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VISIONS OF AMERICA: THE STEPHEN WHITE COLLECTION

OCTOBER 24, 2024 CINCINNATI

VISIONS OF AMERICA: THE STEPHEN WHITE COLLECTION

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Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

Stephen White has always been inspired by the power of story. Trained as an historian, White learned early-on the importance of contextualizing figures, events, and places within their wider world and time. This approach has defined and shaped his passion for photography, from his early role as a documentary filmmaker in 1971, to his work as a gallerist and curator of his eponymous Los Angeles gallery from 1975-1991, to the cultivation of his own inventory and personal collection of photography from 1991. White has also served on the boards of multiple institutions including as Founding President of AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers), Vice President of the Photography Council at the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), and as a founding member on the Photography Advisory Board of the J. Paul Getty Museum, to name a few. In his collecting and curating, White has uniquely homed in on not only the story an individual photograph can tell, but on the larger story woven together by a myriad of known and unknown photographers’ works, famous and little-known images, and views of major events as well as everyday life. That is evident in the many exhibitions and publications curated and authored by White, including The Photograph and the American Dream exhibit at the Van Gogh Museum, Paris, 2001-2002; Skydreamers exhibit at the Autry Museum, Los Angeles, 2011; and the book A Country Called California, published in 2022.

1 American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

JOUTEL, Henri (ca 1640-1735). Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l’embouchure, & le cours de la Riviere de Missicipi, nommee a present la Riviere de Saint Louis, qui traverse la Louisiane. Paris: Estienne Robinot, 1713.

12mo (165 x 89 mm). Engraved folding map (two small sellotape repairs near stub). Contemporary French calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, dark red morocco lettering-piece gilt, others gilt tooled, marbled edges (some wear to joints, hinges tightened, few small stains to covers). Provenance: early marginalia throughout including on title-page.

FIRST EDITION, including the earliest map depicting the outcomes of La Salle’s final two voyages. In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed the entire Mississippi delta for France, naming it “La Louisiane.” After being appointed Governor of Louisiana, he set out from France in 1684 to establish a settlement. However, his ships missed the mouth of the Mississippi and were blown off course to present-day Texas, where La Salle was eventually murdered by his own men. Joutel, one of the few survivors of La Salle’s Texas expeditions, provides the only eyewitness account of these events. His map is also regarded as the first accurate depiction of the Mississippi River. “Joutel accompanied the expedition and after La Salle’s assassination he made his way across Texas to the Red River and thence to the Arkansas and up the Mississippi to Fort St. Louis. The map and the account are important documents of the East Texas region...” (Streeter). Alden & Landis 713/103; Church 855; Howes J-266 (“Most reliable eyewitness account of La Salle’s two-years wanderings in Texas. The map, based on La Salle’s Mississippi exploration, was the first accurate delineation of that river”); Palau 132335; Sabin 36760; Wagner Spanish Southwest 79.

$5,000 - 7,000

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion CHASTELLUX, Franois Jean, Marquis de (17341788). Travels in North-America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782... translated from the French by an English Gentleman. London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787.

2 volumes, 8vo (204 x 124 mm). 2 engraved folding maps, 3 engraved plates. (Some light browning and spotting.) Later sprinkled calf antique, spines gilt, with red morocco (old?) lettering-pieces gilt (some minor spotting to outer edges).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. “This journal is one of the most notable of American travel accounts of the Revolutionary period not only because of Chastellux’s keen observation and the directness of his narrative but also because of his acute comments on the society and the character of the people in different walks of life” (Clark I:202). The maps depict Chastellux’s route through Virginia and from New Jersey to New England, and one plate shows a plan of Virginia’s Natural Bridge. Howes C-234; Sabin 12229.

$500 - 700

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

COXE, William (1748-1828). Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America. London: J. Nichol for T. Cadell, 1787.

8vo. 4 engraved folding maps and one engraved folding view. Contemporary calf (extremities a bit worn).

THIRD EDITION. “This work includes the main Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern America in their attempts to open communications with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands” (Hill). The third edition is the first to include the supplement, “A comparative view of the Russian discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke.” Hill 392; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309.

$200 - 300

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

WANSEY, Henry. The Journal of an Excursion to the United States of North America, in the Summer of 1794. Salisbury: J. Easton, 1796.

8vo (229 x 152 mm). Copper-engraved portrait of George Washington and one aquatint plate. Original drab boards, uncut and unopened (old rebacking).

FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, printed on pale blue paper, Howe’s second issue. Wansey, a traveller and antiquary, landed at Halifax in April 1794, making his way south to Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, where he visited President and Mrs. Washington and acquired an account of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. His narrative is replete with miscellaneous observations on American culture and phenomena. Clark II:127; Howes W-86; Sabin 101241.

$400 - 600

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (1749-1817) and George DIXON. Reis naar de Noord-west Kust an Amerika. Amsterdam: Mathiis Schalekamp, 1795. Square 8vo (216 x 165 mm). Folding map, 9 folding plates. (Few leaves with light dampstaining.) Contemporary quarter calf, speckled boards, uncut (spine worn, extremities rubbed).

FIRST DUTCH EDITION of the first commercial voyage to the northwest coast, with important accounts of early trips to Alaska and Hawaii, and long accounts of dealings with Indians. Forbes 253; Howes P494; Pilling 3038; Sabin 64395.

$500 - 700

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

[LOUISIANA PURCHASE] --[JEFFERSON, Thomas]. An Account of Louisiana, Being an Abstract of Documents, in the Offices of the Departments of State, and of the Treasury. [Philadelphia]: William Duane, [1803].

8vo (219 x 139 mm). Modern paper wrappers. (Some spotting.)

An early printing of the “first official description of the newly acquired territory” through the Louisiana Purchase (Wagner-Camp). “It is ironic that the acquisition of this vast region that was to have so great an effect upon the course of empire should have been heralded by this tattered, badly printed, credulous synthesis of hazy fact and ill-founded rumor” (WagnerCamp). Howes L-493; Sabin 42177; Shaw & Shoemaker 5197; WagnerCamp 2b:9.

$600 - 800

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

JANSON, Charles William. The Stranger in America. London: James Cundee, Albion Press, 1807. 4to (254 x 203 mm). Half-title; engraved additional title, 7 (of 9) aquatints, plan of Philadelphia. (Some offsetting, marginal soiling, occasional spotting.) Early half calf, decorative paste-paper boards, spine newly gilt-lettered (extremities rubbed, renewed endpapers). Provenance: Halifax Library (small rubberstamps on plates).

FIRST EDITION of “a petulant view of U.S. life” (Howes) that contains “the earliest known published image of the White House, and the Mount Vernon plate is one of the earliest of Washington’s home. The appendix to the book contains what appears to by the first British printing of Thomas Jefferson’s December 1806 message announcing the completion of the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as other western explorations (Federal Hundred 100). Abbey 648; Howes J59; Sabin 35770.

$400 - 600

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion JAMES, Edwin (1797-1861), compiler. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the Years 1819, 1820. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823.

3 volumes, 8vo (203 x 127 mm). 8 aquatints including 3 frontispieces (2 in color) and 5 plates (one in color); 2 folding maps (the larger on new linen). 20th century half calf gilt, all edges gilt, stamp-signed by Bayntun (light rubbing to joints and fore-corners).

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, printed the same year as the American edition but with additional plates. The Long Expedition was a “Notable government expedition [commanded by Maj. Stephen H. Long], supplementing earlier discoveries of Pike and of Lewis and Clark, and pronouncing the plains region as nothing but a desert, incapable of cultivation!” (Howes). It “ranks in importance with those of Pike and Lewis and Clark” (Reese). Abbey, Travel 650 Howes J-41; Reese, Best of the West 49; Sabin 35683; Streeter Sale 1783; Wagner-Camp 25:2; Wheat, Transmississippi 353.

$2,000 - 3,000

9 American Travel, Exploration & Expansion HALL, Basil, Capt. (1788-1844). Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828. Edinburgh: Cadell and Co.; Simpkin and Marshall, 1829.

3 volumes, 8vo. Folding hand-colored map in vol. I. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (extremities rubbed, chipping to lettering-pieces, spines sunned).

FIRST EDITION. Hall, a captain in the Royal Navy, traveled to North America in 1828. In his southern route, Hall describes visits to various plantations, Creek Indian ceremonies, slavery practices, etc. From that, Hall was not impressed with what he saw. “Accustomed to a better-disciplined society and bred in the exacting traditions of the British Navy, he found difficulty in adjusting himself to the democratic manners and rude accommodations he found in the United States, both North and South. Nevertheless, he was a clear and forceful writer, and his work contains many excellent descriptions of places and conditions that came under his observation” (Clark III:48). Howes H-47; Sabin 29725.

[Tipped in:] Autograph letter signed (“Basil Hall”) to Capt. Francis Beaufort, 15 September 1836. DISCUSSING CAPTAIN CHARLES WILKES QUALIFICATIONS. In 1836, The US Congress authorized the formation of a US Navy Exploration Squadron with Charles Wilkes in command. It was an interdisciplinary scientific expedition for exploring and surveying the Southern Ocean between 1838-1842, known as the United States Exploring Expedition. Around the same time, Beaufort helped to obtain funding for the Antarctic voyage of 1839-1843 led by James Clark Ross. Perhaps Beaufort’s inquiry to Hall sheds new light into whether he was considering Wilkes for this expedition.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

HALL, Basil. Forty Etchings, from Sketches Made with the Camera Lucida in North America Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1829.

4to (324 x 246 mm). Hand-colored folding map, 40 etched plates on 20 sheets. (Some spotting.) Original printed boards (neatly rebacked, some browning and staining, some staining from old adhesive to flyleaves).

FIRST EDITION. Hall traveled from Boston to Charleston and Savannah, on to Louisiana, up the Mississippi to St. Louis, then east through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to the Erie Canal through New York to Montreal. The etched plates, made with the camera lucida during his travels, show views of Buffalo, Rochester, Columbus, and New Orleans, and depict Niagara Falls, the Erie Canal, riverboats and a stage coach. Howes H-46.

$400 - 600

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

PATTIE, James O. (1803-ca 1833). The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean. Edited by Timothy Flint. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833.

8vo (191 x 114 mm). 5 engraved plates. (Title-page with small repair to loss in margin, slightly affecting text, C2 with old sellotape repair to top margin loss, slightly affecting heading and some text, faint dampstaining near foot). Late 19th century half navy morocco gilt, all edges gilt (recased, head a bit worn, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Louis E. Goodman (bookplate); Boone County Public School (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the 1833 title-page. THE FIRST PRINTED NARRATIVE OF AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA. In 1828, James Pattie joined the band of trappers led by his father, Sylvester Pattie, who together embarked on a treacherous expedition across the American Southwest, navigating areas now known as New Mexico and Arizona before reaching California. When the party almost literally crawled into California, they were ordered arrested by Governor Jose Maria Echeandia under suspicion as spies, taken to San Diego, and jailed. Field 1186; Graff 3217; Howes P123 (“c”, variant with 1833 Wood copyright on verso of title-page); Streeter 3139; Wagner-Camp 45:2; Zamorano 80, 60 (“of extreme rarity”).

$1,000 - 1,500

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Travels in North America; with Geological Observations of the United States. London: John Murray, 1845.

2 volumes, 8vo (199 x 122 mm). 7 engraved plates and maps, most folding, 3 with hand-coloring. (Some very slight spotting or offsetting to a few leaves, otherwise bright.) Original blindstamped green cloth by Edmunds & Remnant with their ticket (spines slightly sunned, short separation along portion of lower joint vol. II, some light wear to head of spine vol. I). Provenance: Stuard Rendel (bookplate); Bertrand Smith (bookseller’s stamp pastedown).

FIRST EDITION, describing Lyell’s travels through Canada, Boston, Virginia, and South Carolina. “Lyell’s powers of close, accurate observation, coupled with his judicious temper, render his works on America among the best of his generation” (Clark, Old South III:199). Howes L-575; Sabin 42761.

$400 - 600

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

CARVALHO, Solomon Nunes (1815-1897). Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857.

8vo. Wood-engraved frontispiece. (Some spotting and staining to frontispiece and title-page.) Original blind-stamped brown cloth.

SECOND EDITION, containing a frontispiece depicting Fremont not present in the 1856 first edition and removes the dedication (pp.v-vi), otherwise it collates the same. Carvalho was the artist on Fremont’s 1853 Rocky Mountain Expedition in search of a railroad route to the West. He was famous for taking daguerreotypes of the Journey that survived his return to New York and were used to create engravings for accounts of the expedition. Unfortunately, nearly all the originals were lost in a warehouse fire. Cowan p.108; Flake 1224n; Graff 619; Howes C213; Sabin 11180; Smith 1547; Wagner-Camp 373:2.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

RYAN, William Redmond (1791-1855). Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9, with the author’s experience at the mines London: William Shoberl, 1850.

2 volumes, 8vo. 22 (of 23) plates, lacking the frontispiece in vol. I. Late 19th century half calf, marbled boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, citron and dark olive lettering-pieces gilt in 2, others with gilt centerpieces, marbled edges (extremities lightly rubbed, hinges repaired, later endpapers). Provenance: Louis E. Goodman (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of this “narrative of an artist and bohemian who gives an account of his great adventure in the wilds of California... His descriptions are among the best of his time” (Cowan). Ryan describes his voyage to California as well as military life during the Mexican War in Monterey, La Paz, and San Jose. Cowan, p.547; Howes R-558; Street Sale 2646; Sabin 74532; Wheat Gold Rush 173.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion

WHEELER, George M. (1842-1905). Preliminary Report Concerning Explorations and Surveys Principally in Nevada and Arizona. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1872.

4to. Large folding map at rear. Original gilt-lettered green cloth (light wear at spine ends, fore-corners bumped).

FIRST EDITION of the first official exploration of this area, including southern Nevada, the Mojave Desert and Death Valley. Includes much on the mining districts of Nevada and eastern California. Howes W-321; Paher 2135.

$300 - 400

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American Travel, Exploration & Expansion [AMERICAN EXPOLORATION]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) CONDER, Josiah. The Modern Traveller. London: James Duncan, 1830. 2 volumes (23 and 24 of the Modern Traveller).

2) TYTLER, Patrick Fraser. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1832.

3) GERSTACKER, Frederick. Gerstacker’s Travels. London: T. Nelson, 1854.

4) BIGELOW, John. Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856.

5) CHASTELLUX, Marquis de. Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782 Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1963. 2 volumes. In publisher’s slipcase.

Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion [AMERICAN TOUR NARRATIVES]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:

1) TAYLOR, Bayard. Colorado: A Summer Trip. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1867.

2) PUMPELLY, Raphael. Across America and Asia. New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1871. Fifth edition.

3) GLAZIER, Willard. Peculiarities of American Cities. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1884.

4) SMITH, John, Capt. Works. 1608-1631. Edited by Edward Arber. Birmingham: N.p., 1884.

5) WARNER, Charles Dudley. On Horseback. A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889.

6) JAMES, Henry. The American Scene. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907.

Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$400 - 60

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion [AMERICAN TOUR NARRATIVES]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:

1) BINGLEY, William. Travels in North America. London: N.p., 1821.

2) WILSON, Charles H. The Wanderer in America. Thirsk: H. Masterman for the author, 1822. Second edition.

3) TROLLOPE, Frances Milton. The Refugee in America. London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1832. 3 volumes.

4) SHIRREFF, Patrick. A Tour through North America... Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1835.

5) EYRE, John. The Christian Spectator: Being a Journey from England to Ohio. Albany: J. Munsell for E.H. Pease, 1838.

6) MARRYAT, Capt. Second Series of Diary in America. Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, 1840. Together, 6 works in 8 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion [AMERICAN TOUR NARRATIVES]. A group of 7 titles, comprising:

1) BEAMISH, North Ludlow. The Discovery of America by the Northmen. London: T. and W. Boone, 1841.

2) LEWIS, John. Across the Atlantic. London: George Earle, 1851.

3) CHAMBERS, William. Things As They Are. London and Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1854.

4) ROPES, Hannah Anderson. Six Months in Kansas. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1856.

5) MACKAY, Charles. Life and Liberty in America... London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1859. 2 volumes.

6) BURDEY, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Christopher Carson. Philadelphia: G.G. Evans, 1861.

7) RUSSELL, William Howard. My Diary North and South. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863. 2 volumes.

Together, 7 works in 9 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion [AMERICAN TOUR NARRATIVES]. A group of 7 titles, comprising:

1) WARVILLE, J.P. Brissot de. New Travels in the United States of America. London: J.S. Jordan, 1792.

2) RAINSFORD, Marcus. An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti. London: Albion Press for James Cundee, 1805.

3) ASHE, Thomas. Travels in America, Performed in 1806. London: Edmund M. Blunt for William Sawyer & Co., 1808.

4) SUTCLIFFE, Robert. Travels in Some Parts of North America... York: C. Peacock for W. Alexander, 1811.

5) FEARON, Henry Bradshaw. Sketches of America... London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818.

6) MONTULE, Edouard. A Voyage to North America, and the West Indies, in 1817. London: N.p., 1821.

7) WRIGHT, Frances. Views of Society and Manners in America. New York: E. Bliss and E. White, 1821.

Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$300 - 400

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion [CANADA]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) CHALMERS, George. The Beauties of Fox, North, and Burke, Selected from their Speeches, from the Passing of the Quebec Act, in the Year 1774. London: J. Stockdale, 1784. Frontispiece portrait. Disbound.

2) MACKENZIE, Alexander. Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence through the Continent of North America... Philadelphia: John Morgan, 1802. Lacking map.

3) SANSOM, Joseph. Travels in Lower Canada... London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1820.

4) TALBOT, Edward Allen. Five Years’ Residence in the Canadas: Including A Tour through Part of the United States of America in the Year 1823. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. 2 volumes.

5) WHYMPER, Frederick. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869.

Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

16th & 17th Century Americana

[BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). The Great Voyages, Part I, in Latin]. HARIOT, Thomas (1560-1621). Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae. Frankfurt: Johannes Wechel for Theodor de Bry, 1590.

Folio (334 x 236 mm). Engraved title-page (with the privilege statement engraved), dedication to Maximilian I of Bavaria with his large engraved arms, doublepage map of Virginia by Theodor de Bry after John White, 28 numbered engravings [17 half-page with letterpress text, the rest full-page or larger]. Woodcut head- and tail-piece ornaments and initials; with blank leaf D6 present. (Some pin-hole worming, heavier at end, occasionally touching letters or plates, short mostly marginal wormtrack to last ca 14 leaves occasionally touching letters or plates, plate XVIII with small loss at foot with repair and a portion of the background provided in facsimile, a few short marginal tears.) 18th-century mottled sheep (neatly rebacked to style). Provenance: Durazzo family of Genoa (engraved book label of Girolamo Durazzo at foot of title-page).

THE FIRST VOLUME OF DE BRY’S GREAT VOYAGES, THOMAS HARIOT’S DESCRIPTION OF VIRGINIA

FIRST EDITION IN LATIN, MOSTLY FIRST ISSUE (see below). Thomas Hariot’s text, the first description of Virginia and North Carolina, was first published in English in 1588, an edition of which only 6 copies are known, and then here republished in Latin. John White and Thomas Hariot accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1585 expedition to Roanoke. Hariot served as translator, having learned Carolina Algonquin the year before from two chiefs brought to England by Raleigh. White returned to Virginia in 1587, becoming governor, where he remained until he was forced to return to England for supplies. His return was delayed by the war with Spain, and when he returned in 1590, the colony had vanished.

The 23 illustrations to the text, after watercolors by John White (now in the British Museum), provide an important visual record of the New World and its inhabitants as encountered by the English colonists. They depict scenes of native Virginian life and show the ancient Picts. Theodore de Bry’s map, also after White, is “one of the most significant cartographical milestones in colonial North American history. It was the most accurate map drawn in the sixteenth century of any part of that continent. It became the prototype of the area... This is the first map to focus on Virginia (now largely North Carolina), and records the first English attempts at colonisation in the New World” (Burden 76).

Most plates in the first issue (except plates 5, 6, 9 and 15 in the second issue); title-page in the second issue with engraved privilege statement; the map in Burden’s third state. M. Sobolewski, as quoted by Sabin, concluded that “the two impressions [or issues] of the first edition are always to be found mingled ... and that it is impossible to decide the question of priority.”

Alden & Landis 590/31; Burden 76; Church 140 (calling the engraved title present in this copy the first state title-page); Sabin 8784; Streeter II:1091 (with the title-page and plates 5, 6, 9, and 15 in the same states as the present copy).

$30,000 - 50,000

16th & 17th Century Americana LAS CASAS, Bartolome de. Narratio Regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam devastatarum Verissima… Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry and Johann Saur, 1598.

4to (193 x 150mm). Letterpress title set within wide historiated engraved border, 17 engraved illustrations by Theodor de Bry after Joos van Winghe, woodcut initials and head-pieces. (Some minor soiling, a few small rust spots occasionally touching letters.) Early vellum gilt, spine hand-lettered, edges gauffered and gilt, tan watered silk endleaves (some minor soiling). Provenance: John Carter Brown (bookplate and with “Duplicate Released” stamp and manuscript note dated November 19, 1965, stamp on first text leaf); 19th/20th? century bookseller notes pencilled on rear flyleaf.

FIRST LATIN EDITION AND THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. “This edition is much sought for, in consequence of the beauty of the first impressions of the plates” by de Bry after drawings by Winghe (Sabin 11283). The text was translated from the French edition of 1579. De las Casas was one of the first Spanish in the Americas and initially participated in the colonial economy built on forced indigenous labor, but he eventually came to oppose the abuses perpetrated by European colonists; the plates in this edition depict those atrocities. He became a Dominican friar and was appointed the first resident Bishop of Chiapas. In that role, he was appointed the first Protectoría de Los Indios (“Protector of the Indians”), an administrative office of the Spanish colonies responsible for attending to the well-being of the native populations. Alden & Landis 598/20; Church 320; Palau 46960; Streeter sale I:30.

$2,500 - 3,500

16th & 17th Century Americana

BREREWOOD, Edward (ca 1565-1613). Enquiries Touching the Diversity of Languages and Religions, Through The Chiefe Parts of The World. London: John Bill, 1622.

Small 4to (185 x 146 mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, woodcut head-pieces and intitals. (Repair to Q1 just touching shoulder note, 2B2 with marginal repair not touching letters, some browning.) Contemporary vellum, yapp edges (lacking ties, neatly rebacked).

Second edition, A WIDE-MARGINED COPY. The present copy does not include the colophon on the last page of the text found in other copies and is perhaps an earlier state. The work includes several references to America, including several pages devoted to proving that Native Americans were descended from Asians, the earliest work to make that claim. ESTC S106413; Lowndes 262 (“There is considerable learning in this small work”); Sabin 7732.

$500 - 700

16th & 17th Century Americana

CLARKE, Samuel (1599-1683). A Mirrour or Looking-Glass Both for Saints and Sinners, Held Forth in Some Thousands of Examples. --A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World. London: Printed by Tho. Milbourn for Robert Clavel, et al., 1671. – [Issued with:] A True, and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations of the English in America... London: Printed for Robert Clavel, et al., 1670. Together, 3 works bound in one volume, folio (292 x 191 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by T. Cross and engraved titles to A Mirrour and A Geographical Description by R. Gaywood. (Large portion of lower corner of Oo3 in Geographical Description torn away affecting ca 34 lines of text, portrait frontispiece with some small losses to gutter corners and with some fraying along top margin, some browning and staining, a few small rust-holes touching letters.) Contemporary blind-tooled calf (some wear). Provenance: John Barrow (1643-1718), early settler of the Virginia Colony, now North Carolina (contemporary signatures on engraved title and title-page and contemporary annotations, see below).

Fourth edition, expanding on the first edition of 1657 by the addition of A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations of the English in America. The Geography includes information about America (p.169-90) and Virginia (p.172-3); it also includes an extensive section on the Spanish cruelties in the New World, and particularly after Las Casas. A True, and Faithful Account... describes the four main English settlements in North America as of 1670. Topics covered include weather, agriculture, and natural resources, as well as accounts of Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) and of the 1622 Virginia Massacre in which over 300 English colonists were killed by Indigenous peoples outside of Jamestown.

John Barrow was reportedly born in Norfolk County in 1643, married Sarah Sutton in 1668, with whom he had 9 children, and died in 1718 in Perquimans, North Carolina. Barrow and Sutton were Quakers, and an early Quaker meeting house was built on Sutton’s Creek in North Carolina, so-named because it bordered the lands of Sarah Sutton’s father George. John Barrow was a member of the council of the Albemarle colony, ex officio justice of the courts held by the council in 1689-1691, justice of the Albemarle county court in 16921694, just of Perquimans Precinct in 1689-1690 and 1697-1703, and a member of the lower house of the assembly in 1708.

THIS COPY WITH EXTENSIVE 17th AND EARLY 18th-CENTURY ANNOTATIONS IN BARROW’S HAND on the paste-down, verso of the engraved portrait, verso of the last text leaf, and the rear pastedown, most of which are religious in nature and discuss religious law and sin. A 38-line note on the verso of the last text leaf (religious in nature) is signed “Sept 22 1700 J.B.” Annotations on the rear pastedown describe 17th/18th century terminology for interracial couples (“white & negro – mulatos / Indian & white missicos[?] / negro & Indian alcatracos[?]”). ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE NAMES OF FOUR 17th-CENTURY PRIVATEERS: Sir Henry Morgan, François l’Olonnais, Bartolomeu Português, and Para Silliano[?].

Sabin 13448 (Mirrour and Account); Sabin 13444 (Geographical); Wing C4552 (Mirrour); Wing C4517 (Geographical); Wing C4558 (Account).

$2,000 - 3,000

16th & 17th Century Americana [MORRIS, Gouverneur, his copy]. DRYDEN, John. An Evening’s Love. Or the MockAstrologer. Savoy: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1671. With the bookplate of Gouverneur Morris.

Square 8vo (217 x 162 mm). (Some rust-holes occasionally touching letters, divot to lower third of each leaf with associated short tears touching letters throughout, final leaf with repair to gutter margin, a few other repairs and stains.) Later half calf, marbled boards. Provenance: Gouverneur Morris (bookplate).

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS’S COPY OF DRYDEN’S PLAY. Second edition, printed in the same year as the first edition. Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), ‘the Penman of the Constitution,” wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution, was signatory to the Articles of the Confederation and the United States Constitution, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1800-1803. Morris’s armorial bookplate is in the style of Chippendale, and si the same pattern as his father Lewis Morris’s bookplate (see Early American Bookplates, 591). McDonald 75b.

$800 - 1,200

18th Century Americana [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. DELL, William (ca 1607-1669). The Trial of Spirits, both in Teachers and Hearers. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1760.

8vo. Disbound with remnants of old spine. (Some browning and offsetting, small worm hole in margin).

FIRST FRANKLIN EDITION. This edition of a 1653 English tract was initiated by the Philadelphia Quaker meeting, but they eventually decided not to attach their name to it. A select group of Quakers then covered the printing cost by private subscription. Evans 8578; Miller, Franklin 726.

$600 - 800

18th Century Americana

CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Lettres d’un Cultivateur Americain...Traduites de l’Anglois. Paris: Cuchet 1787.

3 volumes, 8vo (197 x 121 mm). Engraved title-pages, 5 folding maps, 4 engraved plates (one folding). (Very occasional light spotting.) Modern half calf (spines lightly sunned).

SECOND EDITION, that is “greatly enlarged, the whole of the third volume being added... The work is highly recommended in two letters, by way of introduction, from M. de Lacretelle. Boucher de la Richarderie says that the author had been so long unaccustomed to his native language that his translation abounds with Anglicisms, which, however, he adds, give greater energy to his expressions” (Sabin 17495; records only 3 plates).

$600 - 800

18th Century Americana [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] -- [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journals of Congress, and of the United States in Congress Assembled, for the year 1781. Published by Order of Congress. Volume VII. New York: John Patterson, 1787.

8vo (220 x 130 mm). (Some browning and spotting, small wormtrack touching letters on several leaves.) ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT AND UNOPENED (covers detaching, lacking paper spine covering, overall wear).

FIRST NEW YORK EDITION, one of 500 printed by order of Congress. BOUND IN ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT AND UNOPENED

A close reprint of the Claypoole edition of 1782, correcting an error in the index and adding an appendix, which includes 4-pp. “Rules for Conducting Business in the United States in Congress Assembled,” and a 13-pp. report on the Treasury (by a committee consisting of “Mr Duane, Mr. Sharp and Mr. Wolcott appointed to estimate and state the amount of debts due from the United States).” Evans 20773.

$500 - 700

18th Century Americana [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] -- [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journal of the United States in Congress assembled: containing the Proceedings from the 5th Day of November, 1787 to the third Day of November, 1788 Volume XIII. [Philadelphia]: John Dunlap, [1788].

8vo (216 x 131 mm). (Marginal paper flaw affecting ca 5 lines of text p.v, diagonal paper flaw crossing ca 7 lines of text p.115, light marginal fraying to title-page, dampstaining, some browning and spotting.) ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT AND UNOPENED (covers detaching, lacking paper spine covering, overall wear). Provenance: Michael Jenifer Stone (signature, “M. J. Stone” on title-page).

FIRST EDITION, A MARYLAND STATESMAN’S COPY. Michael Jenifer Stone (1747-1812), an American planter and statesman from Charles County, Maryland, represented Maryland in the United States House of Representatives. In 1788, Stone was a delegate to the states convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. Stone was the first representative from the 1st District of Maryland, elected in 1789 and serving through 1791. The present volume records the final session of the Continental Congress, which sat through November 1788; the new federal government was initiated in April 1789; included in the appendix is the United States Constitution, which was created September 17, 1787 and ratified June 21, 1788. Evans 21526.

$600 - 800

18th Century Americana RAMSAY, David (1749-1815). The History of the American Revolution. Philadelphia: R. Aitken & Son, 1789.

2 volumes in one, 8vo (203 x 121 mm). (First title-page browned at margins, rubberstamp at foot of Preface, light intermittent spotting). Contemporary tree calf, spine compartments divided by single gilt-fillets, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: Earl H. Ridnour (ownership signature).

FIRST EDITION of Ramsay’s account of the Revolution, drawn from materials collected by the author while serving as a member of the Continental Congress in the years 1782, 1783, 1785 and 1786. Evans 22090; Howes R-35; Sabin 67687.

$800 - 1,200

18th Century Americana PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809). Droits de l’Homme; en Reponse a l’Attaque de M. Burke sur la Revolution Francoise. Paris: Buisson, Mai 1791.

8vo (229 x 138 mm). Later vellum-backed marbled boards.

FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Paine’s Rights of Man, following the first English edition by about six weeks and reprints the original text as it appeared in the suppressed first English edition. “With a force and clarity unequalled even by Burke, Paine laid down those principles of fundamental human rights which must stand, no matter what excesses are committed to obtain them. It is a textbook of radical thought and the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of democracy” (PMM). Howes P31; PMM 241.

$500 - 700

18th Century Americana

[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Third Congress... December 2, 1793 [-9 June 1794]. -- Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1793[-94] -- Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the Second Session of the Third Congress... November 3rd, 1794 [-3 March 1795]. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1794-[95].

Folio (348 x 208 mm). Disbound gatherings with stab-holes present. (Title-page and a few leaves browned).

FIRST EDITIONS of the only two sessions of the Third Congress, which met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia during the fifth and sixth years of Washington’s presidency. During the third congress, Washington began his second term, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin, the federal government authorized the construction of the original six frigates of the U. S. Navy, and the Whiskey Rebellion began. Evans 27911 and 29724.

$500 - 700

18th Century Americana

34 18th Century Americana [XYZ AFFAIR]. Message of the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress. April 3d, 1798. [Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1798].

8vo (208 x 130 mm). 72pp. Modern paper wrappers.

FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies printed, containing the famous XYZ correspondence. Early in the presidency of John Adams, the XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between the United States and Republican France which led to the Quasi-War. The name derived from the substitution of the letters “X,” “Y,” and “Z” for the names of French diplomats Jean-Conrad Hottinguer (X), Pierre Bellamy (Y), and Lucien Hauteval (Z) in documents released by the Adams administration. Evans 34812. RARE.

$300 - 400

[EARLE, Alice Morse (1851-1911), editor]. Diary of Anna Green Winslow Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.

8vo. Illustrated. (Title-page detached and with library stamp.) Original grey buckram lettered in various colors. Provenance: Alice Morse Earle (gift inscription and a signed presentation bookplate); presented to the Long Island Historical Society.

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY EARLE. Anna Green Winslow (17591780) was a young girl from a prominent Loyalist family in Boston during the first stirrings of the American Revolution. Her diary, which she kept from 1771 to 1773, were bound up letters she wrote to her mother while living with her aunt in Boston and is one of the few surviving records of a young girl’s experiences during that time. Her diary revealed details about the clothing, education, social events, and domestic activities of a young girl in pre-Revolutionary Boston. She wrote about attending sewing classes, going to church, and visiting friends and relatives. The diary also reflects her religious upbringing, as she often comments on sermons she heard and her personal reflections on faith. Her diary, since being first published in 1894, has never gone out of print.

$200 - 300

37 American Immigration & Guide Books

BIRKBECK, Morris (1764-1825). Letters from Illinois. Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818.

12mo (198 x 116 mm). 26pp. publisher’s advertisements. 2 folding engraved maps by John Melish, one with route outlined in color. (Some browning and spotting.) Portion of original front and rear boards laid onto modern black cloth, red spine label gilt.

FIRST EDITION recording Birckbeck’s immigrant experiences in Illinois. Unhappy with life in his native England, he emigrated to America in 1817 and joined his partner George Flower in a frontier settlement plan in Illinois. Birkbeck became an early advocate of prairie farming, recommended a scientific approach to tilling the soil, and promoted raising cattle. His work describes life on the frontier and reveals his reasons for emigrating. As he writes in Letter XVI: “Liberty is no subject of dispute or speculation among us Back-woods men: it is the very atmosphere we breathe. I now find myself the fellow-citizen of about nine millions of persons, who are affording a sober and practical confutation of those base men, who would pass for philosophers, and have dared to call this unalienable birthright of every human being a visionary scheme” (p. 102).

[With:] BIRKBECK, Morris. Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. London: for James Ridgway, 1818. Engraved folding map with hand-coloring in outline (separations along folds); 4pp. advertisements at end. ORIGINAL GRAY BOARDS UNCUT. Third London edition.

$400 - 600

18th Century Americana [AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:

1) RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas François. The Revolution of America. Salem: Samuel Hall, 1782.

2) GORDON, William. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America... London: Charles Dilly and James Buckland for the author, 1788. 4 volumes.

3) The Constitutions of the United States, According to the Latest Amendments to Which are Prefixed, The Declaration of Independence...Also the Farewell Address of George Washington. Gettysburg: Robert Harper, 1811.

4) WIRT, William. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry Philadelphia: William Brown for James Webster, 1817.

5) ELIOT, Jonathan. The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution... Washington, D.C.: Printed by the Author, 1836. 3 (of 4) volumes.

6) Facsimile of the Olive Branch Petition. London, 1934.

Together, 6 works in 11 volumes, all 8vo, most in contemporary calf, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Immigration & Guide Books [BURLEND, Rebecca]. A True Picture of Emigration; or Fourteen Years in The Interior of North America; being a full and Impartial Account of the Various Difficulties and ultimate Success of an English Family...in the year 1831. London: G. Berger, [1848].

8vo (178 x 110 mm). (Some tiny spots.) Original lavender printed wrappers (some light marginal chipping, lacking portions of spine, some minor spine repairs); cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION of this uncommon account, written by a woman, of her family’s settlement in Pike County, Illinois. Burlend’s account describes her family’s journey from Leeds to America, where they arrived in New Orleans and traveled up the Mississippi to the midwestern frontier, and describes homesteading as a pioneer on the prairie. Howes B-992; Graff 490; Sabin 97133.

$300 - 400

American Immigration & Guide Books

SMITH, Robert E. Smith’s Hand-Book and Guide in Philadelphia... Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1867. 12mo. Folding map, woodcut vignettes throughout. (Small split to fold of map, p. 19 torn with partial loss to text at lower corner, some spotting). Original printed wrappers (few creases, small at corners).

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION; “An edition of 1867 was formerly in the collection of the Philadelphia Library Company, but is now missing” (Sabin). Between 1860 and 1870, Philadelphia experienced significant population growth. In 1860, the population of Philadelphia was approximately 565,000 but by 1870, the population had grown to over 674,000. This period of growth was influenced by industrialization and immigration, as Philadelphia became an increasingly important economic and manufacturing hub in the United States. These guide books were crucial for providing these new travelers with valuable information to help them navigate these unfamiliar places. Sabin 84983 (the 1870 edition; Sabin never saw this 1867 edition).

$400 - 600

American Immigration & Guide Books [AMERICAN GUIDE BOOKS]. A group of 4 titles, comprising:

1) WALKER, Horatio N. Walker’s Buffalo City Directory. Buffalo: Lee & Thorp’s Press, 1844.

2) FIELD, David D. Centennial Address. With Historical Sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, MiddleHaddam, Middletown and its Parishes. Middletown, CT: William B. Casey, 1853.

3) The Ohio Railroad Guide, Illustrated. Columbus: Ohio State Journal Company, 1854. Lacking frontispiece map.

4) MIDGLEY, R.L. Sights in Boston and Suburbs or Guide to the Stranger. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1857. Folding map.

Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

American Immigration & Guide Books [AMERICAN GUIDE BOOKS]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) HUNTER, William S., Jr. Hunter’s Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1857. Large folding panoramic map (separated and central fold, several sellotape repairs).

2) HALEY, William D. Philp’s Washington Described. A Complete View of the American Capital and the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C.: Philp & Solomons, 1861. Folding map.

3) CROFUTT, George A. Crofutt’s Trans-Continental Tourist’s Guide. New York: George A. Croffut, 1872. Vol. VI.

4) BOND, John. Minnesota, the Empire State of the New North-West... St. Paul, MN: H.M. Smith & Co., 1878. Original printed wrappers.

5) HARBOUR, George M. Florida for Tourists, Invalids, and Settlers... New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Revised edition.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

American Immigration & Guide Books [AMERICAN IMMIGRATION & LABOR]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) FRASER, John Foster. America at Work. London: Cassell and Company, 1903.

2) EVANS-GORDON, W. The Alien Immigrant. London: William Heinemann, 1903.

3) STEINER, Edward A. On the Trail of the Immigrant. New York: Fleming H. Revell, n.d. [ca 1906].

4) TRUE, Ruth S. West Side Studies... Boyhood and Lawlessness. The Neglected Girl. New York: Survey Assoc. 1914.

5) ORTH, Samuel P. The Armies of Labor. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$200 - 300

American Immigration & Guide Books [AMERICAN IMMIGRATION & LABOR]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) ORTH, Samuel P. Our Foreigners. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920.

2) FRANK, Waldo. City Block. Darien, CT: Waldo Frank, 1922.

3) SINCLAIR, Upton. The Goose-Step. Pasadena, CA: By the Author, n.d. [ca 1923]. Revised edition.

4) FORD, Henry. My Life and Work. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924.

5) RINGEL, Fred, editor. America as Americans See It. New York: The Literary Guild, 1932.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$200 - 300

American Immigration & Guide Books [AMERICAN IMMIGRATION & LABOR]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) POUND, Arthur. Industrial America. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936.

2) ADAMIC, Louis. From Many Lands. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Eighth edition.

3) PEATTIE, Donald. Journey into America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943.

4) KAFKA, Franz. Amerika. New York: New Directions, 1946.

5) CAHN, Bill. Mill Town. New York: Cameron & Kahn, 1954.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$200 - 300

American Commerce & Industry

COMSTOCK, John Lee (1789-1858). The History of Precious Metals from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1849.

8vo (183 x 112 mm). 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Some spotting.) Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine ends worn).

FIRST EDITION. Comstock’s survey appeared at the beginning of the California Gold Rush, adding to its appeal to a broader audience. RARE: according to online records, only 5 copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 50 years. Sabin 15074.

$500 - 700

American Commerce & Industry

DOWD, Olney B. Safe and Rapid Mode of Tunneling the Hudson and Similar Rivers. New York: J. Dickson & Bro., 1880.

8vo. Illustrated diagram on separate leaf of heavier stock laid in, illustration replicated on inside of front wrapper showing the tunneling process. Original printed wrappers (faint vertical crease, light toning). Provenance: Thomas J. Long (contemporary ownership signature on title-page dated 1880).

FIRST EDITION. In the 1880s, Dowd was a key engineer involved in the pioneering Hudson River Tunnel project, which aimed to create an underground rail connection between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River. Dowd employed innovative techniques such as the use of compressed air to stabilize the tunnel environment and the implementation of shield-driven tunneling methods to advance the excavation. The project came to a halt on the morning on 21 July 1880 when a blow-out occurred causing air to escape along the side of the shaft which eroded away the Earth and wedged the inner lock door that could not be opened to allow the workers to escape and 20 drowned. The project was eventually completed as the North River Tunnels in 1908 and officially opened in 1910. RARE: we could only locate less than a dozen copies in institutions and no copies at auction.

$300 - 400

American Commerce & Industry

[BROOKLYN BRIDGE]. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883. Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Eagle Job Printing Company, 1883.

8vo. Steel-engraved frontispiece. Original gilt-lettered brown pebbled cloth, all edges gilt (light rubbing to extremities, front joint starting). Provenance: contemporary gift inscription from R.R. Buck to A.A. O’Brian.

FIRST EDITION. The Brooklyn Bridge, an iconic engineering marvel, officially opened on 24 May 1883, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City for the first time. Designed by John A. Roebling and completed by his son Washington Roebling after John’s death, the bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time, spanning 1,595 feet.

$400 - 600

American Commerce & Industry [AMERICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES]. A group of 3 titles on mining and oil drilling, comprising:

1) WRIGHT, William. The Oil Regions of Pennsylvania. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865.

2) MOLINELLI, Lambert. Eureka and its Resources; A Complete History of Eureka County, Nevada. San Francisco: H. Keller, 1879.

3) FREEMAN, Harry C. A Brief History of Butte, Montana. Chicago: Henry O. Sheppard, 1900.

Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, all in original bindings, condition generally very good.

$200 - 300

49 Western Americana

DANA, Edmund. Geographical Sketches of the Western Country designed for Emigrants and Settlers... Cincinnati: Looker, Reynolds & Co., 1819. 12mo. (Browning.) Contemporary brown sheep (rebacked). Provenance: Harrison Stears (early ownership inscriptions).

FIRST EDITION, prepared for publication by Reuben Kidder, a lawyer in Indiana while Dana worked as a Land Agent in that region. Based on the materials collected by Dana during the years he spent exploring the West while helping emigrants locate and purchase land, the Geographical Sketches “are almost entirely devoted to the states east of the Mississippi, though Texas, Arkansaw Territory, and Missouri Territory each rate a few pages, and at the end are three pages on the Columbia River” (Streeter). Bradford 1183; Buck 136; Eberstadt 136-233; Howes D-47; Graff 997; Sabin 18408; Streeter 840; Wagner-Camp 15a.

$300 - 400

Western Americana CHANDLESS, William (1829-1896). A Visit to Salt lake; Being a Journey Across the Plains and a Residence in the Mormon Settlements at Utah. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857.

8vo (180 x 118 mm). Engraved folding route map with old linen backing. (Title imprint just shaved, some spotting, without the 16pp. of ads.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (modern rebacking and neat repairs to corners).

FIRST EDITION, the map depicting the author’s route from St. Joseph’s Missouri to California, and with sections describing the author’s crossing of the plains, time in Salt Lake, and arrival in California. “My journey to Salt Lake was the accident of the whim of an hour. Previous to that, the Mormons were to me but mere shadows. I had no real opinions about them” (Preface, p.iv). Chandless’s work is is considered one of the first works about Mormons written by a non-American. Flake 1252; Howes C-286; Sabin 11889; Wagner-Camp 287:1 (“long description of Salt Lake and the Mormons...a very entertaining book”).

$400 - 600

Western Americana

CATLIN, George (1796-1872). The Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians. [Edinburgh and London: W. and A.K. Johnston, ca. 1892].

2 volumes, 8vo. 3 maps (one folding), and over 300 chromolithographed plates on approximately 176 leaves by Tosswill and Myers after Catlin. Original dark blue cloth stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spines lightly sunned, rear joint starting in vol. II, spotting to endpapers).

Later reissue of the 1841 edition, this with the plates in color. Catlin’s “Indian Gallery” was exhibited in the United States, England, and France, from 1837 to 1852, when he won the esteem and friendship of numerous scientists, explorers and cultural luminaries, including Mayne Reid, Joseph Henry, Henry Clay, Benjamin Silliman, Alexander von Humboldt, F. N. Bunsen, William M. Hunt, Daniel Webster, William H. Seward, John A. Dix, Michael Faraday, and John Murray. He gave numerous speaking engagements when his exhibition opened at the Egyptian Hall in London. The first of these was given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on February 14, 1840 to an audience of over one thousand. When Letters and Notes was published in October 1841 it was met with further acclaim and was one of the first detailed illustrated descriptions of the American West.

$400 - 600

Western Americana

Abstract of title for 626 acres in Napa County, a portion of the Chimiles Rancho. Napa, California: Napa County Abstract Company, 1914.

Abstract of Title of Property Belonging to W.H. Lambert Made at the Request of John W. Warboys. 83, [2] pp., 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. Half-leather and gilt stamped red cloth, string bound at left edge. With two manuscript folding maps on linen, “Portion of Chimiles Rancho” tipped-in at rear, and a loose map “Plat of the Rancho Chimiles. Finally Confirmed to William Gordon and Nathan Coombs. Surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by C.C. Tracy, Dep’y Sur. August 1859.”

Typed abstract opens with a “Description” of the land and its boundaries, followed by a chronological identification of the grants, deeds, mortgages, and changes in ownership for said property. The earliest portion of the abstract details the grant awarded by Governor Pio Pico, the last Governor of Mexican California, to Jose Ygnacio Berreyesa on 2 May 1846 for “the Rancho Chimiles, containing four square leagues [approximately 17,312 acres] in Napa County.” Subsequent pages detail transfer of ownership in 1851 of a portion of the Berreyesa grant to William Gordon (1801-1876) and Nathan Coombs (1826-1877) as identified in the plat, then to others until the 1914 conveyance of a 626.38 acre portion of the Rancho Chimiles to W.H. Lambert. The final page of the abstract is signed by “H.L. Gunn” as President of the Napa County Abstract Company.

Located in the Wooden and Gordon Valleys in the hills of Napa, Rancho Chimiles is one of the oldest ranches in Napa County, California. Today, the region is world-renowned for its highly regarded vineyards.

$300 - 500

53 Western Americana [CALIFORNIA]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) ROOT, Frank A. The Overland Stage to California. Topeka, KS: by the Author, 1901.

2) United States Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast. California, Oregon, and Washington. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909. Second edition.

3) NEWMARK, Maurice and Marco. Census of the City and County of Los Angeles, California for the Year 1850 Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press, 1929.

4) DENTZEL, Carl Schaefer. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Los Angeles: N.p., 1948.

5) STEINBECK, John. Travels with Charley. New York: Viking Press, 1962. FIRST EDITION.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

Western Americana [CALIFORNIA]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:

1) FROST, John. History of the State of California. Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1852.

2) COKE, Henry J. A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. London: Richard Bentley, 1852. (Title-page and a few others in facsimile).

3) TAYLOR, William. California Life Illustrated. New York: For the Author, 1858.

4) WILLIAMS, Henry T., editor. The Pacific Tourist. New York: Henry T. Williams, 1876. (Lacks map).

5) CLARK, Susie C. The Round Trip from the Hub to the Golden Gate. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1890.

6) SCHOONOVER, T.J. The Life and Times of Gen’l John A. Sutter. Sacramento: D. Johnston, 1895. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.

Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

55 Western Americana [CHICAGO]. A pair of titles, comprising:

1) WRIGHT, John S. Chicago: Past, Present, Future. Chicago: N.p., 1870. Folding map. “Second edition, for the Chicago Board of Trade.”

2) The Artistic Guide to Chicago and the World’s Columbian Exposition. Chicago: Columbian Art Company, 1892. Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, both 8vo and in original cloth, condition generally good.

$200 - 300

Western Americana

A group of 4 titles, comprising:

1) PRIEST, Josiah. American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West. Albany: Hoffman & White, 1834. Fourth edition.

2) Report of the Secretary of War, communicating... a resolution of the Senate, a map of the valley of Mexico, from surveys by Lieutenants Smith and Hardcastle. Washington D.C: N.p., 1850. Senate issue.

3) HOWARD, O.O. My Life and Experiences Among Our Hostile Indians. Harford: A.D. Worthington & Company, 1907.

4) PHELPS, R.P. Tom Martin The Breaker Boy. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1926.

Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$400 - 500

57 Western Americana

A group of 4 titles, comprising:

1) SUMNER, Charles. The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of... New York, Greeley & McElrath, 1856.

2) ALBACH, James R. Annals of the West. Pittsburgh: W.S. Haven, 1857.

3) PARKMAN, Francis. The Oregon Trail. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Illustrations by Frederic Remington.

4) DAVIS, Richard Harding. The West from a Car Window. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1903. Later edition. Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$300 - 400

American Civil War & Enslavement

EDWARDS, Bryan (1743-1800). The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. London: John Stockdale,1801.

3 volumes, 8vo (210 x 133 mm). Engraved frontispiece in vol. I, 21 engraved folding plates and maps. (Some offsetting and spotting). Modern morocco gilt.

Third edition, with the same engraved plates, maps, and “An Historical Survey” in vol. III as the second edition, in addition to considerable corrections and an additional 5 plates not found in the second edition. Edwards, a wealthy West Indies merchant, supported free trade with America; his work includes extensive information about the slave trade as well as a description of agriculture, sugar, cotton, and coffee. Sabin 21901.

$400 - 600

American Civil War & Enslavement

CLARKSON, Thomas (1760-1846). The History of the Rise, Progress, & Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament. Philadelphia: James P. Parke, 1808.

2 volumes, 8vo (178 x 103 mm). 3 engravings, two of which are folding. (Folding plate illustrating the salve ship’s cargo torn with significant loss and mostly incomplete, some browning). Contemporary tree calf, spine compartments separated by gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (vol. I rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: Elizabeth Maule (book label); Mary Peart? (early ownership signature); Thomas Faddis (ownership signature dated 1920).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, published the same year as the English edition, of the seminal history of the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition by Thomas Clarkson, a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. A founding member of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, he campaigned extensively until the passage of the 1807 Slave Trade Act which ended the trade. The work here includes the infamous diagram of the slave ship Brookes, first published in 1791, and used by Clarkson and William Wilberforce in their abolition campaigns. Goldsmiths’ 19725; Kress B.5319; Sabin 13486.

$500 - 700

Civil War & Enslavement

BARNES, Joseph K. (1817-1883). The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870-88.

7 volumes in 6, large 4to. Numerous illustrations including images of wounded soldiers, maps and charts. Original green cloth (some wear to extremities, text block detached from one volume, a couple of spines torn, remnants of old sticker residue on spines). Provenance: American Philosophical Society (rubberstamps).

FIRST EDITION, mixed issues (mostly first issues). A COMPLETE SET OF THIS IMPORTANT SURVEY of the medicine and surgical techniques used during the American Civil War.

$1,000 - 1,500

American Civil War & Enslavement [ENSLAVEMENT]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) MONTGOMERY, James. The Abolition of the Slave Trade. London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1814.

2) HODGSON, Adam. Remarks During a Journey Through North America... New York: N.p., 1823.

3) HILDRETH, R. The White Slave... London: Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1852.

4) SMITH, William. Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery... Nashville: Stevenson and Evans, 1856.

5) DIXON, Ben. Pictures of Slavery in Church and State. Philadelphia: By the Author, 1857.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

American Civil War & Enslavement [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR]. A group of 3 titles, comprising:

1) KENNEDY, Joseph. Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census. 1860. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1862. Senate issue.

2) LOGAN, John A. The Great Conspiracy. New York: A.R. Hart & Co., 1886.

3) MILES, Nelson A., Gen. Personal Recollections and Observations of... Chicago and New York: The Werner Company, 1896. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Original deluxe morocco (spine perished).

Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, most in original bindings, condition generally good.

$200 - 300

American Civil War & Enslavement [ENSLAVEMENT]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) BLAKE, W.O. The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade... Columbus: H. Miller, 1860.

2) MASSIE, James William. America: The Origin of Her Present Conflict; Her Prospect for the Slave, and Her Claim for Anti-Slavery Sympathy. London: John Snow, 1864. Folding frontispiece map.

3) Reconstruction in America. New York: W.I. Pooley, 1865.

4) CHILD, L. Maria. The Freedman’s Book. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.

5) SHEPPERD, Eli. Plantation Songs. New York: R.H. Russell, 1901.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$300 - 400

American Biography & History

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Oeuvres. Paris: Chez Quillau, Esprit, et l’Auteur, 1773.

2 volumes in one, 4to (254 x 197 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Franklin and 12 engraved plates by F.N. Martinent. (Offsetting to title-page, some spotting.) Contemporary quarter calf over speckled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, olive morocco lettering-piece gilt in second, others gilt (spine ends repaired, extremities rubbed).

FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Franklin’s complete works on electricity, based on the fourth British edition, and contains letters and papers of Franklin which had not previously appeared in any language. The first volume is devoted to Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, which Carter calls “the most important scientific book of eighteenth-century America” (PMM) The copy contains the two unnumbered pages (“Approbation & Permission du Roi”) in the Cohen collation. Plus there are two half-titles and the portrait of Franklin not included in the Cohen or Sabin collations (but mentioned in Ford). Cohen, pp. 146-47; Ford B.135; Grolier 100 Science, 31a; PMM 199; Sabin 25607.

$500 - 700

American Biography & History FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin. London: Printed for J. Parsons, 1793.

8vo (216 x 127 mm). Half-title. (Half-title affixed to front free endpaper and sprung, small ink stain to A8v.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (crude repairs along joints, corners and ends worn, recased). Provenance: indecipherable early ownership signature; Frank Stephen Dolley (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Franklin’s memoirs, first published in an unauthorized French translation in 1791, and then translated back into English for this edition. Though not Franklin’s words exactly, “this account is the epitome of Franklin’s spirit. In it one sees him as a typical though great example of 18th-century enlightenment, a Yankee Puritan who could agree with Rousseau and Voltaire” (Hart 142). Grolier American 21 (“The most widely read of all American autobiographies...it holds the essence of the American way of life”); Howes F323; Sabin 25573.

$2,000 - 3,000

American Biography & History

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of... William Temple Franklin, editor. London: Henry Colburn, 1818.

6 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Contemporary half plum calf (spines evenly sunned, a few spines chipped with losses).

Third edition or the enlarged edition, published the same year as the first, and “continued to the time of his death by his Grandson, William Temple Franklin.” Howes F323.

$300 - 400

American Biography & History

[FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790)]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) FRANKLIN. The Works of the Late... New York: Tiebout & Obrian, 1794.

2) FRANKLIN. The Life and Essays of... London: T. Kinnersley, 1816.

3) FRANKLIN. The Life of... London: Hunt and Clarke, 1826.

4) WARD, John. The Franklin Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1830. Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis, 1830.

5) WEEMS, M.L. The Life of Benjamin Franklin... Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt, 1835. Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History

JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Memoirs, Correspondence, and Miscellanies from the papers of... Thomas Jefferson Randolph, editor. Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829.

Volumes I and II (of 4) only, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Jefferson in vol. I, folding facsimile of the draft of the Declaration of Independence at end of vol. I. (Browning and spotting throughout.) Contemporary sheep (extremities rubbed, splitting along joints).

FIRST EDITION, of the first collection of Jefferson’s papers edited by his eldest grandson. Randolph lived at Monticello and would later become the executor of Jefferson’s estate. Howes R-60; Sabin 35891.

$800 - 1,000

American Biography & History

TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1809). Democracy in America. London: Saunders and Otley, 1836.

2 volumes, 8vo (224 x 141 mm). Half-titles; engraved folding map in vol. II with hand-coloring in outline (short tear to fold). IN ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT (neatly rebacked preserving old letterpress labels, slightly soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Rice (bookseller’s ticket on pastedown vol. I).

Second edition of De Tocqueville’s treatise on America, “one of the most important texts on political literature” (PMM). Tocqueville’s depiction of America is both appreciative and critical - he recognizes the country’s democratic achievements while highlighting its inherent challenges and contradictions. Tocqueville believed that equality was the great political and social idea of the age, and thought that the United States offered the most advanced example of equality in action. Howes T278; Sabin 96062.

$800 - 1,200

American Biography & History

[AMERICAN PRESIDENTS]. A group of 7 titles, comprising:

1) CORRY, John. The Life of George Washington. New York: John Low, at Shakespeare’s Head, 1807. First American edition.

2) RAMSAY, David. The Life of George Washington... Boston: D. Mallory and Co,, 1811. Second edition.

3) [ADAMS, John and Thomas Jefferson]. A Selection of Eulogies, Pronounced in the Several States, in Honor of those Illustrious Patriots and Statesmen... Hartford: D.F. Robinson and Norton & Russell, 1826.

4) ADAMS, John Quincy. Orations on the Life and Character of Gilbert Mortier de Lafayette... Washington D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1835.

5) ADAMS, John Quincy. The Social Compact, Exemplified in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Providence: Knowles and Vose, 1842.

6) HAMLIN, Hannibal. Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln. Columbus: Follett, Foster & Co., 1860.

7) SCHROEDER, John Frederick. Life and Times of Washington. New York: Johnson, Fry, and Company, 1857. 2 volumes.

Together, 7 works in 8 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History [AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) MORSE, Samuel Finley Breese. Memorial of... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1875.

2) PRIME, Samuel. The Life of Samuel F.B. Morse. New York: Appleton and Company, 1875.

3) BIDDLE, Henry D., editor. Extracts from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1889.

4) KAHN, Otto H. Reflection of a Financier. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921.

5) [TWAIN, Mark]. Autobiography. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. 2 volumes. Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History [AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:

1) Memoirs of General La Fayette... Hartford: Barber & Robinson, 1825.

2) LEE, Richard Henry. The Life of Arthur Lee. Boston: Wells & Lilly, 1829. 2 volumes.

3) CLOQUET, M. Jules. Recollections of the Private Life of General Lafayette. London: G. Woodfall for Baldwin and Cradock, 1835.

4) DAVID, Matthew L. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. 2 volumes.

5) LANMAN, Charles. The Private Life of Daniel Webster. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852.

6) STOCKTON, Robert F. A Sketch of the Life of... New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. Together, 6 works in 8 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History [AMERICANA]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) Compendium of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants and Statistics of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Thomas Allen, 1841.

2) BANCROFT, George. History of the United States... Paris: Stassin & Xavier, 1843. 3 volumes.

3) SMITH, J. Jay and John F. WATSON. American History and Literary Curiosities. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1852.

4) DeBOW, J.D.B. The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850. Washington, D.C.: Robert Armstrong, 1853.

5) INGRAM, J.S. The Centennial Exposition. Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., 1876. Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History [AMERICANA]. A group of 5 titles, comprising:

1) INGERSOLL, Jared. Inchiquin, The Jesuits Letters... New York: I. Riley, 1810.

2) M’INTOSH, David. The History of America... London: Richard Evans, 1817.

3) COLUMBUS, Christopher. Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America. Boston: Thomas Wait, 1821.

4) The Code of 1650... Hartford: S. Andrus and Son, 1822.

5) POWER, Tyrone. Impressions of America... Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History [AMERICANA]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:

1) DAVENPORT, Francis O. On a Man-of-War. Detroit: E.B. Smith & Co., 1878.

2) LAMB, Martha. The Homes of America. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879.

3) PILCHER, Lewis S. The Treatment of Wounds. New York: William Wood, 1883.

4) CAVLING, Henrik. Amerika. Stockholm: Wilh. Silens, 1898.

5) RILEY, James Whitcomb. Riley Love-Lyrics. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, 1898.

6) HARRISON, Earle. The Panama Canal. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1913. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.

$400 - 600

American Biography & History [AMERICAN EAST COAST]. A group of 3 titles, comprising:

1) HUTCHINSON, Thomas. The History of the colony of Massachusets-Bay... Boston: Thomas & John Fleet, 1764. (Lacking title-page).

2) The New-York Mirror. New York: N.p, 1833. Vols. X, Nos. 27-52; XII, 1-26.

3) State of New York. No. 37. In Assembly, January 17, 1895. Report of the Tenement House Committee of 1894 Albany: J.B. Lyon, 1894. PRESENTATION COPY, with bookplate “compliments of Judson Lawson, Member of Assembly.”

Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, condition generally good.

$200 - 300

America in Literature & the Arts

CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories. Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: John A. Gray & Green for C.H. Webb, 1867.

8vo. 1p. publisher’s advertisement at front. (Front free endpaper and p. 7 corner clipped affecting page number, rear free endpaper with losses.) Original blue beveled cloth, with gilt frog at the lower left corner of the front cover, blind impression of the frog on rear cover, giltlettered on front cover and spine (spine sunned and ends worn, few minor stains to covers, fore-corners rubbed). Provenance: William S. Kimball (ownership signature dated 1868). Kimball, along with James C. Hart, founded the Kimball Tobacco Company in 1846. Kimball was known for his innovative advertising techniques, such as the use of collectible cigarette cards that feature various personalities including an image of Mark Twain in their 1889 series; Rhode & Haskins (bookseller’s rubberstamp).

FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S RARE FIRST BOOK, FIRST ISSUE, with the leaf of ads and unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198.

First edition of the author’s rare first book, first issue, with the leaf of ads and unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198.

Queen notes that Twain’s first book is the “first important foreshadowing of crime-in-theascendancy in the short story... This acknowledged classic of legend and folklore is an early example of the confidence game in fiction. If this statement surprises you, reread Mark Twain’s tale of trickery and ask yourself: When the slick stranger filled Jim Smiley’s frog, Dan’l Webster, full of quail-shot, wasn’t he really playing a clever skin game?” (Queen’s Quorum 7). BAL 3310; Seven Gables First Books 58; Zamorano 80 17.

$4,000 - 6,000

America in Literature & the Arts

CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). Roughing It Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1872.

8vo. Numerous wood-engravings. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Sam Scott, Esq. (ownership signature with small drawing of the American flag).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with lines 20-21 on p.242 reading “premises - said he / was occupying his /”. Twain’s follow up to his first travel memoir the year prior, TheInnocents Abroad, in which he recounts his travels from Missouri to Nevada, and from California to Hawaii, which took him seven years. BAL 3337; Howes C-481; Zamorano Eighty 18.

$400 - 600

America in Literature & the Arts

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). Notions of the Americans: Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828.

2 volumes, 8vo (197 x 112 mm). (Browning and staining throughout). IN ORIGINAL MUSLIN-BACKED BOARDS UNCUT (neat repairs to spines and hinges with new letterpress spine labels, some staining, corners bumped, front flyleaf vol. I detached). Provenance: M. Bancroft (New York bookseller, stamp with address: 403 Broadway); R. K. Beekman (signature on front board of vol. I); Dauber and Pine (pencil signature on verso of flyleaf with note: “N.Y. -6- by mail”); John T. Flanagan (signature in ink on flyleaf dated 10-8-32).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Cooper’s epistolary novel, narrated by a fictitious Englishman traveling in the United States. The series of letters represent Cooper’s attempt to defend Americans from the misunderstandings he encountered when he was traveling in Europe. BAL 3842; Howes C750; Sabin 16486.

$800 - 1,200

America in Literature & the Arts

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). American Notes for General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. Half-titles; 1p. publisher’s advertisement in vol. I and 6pp. at end of vol. II. Original blind-stamped dark plum cloth, gilt-lettered spines, uncut (spine ends worn, light sunning, joints starting).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the second page of Vol. I table of contents misnumbered as page xvi and 6pp. of advertisements at the end of Vol. II. Dickens preface to American Notes was removed from the preliminary pages because John Forester advised him that it might be misunderstood in America at the time and the original pagination was not immediately altered, as here, in the first state, with p. x incorrectly numbered xvi. In the second state, the preliminaries were reprinted with the correct pagination. Dickens’ preface was not published during his lifetime; it first appeared in Forester’s biography of Dickens. Eckel, p. 108; Gimbel A66; Smith 2:3.

$400 - 600

America in Literature & the Arts LONDON, Jack (1876-1916). The Human Drift. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. 8vo. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Original gilt-lettered orange-brown cloth. Provenance: Hazal Murphy (recipient of inscription).

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY JACK LONDON’S WIFE, CHARMIAN: “Just a group of lights on the man we both knew. And I wish he could sign his name to this page. Aloha!” Published posthumously, The Human Drift contains several non-fiction stories including “Four Horses and a Sailor”, Jack’s account of a trip in company with Charmian in a horse-drawn carriage from Sonoma County to Oregon.

$200 - 300

America in Literature & the Arts

TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-1892). North America. London: Chapman and Hall, 1862.

2 volumes, 8vo (213 x 132 mm). Half-titles; folding engraved map (short tears to folds). Modern quarter calf antique, marbled boards, marbled edges by the Dragonfly Bindery with their ticket.

FIRST EDITION, written by Trollope after a visit to North America from August 1861 to April 1862, presenting the his view of Canada and the United States during the Civil War. “I had made up my mind to visit the country with this object before the intestine troubles of the United States Government had commenced…I should not purposely have chosen this period either for my book or for my visit” (Introduction, p.1). Sadleir 46.

$300 - 400

America in Literature & the Arts

[AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE]. Memoirs... Boston: Adam and Nourse, 1785; Boston: Isaiah Thomas, 1793; Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1809.

3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary sheep (extremities rubbed, spine ends a bit worn). Provenance: Charles H. Bell (armorial bookplate); presented to the Exeter Natural History Society (inscription on bookplate, rubberstamp on title-page).

FIRST EDITIONS, comprising the first two years of the first American Scientific journal (vol. I, vol. II part I) and a later 1809 issue (vol. III part I). One of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the country, the American Academy of Arts and Science was created during the Revolutionary War and it included luminaries such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock.

$1,000 - 1,500

America in Manuscript BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810-1891). Autograph album compiled and inscribed by P.T. Barnum, with signatures of Tom Thumb and Edwin Booth. 8vo (222 x 185 mm). Album containing more than 100 autographs dating from 1859-1884, some with a brief inscription and location noted. Some pages are not signed. Steel-engraved views of England, including city and countryside scenes, are interspersed with the blank album pages (contents overall good, toning, occasional spotting, chipping to edges). Contemporary gilt-decorated dark green morocco, upper cover giltinitialed “P.T.B.” (edgeworn).

Provenance: Phineas T. Barnum (initials “P.T.B.” in gilt to upper cover).

Front free endpaper SIGNED by American showman, businessman, and circus pioneer, P.T. BARNUM, inscribed to his nephew, Bridgeport, CT, 28 June 1859 (leaf fully separated from album). A subsequent page contains four quotations written and signed by Barnum at bottom, two of which come from Shakespeare, most notably “All the world’s a stage...” The third and fourth quotes, which address both personal and professional successes, may be original to Barnum, including “the man makes the business - the occupation or calling does not make the man.” The personalized inscriptions to his nephew present a more humanistic side of Barnum, contradicting the many stereotypes associated with the ambitious businessman.

Additional signers include: Charles S. STRATTON, little person who gained fame with P.T. Barnum, signature with inscription, “known as General Tom Thumb,” dated 1859. -- Charity HALLETT, Barnum’s first wife, signed “Mrs. P.T. Barnum.” -- Pauline Taylor BARNUM, Barnum’s daughter. -- Edwin BOOTH (1833-1893), actor and brother to Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Autograph pass for “Booth Theatre, Admit Two, 1880, signed “Edwin Booth.” -- Henry DUTTON, former governor of Connecticut. -Theodore W. GREIG, Civil War veteran, WIA at Antietam, Medal of Honor recipient, signed as “Captain 61st Regt. NYSV.” -- Fred H. STOW Jr. of the Adams Express Co. -- Other friends, associates, and personalities of the period.

[With:] BARNUM, Phineas Taylor. Struggles and Triumphs: or Forty Years’ Recollections by P.T. Barnum. Buffalo, NY: Warren, Johnson & Co., 1872. 8vo. Original cloth. Later edition.

[With:] The Fairy Wedding Group. CDV of Charles Stratton, or Tom Thumb, his bride Lavinia Warren Stratton, and members of their wedding party. New York: Brady, Anthony, 1863. Facsimile signatures on verso.

$2,000 - 3,000

America in Manuscript

Diary of Miss Louise St. John (1839-1938), including description of a visit to meet the Lincolns at the White House. Ithaca and New York City, New York, 1852-1867.

Manuscript diary, 233pp, 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in., ink on lined paper, marbled boards, with near daily entries from 1852-1867. Diary records a fifteen-year span (ages 12-27) with entries that are generally brief, but substantive. The unusually long span of the journal allows for a detailed portrait of St. John, as well as her family and community, to emerge.

Born to a prominent New York businessman, Louise (sometimes Louisa) St. John was a well-educated, well-connected young woman of high social standing whose diary offers a unique glimpse into the cultural life of Ithaca, New York. Visits to New York City with her father give St. John ample opportunity to enjoy society and cultural events there as well. Politics are increasingly referenced as Louise ages and as the Civil War approaches. As a 17-year-old she records the 30 October 1856 mass meeting in Ithaca of supporters of Presidential candidate John C. Fremont. Days later she notes that she and two fellow young women were “folding ballots lending our aid to the glorious cause of the Country.” On 21 September 1860, she writes that “The Auburn Guard had a parade today [in Ithaca] and this evening the Wide Awakes were out….” St. John is a Unionist, and during the conflict she engages with other women in domestic endeavors to support the Union war effort such as “making Union rosettes” and “making red flannel shirts for Capt. Cowe’s volunteers.” On 4 November 1864 she records a political gathering in Ithaca held in advance of the pivotal U.S. Presidential election: “Today the Union men appointed a Mass Meeting but alas, the rain descended in torrents...Not withstanding some 400 wagons were in town and a much larger number of voters than at the Copperhead meeting...We hung red, white & blue in our windows & put Lincoln & Johnson, Grant in evergreen letters over the front door with two little flags....”

Most notable in the diary is an 1863 visit to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. While Louise recalls with interesting detail visits to various Washington, D.C. landmarks, museums, and a Civil War hospital, by far most interesting are her entries spanning 29 January through 26 February describing parties attended and other excursions which inevitably included the list of Washington, D.C. politicians and elites she encountered. On 31 January 1863 Louise visits the White House and meets President and Mrs. Lincoln. Others encountered during her visit to the region include U.S. Senators, Lincoln’s cabinet members, and the children of Union officers. St. John later records the joyous reception in New York City on news of the Battle of Richmond and Lee’s surrender, as well as Ithaca’s observance of Lincoln’s funeral on 19 April 1865 after the country was “plunged into the deepest grief by the assassination of President Lincoln.”

Louise would never marry, rather she enjoyed a lengthy career as a musician and music teacher. Her final entry on 31 December 1867 reads: “The last day of 1867 and with it I have nearly written the first volume of my journal...I will take a new book and may I be permitted to record in its pages as much of the joy and as little of sorrow as have filled these pages.” Despite her pledge to begin a “new book,” we locate no records for her writings in OCLC, Social Networks in Archival Context, Rare Book Hub, or elsewhere online.

An illuminating portrait of an accomplished, opinionated, and independent nineteenth-century woman.

$1,000 - 1,500

America in Manuscript

[CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH]. Shanghai Company Day Book. Snow Point, [Nevada County, California], ca 18551870s.

Manuscript account book of the Shanghai Company, also known in subsequent years as the Shanghai Quartz Company, 187pp utilized, 3 3/4 x 12 1/4 in., ink and pencil on blue ruled paper. Marbled boards.

Detailed account book commences with entries spanning 19 November 1855 through 1 April 1856 which identify monies paid to specific named prospectors by the Shanghai Company for a day’s work. Entries resume in a different format in August 1856 and appear to list purchases made by identified miners including meals and drinks. Later entries similarly detail monies and miners, but in a more sporadic fashion with dates spanning 1858-1870s, and with the largest number of pages dedicated to the years 1860 and 1872. Among the claims and companies mentioned are the “American Tunnel,” “Rock Tunnel Diggins,” and “Miners Ditch Co.” Several pages near the end of the account book detail expenses such as coal and “work on hidraulic [sic] pipe,” as well as water, a critical component of hydraulic mining.

The earliest reports of mining at Snow Point, California, began in 1853. The town flourished throughout the 1850s thanks to diverse mining operations including traditional ground-sluicing, hydraulic gravel mining, and quartz mining. “The Shanghai Company” appears in contemporary California newspaper accounts as early as 1857 with references to the “Shanghai Quartz Lode” also appearing at that time. According to The Weekly Columbian (Tuolumne County, California) of 31 January 1857, “One of the richest and most profitable quartz lodes yet discovered in the County, at least to all appearances, was recently found by J. Heckendorn Esq. of this place. The vein has substantial evidences of being a regular lode.... The company who have assumed the name of the ‹Shanghai Co.’ have an arasta already at work, and two more nearly completed. Shares during the past week, have advanced several hundred per cent, in value.” The “J. Heckendorn” identified here appears to be John Heckendorn (1814-1883?), an original Forty Niner who went on to establish himself as a prominent California businessman and U.S. Postmaster. This account book indicates that he was operating under the name “Shanghai Co.” prior to this published newspaper account, and had a well-established business venture utilizing the labor of miners for prospecting his Snow Point claims.

A fascinating relic from one of America’s most storied eras.

$600 - 800

America in Manuscript

Journal of [a] Journey to Ballston Springs. New York, 30 August 1805.

42pp manuscript journal, approx. 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in., detailing a journey from the region near Sharon, New York, to Ballston Spa, New York, and describing the author’s time partaking of the mineral spring waters at Ballston Spa. Unsigned, with a modern typed label adhered to paper cover identifying the manuscript and the presumed author: “Notes of a journey, form [sic] Sharon, N.Y. To Ballston Sps [sic], by Mathew Prendergast 1805.” Daily entries record “Date,” “Miscellaneous Particulars,” “Miles” traveled, and “Expenditures” incurred along the route from 30 August 1805 - 25 October 1805.

The likely author of this journal, Matthew Prendergast (1756-1838), of Dutchess County, New York, was a man of roughly fifty years at the time of this journey. The initial portion of the journal describes the author’s journey to Ballston Spa, identifying roads, travel conditions, and the locations of taverns and boarding houses as well as their operators. During his stay at Ballston Springs the author records in his journal conversations with fellow travelers, relaying interesting anecdotes including details of several frontier murders. One encounter launches Prendergast into a discussion of the infamous 1805 murder of the young Betsey Van Amburgh in Oswego County, New York. Less gruesome frontier tales were also recorded in the journal, such as on October 10th when Prendergast describes being informed “by a man about 5 Miles from Saratoga Springs [that] there was a physician by the name of Pitkin who lived with Doctor Bull that had cured two old men of blindness after they had been blind seven years....”

Prendergast’s journal records several excursions in addition to his time at Ballston Spa. On September16th Prendergast departs from David Cory’s boarding house for an excursion to Schenectady and the “Albany Glass Works.” Prendergast describes the process by which glass is made at the Glass Works, and writes of the nearby community. Schenectady he describes unfavorably as an “Insignificant City....” A separate excursion to Saratoga Springs leads to Prendergast’s assessment of their mineral waters which he describes as “pretty much the same quality as the Ballston Springs....”

In addition to anecdotes and details of regional excursions, Prendergast’s diary contains weather observations and extracts from newspaper articles. The last page of the journal lists a dozen “Fellow boarders at David Corys Ballston Springs” and the town from which they hailed.

An engaging and unique piece of early Americana.

$1,000 - 1,500

America in Manuscript [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript appraisement of land, household goods, and “Negro Property” identifying 37 enslaved persons. Marengo County, Alabama. 11 September 1841.

4pp, 7 1/2 x 12 in. Undersigned by multiple parties. Docketed “Appraisement Property of Jno. S. Thompson dsd” and “Filed Oct. 29/60 J.A. Young” on separate accompanying bifolium. Housed in custom collector’s case featuring gilt title “Estate of John S. Thompson / List of Slaves / Livestock / Land / Etc.”

Inventory lists by name 37 enslaved men, women, and children, ranging in ages from two weeks to 62, alongside their valuations. In addition to land, livestock, and household goods, the appraisal identifies $39,500 in “Negro Property,” the equivalent of nearly $1.5 million dollars today. Among those identified are men “Jim,” “Wash,” “Giles,” “Joseph,” and “Isaac”; women “May,” “Betty” (listed as “not sound”), and “Abiga” and her two-week old child “Ellen”; and children “Susan,” “Eliza,” “Sidney,” “Henry,” “Anthony,” “Sally,” and “Rachael.”

A native of Charleston, South Carolina, John Simpson Thompson (1804-1860) had removed to Marengo County, Alabama, by the time of his 1838 marriage to Nancy Lane Bryan (1820-1900), perhaps as part of a wave of white settlement in Alabama following the removal of Native American tribes. These new white settlers brought with them the plantation system and slave labor. Census data indicates that Thompson increasingly accumulated wealth in the form of enslaved persons. The 1840 U.S. Federal Census records John S. Thompson as enslaving 9 persons, with that number growing to 24 persons in 1850 U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedule, and 36 enslaved persons in 1860. Recorded just prior to Thompson’s death on 7 June 1860, the 1860 census data appears to closely coincide with the appraisal. Both the appraisal and the 1860 census list 18 males and 18 females. The additional enslaved person on the appraisal is likely Abiga’s newborn child Ellen. $500 - 700

America in Manuscript

Diaries of machinist Nathaniel S. Raymond (1811-1860), containing detailed descriptions of skilled labor and ongoing business transactions. Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1855 and 1859.

Two manuscript diaries, both approx. 8 x 12 1/2 in., string bound, and with paper wraps. The first diary, 80pp, 1 January - 24 December 1855, identified in ink on cover “N.S. Raymond / Lynn Essex Co. / Mass. January 1st 1855.” The second diary, 88pp, 1 January - 31 December 1859, identified in ink on cover “Raymond / 1859” and in faint pencil “N.S. Raymond.” Diaries each contain daily entries and detailed accounts of Nathaniel Raymond’s work as a machinist in the Lynn, Massachusetts, and Greater Boston areas.

Though both diaries record some amount of leisure and family activity, the overwhelming majority of manuscript entries relate to the daily labor, travel, expenses, and business negotiations undertaken each day by Nathaniel Raymond. Raymond works primarily in Lynn, but travels throughout Essex County and surrounding areas including Boston, Saugus, Swampscott, Chelsea, and Roxbury. Both diaries are similar in style and substance. Typical descriptions may describe the procurement of supplies for a job, prices paid for materials, the workmen at each site, money earned, the amount of time spent each day on a specific job, the names of local businessman and companies for which work was undertaken, and the type of labor performed. Raymond and his fellow workmen utilize, install, and/or repair a wide array of equipment including boilers, lathes, pulleys, pipes, pumps, engines, and more. Employers utilizing his services range from manufacturers to individuals. Raymond describes a wide variety of projects such as forging a grate for a hotel, working on a fence, installing boilers, fitting pipes, and servicing an array of equipment such as a printing press, a type cutter, a “rolling machine,” a “bolt machine,” and “Chesley’s chopping machine.” Among the named tradesmen identified in the diaries are two of Raymond’s sons, Edwin F. Raymond (1837-1861) and Albert W. Raymond (1840-1872).

Nathaniel Skerry Raymond (ca 1810 -1860) is identified in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census as a “Machinist” residing in Lynn, Massachusetts. Of his five children, his two sons Edwin and Albert were actively working with him, presumably learning the skilled trades under their father’s tutelage. Machinists built and maintained industrial machinery that was becoming increasingly prevalent in the northern United States due to the rapid expansion of large manufacturing sites, building construction, and commercialism. Skilled machinists such as Raymond would no doubt have been in high demand during this period of growth, a fact evidenced clearly in Raymond’s two diaries.

An illustrative and scarce record of the early industrial period with tremendous potential for scholarly research.

$1,000 - 1,500

90 Abraham Lincoln LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.

8vo. 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at front. (Some spotting, mostly concentrated to endpapers.) Original dark plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine sunned). Provenance: L.K. Parks Library, Toledo Ohio (contemporary inscription dated 1886).

“THE RAREST AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF THIS BOOK” (Wesson’s third edition, fifth state), containing Douglas’s complaint letter to the publisher on 9 June 1860 objecting to how he was presented. This work was the first published edition of the debates between Lincoln and Douglas, conducted during their campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1858. Follett, Foster, and Co. would later publish Lincoln’s campaign biography. Howes L338; Sabin 41156.

$500 - 700

Abraham Lincoln [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. BUTLER, C.M., Rev. Funeral Address on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in the Church of the Covenant, April 19, 1865. Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1865.

8vo. Original printed wrappers (some edgewear, penciled notation on upper cover).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 750 copies “published by request”. “The author blames the assassination on Southern propaganda” (Monaghan). RARE: according to online records only 2 copies have sold at auction, the last being over 70 years ago. Monaghan 434; Sabin 9628.

$300 - 400

Abraham Lincoln

MESERVE, Frederick Hill (1865-1962). The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Privately Printed, 1911.

Unbound compilation comprised of 50 pages of text (accompanied by 50 photostatic copy documents) and 32 period silver gelatin prints of the original album pages of portraits of Abraham Lincoln. The prints measure approx. 12 x 10 in. overall (including margins), with the majority featuring 4 portraits per page, each approx. 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. Two prints feature single portraits/scenes, each approx. 7 1/4 x 5 in. The portraits represent all of the then known photographs of Abraham Lincoln, which had been printed from the original negatives that were held in the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection. The portraits are individually numbered and arranged by topic as follows: Frontispiece, a copy of the portrait of Lincoln originally taken by Anthony Berger at Mathew Brady’s Washington Gallery in February 1864 (1); The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln (100); Lincoln at Gettysburg (3); Photographs of the Vice-Presidents, the Speakers, Members of the Cabinet and Others (24); and the Internment of the body of President Lincoln in the vault of Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL, 4 May 1865 (1). A photostatic copy of a typed letter from N. Taylor Phillips to Isaac Markens is also included, in which Phillips describes a photograph in his possession that he identifies as the “last photograph taken of the lamented President.” He notes that he would be glad to give a copy of the photograph to Mr. Markens.

A unique and exceptionally important piece representing the first serious attempt to catalogue the photographs of Abraham Lincoln. Meserve’s compilation remained the definitive catalogue of Lincoln photographs until it was expanded upon by Lloyd Ostendorf and Charles Hamilton in 1963, who dedicated their work, now considered exhaustive, “To the Distinguished Historian Frederick Hill Meserve.”

$2,000 - 3,000

Abraham Lincoln [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. HESLER, Alexander (18231895), photographer. Mammoth plate platinum photograph of Abraham Lincoln. George B. Ayres, printer, 1897.

20 x 16 in. platinum photograph on thick mount. Inscribed on verso, “Copyright 1897, George B. Ayres, Philadelphia, Print No. 34., Aug. 1898.”

The photograph was printed by George B. Ayres in 1881 directly from the original negative by Alexander Hesler, taken at Springfield, IL, 3 June 1860, [Ostendorf, O-26].

This is one of four known portraits of Lincoln taken by Hesler on 3 June 1860, at the old Capitol Building in Springfield, IL, two weeks after Lincoln’s nomination for President by the Republican National Convention in Chicago. The original plates were retained by Ayres when he bought and sold Hesler’s gallery immediately after the Civil War. In 1881, Ayres produced prints from the plates and also created a duplicate set of glass negatives [Ostendorf, 49].

$4,000 - 6,000

Abraham Lincoln

[BERGER, Anthony (1832-1906), photographer]. Five-dollar-bill portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Printed ca 1900.

5 x 3 1/2 in. silver gelatin photograph on 8 x 6 in. cardstock mount, manuscript notation on verso. The image was made from the original negative taken by Anthony Berger at Brady’s Washington, DC gallery on 9 February 1864 (Ostendorf O-92), subsequently known as the five-dollar-bill portrait.

$500 - 700

Abraham Lincoln

[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. The Congressional Committee, Lincoln’s Funeral Springfield Illinois, 3 May 1865.

15 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. albumen photograph on 17 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. cardstock mount. With inked title on lower margin of mount, and the vexing blind stamp for “Taber, Photographer, San Francisco” at extreme lower margin of mount of right. The negative was almost certainly taken by Samuel M. Fassett of Chicago who produced a number of images of the Chicago and Springfield Funeral, and this is clearly a direct positive from that negative.

The Committee, which accompanied Lincoln’s body from Washington on its multi-city tour, stands in front of the dead president’s crepe draped home. Images of the Springfield funeral are uncommon, and this one especially so. We could find but a single holding of this photograph at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

$4,000 - 6,000

Abraham Lincoln

[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. Rare Mourning cockade featuring a pair of albumen images of Abraham Lincoln and his Springfield, Illinois, home.

Approx. 2 1/2 in. diameter white lace cockade with black star at center, featuring a pair of 3/4 x 1 in. albumen photographs housed in gem-sized brass mats, including a portrait of Lincoln and an image of his Springfield home. 2 white lace ribbon streamers extend below. Length with streamers approx. 5 3/4 in. Mounted to what appears to be a silk/satin sheet and sealed in a vintage frame. We have not encountered a mourning corkage featuring Lincoln’s Springfield home.

Accompanied by 2 letters, dated 10 February and 20 March 1931, from Eva Haynes of Kansas City, MO, to William H. Townsend of Lexington, KY, depicting the cockade and revealing that it belonged to her father, Horace O. Haynes, who served in the 62nd Illinois Infantry Regiment and attended Lincoln’s funeral, at which he wore the cockade.

Horace O. Haynes (spelled Harris O. Haines in HDS) enlisted as a private on 22 October 1864 and was mustered into Company I, 62nd Illinois Infantry Regiment, the following day. One of Eva’s letters mentions that even though her father wanted to, he did not volunteer “on account of his wife and small children.” He was drafted, however, six months before the war ended.

$1,500 - 2,500

Abraham Lincoln

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)]. [GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer]. Two photographs of Lincoln conspirators Michael O’Laughlen and Thomas Jones. April, 1865.

Approx. 8 3/4 x 7 in. silver gelatin prints, printed from the original negatives with penciled notations verso incorrectly identifying the photographer as Mathew Brady, with the negatives from L.C. Handy.

Normally seen in carte-de-visit format, these larger negative size images are rare. Both were taken by Alexander Gardner in April, 1865 at the Washington Navy Yard where both men were held prisoner. O’Laughlen appears in manacles.

Michael O’Laughlen (1840-1867) had no direct hand in the assassination plot, though he had participated in an earlier failed kidnapping plot. Nonetheless, two days after the assassination, he turned himself into Federal authorities and was subsequently tried and convicted for his alleged participation. Sentenced to life in prison, he died of yellow fever at Fort Jefferson prison in the Dry Tortugas in 1867.

Thomas A. Jones (1820-1895), a Confederate sympathizer, was arrested and charged with aiding in the escape of John Wilkes Booth and Davy Herold. Imprisoned for seven weeks, he was released and lived the rest of his life in Maryland.

$1,000 - 1,500

Abraham Lincoln

[BOOTH, EDWIN T. (1833-1893)]. GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917), photographer. Rare, mammoth plate studio portrait of Booth. Philadelphia: 1873. 17 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. albumen photograph on 20 1/8 x 17 3/8 in. cardstock mount. Credited to Gutekunst on mount recto. Verso bears applied paper label printed for Gutekunst with date “Nov [187]3” accomplished in pencil, and additional pencil inscriptions.

A previously unknown photograph of renowned actor Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. A rare, and exceptionally large image, capturing Booth at the height of his career.

$1,000 - 1,500

Abraham Lincoln

[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809–1865)]. NICOLAY, John G. and John HAY. Abraham Lincoln: A History. New York: The Century Co., 1890. 10 volumes expanded to 20, 8vo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 44 PHOTOGRAPHS, 150 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS, 13 PIECES OF RELATED EPHEMERA, AND APPROXIMATELY 450 PLATES. Contemporary blue crushed levant, upper covers with central facsimile of Lincoln’s signature gilt surrounded by a double filet border with star and shield cornerpieces gilt, spines in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, one with gilt eagle, one with gilt laurel wreath STAMP-SIGNED BY WHITMAN BENNETT (upper cover to vol. 1 neatly reattached with discreet spine repairs, some rubbing to spine ends.) Provenance: Mr. Kauffmann (Samuel Hay Kauffmann? Letters from Nicolay and Hay to Kauffmann describing their long-time friendship bound in to volume I).

WITH 44 PHOTOGRAPHS, CDVs, AND CABINET CARDS BOUND IN, INCLUDING A CABINET-SIZE ALBUMEN PRINT OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IWHT SECRETARIES JOHN G. NICOLAY AND JOHN HAY BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Other images bound in include a photographic portrait of Lincoln by Hesler (printed before 1900), a cabinet card photograph of Lincoln’s $5 bill portrait, a photograph of Robert Todd Lincoln, and photographs or General Grant, William Garrison, Charles Sumner, William H. Seward, John Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, Henry Ward Beecher, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

WITH 150 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS NEATLY BOUND IN, FROM MEMBERS OF LINCOLN’S WAR CABINET, HIS PRINCIPAL GENERALS, AND MEMBERS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

INCLUDES AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT TO HIS SECRETARY OF WAR Simon Cameron: “My dear Sir Let Charles S. Hamilton, of Wisconsin, be a Brigadier General of volunteers.” Written 2 August 1861 from the Executive Mansion (not in Basler). Charles Smith Hamilton (1822-1891) attended the United States Military Academy where he was a classmate of Ulysses S. Grant. He served in the Mexican-American War before the outset of the Civil War. He returned to active service accepting the commission of colonel just one month after the attack on Fort Sumter. He drilled and equipped his regiment and reported to Nathaniel P. Banks in Harpers Ferry. On his arrival, he was promoted to brigadier general and placed in command of a brigade in the Army of the Potomac. He was transferred to the Western Theater in 1862, and during his service, commanded divisions and corps of the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Mississippi, and the Army of the Tennessee. After the war, he was appointed U. S. marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

ALSO INCLUDED ARE 4 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED WRITTEN TO LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT. The letters comprise: REED, Amos, as Acting Governor of Utah Territory, to President Lincoln. Salt Lake City, 18 February 1864. Recommending Charles W. Wandell as Justice of the Supreme Court of the territory. –GILMORE, Joseph, and the Executive Council of New Hampshire, to President Lincoln. Concord, NH, 22 March 1865. Requesting the reinstatement of George P. Folsom, who had been court-martialed for reported embezzling the public’s money entrusted to his care as Paymaster in the Army -- Members of Congress from Pennsylvania, to Lincoln as President. Washington, D. C., 2 March 1863. Signed by 18 members, recommending Hon. John T. Nixon to the position of Judge of the Court of Claims. – Citizens of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to Lincoln as President. Pottsville, n.d. Signed by 24 residents, recommending Nicholas Jones for the office of Marchall of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

WITH ADDITIONAL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY MARY TODD LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD LINCOLN, HANNIBAL HAMLIN, WILLIAM H. SEWARD, ULYSSES S. GRANT, ROBERT E. LEE, Millard Fillmore, William Cullen Bryant, Jefferson Davis, Stephen Douglas, Sam Houston, General George McClellan, General George Meade, Edwin Stanton, Edward Everett, Horace Greely, Charles Dana, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Schuyler Colfax, Alexander Stephens, John A. Dix, Salmon P. Chase, Simon Cameron, Gideon Welles, J. C. Fremont, D. C. Buell, John Sherman, Horatio Seymour, Carl Schurz, John A. Logan, James Longstreet, Alexander Webb, Philip Sheridan, George Bancroft, Josiah Scott, William French, Robert Schenk, Fighting Joe Wheeler, and Geritt Smith.

With a calligraphic notarized affidavit SIGNED BY THOMAS F. MADIGAN dated 3 February 1925 bound into volume I: “To Whom It May Concern: The Autograph Letters and Documents in this copy of Nicolay and Hay’s ‘Abraham Lincoln’ have been carefully scrutinized by me and found to be authentic originals.” Complete list available on request.

WITH 13 PIECES OF EPHEMERA BOUND IN, including ribbons, songsheets, currency, and a reproduction handbill of Our American Cousin (printed after the Civil War).

A SUPERB EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY OF NICOLAY AND HAY’S WORK ABOUT LINCOLN, presumably from the collection of Samuel Hay Kauffmann, publisher of the Washington Star newspaper, Treasury Department clerk, and patron of the Corcoran and Smithsonian.

$50,000 - 70,000

100

Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Homes of American Statesmen. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1854.

Large 8vo. Frontispiece with an original crystallotype photograph of John Hancock’s house by J.A. Whipple. (Titlepage browned.) Original dark plum cloth gilt (spine sunned, front hinge and spine panel detached from text block). Provenance: Contemporary gift inscriptions.

FIRST EDITION, of one of the first American published books to use an original photograph as an illustration.

$300 - 400

101

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American Notes and Queries. Nos. 1-4 (all published). Philadelphia: W. Brotherhead, 1857.

4 issues in one volume, 8vo (204 x 153 mm). 160pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF 5 SALT PRINTS OF PROMINENT PHILADELPHIANS. Additionally EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the inclusion of 53 engraved portraits and scenes. With handlettered calligraphic title and title-page. 19th-century green morocco gilt (some light rubbing to joints and extremities).

A UNIQUE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY OF A PERIODICAL ABOUT COLLECTORS OF ILLUSTRATED AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

WITH 5 ORIGINAL SALT PRINTS depicting collectors John Allan of New York, Dr. Leonard R. Koecker of Philadelphia, John R. and Charles C. Moreau of New York, and F. J. Dreer of Philadelphia, each described by the author in the text.

John Allan, New York: “His collection of illustrated books amounts to over a hundred volumes--many of extraordinary beauty and value, and the work of his own hands,” including several extra-illustrated works in his collection, most of which contain “several hundred plates, all inlaid in the neatest possible manner” (p.17).

Dr. Leonard R. Koecker, Philadelphia: “In connection with such a fine collection of engravings, the Doctor confessedly stands at the head of Book Illustrators in this country. There may be men who have more illustrated books; there are none that can equal him in inlaying a portrait, or in repairing, or in mounting, neither in this country nor in England” (p.50).

John R. Moreau, Charles C. Moreau, New York: “One of the Brothers Moreau has collected for his Life of Washington over one hundred and fifty different portraits of Washington. This is industry, and we hope that many of our New York friends will be stimulated by such praiseworthy exertions and try to excel the Brothers Moreau” (p.50).

F. J. Dreer, Philadelphia: “We had the pleasure, a few days ago, of examining the extensive and unique collection of autographs in the possession of our esteemed townsman, F. J. Dreer, Esq. To an antiquarian, such a collection offers charms that language fails to express” (p.138).

The engraved portraits and scenes depict George Washington, William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Burns, Aaron Burr, Nathaniel Green, William Hogarth, Robert Morris, Robert Southey, Thomas Pain, Elizabeth Canning, Thomas Jefferson, Pennsylvania Hospital, Schuylkill Water Works, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, the Delaware Water Gap, and others. Sabin 1168 (“The work died, as it deserved, at the fourth number”).

$1,000 - 1,500

102

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HILLARD, Elias Brewster, Rev. (1825-1895). The Last Men of the Revolution. Hartford: N. A. & R. A. Moore, 1864.

8vo. 6 mounted albumen photographs, 6 chromolithographs. (Light dampstaining in gutter.) Half morocco gilt to style, retaining original textured cloth, upper cover giltlettered (renewed endpapers).

FIRST EDITION, documenting the last surviving veterans of the American Revolution that was produced by Hillard during the Civil War to inspire patriotic sentiment. “The photographs provide a remarkable reach back in time showing persons born in the 1750s and 1760s” (Reese). Howes H490; Reese, The Revolutionary Hundred 100; Sabin 31871; Truthful Lens 86.

$2,000 - 3,000

103

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RIIS, Jacob (1849-1914). How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890. 8vo. 43 plates including frontispiece after halftone photographs. Original quarter blue cloth gilt, pictorial paper boards printed in red and blue (extremities a bit rubbed with some toning or soiling, contents starting). Provenance: E.S. Beckwith (early ownership signature and book label).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS LANDMARK WORK; “One of the most important photobooks ever published, ‘How the Other Half Lives’ represents the first extensive use of halftone photographic reproductions in a book. It is the beginning, not of a photographic genre, but a photographic attitude, an ethos - humanist documentary photography - in which the photographic social document is employed to bear critical witness to what is going on in the world.” Parr & Badger, The Photobook p.53.

[With:] RIIS. The Peril and the Preservation of the Home Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1903. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs after Riis. Original blue cloth. FIRST EDITION.

[With:] RIIS. The OId Town. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. Illustrations by W.T. Benda. Original pictorial tan cloth. FIRST EDITION.

$400 - 600

104

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RIIS, Jacob (1849-1914). How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890.

8vo. 43 plates including frontispiece after halftone photographs. Original blue-grey cloth stamped in blue and gilt (spine slanted and sunned with some cloth repairs at ends, spotting to covers, joints and fore-corners frayed).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS LANDMARK WORK, in a rare variant binding and printed on thicker paper. See previously lot for the more common issue. Parr & Badger, The Photobook p.53.

$400 - 600

106

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105

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LANCE, Jack, compiler. The Oklahoma City Oil Field in Pictures. Oklahoma City: Jack Lance, 1931.

4to. Numerous illustrations after photographs. Original color pictorial wrappers (covers toned, some chipping at extremities).

FIRST EDITION of the photographic history of oil rigging in Oklahoma City that depicts oil production equipment, oil fields, wildcatters and businessmen, and the famous Wild Mary gusher—a run-away oil well that blew out for 11 days in 1930. RARE: we trace no copies of this work on the market or previously at auction.

$200 - 300

Portraits of the Class of 1858, of Amherst College, Amherst, Mass Springfield: D.B. Spooner & Co., Photographers, 1858. Including pre-war portraits of Union officers.

4to (304 x 240 mm). Letterpress title and “Statistics of the Class” leaf, engraved frontispiece, and 61 salt print portrait photographs of faculty and students, each approx. 6 x 4 3/4 in. or smaller, mounted to album leaves, many inscribed on the facing page, many identified (contents with occasional spotting throughout, prints overall in very good to near excellent condition). Contemporary gilt-lettered and paneled black morocco, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands gilt, gilt-lettering in 2 (some wear to joints and fore-corners).

Provenance: Ethan Allen Paul Brewster (name in gilt to upper cover). Brewster (1837-1877) attended Harvard Medical School after graduating from Amherst College. He left school in 1861 to enlist with the Union Army and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant with the 8th Massachusetts Infantry, Co. I. Near the end of 1861, Brewster was commissioned a captain with the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry, Co. A (1861-1863), then a major (1863-1864). He was wounded in action at Drewry’s Bluff, VA (5/16/1864) and Cold Harbor, VA (6/3/1864) before mustering out in October 1864. Following the Civil War, Brewster returned to medical school, graduating from Harvard in 1865. He went on to practice medicine in Wisconsin and Michigan until his death in 1877. Although a portrait of Ethan Allen Paul Brewster is not included in the album, a retouched albumen portrait of Brewster accompanies the lot, along with an engraving of Amherst College with penciled notations on verso identified to a Brewster family member. The portrait, approx. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in., is mounted on cardstock bearing the imprint of the National Copying Co., Chicago, IL.

Among the many other faculty and staff in the album are Edward Hitchcock, geologist and third President of Amherst College; William Smith Clark, professor, colonel with 21st Massachusetts Infantry; Daniel Bliss, clergyman, private with 34th Massachusetts Infantry, WIA New Market, VA; Havilah M. Sprague, surgeon with US Army; James Collins, surgeon with 3rd Pennsylvania Corps, assistant surgeon with US Army; Chester W. Hawley, chaplain with185th New York Infantry; Henry Goddard Thomas, lawyer, major general by brevet, served with 5th Maine Infantry, 11th Infantry US Army, 79th and 19th US Colored Troops, worked with the Freedman’s Bureau; and John Walker, Agent for Sanitary Commission during the Civil War.

$1,000 - 1,500

107

Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums

Souvenir of Rutgers Female Institute. Class of 1860. A keepsake from New York City’s first female college containing photographs of female students.

4to (266 x 228 mm). Contains 17 salt print portrait photographs, most approx. 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in., mounted to album leaves, comprising 15 of female students and 2 of male professors. Many portraits are inscribed/signed on the overlay (contents with occasional spotting throughout, prints overall in very good to near excellent condition). Contemporary sheep, covers gilt-lettered and decorated (rebacked and edgeworn, with later ink notations on front free endpaper).

Provenance: Annie Van Glahn (name in gilt to upper cover).

Annie Van Glahn Kurtz (1842-1904) was the daughter of John Van Glahn, a prominent merchant in lower New York and one of the earliest members of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church. She attended Rutgers Female Institute from at least 1855-1860, having graduated in 1860. Following graduation, she married Charles W. Kurtz, the oldest bag manufacturer in New York City. She later served as the Secretary of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Liederkranz Society for several terms.

The Rutgers Female Institute (later Rutgers Female College) was founded on Madison Street on the lower east side of New York in 1838. In 1860, the college moved uptown to Fifth Avenue, opposite the reservoir at 42nd Street. Considered the first college for women in New York City, the Rutgers Female Institute had a curriculum that included traditional “female” studies, such as embroidery, needlework, painting, and music lessons, as well as English, philosophy, chemistry, and geology. The college closed in 1894.

$1,000 - 1,500

108

Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums

Our Southern Circuit. Illustrated southern travelogue, 1894.

4to (approx. 260 mm x 215 mm). Half-leather and gilt stamped blue cloth. Contains approximately 160 platinum prints of various sizes but most approx. 4 x 4 in., mounted to album leaves, comprising images associated with the author’s travels throughout the southern United States. Destinations pictured include the following: Washington, D.C.; Natural Bridge, VA; Ashville, NC; Hot Springs, NC; Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH; Harrowgate, TN; Richmond, VA; Old Point Comfort, VA; and Hampton, VA.

A unique travelogue which captures interesting glimpses into American society and culture, including “Coxey’s Army” 1894 encampment and protest in Washington, D.C., young African American children begging near the railroad tracks in Danville, VA, steamboats and Ohio River commerce, and a Decoration Day celebration in Hampton, Virginia. The unidentified author is traveling with a brother “George.” Stamp on interior “M.F. Cromwell” may indicate original owner, or perhaps a later descendant of the author. The last page of the book may give further clues as to the author, with a singular statement: “(Printed at ‘The Vines’, June & July 1894.)”

$1,500 - 2,500

109

American Art in Daguerreotypes

Whole plate daguerreotype of American painting

The Pilgrims Signing the Compact, on board the Mayflower, Nov. 11th, 1620, by T.H. Matteson (1813-1884).

Whole plate daguerreotype featuring image of original painting produced by celebrated American artist, T.H. Matteson (1813-1884), The Pilgrims Signing the Compact, on board the Mayflower, Nov. 11th, 1620, painted ca 1859. Uncredited, though it has been suggested that the photographer could be Washington V. Peale.

Provenance: Private purchase; Cowan’s, American History, 23 June 2011, Lot 165; Purportedly acquired by previous owner from a Vermont family whose lineage can be traced directly to the family of American patriot, John Jay, among others. John Jay’s sister, Sarah Jay, married Oliver Waldron, and their grandson, James M. Byrne (1816-1899), was the great great grandfather of the individual from which the previous consignor acquired the images (auction notes).

From 1851 to 1856, W.V. Peale was listed as a photographer at 147 Spruce St. in Philadelphia, and he is probably the same “Peale” noted in a different directory as working at 159 Chestnut St. in 1854. Again, he is probably the same “Washington Peale” listed as a daguerreotypist in New Haven, CT from 1857-1858. There he is listed without a business address, but he resided at 70 Bradley St. From 1859-1860, he was listed in New York City, working at 363 Broadway and living at 174 Tenth Ave. The 1860 census of New York City identifies Peale as a photographer living with his wife and two children. By 1860, Matteson had moved from New York City, where he once owned a studio, to Sherburne, NY, where he remained until his death. However, he was an associate of the National Academy of Design in New York City and exhibited frequently there through 1869, so it possible that Peale came into contact with Matteson’s work at the National Academy.

$4,000 - 6,000

110

American Art in Daguerreotypes

Whole plate daguerreotype of American painting George Washington at Valley Forge by T.H. Matteson (1813-1884).

Whole plate daguerreotype featuring image of original painting produced by celebrated American artist, T.H. Matteson (1813-1884), George Washington at Valley Forge, painted 1854. Uncredited, though it has been suggested that the photographer could be Washington V. Peale.

$4,000 - 6,000

111

Lola Montez

MEADE, Charles R. (1827-1858) & MEADE, Henry W.M. (1822-1865), photographers.

Salted paper print from a calotype negative of Lola Montez (1821-1861).

7 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. salt print on slightly larger cardstock mount. Verso bears various inscriptions, ink stamps, and modern printed labels including Culver Pictures, Inc. tag.

Featured in this rare print is the famous courtesan Lola Montez, who had affairs with King Ludwig of Bavaria and Franz Liszt, and married a San Francisco editor while practicing her famous “spider” dance.

$4,000 - 6,000

113

Louis Agassiz

SONREL, Antoine, photographer. Signed mammoth plate photograph of Louis Agassiz, Benjamin Peirce, and Carlile Patterson. Ca 1871.

13 x 16 1/4 in. (image) 14 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. (sheet) albumen photograph mounted on cardstock. Signed “A. Sonrel” lower left.

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) is featured seated at a table across from Carlile Patterson. Standing between them is Benjamin Peirce, unfurling a scroll, which is featured as a separate albumen photograph cut to shape and affixed to the portrait, upon which is written: “Instructions for Expediti[on]...From Captain C.P. Patterson / Yours respectf- Benjamin Peirce, Superintendent / To Profr. L Agassiz.”

This portrait was made during preparations for the US Coast Survey’s “Hassler Expedition.” The 1871-1872 expedition would take Agassiz and others from the Boston Navy Yard to San Francisco, journeying around Cape Horn, allowing them the ability to explore numerous coastal environments including the Straits of Magellan and the Galapagos Islands. Notably, Agassiz found evidence of glacial activity in the Southern Hemisphere, which was one of his specific goals for the expedition.

Mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880) served as Superintendent of the US Coast Survey from 1867-1874, and Carlile Patterson (1816-1881) was appointed hydrographic inspector of the Survey in 1861, succeeding Peirce as Superintendent in 1874.

$1,000 - 1,500

112

George Washington Parke Custis Salt print portrait. N.p.: n.d.

5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. oval salt print affixed to cardstock mat along upper edge.

A rare photograph of George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, and step grandson of George Washington. At 21 he inherited a substantial fortune from his father and used it to build Arlington House, a plantation home on a hill above the Potomac River overlooking the capital city, Washington. Arlington House was used to display Washington family relics, and later became the home of Robert E. Lee.

$4,000 - 6,000

114

Enslavement & Abolition

[STEVENS, Thaddeus (1792-1868)]. Ivorytype of abolitionist and congressman Thaddeus Stevens. Ca 1867.

Approx. 12 x 10 in. octagonal ivorytype unattached but with a similarly sized cardstock mount. Signed in ink “Kate Hayes” and “Hayes” to lower left and right.

We were only able to locate one other example of this hand-colored ivorytype, which is part of the National Portrait Gallery Collection at the Smithsonian.

Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) was a leader of the Radical Republicans before, during and after the American Civil War. Stevens was a firebrand abolitionist who was an active member of the Underground Railroad and devoted most of his energies in opposing the expansion and even the continuation of slavery in America.

$1,000 - 1,500

115

US Presidents

[PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804-1869)]. Salt print portrait ca 1858 and ALS (“Fr. Pierce”). Concord, NH. 29 June 1852.

5 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. oval salt print portrait affixed to mat along upper edge. Uncredited. Ca 1858.

One page, 5 x 7 1/2 in. mounted on trimmed piece of paper, loss to upper edge, adhesive staining, wear to edges. Addressed to A.G. Allen, Esq. of Washington, DC.

“My dear Sir, Allow me to introduce to you J. R. Johnson Esq a prominent Democrat of Cincinnati, who has been passing a few days at this place.”

Pierce may have been referring to John R. Johnston (1826-1895), a painter and photographer from Cincinnati, OH, who was known to have painted a portrait of Franklin Pierce. He also worked in salted paper photography, though it is unclear if the portrait featured here was produced by him.

$2,000 - 3,000

116

US Presidents [BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)]. Salt print portrait of the 15th President of the United States.

5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. oval unmounted salt print with hand embellishments. Affixed to mat along upper edge. Uncredited.

$1,000 - 1,500

117

Civil War - Confederacy

Mammoth plate hand-colored portrait of Charles Minnigerode (18141894). Richmond, VA: Anderson Art Palace, n.d.

17 x 20 3/8 in. salted paper print with hand coloring (sheet) on 23 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. heavy cardstock mount. “Anderson Art Palace, Richmond Va.” inscribed in image, lower right.

Charles Minnigerode was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1839. He soon found a home in Virginia, where he served as a professor of humanities at the College of William and Mary, then became ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, and eventually took over the prominent St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond in 1856, where he would remain for 33 years. As such, he was in charge of the so-called “Cathedral of the Confederacy,” which was attended by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.

David H. Anderson (1827-1905) was born in New York City, but traveled south and west working as a Daguerreian artist, and eventually establishing a photographic studio, Anderson’s Art Palace, in Richmond, VA in around 1865. The gallery produced “every kind of Picture known to the Art of Photography,” according to an 1869 advertisement in the Southern Planter. He remained in Richmond for more than a decade before returning to New York City to set up shop in Mathew Brady’s old studio at 785 Broadway. He continued in photography until just weeks before his death in 1905.

$1,000 - 1,500

118

Civil War -- Sanitary Commission

BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896). Mammoth salt print of the Commissioners of the New York Sanitary Fair, 1864.

14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. salt print on 17 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. cardstock mount.

Sitters include: Hayward, Christian E. Demold, Arthur Leary, A. M. Cozzens, Matthews, William T. Blodgett, W. H. Webb, J. H. Swift, Wilson G. Hunt, General John A. Dix (in uniform), Lazarus, George Griswold Gray (Chairman), Richard Grant White (Secretary), James F. Hall (President).

During the Civil War, fairs were organized by the United Sates Sanitary Commission to serve as fund raisers for Union troops. The “Metropolitan Fair” was held in New York City in April, 1864 and purportedly raised more than one million dollars. This image captures the commissioners of the fair.

$1,000 - 1,500

119

Civil War -- Sanitary Commission

A group portrait of members of the Sanitary Fair Executive Committee.

12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. salt print on 13 x 10 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Uncredited. Mount verso bears applied typewritten paper label reading, “Sanitary Fair Committees, 12 copies.”

The portrait features 11 men, with four sitting in the front row and 7 standing in the back row. Among the subjects are New York City Mayor William Hull Wickham (1832-1893) and lawyer and diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917).

The only other example of this print we have located is part of the Medford Historical Society Civil War Photograph Collection at the Medford Historical Society and Museum in Massachusetts.

The United States Sanitary Commission, created in June of 1861, was purposed to support US Army soldiers during the Civil War, especially with their growing sanitary needs including medicine and other hospital supplies. From 1863-1865, the primary means of fundraising for the USSC was hosting “sanitary fairs” in northern cities, by which local communities could get involved and contribute to the war effort.

$1,000 - 1,500

120

Civil War

Composite family photograph display featuring Generals Burnside and McClellan.

12 x 10 in. paper mount featuring a collage with circular and oval portraits ranging in size from 3/4 in. diam. to 1 5/8 in. diam. Hand-colored designs embellished with ink connect the rounded portraits of men, women, and children, almost certainly members of the same family. Portraits of Union Generals Ambrose E. Burnside and George McClellan are featured on each side of the collage. Both men played prominent roles in the Civil War, with each serving as commander of the Army of the Potomac between 1861 and 1862.

$500 - 700

121

Civil War

Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Smith H. Hastings. Washington, DC: A. Gardner, n.d.

6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Gardner’s imprint beneath image on mount recto. Verso bears two 5-cent revenue stamps with cancel marks for Gardner dated 1865.

Hastings, of Quincy, Michigan, enlisted in the 1st Michigan Infantry in April, 1861, and was commissioned as a First Lt. of Company M, 5th Michigan Cavalry in August of 1862. He rose steadily through the ranks and was commissioned Colonel of the 5th in December, 1864. Though undated, this image was probably taken shortly after his commission, and shows him seated in a private purchase frock coat sporting his “birds” on wide, velvet lapels.

Hastings received the Medal of Honor in 1897 for his actions at Newby’s Crossroads, Virginia in July 1863, where he is credited with saving artillery pieces from capture by attacking Confederate forces.

$500 - 700

122 Civil War

PYWELL, William R. (1843-1887), photographer. Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia. August, 1862. Washington, DC: Alexander Gardner, 1866.

8 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 12 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Image credited to Pywell (negative) and Gardner (positive), copyrighted, titled, numbered, and dated on mount recto.

From Volume I of Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, this image of the Marshall House also features storefront signage for “Great Western Clothing House,” “Dry Good Store,” “J. W. J. Entwistle’s City Bookstore,” and others. Two women can be seen outside of the Dry Good Store, one being in motion at the moment the image was captured.

The Marshall House was the site of what is often considered the first Union casualty of the Civil War. In May of 1861, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth traveled across the Potomac River and entered the Marshall House to remove a large Confederate flag, which was reportedly visible from the White House, flying atop the inn. Ellsworth was shot dead by the innkeeper on the way down the stairs from the roof. His story inspired patriotism across the Union and his name became a rallying cry, with some regiments even calling themselves “Ellsworth’s Avengers.”

$1,000 - 1,500

123

Civil War

[RUSSELL, Andrew Joseph (1830-1902), photographer]. [Ruins of Phillips house near Falmouth, VA]. Ca 1863-1865.

9 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. cardstock mount. Penciled identification in lower margin of mount and on verso.

The photograph shows ruins of the brick house near Falmouth, VA, that Ambrose Burnside and others used as their headquarters before the house accidently burned down on 14 February 1863. Fredericksburg is visible on the horizon at left across the Rappahannock River. The three men standing in the yard may be the photographer’s assistants.

$1,000 - 1,500

124 Civil War

[O’SULLIVAN, Timothy (1840-1882), photographer]. Soldiers at the Chief Ambulance Officer Quarters, IX Army Corps. [Petersburg, VA]: [1864].

7 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 12 x 17 3/4 in. mount. Uncredited. Variations of this photograph, captured at the same sitting, are credited to Timothy O’Sullivan.

Soldiers sit and stand among two large field desks featuring a myriad of compartments filled with papers and folios. One of the men, wearing a frock coat with captain’s shoulder straps, sits in a camp chair and holds a small dog in his lap. A large tent is set up under a tree-built structure providing shade and shelter for the subjects.

$1,000 - 1,500

126

Militaria -- Colt

PRESCOTT & WHITE, photographers. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co’s Works. Hartford, CT: 1869.

19 x 14 7/8 in. albumen photograph on 24 1/2 x 19 in. cardstock mount. Prescott & White’s credit, title, and copyright statement printed on mount recto. Verso with aged framing studio label affixed to lower edge.

After early failures, In 1848, Samuel Colt (1814-1862) purchased a large tract of land on the Connecticut River and built his first factory, and in 1855 named the operations The Colt Armory. Colt revolutionized the firearms industry, introducing the assembly line, a 10 hour work day and strict discipline among his employees. This photograph, taken after his early death at 42, shows the enormity of the operations and the success that the company had achieved -- largely through Government contracts during the Civil War.

$1,000 - 1,500

125

Indian Wars -- Texas

Arrow impacted in the Tranverse [sic] Process of the Fourth Dorsal Vertebra Army Medical Museum, ca 1869.

7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 10 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. cardstock mount. Verso bears applied paper label and handstamp from the Surgeon General’s Office, Army Medical Museum, providing context for the photograph:

“This specimen was taken from the body of a white man who was killed by Indians in 1869, at an out-post near Fort Concho, Texas. There were extracted from his lungs and heart no less than four arrow-heads, and a fifth was impacted at the junction of the rib with the right transverse process of the fourth dorsal vertebra. Its position is shown in the specimen numbered 5673 of the Surgical Section, which was contributed to the Army Medical Museum, with the history, by Assistant Surgeon W. M. Notson, U. S. A.”

$300 - 500

127

Baseball

Mounted albumen photograph of Cornell’s “College League Base Ball Club Spring 1894” with players identified on verso.

9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 10 x 8 in. cardstock mount. Uncredited.

Verso bears period inked caption and list of featured members along with their positions, cities, and other information including Captain and Pitcher “C. B. Rhea,” of Iowa Falls, IA; First Baseman “Red Goudy” of Mount Vernon, IA; Third Baseman “Ed Minisk” of Mount Vernon, IA; Manager “A. G. Rigby” of Mount Vernon, IA; Second Baseman “R. M. Halsey” of Eagle Grove, IA; Left Fielder E. C. Wheeler of Manchester, IA; and others.

$500 - 700

128

Rhode Island Extraordinary 20 Part Photo Panorama of Providence, circa 1880-90.

Anonymous, 20 albumen photographs, 7 x 9 in. mounted on larger 8 1/4 x 10 in. mounts, each numbered sequentially.

An extraordinary 360-degree panorama of Providence, RI, taken from the tower of one of the many mills that made the city a textile manufacturing powerhouse in the 19th century. The name of the mill is unknown, but its location seems to have been on the West Bank of the Seekonk River just north of its junction with the Providence River.

Accompanied by four (4) photographs showing the process for mounting the tower where the photos were taken. Ca 1880s.

Panoramic photographs of American cities trace their history to the daguerreian era when important views of Cincinnati were made as early as 1848, and in 1851 of booming San Francisco. Neither of these important images captured the cities in 360 degree format. This is the only such American panorama we are aware.

The richness of the prints and level of detail suggest that the photographer used a large format camera capable of taking 8 x 10 in. negatives. There is a notable lack of street and river traffic visible, suggesting the images were taken on a quiet Sunday morning. What few trees that can be seen in the dense urban setting are leafless, indicating the photograph was likely taken in early spring.

We could find no record of this feat of photography, though suspect that a careful search of a Providence newspaper from this era might mention its existence.

A masterpiece of American photography.

$3,000 - 5,000

129 Pennsylvania

JOHNSON, Thomas H. (b. 1821), photographer. Exceptional 3-section panoramic view of Carbondale, PA. Ca 1863-1865. Each 16 x 12 1/8 in. albumen photograph on 20 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Titled, numbered sequentially, and credited to Johnson on mount rectos. Carbondale, about 15 miles north of Scranton, lies in the heart of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region, and was the site of the first deep mine for that mineral. It was founded by William and Maurice Wurts, developers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company and became of major terminus for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

This panorama -- along with other scenes in the Pennsylvania coal region -- was probably commissioned by The Delaware and Hudson Railroad as part of a gift or prospectus to investors.

Little is known of Johnson though he apparently operated a studio in Scranton from at least 1863-65. Works from this same series are curated the the J.P. Getty Museum of Art, The National Gallery of Art and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Rich, and detailed, these prints depict a rural America on the verge of industrialization rarely seen in 19th century American photography.

$9,000 - 12,000

130 Pennsylvania

JOHNSON, Thomas H. (b. 1821), photographer. Grassy Island Shaft. Del. & Hud. Canal Co. Scranton, PA: Ca 1863-1865.

16 x 12 in. albumen photograph on 20 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. cardstock mount. Titled and credited to Johnson on mount recto.

The Grassy Island shaft was one of a series of mines that were developed in Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region of Lackawanna County in the 1860s by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. This photograph was probably part of a portfolio of images of the nascent industry meant for prosective investors or board members.

$3,000 - 5,000

131 Pennsylvania

JOHNSON, Thomas H. (b. 1821), photographer. Olyphant. Del. & Hudson Canal Co. Scranton, PA: [ca 1863-1865].

16 1/8 x 12 in. albumen photograph on 21 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. cardstock mount , with. letterpress title and credited to Johnson on mount recto.

One of a series of images taken by Johnson to document Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal industry. Olyphant is a borough in Lackawanna County about six miles from present-day Scranton. This image shows the small town that has built up around a shaft house and works. An exceptional, richly toned image.

$3,000 - 5,000

132

Pennsylvania -- Railroad PURVIANCE, William T., photographer. Bridge Near Lewistown. Philadelphia, PA: ca 1860s-1870s.

13 x 9 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 17 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. cardstock mount with letterpress title and credit to the photographer. Title also included in the negative.

William T. Purviance, a Philadelphia photographer, began his career as a daguerreian but transitioned comfortably into wet plate photography in the 1860s and 1870s. He is primarily known for his work for a series of stereographs he issued after he became the official photographer for the Pennsylvania railroad In 1867. His large format images are comparably rare, and probably represent special commissions made as gifts to important stockholders or directors of the railroad. In this image, Purviance has carefully placed a lone figure on a split rail fence to emphasize the scale of the bridge over the Juniata River.

$2,000 - 3,000

133

Pennsylvania -- Railroad PURVIANCE, William T., photographer. Pennsylvania Railroad Scenery. Stone Bridge at Huntingdon. Philadelphia, PA: n.d.

9 5/8 x 13 in. albumen photograph on 14 1/4 x 17 5/8 in. cardstock mount with letterpress title and credit to the photographer.

Pictured is a multi-span stone arch bridge spanning the Juniata River. A Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive approaches the bridge from the viewer’s left as a group of men and boys gather on the right.

$1,500 - 2,500

134

Pennsylvania -- Railroad PURVIANCE, William T., photographer. Connemaugh Philadelphia, PA: n.d.

9 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. albumen photograph on 14 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. cardstock mount.

In this image, Purviance has captured the small the tracks and railroad operations at Connemaugh, a small town doubt 50 miles east of Pittsburg.

$1,500 - 2,500

135 Pennsylvania

A pair of albumen photographs of Western Pennsylvania oil region towns, incl. view of Main Street in Parker’s Landing. Ca 1880. 8 x 5 7/8 in. albumen photograph on 9 7/8 x 7 in. cardstock mount with recto pencil inscriptions including: “Parkers Landing. Pa.” Featured here is a busy stretch of Main Street in Parkers Landing, PA, with storefronts bearing signage for the “Eckert House,” a “Boot and Shoe Shop,” an “Ice Cream and Refreshments” shop, “Billy Turner’s Opera House,” “A. J. Montgomery Livery & Teams,” and others.

Parker’s Landing was an oil boomtown that burst to life after the Civil War. Between 1869 and 1870 the area’s oil output rapidly increased from 310 to 2,200 barrels per day, and cropping up everywhere were saloons, stores, hotels, livery stables, and machine shops. The population exploded similarly, with more than 20,000 people residing in the town at one point. Parker’s Landing and nearby Lawrenceburg merged to form the city of Parker in March of 1873, and the Parker & Karns City Railroad opened in 1874. The inevitable bust came with the overall decline in the oil business in the late 1870s. Speculators clearing out of the area along with a tremendous fire in 1879 ensured the diminishment of the once-thriving boomtown.

[With:] 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. albumen photograph on 9 1/2 x 8 in. cardstock mount featuring lightly penciled inscription: “Swamp Lodge. / Imbrie Miller / Engineers Quarters. Phila & Erie Ry.” Pictured is a log cabin in a large clearing, showing people looking out of the windows and doorway. Other people, including a child, stand on a log pathway to the right side of the structure.

Though we could find no other images of “Swamp Lodge,” the structure is referenced in William Bender Wilson’s History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899). He writes of Frank J. Firth, once an Assistant Engineer for the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad: “Subsequently he removed to Swamp Lodge, an engineers camp in the woods beyond the present location of Kane, and took charge of the construction of Summit Division of Philadelphia and Erie Railroad.”

$600 - 800

136 Niagara Falls

ENGLAND, William (d. 1896), photographer. Horse-Shoe Fall, Niagara. London, England: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, ca 1859.

11 1/8 x 9 in. albumen photograph on 17 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Image captioned and credited to the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company on mount recto.

3 men stand on a wooden bridge leading out to Terrapin Tower, a small lighthouse-like structure rising around 45 feet over the precipice of the Falls. The tower was built in 1833 and blown up only 40 years later, in 1873. A rare view of a relatively short-lived structure at one of the world’s most visited natural wonders.

$1,500 - 2,500

137

Niagara Falls

[BARKER, George (1844-1894), photographer]. Mammoth plate albumen photograph of Niagara Falls in winter. Ca 1860s.

16 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 22 1/8 x 17 in. cardstock mount. Unmarked, but believed to have been taken by George Barker. A panoramic view of Niagara Falls, looking north east to the American Falls.

Born in London, Ontario, George Barker became a very influential landscape photographer who owned studios in both London and the Niagara Falls region of Canada. Other than large-format photographs and stereoviews sold before 1870, little of Barker’s work survives because his archive was consumed in a fire in 1870, five years after he established his photography business in Niagara. At his death he was hailed as the “eminent photographer of Niagara Falls.”

$600 - 800

138 New York

Albumen photograph of a swing bridge on Madison Avenue. New York, ca 1884.

10 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. unmounted albumen photograph showing the entrance to a bridge with signs on each side identifying the street as “Madison Ave.” A sign hanging atop the bridge lists the names of the Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks in New York City for 1884, including Egbert L. Viele, Salem H. Wales, John D. Crimmins, and William Oliffe. The sign also notes that the bridge was built by the Keystone Bridge Company, identifying the engineers as Edgar B. Van Winkle & Alfred P. Boller. Six men, including one who appears to be a police officer, stand along the left side of the bridge deck.

The signage indicates that this photograph likely documents the swing bridge built in 1884 between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. It was later replaced by the Madison Avenue Bridge, which was designed by Alfred P. Boller and built in 1910.

$500 - 700

139

New York -- Brooklyn Bridge JOHNSTON, John S. (1839-1899), photographer. New York & Bay from Brooklyn Bridge. New York: 1894.

13 1/4 x 8 in. photograph on printing out paper, mounted to cardboard trimmed to fit the photograph. Numbered, titled, and copyrighted by Johnston in the negative. “Pure Candy” repeating watermark to verso.

Johnston has spectacularly captured the piers and bustling river and sea traffic along the East River in what is now considered the South Street Seaport.

$400 - 600

140

New York -- Brooklyn Bridge Terminus of Brooklyn Br. with Roadways & Cable Car. Ca early 1900s.

6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. silver gelatin photograph on slightly larger cardstock mount, titled in the negative. An early 20th-century, bird’s-eye view of the Brooklyn Bridge terminal amid a forest of billboards promoting various New York City businesses.

$300 - 500

141

New York -- Statue of Liberty

A pair of images related to the Statue of Liberty including an interior view of the head by Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844-1917).

8 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. albumen photograph on slightly larger cardstock mount. Image number, caption and copyright printed in the negative: “781 Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor. Interior of Head. Copyright 1890, by S. R. Stoddard, Glens Fall, N. Y.”

This is an early image of the interior of the statue, taken just a few years after it arrived in New York Harbor. Interestingly, graffiti is already present and visible on the walls featured here. To the viewer’s left appears a small section of the 25 crown windows, designed to represent the 25 gemstones found on the earth, through which light pours into the image.

This is an interesting view from Stoddard, who was best known for his landscape photography of the Adirondack Region.

7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. carbon print on 10 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. mount, being a folio from a bound volume of articles and images originally published in the weekly periodical, Galerie Contemporaine. Letterpress titling and crediting above and below image featuring Bartholdi’s renowned sculpture, originally titled La Liberté Éclairant Le Monde, or Liberty Enlightening the World.

$600 - 800

142 New York

STODDARD, Seneca Ray (1844-1917), photographer, attrib. Photograph of a campfire scene.

8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. unmounted albumen photograph. Pictured are a group of men, women, and children gathered under and around a small structure before a campfire. One man entertains the group by playing a fiddle.

Stoddard, of Glens Fall, New York began photographing the natural scenery and “camps” of the Adirondacks in the mid 1860s and ten years later had amassed a collection of over 2000 negatives from which he produced countless stereographs that were marketed to local tourists. He was a tireless and prolific chronicler of this region, writing guidebooks and giving lectures on the natural beauty of the mountains and lakes. Late in his career he became alarmed at the abuses of timber companies and delivered countless lectures on conservation. He is credited by many as being instrumental in the passage of the act creating the Adirondack Park. This nighttime scene - a tour-de-force for which Stoddard became known, shows a party of visitors enjoying a campfire in front of an “Adirondack-style” lean-to, replete with a fiddler and a fisherman holding a stringer of fish.

$300 - 500

143 Americana

Album containing approx. 350 photographs documenting the journey of the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 1915.

Oblong album, approx. 11 1/4 x 14 in., spine with “The Liberty Bell, 1915” in gilt, containing more than 350 silver gelatin photographs, majority approx. 4 3/4 x 7 in., with a small number measuring 8 x 10 in. Photographs mounted recto/verso on 11 x 12 1/2 in. album pages, some with handwritten notations identifying cities and subjects on recto.

An exceptional album replete with photographs documenting the Liberty Bell’s passage from Philadelphia to San Francisco as well as its return trip back east in 1915. The bell was sent to be displayed at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and San Francisco’s rebuilding efforts after the 1906 earthquake.

From patriotic parades and military demonstrations to informal photographs of parents and children posed with the Liberty Bell, the images capture the pomp and circumstance associated with the iconic American symbol. Many of the photographs feature thousands of spectators of various ages and ethnicities gathered together to celebrate the arrival of the artifact at multiple train stops between the East and West Coasts. The photographs depict the Liberty Bell’s ceremonious departure from Philadelphia on 5 July 1915, at which time the artifact was removed from its armature and transferred to a flatbed railroad car for cross-country transport. In the months that followed, the bell traveled over 10,000 miles through 13 states. The album documents stops at cities and towns throughout America’s heartland, including: Lancaster, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Upper Sandusky, OH; Ft. Wayne, IN; Plymouth, IN: Gary, IN; Moline, IL; Iowa City, IA; Des Moines, IA; Topeka, KS; Kansas City, MO; Omaha, NE; Lincoln, NE; Ault, CO; Cheyenne, WY; Morgan, UT; Salt Lake City, UT; Ogden, UT; Huntington, OR; Baker, OR; La Grande, OR; Cayuse, OR; Spokane, WA; Seattle, WA; Tacoma, WA; Consumer, CA; Sacramento, CA; and San Francisco, CA; Pueblo, CO; Oroville, CA; Orange, CA; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Bowie, AZ; Lordsburg, NM; El Paso, TX; San Antonio, TX; Ft. Worth, TX; Dallas, TX; Crowley, LA; Memphis, TN; Dyersburg, TN; St. Louis, MO; Vandalia, IL; Louisville, KY; Youngstown, OH; Buffalo, NY; Rochester, NY; Geneva, NY; Phillipsburg, NJ; Lambertville, NJ; and Trenton, NJ.

Several photographs depict the events surrounding the arrival of the Liberty Bell in San Francisco and its placement at the Pennsylvania Building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, where it was displayed from 17 July to 25 November 1915. Government officials, military figures, and civilians are shown posed with the bell, most notably Thomas Edison and a Native American chief. Additional images of note include scenes of a rodeo in Cheyenne, WY, and two views of the members of the “train crew,” comprised mainly of African American porters and cooks who embarked on the cross-country journey. The album also contains seven (7) photographs showing General John J. Pershing’s celebratory visit to the Liberty Bell in September 1919.

$2,500 - 3,500

144

Flags

3 photographs featuring various US flag displays, including a “living flag” demonstration at a GAR parade in Anderson, IN.

8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on slightly larger cardstock mount (toning, minor wear to edges and corners of print; mount with soiling and wear to edges and corners). Ca 1903. Verso inscribed, in part: “Living Flag, Anderson Indiana G.A.R.”

Pictured is a large temporary bleacher structure set up in front of the Madison County Courthouse, filled with individuals arranged to depict the American flag. The photograph has been lightly tinted so that the canton section appears slightly blue and every other stripe appears slightly red.

The GAR parade at which this image was captured took place on 14 May 1903. It was at the end of a 3-day encampment of the Indiana GAR. The flag was made up of 2,000 school children wearing colored capes and caps. The overwhelming response to the spectacle led to the replication of the display in other cities in years following, including GAR gatherings in Toledo and Salt Lake City. (“Living Flag Moves Civil War Veterans” by Steve Jackson, Madison County Historian).

[With:] 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin photograph of a woman wearing a draped, one-shoulder top and gauzy skirt, posed dramatically with a large American flag (soiling, wear/loss to edges and corners). New York: Sarony, n.d. Verso bears inscribed caption, “Miss Liberty” along with multiple Culver Pictures, Inc. labels and others.

[With:] 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. mounted collodion photograph of a fraternal group posed before two American flags and a portrait of James A. Garfield (toning, soiling, clipped edges; mount with chipping, staining, and clipped edges). Mount bears partial imprint reading, “and Clinch.” Verso with light pencil inscription reading, “Ancient Order of Foresters of Amer[ica].” Some of the men wear ornate badges and at least two appear to hold ceremonial axes with stag heads and letters “AOF of A.”

$300 - 500

145

Ambrotypes

Upward / Onward. Whole plate ambrotype of a musical group, likely a church band, posed in front of an organ. Ca 1876.

5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (visible) ambrotype, matted and housed in an 11 x 13 in. folk art wooden frame. A group of men and women pose together with instruments in the organ loft of a church, draped with bunting and two banners reading, “1876 / Upward” and “1620 / Onward.”

The image might depict congregants of (or descended from) the Pilgrim’s First Church of Christ, now know as the First Parish Church of Plymouth. When Pilgrims landed in what would become Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in December of 1620, they established the first Congregationalist church in America. The group posed in the church organ loft featured in this image are likely celebrating a milestone, tracing their origins back to that seminal establishment.

Text on the banners could also refer to a hymn titled “Onward, upward!” by Ira D. Sankey, which was published in 1876 by Ira D. Sankey.

$500 - 700

147 New Orleans

WILSON, Edward Livingston (1838-1903), photographer. Mammoth plate photograph of a lively discussion between two men. Philadelphia: Centennial Photographic Co., 1884-1885.

13 7/8 x 16 3/8 in. albumen photograph on 14 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Verso bears Centennial Photographic Company imprint, and their added line “New Orleans 1884-1885.”

Wilson (1838-1903) began his career in the mid 1860s in Philadelphia and remained in that city until his death. He was the founder and influential publisher of the Philadelphia Photographer Magazine and served as an officer of the Photographic Society of the United States. Wilson’s “Centennial Photographic Company” made hundreds of stereoscopic negative for the Centennial Exposition of the United States in 1876, and duplicated their efforts for the “World’s Industrial and Cotton Exposition” held in New Orleans from December 1884 until June 1885. It is unknown if this image was taken in New Orleans or Philadelphia, but is the first mammoth plate we have seen by Wilson.

$1,000 - 1,500

146 Plymouth Rock

WHIPPLE, John A. (1822-1891), photographer. National Congregational Council at Plymouth Rock. Boston, MA: 1865.

18 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. albumen photograph on 21 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Whipple’s credit, title, and copyright statement printed to mount recto.

Pictured is a large crowd of attendants of the National Council of Congregational Churches, held in Boston in June of 1865. The group took a trip to Plymouth Rock on 22 June, when this portrait was captured along the waterfront. Clapboard buildings in the background feature signs reading “F.B. Cobb,” and “Pratt and Drew, Flour & Grain.”

$2,000 - 3,000

148 Fairs & Expositions

A group of 2 albumen photographs of the Main Building at the Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876.

Bird’s-Eye View, Main Building. 8 1/8 x 10 in. albumen photograph on 10 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. mount. -- Main Building from East End. 8 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. albumen photograph on 10 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. mount. Each titled in the negative, with applied paper label on lower margin of mount with imprint, “Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia,” dated 1876, William Notman identified as president.

Notman (1826-1891) was born in Scotland, but emigrated to Canada in 1856. He established a photography studio in Montreal, but then began training young artists and opening other studios, including seasonal operations in the US at Yale and Harvard to capture the students for posterity. He also regularly contributed to the Philadelphia Photographer, and with the journal’s editor, Edward Wilson, formed the Centennial Photographic Company to document the American centennial exhibition in 1876.

A fine pair of photographs capturing the Main Building and surrounding buildings and exhibits erected for the first official World Fair held in the United States.

$1,000 - 1,500

Fairs & Expositions

TIFFANY, Louis C. (1848-1933), photographer. Premium Squashes - Fair 1886 S.B. [Sea Bright, NJ], [1886].

7 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. albumen photograph on 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. mount. Mount recto stamped “Louis C. Tiffany” and ink inscribed “Premium SquashesFair 1886 S.B.”

Depicted are a number of large squashes, likely entries in a state or county fair contest, displayed in a row on the ground before two wooden structures including an open-air shelter and a tall building with windows. Men, women, and children pose on and around the vegetables.

Louis Comfort Tiffany, who eventually became world-famous for his decorative designs including his renowned leaded-glass windows and lamps, first trained in painting and even dabbled in the relatively new medium of photography, producing a number of prints in his own dark rooms in the late 19th century. Based on what remains of his work, it appears he used photography both as a practical tool to aid his other artistic endeavors, and perhaps as an art form in and of itself. The subjects in his known photographs range from landscapes to people and objects, including several scenes in Sea Bright, NJ. A collection of his photographs are curated by the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida.

$600 - 800

150 Chicago

GRABILL, photographer. In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Hussars and Grant Monument. Chicago: P. & V. Co., ca 1893. [With:] Chicago street scene.

13 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. albumen photograph on slightly larger cardstock mount. Titled and copyrighted in the negative, lower left. Verso with printed label pasted at center, being a submission tag for the Chicago Tribune with date and caption accomplished in manuscript.

Pictured is a large group of Chicago Hussars lined up in front of the Grant Monument in Lincoln Park, with park goers enjoying rowboats and strolling the grounds below.

9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. albumen photograph on 15 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. cardstock mount inscribed “Chicago” beneath image. Uncredited street scene prominently featuring the W. W. Kimball building located at the southeast corner of State and Adams Streets. A sign for the “Langham Hotel” is just visible above a building in the background.

$400 - 600

151 Chicago World’s Fair

GRABILL, John C. H. (1849-1903), photographer. Large format albumen view of Chicago during the World’s Columbian Exposition. 1892- 1893.

13 x 10 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. cardstock mount (toning, some minor discoloration/soiling to print; mount with soiling and wear to edges and corners). Copyrighted in the negative.

Grabill had a long, and troubled history as a photographer. Best known for his dramatic coverage of the Wounded Knee Massacre and the mining industry of what is now South Dakota, his photographs of the World’s Fair in Chicago came towards the end of his career and are rarely encountered. Central to the photograph is a section of the Intramural Railway, an electrical engineering marvel of the time, which was built specifically to carry ticket-purchasing fairgoers across the expansive grounds quickly and efficiently. To the right side of the image is the Administration Building, and to the left is the Mines and Mining Building.

$1,000 - 1,500

152

Advertising CHICKERING, Elmer (1857-1915), photographer. Advertisement photograph featuring the Worcester Salt Co. lighthouse display at the Boston Food Fair. Boston, MA: 1897.

13 1/4 x 16 in. photograph on 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Signed by Chickering in the negative, lower left. Titled and dated, “Worcester Salt Light, Boston Food Fair 1897,” in print, lower right. Verso bears Chickering’s imprint.

Pictured is a lighthouse display made up of packages of Worcester Salt, with the company name written in large lettering over the panels of the lantern room portion of the structure. Three men are posed at the bottom of the lighthouse near the door, and one man is posed on the balcony. The display was apparently used for a fair held in Boston in 1897. Though we could not find another example of this image or display, the 1897 “Boston Food Fair” is referenced in Emil Braun’s The Baker’s Book: A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries. 1903.

$1,000 - 1,500

153

Virginia

Interior view of a tobacco auction in Chatham, VA featuring an African American or mixed race buyer.

9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. silver gelatin photograph affixed to mat along upper edge. Verso bears pencil inscriptions including, “’Tobacco Auction’ by Dearing from Chatham, VA. ca 1885.”

Many men are shown gathered in a warehouse, posed amidst numerous piles of tobacco bundles that appear to be labeled, likely with lot numbers and other information. Prominent in the right foreground is an African American or mixed race man wearing a long coat and farmer’s style hat. Advertising signs for “The Bates Shoe” by J. W. Marks & Co. and “WalkOver Shoes” by Whitehead & Yeatts, both companies located in Chatham, line the overhead beams of the warehouse.

The tobacco warehouse auction system developed in Virginia in the 19th century. Before, buyers largely relied on inspectors’ notes for affirmation of the quality of the leaf they were purchasing. A need for buyers to be able to inspect the product before purchasing, in part, led to the rise of the warehouse auction system that became popular in Virginia and North Carolina tobacco markets.

$300 - 500

154

African Americana

Boudoir card featuring a a group of white soldiers being served by an African American servant. Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory.

7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. albumen photograph on 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. cardstock mount. Verso bears pencil inscriptions identifying the location of the photograph as Fort Sill in Oklahoma Territory.

Five men sit and stand around the rectangular table, which is topped with a fringed tablecloth and all the trappings of a feast, including 3 bottles, one of which is clearly labeled “Schlitz.” An African American woman wearing a fine dress with voluminous sleeves holds a subservient stance to one side of the table, acknowledging the camera with a thin smile.

$500 - 700

155

Arctic Exploration

Group portrait of survivors of the Greely Expedition including Adolphus W. GREELY, David L. BRAINARD, Henry BIEDERBICK, and Maurice CONNELL. Ca 1884.

9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on possibly modern 9 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. cardstock mount. Subjects identified in ink on mount recto.

The survivors of the Greely expedition were rescued at Cape Sabine in June of 1884 by a group led by Commander Winfield Scott Schley. The emaciated men were taken to recover their health at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where this image is believed to have been captured. Noteworthy are two sailors leaning against the building in the background of the photograph.

$1,000 - 1,500

156

Thomas Carnegie

[CARNEGIE, Thomas (1843-1886)]. HAVENS, O. Pierre (1838-1912), photographer. A group of 6 photographs of “Dungeness,” Thomas Carnegie’s Cumberland Island, Georgia, estate, including views of the grounds, family, and friends. ca 1880s.

10 x 13 in. albumen photographs on 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. cardstock mounts, with Haven’s Jacksonville, FL imprint.

Thomas Carnegie, the younger brother of Andrew, was a business magnate in his own right, with his success often pulled along by his older brother. By 1888 he owned 17% of the shares of the Carnegie and Bros. Company, making him exceedingly wealthy. Troubled by the Pittsburg industrial climate, he purchased a burned-out plantation house and 4000 adjoining acres on Cumberland Island. Demolishing the original home, Carnegie replaced it with an enormous 58 room Queen Anne style mansion with wrap-around porches and a 100 foot tall tower, moving into the new mansion in January, 1885. Thomas died the next year.

The Carnegie family left the mansion in 1925, and in 1959, it was gutted by fire. Today, it exists only as a ruin and preserved as part of the Cumberland Island National Seashore.

$600 - 800

157

Thomas Carnegie

[CARNEGIE, Thomas (1843-1886)]. HAVENS, O. Pierre (1838-1912), photographer. A group of 13 photographs of Thomas Carnegie’s Cumberland Island, Georgia, estate. Jacksonville, FL: ca 1890s.

6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. silver gelatin photographs on 11 x 14 in. cardstock mounts, each with O. Pierre Havens’ Jacksonville, FL, blindstamp to lower left. Each photograph signed and numbered in the negative by Havens. Circa 1900.

A fine group of images depicting “Dungeness” Thomas Carnegie’s winter residence on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Seeking respite for his family from Pittsburg’s unhealthy industrial air, in 1880 Carnegie purchased the shell of a plantation house and 4000 acres on the barrier island and over the next five years erected a 56 room Queen Anne style mansion. After the Carnegie family moved away in 1925, the house slowly deteriorated before being demolished by fire in 1959.

This group of images was probably taken about a decade later than those offered in the previous Lot, and not long before Haven’s death in 1912.

$600 - 800

158

Thomas Edison [EDISON, THOMAS (1847-1931)]. BYRON, Joseph (1847-1923). A portrait of Thomas Edison in his West Orange, NJ laboratory. New York, NY: ca 1904.

9 3/8 x 7 in. unmounted silver gelatin photograph (toning, some minor imperfections, minor wear to edges and corners). Byron’s credit and inventory number written in the negative, lower left.

A fine, candid portrait of the inventor.

$1,000 - 1,500

159

George Custer

[CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-1876)]. An autographed cabinet card of Custer as lieutenant colonel. From the his last sitting. [New York]: [W. R.Howell], [1876].

4 x 5 5/8 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount (toning, soiling, some wear to edges of print; mount with toning, soiling, and surface wear throughout). Verso with ink inscription reading, “From Elizabeth B. Custer to her friend Mr. Anthony.” Uncredited, though though taken by New York photographer William R. Howell in April, 1876. This was Custer’s last photographic sitting.

After the military disaster at the Little Bighorn in June of 1876, Custer’s wife Libby spent much of the rest of her life trying to redeem his reputation though writings and presentations. This photograph may have been given to either Edward or H.T. Anthony, major publishers and photographic suppliers of New York.

$800 - 1,200

160

George Custer

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876)]. Albumen photograph of George A. Custer. St. Louis: James A. Scholten, [ca 1874].

4 x 5 1/2 in. albumen photograph on original 6 x 9 1/2 in. mount credited to J.A. Scholten, St. Louis, Missouri. Pencil inscription beneath image identifies “Gen’l Custer.”

Distinctive image of Custer in buckskins with a hunting rifle, wearing his trademark red kerchief. Taken on or around 24 January 1874 by St. Louis photographer James A. Scholten on the occasion of a visit by Russian Grand Duke Alexis, who requested to go on a buffalo hunt with Custer. The group was guided by William “Buffalo Bill” Cody on an expedition led by General William Tecumseh Sherman. This image originally appeared as a tipped-in addition to the 19th-century trade publication, the Philadelphia Photographer. A scarce original image, widely copied and issued in cabinet format after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Catalogued in Katz, Custer in Photographs [K-113].

$800 - 1,200

161

George Custer [CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876)]. BARRY, David. F. (1854-1934), photographer. Monument at Custer’s Battleground, Near Fort Custer, M.T 5 3/4 x 4 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount. Titled on mount recto. Barry’s imprint on verso. Fully visible in the image are two men and a dog sitting on either side of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument memorial obelisk, erected in 1881 by the War Department. It lists the names the officers and soldiers “who fell near this place fighting with the 7th United States Cavalry against Sioux Indians.”

The granite memorial sits atop Last Stand Hill, and the remains of soldiers and personnel are buried in a mass grave below, with some of the remains of 7th cavalrymen marked by marble gravestones.

$300 - 500

162 Minnesota

WHITNEY, Joel (1822-1886), photographer. A group of 2 photographs, incl. Castle Rock and a dog train from Pembina, North Dakota.

“Castle Rock.” 1866. 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. oval albumen photograph on gilt-ruled 12 x 10 in. mount, with Whitney’s Gallery credit and a paper credit label on mount recto, and various period notations, in pencil, on mount verso. Castle Rock was a 45-foot tall natural sandstone formation located in Castle Rock, MN, approx. 30 miles from St. Paul. Prior to white settlement of the area, the Dakota viewed the natural formation as a place of reverence. This photograph, taken by Joel Whitney around 1866, shows Castle Rock at its best before time and erosion took its toll on the sandstone rock formation.

[With:] View of a dog train, including two Native American men and a child standing near a dog sled. Four dogs are seen tied to the sled. Although captioned “Fort Garry,” research indicates that this may have been taken at Pembina, ND. However, it is possible that the dog train had ventured to Pembina by way of the Pembina Trail, which was used by Métis and European settlers throughout the 19th century to travel between Forts Garry and Pembina in what is today Manitoba and North Dakota. 5 3/4 x 8 in. albumen photograph on 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. mount. Unmarked, but known to have been taken by Whitney.

Joel Ellis Whitney (1822-1886) is considered Minnesota’s finest pioneer photographer. He successfully operated his business in St. Paul during the years 1851-1871, before selling his studio and negatives to Charles Zimmerman, who in turn became the most prominent photographer in the state.

$600 - 800

163

Western American -- Montana HUFFMAN, L.A. (1854-1931), photographer. After the Chase, Smokey Butte, Montana. Miles City, MT, 1880. Signed in ink.

8 x 10 in. hand-colored colotype with hand-inked title and copyright of Huffman. Between 1880-1883, Huffman took a series of images of some of the last buffalo hunts in North American. By this time the great northern and southern herds were nearing extinction, and Huffman’s striking views served as a call to arms for conservationists. This hand-colored scene, showing three bison and the horses of the hunters on the frozen prairie was a reminder of what had been and what would never again be.

$800 - 1,000

164

Sitting Bull

NOTMAN, William (1826-1891), photographer. Cabinet card of Sitting Bull. Montreal, Canada: Wm. Notman & Son, ca 1885.

4 x 5 1/2 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount. Titled and credited to Notman & Son on mount recto. Verso bears modern printed labels for Culver Pictures, Inc., along with various other labels and inscriptions.

A rare pose of the Hunkpapa chief, taken in Montreal in August, 1885 when Sitting Bull was headliner of the Buffalo Bill Wild West show. One of several images taken by Notman at the same sitting, this portrait is infrequently encountered.

$600 - 800

165

Sitting Bull

BARRY, David F. (1854-1936), photographer. Portrait of Sitting Bull.

6 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. gelatin silver print, signed “Barry” in white ink and blindstamped “Copyright by D. F. Barry.” An early 20th-century print, made at Barry’s, Superior, Wisconsin studio from an original negative taken in the 1880s. Verso with multiple Culver Pictures, Inc. labels and various inscriptions.

Barry, known to his Native American customers as “The Little Shadow Catcher” made his name photographing personalities at frontier forts and towns, and operated a studio in Bismarck, Dakota Territory. He moved to Superior, Wisconsin, in 1890 and operated a studio there until his death, making prints from the negatives he had produced from the now vanished American frontier.

$400 - 600

166

Native Americans

BARRY, David F. (1854-1934), photographer. Chief Gall. West Superior, WI: n.d.

10 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. albumen photograph on 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Title printed on image, copyright printed on mount recto with Barry’s West Superior, Wisconsin address. Verso with ink inscription apparently penned by Roland Reed (1864-1934): “To Wm Seymour Compliments D. F. Barry & Roland Reed / Boston Dec. 28th 1894.” Normally seen as a cabinet card, this over-sized “panel” style photograph is a format Barry rarely used.

We suspect that the photograph was presented by Reed and Barry to noted actor and stage manager William Seymour (1855-1933), perhaps at an exhibition at the Boston Camera Club. Gall is featured with bare legs and torso, his head adorned by a single feather and his body clothed by a simple tunic cloth tied around his waist. He wears moccasins on his feet and a large cross-shaped pendant over his chest.

[With:] 5 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. printed informational sheet mounted on modern paper, regarding Chief Gall and featuring a half-tone portrait of D. F. Barry and Chief Rain-in-the-Face along with quotations from General Charles King, Elizabeth Custer, D. F. Barry, and Trentanova.

$1,000 - 1,500

167

Native Americans

BARRY, David F. (1854-1934), photographer. Chief Joseph.

6 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. unmounted silver gelatin photograph “Copyright by D. F. Barry” blindstamp lower right. A retouched negative, printed from the original in Barry’s West Superior, Wisconsin studio, ca. 1900.

$300 - 500

169

Native Americans

Cabinet photograph of a group of Pawnee including Roan Chief and other identified subjects.

5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. silver gelatin paper cabinet photograph on cardstock mount. Uncredited, with manuscript notations in lower margin of mount identifying the subjects as follows “Frank Lonewalk, Little Chief, G[?] Good Fox, Roan chief, Tom Morgan.” Circa 1900.

Roan Chief (identified by some sources as “Roaming Chief”) was a leader of the Pitahauerat Pawnee and aided the United States Military as a scout.

$300 - 400

168

Native Americans

BARRY, David F. (1854-1934), photographer. Sioux Ghost Dance. Ca 1890s.

7 x 10 in. photograph loosely placed in 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. cardstock mat. Image and mat twice blindstamped “Barry.” Mat verso with applied paper label for Barry and pencil inscription reading, “Sioux Ghost Dancers.”

A view capturing Sioux Ghost Dancers at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

In the late 19th century, the Sioux people began practicing a new religion that grew around prophecies shared first by Paiute men named Wodziwob, Tävibo, and Wovoka. Followers were instructed to perform a dance, later known as the Ghost Dance, which the leaders said would result in the return of land, the resurrection of ancestors, and the end of suffering of their communities under US rule. The US government responded severely to this practice, killing hundreds of Native American Ghost Dancers, including Sitting Bull, at Wounded Knee.

$400 - 600

170 Native Americans

JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942), photographer. Shoshone Chief Washakie.

5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. unmounted albumen photograph, of Washakie (1804/1810 - 1900), the noted Eastern Shoshone chief. Jackson first met Washakie in his capacity as photographer for the Hayden Expedition in 1870. Washakie was a signatory to the Fort Bridger Treaties of 1863 and 1868, which established first, a general Shoshone country, and then later, a Shoshone/Bannock Agency. He was known both for his efforts on behalf of his people as well as his friendship with white settlers of Utah.

$400 - 600

171 Geronimo FLY, Camillus S. (1849-1901), photographer. Boudoir card featuring Geronimo and his band of “renegades” as they left Fort Bowie, Arizona. [1886].

7 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. albumen photograph on 8 x 5 in. on boudoir style cardstock mount. Verso bears Fly’s Gallery stamp along with ink inscription: “View of Renegades Leaving Fort Bowie For Florida.”

An exceedingly rare Image taken in late September 1886 depicting the transport of Geronimo and his band of Chiricahua Apaches in guarded wagons, en route to Florida where they were imprisoned.

$1,500 - 2,000

172

Native Americans

RINEHART, Frank. A. (1861-1928), photographer. Geronimo - (Guiyatle) / Apache. Omaha: 1898.

7 1/8 x 9 in. unmounted platinum print. Titled, numbered, and copyrighted in the negative.

A rare, and poignant view of the aged Apache leader (1829-1909) taken by Rinehart in Omaha, Nebraska as part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1898. More than 500 delegates from 25 tribes attended the expo as part of the U.S. Indian Congress. Rinehart was the official photographer for the Congress.

$1,500 - 2,500

174

Native Americans

[VROMAN, Adam C. (1856-1916), photographer]. “Charlie” the Navajo Blanket Maker. Ca 1895.

8 x 6 in. printing-out paper photograph on 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Uncredited, but with Vroman’s calligraphic caption and image number inked on mount recto. This photograph was taken during Vroman’s first trip to see the Hopi in 1895.

$1,000 - 1,500

173

Native Americans

RINEHART, Frank. A. (1861-1928), photographer. Platinum portrait of Jesus and Chief Josh, San Carlos Apaches. Omaha: 1898.

7 x 9 in. platinum print on 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Titled, numbered, and copyrighted in the negative. One of a series of portraits taken by Rinehart in Omaha, Nebraska as part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1898. More than 500 delegates from 25 tribes attended the expo as part of the U.S. Indian Congress. Rinehart was the official photographer for the Congress.

$600 - 800

176

Native Americans

ROTHROCK, George (1843-1924), photographer. Seated portrait of a young Maricopa woman. Phoenix, AZ: n.d.

3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount with Rothrock’s imprint to recto.

$300 - 500

175

Native Americans

[VROMAN, Adam C. (1856-1916), photographer]. “Camp Vroman” (40 miles north from Holbrooks.)

6 x 8 in. printing-out paper photograph on 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Uncredited, but with Vroman’s calligraphic caption and image number inked on mount recto. This photograph was taken during Vroman’s first trip to see the Hopi in 1895.

A horse-drawn wagon is parked just ahead of a small pueblo in the foreground. At least four men are visible standing near and climbing out of the wagon. In the distance, a mesa emerges into the center of the photograph.

$1,000 - 1,500

177

Native Americans

MOORHOUSE, Lee (1850-1926), photographer. Standing profile studio portrait of a Native American male subject. Pendleton, OR: n.d.

9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph. Image blindstamped, “Lee Moorhouse / Pendleton, OR” to lower right. Verso bears pencil inscription reading, “Tats - Homi / good man.”

“Major” Lee Moorhouse traveled the Oregon Trail from Iowa as a child and worked several jobs typical of a Western settler, including miner, surveyor, rancher, and Indian Agent for the Umatilla Indian Reservation. His photographs were purely amateur, but the 9,000 negatives he produced comprise one of the finest collections of Oregon photography, documenting the state’s transition from frontier outpost to a land of cities and reservations.

$300 - 500

178

Native Amerians -- Hopi

JAMES, George Wharton (1858-1923), photographer. Group of Moki Children at Mashoncnavi. Pasadena, CA: ca 1895.

7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. collodion print mounted on paper attached to mat. Image titled, numbered, and credited to James in the negative. Mount inscribed: “Group of Moki children at Mashone.”

$300 - 400

180 Western Americana -- Kansas

Rare 1859 Photograph of Stages of the Leavenworth and Pikes Peak Express Company.

179

Native Americans

CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer. The Morning Attack.

Photogravure on Japanese tissue, 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (12 1/2 x 17 in. sheet), tipped on 17 3/8 x 21 7/8 in. cardstock mount. Plate 99, Vol. III from The North American Indian, copyrighted 1907. Published by John Andrew and Son. Credited, titled, and dated in letterpress, lower margin recto.

A beautifully composed view capturing Sioux Indians prepared for battle, described by Edward S. Curtis as “The favorite morning for attack was just at dawn, when the enemy was presumably unprepared to offer quick resistance.” (Vol. III, The North American Indian).

$1,000 - 1,500

Anonymous, 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. salted paper photograph on 7 x 8 3/8 in. cardstock mount. Verso pencil inscription reads, “Arrival of the first Choaches [sic] from Denver April 1859. Presented to Mrs. Eviline [sic] Lowry by her grandmother Mrs. S.S. Jones.”

A rare, and probably unique photograph of stagecoaches posed before a four story brick building, tentatively identified as the Planter’s Hotel in Leavenworth, Kansas, a partially visible sign of the “[Unite]d States Express Company” and “...Office Kansas”.

In 1858, William H. Russell conceived of a daily stagecoach route between Leavenworth, Kansas and Denver, Colorado, connecting the Missouri River with the recently opened Rocky Mountain goldfields. Initially called the “Leavenworth and Pikes Peak Express Company” the company was incorporated in February 1859, and the first stage arrived in Denver on May 17, 1859. This photograph, supposedly dating to April, 1859, may represent the departure of a coach that would arrive in Denver a month later.

Beset with financial and Indian problems, the Pikes Peak Express Company lasted a mere three months before it was reorganized as the Central Overland and California Express Company, the parent company of the Pony Express.

Evaline Lowry Benjamin (1869-1954) was the granddaughter of John Stykes Jones (1811-1876), one of Russell’s original investors in the Pikes Peak Express Company.

An exceptionally rare photograph.

$1,000 - 1,500

181

Western Americana -- Kansas

Photograph of a street scene of Wichita, Kansas. Ca 1880.

7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. albumen photograph on 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. cardstock album page with additional photograph of an outdoor garden on verso.

Shown here is the north side of the 100 block of East Douglas Avenue, notably featuring the New York Store, a dry goods and carpet store located at 100 East Douglas. Central to the scene is a large arch reading “Wichita Welcomes You,” extending from one side of the street to the other. Numerous American flags wave from the buildings lining the street, and several horse-drawn carriages can be seen in motion on the road.

$300 - 400

182

Western Americana -- Utah

SAVAGE, Charles R. (1832-1909), photographer. Utah. Price River, Castle Gate, D & R. G. R. R. Ca 1880.

11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. albumen photograph flush mounted on cardstock. Titled and credited to Savage in the negative, lower left.

A man sits in profile on a rock to the lower right of the scene.

British-born landscape and portrait photographer C.R. Savage was a member of the Mormon Church who operated a studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is best known for his images of the American West.

$1,000 - 1,500

183

Western Americana -- Utah

SAVAGE, C.R. (1832-1909), photographer. A pair of images related to Mormonism including Utah’s Best Crop. Salt Lake City, UT: ca 1880-1890.

8 x 5 in. photograph on cardstock mount. A photographic collage comprised of more than 100 bust-length portraits of babies, credited to Savage in the lower margin and cleverly titled “Utah’s Best Crop.”

[With:] 8 3/8 x 5 in. photograph on 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Captioned in the negative, “Eagle Gate And Bee Hive House.” The Beehive House, shown at left, was built in Salt Lake City, Utah, ca 1852-1854, and served as the primary residence of Brigham Young as the first territorial governor of Utah and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Eagle Gate, which spans State Street east of the Beehive House, was originally erected in 1859 at the entrance to Brigham Young’s private family compound.

$600 - 800

184

Americana -- West Virginia JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942), Double Mammoth Plate, Harpers Ferry from Bolivar Heights. [Denver, CO]: ca 1890-1892.

15 1/2 x 35 3/4 in. albumen photograph (sight), framed, 18 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. overall. Titled and credited in the negative, “Harpers Ferry from Bolivar Heights / W.H. Jackson.” Produced as part of a series of photographs taken by William Henry Jackson for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, ca 1890-1892.

From his vantage point atop Bolivar Heights, Jackson captured the storied site of the United States Armory, which changed hands several times during the Civil War.

An exceptionally rare double mammoth plate image made by one of the legends of American photography.

$3,000 - 5,000

185

Western Americana -- Colorado JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942), photographer. Jackson at Laguna, Pueblo. Ca 1875.

4 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. unmounted albumen print (including margins) titled and credited in the negative with Jackson’s Denver, CO address. Verso with red ink stamp identifying the print to the G. Wharton James Collection.

Photograph of W. H. Jackson posing with his mammoth wet plate camera at Pueblo Laguna in New Mexico in April 1875. While this image is not mounted in the boudoir style popular in the 1880s, Jackson was known to have used this format.

$1,000 - 1,500

186

Western Americana -- Colorado

“The Tryangle Club.” Denver, CO: The Tyler Photo Co., 1903.

12 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. silver gelatin photograph flush mounted on thick cardstock. Caption and photographer’s imprint included in the negative.

The lightly hand-tinted photograph features a parlor room filled with more than 30 men fraternizing at the “Tryangle Club.” While a large punch bowl and small cups are visible on the table at the center of the room, most of the men appear to be drinking beer from steins and smoking. Although no further information about the “Tryangle Club” has been uncovered, this scene may capture members of a traditional gentleman’s club in Denver.

$200 - 400

187

Western Americana -- California

Portrait of a group of men from the Royal Canadian Insurance Co. posing with beer steins at the Oakland Brewery. [Oakland, CA]: 1876.

9 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. albumen photograph on 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. cardstock mount. Written in the negative on one of the barrels is the name “Herman Kircaldie” and just below, “Royal Canadian Ins. Co.” One man holds up a sign reading “Oakland Brewery 1876,” which appears to have been handetched into the negative.

Several of the men pictured (and one young boy) wear suit jackets and/ or vests and hold beer steins, while others wear work shirts and hold various tools related to brewery processes and tasks. A carriage in the background painted “Oakland Brewery” can be seen laden with barrels. Other barrels, arranged among the men, have stars and numbers “08” emblazoned on their heads.

A Herman Kirkaldie is listed as an agent of the Royal Canadian Insurance Company in an 1876 directory for businesses in Oakland, CA.

$600 - 800

188

Western Americana -- California WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer. Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, Cal. San Francisco, CA: ca 1871.

15 3/8 x 21 1/8 in. mammoth plate albumen photograph housed in 22 x 28 in. mount. Penciled caption and ink stamp on verso, “Watkins New Series, 427 Montgomery St., S.F.”

An expansive view of Malakoff Diggins, the largest hydraulic mining site in California. The mine was one of several hydraulic mining sites at the center of the 1882 landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, in which the company was sued by a group of local farmers over damages caused to farmland in the Central Valley.

Born in Oneonta, NY, Carleton Emmons Watkins moved to California in 1851 apprenticing in the photography studio of Robert H. Vance. First visiting Yosemite in 1861, Watkins’ photographs of the area gained international acclaim. He operated the Yosemite Gallery throughout San Francisco until the mid-1870s when interest waned and he was forced to sell his gallery and the first series of Yosemite negatives in 1875. Watkins continued his photographic career in the American West, producing some of the earliest photographs of Southern California and the Pacific Northwest, before losing much of his work in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

$1,000 - 1,500

189

Western Americana -- Yellowstone WATKINS, Carleton E. (1829-1916), photographer. Minerva Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, National Park. San Francisco: ca 1878. Mammoth albumen photograph.

15 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 21 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Watkins’ printed New Series label affixed to mount recto.

$2,000 - 3,000

190

Western Americana -- Washington [WATKINS, Carleton E. (1829-1916), photographer]. Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington Territory. Ca 1882.

8 1/4 x 12 in. albumen photograph providing a panoramic view of Seattle, on 13 x 17 3/4 in. cardstock mount, with period manuscript caption on mount verso, “Seattle from Coal Warf [sic] No. 1.”

$2,000 - 3,000

191

Western Americana -- Washington [WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer, attrib.]. View of Tacoma from Puget Sound, Washington Territory. Ca 1882.

8 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. albumen photograph on 13 x 17 7/8 in. cardstock mount. Ink inscription to verso reads, “New Tacoma Gen. View.”

$2,500 - 3,500

192

Western Americana -- Washington MAXWELL, Charles T. (1865-1933), photographer. Wheat harvest on Baker Ranch, ca 1910-12. AND KINSEY, Clark (1877-1956), photographer. Donovan Corkery Logging Company. Ca 1923-34. 12 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. silver gelatin photograph flush mounted on paper. Captioned and credited in the negative, lower left: “Donovan-Corkery Log Co. No 6...C Kinsey Photo, S[eattle].” Pictured are 8 men posed among a pile of sizeable logs in a forest.

The Donovan Corkery Logging Company, active from 1923-1934, was headquartered in Aberdeen, Washington, and logged primarily in the Wishkah River Valley.

9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on 12 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Mount recto with Maxwell’s studio stamp. Verso with ink caption and identification of subjects, in part: “Combine of [indecipherable] Man’s on Baker Ranch. 1910 or 12...” Pictured is a wooden combine pulled by a large team of horses in a wheat field. 7 men, including the driver, pose on the combine.

Agriculture, and wheat farming in particular, was a major industry in Walla Walla through the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Photograph Collection curated by the Whitman College and Northwest Archives includes many images of similar agricultural activities such as planting, harvesting, and logging, along with many of the livestock and early implements that made them possible.

$400 - 600

193

Klondike Gold Rush

GOETZMAN, Henry J. (b. 1864), Mammoth Plate of the Steamer “Flora” with 120 Passengers aboard 150 Miles above Dawson en route to White Horse. Dawson, Yukon Territory: 1900.

19 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph. Titled, dated, and credited to Goetzman in the negative. A mammoth plate gold rush photograph. Men and women stand on the decks of the steamer Flora, with large signage reading “Royal Mail,” and “This Life Boat is Reserved As A Stateroom for Goetzman, The Dawson Photographer.”

The Flora was built in 1898 at Lake Bennett, Yukon Territory, for the Bennett Lake and Klondike Navigation company. A sternwheeler paddle boat, she was a small steamer licensed to carry 75 passengers and for much of her career ran various routes carrying mail, miners and supplies. In May, 1902 she was wrecked by ice, salvaged and converted to a coal barge. A rare Klondike image.

$1,000 - 1,500

194

Alaska

A group of 3 photographs of Alaska scenes incl. the finish line of the 6th Annual All Alaska Sweep Stakes in Nome. 1910s.

10 x 8 in. silver gelatin photograph featuring a large crowd of people gathered near the finish line of the “6th Annual All Alaska Sweepe [sic] Stakes” in Nome by H. G. Kaiser, 1913. Captioned and credited in the negative. Verso with pencil inscription reading, “mama and I at the finish of the races. I marked an x so you can easily find us.” To the left side of the image, two women in coats and fur hats can be seen walking in the direction of the camera, and there are two small penciled “x” marks over their heads.

The All Alaska Sweepstakes was a yearly dog-sled race held in April from 1908 to 1917. It saw mushers race from Nome to Candle and back again.

[With:] 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. silver gelatin photograph of the “Mexican Hose Team” racing with their cart down a dirt road lined with onlookers. Treadwell, AK, 4 July 1912. Captioned and credited in the negative.

Treadwell was home to four gold mines including the Mexican Mine and the Ready Bullion Mine. It seems that each mine had its own hose team, and perhaps what is captured in this image is a race that took place as part of Independence Day festivities in the town.

[With:] 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. silver gelatin photograph of an Independence Day parade in Nome, Alaska by Lomen Bros, 4 July 1917. Captioned and credited in the negative. Vehicles decorated with American flags drive down a paved road lined with spectators. The storefronts also display American flags in the windows. $600 - 800

195

William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody Standing portrait of Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull. Copyrighted by D.F. Barry, n.d.

6 x 10 in. silver gelatin photograph flush mounted to paper. Copyright printed and blind stamped in the image by D.F. Barry. Verso with multiple inscriptions, stamps, and paper labels identifying the print to Culver Pictures, Inc.

A full-length view of “Buffalo Bill” Cody holding his Winchester, posed with Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, who toured with the Wild West show for about five months during the 1885 season. Although originally taken by the Notman Studio while the show was in Montreal, this image was printed by D.F. Barry around the turn of the century from an original negative.

$300 - 500

196

Wild West Shows

Cabinet photograph of Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill, and Charles “Buffalo” Jones. New York: Gessford, ca 1908-1910. Signed by Jones. [With:] Press photograph of Pawnee Bill. New York: Sy Seidman.

Silver gelatin cabinet photograph on cardstock mount showing Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie, seated at center, flanked by partner William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and Charles Jesse “Buffalo” Jones. All wear fringed and intricately beaded jackets and gloves, Cody holds a Winchester rifle, and Jones wears wooly chaps and holds a lariat. Lower margin of mount inscribed and signed, “Sincerely Yours, C.J. Jones.” Period manuscript identification on verso, likely written in the hand of Jones as well.

Famed wild west showmen Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill combined to form Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East in 1909, touring together through the 1913 season. Charles J. Jones was a noted rancher, hunter, and frontiersman. He was a member of the Camp-Fire Club of America, with Buffalo Bill, Zane Gray, and Theodore Roosevelt included in his circle of friends. Jones was hired in 1894 to help build up the herd of buffalo at Yellowstone Park, and he has been cited by the National Archives as one of the “preservers of the American bison.”

[With:] 4 x 5 3/4 in. silver gelatin press photograph on cardstock mount featuring a portrait of Pawnee Bill. Photographer’s credit ink stamped on verso.

$400 - 600

197

William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody

3 photographs related to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, incl. “Sioux Princess” Julie Nelson. [With:] Photograph of Charlie Russell and friend.

Julie Nelson, Sioux Princess, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. New York: Anderson, n.d. Cabinet photograph on cardstock mount with title and studio imprint in lower margin. Mount verso with additional studio imprint, ink stamps, and a Culver Pictures, Inc. sticker. Nelson performed in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows as a “Princess of the Sioux Nation.”

-- Prince of Monaco & Col Cody. 5 x 7 in. silver gelatin photograph of Cody with rifle in hand, conversing with the Prince of Monaco, Albert I, during his visit to Cody, Wyoming, in the fall of 1913. Titled in negative, verso with Culver Service ink stamps and sticker. -- Studio portrait of Cody later taken later in life. Chicago: Moffett, 1911. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. silver gelatin photograph, credited to Moffett in the negative, with Culver Pictures, Inc. stickers on verso.

[With:] Photograph of famed cowboy artist Charlie M. Russell and his friend, Cornelius “Con” Price standing in front of the log cabin studio in Great Falls, Montana, ca early 1900s. 5 x 7 in. print with manuscript notation on verso, including details about Price, who “began life as a cowpuncher in Montana” and later became a “top land... partner & lifelong friend of Charlie Russell.”

Together, 4 photographs.

$500 - 700

198

Western Lawmen

Cabinet card portrait of Thomas J. Smith, marshal and chief of police in Abilene, KS, murdered by outlaws in 1870. Abilene, KS: Forney’s Studio, n.d.

5 1/2 x 4 in. silver gelatin photograph (including margins) on cardstock mount, with manuscript identification in lower margin and imprint of Forney’s Studio of Abilene, ca 1899. With printed information on mount verso identifying the subject as Marshall in 1870, who was murdered while attempting an arrest. The card was sold to raise funds for a monument in Smith’s honor.

Thomas J. Smith (1840-1870), (aka “Bear River Tom”) gained his moniker as an enforcer in the Bear River City, a construction camp of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming. He was known for enforcing the law with his fists, and although carried two guns, rarely used them. When he became Marshall of the cow town of Abilene, Kansas, in 1870, he made it an offense to carry a gun within the city limits and was backed in his efforts by the city council. He never killed a man while sheriff and survived at least two assassination attempts before being murdered while arresting a fugitive near Detroit, Kansas, about 10 miles from Abilene on 2 November 1870.

$600 - 800

199 Western Outlaws

[JAMES, Jesse (1847-1882)]. Collection of photographs of family members of Frank and Jesse James, incl. display featuring cabinet card photographs of their mother Zerelda James.

Framed display memorializing Zerelda James (1825-1911) including two cabinet card portraits, one with backmark for T. C. Martland, Fulton, MO, the other for McAdam Bros., Mt. Pleasant, IA, along with clipped cardstock pieces ink inscribed with information about Zerelda including her birth and death dates; all housed in a double-sided black and gilt painted frame.

2 silver gelatin prints featuring an elderly Zerelda James wearing a photographic brooch in each portrait. One with multiple ownership stamps on verso with warnings against unauthorized usage. -- Cabinet card portrait of Mary James Barr (1879-1935), daughter of Jesse James. Kansas City, MO: Johnson, n.d. Photographer’s blindstamp on mount recto. -- Cabinet card portrait of Robert James (d. 1959), only son of Frank James. Uncredited, n.d. -- 2 tintypes of Robert James as a child, one with ink inscription, “Robert” on paper sleeve. -- Clipped signature of Robert James. -- Silver gelatin portrait of John T. Samuel (18611934), half brother of Frank and Jessie James. Uncredited, n.d. Samuel stands in front of a tree, holding a bowler hat in his arm. Image mounted on two layers of brown paper. With an additional CDV portrait, possibly featuring Samuel as an elderly man. Morgantown, WV: Ed. C. Protzman, n.d. Photographer’s pictorial imprint on verso. -- 2 cabinet card portraits featuring Susan James (1849-1889), the sister of Jesse James, including one of her as a younger woman posed with a much older, bearded man, identified on accompanying inventory as Reuben Samuel (1828-1908), the stepfather of Frank and Jesse James. Kearney, MO: Strong, n.d. Photographer’s imprint on mount recto. The other, a portrait of her family including her husband, Allen Parmer (who was also a Quantrill Raider) and 2 daughters. Wichita Falls, TX: W. A. Lloyd, n.d. Photographer’s imprint on mount recto. -- 2 portraits featuring Sarah “Sallie” Samuel (b. 1858), the half sister of Frank and Jessie, including a tintype portrait of her wearing a plaid dress. Uncredited, n.d. The other, a cabinet card of her family including her husband and 3 children. Kearney, MO: Strong, n.d. Photographer’s imprint on mount recto. -- A pair of CDV portraits of Mrs. L. M. James and Drury Woodson James, Frank and Jesse’s aunt and uncle. San Francisco, CA: Chalmers & Wolfe, n.d. Each with photographer’s backmark and ink identification on image, including inscription likely written by (Alexander) Frank James: “Mrs. L. M. James, My dearest Aunt. A. J.” -- A pair of CDV portraits of Lennie T. Howard and Jinnie E. Car, both female friends, possibly romantic interests, of Frank James. San Francisco, CA: Bradley & Ruolfson, ca 1868. Each with photographer’s backmark and identification on recto and/or verso. -- Silver gelatin print featuring Jesse James (1847-1882) in death. With original Lozo copyright reproduced at bottom of image. Verso with ink ownership stamps from the “Famous Rose Collection of Old Time Photographs.” -- Silver gelatin reproduction enlargement of Jesse James with ink inscriptions on verso including “Copyright 1968 by R. L. Mach, Lincoln, Neb,” and “This photograph of Jesse James, given to Jim Earle on 4/14/86 by Rich Mach.” -- And a few news clippings featuring stories about the James brothers and their brother-in-law, Allen Parmer. -- Together, 20+ items related to Frank and Jesse James and their family.

[With:] 2pp letter to Frank James written in an unknown hand on behalf of Zerelda James (dictated). Carnie, MO, 13 April 1910. In part: “My Dear Son - Your dear and very welcome letter received...My feet are much better as they don’t swell quite so bad. I can hardly wait until this fall I want to see you so bad. I am also very much pleased to hear of your good luck in your farm products...Mr. James you will have to excuse this short letter as I am having a visitor write for me and I am anxious to reply to your letter. Your Loving Mother.”

Accompanied by original auction catalogues and typewritten appraisal in which some of the items appear.

Provenance: Bonham’s, The Early West: The Collection of Jim and Theresa Earle, 27 August 2021, Lot 134; Majority of items purchased from Gary Hendershott, 1990s (auction notes, appraisal document).

$3,000 - 5,000

200 Western Outlaws

A trio of silver gelatin photographs of Wyatt Earp, Robert Ford, and Thomas Newcomb.

3 vintage copy silver gelatin prints made from 19th century photographs of the following subjects:

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), legendary western frontiersman, itinerant saloonkeeper, lawman, gambler, and gunslinger who is best known for his involvement in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. 4 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. silver gelatin print of Earp after an image taken when he was around 39-years-old. on cardstock mount. New York: Sy Seidman, n.d. Publisher’s ink stamp on verso.

Robert Ford (1861-1892), famed outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on 3 April 1882. 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. silver gelatin print on cardstock mount. The image, originally taken by an unknown photographer, shows Ford reportedly posing with the weapon he used to assassinate Jesse James. New York: Culver Pictures, Inc. Publisher’s ink stamp on verso.

Thomas Newcomb, outlaw who murdered frontier scout and miner “California Joe” Milner on 29 November 1876 over a quarrel involving “Wild Bill” Hickok’s death. Milner served briefly as a chief scout for Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer on General Winfield S. Hancock’s expedition in 1867, where he met Hickok. 4 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. silver gelatin print on cardstock mount of Earp after an image taken when he was around 39 years old. New York: Sy Seidman, n.d. Publisher’s ink stamp on verso.

$500 - 700

201

Western Outlaws in Death

A group of 11 silver gelatin photographs of deceased outlaws Elmer McCurdy, Isaac Black, and Charlie Pitts, with credit for the N.H. Rose Collection.

11 vintage silver gelatin copy prints made from 19th century photographs, approx. 8 x 5 in. Each print with caption on recto and N.H. Rose’s San Antonio, TX, ink stamp on verso, noting that it was made from the “Famous Rose Collection of Old Time Photographs.”

Subjects include: Charley Pitts (1844-1876) was killed - shot five times - in the James Brother’s botched bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota.

Elmer McCurdy (1880-1911) was killed in a shoot-out with police after an October 4th train robbery near Okesa, Oklahoma. Dubbed “The Bandit Who Wouldn’t Give Up”, McCurday gained further notoriety when his mummified body became a traveling sideshow attraction. The split image offered here shows him shortly after his death and later at the Pawhuska, Oklahoma funeral home where is unclaimed body was embalmed by Joseph H. Johnson, and put on display. After years of abuse as a side-show attraction, McCurdy was finally laid to rest in Guthrie, Oklahoma in 1977.

Isaac “Ike” Black (1866-1895) was an outlaw in Kansas and Oklahoma whose career was cut short after a series of robberies in Fairview, and Oxley, Oklahoma. He was buried in an unmarked grave near Alvah, until 2019 when the Cherokee Strip Museum, along a generous donation from a local monument company finally marked his final resting place.

Additional subjects include: Dalton gang members taken in the aftermath of their disastrous 5 October 1892 raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas. Of the five who rode into town four were shot dead by townsmen and are pictured in ghastly repose. -- 3 prints providing post-mortem views of members of the Doolin gang, including Bill Doolin, Jack Blake (alias Tulsa Jack), and Oliver Yantis (alias Crescent Sam). -- William Clements, one of the Clements boys of Texas. -- Harry Tracy, as he appeared in Oregon Penitentiary in 1899. -- Mug shot of William Walters (alias Broncho Bill), 1899. -- Indiana horse-thieves John and Marvin Kuhns.

Over the course of his lifetime, Noah H. Rose (1874-1952) of San Antonio, Texas assembled a collection of photographs of more than 2000 western and other outlaws. After an accident in 1921 which left him with large debts, he began issuing a catalog in which he offered prints from his famous collection.

$400 - 600

Fine Books and Manuscripts

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Guide for Prospective Sellers and Buyers

GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE SELLERS

Evaluation of Property

Freeman’s | Hindman is pleased to provide complimentary auction estimates for items you’re considering consigning. You are welcome to submit items electronically (consign@hindmanauctions.com) or to contact any of our offices directly.

Our specialists are eager to help you learn more about your collection and current auction sale estimates.

To begin an estimate, our specialists will need:

• At least 3 photos

• Detailed description

• Details on signatures or marks

Shipping Arrangements

Buyers assume full responsibility for the packing and shipping of lots won at auction. Our Recommended Shippers offer a wide variety of local, domestic, and international shipping options.

In the interest of our clients, Freeman’s | Hindman requires a written authorization from the buyer in order to release property to anyone other than the purchaser of record (including but not limited to our recommended shippers). You may submit the Shipping Release Form via fax to 312.280.1211 or email to shipping@hindmanauctions.com

Appraisals

Our exceptional team of specialists regularly appraises property by analyzing market trends and conducting comprehensive research. Specialists evaluate thousands of objects each year for auction, allowing them to closely monitor the nuances of the current market.

Professional appraisals are prepared for estate tax, gift tax, charitable contribution, insurance and for equitable distribution purposes.

• Estate Tax

• Gift Tax

• Charitable Contribution

• Insurance

• Appraisals for Corporate Valuation Needs

Our trust and estates department recognizes that each client and appraisal situation is unique and often involves multiple asset categories and residences. Fees for appraisals are determined by the number of specialists, hours involved and the necessary travel and expenses. Our competitive fees are negotiated based upon the express needs of each client and are competitive within the marketplace.

Please contact our Appraisals Department (appraisals@hindmanauctions.com) for more information.

Estate Services

Estate settlement is a meticulous and multi-faceted process. Freeman’s | Hindman provides executors, fiduciaries and beneficiaries throughout the country with confidential and customized appraisals and disposition services. All appraisals are prepared fully in accordance with USPAP guidelines and meet all current requirements set forth by the IRS.

We recognize that each client and appraisal situation is unique and often involves multiple asset categories and residences. Our Trusts and Estates department offers services that are tailored to meet our clients’ timelines and specifications.

Our specialists offer complimentary walk-through services with the goal of providing an accurate representation of each items’ value based on the current auction market. A detailed proposal outlining the manner in which a sale will be conducted from the initial value assessment to removal of the property and settlement is provided to all parties involved.

Please contact our Estate Services (inquiries@hindmanauctions.com) team for more information.

GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS

Conditions of Sale

All bidders with Freeman’s | Hindman must read and agree to Conditions of Sale posted in this catalogue prior to bidding at an auction.

Viewing Auction Items

It is highly recommended that all prospective bidders either view the sale via our online catalogue or contact Freeman’s | Hindman for further images or to schedule an appointment to view objects in person.

Estimates

Freeman’s | Hindman provides catalogue descriptions and pre-auction estimates for each lot included in the sale. These estimates are a guide for prospective bidders. They are not definitive. All pre-sale estimates are subject to revision.

Condition Reports

We are happy to provide a condition report for lots with a low estimate of $300 and above. Nevertheless, intending buyers are reminded that condition reports are statements of our opinion only, and that each lot is sold “AS IS,” per our Conditions of Sale, as outlined in the back of this catalogue. All lots should be viewed personally by prospective buyers or their agents to evaluate the condition of the property offered for sale due to the highly subjective nature of condition reports.

Bidding at Auction

The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer will be the purchaser. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay Hindman LLC a buyer’s premium as well as any applicable taxes.

Bidding Increments

Bidding generally opens at half the low estimate and advances in the following order, although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction.

The standard bidding increments are:

$0 – 1000 $50

$1000 – 2,000

$2,000 – 5,000

$5,000 – 10,000

$10,000 – 20,000

$100

$20,000 – 50,000 $2,500

$50,000 – 100,000

$100,000 – 200,000

$5,000

$10,000

$200,000+ AT AUCTIONEER’S DISCRETION

In-House Bidding

Our auctions are free and open to the public with no obligation for attendees to bid. Registration requires your full contact information, photo identification, credit card information, your signature and agreement to the Conditions of Sale.. If you are the successful bidder, your paddle number and the hammer price will be announced by the auctioneer.

Live Bid Online

Freeman’s | Hindman allows absentee and live bidding through our website at hindmanauctions.com as well as absentee and live bidding through third party online bidding providers which vary by sale. For more information regarding online bidding please visit our website at hindmanauctions.com.

Absentee Bidding

If you are unable to attend an auction, you may place an absentee bid, either through our website at hindmanauctions.com. An absentee bid is the highest price you are willing to pay exclusive of buyer’s premium and applicable sales tax. Freeman’s | Hindman will exercise absentee bids at no additional charge. Absentee bids are always confidential, and bids are executed at the lowest price possible by the auctioneer according to reserves and competing bids.

Telephone Bidding

You may register telephone bid requests either through our website at hindmanauctions.com or through the bid form provided at the back of this catalogue. Upon registering for a telephone bid, you will be called on the day of the auction by a Freeman’s | Hindman representative approximately five lots before your item is scheduled to be sold. They will communicate to you the bidding activity and will relay your bids to the auctioneer at your discretion. Please note we can only accept telephone bids for lots with a low estimate of $500 or above unless otherwise noted online. Telephone bids may be requested up to 2 hours prior to the auction start time. Updated 8.1.24

Conditions of Sale

These Conditions of Sale set out the terms upon which Freeman’s | Hindman, a dba of Hindman LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) sells property by lot in this catalogue. You agree to be bound by these terms by registering to bid and/or by bidding in our auction.

A. BEFORE THE AUCTION

1. LOT DESCRIPTIONS AND WARRANTIES

Our description of a lot, any statement of a lot’s condition, and any other oral or written statement about a lot—such as its nature, condition, artist, period, materials, dimensions, weight, exhibition or publication history, or provenance— are our opinion and shall not to be relied upon by you as a statement of fact. Except for the limited authenticity warranty contained in paragraphs E and F below, we do not provide any guarantee of our description or the nature of a lot.

2. CONDITION

The physical condition of lots in our auctions can vary due to age, normal wear and tear, previous damage, and restoration/repair. All lots are sold “AS IS,” in the condition they are in at the time of the auction, and we and the seller make no representation or warranty and assume no liability of any kind as to a lot’s condition. Any reference to condition in a catalogue description or a condition report shall not amount to a full accounting of condition and may not include all faults, inherent defects, restoration, alteration, or adaptation. Likewise, images in our catalogue may not depict a lot accurately, as colors and shades may appear different in print or on screen than on physical inspection. We are not responsible for providing you with a description of a lot’s condition in the catalogue or in a condition report.

3. VIEWING LOTS

We offer pre-auction viewings, either scheduled or by appointment, that are free of charge. If you believe that the catalogue description or condition reports are not sufficient, we suggest you inspect a lot personally or through a knowledgeable representative before you bid on a lot to make sure that you accept the description and its condition. We recommend you hire a professional adviser if you are not familiar with how to address the nature or condition of an object. Freeman’s | Hindman has several salerooms throughout the country and the location of sales, or individual items may vary. It is important to check our website and be aware of where each lot is located, for both viewing and for shipping purposes.

4. ESTIMATES

Estimates of a lot account for the condition, rarity, quality, and provenance of the object and are based upon prices realized for similar objects in past auctions. Neither you nor anyone else may rely on our estimates as a prediction or guarantee of the actual selling price of a lot or its value for any other purpose. Estimates do not include the buyer’s premium, any applicable taxes, and any other applicable charges.

5. WITHDRAWAL

We may, in our sole discretion, withdraw a lot from auction at any time prior to or during the sale and shall have no liability to you for our decision to withdraw.

B. REGISTERING TO BID

GENERAL

We reserve the right to reject any bid. By participating in the sale, you represent and warrant that:

(a) The bidder and/or purchaser is not subject to trade sanctions, embargoes or any other restriction on trade in the jurisdiction in which it does business as well as under the laws and regulations of the United States, and is not owned (nor partly owned) or controlled by such sanctioned person(s) (collectively, “Sanctioned Person(s)”); (b) Where you are acting as agent, your principal is not a Sanctioned Person(s) nor owned (or partly owned) or controlled by Sanctioned Person(s); and

(c) The bidder and/or purchaser undertakes that none of the purchase price will be funded by any Sanctioned Person(s), nor will any party be involved in the transaction including financial institutions, freight forwarders or other forwarding agents or any other party be a Sanctioned Person(s) nor owned (or partly owned) or controlled by a Sanctioned Person(s), unless such activity is authorized in writing by the government authority having jurisdiction over the transaction or in applicable law or regulation.

2. NEW BIDDERS

New bidders must register at least twenty-four (24) hours before an auction and must provide us with documentation of their identity.

(a) Individuals must provide photo identification (driver’s license, non-driver ID card, or passport) and, if not shown on the photo identification, proof of

current address (a current utility bill or bank statement). (b) Corporate clients must provide a Certificate of Incorporation or its equivalent bearing the company’s

name and registered address, together with documentary proof of directors and beneficial owners. (c) Trusts, partnerships, offshore companies, and other business entities must contact us in advance of the auction to discuss our requirements. If we are not satisfied with the information you provide us in our bidder identification and other registration procedures, we may refuse to register you to bid, and if you make a successful bid, we may cancel the contract for sale between you and the seller. New bidders may be required to provide us with a financial reference and/or a deposit before we allow them to bid.

3. RETURNING BIDDERS

If you have not bought anything from us recently, then we may require you to register as a new bidder, as described in the paragraph above. Please contact us at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the auction.

4. BIDDING FOR ANOTHER PERSON

If you are bidding as an agent on behalf of another person, your principal must be a registered bidder and must provide us with written authorization allowing you to bid. You, as the agent, shall accept personal liability to pay the purchase price and all other sums due unless we have agreed in writing before the auction that you are acting as an agent on behalf of your principal and that we will only seek payment from your principal.

5. BIDDING IN THE SALEROOM

If you wish to bid in the saleroom, you must first acquire a bidding paddle at least thirty (30) minutes before the auction.

6. OUR BIDDING SERVICES

We offer the following bidding services as a convenience to our clients, subject to these Conditions of Sale. We shall not be responsible for any error, omission, or failure, human or otherwise, in providing these services.

(a) Phone Bids: You must contact us at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the auction to arrange a phone bid. We will accept bids by telephone for lots only if our staff is available to take the bids. We agree that we may record telephone bids.

(b) Internet Bids: You can bid in our live sales via our bidding platform or through third-party bidding sites.

(c) Written Bids: You can find a Written Bid Form at the auction location, or online at www.hindmanauctions.com. We must receive your completed Written Bid Form at least twenty-four (24) hours before the auction. We will endeavor to execute written bids at the lowest possible price consistent with the reserve. If you make a written bid on a lot that does not have a reserve and there is no higher bid than yours, we will bid on your behalf at approximately fifty percent (50%) of the low estimate or, if lower, the amount of your bid. The first written bid we receive of those for identical amounts will be given priority over other bids.

7. CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION HOLD

When you register to bid you may be asked to provide us with a valid credit card number. You authorize us to verify the validity of the credit card by placing a temporary authorization hold on the card that will remain until it falls off, usually within 2 to 7 days.

C. DURING THE AUCTION

1. BIDDING IN

THE AUCTION

(a) Live Auctions. We will appoint an individual auctioneer to administer a live auction. The auctioneer may accept bids from (a) written bids left with us by bidders before the auction; (b) bidders in the saleroom; (c) telephone bidders; and (d) Internet bidders, including bidders through third-party bidding sites. Bidding generally starts below the low estimate and increases in steps, called bid increments. The auctioneer will decide at his/her sole option where the bidding should start and the bid increments. Bid increments may vary from auction to auction. You shall comply with all laws and regulations in force that govern your bidding.

(b) Online Auctions. The auctioneer will accept bids from Internet bidders, including bidders through third-party bidding sites. Bidding generally starts below the low estimate and increases in steps, called bid increments. The auctioneer will decide at his/her sole option where the bidding should start and the bid increments. Bid increments may vary from auction to auction. You shall comply with all laws and regulations in force that govern your bidding.

(c) Timed Auctions. Bids may only be submitted on our website between the dates and times specified in the lot’s description. Your bid is submitted

once you place and confirm your bid amount. You agree that a bid is final once it is placed and that you may never amend or revoke your bid. You are fully responsible for any errors you make in bidding. Bidding generally opens at or below the low estimate and increases in steps (bidding increments) to be determined in Freeman’s | Hindman sole discretion.

2. AUCTIONEER’S DISCRETION

The auctioneer shall have absolute discretion to (a) admit a bidder into or remove a bidder from the saleroom or online auction; (b) accept or refuse any bid; (c) change the order of the lots in the auction; (d) move the bidding backward or forward; (e) withdraw any lot from the auction; (f) divide any lot or combine any two or more lots; (g) reopen or continue the bidding even after the hammer has fallen; and (h) continue the bidding, determine the successful bidder, cancel the sale of the lot, or reoffer and resell any lot in the event that there is an error or dispute related to bidding or the application of the reserve, whether during or after the auction. You must provide us with written notice within three (3) business days of the date of the auction if you believe that the auctioneer has accepted the successful bid in error. The auctioneer will consider the claim and decide in good faith if the sale of the lot is final, whether he/she will cancel the sale of the lot, or whether he/she will reoffer and resell the lot. The auctioneer’s decision in exercise of this discretion is final. This paragraph does not in any way affect our ability to cancel the sale of a lot under other applicable provisions of these Conditions of Sale, including the rights of cancellation set forth in sections B(1), D(6), E(2), and G(1).

3. BIDDING ON BEHALF OF THE SELLER

The auctioneer may, at his/her sole option, bid on behalf of the seller up to one bidding increment before the reserve by making either consecutive or responsive bids. The auctioneer will not identify these as bids made on behalf of the seller. If a lot is offered without reserve, the auctioneer will open the bidding at a set increment lower than the lot’s low estimate and will solicit higher bids from that amount. If there are no bids on a lot, the auctioneer may deem the lot unsold.

SUCCESSFUL BIDS AND INVOICES

Subject to paragraph C(2), the contract of sale between the seller and the successful bidder is formed when the final bid is accepted and the auctioneer’s hammer strikes. The successful bid price is the hammer price, and we will issue an invoice only to the registered bidder who made the successful bid. While we send out invoices by mail and/or email after the auction, we shall not be responsible for telling you whether your bid was successful. You should contact us immediately after the auction to find out the success of your bid in order to avoid having to pay storage charges. Please note that Freeman’s | Hindman will not accept payments for purchased lots from any party other than the purchaser, unless otherwise agreed between the purchaser and Freeman’s | Hindman prior to the sale.

D. AFTER THE AUCTION

1. THE BUYER’S PREMIUM

In addition to the hammer price, the successful bidder agrees to pay us a buyer’s premium on the hammer price of each lot sold. On all lots except for those in Coins, Medals & Banknotes; Sports Memorabilia; and Arms, Armor & Militaria auctions we charge twenty-seven percent (27%) of the hammer price up to and including $1,000,000; twenty-one percent (21%) of any amount in excess of $1,000,001 up to and including $4,000,000; and fifteen percent (15%) of any amount in excess of $4,000,001. For all lots offered in Coins, Medals & Banknotes we charge a buyer’s premium of twenty-one percent (21%) of the hammer price. Sports Memorabilia; and Arms, Armor & Militaria auctions we charge a buyer’s premium of twenty percent (20%) of the hammer price. If the bidder bids through a third-party platform, then the bidder agrees to pay us a surcharge equal to the fee levied by the third-party platform. The third-party platform fee is in addition to the buyer’s premium.

2. TAXES

The successful bidder is responsible for any applicable taxes, including any sales or use tax or equivalent tax wherever such taxes may arise on the hammer price, the buyer’s premium, and/or any other charges related to the lot. A sales or use tax is dependent upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our volume of sale and the place of delivery of the lot, regardless of the nationality or citizenship of the successful bidder. The applicable sales tax rate will be determined based upon the state, county, or locale to which the lot will be shipped or where it is picked-up in person. We collect sales tax in states where legally required.

3. MAKING PAYMENT

(a) Immediately following the auction, you must pay the purchase price, consisting of the hammer price, plus the buyer’s premium, plus any applicable duties and sales, use, or other applicable taxes. Payment is due no later than by the end of the seventh (7th) calendar day following the date of the auction, which we refer to as the due date.

(b) We will only accept payment from the registered successful bidder. Once issued, we cannot change the buyer’s name on an invoice or reissue the invoice in a different name.

(i) Wire transfer.

(ii) Bank checks: You must make these payable to Freeman’s | Hindman, and we may impose other conditions. Once we have deposited your check, property cannot be released until five (5) business days have passed.

(iii) Personal checks: You must make these payable to Freeman’s | Hindman, and they must be drawn from US dollar accounts from a US bank. The property will not be released until the check has cleared and the funds are received by us.

(iv) Credit card: Credit card payments may not exceed $25,000 and a convenience fee of 3% will be added to each credit card payment.

(v) ACH Bank Transfer

(d) You must quote your invoice number when making a payment. All payments sent by post must be sent to Freeman’s | Hindman, 1550 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, ATTN: Client Accounting Department.

4. TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP TO YOU

You will not own the lot and title will not pass to you until we have received full payment in good funds of the purchase price, even in circumstances where we have released the lot to you.

5. TRANSFERRING RISK TO YOU

Unless we have agreed otherwise with you, the risk in and responsibility for the lot will transfer to you from whichever is the earlier of the following: (a) when you collect the lot; or (b) the end of the thirtieth (30th) day following the date of the auction or, if earlier, the date the lot is taken into care by a thirdparty warehouse.

6. YOUR FAILURE TO PAY

If you fail to pay us the purchase price in full in good funds by the due date, we will be entitled to do one or more of the following (as well as enforce any other rights and remedies we have by law) at our sole discretion:

(a) We can charge interest from the due date at a rate of up to one and onehalf percent (1.5%) per month on the unpaid amount due.

(b) We can cancel the sale of the lot and sell the lot again, publicly or privately, on such terms as we believe appropriate, in which case you must pay us any shortfall between the amount you owe us and the resale price, plus all costs, expenses, losses, damages, and legal fees we incur due to the cancellation.

(c) We can pay the seller the amount due to them, in which case you acknowledge and understand that we will have all the seller’s rights to pursue you for such amount.

(d) We can hold you legally responsible for the amount you owe us and bring legal proceedings against you to recover the amount owed by you, plus other losses, interest, legal fees, and costs as allowed by law.

(e) We can reveal your identity and contact details to the seller.

(f) We can reject any bids made by or on behalf of you in future auctions or require you to provide us with a deposit before accepting any bids.

(g) We can exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any property in our possession owned by you, whether by way of pledge, security interest, or in any other way as permitted by the law of the place where such property is located. You will be deemed to have granted such security to us and we may retain such property as collateral security for your obligations to us.

(h) We can take any other action we deem necessary or appropriate.

7. SHIPPING, COLLECTION, AND STORAGE

(a) You must collect purchased lots within thirty (30) days of the auction. We can assist in making shipping arrangements by suggesting art handlers, packers, transporters, or experts, but you must arrange all transport and shipping with them, and we are not responsible for their acts, failure to act, or neglect. Freeman’s | Hindman has several salerooms throughout the country and the location of sales, or individual items may vary. It is important to check with our website and be aware of where each lot is located, for both viewing and for shipping.

(b) If you do not collect any purchased lot within thirty (30) days following the auction, we may, at our sole option, (i) charge you storage and insurance

Conditions of Sale

costs; (ii) move the lot to another Freeman’s | Hindman location or to a thirdparty warehouse, whereupon we will charge you transport costs, insurance costs, and administration fees for doing so, and you will be subject to the third-party storage warehouse’s standard terms and responsible for paying its standard fees and costs; or (iii) sell the lot in any commercially reasonable way we think appropriate.

(c) In accordance with applicable state law, if you have paid for the lot in full but you do not collect the lot within the time specified by the law of the state where the auction takes place, we may charge you state sales tax for the lot. (d) Nothing in this paragraph is intended to limit our rights under paragraph D(6).

8. EXPORTING, IMPORTING, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES

(a) The shipping of a lot is affected by United States export laws or the import laws of other countries. If you are outside the United States, then local laws may prevent you from importing a lot. You alone are responsible for seeking advice prior to bidding and meeting the requirements of any law or regulation applying to the export or import of a lot.

(b) Lots made of or including (regardless of the percentage) endangered and other protected species of wildlife—such as, among other things, ivory, tortoiseshell, crocodile skin, rhinoceros horn, whalebone, certain species of coral, and Brazilian rosewood—may be subject to export controls in the US and import controls in other countries. You should check the relevant wildlife laws and regulations before bidding on any lot containing wildlife material if you plan to export the lot from the United States, import the lot into another country, or ship the lot between states. Your purchase of a lot containing endangered and other protected species of wildlife is at your own risk, and you shall be responsible for any scientific test or other reports required for export from the United States or for shipment between states. We will not cancel your purchase and refund the purchase price if your lot may not be exported, imported, or shipped between states, or if it is seized for any reason by a government authority. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws or regulations relating to import, export, and/or interstate shipping of a lot containing endangered and other protected species of wildlife.

9. FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE HANDLING POLICY

(a) Freeman’s | Hindman complies with all federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to the sale and transfer of firearms. We will allow no exception to the rules stated below.

(b) Buyer Responsibility. It is the sole responsibility of the buyer to know and comply with all state and local firearms regulations in the jurisdiction where the buyer resides

(c) Federal Law. All firearms not classified as antique under federal law will require compliance with the following agencies, as noted with asterisks in our printed and online catalogues:

* Indicates the weapon is regulated by Federal Firearms laws.

** Indicates the weapon is regulated by Curio & Relic classification of the Federal Firearm laws

*** Indicates the weapon is regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

(d) Handguns. Non-Ohio resident buyers of handguns must pay for their purchases before leaving the auction. All modern handguns must be retained by an agent. All buyers must arrange with a local firearms dealer in their resident state to provide Freeman’s | Hindman with a copy of the FFL license holder to whom any modern handgun will be shipped. Upon receipt of the copy of this license, a purchase will be packaged and shipped (at the buyer’s expense) to the appropriate FFL holder. This is a federal law and must be complied with regardless of the buyer’s resident state. Please allow up to four weeks for delivery. Transfers of modern handguns to Ohio residents must take place at the location where the auction takes place. Ohio residents may take possession of a modern handgun immediately after their purchase, provided they successfully complete a NICS background check which can occur on the auction premises or afterwards.

(e) Modern Long Guns. Both residents and non-residents of Ohio may take possession of modern long arms after payment, the filing of an ATF form 4473, and completion of a NICS background check. In most cases, the NICS process can be approved or denied on the same day. For further information regarding delays, you may contact the NICS information line at 304.625.2750 or view the information on their website at: http://www.fbi.gov/program/nics/ index.htm

(f) Antique Guns. Antique firearms are defined as those produced in 1898 or prior. Antique guns may be purchased and removed from the auction premises on the day of sale by a resident or non-resident of Ohio.

(g) Disclaimer. Neither Freeman’s | Hindman, their consignors, employees, or agents warrant the safety, or the shoot ability of any firearm sold. All firearms in this catalog are sold as collector items. Buyers wishing to fire ANY firearm purchased in this auction are strongly advised to have the weapon(s)

examined by a competent gunsmith who will test the weapon for its shoot ability and also to ensure that the caliber of the breech is, in fact, the caliber that it is thought to be.

(h) Collection and Shipping. Freeman’s | Hindman offers in-house, fullservice shipping. Shipping costs are provided with your finalized invoice 24-48 hours after auction. For more information, contact cowansshipping@ hindmanauctions.com. All pickups are by appointment only. To make an appointment, please call 513-871-1670 or email cincinnati@hindmanauctions. com. There are special rules for the following buyers:

i. California and New Jersey: Due to recent changes to California and New Jersey laws, we require all firearms, whether modern or antique, be shipped to a licensed FFL dealer.

ii. New York: We require all firearms, whether modern or antique, be shipped to a licensed FFL. Curio and Relic licenses are not valid for this purpose.

iii. International: We will only ship a firearm to a United States address regardless of the weapon’s antique status. It is the responsibility of the buyer to organize the export of their firearms to their country of residence. The buyer is separately responsible for the cost of export shipping and all shipping quotes provided by Freeman’s | Hindman are for domestic shipping only.

(i) Freeman’s | Hindman Class III License Policy. Freeman’s | Hindman in Cincinnati, Ohio is a recognized dealer in Class III items and is recognized as a (63) NRA Firearms Dealer and will comply with all applicable regulations regarding the sale of Class III firearms.

(j) Buyer Responsibility. Buyers are expected to know their state’s laws and regulations on machine guns prior to bidding. The following states currently do not allow individuals to own machine guns: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. For more details and an up-to-date list of states, please visit the website for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at www. atf.gov. The buyer shall assume all transfer fees relating to the purchase of Class III weapons.

(k) Paperwork. The three forms required for the purchase of machine guns will be supplied to the bidder/buyer by Freeman’s | Hindman. These forms are: 1) ATF Form #4 (and possibly ATF Form #5) 2) Fingerprint Card, and 3) ATF form 5330.20 Certificate of Compliance. All buyers are expected to promptly fill out paperwork and comply with all related laws and regulations.

WARRANTIES

1. SELLER’S WARRANTIES

For each lot, the seller gives a warranty that the seller (a) is the owner of the lot or a joint owner of the lot acting with the permission of the other co-owners or, if the seller is not the owner or a joint owner of the lot, has the permission of the owner to sell the lot or the right to do so by law; and (b) has the right to transfer ownership of the lot to the buyer without any restrictions or claims by anyone else. If either of the above warranties are incorrect, the seller shall not have to pay more than the purchase price (as defined in paragraph D(3) above) paid by you to us. The seller will not be responsible to you for any reason for loss of profits or business, expected savings, loss of opportunity or interest, costs, damages, other damages, or expenses. The seller gives no warranty other than as set out above, and as far as the seller is allowed by law, all warranties from the seller to you, and all other obligations upon the seller that may be added to this agreement by law, are excluded. No employee or agent of Freeman’s | Hindman is authorized to make a representation or provide other information, whether orally or in writing, that amends the seller’s warranties or creates an additional warranty on behalf of the seller with respect to a lot. Any such representation, other information, or additional warranty shall be null and void.

2. OUR LIMITED AUTHENTICITY WARRANTY

Our limited authenticity warranty, which lasts for one (1) year from the date of a live auction or three (3) months from an online only auction, is that the lots in our sales are authentic as defined in paragraph H, below. You must notify Freeman’s | Hindman regarding concerns of authenticity in writing within one (1) year of the date of a live auction or within three (3) months of the date of an online only auction. Following receipt of that written notification, subject to the terms below, Freeman’s | Hindman will refund the purchase price paid by the client. The terms of this limited authenticity warranty are as follows:

(a) It will be honored for claims notified in writing within a period of one (1) year from the date of a live auction or three (3) months from an online only auction. After such time, we will not be obligated to honor the limited authenticity warranty.

(b) It is given only for information shown in UPPERCASE type in the first line of the catalogue description (the Heading). It does not apply to any information other than that in the Heading, even if it is shown in UPPERCASE type.

(c) It does not apply to any Heading or part of a Heading that is qualified. “Qualified” means limited by a clarification in a lot’s catalogue description or

by the use in a Heading of one of the terms listed in the definition of “qualified” provided in paragraph H, below. Qualified Headings are not covered at all by this limited authenticity warranty.

(d) It applies to the Heading as amended by any saleroom notice.

(e) It does not apply where scholarship has developed since the auction, leading to a change in generally accepted opinion. Further, it does not apply if the Heading either matched the generally accepted opinion of experts at the date of the auction or drew attention to any conflict of opinion.

(f) It does not apply if the lot can only be shown not to be authentic by a scientific process that, on the date we published the catalogue, was not available or generally accepted for use, was unreasonably expensive or impractical, or was likely to have damaged the lot.

(g) Its benefit is only available to the original buyer shown on the invoice for the lot, issued at the time of the sale, and only if, on the date of the notice of claim, the original buyer is the full owner of the lot and the lot is free from any claim, interest, or restriction by anyone else. The benefit of this limited authenticity warranty may not be transferred by the original buyer to anyone else.

(h) In order to make a claim under the limited authenticity warranty, you must (i) give us written notice of your claim within one (1) year of the date of a live auction or three (3) months from an online only auction ; (ii) at our option, pay for and provide us with the written opinions of two recognized experts in the field, mutually agreed upon by you and us, confirming that the lot is not authentic (we reserve the right to obtain additional opinions at our expense); and (iii) return the lot at your expense to the saleroom from which you bought it in the condition it was in at the time of sale.

(i) Your only right under this limited authenticity warranty is to cancel the sale and receive a refund of the purchase price paid by you to us. We will not, under any circumstances, be required to pay you more than the purchase price, nor will we be liable for any loss of profits or business, loss of opportunity or value, expected savings or interest, costs, damages, other damages, or expenses.

(j) No employee or agent of Freeman’s | Hindman is authorized to make a representation or provide additional information, whether orally or in writing, that amends the limited authenticity warranty or creates an additional warranty with respect to a lot. Any such representation, other information, or additional warranty shall be null and void.

3. ADDITIONAL WARRANTY FOR BOOKS

If the lot is a book, then we give an additional warranty to the original buyer shown on the invoice for the lot issued at the time of the sale in the following circumstances:

(a) We will refund the purchase price to the original buyer if we, in our sole discretion, are convinced that the book is defective in text or illustration, subject to the following terms:

(i) This additional warranty does not apply to (A) the absence of blanks, half titles, tissue guards, or advertisements; or damage in respect of bindings, stains, spotting, marginal tears, or other defects not affecting the completeness of the text or illustration; (B) drawings, autographs, letters or manuscripts, signed photographs, music, atlases, maps, or periodicals; (C) books not identified by title; (D) lots sold without a printed estimate; (E) books that are described in the catalog as sold not subject to return; or (F) defects stated in any condition report or announced at the time of sale.

(ii) To make a claim under this additional warranty, you must give written details of the defect within twenty-one (21) days of the date of the sale and return the lot within twenty-one (21) days of the date of the sale to the saleroom at which you bought it in the same condition as at the time of sale.

(iii) Paragraphs E(2)(b), (c), (d), (e), (h), and (i) also apply to a claim under this additional warranty. (c) No employee or agent of Freeman’s | Hindman is authorized to make a representation or provide other information, whether orally or in writing, that amends the additional warranty for books or creates an additional warranty with respect to a lot. Any such representation, other information, or additional warranty shall be null and void.

4. JEWELRY

(a) Colored gemstones (such as rubies, sapphires, and emeralds) may have been treated to improve their appearance through methods such as heating and/or various clarity enhancements. These methods are considered common by the international jewelry trade but may make a gemstone more fragile and/or cause the gemstone to require special care over time.

(b) All types of gemstones may have been improved by some method. You may request a gemological report for any item that does not have a report if the request is made to us at least three (3) weeks before the date of the auction and you pay the fee for the report.

(c) We do not obtain a gemological report for every gemstone sold in our auctions. When we do get gemological reports from internationally accepted gemological laboratories, such reports are described in the catalogue. Reports from American gemological laboratories describe any improvement

or treatment to the gemstone. Reports from European gemological laboratories describe any improvement or treatment only if we request that they do so, but they do confirm when no improvement or treatment has been made. Because of differences in approach and technology, laboratories may not agree on whether a gemstone has been treated, the amount of treatment, or whether that treatment is permanent. The gemological laboratories only report on the improvements or treatments known to them at the date they make the report.

(d) For jewelry sales, estimates are based on the information in any gemological report. If no report is available, assume that the gemstones may have been treated or enhanced.

5. WATCHES AND CLOCKS

(a) Almost all clocks and watches are repaired in their lifetime and may include parts that are not original. We do not give a warranty that any individual component part of any watch is authentic. Watchbands described as “associated” are not part of the original watch and may not be authentic. Clocks may be sold without pendulums, weights, or keys.

(b) As collectors’ watches often have very fine and complex mechanisms, you are responsible for any general service, change of battery, or further repair work that may be necessary. We do not give a warranty that any watch is in good working order. Certificates are not available unless described in the catalogue.

(c) Most wristwatches have been opened to find out the type and quality of movement. For that reason, wristwatches with water-resistant cases may not be waterproof, and we recommend you have them checked by a competent watchmaker before use.

(d) Many of the watches offered for sale in this catalogue are pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile skin. When straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. We may remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. Please check with the department for details on a lot with such a strap.

6. YOUR WARRANTIES

You warrant to us and the seller that (a) the funds you use for payment are not connected with any criminal activity, including tax evasion, and neither are you under investigation, nor have you been charged with or convicted of money laundering, terrorist activities, or other crimes; (b) where you are bidding on behalf of another person, (i) you have conducted appropriate customer due diligence on the ultimate buyer(s) of the lot(s) in accordance with all applicable anti-money laundering and sanctions laws, you consent to us relying on this due diligence, you will retain for a period of not less than five (5) years the documentation evidencing the due diligence, and you will make such documentation promptly available for immediate inspection by an independent third-party auditor upon our written request to do so; (ii) the arrangements between you and the ultimate buyer(s) in relation to the lot or otherwise do not, in whole or in part, facilitate tax crimes; (iii) you do not know, and have no reason to suspect, that the funds used for payment are connected with or the proceeds of any criminal activity, including tax evasion, or that the ultimate buyer(s) are under investigation for, or have been charged with or convicted of, money laundering, terrorist activities, or other crimes.

F. OUR LIABILITY TO YOU

(a) We give no warranty in relation to any statement made, or information given, by us or our representatives or employees about any lot other than as set out in the limited authenticity warranty or in the additional warranty for books, and as far as we are allowed by law, all warranties and other terms that may be added to this agreement by law are excluded. The seller’s warranties contained in paragraph E(1) are their own, and we do not have any liability to you in relation to those warranties.

(b) We are not responsible to you for any reason (whether for breaking this agreement or for any other matter relating to your purchase of, or bid for, any lot) other than in the event of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by us, or other than as expressly set out in these Conditions of Sale.

(c) WE DO NOT GIVE ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR GUARANTEE OR ASSUME ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND IN RESPECT OF ANY LOT WITH REGARD TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, DESCRIPTION, SIZE, QUALITY, CONDITION, ATTRIBUTION, AUTHENTICITY, RARITY, IMPORTANCE, MEDIUM, PROVENANCE, EXHIBITION HISTORY, LITERATURE, OR HISTORICAL RELEVANCE. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LOCAL LAW, ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXCLUDED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.

(d) Our written and telephone bidding services, online bidding services, and condition reports are free services, and we are not responsible to you for any error, omission, or failure of these services.

(e) We have no responsibility to any person other than a buyer in connection with the purchase of any lot.

(f) If, despite the terms in paragraphs F(a)–(e) or E(2)–(3) above, we are found

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to be liable to you for any reason, we shall not have to pay more than the purchase price paid by you to us. We will not be responsible to you for any reason for loss of profits or business, loss of opportunity or value, expected savings or interest, costs, damages, or expenses.

G. OTHER TERMS

1. OUR ABILITY TO CANCEL

In addition to the other rights of cancellation contained herein, we can cancel a sale of a lot if (i) any of your warranties in paragraph E(4) are not correct; (ii) we reasonably believe that completing the transaction is, or may be, unlawful; or (iii) we reasonably believe that the sale places us or the seller under any liability to anyone else or may damage our reputation.

2. RECORDINGS

We may videotape and/or audio record proceedings at any auction. We will keep any personal information confidential, except to the extent that disclosure is required by law. If you do not want to be videotaped, you may decide to make a telephone or written bid or bid online instead. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, you may not videotape or record proceedings at any auction.

3. COPYRIGHT

We own the copyright in all images, illustrations, and written material produced by or for us relating to a lot, including the contents of our catalogues, unless otherwise noted therein. You cannot use them without our prior written permission. We make no representation and offer no guarantee that the buyer of a lot will gain any copyright or other reproduction rights.

4. ENFORCING THIS AGREEMENT

If a court finds that any part of this agreement is invalid, illegal, or impossible to enforce, that part of the agreement will be treated as being deleted, and the rest of this agreement will not be affected.

5. TRANSFERRING YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You may not grant a security interest over or transfer your rights or responsibilities under these terms unless we have given our written permission. This agreement will be binding on your successors or estate and anyone who takes over your rights and responsibilities.

6. PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will hold and process your personal information in line with our privacy policy at www.hindmanauctions.com.

7. WAIVER

No failure or delay to exercise any right or remedy contained herein shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

8. LAW AND DISPUTES

This agreement, and any noncontractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this agreement, or any other rights you may have relating to the purchase of a lot will be governed by the laws of New York. You and we agree to try to settle the dispute by mediation submitted to JAMS, or its successor, for mediation in Illinois. If the dispute is not settled by mediation within sixty (60) days from the date when mediation is initiated, then the dispute shall be submitted to JAMS, or its successor, for final and binding arbitration in accordance with its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures or, if the dispute involves a non-US party, the JAMS International Arbitration Rules. The seat of the arbitration shall be New York, and the arbitration shall be conducted by one arbitrator, who shall be appointed within thirty (30) days after the initiation of the arbitration. The language used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The arbitrator shall order the production of documents only upon a showing that such documents are relevant and material to the outcome of the dispute. The arbitration shall be confidential, except to the extent necessary to enforce a judgment or where disclosure is required by law. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on all parties involved. Judgment upon the award may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof or having jurisdiction over the relevant party or its assets. This arbitration and any proceedings conducted hereunder shall be governed by Title 9 (Arbitration) of the United States Code and by the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958.

H. GLOSSARY

authentic: a genuine example, rather than a copy or forgery of (a) the work of a particular artist, author, or manufacturer, if the lot is described in the Heading as the work of that artist, author, or manufacturer; (b) a work created within a particular period or culture, if the lot is described in the Heading as a work created during that period or culture; (c) a work of a particular origin or source, if the lot is described in the Heading as being of that origin or source; or (d) in the case of gems, a work that is made of a particular material, if the lot is described in the Heading as being made of that material.

buyer’s premium: the charge the buyer pays us along with the hammer price. catalogue description: the description of a lot in the catalogue for the auction, as amended by any saleroom notice.

due date: has the meaning given to it in paragraph D(3)(a).

estimate: the price range included in the catalogue or any saleroom notice within which we believe a lot may sell. Low estimate means the lower figure in the range, and high estimate means the higher figure. The mid estimate is the midpoint between the two.

hammer price: the amount of the highest bid the auctioneer accepts for the sale of a lot.

Heading: has the meaning given to it in paragraph E(2). limited authenticity warranty: the guarantee we give in paragraph E(2) that a lot is authentic.

other damages: any special, consequential, incidental, or indirect damages of any kind or any damages that fall within the meaning of “special,” “incidental,” or “consequential” under local law.

purchase price: has the meaning given to it in paragraph D(3)(a).

provenance: the ownership history of a lot.

qualified: has the meaning given to it in paragraph E(2), subject to the following terms:

(a) “Cast from a model by” means, in our opinion, a work from the artist’s model, originating in his circle and cast during his lifetime or shortly thereafter.

(b) “Attributed to” means, in our opinion, a work probably by the artist.

(d) “Ascribed to” means, in our opinion, a work traditionally regarded as by the artist.

(e) “In the manner of” means, in our opinion, a later imitation of the period, of the style, or of the artist’s work.

(f) “After” means, in our opinion, a copy or after-cast of a work of the artist. reserve: the confidential amount below which we will not sell a lot.

saleroom notice: a written notice posted next to the lot in the saleroom and on www.hindmanauctions.com, which is also read to prospective telephone bidders and provided to clients who have left commission bids, or an announcement made by the auctioneer either at the beginning of the sale or before a particular lot is auctioned.

UPPERCASE type: type having all capital letters.

warranty: a statement or representation in which the person making it guarantees that the facts set out in it are correct.

AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS SINCE 1805