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‘This is the original version P.H.’

Paul HORGAN
Original carbon-copy typescript, signed, of the uncut version of ‘The Devil’s Trill a short novel by Paul Horgan’, the ‘much revised’ version was published in ‘Good Housekeeeping’ Magazine for May and June 1951
$950
GEORGE H. W. BUSH to BRUCE GELB: Archive of 1984–1998 Correspondence, Photographs, and Invitations from Vice Presidency to Post-Presidency (10 signed items + related ephemera)
$3500
$100 or less
Lawrence C. Wroth & Albert Carlos Bates
BOOK ARTS: Two Pamphlets on American Printing History (1925), 1 inscribed, Scarce offprints, Cambridge
SOLD
$100 or less
W.D. Howells
W.D. Howells Signed Portrait (1911)
$50
$100 or less
Two Victorian Autograph Albums, 1883-1886
$60
Frederick Douglass
Former Slave, Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Signs Deed For Washington, DC, Land
$1295

Maine

Samuel E. Smith
Maine's Future 10th Governor Writes His Attorney Brother About Local Firm's Creditors
$145

Death Of Jacksonianism

Samuel Hanson Cox
[Trail Of Tears] Eccentric Clergyman, Founder Of NYU, Writes Of Jacksonianism Demise, Pleads For Funds From President Van Buren For University
SOLD

Revolutionary War Intelligence Delivered On Horse

General Silliman
Express Rider Trip Ordered By Gen. Silliman, Who Had Been Captured By British
$495

Federalist Appointed In New York

Richard Varick
Forgotten Founding Father Richard Varick Appoints Prominent New York Federalist To City Position -- Signed Twice
$495

Charming and beautifully presented

Josephine BAKER (1906-1975).
A 2pp. autograph letter signed ‘Josephine’ from Baker to her younger half-sister ‘Dear Darling “Meg”’, on Savoy Hotel London headed notepaper, matted and fremed
$1200

English Actor In Boston Archive

Sir Arthur John Gielgud
Award Winning English Actor, Theatre Director Sends Letter, Inscribed Photograph To Holyoke College Student -- Archive
$195

African American Education

Calvin Scott Brown
Renowned African American Educator, Minister, President Of Waters Normal Institute Pledges To Pay Off Note
$295

Ulysses S. Grant Appointment

Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant Appoints Marshall Jewell Postmaster Of New Orleans
$1395
MURDOCH, Iris.
(SIGNED) The Unicorn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1962., Christopher Cornford Dust Jacket
$150

Before the "Talkies"

1920s Hollywood Autograph Book of Silent Movie Director and Actor Marion Mack
SOLD

Admiral William D. Leahy Correspondence

Admiral William D. Leahy
1943-1945 – Collection of letters documenting the assistance provided by Admiral William D. Leahy, “the second most powerful man in the world,” to boost the career of a long-time journalist friend, List price has been discounted for this show.
$1250
LOT OF THREE SIGNED/ INSCRIBED DEAN KOONTZ FIRST EDITIONS AND LIMITED
$496

20 original caricatures

Paul HORGAN
“Par Avion by Paul Horgan 1977, to amuse Peter & Ina [Joray] air borne New York – Palermo 1977 Love from Paul’, an original book (drawings with manuscript).
$200

Columbia do not have this image

[ANONYMOUS, but George ROOKWOOD a possibility, photographer]
['Maison Punk' - excellent view of Columbia University on 49th and Madison], I could not find this image in the Columbia Archives
$300

LEXINGTON in OLD VIRGINIA - Author Signed

$100 or less
Henry Boley
1936 - Lexington in Old Virginia, Home of Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute
$75

Signed 'Paper Lion', 'Out of My League'

George Plimpton’s signed “Paper Lion” & “Out of My League;” gifts to author's brother
$149

Avakian's 'Stranger Among Friends'

$100 or less
Asdghig Avakian
'Stranger among friends' by Armenian nurse Asdghig Avakian
$69

Notorious Texas Outlaw Turned Sheriff

Canton, Frank [Josiah Horner] and William Jackson, Frank Lamb, Charles Burritt
[Johnson County War] Five Legal Documents with Frank Canton Manuscript and Signature 1883-1914 plus Charles Burritt Signature
$650

Killer of San Francisco Doctor hung by Vigilantes

Frederick Billings
1854 Montgomery Block Lease
$150

Texas Letter About Benjamin Franklin's Grandson

1845 Republic of Texas Letter to President James K. Polk Regarding Political Appointment of Richard Bache
$300

Stood by Lincoln's Deathbed after Assassination

$100 or less
Hay, John
John Hay Signature on Department of State Card
SOLD

Personal Book from a Veteran of Pickett's Charge

$100 or less
Major Robert Stiles
Four Years Under Marse Robert, A Book from the Personal Library of S.W. Paulett of Farmville, Virginia and inscribed by Him a Member of Co. F, 18th Virginia Regiment, Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps, A.N.V.
$75

A Letter of Thanks from Robert E. Lee's Biographer

$100 or less
Douglas Southall Freeman
Autographed 1926 Letterhead - The News Leader - Richmond, VA, Freeman thanks contributor for information used in Vol. 4 of Lee's biography.
$65

LSD "Medicine for the Soul"

Albert Hofmann
The chemical formulas for LSD and Psilocybin, drawn, signed and inscribed by Albert Hofmann.
SOLD

An extraordinary set Signed by 59 Calif pioneers.

John Russell McCarthy (Editor)
California (The Series), Discounted
$500

Brassai: Three inscribed early business cards

Brassai (Gyula Halasz)
Three inscribed business cards
$1500