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38* WASHINGTON, GEORGE Autographed letter, one page, Mount Vernon, October 10, 1791. To Tobias Lear, in response to his letter dated Philadelphia, October 2, 1791.
Washington states: “Your letters of the 2d and 5th came to my hands on Saturday morning. Yesterday I allotted to acknowledge the rect of them and to write several letters; but company coming in before breakfast, and from thence till dinner, and an early succession again to day - I can do no more than say they came duly to hand, and approve of your getting the Rooms (mentioned in your letter of the 2d) Painted - The Passage above wants it exceedingly; especially in, and about the cross-passages, and I hope will receive a [Coat. I am Yrs Affectionately. Go. Washington.” The final lines and signature have been trimmed off and have been supplied from Letters and Recollections of George Washington, 55.
Framed and matted with reproduction engraving and printed transcriptions of the letter and Lear’s of October 2. Tobias Lear was the personal secretary of Washington from 1784 to his death in 1799. Property from the Collection of Donald Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colorado $6,000-8,000 39* [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS] Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings from Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan 1, 1776. Volume 1. Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1777.
Vol. 1 only (of 13). 8vo, contemporary calf, red leather spine label, modern linen-backed solander box. Boards worn with some loss and hinges starting’ f.f.e.p. detached and laid in; bookplate tipped in front pastedown and ex-library stamp to title page. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200
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40 JEFFERSON, THOMAS Document signed (“Th. Jefferson”), as President, one page, October 27, 1801. Countersigned by James Madison (“James Madison”), as Secretary of State. Four-language ship’s passport for the sloop The Polly, owned by Hiel Risley. Signed five times by C. Parsons (“C. Parsons”), as Alderman. Two seals present. Creased from the folds, with minor loss at center; seals faded. 17 x 22 inches. $3,000-5,000 41 MADISON, JAMES Document signed (“James Madison”), as President, one page, April 28, 1810. Countersigned by Secretary of State Robert Smith (“R Smith”). Four-language ship’s passport for the brig Equator, owned by Solomon Hopkinson. Signed five times by Daniel Granger (“Daniel Granger”), as collector. Two seals present. Creased from folds; dampstain to center; some separation at the folds; seals faded. 16 1/2 x 20 inches. $1,000-2,000 42* MONROE, JAMES Autographed note signed (“Jas. Monroe”), four lines, Washington, July 2, 1813. 2 1/2 x 7 inches. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $300-500
43 ADAMS, JOHN Document signed (“John Adams”), as President, one page, October 3, 1797. Countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering (“Timothy Pickering”). Four-language ship’s passport for the ship Minerva bound for Amsterdam, owned by Thomas Cutts. Two seals present. Signed multiple times by James Simon (“James Simon”), as collector. Verso with manuscript conveyance from Amsterdam with another seal. Creased in half and separated at the center fold; offsetting from seals; seals faded; some loss at edges. 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
44 HANCOCK, JOHN Autographed note signed (“John Hancock”), five lines, clipped from a larger document. Hancock writes, “order’d that a copy of the above be transmitted to the magistrates & people of Pennsylvania & Connecticut on the waters of Susquehannah.” Framed and matted with portrait. 2 1/2 x 7 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Oak Brook, Illinois $3,000-5,000
45 HANCOCK, JOHN Document signed (“John Hancock”), as President of the Continental Congress, one page, November 9, 1784. Countersigned by John Avery (“John Avery”), as Secretary. Register for the schooner Fox, owned by Thomas Cutts. Two seals present. Folded in fourths with separations at three parts, signature intact; some brownspotting; seals faded; otherwise a very bold signature. 14 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000
46* LAFAYETTE, MARIE-JOSEPH Autographed letter signed (“Lafayette”), one page, Paris, March 3, 1824. To an unknown recipient, thanking them for a gift. Tipped to sheet at four corners; light brownspotting. 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000
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47* (LOTTERY, COLONIAL) MASSACHUSETTS Three exceptionally rare tickets from America’s first lottery, Massachusetts Government Lottery, held in 1744 to repay military debt. Each signed by S. Watts, including nos. 732, 2144 and 3123. The actual drawing of the lottery took place at Faneuil Hall in Boston beginning Friday, June 7, 1745. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000
48* (LOTTERY, REVOLUTIONARY WAR) A collection of 18th-century lottery tickets for lotteries used to fund the Revolutionary War and early city structures, comprising a 1762 New-York City-Hall lottery ticket, signed by Christ. Smith, a 1767 Boston FaneuilHall lottery ticket, signed by Samuel Sewalt, a c. 1775 Providence Meeting-House lottery ticket, signed by Saml. Nightengale, eight 1776 United States lottery tickets, signed by Jas. Budden, J. Bullock, T. Laurence, G. Campbell and S. Delany, two 1779 Massachusetts Bay lottery tickets, each signed by H. Gardener, five 1790 Massachusetts Semi-annual state lottery tickets (on an uncut sheet), each signed by George Minot, and five 1790 Massachusetts state lottery tickets (on an uncut sheet), each signed by David Cobb. (23 total) Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000
49* (LOTTERY, CITY WORKS) A collection of 38 18th and early 19th-century tickets for lotteries relating to public works projects, eight 1781 Simsbury Bridge lottery tickets (on an uncut sheet), seven c. 1790 Paterson lottery (New Jersey, Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers) tickets (on an uncut sheet), six c. 1790 Norwich Channel lottery tickets (on an uncut sheet), 10 Washington City canal lottery tickets, c. 1790-93, two 1795 and two 1796 Pennsylvania Canal lottery tickets, a 1793 Federal City lottery ticket, signed by Samuel Blodgett, an 1816 Union Canal lottery ticket, and an 1825 Providence and Worcester Road lottery ticket. Each signed. (38 total) Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
50* (LOTTERY, ACADEMICS) A collection of 29 18th and early 19th-century tickets for lotteries relating to the establishment of universities, comprising two 1753 Connecticut lottery tickets (“For the benefit of the College of New-Jersey”); one 1763 New-Jersey College lottery ticket; one 1787 and one 1795 Dartmouth College lottery ticket; three c. 1790 William and Mary University lottery tickets; 10 1802 Episcopal Academy (Connecticut) lottery tickets (on two uncut sheets); eight 1806 Harvard College lottery tickets; and three 1814 Queen’s College (New Jersey) lottery tickets. (29 total) Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
51* (LOTTERY) A collection of over 100 pieces of lottery ephemera, including 98 lottery tickets, 1767-1922, two 1826 lottery tickets to raise funds for Thomas Jefferson, three similar plantation or personal lottery tickets from the late 18th to early 19th-centuries, seven New York lottery tickets (1815-1867), one Connecticut lottery ticket (1843), five Kentucky tickets (1861-1865), five Montana tickets (18931896), three Kansas tickets (1894), one Illinois (n.d., North American Prize Concert), one Ohio (n.d., Lincoln Dioramic Association), one for an ingot of gold (s.l., 1853), 54 Louisiana tickets (1890-1906, and three from 1922), 13 Honduras National lottery tickets (1894-1905), a Mexican Gulf lottery ticket (New Orleans, 1894), and a Mexican lottery ticket (1904). Together with a collection of broadsides, mainly from states’ lotteries, from 1837-1895. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000
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53 (BLAKE, BETTY HOLDSWORTH, attrib.) Autographed letter signed (“B.H. Blake”), four pages, on a bifolium, Washington City, June 28, 1809. With another, four pages, on a bifolium, unsigned in the hand of Blake, which contains designs. To an unknown recipient, the present letters are attributed to Betty Holdsworth Heigh Blake, the wife of James H. Blake, Mayor of Washington from 1813-1817. The letters discuss society life in Washington City, including evenings in Mrs. Madison’s Drawing Room, the new Potomac bridge, and include commentary regarding fashion. Light toning. Size of folded sheet 9 2/3 x 7 3/4 inches. $100-200
53A (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) EDWARDS, JOHN A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, In Three Parts. Boston: Printed for S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1746.
8vo, contemporary panelled calf, modern linenbacked solander box. First edition of Edward’s widely popular theological treatise. Light rubbing to boards; manuscript ex-libris to both pastedowns, title page, and rear f.f.e.p.; intermittent light foxing; otherwise very good in strong contemporary binding. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $600-800 54* FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806.
3 vols. 8vo, rebound in period 3/4 morocco over blue leatherette, gilt-lettered leather spine labels, renewed endpapers. Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, extra-engraved title pages to all vols., fold-out table, and 13 engraved plates. Hinges cracked but firm; intermittent foxing; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
55 GRANGER, GIDEON Autograph document signed (“Gideon Granger”), as Postmaster General, one page, on a bifolium, General Post Office, April 3, 1812, with red wax seal. Granger acts as a notary public for a third party. 13 x 8 inches. $100-200 55A (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) WALTER, NEHEMIAH Discourses on the Whole LVth Chapter of Isaiah ... To which is added, the Author’s Last Sermon. Boston: D. Fowle, 1755.
8vo, full calf. First edition. Boards lightly rubbed; bookplate tipped in front pastedown and manuscript ex-libri to f.f.e.p.; intermittent dampstaining and light foxing. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector Literature: Evans 7588 $100-200
56 (WILLIAMS, WILLIAM) SHAW, SAMUEL The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness. [Bound with:] Immanuel; or, a Discovery of True Religion. Boston: Reprinted by Rogers and Fowle, for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1746, 1744.
8vo, original calf, rebacked, retaining majority of the upper and lower boards and endpapers, housed in modern solander box. First American edition. Inscribed by William Williams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, on the f.f.e.p., and dated 1776. Additionally signed by Williams’ father, Solomon Williams, on the title page. Light wear to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; ephemera tipped to f.f.e.p.; dampstaining affecting extremities of some leaves; scattered light foxing. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $200-400
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57 (BOOK BOX) CHARLEVOIX, P. FRANCOISXAVIER A Voyage to North-America: Undertaken by Command of the present King of France, containing The Geographical Description and Natural History of Canada and Louisiana. Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw and James Potts, 1766.
2 vols. 8vo, contemporary tree calf rebacked, giltlettered red and black leather spine labels, housed in a custom oak book box with inset ceramic profile portrait medallion and brass bail handles, brass plate featuring the title of the book. The Best English edition, with two plates and eight engraved maps. 4-inch tear to map of “British Dominion in North America”; f.f.e.p. detached; otherwise internally in exceptionally fine condition. Literature: Howes C308 $1,500-2,500
58 (BOOK BOX) CRAKES, SYLVESTER Five Years a Captive among the Black-Feet Indians. Columbus: Osgood & Pearce, 1858.
8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, modern morocco-backed folding case, housed in custom walnut book box, brass plate featuring the title of the book. First edition of this account which Howes states as: “Utterly devoid of plausibility, though a few incidents may have been based on some actual captivity”; complete with six engraved plates. Intermittent foxing; dampstain to front half; some light rubbing to spine ends. Literature: Howes C850 $1,000-2,000 59 (BOOK BOX) LAHONTAN, LOUIS ARMAND, BARON DE New Voyages to North America. Containing an Account of the several Nations of the vast Countinent; their Customs, Commerce, and Way of Navigation upon the Lakes and Rivers... London: Printed for H. Bonwicke, et al., 1703.
2 vols. 8vo, contemporary boards rebacked with calf gilt-lettered spine, housed in custom walnut book box, inset copper roundel depicting a scene from Lohengrin, with brass foliate mounts and brass plaque with the title of the work. First English edition, complete with four maps and 24 engraved plates, advertisement leaf to vol. II. Light rubbing to hinges; some light splitting at map folds and one repaired tear to the map of the Mississippi; a few very minor brown spots. $3,000-5,000
60 (BOOK BOX) NEAL, DAVID The History of New-England, Containing an Impartial Account of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country. London: Printed for J. Clark, et al., 1720.
2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf rebacked, gilt-lettered modern spine labels, renewed endpapers, title page printed in red and black, housed in custom walnut box with brass plaque featuring the title of the work. Presentation copy, inscribed by Neal to Samuel Sanders Esq. on the f.f.e.p. First edition, with engraved map. Map torn and restored. $1,500-2,500 61* PIKE, ZEBULON An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kan, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers. Philadelphia: C. & A. Conrad, et al., 1810.
8vo, contemporary full calf, frontispiece. First edition. Boards worn and nearly detached, with loss to spine ends; intermittent brownspotting; blanks detached at end; lacking map; fold-out table torn and laid in. Property from the Collection of Donald Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colorado $200-400
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62 THWAITES, REUBEN GOLD, ed. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1904-1907.
32 vols., including Atlas volume. 8vo, Atlas folio (vol. XXV), publisher’s red cloth-backed boards, giltlettered spines, t.e.g., no jackets as issued. Limited edition, number 358 of 750 sets signed by the publisher. Atlas folio with 81 plates after paintings by Charles Bodmer to illustrate Prince Maximilian’s travels. Important collection of significant early travels and expeditions through the uncharted west, reprinted from scarce original editions. The series contains the journals of Brackenridge, Bradbury, Bullock, De Smet, Farnham, Flagg, Franchere, Gregg, James, Long, Maximilian, Michaux, Nuttall, Pattie, Ross, Wyeth, and others. A fine set, internally clean, with very little rubbing or fading to boards. Literature: Howes T255 $3,000-5,000
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64* GRANT, JULIA Autographed letter signed (“Julia D. Grant”), two pages, on personal letterhead, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1872. Mrs. Grant writes to her good friend, and the wife of the prominent George William Childs. The “Lieutenant” she refers to is her oldest son, Frederick Dent Grant, recently graduated from West Point. Long Branch, on the Atlantic Ocean, in east central New Jersey was the site of the Grant family summer residence. Framed and matted in a double window frame with portraits of Ulysses and Julia Grant and a transcription of the letter. Size of sheet 8 x 5 inches. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
65* GREELEY, HORACE Autographed letter signed (“H.G.”), two pages, on a bifolium, on Daily Tribune letterhead, New York, November 17, 1861, original envelope. The letter, to Greeley’s chief Washington correspondent, Samuel Wilkeson, mentions Wilkeson’s famed Gettysburg address, which he approves, and mentions the current state of the newspaper. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 66* JUAREZ, BENITO Partially printed document signed (“Benito Juarez”), as Constitutional President of the United Mexican States, two pages, on a large bifolium, Mexico City, November 7, 1867. Military appointment, conferring the rank of Medico Cirujano del Ejercito on Dr. Manual Alfaro. With numerous other endorsements on the verso. Creased; fading to official seals and some offsetting. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $300-500
67 (NATIVE AMERICAN) CATLIN, GEORGE Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London: By the Author, 1841.
2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spines, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition, author’s edition, with three maps (one fold-out), 309 plates as called for by Howes, and one additional plate, on 181 sheets, uncolored. Backstrip vol. II partially detached; hinges tender on both vols.; portion of spine lacking on vol. 1. Literature: Howes C241 $200-400
68 (NATIVE AMERICAN) CATLIN, GEORGE Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes. London: Samson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868.
12mo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, giltlettered red spine label. Second English edition, with frontispiece and six black and white plates. Boards detached and rubbed; spine faded; manuscript exlibris to f.f.e.p. Literature: Howes, C240. $100-200
69 (NATIVE AMERICAN) CURTIS, EDWARD A group of three sepia-toned photogravures, comprising Good Bear-Hidatsa, 1908; Tule GatherersPuget Sound, 1912; and The Trail to Shipaulovi, 1906. Framed. Size of largest 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $400-600
70 (NATIVE AMERICAN) CURTIS, EDWARD A group of four sepia-toned photogravures, comprising Tying the Bundle-Cowichan, 1912; LongTime Dog-Hidatsa, 1908; Firing Pottery, 1921; and A Mat House-Skokomish, 1912. Framed. Size of largest 12 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches. $400-600
71 (NATIVE AMERICAN) MCKENNEY AND HALL Two lithographs with hand-coloring from The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, c. 1838, comprising Pee-Che-Kir and Ong-Pa-Ton-Ga, or Big Elk, Chief of the Omahas. Both framed and matted. Size of largest 26 x 20 1/2 inches. $200-400 72 (NATIVE AMERICAN) MCKENNEY AND HALL A group of eight lithographs with hand-coloring from The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, c. 1838, comprising Meta-Koosega and Wa-BishKee-Pe-Nas, published by E.C. Biddle; Pa-She-Nine, O-Hya-Wa-Mince-Kee and Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark;Ca-ta-he-cas-sa - Black Hoof, Major Ridge, and Push-ma-ta-ha, published by F.W. Greenough. 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches each. $400-600
73* (NATIVE AMERICAN) MCKENNEY AND HALL A group of four lithographs with hand-coloring from The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, c. 1838, comprising Ne-O-Mon-Ne; Payta Kootha; WaBaun-See; and Me-Te-A. Framed. Size of largest 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $300-500
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75 (NATIVE AMERICAN) SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. Notes on the Iroquois; or, Contributions to American History, Antiquities, and General Ethnology. Albany: Erastus H. Pease, 1847.
8vo, publisher’s 3/4 red morocco, gilt-lettered spine. With two hand-colored lithographs. Hinges cracked and starting; backstrip beginning to detach; some intermittent brownspotting. $100-200 76 (NATIVE AMERICAN) A group of seven works.
A Narrative of the Incidents Attending the Capture, Detention, and Ransom of Charles Johnson. By Charles Johnson. New York, 1827. 8vo, 3/4 red straight-grain morocco, custom linen clamshell case. The History of the Great Indian War of 1675 and 1676. By Samuel Drake. Hartford, 1853. Revised edition. 8vo, contemporary blind-stamped cloth. Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border. By Col. R.B. Marcy. New York, 1866. 8vo, original cloth. First edition, with 13 plates. The History of the Wars of New-England with the Eastern Indians. By Samuel Penhallow. Cincinnati, 1859. Facsimile of 1726 edition. Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt. By John R. Jewitt. New York, n.d. [c. 1815] 8vo, publisher’s printed boards, custom linen clamshell case. A Narrative of the Indian Wars in New England. By William Hubbard. Worcester, 1801. First edition. A Narrative of the Indian Wars. By William Hubbard. Danbury, 1803. 8vo, original calf-backed printed boards, custom linen clamshell case. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $400-600
77 BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN Autographed letter signed (“W.C. Bryant”), New York, May 13, 1876. American poet and editor, Bryant writes to Mrs. M. Allen indicating that he has “read the manuscripts [she] left with me” and requests that she call to discuss them. Framed and matted with engraved portrait. Size of sheet 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. $200-400
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78* COOLIDGE, CALVIN Inscribed photograph (“Calvin Coolidge”), two lines, in the margin of a black and white photograph by Harris & Ewing. To Warren K. Dryden. Framed and matted. 19 x 14 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Paul Mavros and David Valkema, Long Beach, Indiana $200-400
79* EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Typed letter signed, (“Dwight D. Eisenhower”), one page, on official White House letterhead, Washington, February 18, 1960. Framed and matted, with portrait photograph. 15 x 19 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Paul Mavros and David Valkema, Long Beach, Indiana $100-200
80 FORD, GERALD Typed document signed (“Gerald R. Ford”), one page, on personal letterhead with gold embossed Presidential Seal, July 7, 1999, endorsing the conclusions of the 1964 Warren Commission concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. $100-200 81* MCKINLEY, WILLIAM Typed letter signed (“Wm. McKinley”), one page, on State of Ohio Executive Chamber letterhead, November 13, 1893. To Hempstead Washburne. Folded horizontally in thirds; blue pencil marking to upper left corner. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $100-200
82* ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed note signed (“Theodore Roosevelt”), on personal letterhead (Oyster Bay, Long Island), August 15, 1918. To Bishop McCormick, thanking him for his letter. Matted and framed with six black and white reproduction photographs. Size of sheet 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Paul Mavros and David Valkema, Long Beach, Indiana $200-400
83* (PRESIDENTS) A group of six framed Presidential autographed documents and letters, including Hoover, Nixon, Harrison, Taft, and an unsigned portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
Herbert Hoover: Signed photograph (“Herbert Hoover”), in the margin, with three lines; Benjamin Harrison: Clipped inscription (“Your Affectionate Brother, Benj. Harrison”); William H. Taft: Typed letter signed (“Wm. H. Taft”), one page, on official White House letterhead, Washington, June 26, 1912; Richard Nixon (2): Typed letter initialled (“RN”), one page, on official White House letterhead, January 22, 1973 [and] Signed photograph (“Richard Nixon”), dated February 21, 1991; color portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. Size of largest 15 x 27 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Paul Mavros and David Valkema, Long Beach, Indiana $300-500
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84 (SHORT SNORTER, WWI) ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. A signed short snorter collected by Frank Sawyers, personal valet to Winston Churchill, likely while in Marrakech while individuals visited Churchill, as the bill states “Marrakech Chapter,” over 40 signatures, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, King George VI, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and others. Winston Churchill’s signature is missing; Randolph S. Churchill, however, signs his name to the bill (“R.S. Churchill”).
(Front) Anthony Eden, H.H. Arnold, Hastings Ismay, and others (illegible). (Back) “Short Snorter, F. Sawyers, Marrakech Chapter.” George Durno, Frank Perry, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, King George VI, Louis Mountbatten others (illegible).
[Together with:] another short snorter, of unknown origin, containing multiple signatures including the following: (Front) Francis Cardinal Spellman, and four others; (Back) Jack Biddle, Capt. U.S.A., Anthony Biddle, M. McKeogh, John A. Marshall, and others.
As described by Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1933: “A ‘short snorter’ is one who has crossed the ocean in an airplane. The certificate of membership in this society consists of signatures on a dollar bill which must be always in a short snorter’s possession. If the person challenged is unable to produce the certificate of his short snortship, he is penalized by being obliged to treat everyone to a short ‘snort,’ that is, a small drink. The price of the treat has now been stabilized at a dollar.” (NY, 1933. P. 70) $1,500-2,500
85 (MILITARY) [OGDEN, HENRY ALEXANDER] Regulations for the Uniform of the Army of the United States. May 1888. Philadelphia: Depot of the Quartermaster’s Department, 1888.
Oblong folio, original gilt-lettered brown cloth. First edition, with 12 chromolithographed plates by G.H. Buek & Co., after paintings by Henry Alexander Ogden, and 13 additional black-and-white plates of badges, epaulettes, etc. Light rubbing to boards; otherwise very fine. $600-800
86 (MILITARY) COWLES, CALVIN D. Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893.
Original 36 portfolios bound in 3 vols. Atlas folio, original 3/4 tan morocco over cloth, titles in gilt to upper boards, marbled edges and endpapers. With 175 folding maps (lacking three addendum maps) lithographed by Julius Bien. Upper boards vols. 1 and 3 detached; rubbing to boards on all three volumes with hinges starting. $2,000-4,000 87 (MILITARY) [OGDEN, HENRY A.] Uniform of the Army of the United States. [1774-1889] Illustrated by Forty-Four Fac-simile Plates from Water Color Drawings by H.A. Ogden. Text by Henry Loomis Nelson. Washington: George Howard, n.d.
Folio, contents bound in full black morocco ruled in gilt with gilt-lettered title to upper board and spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. This edition not in Howes. Complete with 44 chromolithograph plates after paintings by Ogden, all hinged, with tissue guards. Light rubbing to boards; marginal foxing; otherwise fine. $300-500
88 (MILITARY) [OGDEN, HENRY A., et al] Uniform of the Army of the United States (Illustrated) from 1898-1907. Volume II. [Washington]: Quartermaster General, n.d.
Portfolio, contents loose as issued in original pebbled boards, title in gilt to upper cover, cloth ties. Illustrated with 26 chromolithograph plates after paintings by Ogden. Upper boards detached; lacking spine; plates lightly foxed. [Together with:] The Uniform of the Army of the United States. October 1, 1908. Compiled by the Authority of the Secretary of War, under the Supervision of General J.B. Aleshire. [Washington]: Quartermaster General, n.d. Small oblong portfolio, contents loose as issued in original 3/4 red morocco over black pebbled boards, gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper board, cloth ties. Illustrated with 127 chromolithograph plates of uniforms and accessories. Upper board detached; upper flap lacking. $200-400 89 (MILITARY) [HOLABIRD, SAMUEL BECKLEY] Flags of the Army of the United States Carried during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, to Designate the Headquarters of the Different Armies, Army Corps, Divisions and Brigades. [Philadelphia]: By the Author; Burke & McFetridge, Lith, 1888.
Folio, contemporary 3/4 brown morocco over pebbled boards, title in gilt to upper board and spine, a.e.g., marbled boards. Complete with title page and 87 chromolithograph plates. With Burke & McFetridge ad tipped in. Rubbing to boards with loss at corners and spine ends. $200-400
90 (POSTER, WWI) KEMP-WELCH, LUCY Forward! Forward to Victory, Enlist Now! Middlesex: David Allen/Parliamentary Recruiting Co., [1915]. Chromolithographed poster featuring a cavalryman with sabre drawn on a charging mount, signed L-K-W in the print, linen-backed.
The war horse depicted in this poster, Black Prince, a gift from the people of Australia to General Robert Baden-Powell, was a favorite subject of Kemp-Welch and also the inspiration for Kemp-Welch’s famous illustrations for the beloved children’s book, Black Beauty. 59 x 39 inches. $400-600
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91 (POSTER, WWI) JOURNEE DU POILU Journee du Poilu. 31 Octobre 1er Novembre 1915. Organisee par le Parlement. Paris: Devambez, 1915. Color poster, featuring a young French boy holding a basket of medals and a young girl offering a gift with the following text below: “Pour que papa vienne en permission, s’il vous plait.” Creased, with some loss at the folds. 47 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches. $50-100 92 (POSTER, WWI) SERBIA’S FLAG DAY Serbia’s Flag Day. September 22. King Marco returns to lead his people. S.l.: Johnson-Riddle, n.d. Chromolithograph poster, featuring King Marco riding up to soldiers. Linen-backed. 40 x 29 1/2 inches. $100-200 93 COCKTON, HENRY The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist. London: Robert Tyas, 1840.
8vo, full calf, gilt-tooled and lettered calf, green morocco spine label, a.e.g. First edition. Light wear to boards; raised bands rubbed; hinges cracked; scattered light brownspotting. $50-100
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94 (BUFFALO BILL) CODY, WILLIAM Autographed letter signed (“W.F. Cody”), one page, on personal “Buffalo Bill” letterhead, Rochester, NY, July 16, [1916]. To his attorney, Henry Hersey. Framed and matted. Date supplied in later hand. [Together with:] Black and white photograph of Cody sitting atop his horse, framed with original negative. Size of larger 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Oak Brook, Illinois $800-1,200
95 BERNHARDT, SARAH Memories of My Life; Being my Personal, Professional, and Social Recollections as Woman and Artist. New York: D. Appleton, 1907.
Thick 8vo, publisher’s cream cloth with blindstamped centerpiece, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., others uncut. Autograph edition, number 156 of 250 copies signed by Bernhardt. With frontispiece and numerous black and white plates. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped; presentation inscription from previous owners on card tipped to f.f.e.p. $500-700
96 (CIRCUS) JOHNSON, FRED Canada’s Traditional Favorite Conklin Shows, c. 1950. Circus banner depicting a traditional theme park surrounded by Conklin banner. Paint on canvas, signed lower right by Johnson. Light soiling; paint slightly cracked and chipped in some areas. 94 x 117 inches. $1,000-2,000 97* CARNEGIE, ANDREW Autographed letter signed (“Andrew Carnegie”), four pages, on a bifolium, New York, October 3, 1909. Likely addressed to Governor Charles Evans Hughes of New York. [Together with]: Typed letter signed (“Andrew Carnegie”), one page, on Clashmore Telegrams letterhead, Skibo Castle, Dornoch, Sutherland [Scotland], October 9, 1912. To J. Walter Buchan, Esq.; Carnegie mentions Lord Rosebery opening the first library building he ever “gave,” and also another library which is to be opened on the date of the letter. Size of largest: 8 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of Patricia Lyons Simon Newman, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
98 (RAILROAD) GOULD, JAY Check signed (“J. Gould”) and (“Lockwood”), on the verso, the check made out on the recto to “Jay Gould Treas,” and signed “Smith, Gould, Martin & Co,” New York, July 15, 1868, in the amount of $500,000. Framed and matted. Size of check 3 x 8 inches. $200-400
99 (RAILROAD) PULLMAN, GEORGE Two autographed letters signed (“George M. Pullman”), comprising: Autographed letter signed, one page, on Hotel Champlain letterhead, Saint Augustine, Florida, March 22, 1893. To treasurer of the Pullman Company, Silas W. Bretzfield, enclosing a hotel bill and receipts; Autographed letter signed, one page, on Pullman’s Car Company letterhead, New York, October 13, 1873. To Mr. C. W. Angell, Chicago, IL, introducing a friend from London who will be visiting Chicago. Both framed and matted. Size of largest framed 16 x 13 1/2 inches. $200-400
100 (RAILROAD) PULLMAN, GEORGE An archive of nine letters and documents relating to the Pullman Company and two relating to the Central Transportation Company [in seven frames, one mat], comprising: DS from John S. Stevens, President of the Central Transportation Company, to George S. Pullman, one page, May 20, 1888, being a stock certificate in the amount of four hundred shares; a blank stock certificate for the Central Transportation Company, unsigned; ALS from George S. Power to George Pullman, one page, Elgin, IL, May 19, 1843, on Mayor’s Office letterhead, responding to an invitation to meet President and Mrs. Grant; Autographed note from Frederick Billing to George Pullman, Western Union Telegraph Company, one page, New York, December 22, 1869, regarding a closed trade; ALS from D. Willis Jr, Dept. of Secretary of State of New York, to Charles Angell, one page, Albany, NY, July 17, 1868, regarding the location of the principle office of the Pullman Car Co.; ADS from William A. Pinkerton to George M. Pullman, one page, on Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency letterhead, Chicago, October 16, 1885, being a receipt for services rendered; three Pullman Company stock certificates [Illinois, New York, and Boston], only one dated - October 2, 1904, each signed by the treasurer/assistant treasurer, framed and matted together; an ALS, receipt, and check matted together, comprising an ALS and receipt from Redfern Ailleurs pour Dames for Mrs. George Pullman, March 15, 1889 and June 30, 1890, and a check written to George Pullman, June 19, 1890, in the amount of $48.43. All but one item is framed and matted. Size of largest 29 x 14 1/2 inches. $300-500
101 (AMERICANA) A group of nine works in 11 vols.
The Life of Governor Morris. By Jared Sparks. Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1832. 3 vols. 8vo, original green quarter cloth and pale brown boards. First edition. History of the Plymouth Plantation. By William Bradford. Boston, 1856. Vol. 3 of the Fourth series on the Massachusetts Historical Society. 8vo, original green cloth, spine label. Journal of the Life... By William Williams. Cincinnati, 1828. First edition. A System of Modern Geography. By Augustus Mitchell. Philadelphia, 1852. The American Accomptant; Being a Plain, Practical and Systematic Compendium of Federal Arithmetic... By Chauncey Lee. Lansingburgh: W. Wands, 1797. The Redeemed Captive returning to Zion... By John Williams. Boston, 1795. Sixth ed. The Vision of Columbus. By Joel Barlow. Hartford, 1787. A Gazeteer of the United States. By J.E. Worcester. Andover, 1818. Chronicles of Border Warfare... By Alexander Withers. Clarksburg, VA, 1831. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $200-400
102 (AMERICANA, ATLAS) Two 19th-century American atlases. New York: Beers, comprising Atlas of Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (1872) and Douty Atlas of Middlesex, Massachusetts (1875). Both folio, original gilt-lettered pebbled cloth, profusely illustrated with color lithograph county maps. Boards of Middlesex detached and dampstained. $100-200
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103 103 (ILLINOIS) MITCHELL, S. AUGUSTUS Illinois in 1837; A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country ... To Which are Annexed the Letters from a Rambler in the West. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1837.
8vo, 3/4 red morocco, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers. With fold-out map of Illinois. Map backed with linen and with 3-inches cut from the left side, not affecting the state of Illinois; intermittent foxing. $100-200
104 (ILLINOIS) REYNOLDS, JOHN The Pioneer History of Illinois, containing the Discovery, in 1673, and the History of the Country to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen, when the State was Organized. Belleville, IL: N.A. Randall, 1852.
8vo, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Boards lightly rubbed; hinges cracked and starting; intermittent brown stains. Literature: Howes R237 $100-200
105 (CHICAGO) VARIN, RAOUL A group of four original color aquatints (Chicago: A. Ackermann and Son, 1929-1930), comprising Michigan Avenue Chicago, in the Year 1861, no. 52/125; Michigan Avenue from Park Row, in the Year 1865, no. 64/100; Chicago in 1831, With a View of Fort Dearborn and John Kinzie’s Residence, no. 8/125; and The First House Built in Chicago as it Appeared in 1827; Residence of John Kinzie, 1804-1828, no. 105/125. Each signed “R. Varin” in pencil, bottom right corner. Framed and matted. Size of largest 26 1/4 x 33 1/2 inches. $200-400
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106 (CHICAGO) ADDAMS, JANE Twenty Years at Hull-House. New York: Macmillan, 1910.
Large 8vo, publisher’s quarter vellum, title in gilt to upper board, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., others uncut. Autograph edition, number 134 of 200 copies signed by Addams on the limitation page, printed especially for Brown’s Bookstore, Chicago. Additionally inscribed on the f.f.e.p. by Chicago Poet, Lydia Avery Coonley Ward. Light soiling to vellum; otherwise fine internally. $500-700
107 (CHICAGO) ADDAMS, JANE The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House. New York: Macmillan, 1930.
8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered brick red cloth, giltlettered spine and title to upper board. First edition, inscribed and signed by Addams in pencil on the f.f.e.p. Light rubbing and fading to boards; hinges somewhat tender; otherwise internally fine. Property from a Private Collection $200-400 108 (CHICAGO) CURREY, J. SEYMOUR Chicago: Its History and Its Builders. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing, 1912.
5 vols. 4to, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, marbled edges and endpapers. DeLuxe edition, number 18 of an unstated edition, signed by J. Seymour Currey on the limitation page, vol. 1. Illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Boards rubbed with some loss to spine ends; intermittent marginal stains. $200-400
109 (CHICAGO) BAIRD & WARNER Portfolio of Fine Apartment Homes. Compiled by the Michigan Erie Office of Baird & Warner Incorporated. Chicago: Baird & Warner, 1928.
Folio, publisher’s cloth-backed green gilt-embossed, illustrated endpapers, slipcase. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations throughout of over 100 apartment buildings in Chicago, many with typical lay-outs, architect, managers and descriptions of the interior. Light wear to boards with some soiling to spine; slipcase deteriorated. $200-400 110 (CHICAGO) KOZMAN, MYRON Calendar 1942. United American Artists of Chicago. Chicago: s.n., 1942.
Oblong 8vo, original chord-tied grey wraps with pastedown color lithograph by Myron Kozman, signed and numbered 9/1000. Profusely illustrated with black and white woodcuts by prominent Chicago artists. Rubbing to edges; otherwise internally fine. $200-400
