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53 BARLOW, JOEL The Vision of Columbus; A Poem in Nine Books. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1787.

Thin 8vo, full calf. First edition. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. of Franklin Library; wear to boards; hinges starting; minor foxing; otherwise fine. $100-200

54 (BENTON, THOMAS HART) BAIGELL, MATTHEW Thomas Hart Benton. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1929.

Oblong 4to, full gilt-embossed white leather, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers. Limited edition, signed by author. No. 147 of 350 copies. Book plate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise very fine. $400-600

55 BIRKBECK, MORRIS Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. London: Printed by Severn & Redington for Ridgeway and Sons, 1818.

Rebound. 8vo, 3/4 mottled calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt, marbled endpapers. First English edition. Appears to be lacking a frontispiece with some offsetting to the title page; minor foxing to first few pages; otherwise fine. (Howes B468) Together with Personal Adventures and Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America, by John Davis London, 1817. $100-200 56 (BOSTON) ALMANACS A group of two Boston Almanacs for the Years 1862- 1863, issued by George Collidge. Containing the agenda of the nineteenth century author, J. H. Gilmore. $100-200

57* BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS Autograph note signed, 1p., undated, in pen. Framed, creased from folds. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation For the Benefit of the University Museum, SIUE $80-120

58 CATLIN, GEORGE The North American Indians, Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839. Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart and Company, 1913.

2 vols. Large 8vo, original burgundy cloth stamped in black and gilt, t.e.g., matching cloth slipcase with pastedown label. Illustrated with folding map and color plates throughout. Light shelf wear; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

59 CATLIN, GEORGE Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes. London: Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1868.

8vo, blue gilt-stamped calf, gilt decoration to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. First English edition. Rubbing to boards at extremities and edges; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $100-200

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60 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) THE WHITE CITY The White City (As It Was). The Story of the World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrated by a Series of Eighty Perfect Pictures from Photographs by W. H. Jackson. Text by Selim H. Peabody and Stanley Wood. Chicago: The White City Art Company, 1894.

Oblong folio, original white cloth-backed boards, gilt-stamped title to front board and spine, silk endpapers. Directors edition, number 238 of 2,000 copies. Manuscript presentation to the f.f.e.p.; hinges reinforced; soiling to boards; some leaves beginning to separate; otherwise fine. $100-200

61* (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) [New South Wales: Statistics, History and Resources.] (By Henry Kendall and W. C. Wentworth), The New South Wales Commission for the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. (Sydney: Year-Book of Austrailia, 1892).

8vo. [4] (of 5), 6-160. Includes poems, index and statistical tables. Not in Ferguson. Compiled by the editor of Year-Book of Austrailia for circulation by the Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Lacking title page and boards; pages unsewn; some darkening; otherwise sound. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

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63 (CIVIL WAR) CONFEDERATE BOND CERTIFICATES July 1862, Virginia. $1,000 Bond certificate #2081. To be paid in a series of 32 installments of $40. Framed. Overall toning; minor loss at the folds; otherwise sound. Size of frame 17 x 14 1/2 inches. $100-200 64 (CIVIL WAR) CDV ALBUM Containing 50 carte d’visite portraits of significant Civil War military and political figures, circa 1860. Thick 12mo, full red blind-stamped leather, a.e.g., two fixtures for metal clasps. Photographs by Early Anthony, Brady and others.

Individual portraits include Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Generals Ulysses S. Grant, George G. Meade, Winfield Scott Hancock, G. K. Warren, William Tecumsah Sherman, James B. McPherson and others. $1,000-2,000

65 (INDIANA) COX, SANDFORD C. Recollections of the Early Settlement of the Wabash Valley. Lafayette: 1860.

8vo, blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt title to front board, custom clamshell case with pastedown spine label. Wear to boards; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $100-200

67 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Memoires de la vie privee de Benjamin Franklin, ecrits par lui-meme ... suivis d’un precis historique de sa vie politique, et de plusiers pieces, relatives a ce pere de la liberte. Paris: Chez Buisson, Libraire, 1791.

2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo, plain paper wrappers. First edition in any language. The present unauthorized edition was published a year after Franklin’s death and covers the first 25 years of his life. Pages cut; French library stamps to title page; dampstaining; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000 67A (FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES) JACKSON, DONAL The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont. Donald Jackson and Mary Lee Spence, eds. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970.

3 vols in 4, including map portfolio. 4to, original orange cloth-backed boards, printed dust jackets. First edition of the Scholarly edition, containing “a large mass of hitherto unpublished correspondence and financial records, together with valuable explanatory notes and comments.” (Wagner-Camp) Light rubbing; otherwise fine. $300-500

68 (KANSAS) GREENE, MAX The Kansas Region: Forest, Prairie, Desert, Mountain, Dale, and River. New York: Fowler and Wells, 1856.

8vo, brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. With two maps and advertisements. Minor foxing to preliminary leaves and scattered throughout; spine bumped; rubbing to lower end of fore edge of boards; otherwise fine. $200-400

69* (ILLINOIS) The History of Adams County Illinois, Containing a History of the County - Its Cities, Towns, etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion; General and Local Statistics. Chicago: Murray, Williamson & Phelps, 1879.

4to, quarter leather boards stamped in gilt, marbled edges. 971pp. Containing portraits of early settlers and prominent men. First edition. Ex library copy; boards starting; wear to boards; some pages loose but present; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

70 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) FERROTYPE PORTRAIT PENDANT Comprising two ferrotype portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin mounted in a gilt brass circular pendant pierced and fitted with a loop so it may be hung. Side A: young beardless portrait of Abraham Lincoln flanked by the words “LINCOLN” and “HAMLIN”. Side B: portrait of Vice-Presidential nominee, Hannibal Hamlin, with date “1860” with flanking laurel sprays. Minor wear to gilt metal; otherwise ferrotypes are in fine condition. Diameter 15mm. Property from an Estate, Rockford, Illinois $400-600

71 MITCHELL, AUGUSTUS Mitchell’s Travellers Guide Through the United States, Containing the Principal Cities, Towns, etc. . . . Illustrated by an Accurate Map of the United States. Philadelphia: Thomas, Copperthwait, 1839.

Re-issue of the 1836 edition. 18mo, green blind-stamped leather boards, gilt-stamped title to front board, marbled rear endpapers. With fold-out map in colors tipped in to rear endpaper. Folds of map professionally reinforced on the verso; some small loss of text at the folds; minor repairs to spine; otherwise fine. Size of map 18 x 21 inches. $300-500

72 (ASHLEY, WILLIAM H.) MORGAN, DALE L. The West of William H. Ashley. The International Struggle For the Fur Trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia, with Explorations Beyond the Continental Divide, Recorded in the Diaries and Letters of William H. Ashley and His Contemporaries, 1822-1838. Dale L. Moran, ed. Denver: Fred Rosenstock, 1964.

Folio, 3/4 leather over tan cloth, red morocco spine label, publisher’s cloth-backed slipcase. First edition, one of 250 copies signed by the editor and publisher. Illustrated throughout with color plates (Bodmer, Catlin, Seymour, etc.), facsimiles and maps (1 fold-out). Fine. $300-500

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73 (NATIVE AMERICAN) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION A group of three annual reports issued by The Bureau of American Ethnology, for the years 1885-1886 (Seventh Annual Report, 1891), 1889-1890 (Eleventh Annual Report, 1894), and 1892-1893 (Fourteenth Annual Report, 1896). By J. W. Powell, director. 4to, green cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignettes to boards. Together with Chippewa Music - II, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology: Bulletin 53, by Frances Densmore. Washington, 1913. 8vo, green cloth. $100-200

74 (NATIVE AMERICAN) A group of four books pertaining to Native American history.

Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha (Omaha City). Lincoln, Nebraska: Published by the authors, 1808. Oshkosh: Chief of the Wisconsin Menominees, and His Family. By Phebe Jewell Nichols (Mrs. Angus F. Lookaround). (s.l.: Castle-Pierce, 1954). Indian Love Letters. By Marah Ellis Ryan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1920. Indian Biography: or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished Among the North American Natives . . . By B. B. Thatcher. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. $100-200 75 (NATIVE AMERICAN) STONE, WILLIAM L. The Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea, Including the Indian Wars of the American Revolution. New York: Alexander V. Blake, 1838.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound in black library binding, gilt titles to spine, engraved portrait frontispieces and title vignettes. Illustrated with one fold-out map depicting “The Siege of Fort Schuyler,” by L. Flury, and one fold-out illustration titled, “Talk with the Indians at Buffalo Creek in 1793.” Scattered foxing throughout; minor wear to maps; otherwise fine. $200-400

76 PARKMAN, FRANCIS The Oregon Trail. Illustrated by Frederick Remington. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1892.

8vo, full gilt-tooled leather, cover with sunburst below Native American images, spine with similar motif, custom 3/4 leather over marbled boards clamshell case with leather spine label to front cover. First Remington edition. Fine. $300-500

77 (PHOTOGRAPHY, WWI) MOLE & THOMAS A group of three World War I-era patriotic photographs composed of men and women in the U.S. military. Silver prints, each with photographers’ credit, title, date and copyright in the negative. Titles include The Human American Eagle, 12,500 Officers, Nurses and Men, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, GA. Maj. Gen. George H. Camaron, Commanding, The Human U.S. Shield, 30,000 Officers and Men, Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan and Woodrow Wilson, 21,000 Officers and Men, Camp Sherman, Chilicothe, Ohio. 13 x 10 1/2 inches each. $800-1,200

78 (RUSSELL, CHARLES M.) ADAMS, RAMON AND HOMER BRITZMAN Charles M. Russell, the Cowboy Artist: A Biography. Pasadena: Trail’s End, 1948.

2 vols. 8vo, quarter black morocco over cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to spines, in custom slipcase, pictorial endpapers. Collector’s edition. Title page vol. 1 signed by Ramon Adams and Homer E. Britzman. Dedicated “To the Westerners, who are striving to preserve the fact, flavor and lore of the old west.” Illustrated throughout with color plates reproducing Russell’s works. Fine. $300-500

79* (EVANS, LEWIS) STEVENS, HENRY NEWTON Lewis Evans, His Map of the Middle British Colonies in America. London: H. Stevens, Son, and Stiles, 1905.

Thin 8vo, printed boards, reinforced spine. First edition. Wear to boards; hinges starting; ex library copy with call number sticker to front board; otherwise sound. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

80 (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE) LEONI, NESTORE A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America In Congress Assembly. George D. Sproul, 1901. A group of two panels illuminated by Nestore Leoni with the text of the Declaration of Independence executed in gothic type in black and red, enclosed in elaborate borders with miniature portraits and scenes, both signed by Leoni. Framed. Small chips to margins, with loss at upper edge of page 1; minor soiling to edges; small tear affecting signature on page 1; two one inch tears to bottom of page 2; otherwise colors are very bright. Size of sheets 31 x 23 inches. $600-800

81 (OREGON) WHITE, E. AND LADY Ten Years in Oregon. Travels and Adventures of Doctor E. White and Lady West of the Rocky Mountains; With Incidents of Two Sea Voyages Via. Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn. Compiled by Miss A. J. Allen. Ithaca, NY: Mack, Andrus, 1848.

8vo, brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles and illustration to spine. With frontispiece portrait. Scattered foxing throughout; hinges starting; head and foot of spine bumped with some loss; text block shifted slightly; otherwise fine. Together with five other books, comprising Famous Frontiersmen, Pioneers and Scouts Illustrated, by E. G. Cattermole, Chicago, circa 1900, one of 500 copies signed by the author, The Story of My Life, by J. Marion Sims, New York, 1885, Death Valley in ‘49, by William Lewis Manly, San Jose, 1894, The Cattlemen From the Rio Grande Across the Far Marias, by Mari Sandoz, New York, 1958, The First Railroad in America, privately printed for The Granite Railway Company, 1926. $100-200

82 (TEXAS) YOAKUM, H. History of Texas. New York: Redfield, 1855.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound in full library binding, gilt lettering to spines, marbled edges, renewed endpapers. First edition. Contains five steel-engraved plates, facsimiles (one fold-out), four maps (two intext, two fold-out). Minor age darkening; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. on both vols.; otherwise fine. $300-500 85

83 (AMERICANA) A group of four books.

Terrible Tractoration! A Poetical Petition Against Galvanizing Trumpetry, and the Perkinistic Institution, by Christopher Caustic (New York, 1804), the first satire on dentistry, Burs Under the Saddle, by Ramon F. Adams (University of Oklahoma Press, 1964), Nothing To Do, by a Lady (New York, 1857), Hubert and Ellen, by Lucius M. Sargent (Boston, 1812). $150-250

84 (AMERICANA) A group of eight books.

The Constitutions of the United States of America. New York, 1820. 12mo, full leather. War in Disguise; or, the Frauds of the Neutral Flags. (By James Stephen). London; New York: Reprinted by George Forman, 1806. Second American edition. The Rough and Ready Annual; or, Military Souvenir. New York: D. Appleton, 1848. A Digest of the Revenue Laws of the United States. By L. Addington. Philadelphia: B. Graves, 1804. The Life of George Washington. By M. L. Weems. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1816. A History of the United States of America. By Charles A. Goodrich. Boston, 1833. Sketches of the Lives and Judicial Services of the Chief-Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. By George Van Santvoord. New York: Charles Scribner, 1856. The New-York Expositor; or, Fifth Book: Being a Collection of the Most Useful Words in the English Language. By Richard Wiggins. New York: Samuel Wood, n.d. The American Speaker; or, Exercises in Rhetorick. Boston: Cummings, Hillard, 1826. $200-400 (AMERICANA) A group of four books.

A Pictorial History of the United States With Notices of Other Portions of America North and South. By S. G. Goodrich. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1866. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New edition. The Publications of the American Tract Society. Vol. 1. Published by the Society, n.d. (circa 1840) 8vo, full calf. The Village Blacksmith; or, Piety and Usefulness Exemplified, in a Memoir of the Life of Samuel Hick. By James Everett. New York: J. Collord, 1829. The Beauties of the British Poets. By George Croly. New York, 1831. $100-200

86* (AMERICANA) A group of five land grants, partially printed, nineteenth century. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation For the Benefit of the University Museum, SIUE $100-200