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Sir Walter Raleigh's copy (possibly) of Jan Jansz Orlers Victoires??.. le Prince de Nassau? 1612

1863 Draft Riots in New York, a sammelband of contemporary works, including very rare pamphlets

V. rare same-size print of Montresor's 1766 manuscript 'Plan of the City of New York', 1 of 3 copies

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Photography: Small group of NYC Street Photographer?s Snapshots Mid-century: 12 b&w photographs depicting NYC street images, including waterfront and airport images. Photographer unknown. Click here for more information and to bid

0241: Photography: Small group of NYC Street Photographer?s Snapshots Mid-centuryEst. $200-$400Lot Closed

(Broadsides) ?LATEST STRIKE NEWS? 1926 General Strike Ephemera [Kipling?]: [Kipling?] 2 “Strike News” broadsides. VG. Light wear. 10,000 strikers out at Crewe . Five cars overturned between Canal Bridge , Kinsland road and Liverpool street . A few buses

0242: (Broadsides) ?LATEST STRIKE NEWS? 1926 General Strike Ephemera [Kipling?]Est. $200-$300Lot Closed

(ANTIFA) WWII Arthur SZYK The New World Order, 1941: SZYK, Arthur; Roger W, Strauss, Jr., intro. Hard cover, no jacket. The New World Order. New York: Putnam (1941). Light wear. Striking images in black & white and remarkable color. A

0243: (ANTIFA) WWII Arthur SZYK The New World Order, 1941Est. $150-$250Lot Closed

Dueling, gunfight: Dunburgh, Georgia 1833? 4 page handwritten letter: Code of Honor in antebellum South Hand-franked 4 p als sent from Danburgh, Georgia to Timothy Jones, East Hartland, CT, dated Jan. 15, 1833, initialed at end. Among details of health and

0244: Dueling, gunfight: Dunburgh, Georgia 1833? 4 page handwritten letterEst. $400-$600Lot Closed

(Painting) Persian Manuscript page watercolor with Arabic text.: Hand-Painted Persian Manuscript[PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT]. Illuminated Manuscript Leaf in Arabic. [No place:, no date]. Original water color drawing on manuscript page, with handwriting above and below and

0245: (Painting) Persian Manuscript page watercolor with Arabic text.Est. $200-$400Lot Closed

Presidential signature, James Buchanan & Howell Cobb : customs port of Wheeling, Virginia 1858.: Document appointing Andrew J. PANNELL, surveyor of the customs for the port of Wheeling in the state of Virginia, March 1, 1858; signed by President James Buchanan, counter signed by Howell

0246: Presidential signature, James Buchanan & Howell Cobb : customs port of Wheeling, Virginia 1858.Est. $200-$400Lot Closed

Ephemera / Aviation: Piece of Blimp ?Columbia?: Aviation: Piece of Blimp “Columbia” Approx. 5 x 1.5 inches, one side silver; handwritten descriptor on other side. VG. Relic from the early years of commercial

0247: Ephemera / Aviation: Piece of Blimp ?Columbia?Est. $100-$200Lot Closed

HUMOR: 1884 amateur press, The Weekly Spy; Frying Pan Square, Vol. 1, No. 2: HUMOR: Amateur Newspaper. The Weekly Spy; Frying Pan Square, Vol. 1, No. 2. ( Franklin, N.Y. ); Feb. 2, 1884. 4 p., illustrations, ads. Rare— OCLC locates 1 copy of this

0248: HUMOR: 1884 amateur press, The Weekly Spy; Frying Pan Square, Vol. 1, No. 2Est. $100-$200Lot Closed

Architecture: Philip Johnson, inscribed photograph & Time Magazine, 1979: Johnson, Philip, 1907-2005.Inscribed to Bob Katzeff, long-time public relations executive for AT&T during the planning, design and building of the company’s Madison Ave. post-modern

0249: Architecture: Philip Johnson, inscribed photograph & Time Magazine, 1979Est. $200-$400Lot Closed

(JAZZ) Charles Delaunay. Inscribed book HOT Discography 1938, Paris: Hot Jazz: Delaunay, Charles. HOT DISCOGRAPHY. 1938 Edition. Paris: Hot Jazz. (1938). Ephemeral French pulp paperback with mustard covers, vg, spine creased, paper toned. Inscribed on

0250: (JAZZ) Charles Delaunay. Inscribed book HOT Discography 1938, Paris: Hot JazzEst. $300-$500Lot Closed

(TYPOGRAPHY) Kurt H. Volk LINEOTYPE SPECIMEN Booklet: VOLK LINEWTYPE SPECIMENS. NY: Kurt H. Volk, Inc., Typographers. Pp 34 (1), followed by a 2 page section printed in color on thicker stock titled “A complete listing of Sans Serif type available

0251: (TYPOGRAPHY) Kurt H. Volk LINEOTYPE SPECIMEN BookletEst. $100-$150Lot Closed

Charles Brockden Brown 1809 Pamphlet on American Trade: Brown, Charles Brockden.An address to the Congress of the United States, on the utility and justice of restrictions upon foreign commerce. With reflections on foreign trade in general, and the

0252: Charles Brockden Brown 1809 Pamphlet on American TradeEst. $100-$200Lot Closed

(2) Alabama License to Hawk and Peddle 1840-1 Alloway R. Davis attested, Green Co.: (American South/ Ephemera): Pair of consecutive annual licenses permitting a company called Chapin’s and Sons to conduct business as a “wagon” peddler in the

0253: (2) Alabama License to Hawk and Peddle 1840-1 Alloway R. Davis attested, Green Co.Est. $100-$200Lot Closed

Signed Binding: Works of John Keats, 1922. Sangorski & Sutcliffe bookbinders: Keats, John; Frances T. Palgrave, editor. Poetical works of John Keats, 1922.Sangorski & Sutcliffe bookbinders London, MacMillan, 1922284 pp. Full crushed brown morocco, joints, points and

0254: Signed Binding: Works of John Keats, 1922. Sangorski & Sutcliffe bookbindersEst. $100-$150Lot Closed

Early Scientology Booklet & Flier, c.1950s Hubbard Guidance Center: Hubbard, L. Ron; Dr. Julia M. LewisEarly Scientology Booklet & Ephemeral Flier, c.1955Hubbard Guidance CenterHubbard, L. Ron. Scientology: the fundamentals of thought. Silver Spring, Maryland:

0255: Early Scientology Booklet & Flier, c.1950s Hubbard Guidance CenterEst. $200-$300Lot Closed

(JUDAICA). Illustrated Israeli Newsprint Magazines 1947-1952: ????????COLLECTION OF 8 ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES ???????? DOCUMENTING THE EARLY YEARS OF ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE.Misc. issues, listed below; see images for details. Condition varies but

0256: (JUDAICA). Illustrated Israeli Newsprint Magazines 1947-1952Est. $200-$400Lot Closed

JOURNEY TO BABYLON 1811: Claudius James Rich. Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811. London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1839. First edition, edited by Mary MacIntosh Rich. “Memoir

0257: JOURNEY TO BABYLON 1811Est. $600-$700Lot Closed

CANES VENATICI OF ANTIQUITY: ARRIAN on COURSING: Arrian. Arrian on Coursing. The Cynegeticus of the Younger Xenophon. Translated from the Greek by William Dansey with Classical and Practical Annotations, and a Brief Sketch of the

0258: CANES VENATICI OF ANTIQUITY: ARRIAN on COURSINGEst. $700-$800Lot Closed

TEXTILES: HISTORY of BRITISH CARPETS: C. E. C. Tattersall. A History of British Carpets. Essex (England): F. Lewis, 1934. First edition. The author was the textile expert at the Victoria and Albert. One

0259: TEXTILES: HISTORY of BRITISH CARPETSEst. $300-$400Lot Closed

VIRGIL From the GREGORY LIBRARY AT COOLE PARK: Virgil. Opera, varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata, a C. G. Heyne [Works, edited by Christof Gottlieb Heyne]. London: T. Payne et al., 1793. Third edition. Four

0260: VIRGIL From the GREGORY LIBRARY AT COOLE PARKEst. $700-$900Lot Closed

LAND AND WATER BIRDS: NUTTALL'S ORNITHOLOGY OF U.S. AND CANADA: Thomas Nuttall. A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Volume I: The Land Birds, Volume II: The Water Birds. Cambridge (Boston): Hilliard and Brown

0261: LAND AND WATER BIRDS: NUTTALL'S ORNITHOLOGY OF U.S. AND CANADAEst. $600-$800Lot Closed

EARLY TRAVELS IN NUBIA 1819: John Lewis Burckhardt. Travels in Nubia. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition (xcii, 543 pp., adverts). Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of

0262: EARLY TRAVELS IN NUBIA 1819Est. $600-$800Lot Closed

POST CIVIL WAR VIRGINIA PLANTATIONS SLAVES and PEASANTS 1866: Elliott & Shields. The Farmer. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, the Mechanic Arts and Household Economy. Richmond, VA. Volume I: Nos. 1-12 (January- December

0263: POST CIVIL WAR VIRGINIA PLANTATIONS SLAVES and PEASANTS 1866Est. $300-$400Lot Closed

SILVA SILVARUM and THE NOVUM ORGANUM: Francis Bacon [Rt. Hon. Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans]. Sylva Sylvarum: or A Natural History, in Ten Centuries to which is added The Novum Organum; The New Atlantis; History Natural and

0264: SILVA SILVARUM and THE NOVUM ORGANUMEst. $800-$900Lot Closed

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