Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

12 June - 26 June 2025 • New York

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Overview
(American Revolution) — Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, et al. | Archive of documents by British military commanders in the Southern Theater

1001 (American Revolution) — Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, et al. | Archive of documents by British military commanders in the Southern Theater

(American Revolution) — Benjamin Wilson | Wilson’s satire of the Stamp Act

1002 (American Revolution) — Benjamin Wilson | Wilson’s satire of the Stamp Act

Catesby, Mark | The "most famous colorplate book of American plant and animal life..."

1003 Catesby, Mark | The "most famous colorplate book of American plant and animal life..."

Clark, Matthew | A rare map of the Long Island and Cape Cod coasts from the first American-made atlas

1004 Clark, Matthew | A rare map of the Long Island and Cape Cod coasts from the first American-made atlas

Clark, Matthew | A rare map of the Maine and Cape Cod coasts from the first American-made atlas

1005 Clark, Matthew | A rare map of the Maine and Cape Cod coasts from the first American-made atlas

Douglass, Frederick | Civil Rights champion on the false idylls of slavery

1006 Douglass, Frederick | Civil Rights champion on the false idylls of slavery

(Franklin, Benjamin) | Catalogue of the famed library founded by Benjamin Franklin

1007 (Franklin, Benjamin) | Catalogue of the famed library founded by Benjamin Franklin

Gass, Patrick | The earliest account of the Lewis and Clark expedition

1008 Gass, Patrick | The earliest account of the Lewis and Clark expedition

(Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) | Praised by George Washington as a "work [that] will merit the notice of Posterity"

1009 (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) | Praised by George Washington as a "work [that] will merit the notice of Posterity"

Humboldt, Alexander von, and Aimé Bonpland | One of the most celebrated pictorial records of the Americas

1010 Humboldt, Alexander von, and Aimé Bonpland | One of the most celebrated pictorial records of the Americas

Jeffreys, Thomas | A cartographical record of emerging colonial interests in the West Indies

1011 Jeffreys, Thomas | A cartographical record of emerging colonial interests in the West Indies

[Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clark] | Engraved map from the rarest of the early editions of the Lewis and Clark narrative

1012 [Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clark] | Engraved map from the rarest of the early editions of the Lewis and Clark narrative

Lincoln, Abraham | An uncommon souvenir of Lincoln and his cabinet

1013 Lincoln, Abraham | An uncommon souvenir of Lincoln and his cabinet

Maudslay, Alfred Percival, and Goodman, J.T. | Biologia Centrali-Americana, with the text and plates

1014 Maudslay, Alfred Percival, and Goodman, J.T. | Biologia Centrali-Americana, with the text and plates

Moll, Herman | The famous "Beaver Map"

1015 Moll, Herman | The famous "Beaver Map"

(New York Laws) — William Smith and William Livingston (eds.) | First digest of colonial New York’s statutes

1016 (New York Laws) — William Smith and William Livingston (eds.) | First digest of colonial New York’s statutes

Paine, Thomas | A 1776 Philadelphia text of "Common Sense"

1017 Paine, Thomas | A 1776 Philadelphia text of "Common Sense"

Pike, Zebulon |  The first government exploration of the southwest

1018 Pike, Zebulon | The first government exploration of the southwest

Reiss, Wilhelm and Alphonse Stübel | First edition, documenting one of the most important archaeological sites in Peru

1019 Reiss, Wilhelm and Alphonse Stübel | First edition, documenting one of the most important archaeological sites in Peru

Rivero, Mariano Eduardo de, and Johann Jakob von Tschudi | A pioneering archaeological and ethnographic study of Ancient Peru

1020 Rivero, Mariano Eduardo de, and Johann Jakob von Tschudi | A pioneering archaeological and ethnographic study of Ancient Peru

Rodrigeuz Delgado, Don Augustin | Constituciones Synodales of La Paz, first edition

1021 Rodrigeuz Delgado, Don Augustin | Constituciones Synodales of La Paz, first edition

(San Francisco) — Henry Firks | A rare view of the the Golden City

1022 (San Francisco) — Henry Firks | A rare view of the the Golden City

(United States Army. Uniform and Dress) | First edition of the 1851 Regulations, signed by the commander of the Department of Texas

1023 (United States Army. Uniform and Dress) | First edition of the 1851 Regulations, signed by the commander of the Department of Texas

United States Constitution |  First English printing

1024 United States Constitution | First English printing

[Austen, Jane] | "It is a truth universally acknowledged..."

1025 [Austen, Jane] | "It is a truth universally acknowledged..."

[Austen, Jane] | "Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”

1026 [Austen, Jane] | "Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”

[Austen, Jane] | "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."

1027 [Austen, Jane] | "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."

Bemelmans, Ludwig | An extensively illustrated archive of letters to Elizabeth Weicker and Theodore Weicker, Jr.

1028 Bemelmans, Ludwig | An extensively illustrated archive of letters to Elizabeth Weicker and Theodore Weicker, Jr.

Bemelmans, Ludwig | Córdoba, Spain, Square of the Archangel

1029 Bemelmans, Ludwig | Córdoba, Spain, Square of the Archangel

Blake, William | Illustrations for Edward Young's Night Thoughts, from the library of Lady Harriet Hesketh, a subscriber

1030 Blake, William | Illustrations for Edward Young's Night Thoughts, from the library of Lady Harriet Hesketh, a subscriber

Blake, William | A complete suite of the "Job" engravings, beautifully matted individually

1031 Blake, William | A complete suite of the "Job" engravings, beautifully matted individually

Dickens, Charles | Bleak House, the author's copy

1032 Dickens, Charles | Bleak House, the author's copy

Dickens, Charles | A Tale of Two Cities, in the original parts — the Kern copy

1033 Dickens, Charles | A Tale of Two Cities, in the original parts — the Kern copy

Dickens, Charles | A Tale of Two Cities, first book edition, in the original cloth

1034 Dickens, Charles | A Tale of Two Cities, first book edition, in the original cloth

[Doves Press] — William Shakespeare | Hamlet, inscribed by Cobden-Sanderson

1035 [Doves Press] — William Shakespeare | Hamlet, inscribed by Cobden-Sanderson

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | Autograph psychical casebook from the heart of his spiritualist period

1036 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | Autograph psychical casebook from the heart of his spiritualist period

(Eliot, T.S.) — Gérard de Nerval | A pair of exceptional association copies

1037 (Eliot, T.S.) — Gérard de Nerval | A pair of exceptional association copies

Fitzgerald, F. Scott | "In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."

1038 Fitzgerald, F. Scott | "In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."

Fleming, Ian | Live and Let Die, first edition

1039 Fleming, Ian | Live and Let Die, first edition

Hammett, Dashiell | The Maltese Falcon, first edition in dust-jacket

1040 Hammett, Dashiell | The Maltese Falcon, first edition in dust-jacket

Hemingway, Ernest | "A handbook for conduct for the new generation..."

1041 Hemingway, Ernest | "A handbook for conduct for the new generation..."

Hemingway, Ernest — Leonard Brown | Draft of Hemingway's collected works with extensive revisions and manuscript notes by Hemingway

1042 Hemingway, Ernest — Leonard Brown | Draft of Hemingway's collected works with extensive revisions and manuscript notes by Hemingway

Joyce, James — Robert Motherwell | The Arion Press Ulysses, limited edition signed by Motherwell

1043 Joyce, James — Robert Motherwell | The Arion Press Ulysses, limited edition signed by Motherwell

(Keats, John) —  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley | A remarkable association copy, owned by some of Keats' closest friends

1044 (Keats, John) — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley | A remarkable association copy, owned by some of Keats' closest friends

Kent, Rockwell — François-Marie Arouet Voltaire | Candide, hand-colored for presentation

1045 Kent, Rockwell — François-Marie Arouet Voltaire | Candide, hand-colored for presentation

Melville, Herman | "The vast swells of the omnipotent sea…”

1046 Melville, Herman | "The vast swells of the omnipotent sea…”

Rackham, Arthur — Richard Wagner | Original ink and watercolor drawing from Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods

1047 Rackham, Arthur — Richard Wagner | Original ink and watercolor drawing from Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods

Rand, Ayn | A complete draft of Rand's important first speech delivered at the Ford Hall Forum

1048 Rand, Ayn | A complete draft of Rand's important first speech delivered at the Ford Hall Forum