Americana 2007-10-31 Auction - 280 Price Results - Bloomsbury Auctions in NY - Page 8
225A: Ambrotype portrait of John D. Rockefeller45A: HERRERA. Histoire Generale. 1660-1671275A: William Henry Jackson mammoth plate photograph
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New York, NY, United States
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Americana

The 31 October 2007 Bloomsbury New York auction includes a wide array of books, pamphlets, broadsides, prints, photographs and manuscripts relating to America, from colonial times to the end of the 19th century. The sale is divided into 8 sections, beginning with New Yorkiana highlighted by the very first deed for land on Long Island signed by Dutch Colonial Governor Von Twiller. Dated 6 June 1636, it is among the earliest New York documents in private hands ($50,000/$75,000). Sections follow on Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Early Republic, American Natural History, 19th Century America, Native Americans and Western Americana.
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James Monroe letter signed to JQ Adams: MONROE, James (1758-1831) Letter Signed, to John Quincy Adams, introducing William Drayton. Washington, [July 1815]. 1 page (8 x 6 inches, 200x155 mm). Condition: Usual folds, trimmed and mounted
0169A: James Monroe letter signed to JQ AdamsEst.
$1,000
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$1,500
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Large engraving by Amos Doolittle. 1806: DOOLITTLE, Amos (1754-1832); engraver An Epitome of Ecclesiastical History. By David Rowland Late Minister of the First Church in Windsor Connecticut.New Haven: Doolittle, 1806. Two-sheet copper
0170A: Large engraving by Amos Doolittle. 1806Est.
$3,000
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$4,000
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Bonaparte in Trouble. Amos Doolittle engraving: DOOLITTLE, Amos (1754-1832); engraver Bonaparte in Trouble.[Cheshire, CT:] Shelton & Kensett, [1814]. Hand-colored engraving, ample margins (11 ¾ x 15 inches, 300x380 mm, overall). Six
0171A: Bonaparte in Trouble. Amos Doolittle engravingEst.
$3,000
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$4,000
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CULLEN. Lectures on Materia Medica. 1775: CULLEN, William (1710-1790) Lectures on Materia Medica. [Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1775. Quarto (9 ½ x 7 ½ inches, 240x190 mm). With 11 dried botanical specimens, laid in. Contemporary calf
0172A: CULLEN. Lectures on Materia Medica. 1775Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
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MARSHALL. Arbustrum Americanum. 1785: MARSHALL, Humphry (1722-1801) Arbustrum Americanum: the American Grove, or, an Alphabetical Catalogue of Forest Trees and Shrubs, Natives of the American United States, arranged according to the
0173A: MARSHALL. Arbustrum Americanum. 1785Est.
$2,000
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$3,000
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BARTON. Early work on rattlesnakes. 1796: BARTON, Benjamin Smith (1766-1815) A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty which has been Ascribed to the Rattle-snake, and other American serpents. Philadelphia: for the author, by Henry
0174A: BARTON. Early work on rattlesnakes. 1796Est.
$3,000
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$4,000
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BARTON. Vegetable Materia Medica. 1817-18: BARTON, William P. C. (1786-1856) Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States; or Medical Botany. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817-1818. Two volumes in one. Quarto (11 x 8 ¾ inches, 275x220
0175A: BARTON. Vegetable Materia Medica. 1817-18Est.
$4,000
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$6,000
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WILSON's Birds w/ BONAPARTE's cont. 1st editions: WILSON, Alexander (1766-1813) and BONAPARTE, Charles Lucien (1803-1857) American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. [Text to vols. VIII and IX by George Ord.]
0176A: WILSON's Birds w/ BONAPARTE's cont. 1st editionsEst.
$15,000
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$25,000
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Contributions of the Maclurian Lyceum. 1827: BONAPARTE, Charles Lucien (1803-1857); and others Contributions of the Maclurian Lyceum to the Arts and Sciences. Volume 1, Number 1.Philadelphia: January, 1827. Octavo (8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches, 225x140
0177A: Contributions of the Maclurian Lyceum. 1827Est.
$200
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$300
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AUDUBON. Set of Birds and Quadrupeds.: AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and BACHMAN, John (1790-1874) The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories.New York [vols I-VII] and Philadelphia [vol.VI]: V.G.
0178A: AUDUBON. Set of Birds and Quadrupeds.Est.
$30,000
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$40,000
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AUDUBON. Quadrupeds of North America.: AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) and BACHMANN, John (1790-1874) The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V. G. Audubon, 1852; 1854; 1854. Royal octavo (10 ¾ x 7 inches, 270x175 mm). 155
0179A: AUDUBON. Quadrupeds of North America.Est.
$7,000
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$10,000
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DOUGHTY. Cabinet of Natural History.: DOUGHTY, John and Thomas The Cabinet of Natural History. American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Philadelphia: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-1832. Two volumes. Quarto (11 ¾ x 9 ½ inches, 295x240
0180A: DOUGHTY. Cabinet of Natural History.Est.
$1,500
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$2,500
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HOLBROOK. Ichthyology of South Carolina. 1860: HOLBROOK, John Edwards (1794-1871) Ichthyology of South Carolina. Charleston: Russell and Jones, 1860. 10 numbers in 7 parts. Quarto (11 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches, 295x245 mm). Bound with the original
0181A: HOLBROOK. Ichthyology of South Carolina. 1860Est.
$7,000
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$10,000
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HARRIS. Fishes of North America.: HARRIS, William Charles (1830-1905) The Fishes of North America that are captured on hook and line with ? colored plates made from oil portraits of living fishes before their color tints had faded.
0182A: HARRIS. Fishes of North America.Est.
$4,000
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$6,000
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TAYLOR. Beavers their Ways. 1904: TAYLOR, Joseph Henry Beavers Their Ways and Other Sketches. Washburn, N.D., 1904. Octavo (8x5 inches, 200x130 mm). Frontispiece and 18 plates. Publisher's boards. Condition: Minor age toning;
0183A: TAYLOR. Beavers their Ways. 1904Est.
$400
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$600
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STUD BROADSIDE--Long Island: STUD BROADSIDE--Long Island To Cover. The Noted Horse Potomak, Will stand to Cover the ensuing season, at the stable of William Jones, Cold-Spring, township of Oyster-Bay, Queen's County, at 10
0184A: STUD BROADSIDE--Long IslandEst.
$2,000
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$3,000
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STUD BROADSIDE--Maryland: STUD BROADSIDE--Maryland The Celebrated Horse Tom Jefferson, Will stand to cover Mares this season, At Hagerstown and Fredericktown, Md.Baltimore: George Keatinge, 1826. Broadside (18 ¾ x 11
0185A: STUD BROADSIDE--MarylandEst.
$1,500
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$2,500
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STUD BROADSIDE--Virginia: STUD BROADSIDE--Virginia Peacemaker, A beautiful chestnut sorrel, 16 hands high, 13 years old this spring, will stand the ensuing season at the stable of John C. Price one third of his time, at
0186A: STUD BROADSIDE--VirginiaEst.
$800
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$1,200
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War of 1812 broadside proclamation: GRISWOLD, Roger (1762-1812) By His Excellency Roger Griswold, Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Connecticut, in America. A Proclamation.[Hartford, 1812]. Broadside
0187A: War of 1812 broadside proclamationEst.
$1,000
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$1,500
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War of 1812 caricature: CHARLES, William (1776-1820); engraver John Bull making a new Batch of Ships to send to the Lakes.Philadelphia: William Charles, [1814]. Etching and aquatint, trimmed to or just within the platemark
0188A: War of 1812 caricatureEst.
$800
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$1,200
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War of 1812 caricature: CHARLES, William (1776-1820); engraver Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians.Philadelphia: William Charles, [1814]. Etching and aquatint, with a touch of hand-coloring, trimmed within the platemark and
0189A: War of 1812 caricatureEst.
$800
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$1,200
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War of 1812 caricature: CHARLES, William (1776-1820); engraver John Bull and the Baltimoreans.Philadelphia: William Charles, [1814]. Etching and roulette, trimmed to the platemark on two sides, others ample (9 ¾ x 13 ¾
0190A: War of 1812 caricatureEst.
$800
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$1,200