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THE AMERICAN WAR, from 1775 to 1783, with Plans

SMITH, Charles · 1797

$4,375.00 (€3,969.40 | £3,311.53 | ¥698,631)

New York. Printed for C. Smith. First Edition. Contemporary calf (5" x 8-1/4") recently and professionally rebacked with a new gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; [ii], 183 pages with 5 folding plans (of 7) and 2 plates, including portrait frontispiece of Gen. Washington. L...

THE NEWCOMES. MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY EDITED BY ARTHER PENDENNIS ESQ

THACKERAY, William M · 1955

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York. Limited Editions Club. The Centenary Edition. Two quarto volumes (6-3/4" x 10") bound in cloth-backed pictorial buckram. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Introduction by Angela Thirkell. With hand-colored illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Copy #1185 of 15...

THE NEWCOMES. MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY EDITED BY ARTHER PENDENNIS ESQ

THACKERAY, William M · 1955

$112.50 (€102.07 | £85.15 | ¥17,965)

New York. Limited Editions Club. The Centenary Edition. Two quarto volumes (6-3/4" x 10") bound in cloth-backed pictorial buckram. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Introduction by Angela Thirkell. With hand-colored illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Copy #39 of 1500...

NOUVEAUX VOYAGES DE MR. LE BARON DE LAHONTAN, DANS L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE - MEMOIRES DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE OU SUITE DES VOYAGES DE MR. LE BARON DE LAHONTAN, Qui contiennent une relation des differens Peuples qui y habitent, la nature de leur Gouvernement, leur Commerce, leur Co[utume, leur Religion, & leur maniere de saire la Guerre.... with MÉMOIRES DE L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, OU LA SUITE DES VOYAGES DE MR LE BARON DE LAHONTAN qui contiennent la description d'une grande étendüe de païs de ce continent...

LAHONTAN, Louis Armand-Lon D'arce · 1703

$8,125.00 (€7,371.74 | £6,149.99 | ¥1,297,457)

The Hague. Les Freres L'Honoré. First Edition. Third issue with the title pages all in black and the globe vignette, the maps re-engraved and improved from previous issues. Two volumes bound in one in contemporary calf leather with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine (...

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL And Other Poems

BATES, Katharine Lee · 0

$312.50 (€283.53 | £236.54 | ¥49,902)

New York. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First Edition. Gilt-lettered olive cloth containing her famous poem among others. . Pencil ownership signature and date of previous owner on front endpaper along with her tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers;...

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One-Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in The Department of War, at Washington

McKENNEY, Thomas L. and HALL, James · 1858

$18,750.00 (€17,011.71 | £14,192.29 | ¥2,994,133)

Philadelphia. D. Rice & A. N. Hart. Fourth Edition. Three royal octavo volumes (7" x 10-3/4") of this magnificent set in publisher's full blind-stamped brown morocco leather with gilt-lettered spines. Illustrated with 120 beautiful hand-colored lithographs of Native Americans ...

BILLY BUDD [and] BENITO CERENO

MELVILLE, Herman · 1965

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Small quarto (7-3/8" x 11") bound in full white sailcloth stamped in black on the spine. Introduction by Maxwell Geismar. Copy #511 of 1500 illustrated with 10 double-page color plates by Robert Shore and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon pa...

TREE OF LIBERTY

ENSIGN, Edward Hooker and THAYER, Horace · 0

$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)

New York. Ensign & Thayer. First Edition. Attractive and uncommon hand-colored lithograph broadside (21-1/4" x 27-1/2", framed to overall size of 23-1/2" x 29-1/2") depicting medallions for each of the 31 states with statistical information for that state. At the top center ar...

THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES

AUDUBON, John James · 1860

$25,000.00 (€22,682.28 | £18,923.05 | ¥3,992,177)

New York. V. G. Audubon/Roe Lockwood & Son. Fourth Octavo Edition. Seven royal octavo volumes (6-3/4" x 10-3/8") uniformly bound in full publisher's blind-stamped brown morocco leather and illustrated with 500 hand-colored lithographed plates with tissue guards. This edition d...

THE DESEGREGATED HEART. A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition

(KING, Martin Luther, Jr; PARKS, Rosa; RUSTIN, Bayard; et. al.) BOYLE, Sarah Patton · 1962

$43,750.00 (€39,693.99 | £33,115.35 | ¥6,986,310)

New York. William Morrow and Company. First Edition. Second Printing. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front pastedown and front endpaper by several luminaries of the Civil Rights movement including "Best Wishes/Martin Luther King, Jr."; "Freedom Now!!/Rosa Parks"; "Sincerely,/Jame...

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. CONTAINING THEIR FOUNDATION, PROCEEDINGS, AND THE SUCCESS OF THEIR MISSIONARIES IN THE BRITISH COLONIES, TO THE YEAR 1728

HUMPHREYS, David · 1730

$3,125.00 (€2,835.28 | £2,365.38 | ¥499,022)

London. Joseph Downing. First Edition. Later three-quarter brown morocco leather and marbled paper sides with gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers (5" x 8"); xxxi, [i], 356 pages with two folding engraved maps by Herman Moll: Province of Carolina and New England, New York, N...

DEFENCE OF FORT M'HENRY ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] in THE ANALECTIC MAGAZINE (November, 1814)

KEY, Francis Scott · 1814

$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)

Philadelphia. Moses Thomas. First Edition. Contemporary leather-backed marbled boards with leather corners and a gilt-lettered spine; iv, 524 pages. The first appearance of "The Star Spangled Banner," here titled "Defence of Fort McHenry," in any publication other than a few n...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN

BATES, Katharine Lee · 1893

$31,250.00 (€28,352.85 | £23,653.82 | ¥4,990,221)

A handwritten fair copy manuscript of the author's most famous poem "America the Beautiful," on a plain sheet of 8-3/8" x 12-7/8" paper, SIGNED at the conclusion, matted and simply framed to an overall size of 11-3/4" x 16-1/2". The final version of the four-stanza poem. Bates...

THE FEDERALIST

HAMILTON, Alexander; MADISON, James; & JAY, John · 1945

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Two octavo volumes (6-1/4" x 9-5/8") bound in half blue levant morocco leather, gold-stamped, and buff paper sides printed in blue. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Designed and decorated by Bruce Rogers. Undertaken by some of the greatest polit...

HANDWRITTEN DRAFT LETTER ON THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL BANK Remarkable, Detailed Letter Concerning His Views on the Establishment of a National Bank as Opposed to a Private Bank

MONROE, James · 0

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

New York. Lengthy unsigned draft of a letter, completely in the hand of James Monroe, addressed to "Dear Sir," three pages on two adjoining 8” x 10” sheets, outlining his views on the establishment of a national bank, written as the “Bank War” of Andrew Jackson's administratio...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

BURR, Aaron · 231817

$5,000.00 (€4,536.46 | £3,784.61 | ¥798,435)

Albany. A two-page letter on both sides of a single sheet (7-7/8" x 9-7/8") SIGNED "A. Burr" to Capt. Samuel C. Reid of New York, with a separate cover addressed in Burr's hand and with postmark and red seal. Burr writes a cynical letter on political patronage to War of 1812 h...

AMERICA. OUR NATIONAL HYMN

SMITH, Rev. S[amuel] F[rancis] · 0

$5,625.00 (€5,103.51 | £4,257.69 | ¥898,240)

Boston. D. Lothrop & Co.. First Edition. Publisher's blue paper backstrip over cream cloth boards, front board stamped in gilt, blue, and red; all edges gilt; 8-1/2" x 11-1/2". Association Copy, INSCRIBED and SIGNED on Columbus Day by the author on the front free endpaper to t...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: AMERICA

SMITH, Samuel Francis · 1896

$4,375.00 (€3,969.40 | £3,311.53 | ¥698,631)

Fair copy AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT on one side of a 7" x 9" sheet matted to an overall size of 14" x 10-3/4" of the complete four stanzas of Smith's famous lyric "America," SIGNED at the conclusion by Smith with the notation "Written in 1832/March 26, 1896." Smith used the music f...

GOD BLESS AMERICA

BERLIN, Irving · 0

$5,625.00 (€5,103.51 | £4,257.69 | ¥898,240)

New York. Irving Berlin Music Corporation. Printed white wraps (8-7/8" x 12"); 6 pages including covers. Sheet music with words and music by Irving Berlin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front cover: "For Mike/Best wishes/Irving Berlin/1979." . Light wear and mild...

AN ORATION ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1831, THE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ADAMS, John Quincy · 1831

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Boston. Richardson, Lord and Holbrook. First Edition. Leather-backed marbled boards retaining the original printed blue wrappers; 40 pages. The first child of a president to become a president, the first president to be a published poet, and the first president to be photograp...