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Masonic Apron, Neck Sash & Medal of U.S. Mint - California Gold Refiner James Booth, with a Lithograph of Him
[JAMES CURTIS BOOTH],
Collection.
Item #23610, $1,600
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The Building Blocks of Albert Einstein’s Creative Mind
[ALBERT EINSTEIN],
Ephemera. Set of Anker-Steinbaukasten children’s building blocks by F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolstadt, [Germany], c.1880s. Approximately 160 composite quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil blocks in red, limestone and slate gray, in various sizes and shapes, together with three or more sets of building plans, all contained in two wooden boxes with printed Anker-Steinbaukasten labels.
A unique and important artifact of his childhood.
Item #24284, $180,000
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Nine Months of a Hawaiian Missionary Newspaper, With the First Report of King Kamehameha III’s Death and Perry’s Mission to Japan
[HAWAII],
Newspapers. Bound volume of The Friend (Honolulu, HI) containing 22 consecutive issues dated from Feb 1, 1854 through Oct 25, 1855.
“The American Sloop-of-war SARATOGA, Capt. Walker, arrived at this port on the 29th ult., in 25 days from Japan, which is the shortest passage ever made. The S. brings Capt. H.A. Adams, U.S.N., as bearer of despatches to the Government at Washington. The point of interest in this intelligence is the fact that Com. Perry concluded a TREATY OF AMITY AND FRIENDSHIP with the EMPIRE OF JAPAN...”
The Friend was the mouthpiece of Congregational missionaries and reported everything from important local Hawaiian issues to international news reprinted from eastern sources. The nine months covered here feature a great deal of the news of the day, ranging from war between England and Russia to lots of whaling and maritime news including shipping arrivals and departures, the discovery of new sperm whaling grounds, naval intelligence, all peppered with a liberal dose of good old fashioned conservative proselytizing.
This particular volume was sent from Sag Harbor, New York to Thomas Spencer, a Rhode Island sea captain who went native, opening a successful ship’s chandlery and marrying a local girl.
Item #23745, $3,750
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1790 Massachusetts Newspaper Discussing Nantucket Whalers
[NANTUCKET],
Newspaper, The Columbian Centinel. Boston: Benjamin Russell, December 15, 1790. 4 pp.
Item #30051.015, $450
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Sterling Silver Sinseollo Dish,
Presented to General Matthew Ridgway
by the Korean Minister of Defense
[MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY],
Traditional Korean dish, engraved around the base with four stars, and the inscription, “General & Mrs. M. B. Ridgway / From Defense Minister & Mrs. Ki Poong Lee / Republic of Korea,” ca. 1952.
Item #22366, $4,250
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Ohio Reformers Use Rhode Island’s Dorr Rebellion
to Justify Their Own Behavior
[DORR WAR],
Pamphlet. The Dorr Movement in Ohio; Being an Examination into the Causes, Progress and Probable Effects of the Revolutionary Course of Locofocoism in the Organization of the General Assembly of This State, for the Session of 1848-49. [Columbus, Ohio]: Legg & Murray, Columbus, [1849]. Disbound. Inscribed in pencil on the title by H.A. Swift, the author, in presentation.
Item #22543, $550
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A Ruff-Necked Hummingbird by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Ruff-Necked Hummingbird, [1871].
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.02, $1,750
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A Harlequin Duck by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Harlequin Duck, [1871]. 14 x 12 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.03, $350
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The Army of the Potomac Arriving at Yorktown from Williamsburg
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, September 6, 1862.
Item #H-9-6-1862, $250
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Christmas Presents
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, December 30, 1865.
Item #H-12-30-1865, $250
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New England Factory Life
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, July 25, 1868.
Item #H-7-25-1868, $350
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General Schofield’s Personal Gettysburg Official Records
[GETTYSBURG; GEN. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD],
Books, 3 Volumes – The War of the Rebellion: Gettysburg Official Records, devoted to the Battle of Gettysburg. Owned by Union General John M. Schofield (with his stamp in first volume).
Item #23060, $750
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Edwin M. Stanton Portrait, Based on a Photograph by Matthew Brady
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 26, 1866.
Item #H-5-26-1866, $250
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Seesaw - Gloucester, MA - Drawn by Winslow Homer
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, September 12, 1874.
Item #H-9-12-1874, $295
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Rebel Deserters Coming within the Union Lines
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, July 16, 1864.
Item #H-7-16-1864, $350
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Lincoln Portrait by Currier & Ives
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Currier & Ives. Lithograph, New York, 1865. In 24 x 29 in. hand-gilt frame.
Item #20323, $1,800
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PaineWebber Founder Signed
Lake Copper Company Stock Certificate
WILLIAM PAINE,
Partially Printed Document Signed as company president. 100,000 shares of Lake Copper Company, Certificate #28509, March 10, 1922.
Item #23086, $1,250
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The Gettysburg Address
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Book. Includes a foldout map of the planned cemetery and a copy of Lincoln’s dedication. Published in Harrisburg, 1864. Fair condition.
Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldier’s National Cemetery, Together with the Accompanying Documents, as Reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864.
Item #21371, $1,750
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John Marshall’s “Life of George Washington”
and Companion Atlas with Hand-colored Maps
JOHN MARSHALL. [GEORGE WASHINGTON],
Books, The Life of George Washington Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States, Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to him by his Deceased Relative, 2nd edition, in two volumes. Philadelphia: James Crissy and Thomas Cowperthwait, 1840. 982 pp. plus index, 5½ x 9 in. Both have pencil inscription on blank fly leaf “A. Seeley 1851 Presented by T.C. Gladding.” Rebound; very good, some foxing toward the front. OCLC 183328030. With: Atlas to Marshall’s Life of Washington, Philadelphia: J. Crissy, [1832], 10 hand-colored maps. Ex-Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Massachusetts bookplate on front paste-down. Black cloth spine and corners, original green boards with label. Internally fine. OCLC 191237946.
Chief Justice John Marshall’s magisterial biography of George Washington was originally a five-volume set. This 1840 publication, revised and issued in two volumes, also includes the 1832 companion atlas of maps relating to the Revolutionary War.
Item #22477, $1,250
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Ben-Gurion Calls for a Jerusalem Home for the Bible Society: “every spiritual idea, for it to exist and exert influence, needs a physical structure, too, a central home…”
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Letter Signed to Menasche Elissar. 17 Kislev 5731, December 15, 1970. 1 p., 8½ x 11 in. Form letter on “The World Jewish Bible Society” letterhead. In Hebrew.
Item #20230, $1,800
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