1001. Adams, John | Adams congratulates John Trumbull on his monumental paintings for the Capitol rotunda

1002. (Articles of Confederation) | "The stile of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'"

1004. Banneker, Benjamin | One of the great prizes of African Americana: a Banneker Almanack

1005. Bates, Katharine Lee | Complete autograph transcript of "America the Beautiful"

1009. (Captivity Narrative) | The Baldwin Massacre

1010. Curtis, Edward | "The North American Indian..." Volume Set 16

1014. Hancock, John, & Samuel Adams | Documents signed by these Massachusetts patriots

1016. Jefferson, Thomas | The first English edition of "Notes," with the famed map of Virginia

1017. Jefferson, Thomas | The former president writes to his grandson during a period of national threat

1019. (Louisiana Laws) | The first American laws in the West

1023. [Norman, John] | Among the earliest maritime charts of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts

1024. Rhode, Johann Christoph | "Theatrum Belli in America Septentrionali"

1025. Rocque, John | Map of North America

1026. Rogers, Robert | A cornerstone account of the French and Indian War, with distinguished provenance

1027. Smith, John | "One of the most important printed maps of America ever produced"

1028. Story, Joseph | First of this authoritative treatise on the Constitution

1029. Washington, George | The exceedingly rare first edition of Washington's will

1031. [Austen, Jane] | Lady Guilford's copy of this "perfect" novel in the original boards

1032. Austen, Jane | First American edition of Austen's most beloved book

1033. William Blake

Blake, William | "The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Mauling Each Other, from Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy" (Bindman 649)

1034. [Brontë, Emily, and Anne Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell | An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels

1036. Carroll, Lewis | "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"

1037. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | A lovely example of "Tom Sawyer"

1038. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | A fine, bright copy of "Huckleberry Finn" in green cloth

1039. Dickens, Charles | "Oliver Twist," first edition, extensively extra-illustrated

1040. Dickens, Charles | "A Christmas Carol," first edition, first issue

1041. Dickens, Charles | "A Christmas Carol"—first edition, second issue, the Suzannet-Self copy

1042. Dickens, Charles — Hablot K. Browne (pseud. "Phiz," illustrator) | "Bleak House," first edition, with an original illustration

1044. Dickens, Charles | The author's copy of "Little Dorrit"

1045. Dickens, Charles | "A Tale of Two Cities," in the original monthly parts

1046. Dickens, Charles | "A Tale of Two Cities," first book edition, in the original cloth

1048. Dickens, Charles | "Great Expectations," first edition, fifth impression

1049. (Dickens, Charles) — A group of works from the author's library

1050. (Dickens, Charles) — Hablot K. Browne (pseud. "Phiz," illustrator) — A group of steel plates

1052. (Dickens, Charles) — Joseph Clayton ("Kyd") Clarke | A series of 649 original character-studies illustrating the work of Charles Dickens

1053. Eliot, George | The first work published with Eliot's identity revealed

1054. Eliot, T. S. | "Prufrock and Other Observations," first edition

1055. Gaskell, Elizabeth | "The Moorland Cottage," her second published work

1056. Hardy, Thomas | “Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”

1057. Hardy, Thomas | Collection of letters to James Murray, suggesting words for the Oxford English Dictionary

1058. Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The author's last letter

1059. Kerouac, Jack | "On the Road," first edition of the author's landmark novel

1060. Reade, Charles | "The Cloister and the Hearth," the first edition of this historical novel

1061. Reid, Thomas Mayne | The first edition of "No Quarter!"

1062. Salinger, J. D. | "The Catcher in the Rye," first edition of this contemporary American classic

1063. Shakespeare, William | "All's Well that Ends Well," from the Second Folio

1065. Shakespeare, William | A great tragedy of the 17th century stage as it was widely read

1066. Shakespeare, William | The Fourth Folio edition of Shakespeare's Plays