Americana, including Manuscripts | Lots 349-363

Lots 349-363

349 [AMERICAS]. BOTURINI BENADUCI, Lorenzo (1702-1755). Idea de una Nueva Historia General de la America Septentrional... Madrid: Juan de Zuñiga, 1746.

2 parts in one volume, 4to (198 x 136 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of Boturini. (Worm tracks affecting text with occasional repairs.) Contemporary vellum, (some repairs to spine, hinges reinforced, lacking ties).

FIRST EDITION of Boturini’s historiographical proposal on how to write a new history of ancient Mexico drawing on new forms of historical evidence, primarily Nahua vocabularies. Including a catalogue of his collection of Mexican colonial indigenous codices, which was one of the largest collections compiled in the mid-18th century. Alden-Landis 746/27-28; Palau 33786; Pilling 420a; Sabin 6833 & 6834

Property from the Collection of Gaspar Mayagoitia Barragán $1,500 - 2,500

350 [AMERICAS]. GRANADOS Y GÁLVEZ, Joseph Joaquin (1743-1794). Tardes Americanas: Gobierno Gentil y Catolioco: breve y particular noticia de toda la historia Indiana… Mexico: Imprenta Matritense de Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1778.

Small 4to (185 x 132 mm). Engraved coat of arms on page of introduction, one engraved plate (of 3, lacking frontispiece and plate to face p.56), woodcut p.56. (Tape repair to title-page.) Later red calf, smooth spine gilt, morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained yellow (upper hinge starting, paper card taped to upper cover, some light soiling). Provenance: Jose Gregorio Hernandez (old bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of this historical narrative set as a dialogue between an Otomí and a Spaniard about preHispanic indigenous culture and a critique of the Bourbon Reforms in the viceroyalty of New Spain. “This interesting history of ancient Mexico, written in the form of a dialogue between an Indian and a Spaniard, and divided into seventeen ‘Nights,’ is very little known in Europe, and is very rare in Mexico. On pp. 9094 will be found a fragment of Aztec poetry, written by a poet of the euphonious name Notzahaulcoyotl, and translated into Spanish by the author. One of the most curious subjects treated in this work is that of the Mexican Calendar with the names of the days in Mexican and in Spanish. On pp.141 to 150 are given the Mexican names of the kings of the empire of Tescuco.” (Field, Indian Bibliography, 620). JCB III:2467; Medina 7000; Palau y Dulcet 108426; Sabin 28255.

Property from the Collection of Gaspar Mayagoitia Barragán $1,500 - 2,500

351 [AMERICAS]. HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de (1549-1625). Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las islas y tierra firme del mar oceano... Madrid: Oficina Real de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1726-1728-1730.

8 decades and the Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales bound in 5 volumes, 4to (296 x 202 mm). 9 engraved titles, 14 engraved folding maps. (One engraved title and a few leaves with marginal repairs occasionally affecting borders, a few short marginal tears with old repairs, some minor spotting or browning.) Vol.II: contemporary limp vellum (some minor soiling, lacking ties); Vols.I, III-V modern quarter black calf, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: “JE” (brand on top edges of 2 volumes; Francisco González y Cossío (bookplates).

Second Spanish edition of this significant collection of Spanish narratives about the exploration and conquest of the Americas, drawing upon manuscript sources that are no longer extant. A critical work for the study of Spanish colonization in the Americas, preferred in the second edition because it was compiled, amended and enlarged by Andrés González de Barcia with the addition of the “Tabla General de cosas notables” bound at the end of vol.V. “There are copies of this edition dated 1727, 1728, 1729 and 1730, which are all alike except as the date—the work not having been completed till that year—the publishers changing the dates as circumstances suggested” (Sabin). Herrera was royal historiographer to Philip II, III and IV of Spain and his comprehensive compilation was first published in Madrid, 1601-1615. Alden & Landis 733/118; Borba de Moraes I:399-400 (first edition); Hill 805; Palau 114287; Sabin 31546.

Property from the Collection of Gaspar Mayagoitia Barragán $5,000 - 7,000 349

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352 [AMERICAS]. TAPIA ZENTENO, Carlos de. Noticia de la Lengua Huasteca. Mexico: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1767.

8vo (198 x 143 mm). Engraved coat of arms on dedication. Contemporary calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (upper hinge separating, some light wear to extremities).

FIRST EDITION of the fi rst grammar and dictionary published in Huastec or Tének, a Mesoamerican language spoken in the Veracruz and San Luis Potosí regions of Mexico. Tapia Zenteno was not only an important Mexican linguist and professor of Mexican languages at the Royal and Pontifi cal University, but was also a Catholic missionary and commissioner for the Inquisition. His work was intended for the use of Catholic missionaries evangelizing to the Huasteca and includes parallel bilingual text in Spanish and Huastec. This work includes a doctrine, catechism, Spanish-Huastec dictionary and additional information on festivals, rites and ceremonies of the Huasteca. García Icazbalceta, Apuntes, 73; Medina, Mexico, 5187; Palau 327486; Pilling 3801; Sabin 94355; Viñaza 355

Property from the Collection of Gaspar Mayagoitia Barragán $1,000 - 2,000

353 [ARIZONA]. History of Arizona territory. Showing its resources and advantages; with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, farms, mines, mills, etc. San Francisco: Wallace W. Elliott & Co., 1884.

Folio (340 x 257 mm). Numerous lithographic plates and illustrations. (Lithographed map lacking and supplied in facsimile, title-page torn with old repair verso, a few minor stains.) Original brown cloth gilt (rebacked, some light wear and other repairs); folding case. Provenance: C. K. Jennings (early signature).

FIRST EDITION of this richly illustrated history of Arizona, from Spanish occupation through the 1880s, with sections on the acquisition of Spanish territory, early expeditions, geography, botany, zoology, and settlements. Howes A-310.

Property from the Collection of Andy Nettell $2,000 - 3,000

354 CATLIN, George. Nord-Amerikas Indianer. Stockholm: P.G. Berg, 1848.

4to (265 x 179 mm). 23 hand-colored tinted lithographs. (Some spotting or soiling, one plate with old repair.) Original publisher’s cloth (joints separated or separating, hinges repaired, some light wear).

First Swedish edition, an abridgement Catlin’s Letters and Notes on the manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, fi rst published in 1841.

Property from the Collection of Andy Nettell $600 - 800

355 [FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. [RHOADS, Samuel, et al.] Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its fi rst Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, called May, 1754. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1754].

Small 4to (245 x 181 mm). Collation: A-E4. Original stiff wrappers stab-sewn (sewing threads broken or wanting, some minor chipping). Provenance: Thomas Worth (ALS laid in, see below).

FIRST EDITION of this account of the founding of the fi rst hospital established in America. The work is frequently attributed to Franklin, who was one of the founders of the hospital.

[Laid in:] SMITH, John and REYNOLDS, John. Letter signed, August 1754, to Thomas Worth. 1 page, 4to, on a bifolium, some chipping with minor loss to outer margin. Soliciting donations for the hospital: “We now enclose one of the Books lately published...as we believe kind Providence had bless’d many in thy Neighbourhood with Suffi cient means to contribute to this good design...”

Property from the Collection of Jeff Fender $5,000 - 7,000

*356 GUITEAU, Charles Julius (1840-1882), Assassin of President James A. Garfi eld. Autograph letter signed (“C. G.”), to Benjamin F. Butler. Washington, D. C., 19 October 1881.

6 pages, 8vo, on lined paper, creased. Provenance: Acquired from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.

GARFIELD’S ASSASSIN SEEKS AN ATTORNEY FOR HIS DEFENSE

Guiteau writes to Benjamin F. Butler, one of the nation’s great trial lawyers, who had been a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and who would go on to serve as Governor of Massachusetts. He asks Butler to represent him: “I wish you to defend me & use me to destroy the republican [sic] party…My defense is insanity, in that it was God’s act & not mine.” Guiteau maintained that it was the physicians, and not his bullet, who killed Garfi eld.

Guiteau, a Republican supporter for the election of President Garfi eld, came to Washington in 1881 to secure a federal offi ce. He did not receive a position, and became enraged at Garfi eld’s support of civil service reform and his stand on the stalwart wing of the Republican Party, which Garfi eld opposed, but which Guiteau supported. Guiteau fatally wounded Garfi eld in the waiting room of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad in Washington on 2 July 1881, and Garfi eld died on 19 September 1881.

Property from the Estate of Agnes Neill Williams, Chevy Chase, Maryland $2,000 - 3,000

*357 [LINCOLN, Abraham]. SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.

4 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Original publisher’s blue cloth gilt, top edges stained yellow; original dust jackets.

FIRST TRADE EDITION of Sandburg’s infl uential biography of Abraham Lincoln focusing on the Civil War period.

FIRST TRADE EDITION of Sandburg’s infl uential biography of Abraham Lincoln focusing on the Civil

Property from the Estate of Avis Hope Truska, Scottsdale, Arizona $200 - 300

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360 358 RAMSAY, David (1749-1815). The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina… Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1785.

2 volumes, 8vo (203 x 121 mm). 5 engraved folding maps (a few short tears to folds). (Lacking half-titles, some minor spotting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spines, some light wear). Provenance: The Allan Library (a few stamps and pencil markings); James J. Waring (bookplates).

FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK TO RECEIVE COPYRIGHT IN AMERICA. In 1979, Ramsay applied for copyrights for this important history of the Civil War and for his History of the American Revolution, though they were not granted until 1790. Evans 19211; Howes R-36; Sabin 67691.

Property from the Collection of James J. Waring, MD. $3,000 - 4,000

*359 REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004). Typed letter signed as President (“Ronald Reagan”), to Henry Kissinger. Washington D. C., 17 May 1983.

1 page, 4to, on White House stationery, with original envelope. Congratulating him on the dedication of the Henry Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

[With:] REAGAN. Typed letter signed as President (“Ronald Reagan”), to Edward Bennett Williams. Washington, E. C., 1 November 1985. 1 page, 4to, on White House stationery, with original envelope. Thanking him for his contributions to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory board.

Property from the Estate of Agnes Neill Williams, Chevy Chase, Maryland $600 - 800

*360 RODNEY, Caesar Augustus (1772-1824). Autograph letter signed (“Caesar A. Rodney”), as United States Minister to Argentina, to an unnamed recipient. [Washington D. C.], 7 February, 1823.

1 page, 4to. Provenance: Acquired from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.

Senator Rodney requests information just prior to his departure for Argentina, where he would serve as our fi rst minister plenipotentiary: “I am requested by the Committee to whom the enclosed resolution is referred to ask of you such information as you may possess on the subject to which it relates.”

Property from the Estate of Agnes Neill Williams, Chevy Chase, Maryland $600 - 800

360A [STAMP ACT]. WILSON, Benjamin. The Repeal. Or the Funeral Procession, of Miss AmericStamp. [London: Mark Baskett, 1766].

Engraved cartoon on laid paper, 252 x 355 mm. (Some minor spotting.)

In the foreground, Dr. William Scott, Lord Grenville, the Attorney-General, the SolicitorGeneral, and others mourn the repeal of the short-lived Stamp Act, depicted as a childsized coffi n. Descriptive text in the lower margin concludes: “these few mourners are separated from the joyful scene which appears on the river Thames, where three fi rst rate ships are riding - Viz. the Conway, Rockingham and Grafton. Alon the opposite shore, stand open Warehouses.... among these is a large case containing the Statue of Mr. Pitt, which is heaving on board a boat No. 250, there is another boat taking in goods nearer the fi rst Rates, which is No. 105. These numbers will even be held in esteem by the true Sons of Liberty.”

Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York $4,000.00 - $6,000.00

*361 SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander (1918-2008). An archive of correspondence to Edward Bennett Williams, including letters regarding a luncheon with President Ronald Reagan.

Comprising 6 typed letters signed and one autograph letter signed, and 3 carbon copies, 1977-1988, to American lawyer Edward Bennett Williams (1920-1988), regarding legal matters and a luncheon with Ronald Reagan.

In a pair of letters from May 1982, Solzhenitsyn shares his thoughts about his invitation to dine at the White House with other Soviet dissidents. Solzhenitsyn had attempted a meeting with Gerald Ford in 1975, which Ford refused. Reagan decided to set up a meeting, but was advised that it should not be a private meeting so as not to provoke the leaders of the Soviet Union. Desiring a personal meeting, Solzhenitsyn planned to turn down the offer, but his intention was leaked to the press before he even received an invitation.

Solzhenitsyn reached out to Edward Bennett Williams, who had access to the White House, to ask him to mediate on their behalf. Ultimately, Solzhenitsyn did not attend. He writes Williams on 3 May 1982: “Now we would like to ask you, if you will have such an opportunity, to explain to the President even before May 11 how his advisers have distorted his noble intentions into a foolish and even insulting joke.” He writes again on 12 May, “I was suffi ciently humiliated.” A carbon copy of his letter to the President is included.

Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist and Soviet Dissident, corresponds with his lawyer. In a letter of 26 February 1977, he asks Williams to serve as Russian poet and activist Aleksandr Ginzburg. He coordinates his Will in a letter of 2 October 1981.

In an ALS, 15 August 1988, Solzhenitsyn sends his condolences to Williams widow.

President even before May 11 how his advisers have distorted

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Property from the Estate of Agnes Neill Williams, Chevy Chase, Maryland $800 - 1,200

*362 VON TILZER, Albert (1878-1956). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Albert Von Tilzer”), to James J. Rooney. 18 June 1941.

1 page, oblong 8vo, on Robbins Music Corporation printed stave. Provenance: Provenance: Acquired from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.

“TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME…”

A fair copy of the fi rst few bars and lines of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” which Albert Von Tilzer co-wrote with Jack Norworth in 1908. The song was number 8 on the list of the Songs of the Century, which included the top 365 songs of the 20th-century as chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America in 2001.

Property from the Estate of Agnes Neill Williams, Chevy Chase, Maryland $400 - 600

363 WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852). Engraved document signed as Secretary of State (“Danl Webster”), countersigned by the recipient, 23 April 1841.

1 page, folio, on onionskin, accomplished in manuscript, printed seal. A passport for Frank D. Robinson.

Property from a Distinguished Midwestern Collection $150 - 250 362

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Sale 904 | April 27 - May 13

This spring, Hindman presents a dedicated online sale of fine press books from the collection of Jack Belcher. The collection includes fine examples of books produced by the most important American fine presses of the 20th Century. The collection includes particularly strong offerings of books produced by the Allen Press, the Arion Press, the Grabhorn Press, the Golden Cockerel Press, the Bird and Bull Press, John Henry Nash, and The Book Club of California. The sale also includes several fine books produced by the Logan Elm Press, and an extensive run of Rowfant Club publications.

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