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Americana and Fine Printed Books

461 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
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Lot 1
AMERICAN ARTISTS Gallery of Landscape Painters, co

mprising Twenty-Four Illustrations of American SceneryNY: Putnum...

300
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400
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Lot 2
AMERICAN ASYLUM Eighth Report of the directors of


AMERICAN ASYLUM Eighth Report of the directors of the American...

100
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150
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Lot 3
AMERICAN REVOLUTION - Egbert BENSON A Vindication

of the Captors of Major AndreNew York: Reprinted for Joseph Sabin...

200
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300
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Lot 4
AMERICAN REVOLUTION - H. NILES Principles and Acts

of the Revolution in America: or, an Attempt to Collect and...

300
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400
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Lot 5
BANKING A group of four titles

1) FOWLER, Wm. Worthington. Ten Years on Wall Street...

100
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150
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Lot 6
BANKING - Henry CLEWS A group of two

1) Twenty-Eight Years in Wall Street. NY: Irving, [1908]. 8vo...

100
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150
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Lot 7
[BERINGTON, Simon] The Adventures of Signor Gauden

tio de LuccaBeing the substance of his examination before the...

250
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350
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Lot 9
BINDINGS - Gift Books A group of three

A group of three 19th century "Gift Books" in decorative gilt...

100
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150
10
Lot 10
BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson.

The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD. Comprehending an account of his...

300
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400
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Lot 11
[BOUDINOT, Elias] The Second Advent, or the coming

of the Messiah in Glory.Or Coming of the Messiah in Glory, Shown...

300
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400
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Lot 12
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel The New American Practical Nav

igatorNew York: E. M. Blunt and Samuel Burtis, Aug. 1817. (225 x...

200
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300
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Lot 13
BRASHER, Rex Spring Long Shore

[Meriden, CT: The Meriden Gravure Company, c.1930s]. 4to (320 x...

700
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1,000
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Lot 14
BRYANT, William Cullen Picturesque America

NY: D. Appleton, [1872-74]A group of approximately 40 of 48 parts...

200
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300
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Lot 15
CARNEGIE, Andrew James Watt.

New York: Doubleday And Page & Company, 1905. 8vo. Original...

200
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Lot 16
CATLIN, George North America Indians, being letter

and notes on their manners, customs, and conditionsWritten during...

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600
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Lot 17
CATLIN, George Letters and Notes on the Manners, C

ustoms, and Condition of the North American IndianLondon: David...

400
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600
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Lot 18
CIVIL WAR - French Battle Maps Histoire de la Guer

re Civile en Amerique - Cartes et Plances[Paris: Michel Levy...

200
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Lot 19
CIVIL WAR - Ch. LASSALLE (ed) Le Courrier Des Eta


CIVIL WAR - Ch. LASSALLE (ed) Le Courrier Des Etats-UnisNew...

700
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1,000
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Lot 20
CIVIL WAR - Frances Trevelyan MILLER (editor) Phot

ographic History of the Civil WarNew York: The Reviews of Reviews...

350
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450
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Lot 21
CIVIL WAR - Harper's Weekly Harper's Pictorial His

tory of the Civil WarChicago: McDonnell Bros., [1866]. 2 volumes...

150
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250
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Lot 22
CIVIL WAR - New York A group of titles relating to

New York in the Civil War1) New York in the War of the Rebellion...

200
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Lot 23
DARBY, William A Tour from the City of New-York, t

o Detroit, in the Michigan TerritoryNew York: printed for the...

300
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400
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Lot 24
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The First English Prin

ting of the Declaration of IndependenceIn: The Universal Magazine...

300
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400
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Lot 25
DOUGLASS, Frederick Life and Times of Frederick Do

uglassHartford: Park Publishing Co., 1881. 8vo. Frontispiece...

600
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800
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Lot 26
DOUGLASS, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frede

rick Douglass, an American SlaveBoston: Published at the...

1,600
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1,800
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Lot 27
DOUGLASS, Frederick My Bondage and My Freedom

New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. 8vo...

700
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1,000
28
Lot 28
Family Histories and Dedications A group of titles

A group of titles including: 1) In Memoriam. William Frederick...

200
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300
29
Lot 29
FISKE, John A group of titles

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1892-1904. Comprising in part: The...

100
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150
30
Lot 30
FRENCH & INDIAN WAR - Captivity Narrative The Stor

y of Peter Williamson[Edinburgh: N.d., c1879]. No. 14 [Chambers...

100
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150
31
Lot 31
HAMILTON, Alexander Works

New York: Trow, 1850. 7 volumes. 8vo (230 x 150 mm). Contemporary...

100
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150
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Lot 32
HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON and John JAY Th

e Federalist: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New...

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Lot 33
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell The Autocrat of the Breakfa

st-TableBoston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. 8vo...

250
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350
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Lot 34
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Poetical Works

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. 2 volumes. 12mo...

400
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600
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Lot 35
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Two titles

1) Poems. Boston: Otis, Broaders and Company, 1836. 8vo. Original...

200
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300
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Lot 36
HOMES, Abiel American Annals: or a Chronological H

istory of AmericaCambridge: W. Hilliard, 1805. 2 volumes. 8vo...

200
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300
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Lot 37
[HUDSON RIVER] Villas on the Hudson. A collection

of photo-lithographs of thirty-one country residencesNY: D...

1,000
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1,500
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Lot 38
[HUDSON RIVER] - Benson J LOSSING The Hudson, fro


[HUDSON RIVER] - Benson J LOSSING The Hudson, from Wilderness to...

100
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150
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Lot 39
[HUDSON RIVER] -ROGERS, Archibald Development of t

he Ice Yacht on the Hudson.[N.p.]: John Wiley & Sons...

200
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300
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Lot 40
[HUDSON RIVER] A group of four titles

1) LOSSING, Benson J. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea...

80
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120
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Lot 41
HUNTINGTON, Samuel, Signer from Connecticut Paymen

t order signedNorwich: August 26th, 1788. 1 sheet (80 x...

900
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1,200
42
Lot 42
LANDAUER, Bella Some Alcoholic Americana

NY: Harborside Press, 1932. 8vo. Cloth. Library sticker. ONE OF...

50
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80
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Lot 43
LINDBERGH, Charles The Spirit of St. Louis

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. 8vo. Publisher's red...

500
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800
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Lot 44
[LINCOLN, Abraham] - John Carroll POWER History o


[LINCOLN, Abraham] - John Carroll POWER History of an Attempt to...

350
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450
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Lot 45
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. Political Debates between Hon.

Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen Douglas...In the Celebrated...

150
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Lot 46
LIVINGSTON, Gilbert and Henry LIVINGSTON. Last Wil

l and Testament of Gilbert LivingstonKingston, NY: 12 December...

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Lot 47
[MATHEMATICS]- Robert ADRAIN The Analyst or Mathem

atical Museum[New York: Printed and published by George Long...

250
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Lot 47A
MATHER, Cotton Dr. Cotton Mather's Student and Pre

acherLondon: Charles Dilly, 1781. Republished by John Ryland. 8vo...

400
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Lot 48
McKENNEY, Thomas L. and James HALL History of the


McKENNEY, Thomas L. and James HALL History of the Indian Tribes of...

7,000
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10,000
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Lot 49
McKENNEY, Thomas L. and James HALL History of the


McKENNEY, Thomas L. and James HALL History of the Indian Tribes of...

6,000
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8,000
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Lot 50
MEDICINE - J. Sudam KNOX and others Embalmers' Ana

tomical Aid: A Manikin of Superimposed Diagramatic PlatesChicago...

200
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300
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