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219 BEVERLEY, ROBERT The History of Virginia, in Four Parts. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. London: F. Fayram & J. Clarke, 1722.

8vo, contemporary panelled rebacked with giltlettered spine label, retaining original upper and lower boards, renewed endpapers. Second expanded edition in English (first edition in 1705), of “the earliest work which attempts a comprehensive description of the colony’s past history, its natural environment, the aboriginal inhabitants, and contemporary political and social conditions,” with engraved frontispiece, head-pieces, and 14 engraved plates by Gribelin. Intermittent foxing; rear blanks torn and creased. $1,500-2,500

220 (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER) The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1794.

Small 8vo, full contemporary calf. Rubbing to boards at edges; spine cracked; moderate foxing; manuscript pencil notations to front pastedown. $200-400

221 BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN Picturesque America. New York: D. Appleton, (1872).

2 vols. Folio, half calf over morocco, spine gilt, silk endpapers, engraved titles and frontispieces, a.e.g. Spine renewed on vol. 2; ex-library copies with call numbers to spines, bookplates to front pastedowns, and stamps to versos of plates; offsetting from plates. $150-250

222* CATLIN, GEORGE (American, 1796-1872) Buffalo Hunt, Approaching in a Ravine. Hand-colored lithograph, 1845, plate 11 from the North American Indian Portfolio, Published by James Ackerman, New York. hand colored lithograph; Day & Haghe, ed. Size of image 12 x 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

223 (CHICAGO, APARTMENTS) BAIRD & WARNER A Portfolio of Fine Apartment Homes. Compiled by the Michigan Erie Office of Baird & Warner Incorporated. Chicago: Baird & Warner, 1928.

Folio, publisher’s gilt-embossed boards with cloth spine, illustrated endpapers. With black and white photographic illustrations throughout of over 100 apartment buildings, many with typical lay-outs, architect, managers and descriptions of the interior. Light wear to boards with spine ends fraying; hinges starting with some separated at title page. $600-800

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224 (CHICAGO) CARBUTT, JOHN Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago. Chicago: Wilson & St. Clair, 1868.

Large 8vo, full blind-stamped calf boards with clasp, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Illustrated with numerous photographs by J. Carbutt. Rubbing to boards at extremities and raised bands; hinges starting; previous owner’s manuscript notations to f.f.e.p. and margins of some leaves; otherwise fine. $400-600

225 CHICAGO ILLUSTRATED Chicago Illustrated, Comprising a Full Description of the City; Its Railway Interests, Public Buildings, Parks, Boulevards, Churches, Public Schools, Libraries, Theaters... Third Annual Edition, September 1883. Chicago: N. F. Hodson, 1833.

Thin 8vo, original gilt-lettered brown cloth. Illustrated with three tipped-in sepia-tone photographs and numerous in-text engravings, some full-page. Soiling; cloth torn and frayed at edges; intermittent foxing; dampstaining to edges of some leaves. $100-200 226 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) World’s Columbian Exposition MDCCCXCIII: The Art and Architecture. Philadelphia: George Barrie, n.d. (c. 1893)

10 (of 11) vols. Folio, 3/4 red leather-backed cloth, gilt-decorated backstrip over five raised bands, silk endpapers, in boxes. Number 1 of 11 copies. The Artist’s edition, bound expressly for Ruth L. Sayles, Boston, Massachusetts. Hand-colored illustrations throughout. Lacking vol. 9; some vols. with plates, frontispiece or index lacking; light wear, fading and soiling to bindings; fading, wrinkling and some tears to tissue guards; wear to boxes; otherwise a fine set. $2,000-4,000

227 (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. Fading to boards; first few pages starting. Together with The Dream City: A Portfolio of Photographic Views... St. Louis: N. D. Thompson, n.d. (1893). Folio, full morocco with title and owner’s name stamped in gilt to upper cover. Chipping to leaves; spine rebacked; some detached; wear to boards. (2) Property from a Midwest Museum $100-200

228 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) PRINTING PLATES A group of two original lead printing plates, one of the Art Institute of Chicago and the other being a complimentary pass from Frank Heinig, Tailor, coupled with an image of the Merchant Tailor’s Building from the fair. Property from a Midwest Museum $200-400

229 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) A collection of World’s Columbian Exposition publications including Art and Architecture of the World’s Columbian Exposition (Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1893), The Dream City (St. Louis: N.D. Thompson, 1893), and Chicago of To-Day. The Metropolis of the West (Chicago: Acme, 1891). Housed in two archival boxes, largely disbound. Property from a Midwest Museum $100-200

230 (CHICAGO, HAYMARKET RIOTS) SPIES, AUGUST Reminiscenzen. Chicago: Fran Christine Spies, 1888.

8vo, mottled brown calf stamped in gilt and blind, portrait frontispiece. Rubbing to boards; hinges starting. $100-200

231 (CHICAGO, MAPS) A group of two maps of Chicago, comprising Railway Map of Chicago, by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1895, and Chicago City Street Guide, by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Jr., Philadelphia, 1879. Both framed and matted. Size of largest 26 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. $200-400

232 (CHICAGO, MAPS) A collection of 12 maps of Chicago and two maps of Saint Louis, including Map G. No. 52. Chicago Harbor and Bar, Illinois. From Survey made in April 1857 under the Direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J. D. Graham, Major, U.S. Top Engineers, Superintending Engineer of Lake Harbor Works. Chicago, 1858. Conditions and sizes vary. Size of largest 34 x 50 inches. $200-400

233 (CHICAGO) NORTHWESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY A collection of eight black and white photographs tipped to cardboard mats of the cadets and facilities of the original Northwestern Military Academy, founded in 1888 in Highland Park, Illinois. Together with a diploma, dated 1909. $200-400

234 (CHICAGO) A collection of publications from the Chicago Historical Society (c. 1900), Chicago Bar Association, Fergus Historical Series, and the Chicago Real Estate Board. Property from a Midwest Museum $50-100

235 (CIVIL WAR) LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Silk campaign ribbon, pink, printed “Honest Old Abe, Lincoln and Hamlin” with a portrait of Lincoln to the center. (Chicago: Ed Mendel, 1860) Light soiling to upper inch; trim slightly fraying; vertical crease marks. 7 x 2 inches. $1,500-2,500

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236 (CIVIL WAR) LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Shoulder-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the original negative taken in Alexander Gardner’s studio on November 8, 1863 by Moses Rice. Print on Japanese rice paper. Tipped to board. Torn at lower corners and small chip along upper edge; wear to board; otherwise sound. 12 1/2 x 10 inches. $400-600

237 (CIVIL WAR) LINCOLN, ABRAHAM New-York Daily Tribune. Thursday, April 20, 1865. Vol. XXV. No. 7,500. 8pp. Containing information on Lincoln’s assassination, describing the events, testimonials; Texas plan to secede from the Confederacy; Letter of John Wilkes Booth.

Together with five other Civil War-era newspapers, comprising the following: New-York Daily Times. Saturday, August 5, 1854. Vol. III, No. 899. 8pp. Some advertisements clipped from final page; Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser. Tuesday, October 21, 1856. Vol. 33, No. 85. 4pp. Containing information on the Missouri Compromise and the Democratic contest in Pennsylvania; New-York Daily Times. Saturday, January 18, 1862. Vol. XI, No. 3221. 8pp. Containing information on For Pickens, Bowling Green, and the advance of General Grant’s troops down the Mississippi; The New York Herald. Saturday, February 7, 1863. Whole No. 9642. 8pp. Containing information on affairs in Texas; Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle. Tuesday Morning, November 1, 1864. Volume 4, Number 1209. 4pp. Mainly advertising, literature and anecdotes. $100-200

238 (CIVIL WAR, MAP) The Historical Map. Indianapolis: Asher, 1862.

12mo, red cloth over printed blue paper boards. 56 pp., with large fold-out color map of the Civil War and four black and white in-text maps. Boards soiled; text block partially detached; minor foxing; few splits at folds of large map. Size of map: 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. $300-500 239 (CIVIL WAR) PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER A group of three issues of the Philadelphia Inquirer,8pp. each, comprising Wednesday, September 4, 1861 (Victory at Hatteras; Report Death of Jeff Davis not confirmed; Victory in Wilmington Delaware), Wednesday, September 18, 1861 (News from Manassas Junction; Cuban Proclamation is a Hoax; Battle at Lexington; General Bragg rebel secretary of war), and Saturday, November 2, 1861 (McClellan appt. commander of the US troops; War in Missouri; Fremont’s advance beyond Springfield). $200-400

240 (CIVIL WAR, SLAVERY) Receipt for $300 for the purchase of two slaves, dated November 4, 1845. Tipped to a card. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. $200-400

241 (CIVIL WAR) STROUD, GEORGE M. A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of America. Philadelphia: Harry Longstreet, 1856.

12mo, rebacked preserving upper and lower boards with renewed spine and endpapers. Second edition. Light edgewear to boards with corners bumped; some browning to edges of pages; light brownspotting. $150-250

242 (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. Lacking three plates; 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

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243 (CIVIL WAR) BRAGG, EDWARD S., attrib. A group of two autographed letters to his wife. In the letters Bragg discusses his military activities and refers to Gen. McClellan, Antietam, and “Old Abe.” Signed, “E”, dated November 30, 1852 (sc. 1862), and Sunday, April 6, 1863, 4pp. each. Folded in thirds; five line horizontal strip cut from letter dated “1852.”

Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912), of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, advanced in rank from captain of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in 1861 to Brigadier General in 1864, and was engaged in the battles of Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam (where he was severely wounded), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Laurel Hill, North Anna, and Cold Harbor, as well as commanding the Iron Brigade in their assault on Petersburg. In addition to his field work, he was involved in politics and a delegate to the Charleston Democratic Convention of 1860, was elected as state senator in 1867 and served four terms in Congress (1877-83 and 1885-1887). (Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 2, pp. 587-588) $400-600

244 COLLINS, S. H. Emigrant’s Guide to the United States of America. Hull: Joseph Noble, 1830.

12mo, contemporary blue cloth, spine label. With fold-out map. Fourth edition. Rubbing and fading to boards; light soiling; intermittent brownspotting; bookseller’s sticker to front pastedown. $300-500

245 AMUNDSEN, ROALD The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram,” 1919-1912. London: John Murray, 1913.

2 vols. 8vo, blue cloth lettered in gilt, portrait frontispieces. Illustrated with maps, some fold-out, and numerous photographs. Ex-library copy with stamps to f.f.e.ps and title pages; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $100-200 246 HILDRETH, S.P. Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley. Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1848.

8vo, rebacked with later calf retaining portions of the original boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, illustrated with two maps and seven plates. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. and title page; foxing throughout. $200-400

247 JOHNSTON, CHARLES Narrative of the Incidents Attending the Capture, Detention and Ransom of Charles Johnston of Botetourt County Virginia, who was Made Prisoner by the Indians, on the River Ohio, in the Year 1790. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1827.

12mo, 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Rubbing to boards; some very light scattered foxing; 2 1/2-inch tear, p. 9. $200-400

248 KING, JR., MARTIN LUTHER Stride Toward Freedom. The Montgomery Story. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1958).

8vo, full cloth, title in silver to spine. Inscribed by King in blue ink to the f.f.e.p. with the address of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, George, being the home church of King. Wear to boards with some loss to spine; hinges starting; some interior soiling. Property from the Collection of Antoine Lewis, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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249 LINDBERGH, CHARLES WE. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927.

8vo, blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, decorative endpapers, photographic frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs. Later edition, signed by the author on the frontispiece. Light soiling to boards; fading to spine; chipping to spine ends; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; intermittent brownspotting. $200-400

250 MABLY, L’ABBE GABRIEL B. DE Remarks Concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America: In Four Letters Addressed to Mr. Adams. Dublin: Alker, Burton, White, et al., 1785.

8vo, early calf. First Dublin edition. Wear to binding with hinges cracked and detached with remnants of early tape repair to spine; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; stamp to title page; spine split and text block cracked. $200-300 251 MONETTE, JOHN W. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846.

2 vols. full gilt-ruled calf, spines gilt-lettered and decorated in compartments, a.e.g. Double-page engraved color maps of Texas and the French, English and Spanish possessions in North America in 1745. Light wear to boards; corners bumped; light scattered foxing; hinges tender; otherwise fine. $400-600

252* (PENNSYLVANIA) A large collection of books pertaining to Pennsylvania history, in five boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $400-600

253 (PRESIDENTS) ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Signed check “J. Q. Adams,” dated September 12, 18[4?]3. Check in the amount of twenty-seven dollars, made out to “David Smith.” Together with a reproduction photograph. 2 1/4 x 6 inches. $800-1,200

254 (PRESIDENTS) BUSH, GEORGE The 9/11 Commission Report. Authorized edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.

8vo, quarter blue over red paper boards, gilt-lettered spine, original dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by George Bush on title page, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Very fine. $800-1,200

255 (PRESIDENTS) CARTER, JIMMY A group of two books comprising, The Blood of Abraham. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 8vo, full cloth lettered in gilt, original dust jacket in acetate jacket. First edition, signed. Previous owner’s inventory sticker to spine; otherwise fine. Together with The Hornet’s Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003). 8vo, 3/4 cloth over paper boards, dust jacket in acetate wrapper. Signed. Fine. $100-200

256 (PRESIDENTS) CLINTON, BILL My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

8vo, blue cloth lettered in gilt, red endpapers, photopictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Slipcased. Limited edition, 941/1,500 copies signed. Light soiling to slipcase; otherwise very fine. $400-600

257 (PRESIDENTS) COOLIDGE, CALVIN Autobiography. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929.

8vo, original cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, photo-pictorial frontispiece, t.e.g. Limited edition, 389/1000 copies signed. Minor soiling to boards; light foxing to some leaves. $600-800

258 (PRESIDENTS) DAVIS, JEFFERSON Autograph letter signed (“Jeff”), 1 page, July 18th, 1846.

Davis writes to his wife, Varina Howell Davis, that the army will be leaving their present post within three days and will make arrangements to return home with a heart full of love. He signs the letter to his wife “Your husband.” On the verso, Davis writes to his brother, Joseph, that he will write more to him soon, and signs “Jeff.” Address docket to J. E. Davis, Hurricane. Some minor soiling to page; small separation at meeting of folds. $500-700

259 (PRESIDENTS) EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Crusade in Europe. Garden City: Doubleday, 1948.

8vo, original tan cloth, spine stamped in gilt on black, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with numerous photographs, maps and plates. First edition, signed. Very light rubbing to boards at extremities; soiling to f.f.e.p. and title pages; ephemera laid into f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $400-600

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260 (PRESIDENTS) FORD, GERALD A Time to Heal. The Autobiography. (New York): Harper & Row, (1979).

8vo, blue cloth lettered in gilt, photo-pictorial dust jacket in acetate wrapper. Illustrated with numerous photographs. First edition, signed on inserted page. Light soiling to dust jacket; price clipped; otherwise fine. $100-200

261 (PRESIDENTS) FORD, JR., HENRY A group of two typed letters signed and a black and white photograph of the twenty-millionth Ford motor vehicle produced, dated August 1931, signed by Henry Ford, Jr. $200-400

262 (PRESIDENTS) HOOVER, HERBERT The Challenge to Liberty. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934.

8vo, blue cloth lettered in gilt. First edition. With laid-in TLS signed (Herbert Hoover), 1 page, on personal letterhead, December 4, 1934, in original envelope. Light wear to boards; ends bumped; hinges tender; minor soiling to laid-in envelope. $100-200 263 (PRESIDENTS) HOOVER, HERBERT This Crisis in American Life. Philadelphia: The Republican National Convention, 1948.

13 pp. 8vo, printed wrappers. A printed copy of Hoover’s address to the 1948 Republican National Convention, signed “Herbert Hoover” in blue ink on the front cover. $100-200

264 (PRESIDENTS) JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES The Vantage Point. Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.

8vo, red cloth with title in gilt to blue spine label, dust jacket in acetate, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs. First edition, signed on inserted page. Previous owner’s inventory sticker to spine; some soiling to dust jacket; ephemera laid in to f.f.e.p. $100-200

265 (PRESIDENTS) KENNEDY, JOHN F. The Strategy of Peace. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960).

8vo, publisher’s cloth in original dust jacket in acetate sleeve. Inscribed on f.f.e.p. “To John, With warm regards and, very best wishes, Jack Kennedy.” Minor chipping to dust jacket with creases; light darkening to endpapers; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000 266 (PRESIDENTS) NIXON, RICHARD The Memoirs. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.

8vo, original blue cloth stamped in gilt, dust jacket in acetate wrapper. Illustrated throughout. Signed on the f.f.e.p. Fine.

Together with Leaders (New York): Warner Books, (1982). 8vo, quarter cloth over blue paper boards, dust jacket in acetate wrapper. Illustrated with numerous photographs throughout. First edition. Signed on half-title. Previous owner’s inventory sticker to spine; price clipped; previous owner’s exlibris to f.f.e.p. and contents page; otherwise fine. Six Crises (Garden City: Doubleday, 1962). 8vo, full cloth, title in gilt to blue pastedowns, photo-pictorial dust jacket. Signed on inserted page. First edition. Dust jacket chipped at extremities and creased; picture of Nixon laid in to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $400-600

267 (PRESIDENTS) REAGAN, RONALD Speaking My Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.

8vo, quarter cloth over blind-stamped paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, photo-pictorial dust jacket in acetate wrapper, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs. First edition, signed on the title page. Fine. $300-500

268 (PRESIDENTS) TRUMAN, HARRY S. Memoirs. Garden City: Doubleday, 1955.

2 vols. 8vo, original black cloth lettered in silver and blue, photo-pictorial dust jackets in acetate. Both volumes inscribed to Frater Aiden. Small dampstain to bottom of dj at spine, vol. 2; otherwise very fine. $300-500

269 (PRESIDENTS) TRUMAN, HARRY S. Mr. Citizen. New York: Bernard Geis, 1960.

8vo, original red cloth lettered in gilt, red and blue spine labels, decorative endpapers, acetate jacket, limitation guarded by plastic slip. Housed in photopictorial slipcase. Illustrated. Limited edition, number 722 of 1,000 copies signed. Small chip to acetate jacket; wear to slipcase with chipping to edges; otherwise a very fine copy. $500-700

270 (PRESIDENTS) A group of four signed letters and five signed photographs of presidents, including Ronald Reagan (TLS and SP), Jimmy Carter (SP), Gerald Ford (two TLS), Richard Nixon (TLS) and George H. W. Bush (three SP). $300-500

271 PROCTOR, C. H. The Life of James Williams, Better Known as Professor Jim, for Half a Century Janitor of Trinity College. Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1873.

16mo, purple cloth-backed boards, spine gilt-lettered with title “Prof. Jim,” lithograph frontispiece. First edition. Williams had been a slave in New York. The present biography includes an account of Aaron Burr in flight after his duel with Alexander Hamilton. Fading and rubbing to boards with some loss to spine; hinges starting; previous owner’s name in pencil to f.f.e.p. $100-200

272 (REVOLUTIONARY WAR) A group of three Revolutionary War-era and turnof-the-century newspapers, comprising Norwich Mercury. Saturday, June 19, 1790. 4pp.; The Patriot. Saturday, June 17, 1815. 4pp.; New-York Spectator. Wednesday, September 27, 1809. 4pp. $100-200

273 RUSSELL, CHARLES M. Good Medicine. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929.

Folio, unbound sheets with wide margins. First edition. Lacking limitation page and frontispiece; some chipping and browning to pages. $200-400

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2 vols. 8vo, full green cloth with plastic covers, spines lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. Portrait frontispieces, fold-out map. Boards lightly soiled; hinges starting; light dampstaining to vol. 1; ghosting from frontispiece in vol. 2; otherwise fine. $100-200

275 SEWEL, WILLIAM The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers. Burlington, NJ: Isaac Collins, 1774.

Folio, leather boards sewn into goatskin jacket. Third edition. With family register of John Haines laid in. Third edition. Wear to boards with text block detached from backstrip; lacking front and rear blanks; previous owner’s manuscript notations to title page; pages browned with scattered foxing. $100-200

276 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR A collection of 40 sepia-toned photographs of the Spanish American War tipped to cards with descriptions beneath. Captions include “Burial at Sea,” “1st Illinois Trenches,” “Carrying the Wounded,” “Hearing of Cervera’s Defeat.” Appear to have been taken by a soldier stationed at Picnic Island. Together with 14 postcards. Property from a Midwest Museum $100-200

277 RUSSELL, J. The History of the War, Between the United States and Great-Britain, Which Commenced in June, 1812, and Closed in February, 1815... Hartford: B. & J. Russell, 1815.

8vo, contemporary calf, spine gilt-ruled, spine label. Rubbing to boards; spine label chipped; foxing; dampstaining to first 14 pp.; darkening to some leaves. $400-600

278 (BILLY THE KID) POE, JOHN The Death of Billy the Kid. Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1933.

8vo, brown cloth, dust jacket clipped. First edition. With some dampstaining and chipping to dust jacket; otherwise interior is in fine condition. $100-200

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282 GARRETT, PATRICK Partially printed document signed (“Patrick Garrett”), verso of a subpoena to Donaciano Serrano, for violating Sunday rules stating that Garrett could not find Serrano in the county of Lincoln (New Mexico Territory). Together with another document pertaining to the arrest of Donaciano Serrano. $1,000-2,000

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283 (GARRETT, PATRICK) POE, JOHN Autograph document signed on the verso of a subpoena signed by John Poe for Patrick Garrett, to Romolo Padillo and John Hurley. $200-400

284 IVES, JOSEPH C. Report upon the Colorado River of the West... Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861.

4to, blind-stamped gilt-pictorial cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. First edition, Senate issue. Lithograph frontispiece, two fold-out maps, eight fold-out panoramas, and 26 plates, some color. Chipping to spine with some loss; backstrip partially detached; corners bumped; offsetting from some plates; darkening to a few leaves; scattered light brownspotting. $300-500 285 ROE, ELIZABETH A. Recollections of Frontier Life. Rockford, Illinois: Gazette Publishing House, 1885.

8vo, gilt-lettered blind-stamped cloth, portrait frontispieces. Light soiling to boards; corners bumped; hinges starting; intermittent brown spots. $100-200

286 WILKES, CHARLES Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845.

5 vols. 8vo, publisher’s gilt cloth. First edition. 11 maps (10 folding) and three fold-out tables. Wear to cloth with loss at edges; corners bumped; some small tears to pages. $300-500

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2 vols. 12mo, quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. First edition of this rare romantic novel on the War of 1812, as introduced through the mouthpiece of the ghost of a “Mysterious Chief” (i.e. the spirit of George Washington), who further guides the destinies of the main characters. Ex-libris clipped from first two pp. vol. 1 and p. 3 vol. 2; some corners folded; some light soiling to leaves; manuscript ex-libris f.f.e.p. vol. 1; otherwise a fine copy of this incredibly rare odd novel and one of the only contemporary novels of the War of 1812. Only five copies located by Sabin. Wright 2760, Sabin 105179 Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $1,000-2,000 288 (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 The Human Liberty Bell, 25,000 Officers & Men at Camp Dix, New Jersey, General Hugh L. Scott, Com’d’r. Chicago: Mole & Thomas, 1918. $600-800

289 (WWI) PERSHING, JOHN J. My Experiences in the World War. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1931

2 vols. 8vo, original khaki cloth, title in gilt to labels to spines and front boards, t.e.g. Illustrated. Author’s Autograph Edition, number 540 of 2,100 signed copies. Very light soiling to boards; pencil manuscript notations to endpapers; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

290 (WWI) POSTCARDS OF FRANCE A collection of 13 WWI-era postcard books of views of France, including Marseille, Lyon, Dijon, Grenoble, Aisne, Tours, Sassnage, Brest, Bourges, and Nice. Property from a Midwest Museum $100-200

291 (WWI, POSTERS) A group of nine World War I-era posters, mainly OWI, including some duplicates. Size of largest 28 x 20 inches. $200-400

292 (WWI) WAR MAPS A collection of War Maps, by Mrs. Ogden Armour’s Unit, comprising four British Front maps, four Italian Front maps and seven French Front map. Together with a Rand-McNally Atlas of the World War. Property from a Midwest Museum $200-400 293 (WWI) A group of three pamphlets, comprising The Chicago Daily News War Book for American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, Questions on Manual of Military Training, by Major Jas. A. Moss, and A List of Neutral Ships Sunk by the Germans, from August 8, 1914 to April 26, 1917.

Together with a collection of newspapers, maps, advertisements and a small bible embossed with an American flag. Property from a Midwest Museum $100-200

294 (WWII) AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Three bound collections of 8 x 10 black and white aerial photographs illustrating bomb damage of Toulon, Marseille and St. Mandrier from the collection of Rear Admiral S. S. Lewis. Property from a Midwest Museum $200-400

295 (WWII) PARRIS ISLAND A collection of comic postcards from Parris Island illustrated by M.N. Fleming. Together with a collection of war publications. Property from a Midwest Museum $50-100

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