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THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS ANNOUNCES AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. MIFFLIN, THOMAS. 1744-1800. Letter Signed ("Thos. Mifflin") as President of the United States Congress announcing the signing of the Treaty of Paris,THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS ANNOUNCES AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. MIFFLIN, THOMAS. 1744-1800. Letter Signed ("Thos. Mifflin") as President of the United States Congress announcing the signing of the Treaty of Paris,. Sold for US$127,500 inc. premium
AN UNCUT COPY OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER; JAMES MADISON and JOHN JAY. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New York: Printed and Sold by J. and M. M'Lean, 1788.AN UNCUT COPY OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER; JAMES MADISON and JOHN JAY. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New York: Printed and Sold by J. and M. M'Lean, 1788.. Sold for US$108,450 inc. premium
FIRST EDITION OF WHITMAN'S "ESSENTIAL AMERICAN BOOK." WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: [Printed for the author], 1855.FIRST EDITION OF WHITMAN'S "ESSENTIAL AMERICAN BOOK." WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: [Printed for the author], 1855.. Sold for US$39,720 inc. premium
A NIGHTGOWN WORN BY CHARLOTTE CARDEZA DURING THE TITANIC DISASTER AND RESCUE. This nightgown, with delicate white fabric, finely worked embroidery, and lace edgings, worn by Charlotte Drake Martinez-Cardeza, features short sleeves and a high square neckline, with slits for wide-threaded ribbon,A NIGHTGOWN WORN BY CHARLOTTE CARDEZA DURING THE TITANIC DISASTER AND RESCUE. This nightgown, with delicate white fabric, finely worked embroidery, and lace edgings, worn by Charlotte Drake Martinez-Cardeza, features short sleeves and a high square neckline, with slits for wide-threaded ribbon,. Sold for US$20,480 inc. premium
WOOLF, VIRGINIA. 1882-1941. Autograph Letter Initialed ("V"), to Quentin Bell, on numerous subjects at the end of her trip to Southwest France in 1931,WOOLF, VIRGINIA. 1882-1941. Autograph Letter Initialed ("V"), to Quentin Bell, on numerous subjects at the end of her trip to Southwest France in 1931,. Sold for US$6,400 inc. premium
A LOCK OF WALT WHITMAN'S HAIR WITH TREMENDOUS PROVENANCE. A lock of Walt Whitman's hair, together with a contemporary autograph note in pencil from Thomas Donaldson describing the provenance of the lock,A LOCK OF WALT WHITMAN'S HAIR WITH TREMENDOUS PROVENANCE. A lock of Walt Whitman's hair, together with a contemporary autograph note in pencil from Thomas Donaldson describing the provenance of the lock,. Sold for US$3,584 inc. premium
RARE PIECE OF WHITMANIANA. [WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.] SAUNDERS, HENRY S. A Whitman Controversy: Being Letters Published in Mercure de France, 1913-1914. Toronto: Henry S. Saunders, 1921.RARE PIECE OF WHITMANIANA. [WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.] SAUNDERS, HENRY S. A Whitman Controversy: Being Letters Published in Mercure de France, 1913-1914. Toronto: Henry S. Saunders, 1921.. Sold for US$1,408 inc. premium

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RARE PIECE OF WHITMANIANA. [WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.] SAUNDERS, HENRY S. A Whitman Controversy: Being Letters Published in Mercure de France, 1913-1914. Toronto: Henry S. Saunders, 1921.
RARE PIECE OF WHITMANIANA AND EARLY GAY RIGHTS. CARPENTER, EDWARD. 1844-1929. Some Friends of Walt Whitman: A Study in Sex-Psychology. London: Printed for the British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology, 1924.
WHITMAN LATER IMPRINTS. WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. A collection of later books by Walt Whitman.
WALT WHITMAN IN LITERATURE. A collection of books about or relating to Walt Whitman.
MAX BRESLOW COLLECTION. BRESLOW, MAX. 1881-1954. A group of items from the collection of materials related to Walt Whitman formed by Max Breslow between 1893 and 1920, some later.
HORACE TRAUBEL PRESENTATION TO MAX BRESLOW. TRAUBEL, HORACE. 1858-1919. Good-bye and Hail Walt Whitman. Philadelphia: Billestein & Son, 1892.
19TH-CENTURY MUSICAL AUTOGRAPHS. A 19th-century musical autograph album belonging to Rose Sutro, including autographs of Edwin Booth, Richard Straus, Ellen Terry, and many more,
BALBASTRE MUSIC FOR ORGAN. BALBASTRE, CLAUDE. 1724-1799. Manuscript musical score, "Livre d'orgue a l'usage de l'eglise de St. Roch de Paris ... partie d'hiver,"
ALFRED SUTRO'S 'SHE' BIBLE WITH FINE JOHN BEER FOREEDGE PAINTINGS. The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Maiesties special Commandement. London: Robert Barker, 1613.
KOBERGER BIBLE. BIBLE, in Latin. With additions by Menardus Monachus. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, August 6th, 1479.
CARUSO GRANTS A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. CARUSO, ENRICO. 1873-1921. Autograph Note Signed ("E. Caruso"), to a Mr. Astruc (?), in French,
FAERNUS, GABRIEL. 1510-1561. Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae. Rome: Vincent Luchino, 1563.
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FOR IRVING'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON. IRVING, WASHINGTON. 1783-1859. Autograph Manuscript on paper, the complete text of chapter 27 from Life of Washington, with numerous additions, deletions, and corrections by Irving,
EARLY DRAFT FOR "RED DOG" FROM THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK. KIPLING, RUDYARD. 1865-1936. Heavily corrected typed manuscript draft for "Red Dog," here titled "Good Hunting" in Kipling's autograph, with an even earlier title "The Little People of the Rocks" crossed out,
DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. Ritual, in Latin. Central Italy, perhaps Tuscany, third quarter of the 15th century.
AN INSCRIBED COPY OF NIELSEN'S MASTERPIECE. NIELSEN, KAY. 1886-1957. East of the Sun, West of the Moon: Old Tales from the Norse. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914.
ARCHIVE OF EUGENE O'NEILL MANUSCRIPTS AND TYPESCRIPTS. O'NEILL, EUGENE. 1888-1953. This lot features a collection O'Neill manuscripts from the estate of Jane Caldwell Bohaker, O'Neill's San Francisco typist. Jane Caldwell was the daughter of an old school friend of Carlotta O'Neill who was hired by the writer as a typist in the final years of his life, and for whom the playwright developed a fondness.
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944. The Little Prince. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943.
SIDNEY, PHILIP. 1554-1586. The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia. London: [Richard Field] for William Ponsonbie, 1598.
ADVANCE COPY OF SEA OF CORTEZ. STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research.... New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FAMILY COOKBOOK, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED WITH RECIPES. STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. 1850-1894; and FANNY VAN DE GRIFT OSBOURNE STEVENSON. 1840-1914. Buckeye Cookery. Minneapolis: Buckeye Publishing Co., 1885.
STOKER ON MESMER AND MESMERISM. STOKER, BRAM. 1847-1912. Autograph Manuscript for "Mesmer," his brief biography of Frederic-Antoine Mesmer, forming the complete Chapter II, Section C of Famous Imposters,
MARK TWAIN: "WANTED - STENOGRAPHER." CLEMENS, SAMUEL. 1835-1910. Autograph draft for an advertisement for a stenographer to help with his Autobiography,
WOOLF, VIRGINIA. 1882-1941. Autograph Letter Initialed ("V"), to Quentin Bell, on numerous subjects at the end of her trip to Southwest France in 1931,
CARAMULE Y LOBKOWITZ, JUAN. 1606-1682. Respuesta al manifiesto del Reyno de Portugal. Antwerp: En la Oficina Plantiniana de Balthasar Moreto, 1642.
CRIME IN REGENCY ENGLAND. WILLIAMS, C.J. and others. Life and exploits of Jack Sheppard [BOUND WITH:] Greenacre [AND] The Life of Wolfe [AND] The King of the Beggars. Derby: Thomas Richardson, [1830s].
MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE. 1655-1741. Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Seguerana [sic], sive Manuscriptorum omnium Graecorum, quae in ae continentur, accurata descriptio, ubi... aetas cuisque Manuscripti indicatur, vetussiorum specimina exhibentur... quae ad Palaeographiam Graecam pertinent. Paris: Louis Guerin & Charles Robustel, 1715.
MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE. 1655-1741. [L'Antiquité expliquée, et représentée en figures—Supplément.] [Paris: Delaulne, Foucault et al., 1724.]
NAPOLEON DISCUSSES TRAFALGAR AND WATERLOO. MALCOLM, PULTENEY. 1768-1838. 5 Autograph Letters Signed ("Pulteney Malcolm"), to Lord Melville including his detailed account of an interview with Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena,
NAPOLEON WRITES ON HIS MILITARY VICTORIES. BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON. 1769-1821. Letter Signed ("Np"), to Joseph Fouché, Duc d'Otrante,
SALADIN AND THE THIRD CRUSADE. BOHADINUS (YUSUF IBN RAFFI IBN SHADDAD). 1145-1234. SCHULTENS, ALBERT. 1686-1750. EDITOR. Vita et res gestae Sultani, almalichi alnasiri, Saladini Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1732.
WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924. A History of the American People. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1902.
1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPICS PARTICIPATION MEDAL. Octagonal medallion in gilt bronze, 39 mm across, by Dieges & Clust,
HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926. The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York: The Publisher's Printing Co, 1908.
LAWRENCE'S AUTOGRAPH MAPS FOR "CRUSADER CASTLES." LAWRENCE, T.E. 1888-1935. 2 autograph manuscript maps of Palestine and Upper Syria,
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ON THE MIDDLE EAST. LAWRENCE, T.E. 1888-1935. Autograph letter signed ("TE Lawrence") to James Louis Garvin, editor of The Observer, with a piquant observation on the Middle East, but declining to write about it,
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC. 2 period reportings of the disaster of the S.S. Titanic:
A NIGHTGOWN WORN BY CHARLOTTE CARDEZA DURING THE TITANIC DISASTER AND RESCUE. This nightgown, with delicate white fabric, finely worked embroidery, and lace edgings, worn by Charlotte Drake Martinez-Cardeza, features short sleeves and a high square neckline, with slits for wide-threaded ribbon,
HARDING, WARREN G. 1865-1923. Photograph Signed ("Warren G. Harding"), gelatin silver print on heavy stock,
AMELIA EARHART'S CERTIFICATE OF LANDING FOR SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Document Signed Twice ("Amelia Earhart"), a "Certificate of Landing" signed upon her landing in Northern Ireland, and submitted to the National Aeronautic Association, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript,
EARHART SPEECH ON AVIATION SAFETY. EARHART, AMELIA. 1897-1937. Typed Carbon, "Few people realize where aviation is today," 4 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d. (but c.1928), pages toned and thumbed,
WING FRAGMENT FROM AMELIA EARHART'S LOCKHEED VEGA 5B. Red painted canvas swatch, 8 x 7 mm, laid down to larger printed sheet, fragment of the wing fabric from Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5b in which she became the first woman to fly a non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, August 24-25, 1932,
PEARL HARBOR: ORIGINAL PRINTING OF ALL THREE EXTRAS. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1st Extra. * 2nd Extra. * 3rd Extra. Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii: December 7, 1941.
PEARL HARBOR: HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC COAST COVERAGE FROM DECEMBER 8, 1941. A collection of headlines dated December 8, 1941 from the following newspapers:
MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS. 1880-1964. Photograph Signed ("Douglas MacArthur") in pencil at lower right of image area,
U.S.S. DORADO WAR BOND POSTER. Fire Away! Buy Extra Bonds. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944.
WORLD WAR II NEWSPAPER COVERAGE. 12 period newspapers, including coverage from Hawaii and the west coast, as follows:
A COPY OF CAPTAIN ROBERT A. LEWIS'S ORIGINAL IN-FLIGHT LOG OF 6TH AUGUST 1945, "DEAK" PARSONS'S COPY. A 9 pp mimeographed (or possibly telexed) copy of Lewis's original handwritten log made on Tinian Island, and mostly over-inked and penciled (by Lewis?),
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