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643. The Essays of Bacon The Royal Library, Belle Letters Series. London: Arthur L. Humphreys. 1907. 323 pp printed on laid paper with watermark Spicer. Bound in dark blue Moroccan leather with gilt tooling. Five raised bands on spine. Second compartment bears title stamped on brown leather. Multi-colored marble end papers. Gilt on top page edges. Bound by Zaehnsoorf for Little Brown & Co. Boston. Frontis has inscription: W. G. Colidge, Xmas 1918, From Aunt May. 125/225 Sold: $57.50 |
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644. Portraits from North American Indian Life by Edward S. Curtis New York: Outerbridge & Lazard, Inc. 1973. Hard Cover. Fine. Art. 18-1/4"x14-3/4". Introductions by A.D. Coleman and T.C. McLuhan; Published in Association with the American Museum of Natural History. Interior has 172 black & white pictures. 150/200 Sold: $74.75 |
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645. Pach Bros. Photograph, American, 1897 "The Wedding Day". Silver gelatin photograph, framed under glass. Delightful image of vaudeville actors Delia Fox, Jeff De Angelis, and Lillian Russell (1861-1922). Characters have linked arms and appear to be skipping. Actors names and tile appear in boxes below the image. Copyright by Frank Murry, N.Y. on lower left. Photograph measures apprx 18-1/2"H x 15-1/2"W. With goldenrod mat and wood frame, entire item measures apprx 31-1/2"H x 27-1/2"W. 200/300 Sold: $103.50 |
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646. A Lot of Four Antiphonal Music Sheets, circa 18th Century Pigment on vellum, lot is comprised of two sheets attched at the hinge, both apprx 19" x 15-1/2". These two have beautiful painted letters. Also is a medium sheet of apprx 21-1/2" x 15". The smallest is apprx 19" x 13". All have beedn removed from books. Suitable for framing. 300/500 Sold: $264.50 |
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647. A Page From The Spectator, dated 1711 London, printed for Samuel Buckley at the Dolphin in Little-Britain. This page is from the edition of Wednesday, November 14th, 1711. Page highlights a work by Horace. recto has advertisments, page overall measures apprx 11-1/4"T x 7"W. 50/100 Sold: $23.00 |
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648. Bill of Sale for a American Slave in 1849 Document for the sale of a slave, Malindy, and her two children in 1849. Written in brown in on paper. Measures apprx 7-1/2"H x 5-1/4"W. Verso has "Bond for Her of Maleredes, J.M.Moorman" written in graphite. Has price of 20.00 written in upper left corner and an note, on lower left, denoting where seal used to be. 100/200 Sold: $350.75 |
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649. Trial Book from 1685 "Tryals Convictions & Sentence of Titus Otes for perjury Before George Lord Jeffreys 1685". Vol. I and II. Printed for R. Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, and are to be fold by Randal Taylor, 154 pp. Printed on laid paper. Case appears to be an inditement against the wicked mind of notorious fraudster, Titus Otes (1649-1705). Book includes all interrogation of witnesses and declaration of punishments of humiliation and whipping. Case was presided over by George Lord Jeffreys (1648-1689), Lord High Chancellour of England, notorious for his cruelty and corruption, and who later died imprisoned in the Tower of London. Interesting book to include in the collection of any attorney. Measures apprx 12-3/8"H x 8"W. 150/250 Sold: $218.50 |
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650. The Hound of The Baskervilles by Conan Doyle London, George Newnes, Ltd., 1902. 358 numbered pages (359). Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. London. First edition in publisher's red cloth with black and gilt pictorial cover and gilt spine. Illustrated with Sixteen full page black and white plates by Sidney Paget. 1,500/2,500 Sold: $805.00 |
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651. Signed Abraham Lincoln Appointment Document, 1863 Pennsylvania I.R.A. appointment for William J. Wainwright, signed by current president Abraham Lincoln (1809-April 15, 1865) and Secretary of the Treasury. Framed under glass. Printed on watermarked "John C. Clark Philadelphia" paper with individual blanks hand scripted. Blind stamp on lower left. Measures apprx 15-3/4"H x 19"W. With black frame, entire item measures apprx 17"H x 20-1/2"W. Lot also includes a photo-card, framed, under rolled glass after the image by Alexander Gardner. Image shows a formal seated portrait of Lincoln and his son, Thaddeus, "The last Photograph the President sat for" taken on April 10, 1865. Image measures apprx 8"H x 6-1/4"W. With white mat and gilt frame, entire item measures apprx 14-1/4"H x 12-1/2"W. 5,000/7,000 Sold: $6,612.50 |
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652. American Day Book from 1864 An accounts book belonging to Francis Lamsons of middle bow. Gives an interesting glimpse of daily life in America in 1864. Through out book are several important historical references to soldiers, slaves, and a presidential election. 432 pp. Bound in tooled suede with four ribs on spin and title "Day Book" in gilt. End papers are marbled in orange and black. Measures apprx 15-1/4"H x 6-3/4"W. 100/200 Sold: $149.50 |
