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ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. 1712-1778. Les confessions de J.J. Rousseau, suivies des reveries du promeneur solitaire. Geneva: [s.n.], 1782-84.
SCOTT, WALTER, SIR. 1771-1832. [Works.] Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912-13.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. The New Century Shakespeare. The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright. Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1900-01.
SPENSER, EDMUND. 1552?-1599. The Faerie Queene: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England's Arch-Poet. London: Mathew Lownes, [1609]-1611.
[STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.] Flemish baroque style ebonized table casket, 19th century,
STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede, [1937.]
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. 1850-1894. Treasure Island. London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, 1883.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. 1850-1894. Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. [London]: Cassell & Company, 1886.
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. 1811-1863.
TROLLOPE, FRANCES. 1780-1863. Domestic Manners of the Americans. London: Whittaker, 1832.
WHARTON, EDITH. 1862-1937. A Motor-Flight Through France. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
19TH CENTURY PRESIDENTS. 16 items, all handsomely framed, including:
20TH CENTURY PRESIDENTS. 19 items including:
[ADAMS, SAMUEL. 1722-1803.] An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia, to a Very Numerous Audience, on Thursday the 1st of August, 1776. Philadelphia printed; London: reprinted for E. Johnson, 1776.
ARROWSIC ISLAND, MAINE. Manuscript in an unknown hand, 1 p (with integral blank), legal folio, n.p., c.1714, titled in docket "A Particular of the Lands Claimed by Sr Bibye Lake and other Proprietors in New England
BASEBALL. GUTSMUTHS, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH. Spiele zur Uebung und Erholung des Koerpers und Geistes, fuer die Jugend.... Schnepfenthal: Erziehungsanstalt, 1796.
BURGOYNE, JOHN. 1722-1792. A State of the Expedition from Canada.... London: J. Almon, 1780.
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COLTON, G. WOOLWORTH. County & Township Railroad Map of New England, with adjacent portions of New York, Canada & New Brunswick. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1867.
DELAVILLE, J.I. État présent de la Pensilvanie, où l'on trouve le detail ... du Général Braddock jusqu'à la prise d'Oswego... [Paris]: 1756.
DOUGLASS, FREDERICK. 1817-1895. Narrative of the Life of.... Boston: The Anti-Slavery Office, 1846.
FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES. 1813-1890. Narrative of an Exploring Trip to the Rocky Mountains, In the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North California, In the Years 1843-44. London: Wiley & Putnam, 1846.
HANCOCK, JOHN. 1727-1793. Document Signed ("John Hancock"), partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, 1 p, small 4to, Boston, July 10, 1781,
HARBISON, MASSY WHITE. B.1770. A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison, from Indian Barbarity, giving an account of her Captivity, the Murder of Her Two Children, Her Escape, with an Infant at Her Breast.... Pittsburgh: S. Engles, 1825.
HOOVER, HERBERT. 1874-1964. 2 Typed Letters Signed ("Herbert Hoover"), 2 pp, New York and n.p., January 15 and April 6, 1940,
IMLAY, GILBERT. 1754-1828. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America. London: J. Debrett, 1793.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. President Jefferson's Inaugural Speech. [Boston]: True & Parks, 1805.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. Autograph Letter Signed ("Th. Jefferson"), 1 p, 4to, Monticello, April 11, 1819,
LAFAYETTE, MARIE-JOSEPH. 1757-1834. Autograph Letter (fragment), 2 pp recto and verso, 8vo (cut down),
LINCOLN ELECTION—WIDE-AWAKES. Double-swivel kerosene torch of the type used by the pro-Lincoln marching club the Wide Awakes
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865. Autograph Endorsement Signed ("A. Lincoln"), 1 p, 8vo, October 15, 1862, expertly repaired at folds, some uneven tanning, folding creases.
LINCOLN MEMORABILIA. This lot features a collection of printed material and ephemera relating to Lincoln's career and assassination, including:
MALLORY, STEPHEN RUSSELL. 1812-1873. Letter Signed ("S. Mallory") as Secretary of the Navy, 3½ pp recto and verso, 4to, Richmond, July 23, 1864,
MCKENNEY, THOMAS L., AND JAMES HALL. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., and A.N. Hart, 1855.
MONROE, JAMES. 1758-1831. Autograph Letter Signed as President ("James Monroe"), 3 1/2 pp recto and verso, 4to (conjoined leaves), Washington, July 9, 1821,
MONROE, JAMES. 1758-1831. Autograph Letter Signed ("James Monroe"), 1 p, 4to, New York, December 12, 1830, to Nicholas Biddle, with integral autograph address leaf, some offset to ink, light soiling at horizontal crease, otherwise fine.
[MORSE, SAMUEL F.B. 1791-1872.] Hide-covered and wrought iron-mounted wooden barrel-form stagecoach trunk,
ORMANDY, EUGENE. 1899-1985. 1 Autograph and 3 Typed Letters Signed ("Eugene Ormandy"), 4 pp, 4to, Philadelphia and Highland Park, Illinois, 1950-64, to Joseph Levine, on Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Settlement Music School, and Moraine on the Lake letterhead,
PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO—SENATOR WILLIAM SHARON.
PORTER, COLE. 1891-1964. Typed Document Signed ("Cole Porter"), 3 pp, June 6, 1943,
QUAKERS. Three Letters of Thanks to the Protestant Reconciler ... From the Congregations in New-England ... From the Quakers in Pennsylvania. London: Benjamin Took, 1683.
RAND, MCNALLY & CO. New Shippers Railroad Map of the United States showing all the railroads each in a separate color and all railroad stations in large plain type. [Chicago]: 1895.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR—BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS. Manuscript on paper, approximately 163 ll, folio, [London], October 26, 1775-May 23, 1776,
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO. 1882-1945. Oversize Photograph Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") and Inscribed ("For William C. Dickerman from his friend"),
SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION. A collection of 30 documents, all handsomely framed, featuring letters, documents and signatures of the Signers of the Declaration, including the following:
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN. 1779-1864. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages over the Atlantic in the Years 1805 and 1806. New York: Ezra Sargeant, 1810.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Photograph Signed ("Byron R. White," "Wm. J. Brennan Jr.," "Warren E. Burger," "Potter Stewart," "Thurgood Marshall," "William H. Rehnquist," "Harry A. Blackmun," "Lewis F. Powell, Jr.," "John Paul Stevens"), 9 x 14 inches on larger mount, [Washington, DC, 1975–1981],
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