NOVEMBER 6, 2014 Issue

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- 3 BOOKS

- 1 MAP

- 3 PRINTS

- 2 MANUSCRIPTS

- 2 EPHEMERA

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3 Books...

The Complete Florist; Or, the Lady and Gentleman's Recreation in the Flower Garden

[1774] Printed for R. [Richard] Snagg,

First Edition 4" by 7.5", iv, copper-plate, frontis, 156pp. Collates complete in the original paper boards. Full page plate next to the title page. Held only at Kew and British Library in the UK worldwide.

Price: $2,500 USD

The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern.

BLAKE, W. O.

1858, Columbus, Ohio, J & H Miller

Second Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall., Full Morocco Leather complete copy with a steel-engraved frontis view of Havana Harbor and 8 full-page tinted views ...read more

Price: $325 USD

The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement 1905-1910

PANKHURST, Estelle Sylvia [1882-1960]

1911 printed in USA, published by Gay & Hancock Limited, London
19cm x 12.5cm, (7-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches), (18), [3]-517pp. including index. Our copy signed & dated by E. Sylivia Pankhurst, 19 June 1911...read more
Price: $2,200 USD

1 MAP...

[1755] Canada et Louisiane - Colonial Canada and United States

LE ROUGE, George Louis [1740 - 1780]

Condition: B Color: hand color Size: 19.5 x 24.3 inches, 49.6 x 61.8 cm This important map was issued at the outbreak of hostilities in the French and Indian War. The detailed map depicts the entire eastern seaboard from northern Florida to the Strait of Belle Isle, and the Great Lakes region...read more
Price: $2,150 USD

3 PRINTS...

O.H. Perry Esqr. of the United States Navy 1814 engraving

DENNIE, Joseph [Oliver Oldschool] [1768 - 1812]

Philadelphia, Port Folio magazine March 1814, p.204, Port Folio magazine black aquatint engraved print. Black stipple engraved oval portrait. Waldo print, engraved by [David] Edwin. Paper: 5 1/4" x 8 3/8". Image: 3" x 3-3/4", "We have met the enemy and they are ours...read more
Price: $145 USD

[The Great Fall of Niagara] (Proof Impression Before Letters) hand-coloured engraving

CHURCH, Frederic Edwin [1826-1900] artist & FORREST, William (1805-1899) engraver

New York, Knoedler & Company, Fifth Avenue, Paper size: W:69cms x H: 43cms (W: 27" x H:17") Image Size: W:55cms x H: 25.5cms (W: 21 3/4" x H:10") Untitled but it is "The Great Fall of Niagara". Circa 1875, Frederic Church's, The Great Fall, Niagara, may possibly be the most famous painting in the history of nineteenth century American art.....read more
Price: $2,500 USD

Gordons and Greys to the Front: An Incident at Waterloo. photogravure signed in pencil by Stanley Berkeley.

BERKELEY, Stanley [1855-1909]

Paper Size: 32.5" x 22.5" Image Size: 29.5" x 17.5" - Scarce black & white original photogravure after Stanley Berkeley, c1896 published by L. Hildesheimer & Co. Limited, London & Manchester. Printed in Austria. ...read more
Price: $1,250 USD

2 MANUSCRIPTS...

Unusal early Loudon New Hampshire 1801 ASL Paternity Agreement: Dollars and Clothes

MOORE, John & PIPER, Samuel & HILL, Nathaniel

Loudon, New Hampshire. Unusual document of agreement between Trueworthy Palmer, father of Polly and Lieut. Richard Batchelder, father of William. Terms include: "...shall pay Polly Palmer when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years two (crossed out) one suit of wearing apparal which shall be decent for Sabbath and...read more
Price: $395 USD

Judge Walter B. Beals four hand-made "booklets" collection

BEALS, Judge Walter B. (Burges) [1876-1960]

1930, 1932. Four hand-made "booklets" on old vellum made by Judge Walter B Beals. The judge had asked several authors to write a piece on 17th Century vellum, after which he made them into little booklets himself. ...read more
Price: $750 USD

2 EPHEMERA...

The Pathe Exchange Board of Directors' Minute Book 3, 1929-1931, years under Joseph P. Kennedy's direction and control

KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick "Joe", Sr. (1888-1969)

Including Annual Meeting and proxy correspondence. Joseph P. Kennedy was a member of the Board. In 1930 Pathe's Exchange, Inc. was sold to (or merged with) RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum).
A copy of this agreement is included, with related correspondence. 1st. ...read more
Price: $2,500 USD

Printed newspaper 1874 Guelph Maple Leafs, line drawing of Canada's first world-champion baseball team

1874 Harper's Weekly

Sept. 12, 1874, edition of Harper's Weekly
A 1/2 page baseball line drawing (Image size: 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 inches). The Guelph Maple Leafs were the first to import American professionals, including Bud Fowler, the first black professional baseball player..... read more
Price: $245 USD

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