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182 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals. London: Printed for J. Johnson, et al., 1806.

3 vols. 8vo, full mottled tree calf ruled in gilt, gilt titles to spines. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, engraved titles, in-text illustrations, fold-out table and 13 engraved plates. Some wear to binding at hinges, edges and spine with hinges cracked but sturdy on all volumes; darkening to some plates; otherwise fine with only marginal browning to interior. $600-800

183 (WASHINGTON, GEORGE) HILL, FREDERICK TREVOR Washington: The Man of Action. Illustrated by Job. New York and London: D. Appleton, (1914).

4to, original green gilt-lettered cloth. First edition. Illustrated throughout with color plates. Some wear and soiling to cloth; previous owner’s manuscript presentation to f.f.e.p.; stamped to endpaper; hinges slightly tender; otherwise fine. $200-400

184 (MARYLAND) ANONYMOUS Extracts in Prose and Verse. By a Lady of Maryland. Together with a Collection of Original Poetry, Never Before Published, by Citizens of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Frederick Green, 1808.

2 vols. 12mo, full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Very scarce early American imprint. Library call numbers to spines; crease and small tear to p. 145 vol. 1; manuscript presentation of previous owner to f.f.e.p.; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns of Louis Henry Dielman; minor rubbing to boards; scattered brownspotting; otherwise fine. $600-800

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185 THE AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM Designed to be a Repository of Valuable Information to the Farmer and Manufacturer, and the Mean of a Free Communication of Sentiment, and General Interchange of Ideas, on the Important Subjects of their Occupation. Edited by Rev. David Wiley. Vol. 1, nos. 1-22, and vol. 2, nos. 1-10. Georgetown, (D.C.:) Printed for the Editor by W. A. Rind, (1810)-1811.

2 vols. bound as 1. 8vo, bound in later full calf, giltstamped spine and gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Published from July 5, 1810 to May, 1812, the American Museum, designed to be “a convenient appendage to the Columbian Agricultural Society,” according to the preface, was the first periodical completely devoted to agriculture. (History of American Magazines. Vol. 1, pp. 152-153) Original copies are exceedingly rare in the trade and institutions, with no past records of sale and only one copy located on WorldCat in an institutional collection.

Some toning to pages; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; a few minor tears and bottom edge of a few pages shaved, not affecting the text; scattered brownspotting; some light dampstaining; otherwise fine. $400-600 186

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(PRE-FIRE IMPRINTS) THE PRAIRIE FARMER, Devoted to Western Agriculture, Mechanics and Education. Edited by John S. Wright & J. Ambrose Wight. Vol. VIII, nos. 1-12, Vol. IX, nos. 1-12. Chicago: John S. Wright, 1848-1849. 8vo, green calf giltstamped over marbled boards. Illustrated throughout with detailed engravings. Upper corner of rear board torn and other corners bumped with some loss; rubbing to boards; foxing throughout; some tears to pages; otherwise sound.

Together with Trial for Mal-practice. By John S. Cochrane. Chicago: C. S. Halsey, 1864. 8vo, leatherette spine over marbled boards. Hinges cracked; loss at corners and edges of boards; pencil manuscript notations; otherwise sound. $200-400

187 CLAY, HENRY Autographed letter signed (“H. Clay”), one page, on a bifolium, Washington, March 14, 1836. Matted.

Clay writes to Thomas S. Peers, Esq., Richmond, Virginia, in response to a letter, stating: “... the execution law in Kentucky is substantially the same as that of Virginia ... that the first execution delivered to the Sheriff or Officer binds the property of the debtor, and that no destinction in this respect is made on behalf of residents to the prejudice of nonresidents.” He refers the recipient to an attorney named Mr. Richard Pindell of Lexington.

Some staining to second sheet; remnants of original seal and postmark; creased, with some separation at the folds; tear to second page. Size of full sheet 10 x 15 1/2 inches. $200-400

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188 BANCROFT, GEORGE The History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent. Boston: Little, Brown, 1862.

10 vols. 8vo, full red morocco, gilt-lettered spine and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Sixth edition, with numerous engravings, some hand-colored. Some offsetting from plates; minor wear to boards; otherwise a fine set. $100-200

189 HARPER’S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862.

95 vols. 4to, 3/4 calf-bound marbled boards, marbled edges, leather spine labels. Wear to edges and extremes of boards; library sticker adhered to bottom of backstrip; rubbing to bands; boards detached on some volumes; otherwise sound. $200-400

190 (CIVIL WAR) TOMES, ROBERT The Great Civil War: A History of the Rebellion. New York: Virtue and Yorston, (1862).

3 vols. 4to, original quarter calf over gilt-stamped maroon boards, spines lettered in gilt, a.e.g., frontispiece portrait and extra-engraved title page. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, many with tissue guards. Rubbing to spine; inner hinges cracked; pencil ex-libris to f.f.e.p. on all vols.; toning to endpapers and some pages; otherwise fine. $200-400 191 (CIVIL WAR, BROADSIDE) VICKSBURG WHIG EXTRA Sunday, 11, 1-2 o’clock, A. M., Jan. 26, 1862. (Vicksburg, Mississippi), 1862. Printed broadside. Announcing the death of General Zollicoffer and the Battle of Mill’s Springs. 3 vertical and 1 horizontal crease; some fading to text; browning to page; some fraying along left fore edge; otherwise fine. 10 x 8 inches. $100-200

192 (CIVIL WAR, MURFREESBORO) FORSYTH, FRANCIS Autographed letter signed (“F. Forsyth”), First Lieutenant, Lee County Union Volunteers, Company G, Thirteenth Infantry Illinois Volunteers, 8 pp., Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 14, 1863.

Forsyth begins by describing the arduous march toward Murfreesboro, wherein the company, falling shortly behind the Confederate army, are involved in a few short skirmishes. They made camp about six miles outside of Murfreesboro. So close were the opposing forces that the men were ordered repeatedly to expel all camp fires. However, according to Forsyth, when daylight broke many of the men re-lit the fires, tipping off the Confederate army, and were attacked with an overwhelming force of artillery and cannon fire.

Forsyth describes the confusion that ensued: “Artillery horses half harnessed got scared, some of them wounded, flying in all directions. I come very near being hurt by them. There were six of them, about two steps behind me, all harnessed ... coming like destruction. It was the worst scare I had during the day. Between me and them was two trees - I throwed myself behind them, just as I did so - crash - they come against the train. The chains behind them stopped their course.” The men were forced to retreat. A number were killed and wounded. He discusses the regiment’s involvement in the Battle of Murfreesboro, specifically the Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862 - January 3, 1863) and how they were assigned to bury the dead. He lists a number of soldiers and their wounds, including those who perished.

A fine letter with illuminating content regarding one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. Creased in thirds; toning to pages; some chipping at fore edge. A full transcription is available upon request. $800-1,200

193* (CIVIL WAR, VICKSBURG) An archive of three autographed letters from George Safford, a Captain of the Wisconsin Volunteers, to his brother, Arthur Stafford. 1862-1863.

Comprising: 1) 2 pp. Camp Baits, Kentucky. September 28, 1862. Stafford speaks of preparations at camp and joining up with a large number of soldiers under Major General Wright. 2) 8 pp. Young’s Point, (Louisiana). Stafford speaks of travelling up river with short rations in chase of the Rebel Army, followed by a skirmish along the levy of the Arkansas River. 1-inch tear to p. 3. 3) 7 pp. Mississippi, Near Vicksburg. May 27, 1863. Stafford, now seasoned in battle, mentions the Battles of Fort Gibson and Raymond, in which he did not participate. He does discuss his participation in a series of skirmishes that will eventually lead up to the Battle of Vicksburg, less than a week from the date of the letter: “we have got them penned up where they can’t get away and they will be glad to come to terms after a while all we will have to do is to lay back and watch.”

Together with Stafford’s enlistment papers, framed, and an albumen print photograph of Stafford taken while in service in his military uniform and dated 1862 on the verso. Property from the Collection of George Safford, Warrenville, Illinois $100-200

194* (CIVIL WAR) CDV ALBUM Photograph album containing 50 photographs, mostly albumen print cartesde-visite, featuring the Potwin family and their extended relatives, including the Goodrich, Potwin, Van Aulen, Sturges and Buckingham families. Property from the Estate of Louise B. Young, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

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195* LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. New and Enlarged Edition. Edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. New York: Tandy, (1905).

12 vols. extended to 23, with an extra volume containing autographed material. Together, 24 vols. 8vo, brown morocco, upper covers with pink and green stylized floral onlay on gilt stems, similar but simpler design on rear covers, spines elaborately gilt with two lettered panels and larger panel floral onlay design, front doublures of all volumes with painted miniature of the Lincoln log cabin, green moire silk endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut and partially unopened. Hinges cracked on some volumes, but all attached; some rubbing to boards.

Stated “Unique Extra-Illustrated Copy of the Presidential Edition.” With numerous mounted photographs, photogravures, engravings and color lithographs of portraits, views and battle scenes with tissue guards.

The final volume is entitled “Autographs and Letters of Abraham Lincoln and Prominent Men of his Time with numerous rare portraits and other illustrations.” Included are 28 autographed and printed documents, signed by Abraham Lincoln (appointment); James Monroe (land grant); Philip Henry Sheridan (signature); O. O. Howard (letter); Fitz-John Porter (letter); Joseph Hooker (signature); William H. Seward (letter), and numerous others. Property from the William H. Moore Trust, Hobe Sound, Florida $10,000-15,000

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196 196 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) WALL, BERNHARDT Lincoln: The Man of the People. By Edwin Markham. Etched by Bernhardt Wall. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1922.

4to, original plain grey boards with cloth spine, stamped title to front board, with publisher’s plain wraps. Number 3 of 126 copies signed by Wall to the limitation page and under each of the artist’s five original etchings. Second printing. Chipping and light soiling to wraps; otherwise fine. $300-500

197* (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Washington: Oldroyd, 1901. 6 vols. Folio, housed in archival folding boxes. Proof copy.

Together with six pamphlets comprising: Lincoln Birthday Service. Memorial Hall, Chicago, 1920. A Day’s Tour In “Old Kentucky.” Abraham Lincoln Centenary Program of Exercises. Washington, D.C., 1908. A Tribute to the Memory of John A. Logan from the Home of Lincoln. Springfield, IL, 1887. The Service of Dedication of the Monument erected above the Graves of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln ... Janesville, IL, 1924. Abraham Lincoln: Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides ... New York: Geo D. Smith, n.d. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

198 (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) SANDBURG, CARL Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years; The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1926) and (1939).

6 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Inscribed by Sandburg to the half-title vol. 1, The War Years, and vol. 2, The Prairie Years. Hinges tender; wear to boards; otherwise fine. $150-250

199 JAMES, JESSE Albumen Print Cabinet Card Portrait of Jesse James, with C. C. Giers’ credit and backstamp to verso, signed in bold black ink beneath image (“J W James”), Nashville: C. C. Giers, cabinet card c. 1868-1869, albumen print date unknown.

The most iconic photograph of notorious outlaw, Jesse Woodonson James (1847-1882), reproduced in The Many Faces of Jesse James, (Gretna, 1998), p. 46, and Jesse and Frank James: The Family History, (Steele, 1997), p. 20. Probably the only extant signed photograph of the legendary Western gunman, in fine condition with only minor soiling to the verso.

Carl Casper Giers (1828-1877) was a prominent photographer in Nashville, Tennessee, and held a studio on Union Street between 1866-1879, with his adopted son, Otto Giers, taking over after his death. While the studio began using the daguerreotype method, they adopted the ambrotype method for a short while, after which they produced albumen prints. Cabinet cards from Giers can be distinguished by the ornate backstamp designs, such as that of the present photograph. City directories show he used the “45 Union St.” address from 1872 until his death in 1877 on the backstamp. The “43&45 Union St.” imprint reflects the 1868-1871 period. The present cabinet card bears the “43&45 Union St.” imprint, suggesting that, while the photograph may be slightly later, the card dates from 1868-1871.

According to Philip W. Steele in The Many Faces of Jesse James, it is believed that the James brothers, following a $14,000 bank robbery in Russelville, Kentucky, spent the end of 1868 and most of 1869 in Nashville, Tennesse, where Jesse assumed the name John Davis Howard. At the time, James was courting Zee Mimms, his cousin, who would become his wife, who lived in Missouri outside of St. Louis. (Steele, 33) The present signed albumen print, according to the original owner, was given as a gift to Zee James.

Accompanied by a typed letter signed, dated September 3, 1958, from the previous owner, Andrew MacKellar , Captain of the Cunard Line of the RMS Queen Mary from 1954 to his death in 1959, stating that he acquired the photograph from Calvin Tilden Owens, husband of Ethel Rose James (the granddaughter of Jesse James), who confirmed the authenticity of the signed photograph which was bequeathed to her upon her grandmother, Zee James’, death, as part of an inheritance. The photograph has been in private hands since it was purchased from Captain MacKellar in 1958. 4 x 2 1/2 inches. $20,000-30,000

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200* THURSTON, ROBERT H., ed. Reports of the Commissioners of the United States to the International Exhibition Held at Vienna, 1873. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876.

Vol. 3 (of 4) only. 8vo, navy cloth, illustrated throughout with plates, many folding, and in-text illustrations. Wear to boards; spine ends slightly frayed; bookplate tipped in f.f.e.p.; dampstaining to extremities of leaves throughout; hinges starting; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

201 KELLER, HELEN Autographed quotation signed, “Helen Keller,” in pencil, Mount Pleasant, January 16, 1916. Additionally signed by “Anne S. Macy,” in pen.

Keller writes, “there is no darkness so deep but the sunlight of faith can find its heart.” Framed and matted. $800-1,200 202 (BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA) MENNINGER, WILLIAM C. Handbook for Skippers. New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1934.

12mo, original navy leatherette stamped in silver gilt. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Menninger in the year of publication. Bookseller’s sticker to front pastedown; some darkening to endpapers; otherwise fine. $100-200

202A ASHER & ADAMS New Statistical and Topographical Atlas of the United States. With Maps Showing The Dominion of Canada, Europe and the World. New York: Asher & Adams, (1872).

Folio, original quarter morocco over gilt-stamped black cloth boards. With 28 double-page engraved maps. Rear boards and a few pages detached; only portions of spine retained, general wear to boards; chipping to fore edge of some pages; otherwise fine. $400-600 202B ADAMS, SEBASTIAN C. A Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History. Synchronized by Hon. Sebastian C. Adams, With Maps of the World’s Great Empires. Drawn by Prof. J. A. Paine, PH. D. Archaeologist of the First Expedition of the Palestine Exploration Society Salem. New York: Colby, 1883 (but later). First published in 1871, the present edition states that it is extended to 1883, but the “Chronological Table of Events in United States History” goes to 1889.

Chromolithographed linen-backed chart, elaborately illustrated on 22 sheets, folded concertina-style and bound in original cloth-backed boards, gilt-stamped, folio. Fifth edition - Twenty seventh thousand. Exlibris stamp of Henry von Wackerbarth to first sheet and bookplate tipped in front pastedow; wear to boards; otherwise in fine condition with no tears. Together with Key to Adams’ Synchronological Chart, or Universal History. By John Colby. New York: Colby, 1880. 12mo, cloth-backed gilt-lettered boards. 22 1/2 feet long. $400-600

203* EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Crusade in Europe. New York: Doubleday, 1948.

8vo, orange cloth with author’s facsimile signature stamped in black to upper board and black giltstamped spine label, original glassine and publisher’s slipcase with pastedown label. First edition. Limited edition, number 1,108, with a signed facsimile D-Day order. Also with signed program for Columbia University Club of Chicago dinner laid in. Wear to slipcase; some chipping to glassine; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Kenneth J. Ward, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500

204 NIXON, RICHARD The Memoirs. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, (1988).

8vo, original gilt-stamped navy morocco, silk page marker, a.e.g., prospectus and bookplate laid in. Signed by Nixon. Fine. $100-200 205 (POLITICAL BUTTONS) ROOSEVELT, THEODORE A collection of pinback campaign buttons for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley. (11) $50-100

206 (POLITICAL BUTTONS) PRESS BADGES A group of press and telegraph operator badges from various republican conventions. $100-200

207 (POLITICAL BUTTONS) EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. A large collection of campaign buttons from the Eisenhower campaign and the Dewey campaign. $100-200 208* (WHITE STAR LINE) An original manuscript diary of Isabel R. Chandler of Chicago, Illinois, aboard the RMS “Cedric,” departing New York from London September 27, 1905.

8vo, over 150 pp. of hand-written letters to her family, numerous tipped in postcards, original photographs, passenger lists, and other items. Also included is an original sketch by famed Chicago cartoonist, John T. McCutchen, inscribed, who, according to the authoress, was seated next to her for meals. Boards detached from backstrip; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Louise B. Young, Lake Forest, Illinois $600-800

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209 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES A group of two glass plate negatives of popular scenes from the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, (1893). Together with a fold-out souvenir booklet (worn, dampstained, pages starting to detach).

(1) “Looking N from Colonnade.” Soule Photograph Co., 338 Washington St., Boston. 3 1/2 x 4 inches. (2) “Electric Building. Interior. Looking South.” 3 1/2 x 4 inches each. $100-200 210 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) PALMER, (BERTHA) Addresses and Reports of Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the Board of Lady Managers, World’s Columbian Commission. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1894.

4to, full green crushed morocco, gilt tooling to spine, silk endpapers, gilt turn-ins. Subscription slip bound in after f.f.e.p. Some wear to boards, with fading to spine; minor chip to foot of spine; otherwise fine. $100-200 211 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE The Book of the Fair. An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World’s Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Chicago and San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1895.

2 vols. Folio, full dark brown morocco stamped in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the Columbian Exposition grounds and exhibits. Rubbing to boards with loss to corners; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $200-400

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212 (CHICAGO CRIME) CAPONE, ALPHONSE Clipped signature. Framed and matted with photograph and gun decal.

Size of clipped signature 2 x 4 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

213 (CHICAGO, CENTURY OF PROGRESS) PRESENTATION PHOTO ALBUM A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago, 1933-1934. Chicago: Kaufmann-Fabry Photographers, n.d. (c. 1934)

Large 4to, full blue pebbled leather, gilt decorations to spine and front board, moire silk endpapers, original publisher’s slipcase. One of a small number of copies printed for major contributors to the World’s Fair, this copy for Homer J. Buckley, “in grateful acknowledgement of valuable support.” Each photograph is a silver-gelatin print on thick mat paper showing scenes from the Fair annotated in pencil by the photographers. Minor wear to boards; wear to slipcase with tape repair to edges; otherwise a fine copy. $1,000-2,000 214 (CHICAGO, ARCHITECTURE) GRAHAM, ANDERSON, PROBST AND WHITE The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst & White Chicago and Their Predecessors D. H. Burnham & Co. and Graham Burnham & Co. London: B. T. Batsford, 1933

2 vols. Folio, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full brown morocco stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., with one of the publisher’s slipcase One of 300 presentation copies, this one presented to D. E. Garey, signed by Edward E. and Marvin G. Probst. With 187 plates of architectural engravings. Minor offsetting from some plates; slipcase very worn and in pieces; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

215 (CHICAGO) DARROW, CLARENCE The Plea of Clarence Darrow. August 22nd, 23rd & 25th, 1923. In Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr., On Trial for Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with a brief Summary of the Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, n.d.

8vo, original paper wraps rebound in fine red giltstamped leatherette, renewed endpapers. First edition, with 35 cent cover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Darrow and dated May 15, 1926. Original wrappers laminated; some chipping to pages, as usual, with evidence of tape repair; otherwise fine in a very presentation. $600-800