26 April 2022•14:00 EDT
•New York
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Lot number (low to high)
1. Adams, John Quincy | Presentation copy of Adams's speech
2. (Almanac) | From the library of Madame Pompadour
3. (American Gazetteer) | With maps based on the cartography of Emanuel Bowen
4. [American Revolutionary War] | A Spanish record of Parliament's reaction to General John Burgoyne's surrender
5. Andros, Sir Edmund, and Sir George Carteret | An important group of documents pertaining to government in the North East
6. Apess, William | A scarce missionary narrative by an indigenous author
7. Armstrong, Louis | Autograph letter signed to his agent, thanking him for sending $1,000 while on the road
8. Armstrong, Louis | Armstrong answers a questionnaire on the social role of the musician
9. Audubon, John James | First octavo edition of Quadrupeds, in the original wrappers
10. [Baynton, Benjamin] | Evidently the only copy to appear at auction since 1935
11. [Beverley, Robert] | The earliest history of Virginia
12. Booth, John Wilkes | Document signed, being a receipt for five months rent due Booth's sister
13. [Booth, John Wilkes] | One of the most reproduced portraits of the infamous Lincoln assassin, boldly signed
14. Bourne, William | 'neare unto the coast of America'
15. Bourne, William | From the Celebrated Library of Boies Penrose
16. Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea) | A scarce autograph letter by the great Mohawk leader Joseph Brant
17. Bry, Theodor de, Johann Theodor de, and Johann Israel de | The Perrette set of the most influential of all collections of voyages
18. (Civil War) — Allgauer, Charles F. | A collection of original pencil illustrations of Civil War scenes at Fort Pickens
19. (Continental Congress) | One of the most important congressional precursors of the Declaration of Independence
20. (Continental Congress) | Letters from members of the Continental Congress from New Jersey
21. Copernicus, Nicolaus | A significant association copy of the 1566 De Revolutionibus
22. Cortés, Martín | Propagandist for Empire
23. [Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de] | The book that attracted “more readers to America than any other book of the period”
24. Cunninghame, William | A firsthand account of the the 1759 invasion of Guadeloupe
25. Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet | The "most splendid collection of charts, plans, and views ever published."
26. Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet | Charts from Des Barres in unusually fresh condition
27. [Dickens, Charles] | Martin Chuzzlewit in parts
28. Drake, Francis S. | First edition, extra-illustrated copy
29. Drayton, John | The American Revolution in the South
30. Dulac, Edmund | "The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw," original drawing from the Rubáiyát
31. Elliot, Daniel Giraud | "Now and forever"
32. (Florida) | An abstract of East Florida in primary documents
33. (Florida) | A fascinating look at nineteenth-century pineapple plantations
34. [Fore-edge Paintings] | Eleven volumes with charming scenic paintings
35. Franklin, Benjamin ["Richard Saunders"] | The 1763 issue of this renowned almanac
36. Franklin Search Chart | An exceedingly rare Arctic map
37. Galvão, António | A landmark in the literature of Portuguese expansion in the east
38. Gauld, George | A fine archive, including letters concerning naval affairs during the American Revolution
39. George III, King | A letter to Lord Sandwich, discussing Captain Cook and American privateers
40. Hamilton, George | The rare first edition on the Bounty mutineers
41. Hariot, Thomas, [and John White] — Theodor de Bry and Johann Theodor de Bry | The Streeter copy of Hariot's Virginia
42. Harris, John | First edition of his collection of voyages
43. [Hewat, Alexander] | The earliest history of South Carolina and Georgia
44. Hill, Ambrose Powell | "I hope to be able to get this to you, through a flag of truce"
45. Holden, Lawrence Neville | A remarkable written and photographic account of an Arctic expedition
46. Jackson, Andrew | Writing as Governor of Florida regarding Native American affairs
47. (Jamaica) — Lieutenant George Anson | "Immoral but historical letters. Shewing the profligate life of our officers of the Army..."
48. (Jamaica and the Bahamas) | A series of original watercolor views of Port Royal