Painted Tipi-Assiniboin (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, 2012 (original negative, 1926). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 2000". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #13/100 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 18 x 22 in. (457 x 559 mm). In original batwing-style frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 128 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. A Son of the Desert-Navaho

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. A Son of the Desert-Navaho (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, 1999 (original negative, 1904). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 1998". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #31/250 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 17 x 14 in. (432 x 356 mm). In original batwing-style frame.

Lot: 129 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Story Telling - Apache

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Story Telling - Apache No place: John Andrew & Son, 1908. Plate 11. Photogravure after Curtis on Japanese gampi tissue mounted on Rives BFK. 11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (298.45 x 393.70 mm). Small light ink stains to margins. In mat. Plate 11, from the first portfolio of Curtis's The North American Indian (1907-30). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 130 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Taos Water Girls

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Taos Water Girls (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, 2008 (original negative, 1905). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 1998". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #47/200 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 14 x 17 in. (356 x 432 mm). In original batwing-style frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 131 - [Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Three Chiefs-Piegan

[Native-Americana] Curtis, Edward. Three Chiefs-Piegan (St. Paul, Minnesota): Christopher Cardoza Fine Art, 1999 (original negative, 1900). Signed in negative "Curtis CCP 1998". Goldtone photograph. Centennial Edition, #44/150 numbered prints. Original printed limitation and copyright labels on verso of frame. 18 x 22 in. (457 x 559 mm). In original batwing-style frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 132 - [Native-Americana] Harman, Fred. Original Illustration

[Native-Americana] Harman, Fred. Original Illustration No place, 1941. Ink on paper, signed and dated by Harman in lower right. Approximately 18 x 29 in. (457 x 737 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. An original pen and ink illustration by American cartoonist Fred Harman (1902-82) depicting a buffalo hunt. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 133 - [Native Americana] [Lewis, James Otto] Schweighofer, Julius. Near-Contemporary Sketchbook of Images from James Otto Lewis' "Aboriginal Port Folio"

[Native Americana] [Lewis, James Otto] Schweighofer, Julius. Near-Contemporary Sketchbook of Images from James Otto Lewis' "Aboriginal Port Folio" Missouri, ca. 1851. Comprising 52 pen and ink, watercolor, and graphite sketches, on 28 leaves (rectos only) by Julius Schweighofer, being copies of images from James Otto Lewis's Aboriginal Port Folio; the majority captioned in ink below image. Full

Lot: 134 - [Native-Americana] Reed, Roland N. Ringing Bells

[Native-Americana] Reed, Roland N. Ringing Bells No place, 1908. Silver gelatin print, signed in lower left by Reed. Inscribed on verso, "'Ringing Bells' / (Ojibway) Minn. / Copyrighted-1908 / By / Roland N. Reed". Approximately 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (197 x 248 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. An untitled, artfully composed photograph capturing "Ringing Bells," an Ojibwe, seated on a large rock with pipe in hand. Royal W. "Roland" Reed, Jr., (1864-1934) was a prominent early 20th century photographer and Pictorialist. His work emphasized American Indian life as it might have been rather than simply recording it. With his photography, Reed set out to capture and preserve the vanishing life and culture of Indian people. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 135 - [Native-Americana] Rinehart, Frank A. Group of 2 Silver Print Photographs

[Native-Americana] Rinehart, Frank A. Group of 2 Silver Print Photographs Omaha, 1898-99. Group of two silver print portraits: "Chief Hollow Horn Bear Sioux" and "Six Toes Kiowa"; each signed, dated, and titled in negative. Each approximately 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (235 x 190 mm) (signed). Each in mat and unexamined out of frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 136 - [Natural History] Audubon, John James. Brown Pelican

[Natural History] Audubon, John James. Brown Pelican London: R(obert). Havell, 1835. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. Mounted to board; small chip in top right corner; lower left imprint partially trimmed; scattered minor spotting; faint mat burn. 37 3/4 x 24 7/8 in. (959 x 632 mm). Low, p. 139 A scarce example of Audubon's depiction of a Brown Pelican, plate CCLI from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict one breeding adult on a branch of Red Mangrove. Audubon probably made this painting in the Florida Keys in April or May of 1832." (Low) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 137 - [Natural History] Audubon, John James. King Duck

[Natural History] Audubon, John James. King Duck London: R(obert). Havell, 1835. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman watermarked paper, dated 1835. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. Repaired small closed tears and small losses along edges; uneven mat burn; light soiling and spotting along margins. In mat and in frame. 25 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (648 x 978 mm). Low, p. 150 A handsome example of Audubon's depiction of a King Duck, currently known as a King Eider, plate CCLXXVI from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict a male, left, on a rock, and a female, right, on the ground. The scene is a beach with two razor clams, sea behind, and massive dark cliffs rising up on the right. Audubon wrote in Ornithological Biography that on his arrival in Labrador in June, 1833, most of the King Eider had moved further north. He made no mention of collecting or painting the species. It may have been painted in Boston." (Low) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 138 - [Natural History] Audubon, John James. Night Hawk

[Natural History] Audubon, John James. Night Hawk New York: Julius Bien, 1860. Chromolithograph. Plate 43. Browning in upper right. 39 1/4 x 26 3/4 in. (997 x 679 mm). In mat and in frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 139 - [Natural History] Audubon, John James. Summer or Wood Duck

[Natural History] Audubon, John James. Summer or Wood Duck New York: Julius Bien, 1860. Chromolithograph. Plate 391. Scattered spotting and soiling. Approximately 38 x 26 in. (965 x 660 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 140 - [Natural History] Audubon, John James. Group of 2 Prints

[Natural History] Audubon, John James. Group of 2 Prints Canadian Titmouse London: R(obert). Havell, 1834. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. A few minor spots. Approximately 28 x 19 in. (711 x 483 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Low, p. 120, Variant 1 A handsome example of Audubon's depiction of a Canadian Titmouse, plate CXCIV from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict two adult birds, with a young one at bottom. All are on a branch of Black Chokeberry. Audubon wrote on the painting: 'Labrador, July 20, 1833, opposite Island by Macatina.' Audubon first called this little bird Canada or Canadian Titmouse, but later changed it to Hudson's Bay Titmouse. Succeeding ornithologists called it Hudsonian Chickadee and, later, Brown-Capped Chickadee." (Low) Together with: Ruby crowned Wren London: R(obert). Havell, 1834. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. A few minor spots. Approximately 28 x 19 in. (711 x 483 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Low, p. 120 A handsome example of Audubon's depiction of a Ruby Crowned Wren, plate CXCV from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict two males in a branch of Sheep Laurel. Painted during the Labrador trip in the summer of 1833. Audubon wrote in his Labrador journal on August 16: 'spent morning drawing a Kalmia [Sheep Laurel] to a bird.'" (Low) Property from Barbara Orenstein Interiors This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 141 - [Natural History] Furber, (Robert), and Richard Bradley. The Flower-Garden Display'd, In above Four Hundred Curious Representations Of the most Beautiful Flowers; Regularly dispos'd in the respective Months of their Blossom...

[Natural History] Furber, (Robert), and Richard Bradley. The Flower-Garden Display'd, In above Four Hundred Curious Representations Of the most Beautiful Flowers; Regularly dispos'd in the respective Months of their Blossom... London: Printed for J. Hazard; R. Montagu; W. Bickerton; et al., 1732. First edition. 4to. (vi), 108, (15) pp.; blanks interleaved throughout. Title-page printed in red and in black. Illustrated with an engraved hand-colored additional title-page as well as 12 hand-colored engraved plates by James Smith after Robert Furber and Peter Casteels. Contemporary quarter brown calf over blue paper-covered boards, front board detached, boards soiled and worn, spine dry, chipping at top and bottom of spine, remnants of old paper label in upper front and rear joint; all edges trimmed; engraved title-page starting; old ownership inscription at top of title-page, dated 1836; scattered minor spotting and soiling. Brunet 4954; Dunthorne 114; Great Flower Books, pp. 30-31; Henrey 721; Hunt 487; Nissen BBI 677 First edition, quarto format, of Robert Furber's folio Twelve Months of Flowers (1730). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 142 - [Natural History] Sander, Frederick. Reichenbachia. Orchids Illustrated and Described

[Natural History] Sander, Frederick. Reichenbachia. Orchids Illustrated and Described St. Albans, etc.: F. Sander & Co., et al., 1888-94. In six volumes (including four text volumes in two, comprising the first and second series, and four portfolios). From the library of orchid breeder Oscar M. Kirsch. Folio. Illustrated with 192 chromolithographed plates after Henry George Moon and others. Text volumes bound in full red calf, stamped in gilt, scattered wear; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; scattered foxing to text, scattered repairs to same. Plates loose and laid into four matching red calf portfolios; foxing, wear, and soiling to plates; many plates with pinholes in corners. Great Flower Books p. 75; Nissen BBI 1722; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 10.219 First edition of this "important and authoritative work for orchid growers" (Great Flower Books), named in honor of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824-89), botanist and celebrated orchidologist. Oscar M. Kirsch was an award-winning orchid breeder well known in the orchid world. He registered hundreds of orchid hybrids and won multiple gold and silver awards at international orchid events for his orchids, including the Royal Horticultural Society’s Westonbirt Gold Medal in 1961. He was a speaker at four World Orchid Conferences and an original member of the International Orchid Commission on Registration and Nomenclature. He served as President of the Pacific Orchid Society and was an active member of many other orchid societies. The American Orchid Society awarded him the Silver Medal of Merit in 1988 for his service and contributions to the orchid world. Mr. Kirsch received his early training at the municipal plant nurseries of Vienna, the Austrian State Horticultural School, and the gardens of Baron Alfons Rothschild at the Hohe Warte in Vienna. He immigrated to the United States in 1924 and rounded out his experience at horticultural establishments including the Julius Roehrs Company in New Jersey, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, and Armacost and Roysten in Los Angeles. Mr. Kirsch moved to Hawaii in 1933 to manage the famous orchid collection of Frank C. Atherton and to continue his hybridization work. After Mr. Atherton’s death 14 years later, Mr. Kirsch opened his own orchid business and sold orchids to collectors around the world. He operated his orchid business in Hawaii until his retirement in the 1980s.

Lot: 143 - [Natural History] Warner, Robert, and Bejamin Samuel Williams, and Thomas Moore. The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants

[Natural History] Warner, Robert, and Bejamin Samuel Williams, and Thomas Moore. The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants London: Published by B.S. Williams, 1882-97. In 11 volumes. First edition. From the library of orchid breeder Oscar M. Kirsch. 4to. With half-titles. Illustrated with 528 lithographic plates by and after

Lot: 144 - [Natural History] Wilson, Alexander, and Charles Lucian Bonaparte, and Sir William Jardine. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States

[Natural History] Wilson, Alexander, and Charles Lucian Bonaparte, and Sir William Jardine. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot/Edinburgh: Stirling & Kenney, 1832. In three volumes. First Jardine edition. 8vo. cvii, (i), 408; vii, (i), 390; viii, 523 pp, including half-titles. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson on India paper in first volume and 97 hand-colored engraved plates throughout set (two used as frontispieces in second and third volumes), by W.H. Lizars, after Wilson, Titian R. Peale, and A. Rider. Three-quarter green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, decorated in blind and in gilt, gilt bird ornaments on spines, spines browned, boards unevenly browned; joints and extremities rubbed; front and rear boards of first volume detached; front board of third volume detached; all edges gilt; matching marbled endpapers; light offsetting from plates; repaired closed tear, top edge L4 in third volume; bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down of each volume (John Hitchman, Birmingham). From the family libraries of Americana collectors and bibliophiles Amor L. and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Anker 534; Sabin 104598 First Jardine edition of Alexander Wilson's famous work on American birds. This edition is a reprint of Wilson's work, with notes by Scottish naturalist Sir William Jardine, with the beginning of Bonaparte's Continuation in the third volume. The plates have been re-engraved by W.H. Lizars (known, among other things, for his early work on Audubon's Birds of America) after Wilson's drawings, to a higher standard than previous editions. Notably, some plates in Bonaparte's text are after Titian Peale, son of Philadelphia portraitist, naturalist, and proprietor of the storied Philadelphia Museum, Charles Willson Peale. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 145 - [Philadelphia] Beck, G(eorge). Philadelphia, from the Great Tree at Kensington, under which Penn made his Great Treaty with the Indians

[Philadelphia] Beck, G(eorge). Philadelphia, from the Great Tree at Kensington, under which Penn made his Great Treaty with the Indians London & Philadelphia: Atkins & Nightingale, Jan. 1, 1801. Hand-colored aquatint engraving, printed by T. Cartwright, London. Laid down on paper; mat burn; soiling and repairs along edges; large repaired tear at bottom, traversing image area; dampstaining along margins, but not affecting image area; some repaired tears with small areas of infilling. 20 1/4 x 26 1/8 in. (514 x 663 mm). In mat and in frame. Deak 229; Snyder, Mirror of America 580 A rare and desirable view of Philadelphia, showing the Great Elm at Shackamaxon where William Penn made his treaty with the Lenni Lenape Nation in 1682. "In George Beck's rendering the 'Treaty Elm' looms large over a view of Philadelphia's harbor. The tree is robust and richly foliated; its massive trunk and dense leaves are given a buoyant rendering in the aquatint medium. Perhaps the grandiose proportions and fertile appearance of the tree were meant by the artist to project something of the vitality and growth that had characterized Philadelphia's early history." (Deak) The tree was uprooted during a storm in 1810, reported in Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, “During the tremendous gale of Monday night last, the Great Elm Tree at Kensington…was torn up by the roots. The celebrated tree…is at length prostrated to the dust!” This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 146 - [Philadelphia] Birch, Thomas. The Upper Ferry Bridge Over the River Schuylkill near Morris street in the County of Philadelphia...

[Philadelphia] Birch, Thomas. The Upper Ferry Bridge Over the River Schuylkill near Morris street in the County of Philadelphia... (Philadelphia, ca. 1819). Hand-colored engraving, by Jacob J. Plocher after Thomas Birch. Darkened. Approximately 16 x 21 in. (406 x 533 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Deak 314; Snyder, Mirror of America 754; Stauffer 2549 Thomas Birch's "masterfully rendered" (Deak) view of the Upper Ferry Bridge over the Schuylkill River. "The Upper Ferry, or Fairmount Bridge, was erected between 1809 and 1812 from the designs of Louis Wernwag, a German-born, self-taught engineer, and Robert Mills, the American architect whose career was encouraged by Thomas Jefferson. Built entirely of wood, the covered bridge spanned the Schuylkill with a single elliptical arch, 340 feet between abutments. Its beauty and charm matched the remarkable engineering feat, and the success of 'The Colossus' brought Wernwag well-deserved attention and many new commissions. Within less than three decades, however, his Schuylkill creation was destroyed by fire (on 1 September 1838)." (Deak) Scarce to auction. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 147 - [Philadelphia] Bird's-Eye View of Philadelphia

[Philadelphia] Bird's-Eye View of Philadelphia (New York): Harpers & Brothers, May 27, 1876. Hand-colored engraved bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, after sketches by Theodore R. Davis, a Supplement to Harper's Weekly. Creasing from when folded. Approximately 21 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (540 x 781 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 148 - [Philadelphia] The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall Chestnut Street Philadelphia. which occurred on the Night of the 9th of March 1819...

[Philadelphia] The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall Chestnut Street Philadelphia. which occurred on the Night of the 9th of March 1819... Philadelphia: Published by William Smith, (ca. 1850s-60s). Later state. Hand-colored aquatint, by J. Hill after S. Jones and I.L. Krimmell. 27 3/4 x 24 in. (705 x 610 mm). Laid down on foam-core; mat burn; scattered soiling along margins, some remnants of old tape along same. In mat and in frame. Deak, 309; Snyder, Mirror of America 510 The burning of the Masonic Hall, a gothic and marble structure designed by William Strickland and built during 1809-1810 on Philadelphia’s Chestnut Street above Seventh, burned in 1819. "The fire shown in this aquatint destroyed only the tower and part of the interior; the building continued to be used until 1853, when it was demolished to make way for a new Masonic Hall." (Deak) Lot includes a framed later state, with "Wm. H. Morgan No. 100 Arch St. Phila." printed below image. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 149 - [Philadelphia] Fair Mount Water Works. Dedicated to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia

[Philadelphia] Fair Mount Water Works. Dedicated to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea/New York: H.I. MeGarey, (ca. 1826). Hand-colored aquatint with engraving, by I. Hill after a painting by T(homas). Doughty. Small loss to bottom right corner; chipping along top edge; scattered repaired closed tears along edges; sheet toned with foxing. 19 x 26 in. (483 x 660 mm). In mat and in frame. Snyder, Mirror of America 291; Stauffer 1333 A rare and early view of the Fairmount Water Works. "The buildings and dam of the Fairmount Water Works were completed in 1822 as a means of supplying pure Schuylkill River water to the city...The Water Works was to become the most popular subject in Philadelphia engraved views. Doughty, who was later to receive wide recognition both in the United States and abroad, was attracted to the improvements on the Schuylkill. He exhibited views of them in the 1822 and 1824 Academy of Fine Arts annual shows." (Snyder) According to RBH, this is only the second copy to come to auction since the Snider copy in 2008. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 150 - [Philadelphia] Hill, John William, and Benjamin Francis Smith. Philadelphia, From Camden 1850

[Philadelphia] Hill, John William, and Benjamin Francis Smith. Philadelphia, From Camden 1850 (New York: Published by Smith Brothers & Co.), 1850. Tinted lithographic print, by John William Hill and Benjamin Franklin Smith, Jr.. Printed by Sarony, New York. 27 x 41 3/8 in. (686 x 1,051 mm). Mounted to paper board; toned; repaired closed tears along edges, some extending into image; top left corner repaired, ruled border infilled. In mat and in frame. Reps 3578 A scarce large-format panoramic view of Philadelphia during the height of the Industrial Revolution. A scene of bustling energy, the view looks west from Camden, New Jersey across the Delaware River. In the foreground can be seen the line of piers of Market Street Ferry House, docked with ships and steamboats, workers on foot, and horse-drawn carriages loading various goods. The Delaware River is seen thronged with ships, highlighting Philadelphia's role as a center of commerce and trade. In the middle ground, Windmill Island is shown, only recently dredged to create a channel for the passage of ferries from Camden. The city's dynamic waterfront and urban landscape is shown, with landmarks such as Independence Hall, Christ's Church, Girard College, the Navy Yard, Spark's Shot Tower, among others. In the far background can be seen the Schuylkill River, and further out into West Philadelphia and undeveloped country. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 151 - [Philadelphia] Hill, John William, and Benjamin Francis Smith. Philadelphia, From Girard College-1850

[Philadelphia] Hill, John William, and Benjamin Francis Smith. Philadelphia, From Girard College-1850 (New York): Francis Smith, 1850. Hand-colored tinted lithograph, by John William Hill and Benjamin Franklin Smith, Jr. Printed by F. Michelin. 27 1/2 x 42 1/4 in. (698 x 1,073 mm). Mounted to paper board; repaired tears and wear along edges, some extending into image; top right corner repaired, but not affecting image. In mat and in frame. Reps 3579 A fine and rare panoramic view of Philadelphia at mid 19th-century, taken from an imaginary perspective above Girard College. Founded in 1833 and opened in 1848, Girard College was established by permanent endowment by businessman and philanthropist Stephen Girard. Originally founded as a boarding school for poor white male orphans, by the mid-1960s following mass protests, it integrated to allow all races. During its history it has graduated more than 20,000 orphans, and now operates as a college preparatory school. Oriented west, in the left mid-ground can be seen Eastern State Penitentiary, with the Schuylkill River to the right, and off to the left the densely and bustlingly Delaware River waterfront, including Christ's Church, Shot Tower, and other landmarks. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 152 - [Philadelphia] Penn, William. Signed Land Indenture

[Philadelphia] Penn, William. Signed Land Indenture Pennsylvania, January 18, 1681/82. Single oblong sheet, 13 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (336 x 463 mm). Partially-printed land indenture on vellum, signed by William Penn, for Francis Dove for 500 acres of land in the Province of Pennsylvania. Scalloped edge at top; wax seal intact at bottom. Creasing from old folds; docketed on verson, manuscript on same by Herbert Springett, Penn's chief lawyer. An early and fine Pennsylvania land grant, signed by William Penn a year after he was granted his charter for Pennsylvania and only months before he set sail there for the first time, issued to Francis Dove, an early settler in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 153 - [Philadelphia] Penn, William. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Philadelphia] Penn, William. Partially-Printed Document, signed William Penn Gifts 5,000 Acres of Pennsylvania Land to His Niece and Nephew (London), October 23, 1681. Oblong sheet, 20 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (521 x 654 mm). Partially-printed land indenture on vellum, signed by William Penn, granting 5,000 acres of Pennsylvania land to his niece and nephew, Ann Sharlot Lowther and John Lowther. Wax seal present at bottom. Signed on verso by witnesses Thomas Rudyard, Harbert Springett, and Thomas Coxe. Creasing from old folds; scattered light foxing and ink stains. In mat and in frame. Rare and early Pennsylvania land grant signed by William Penn (1644-1718), gifting 5,000 acres to his sister's two young children, John and Ann Lowther. Additionally signed by Penn's cousin and land agent, Harbert Springett, his lawyer Thomas Rudyard, as well as one of the first proprietors of East New Jersey, Thomas Coxe. After receiving his official grant from King Charles II for the colony of Pennsylvania in March 1681, William Penn's first task was finding enough settlers or investors to pay the expenses for his enterprise. To arouse interest he published several promotional tracts in London, the first being A Brief Account of the Province of Pennsylvania, and he eventually authored seven others between April and September of 1681. His efforts quickly paid off, and by May 1682, 566,000 acres of land had been sold. In order to secure enough of a stake in the colony for himself and his family, he decided to keep 10,000 acres out of every 100,000. Historian John E. Pomfret describes in his article The First Purchasers of Pennsylvania (1956) that "Penn disposed of blocks of 5,000 acres to his relatives, the Penningtons, the Lowthers, the Crispins, William Markham, and Richard Penn...There were few speculators among the larger purchasers; most of them were men in the full tide of the Quaker interest..." Very rare. We have not been able to locate any other deeds signed by Penn granting land to family members in the available auction records.

Lot: 154 - [Philadelphia] Penn, William. Signed Land Indenture

[Philadelphia] Penn, William. Signed Land Indenture (London), December 22, 1681. Partially-printed land indenture on vellum, signed by William Penn, granting 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania to John Hewse of St. Clement Parish for ten pounds; scalloped top edge. Red wax seal at bottom. Creasing from old folds, small repaired separations and losses along same, affecting some text. Approximately 21 1/8 x 26 1/4 in. (536 x 667 mm) (sight). In mat with an engraved portrait of Penn, and unexamined out of frame. A fine, large, and early land indenture signed by William Penn for 500 acres in Pennsylvania. John Hewse (or Hughes) was a collar maker in the Parish of St. Clement in Oxford, England. On February 2, 1688, Hewse conveyed the above tract to Robert Ewer, a Philadelphia merchant. Ewer subsequently sold a portion of the property to William Buzby, a farmer and Quaker living in Oxford Township. Buzby married Sarah Seary, the widow of Thomas Seary (Cerie), in 1685. Prior to the construction of the log meeting house at Waln and Unity Streets in Frankford was completed, the earliest Friends' gatherings convened at Sarah Seary's residence in Oxford Township. Over the following years, the property changed ownership multiple times until 1813, when it was acquired for the establishment of the Friends' Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason. (Ninety-Seventh Annual Report: Friends' Asylum for the Insane, 1914) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 155 - [Philadelphia] Presented by Gould & Co. City of Philadelphia, 1867

[Philadelphia] Presented by Gould & Co. City of Philadelphia, 1867 Philadelphia: Rease & Kurtz, 1867. Tinted lithograph. Approximately 24 x 32 in. (610 x 813 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. A rare souvenir lithograph distributed by Philadelphia furniture dealers Gould & Co., depicting three panoramas and three views of the city. The panoramas show the Eastern, Western, and Central portions of the city from across the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, while the views show Independence Hall, and Gould & Co.'s depots, at the northeast corner of 9th & Market Streets and at 37 & 39 N. Second Street. Several of Philadelphia's major landmarks are visible in the panoramas, including the U.S. Mint, the Academy of Music, St. Mark's Church, the Academy of Natural Science, Pennsylvania College, Woodland Cemetery, U.S. Arsenal, Navy Yard, Pennsylvania Hospital, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fairmount Park, Girard College, Fairmount & Water Works, Eastern State Penitentiary, Merchant's Exchange, Custom House, State House, Christ Church, Masonic Hall, Penn Treaty Monument, etc. Two allegorical views in upper left and right depict "Peace" and "War". Rare, according to RBH, this is the first copy to come to auction since the early 20th century. A fine view of post Civil War Philadelphia. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 156 - [Philadelphia] Partially-Printed Certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road

[Philadelphia] Partially-Printed Certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Philadelphia, March 16, 1795. Single oblong sheet, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm). Partially-printed Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company stock certificate on vellum (No. 935), signed by President William Bingham, entitling the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania one share of stock in the company. Engraved vignette at top; blindstamp at left. Docketing and notations on verso. Creasing from old folds. A scarce stock certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company, signed by prominent Philadelphia merchant and land speculator William Bingham (1752-1804). The first long-distance paved road and first major toll road in the United States, the Philadelphia-Lancaster turnpike began construction in 1793. As the construction of the road was too costly for the Pennsylvania government to fund on its own, the state legislature incorporated the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company in 1792 to execute the project. Subscriptions to the stock opened that June, which proved to be incredibly popular, with one observer coining the frenzy for stock as "Turnpike rage". Bingham was elected president and carefully oversaw the roads' construction. Stretching 62 miles, construction was completed in 1795 at a cost of $465,000, or $7,500 per mile. It helped open Western Pennsylvania and the area northwest of the Ohio river to rapid settlement. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 157 - [Philadelphia] Table of Post-Offices in the United States, with the Distance from the Post-Office at Philadelphia to every other Post-Office here mentioned

[Philadelphia] Table of Post-Offices in the United States, with the Distance from the Post-Office at Philadelphia to every other Post-Office here mentioned Philadelphia, General Post-Office, November 15, 1796. Printed broadside in ten columns, signed in type by Postmaster General Joseph Habersham. Contemporary ink notations, presumably listing prices. 23 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. (590 x 705 mm). Creasing from old folds, small separations along same; repair along verso of center horizontal fold; wear along edges; scattered spotting; unevenly toned. Bristol B9774; ESTC W15497; Shipton & Mooney 47980; Not in Sabin A very rare and early postal broadside, listing the postage rates and distances from the post office in Philadelphia to over 500 towns and cities around the United States, including New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, etc. According to online records, we cannot locate another example at auction. We can locate only two other examples, at the American Antiquarian Society and at the Massachusetts Historical Society. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 158 - [Philadelphia] Queen, James. Buildings of the Great Central Fair, In Aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864

[Philadelphia] Queen, James. Buildings of the Great Central Fair, In Aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864 Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, 1864. Chromolithograph, after James Queen. Mat burn; small loss in top right corner, not affecting image; scattered repairs and wear along edges; scattered spotting; stain in top center of image. 18 x 29 3/16 in. (457 x 741 mm). In mat and in frame. Deak 789; Wainwright 35 A scarce chromolithograph depicting the United States Sanitary Commission Fair in Philadelphia in 1864. “This view from the northwest corner of the square shows the extent of the fair’s buildings...In the left background is the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. This elaborate fair to raise money to help the sick and wounded of the Army and Navy opened on June 7, 1864, and ran for three weeks. President Lincoln and his wife visited it on June 16.” (Wainwright) The June 1864 fair was the most elaborate and successful held by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, with special buildings erected and designed by Strickland Kneass. Among the attractions were the Department of Arms and Trophies, the Tobacco and Turkish Divan exhibit, and the Lingerie and Gentleman's Furnishing Department. "No less intriguing was the lithography display, housed next to the Perfumery Department. According to Stille, 'Most conspicuous was a Lithographic Press, from which copies of the exquisitely beautiful pictures of the buildings of the Fair were struck off. This wonderful specimen of chromolithography was printed in 9 colors, the last of which, in order to show the process, was put on by this press in the building itself. This picture was the production of the great establishment of Mr. P.S. Duval, and was furnished to the Fair by him at a nominal price. As a wonderful specimen of art, and a lasting memorial of the occasion, it was in great demand.'" (Deak) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 159 - [Philadelphia] Manuscript Land Indenture Related to the Schuylkill Navigation Company

[Philadelphia] Manuscript Land Indenture Related to the Schuylkill Navigation Company Philadelphia, April 11, 1822. Single sheet, approximately 28 x 24 1/2 in. (711 x 622 mm) (sight). Large manuscript land indenture on vellum, between the Schuylkill Navigation Company and Peter Robeson of Roxborough Township, Philadelphia, for a "lot or piece of Ground situate in Roxborough Township", for $4,500; signed at bottom by Robeson, Cadwalader Evans, President of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, two witnesses, and a Philadelphia alderman. Paper and wax seal present in bottom right. Unexamined out of frame. The Schuylkill Navigation Company was chartered by the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1815 to build a navigation system of canals, dams, and slack water pools, from Mill Creek, north of Pottsville, along the river south to Philadelphia. Operating as a private corporation, by 1828 the Company's canals stretched 363 miles, and reached north to the coal-rich city of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania. Following an enlargment of the canal system in the 1840s, by 1859 the Company's canals reached their maximum transported tonnage of 1,699,101 tons, with over 80% being coal. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 160 - [Philadelphia] Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia. Being the First Institution of the Kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th. 1861

[Philadelphia] Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia. Being the First Institution of the Kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th. 1861 Philadelphia: T. Sinclair, 1861. Chromolithograph, by James Queen. Scattered light foxing. Approximately 22 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (565 x 743 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Wainwright 412 "In front of a cheering throng, troops march from a wharf to enter the refreshment saloon whose name is featured on a building. Another contingent of troops enters a railroad car of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. A band in red blouses plays in the center foreground. Names of people connected with the organization are given in the caption. This enterprise was started to systematize relief work for soldiers arriving from the east on their way south. These troops arrived by water at the foot of Washington Avenue just north of the old Navy Yard. After visiting the refreshment saloon at the nearby southwest corner of Swanson and Washington avenues, the troops boarded the cars of the railroad which ran down Washington Avenue, crossed the Schuylkill at Grays Ferry, and headed south to war. The saloon closed on December 1, 1865, after feeding nearly 900,000 troops" (Wainwright). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 161 - [Philadelphia] Weber, Paul. Philadelphia View From Peters Farm

[Philadelphia] Weber, Paul. Philadelphia View From Peters Farm Philadelphia: W(illia)m. Smith, (ca. 1850-60s). Hand-colored engraving by J. Serz after Paul Weber. Mat burn; foxing; small tape residue in top corners from old mount. 15 1/2 x 25 5/8 in. (394 x 651 mm). In mat and in frame. Snyder, Mirror of America 650 This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 162 - [Philadelphia] West, Benjamin. William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he founded the Province of Pensylvania in North America 1681

[Philadelphia] West, Benjamin. William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he founded the Province of Pensylvania in North America 1681 London: John Boydell, June 12, 1775. Hand-colored engraving; engraved by John Hall after the painting by Benjamin West. 18 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (476 x 603 mm). Trimmed close to plate mark; bottom left corner repaired; scattered repaired closed tears along edges; toned; scattered very small holes, some repaired. In mat and in frame. An iconic Pennsylvania image, considered one "of the best-known prints of a Philadelphia scene" (Snyder, City of Independence, p. 252), depicting William Penn entering into the Treaty of Shackamaxon with the Lenni Lenape people, and purchasing the land that would become Pennsylvania. In 1771, to help bolster the reputation of the Penn family during a time of increasing unrest, William Penn's son, Thomas (1702-75), commissioned Benjamin West to create his allegorical painting, upon which John Boydell based his print. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 163 - [Photography] Kenna, Michael. France, With a Signed Silver Gelatin Print of the Eiffel Tower

[Photography] Kenna, Michael. France, With a Signed Silver Gelatin Print of the Eiffel Tower (Paris): Nazraeli Press, (2014). Limited edition, with a silver gelatin print of the Eiffel Tower, signed, numbered (#50/50), and dated (1987) by Kenna; 8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (213 x 197 mm). Signed by Kenna on title-page. 4to. Illustrated with photographic reproductions by Kenna. Publisher's red silk, stamped in gilt, cover label on front board. Photograph in original black silk portfolio. Together in matching black silk fall-down-back box. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 164 - [Presidential] Adams, John. Manuscript Document, signed

[Presidential] Adams, John. Manuscript Document, signed Philadelphia, July 8, 1799. Single sheet, approximately 20 x 17 1/2 in. (508 x 444 mm). Two-page manuscript land indenture on vellum, boldly signed by President John Adams and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, granting 25 Revolutionary War veterans of the Virginia Line of the Continental Army land "Northwest of the River Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota" in the Northwest Territory. Original paper seal intact on verso; manuscript on verso in the hand of Secretary of War James McHenry, additional manuscript at same by clerk Jacob Wagner. Creasing from old folds; scattered minor soiling. In mat and unexamined out of elaborate double-pane Plexiglass frame, 25 3/4 x 23 1/4 in. (654 x 590 mm), with moveable hinge and mounted to larger frame with portrait of Adams and placard, 35 1/2 x 42 in. (902 x 1067 mm). A large and boldly signed Presidential land patent. Here, President John Adams grants land in the Virginia Military District (in present day Ohio), to 25 veterans of the Virginia Line in the Continental Army: James Smith, John Harris, James Gabral, Caleb Hill, George Estis, George Sampson, Charles Frails, George Turner, Claibourn Andrews, and William Wyatt (all having served three years); William Cox, Bartlett Lee, Thomas Goodman, Nathaniel Wills, James Stuart, Michael Hagan, John Farmer, Notley Maddox, and Jacob Fishback (all having served throughout the duration of the war; Christopher McKannon and David Stern (both sergeants during the war); James Didlake (a sergeant for three years); Thomas Creed (a sergeant for seven years); Reuben Plunket (a corporal for three years); and William Peers (a drummer for three years). The Virginia Military District (or Lands) was a body of land comprised of approximately four million acres in the Northwest Territory, lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers, bounded by the Ohio River on the south, and Auglaize, Hardin, and Marion Counties to the North. Originally part of Virginia's territory as granted in its 1609 royal charter, Virginia agreed to relinquish all claims on western land, including this territory, to the general government upon the condition that it be used specifically for land grants in lieu of cash payments for Virginia soldiers and officers who fought in the Revolution. In 1790, the first United States Congress passed “An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north west of the river Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota”, allowing Virginia to use this land, and by 1794 the region was opened for settlement by Virginia soldiers like the above who were granted land bounties. A fine and impressive document.

Lot: 165 - [Presidential] [China] Adams, John Quincy. Manuscript Document, signed

[Presidential] [China] Adams, John Quincy. Manuscript Document, signed A Protest to the Viceroy of Canton for the Plundering of an American Trading Vessel Washington, D.C., May 3, 1822. Fine four-page manuscript document, signed by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Chief Clerk of the Department of State Daniel Brent, to the "Vice Roy of Canton and Kwang", minister of his "Majesty the August Emperor of the Celestial Empire of China", being an official letter of protest on behalf of President James Monroe and the crew of the ship President Adams, seeking justice in relation to the looting and sinking of the President Adams. Two red wax seals intact on fourth page. Creasing from old folds, separations along same, some repaired with tape; portion of original address envelope present, with Secretary of State waxed paper seal. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sends an official protest to the Chinese viceroy of Canton and Kwang, seeking redress on behalf of President James Monroe and the crew of the U.S. merchant ship President Adams, in relation to its plundering by Chinese fisherman near Macao in September of 1812. Commanded by John Adamson, on September 29, 1812, the U.S. ship President Adams, sailing from Boston to the port Canton, was shipwrecked on the shores of Shangchuan Island, southwest of Macao. The ship carried specie valued at $170,000 as well as a substantial quantity of Turkish opium and other cargo. As the ship sat anchored due to strong gales, "several hundred Chinese Fishermen, taking advantage of the disastrous situation of the Ship come on board and plundered her of her Specie and cargo.--Their number was so great that the American captain and his crew could make no resistance.--He and his Crew and the Supercargo were obliged as their only means of escape and safety to hire at an enormous expense one of the Boats of these marauding Fishermen to carry them to Canton. When they were in this Boat leaving the Rock on which they had taken refuge they saw that the Piratical Fishermen had already taken away a large part if not all of the Money and of the cargo and were actually employed in destroying the vessel herself..." As Adams recounts in this document, following the ship's plunder, an investigation by Chinese officials was undertaken. The Chinese officials refused to properly search for evidence of the shipwreck and ignored the redress sought by the ship’s crew, leading Adams to suggest corruption: "there is reason to believe hitherto successfully exerted their influence with subordinate agents, to prevent a fair investigation of the transaction from being made, and a just representation of it from reaching his Excellency..." Adams then seeks compensation for the lost specie and cargo, valuing it at $208,000, or more (about $6 million in 2026 dollars). It is unclear if any indemnity was gained as a result of this letter. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 166 - [Presidential] Adams, John Quincy. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Presidential] Adams, John Quincy. Partially-Printed Document, signed Washington, D.C., February 12, 1827. Partially-printed land grant on vellum, signed by President John Quincy Adams, for Austin Barker for land in the "West half of the North East quarter of Section nineteen in township one of range fourteen, between the Miami Rivers, in the District of lands offered for Sale at Cincinnati Ohio, containing Seventy nine acres & forty hundredths of an acre"; counter-signed by George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Paper and wax seal at bottom left. Docketed on verso. Creasing from old folds, scattered spotting along same. 9 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (244 x 394 mm). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 167 - [Presidential] Arthur, Chester A. Partially-Printed Military Commission, signed

[Presidential] Arthur, Chester A. Partially-Printed Military Commission, signed Washington (D.C.), June 25, 1884. Single sheet, 18 x 14 1/4 in. (457 x 361 mm) (sight). Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by President Chester A. Arthur, appointing Robert C. Van Vliet First Lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment of Infantry; counter-signed by Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln. Blue paper seal present; red ink recording note top left. Creasing from old folds; scattered light soiling; small section of paper loss at top left. Robert C. Van Vliet (1857-1943) was the son of a Union general, and a career officer in the United States army. He served with distinction in the Spanish American War, the Veracruz Expedition, and World War I. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 168 - [Presidential] Eisenhower, Dwight D. Signed D-Day Leaflet

[Presidential] Eisenhower, Dwight D. Signed D-Day Leaflet "Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you..." Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, (England), ca. June 1944. Single sheet, approximately 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (222 x 146 mm) (sight). Printed address, signed at the conclusion by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In part: "In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely...I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking." In mat with portrait of Eisenhower, and unexamined out of frame. Rare signed copy of Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous D-Day message delivered to those service members about to take part in the Allied invasion of Normandy, on June 6, 1944. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 169 - [Presidential] Grant, Ulysses S. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Presidential] Grant, Ulysses S. Partially-Printed Document, signed Washington (D.C.), May 3, 1870. Oblong paper sheet, 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (368 x 495 mm). Partially-printed diplomatic appointment signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, naming C.L. Ludwig Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway, at Richmond. Counter-signed by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Paper seal bottom left. Creasing from old folds; scattered light foxing. In mat and in frame. Charles L. Ludwig (1827-75) was a German-born lithographer and engraver based in Richmond, Virginia. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 170 - [Presidential] Harrison, William Henry. Manuscript Document, signed

[Presidential] Harrison, William Henry. Manuscript Document, signed Greenville, (Ohio), July 29, 1795. Single oblong sheet, 2 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (57 x 190 mm). Manuscript payment order, signed by William H. Harrison, ordering "the commissary will issue for the Patawatimas fifty four pounds of beef & flour." Creasing from old folds; scattered ink stains. In mat with an engraved portrait of Harrison. Manuscript commissary order, signed by future President William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Just days after signing this, Harrison would sign the Treaty of Greenville officially defining the boundaries between United States settlers and Northwest Indians. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 171 - [Presidential] Jackson, Andrew. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Presidential] Jackson, Andrew. Partially-Printed Document, signed Washington (D.C.), January 4, 1830. Single oblong sheet, 9 1/2 x 14 in. (228 x 356 mm). General Land Office grant on vellum, signed by President Andrew Jackson, certifying the payment of Robert Bain Assignee of John Sering, for land in Jeffersonville, Indiana; counter-signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. Paper seal intact. Creasing from old folds, small tears or holes along same; scattered stains; adhesive residue on verso. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 172 - [Presidential] Jackson, Andrew. Signed University of Nashville Diploma

[Presidential] Jackson, Andrew. Signed University of Nashville Diploma Nashville, October 5, 1842. Partially-printed University of Nashville diploma in Latin, boldly signed by Andrew Jackson as a member of the Board of Trustees, for Thomas Green Smith; also signed by Nashville founder Francis Fogg, University President Philip Lindsley, and eight others. Silk ribbon and paper and wax seal at bottom. Approximately 14 x 18 in. (356 x 457 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. The University of Nashville was established in 1795 as Davidson Academy, and officially became the University of Nashville in 1826. Jackson served on the board of trustees for several years, including during his presidency. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 173 - [Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas, and James Madison. Partially-Printed Document, signed.

[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas, and James Madison. Partially-Printed Document, signed. Washington, D.C., August 15, 1805. Single sheet, 15 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (394 x 314 mm). Partially-printed land patent on vellum, signed by President Thomas Jefferson, granting Capt. Thomas Pemberton of the Virginia Line of the Continental Army 666 2/3 acres of land "situate between the Little Miami and Sciota Rivers, north-west of the River Ohio" in the Northwest Territory; counter-signed by Secretary of State James Madison; manuscript on verso, signed by Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, additionally signed on same by secretary Christopher S. Thom; docketing on verso. Paper seal intact in bottom left corner. Creasing from old folds; scattered spotting. A handsome land patent signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison, granting Revolutionary War veteran Capt. Thomas Pemberton of the Virginia Line of the Continental Army over 600 acres of land in the Virginia Military District (in present day Ohio), in the Northwest Territory. The Virginia Military District (or Lands) were a body of land comprised of about four million acres in the Northwest Territory, lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers, bounded by the Ohio River on the south, and Auglaize, Hardin, and Marion Counties to the North. Originally part of the Virginia territory as granted in its 1609 royal charter, Virginia agreed to relinquish all claims on western land, including this territory, to the general government upon the condition that it be used specifically for land grants in lieu of cash payments for Virginia soldiers and officers who fought in the Revolution. In 1790, the first United States Congress passed “An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north west of the river Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota”, allowing Virginia to use this land, and by 1794 the region was opened for settlement by Virginia soldiers like the above who were granted land bounties. Captain Thomas Pemberton (ca. 1756-1828) served as a commander of Light Dragoons within the Virginia Continental Line. Commissioned in 1776, he was stationed at Valley Forge, where he assisted in foraging and reconnaissance operations. He became a first lieutenant in 1778 and was promoted to captain of the 1st Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons on June 12, 1779. His unit participated in campaigns in Northern New Jersey, provided security for Philadelphia, endured the siege of Charleston in 1780, and fought alongside the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia and at Yorktown. Upon the war's conclusion, Pemberton retired from military duty and received land grants in recognition of his long service. He further distinguished himself as one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati in Virginia. This lot is located in Chicago.

Lot: 174 - [Presidential] Kennedy, John F. Why England Slept

[Presidential] Kennedy, John F. Why England Slept New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1940. First edition. 8vo. xxx, 252 pp. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blue and in white; top edge stained blue; in original unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, loss in spine ends, wear along edges, repair in top edge, small loss in upper front fold. First edition of John F. Kennedy's first book, originally conceived as his Harvard thesis, and written in response to Winston Churchill's 1930 While England Slept (published in the UK as Arms and the Covenant).

Lot: 175 - [Presidential] Lincoln, Abraham. Signed Military Commission

[Presidential] Lincoln, Abraham. Signed Military Commission Washington, D.C., August 3, 1861. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, appointing Samuel H. Sturdevant Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain; counter-signed by acting Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott. Original embossed orange paper seal in top left. Inscribed in manuscript at upper left corner by Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas. Some soiling; minor marginal spotting; folds and rippling to vellum. Unexamined out of frame. President Lincoln appoints Samuel H. Sturdevant (1832-98) Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers. In 1865 Sturdevant was promoted to Commissary of the Army of Georgia at the rank of Colonel, and in May of that year was Chief Commissary of the Department of the Mississippi. He was mustered out in October 1865, and following the war established a lumber mill in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Lot: 176 - [Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation

[Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, ca. January 3, 1863). Bifolium; 13 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (330 x 216 mm). Light thumb-soiling at bottom, slight uneven offsetting to same. Eberstadt 10

Lot: 177 - [Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham and George B. McClellan]. Pair of Printed Campaign Songsters

[Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham and George B. McClellan]. Pair of Printed Campaign Songsters Philadelphia: Mason & Co., 1864. 12mo. 16 pp. Titled: Lincoln Campaign Songster..., and M'Clellan Campaign Songster... Limp printed pictorial wrappers, each featuring engraved portraits of each man; worn and soiled; Lincoln booklet with large chips to front wrapper; McClellan with chip at right margin on rear wrapper; both with scattered smaller chips and wear. Scarce matching pair of campaign songsters published during the 1864 Presidential election. Notable songs include: Give Us Noble Leaders; The Veteran Volunteer; Shout Aloud for Lincoln; Cast Your Votes for Abraham; Hoist the Flag for Abraham, and many more. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 178 - [Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] "Awful Event. President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin"

[Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] "Awful Event. President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin" Private Collection, Glenview, Illinois This lot is located in Chicago.

Lot: 179 - [Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] Leale, Charles A. Autograph Document Recounting Lincoln's Assassination

[Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] Leale, Charles A. Autograph Document Recounting Lincoln's Assassination No place, no date, ca. 1890s. Two sheets of lined yellow paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (318 x 201 mm). Three-page autograph notes in the hand of Dr. Charles A. Leale, recounting the night of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Scattered emendations and notes to text and in margins.

Lot: 180 - [Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] Commemorative Banner

[Presidential] [Lincoln, Abraham] Commemorative Banner Circa 1876 (New York: American Flag Company, ca. 1884-1900). Glazed cotton on white ground and narrow blue border in swallowtail banner-style, with 45 stars and central bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. 35 3/4 x 23 in. (908 x 584 mm). Mounted; occasional toning; scattered staining; a few small holes with accompanying minor edge tears and losses, primarily at corners. Lightly stitched to a backing. Unexamined out of frame. Collins, Threads of History, plate 40 In the years following the Civil War the memory of President Abraham Lincoln came to be more and more revered, his likeness seen on everything from commemorative plates to parade banners. These banners came to be particularly popular after Reconstruction, both for its end coming so close to the centennial of American independence and for the rise in widespread celebrations of the Juneteenth holiday among African American communities. An example of this banner is recorded by Collins in his Threads of History (fig. 40), hanging in front of a Black-owned general store in Richmond, Virginia (ca. 1880s). Other banners of similar style were produced by the American Flag Company, possibly for the Presidential campaign season of 1884, including one of General William T. Sherman (Threads of History, fig. 508). Collins notes when discussing this banner of Sherman, that "This banner design is in the 1900 catalog of the American Flag Company, New York, as one of a set of matching portrait banners of presidents and generals including Washington, Lincoln, Garfield, Grant, Sherman..." (p. 231) It is our presumption that the present banner was produced as part of the set described, between 1884-1900. A scarce survival; we trace no other examples appearing at auction. Property from the Collection of Michael Murphy, Chicago, Illinois This lot is located in Chicago.

Lot: 181 - [Presidential] Madison, James. Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport

[Presidential] Madison, James. Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport Washington, D.C., August 12, 1809. Partially-printed four-language ship's passport, signed by President James Madison, for John C. McFarlaine commander of the 214-ton ship Washington, bound from the port of Philadelphia to Liverpool, carrying "sundries & manifest"; counter-signed by Secretary of State Robert Smith, as well as Collector of the Port of Philadelphia John Graff, et al. Paper and wax seal in left side. Creasing from old folds, separations, small losses, and staining along same; loss along bottom edge affecting text; scattered spotting; some wear along other edges. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 182 - [Presidential] Madison, James. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Presidential] Madison, James. Partially-Printed Document, signed Washington (D.C.), January 9, 1817. Oblong sheet, 8 x 12 in (203 x 305 mm) (sight). Partially printed General Land Office deed on vellum, signed by President James Madison, authorizing the sale of land in Ohio to Charles Kelly; counter-signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office, Josiah Meigs. Paper seal intact. Creasing from old folds, a few small separations along same; scattered foxing. In mat and in frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 183 - [Presidential] Obama, Barack, and Joe Biden. Signed Baseball

[Presidential] Obama, Barack, and Joe Biden. Signed Baseball No place, no date. Rawlings Official Major League Baseball, signed by President Barack Obama on the "sweet spot", and by Joe Biden (likely as Vice-President). Housed within an official MLB plastic display case, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 184 - [Presidential] Polk, James K. Clipped Signature

[Presidential] Polk, James K. Clipped Signature No place, no date. Signature of President James K. Polk, clipped from a larger document. 1 x 3 1/2 in. (25 x 89 mm). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 185 - [Presidential] Polk, James K. Partially-Printed Military Commission, signed

[Presidential] Polk, James K. Partially-Printed Military Commission, signed Washington (D.C)., January 20, 1847. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by President James K. Polk, appointing an unidentified individual Assistant Quartermaster in the United States Army; counter-signed by Secretary of War William L. Marcy. Paper seal intact. Manuscript and signatures faded; scattered foxing. 16 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (412 x 342 mm). In mat and in frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 186 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt. Typed Letter, signed, with an Autograph Letter, signed

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt. Typed Letter, signed, with an Autograph Letter, signed Warm Springs, Georgia, November 27, 1928. One sheet, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (267 x 184 mm). Typed letter, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on his personal stationery to Thomas Punnett. In part: "I am sorry not to have had a chance to write you a line of thanks...Now that my election is certain I am spending the rest of my time down here studying the problems of State government..." With an autograph post-script, "It was nice to get that glimpse of you in Buffalo." With original mailing envelope. Lot also includes an undated autograph letter on Hotel Lafayette, Buffalo, New York, signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, also to Thomas Punnett, thanking him for flowers that were sent. Both creased from old folds. A fine pair of letters by Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt to Rev. Thomas Wickes Punnett (1834-1907), husband of their cousin Laura Gertrude Roosevelt (1850-1947). Just weeks before this, Franklin was elected Governor of New York, an office he would hold until his ascension to the Presidency in 1932. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 187 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Franklin D. Signed Portrait

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Franklin D. Signed Portrait (New York: Blank & Stolle), no date. Sepia-toned portrait photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed by him beneath image; 10 x 7 1/2 in. (254 x 190 mm). Lightly creased; scattered light surface wear. A fine signed portrait. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 188 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Autograph Note, signed

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Autograph Note, signed No place, ca. March 18, 1891 or later. One sheet, 9 x 5 3/4 in (229 x 146 mm). Autograph note, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, in the top margin of a letter sent to him by Henry J. Budd. Budd's letter reads in part: "Are you a relation or descendant of Nicholas J. Roosevelt...If not can you give me any idea of his descendants, I find I hold some...lands in connection with his heirs...if you can enlighten me you will much oblige..." Roosevelt writes at the top margin, "Dear Uncle Jim, will it bother you to write to this gentleman, if you can give him the information? We enjoyed seeing Alfred and Katy. They were but the forerunners of a shoal of Roosevelts, Leila and Merritt lunch here today, West arrives to stay with us this afternoon..." Docketing on verso. Creasing from old folds; scattered light foxing. Future President Theodore Roosevelt pens a friendly short note to his uncle James A. Roosevelt (1825-97), asking him to respond to a genealogical question. Nicholas J. Roosevelt (1767-1854), a distant cousin of Theodore's, was a New York inventor, and colleague of Robert Fulton's who contributed to the early designs of the steam boat. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 189 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Signed Military Commission

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Signed Military Commission Washington, D.C., December 30, 1902. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, appointing Louis J. Connelly an ensign in the Navy; counter-signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Blue paper seal at bottom. Approximately 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (495 x 394 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Born in England, Connelly moved with his father to the United States as a child. He enlisted in the United States Navy in the 1890s and served as a Gunner on the USS Baltimore in the Battle of Manila Bay before being commissioned as an ensign. During his military career, he was promoted various times, serving in the ranks of Ensign, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, and finally, Captain. He retired in 1919, and was later appointed to serve during World War II in an educational role for the Navy. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 190 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Partially-Printed Document, signed Washington, D.C., December 2, 1903. Partially-printed commission, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, appointing Arthur J. Morgan Postmaster at Bartlesville, in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma); counter-signed by Postmaster General H.C. Payne. Gilt paper seal at bottom left. Sheet toned. Approximately 11 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (295 x 397 mm) (sight). In mat and in frame. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 191 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Typed Letter, signed

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Typed Letter, signed Washington (D.C.), April 10, 1908. Bifolium, 9 x 7 in. (228 x 178 mm). One-page typed letter on The White House stationery, signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President, to his cousin Gertrude R. Punnett. In full: "I have your note. It was a real pleasure to see you, but of course a very great surprise. I hope you are having an entire rest, and I know you will enjoy having the children with you for Easter." Creasing from old folds. Laura Gertrude R. Punnett (1850-1947) was a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt. Her brother Samuel (1857-1920) was a gifted artist who painted multiple portraits of their Presidential cousin. Her grandfather Nicholas Punnett (1767-1854) was an inventor and friend of Robert Fulton's who contributed to the design of the first steam boat. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 192 - [Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Inscribed Portrait to John R. King, President of the Grand Army of the Republic

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore. Inscribed Portrait to John R. King, President of the Grand Army of the Republic (Washington D.C., Harris & Ewing), ca. 1904 or later. Oval black and white portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (mm). Warmly inscribed by President Roosevelt below the image: "To comrade John R. King with the regards of Theodore Roosevelt." Mounted to a larger sheet; light foxing. In mat and in frame. Fine portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt, inscribed to John R. King (1844-1934). King was a Union Army veteran who enlisted in the 6th Maryland Volunteer Infantry in 1862 and served with distinction at the Battles of Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He was wounded three separate times, and spent time at the notorious Libby Prison. After the war he was an early organizer of the "Boys in Blue", a predecessor to the Grand Army of the Republic, before being named Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R. in 1905.

Lot: 193 - [Presidential] Taylor, Zachary. Manuscript Letter, signed

[Presidential] Taylor, Zachary. Manuscript Letter, signed Corpus Christi, (Texas): Headquarters, Army of Occupation, January 20, 1846. Bifolium, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Manuscript letter, signed by Zachary Taylor as Brevet Brigadier General, to the Secretary of War William L. Marcy, being a letter of introduction for Nathan B. Rossell. Creasing from old folds; scattered stains. Future President Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) pens a letter of introduction to the Secretary of War for Lieutenant Nathan Beakes Rossell (1817-62). Taylor writes from the headquarters of his "Army of Occupation" in Corpus Christi, Texas, positioned there in anticipation of the Mexican American War, which started four months later. Nathan Rossell, a New Jersey native, served with distinction during the Mexican war at the Battle of Monterey, and later as Major of the 3rd Union Infantry during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Gaines Mill, on June 27, 1862. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 194 - [Presidential] Truman, Harry S. Typed Letter, signed

[Presidential] Truman, Harry S. Typed Letter, signed Washington, D.C., October 13, 1941. One-page typed letter on United States Senate stationery, signed by Harry S. Truman as a United States Senator from Missouri, to Martin A. Lewis, Jr.: "I am enclosing you a copy of my Drivers' License Bill which has passed the Senate three times and been held up in the House at each session of the Congress. I appreciated most highly the article on Lee as a Civil Engineer. I have Douglas Freeman's Life of Lee, and while he goes into some detail regarding Lee's career as an engineer, this article is a good one to have to go with it. Hope we can work out something on this safety business." Approximately 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm) (sight). Creasing from when folded. In mat and unexamined out of frame. An avid motorist, as a United States Senator, Harry Truman introduced a Drivers’ Licensing bill numerous times, first in December 1936, that required States to adopt uniform laws governing drivers’ licensing based on qualifications. While his bill was not adopted, as President he championed uniform highway safety standards, and from May 8-10, 1946 hosted the Highway Safety Conference, which included 2,000 participants including Federal, State, and local officials, as well as civic leaders, highway transportation and traffic technicians, and leaders of other national organizations. Results from this conference included the Action Program that collected and analyzed accident records, the adoption of Uniform Vehicle Code and Model Traffic Ordinances to cut confusion over road rules, provisions for education in schools, increased enforcement of traffic laws, improved highway design to eliminate hazards, the adoption of driver and motor vehicle licensing requirements, and an aggressive public information campaign. Another result was Truman's Executive Order 9775 that established the Federal Committee on Highway Safety, that included representatives from 13 Federal agencies, including the FBI, Departments of Agriculture, War, and the Interior; the Bureau of the Census; the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Post Office Department. While traffic fatalities continued to climb over the following decades, beginning in the 1970s after increased government regulation over road design, traffic enforcement, and car safety standards, these numbers began to drop.

Lot: 195 - [Presidential] Tyler, John. Partially-Printed Document, signed

[Presidential] Tyler, John. Partially-Printed Document, signed Washington, D.C., August 1, 1844. Partially-printed land grant on vellum, signed by President John Tyler, for Thomas B. Poindexter of Concordia, Louisiana, for 160 acres of land in Ouachita, Louisiana; counter-signed by P. Williamson, Recorder of the General Land Office. Paper and wax seal at bottom left. Creasing from old folds, light soiling and small losses along same. Approximately 9 5/8 x 15 1/4 in. (244 x 387 mm). In mat and unexamined out of frame.

Lot: 196 - [Presidential] Van Buren, Martin. Autograph Letter, signed.

[Presidential] Van Buren, Martin. Autograph Letter, signed. The Only Known Letter by Martin Van Buren Discussing His Wife Hannah While She was Still Living (New York), March 18, 1818. Bifolium, 13 x 7 3/4 in. (330 x 196 mm). Autograph letter, signed by Martin Van Buren to Dr. Lucas Elmendorf describing his wife's health. In part: "Mrs. V.B. continues distressingly sick the physicians on consultation this morning report her symptoms favourable & I feel a lively hope that by Wednesday she will be in a situation that I can leave her...The fatigue & anguish I have undergone has been most distressing. Mrs. V.B. has for the most part been very delirious, during which she would for long periods hang round my neck & bemoan the fate of her children in the most heart rending strains..." Addressed on verso by Van Buren. Creasing from old folds, scattered small separations along same; top and lower margins toned; scattered foxing; paper loss to final leaf from wax seal. Accompanied by a small printed portrait of Van Buren. A revealing and unique correspondence: the only known extant letter written by future President Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) discussing the condition of his wife Hannah, who would die a year later from tuberculosis. Martin Van Buren and Hannah Hoes were childhood sweethearts, growing up together in Kinderhook, New York, where they were raised by close-knit Dutch families, and taught English as a second language. They were married in 1807 in Catskill and had four children that survived to adulthood. Hannah contracted tuberculosis and died on February 5, 1819. The couple very clearly had a close and affectionate relationship, as seen through Martin's distressing "fatigue and anguish" referenced here over her condition. Van Buren never remarried, becoming one of the only Presidents to ascend to the office as a widow. During his term, he relied on his daughter-in-law Angelica to assume the duties of First Lady. Very little is known about Hannah due to her untimely death, and the fact that no letters between the couple are known to survive. Martin Van Buren even omitted any mention of his deceased wife in his official autobiography, believing it improper to reference her in such a public capacity. A contemporary obituary published in the Albany Journal described Hannah as "...Modest and unassuming, possessing the most engaging simplicity of manners, her heart was the residence of every kind affection, and glowed with sympathy for the wants and sufferings of others. Her temper was uncommonly mild and sweet; her bosom was filled with benevolence and content; no love of show, no ambitious desires, no pride of ostentation ever disturbed its peace..." An excessively rare and revealing letter. We can locate no other example of a letter by Martin Van Buren mentioning his wife while she was still alive. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 197 - [Presidential] Washington, George. Signed Society of the Cincinnati Membership Certificate

[Presidential] Washington, George. Signed Society of the Cincinnati Membership Certificate Philadelphia, May 5, 1784. Blank engraved Society of the Cincinnati membership certificate on vellum, signed by George Washington as President of the Society, and countersigned by Henry Knox as Secretary. With engraved allegorical vignettes by Auguste L. Belle after Jean-Jacques Andre LeVeau. Manuscript and signatures very faded; each signature traced over; scattered soiling; residue along edges from when sometime mounted. 13 7/8 x 20 3/4 in. (352 x 527 mm). In mat and in frame. Society of the Cincinnati membership certificate, signed by George Washington as the Society's President, and Henry Knox as Secretary. The Society was established at the close of the American Revolution, in May 1783, as a fraternal and hereditary organization for the Revolution's Continental Army officers. Conceived by Knox, it is named after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a Roman Republic farmer turned military leader, who upon his victorious return from war, relinquished his power and retired from public life to return to his farm. His actions came to personify the civic virtues and selfless leadership that Washington himself would again and again embody throughout his life. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 198 - [Presidential] Washington, George. Letter, signed

[Presidential] Washington, George. Letter, signed President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789 "I now forward An Act for laying a duty on Goods, Wares & Merchandizes imported into the United States..." New York, July 9, 1789. Single sheet, 12 1/2 x 8 in. (318 x 203 mm). One-page manuscript letter in a secretarial hand (possibly Washington's

Lot: 199 - [Presidential] [Morocco] Washington, George, and Thomas Jefferson. Manuscript Letter, signed

[Presidential] [Morocco] Washington, George, and Thomas Jefferson. Manuscript Letter, signed President Washington Reaffirms the United States’ Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty Relationship in the History of the United States, and Introduces Their First Official American Consul Philadelphia, March 31, 1791. Single oblong sheet, 14 x 18 1/2 in.

Lot: 200 - [Presidential] [Washington, George] (Abdallah, Sidi Mohammed ibn) Illuminated Exequatur for American Diplomat Thomas Barclay

[Presidential] [Washington, George] (Abdallah, Sidi Mohammed ibn) Illuminated Exequatur for American Diplomat Thomas Barclay The Beginnings of the Longest Unbroken Treaty Relationship in the History of the United States: The Sultan of Morocco's Exequatur for American Diplomat Thomas Barclay, Saluting President Washington and Recognizing Barclay's Mission to Negotiate a Treaty of Peace and

Lot: 201 - [Presidential] George Washington Esq. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in America

[Presidential] George Washington Esq. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in America (London): C. Shepherd, September 9, 1775. Mezzotint, "Done from an Original, Drawn from the Life by Alex. Campbell". First state. 14 x 10 in. (356 x 254 mm). Trimmed to plate mark; toned; small open tear in lower right and at bottom left corner; repaired closed tear in top left edge. In mat and in frame. Baker 46; Hart 721; Fowble 75; Wick, pp. 18-22 One of the earliest engraved portraits of George Washington, and the first to be published in London and in Europe. Upon Washington's commission as commander of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775, demand abroad for images of his likeness skyrocketed. As English and European publishers had no authentic portraits to base their work on, the resulting images were typically inauthentic, and as seen here, based on fictitious sources (there is no record of an Alexander Campbell ever existing, and Washington denied that he had ever sat for a portrait by him). Nonetheless, in response to this image, Washington wrote, "Mr. Campbell...has made a very formidable figure of the Commander-in-Chief, giving him a sufficient portion of terror and countenance." This image of Washington proved incredibly influential in helping establish the English and European public's perception of Washington and the American Revolution more generally, and it was copied throughout the continent for prints, textiles, and medals. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 202 - [Presidential] Sachse, Julius F. Authentic Portraits of Washington Arranged in Chronological Order. A Series of Heliographic Reproductions

[Presidential] Sachse, Julius F. Authentic Portraits of Washington Arranged in Chronological Order. A Series of Heliographic Reproductions Philadelphia: (Privately Printed), 1893. First and limited edition, No. 5 of only six copies printed. Folio. From the library of chief engineer and vice president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Robert Heysham Sayre, and with his illustrated book-plate on front paste-down. Illustrated with 47 heliographic plates, each mounted to thick card as issued; each with letterpress caption leaf. Original full blue morocco-covered boards, gilt profile portrait of Washington on front board, boards and extremities rubbed and lightly worn, front and rear boards starting, loss in upper and lower spine; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles; patterned endpapers; scattered foxing to plate mounts. With an autograph letter laid in, from Sachse to a W.H. Campion Esq. of Philadelphia, dated December 17, 1896, noting the limitation of this edition and locations of the other five copies: "In reply to your note will state that there were but six copies printed of my 'Authentic Portraits of Washington' some of the negatives have since been destroyed. The copies were placed as follows 1. Mr. Clarence Bensch 2 Hon S.W. Pennypacker 3 Mr Havemyer 4 I think this copy went to Chicago 5 Copy sent you ("Now Robert H. Sayer's" in pencil appended after in a different hand) 6. My personal copy." Rare, according to RBH, in the past 30 years only one other copy has come to auction, sold in these rooms in 2003. OCLC locates only one copy, at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 203 - [Presidential] Sartain, John. Dual Signed Engraved Proof Portraits of George and Martha Washington

[Presidential] Sartain, John. Dual Signed Engraved Proof Portraits of George and Martha Washington Philadelphia: Bradley & Co., 1866. Group of two mezzotint proofs, each signed by Sartain in pencil in bottom left, after the paintings by Gilbert Stuart. Light mat burn and foxing. Each sheet measuring 22 x 17 in. (559 x 432 mm). Together in mat and in frame. A fine group of two proof prints of George and Martha Washington, each signed by John Sartain. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 204 - [Presidential] Huntington, D(aniel). Lady Washington's Reception. From the original Picture in the possession of A.T. Stewart Esq.

[Presidential] Huntington, D(aniel). Lady Washington's Reception. From the original Picture in the possession of A.T. Stewart Esq. New York: James Tyroler, (ca. 1860s). Hand-colored engraving, by A.H. Ritchie after the painting by Daniel Huntington. Mounted to board. Approximately 24 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (622 x 927 mm). In mat and in frame. Includes a later printed and separately framed key identifying the characters. An impressive and large hand-colored engraving depicting Martha Washington receiving guests at an idealized grand gala in Philadelphia. George Washington can be seen in the crowd in the center background, as well as other notables including John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, et al. Printed by A.H. Ritchie after the 1861 painting by Daniel Huntington (now at the Brooklyn Museum). This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 205 - [Science, Medicine & Mathematics] Milligan, Spike. "Rommel?" "Gunner Who?" A Confrontation in the Desert. Signed by Stephen Hawking

[Science, Medicine & Mathematics] Milligan, Spike. "Rommel?" "Gunner Who?" A Confrontation in the Desert. Signed by Stephen Hawking Signed by Stephen Hawking London: Michael Joseph. (1974). First edition. Signed by Stephen Hawking on dedication page ("Stephen Hawking"). 8vo. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt, light soiling, cocked; in original unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, light wear along edges. Lot includes a letter of provenance, an unpublished photograph of Hawking with friends ca. 2000, and an order of service for the funeral of the previous owner. First edition, with the very rare signature of Stephen Hawking (one of the very few verified autographs by him), signed in 1974, the year before he became confined to a wheelchair by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The shakiness of the signature is a testament to the physical difficulty he had in holding a pen and forming letters. The present book previously belonged to James Hawkins (1928-2003), a poet and author who befriended Hawking at Trinity College, Cambridge. Hawkins was also a good friend of Somerset Maugham, who called him the "new Rupert Brooke", and of Yehudi Menuhin. A copy of his selected poems Lamps in the Darkness (1976) was presented to Hawking. The occasion of the signing of the present volume was extremely light-hearted. Hawkins was reading this copy of Spike Milligan's book when Hawking commented on how funny the dedication was ("To my dear brother Desmond who made my boyhood happy and with whom I have never had a cross word, mind you he drives his wife mad"). In a sprit of joie de vivre Hawking scrawled his autograph beneath the dedication. It was the only example of his handwriting that existed in his friend's collection. At this point, Hawking had not written a full-length book and was far from being a household name. There are only a couple of verified Hawking signatures from this period, including his PhD thesis in 1965 and an archaeological book given to a departing colleague at the Institute of Astronomy in 1974. James Hawkins remained friends with Hawking for the rest of his life and passed this book on to his friend John Masih Fleming, the musician and dealer, shortly before his death. Fleming was also a friendly acquaintance of Stephen Hawking. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 206 - [Science, Medicine & Mathematics] Mütter, Thomas D. Syllabus of the Course of Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia

[Science, Medicine & Mathematics] Mütter, Thomas D. Syllabus of the Course of Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1843. First edition. 8vo. 206 pp. Interleaved with over 80 sheets of extensive manuscript notes in pen and pencil regarding Dr. Mütter's lectures, by a Daniel

Lot: 207 - [Sexology] Large Collection of Books from the Personal Library of Virginia Johnson of Masters & Johnson

[Sexology] Large Collection of Books from the Personal Library of Virginia Johnson of Masters & Johnson New York, Boston, Philadelphia, etc., 1825-1995. Edition and size vary. Collection of 56 titles (in 94 volumes) consisting of books from the working reference libraries of the Masters and Johnson Institute, the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation (its predecessor), as well as books from the personal libraries of both Virginia E. Johnson and William H. Masters. An array of subjects are covered and include medical texts, historical psychology texts, their own works in translation, etc. A full listing is available on request. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the real-life people behind the hit Showtime TV show, Masters of Sex, worked during the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s, when they pioneered the study of human sexual behavior. In their pivotal 1966 book Human Sexual Response, they worked to challenge the status quo of human romantic relationships. The duo worked together from 1957 to 1994 and during that time they married (1971), divorced (1993), and still continued to work together. In 1994, their non-profit institute, The Masters and Johnson Institute, formerly the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation, closed after the retirement of Masters. Pioneering researcher Virginia Johnson was born Virginia Eshelman in 1925 in Springfield, Missouri. She attended Drury College from the age of 16 but dropped out to work at the Missouri State Insurance office for a couple of years. She later returned to school at the Kansas Conservatory of Music to study music, appearing on radio station KWTO as a country artist under the name Virginia Gibson. She later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, as a business writer at the St. Louis Daily Record, where she also attended Washington University, intending to earn a degree in sociology. It was here that she first crossed paths with William H. Masters. He was there as a researcher at the University, and she became his research assistant. Though she never completed a full undergraduate degree, her time with Masters tied her to revolutionizing the way humans interact. They would spend the next 37 years researching and writing about human sexual behavior at their Masters and Johnson Institute. After the retirement of Masters and the closing of the institute, Johnson worked on her own at the Virginia Johnson Masters Learning Center in Creve Coeur, Missouri. She died on July 24, 2013. The collection also includes a signed black and white photo of the pair, ca. 1978, by Japanese American fashion photographer Hiro, and an original watercolor cartoon by Lee Lorenz of Cupid reading their recently published book Human Sexual Inadequacy, published in Playboy in 1971. Property from the Collection of Scott Johnson This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Lot: 208 - [Sexology] Kinsey, Alfred Charles. Typed Letter, signed

[Sexology] Kinsey, Alfred Charles. Typed Letter, signed Bloomington, Indiana, September 12, 1949. One-page autograph letter on Indiana University letterhead, signed by pioneering researcher in the study of human sexuality Alfred Kinsey to Charles Osborn. Creasing from when folded, In mat with a portrait of Kinsey and unexamined out of frame. In full: "It is obvious that you have not seen our own publication, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. There you will find the justification for the figures we give concerning the several types of sexual outlet, including the homosexual. You will also find the break-down of the 37 per cent figure for the homosexual, which explains what fraction of that group has incidental, regular or more exclusive experience." Property from the Collection of Scott Johnson