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Rare original program from the Christmas Party of the Oldsmobile Girls held on December 19th 1928; signed by legendary aviator Amelia Earhart
[EARHART, AMELIA].
Amelia Earhart Signed Oldsmobile Girls Club Christmas Party Program.
[Lansing, Michigan]: [1928].
Rare original program from the holiday luncheon held for female employees of Olds Motor Works held on December 19th 1928, signed by legendary aviator Amelia Earhart. Octavo, bound in handmade tissue paper with a red ribbon, illustrated with a tipped in portrait of Amelia Earhart. Signed by Earhart in pencil beneath her portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 142535
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RARE AMERICAN MILITARY COMMISSION BOLDLY SIGNED BY FOUNDING FATHER JOHN HANCOCK
HANCOCK, JOHN.
John Hancock Military Commision Signed as Governor of Massachusetts.
: October 8, 1787.
Military commission signed by John Hancock in 1787 as Governor of Massachusetts. One page, partially printed, bound in boards with gilt titles to the front panel. The document appoints Peter Ayer to the rank of “Ensign of the Seventh company in the fourth Regiment and in the Brigades of the Second Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth, comprehending the County of Essex.” Dated October 8th 1787 and signed by John Hancock at left beneath the Massachusetts seal. Countersigned by John Avery Jr. as Secretary of the Commonwealth and on the verso by Col. John Brickett of Haverhill. Bound with n autograph transmittal letter signed by Brickett. In very good condition. Housed in a custom display case. The document measures 18 inches by 12.75 inches. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 15.5 inches.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 143823
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“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary": Rare First Separate Edition of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
POE, EDGAR ALLAN.
The Raven.
New York: W. Jennings Demorest c. 1869-1870.
The first separate American edition of Poe’s most famous poem, and likely the first separate edition overall, preceding the 1869 Glasgow edition (BAL 16216). Small octavo, original cloth, blue endpapers. Octavo, original colored pictorial wrappers printed in blue and gold. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Only four copies of this separate Demorest edition have been located in OCLC, at the Huntington, Yale University, Brown University, Emory University, all with their bindings unspecified. Though The Raven is here published separately, another issue has been noted at both the University of Virginia and the Free Library Company of Philadelphia, also published by Demorest, and collectively bound with two other poems. It is highly possible that both the separate edition offered here and the collective edition were published in the same year for two different classes of subscribers to Demorest’s Monthly Magazine and Demorest’s Monthly Young America. Copies were issued in both cloth and wrappers. Not in BAL or Heartman & Cranny. Rare.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 144195
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Rare early printing of Richard Hooker's monumental Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Politie
HOOKER, RICHARD.
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Politie. [Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity].
London: Printed by William Standbye [1622].
Early printing of this important work by the influential English theologian. Quarto, quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in seven compartments within raised bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved title, divisional titles, and woodcut initials. In very good condition. Bookplate and period ownership inscription. Rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130372
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Le Globe Classique, Nouvelle Edition: Rare 19th Century French Celestial Globe
DIEN, CHARLES.
Rare 19th Century Charles Dien Celestial Table Globe.
Paris: Sold by W. & S. Jones c. 1845.
Rare mid-19th century Charles Dien celestial table globe. The globe measures 11.5 inches in diameter with an engraved longitude ring and brass latitude ring. Mounted on brass and mahogany stand. The globe contains twelve bodies including the sun and earth with its moon. The entire piece measures 18 inches in height. French astronomer and cosmographer Charles Dien published highly detailed atlases, works on astronomy, and both celestial and terrestrial globes in Paris throughout the 1840s and 1850s. Dien was also renowned for the sophisticated engravings he designed for the many books produced by his father’s publishing house Delamarche. In very good condition with a few areas rubbed and slight bend in the longitude ring. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 97888
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Rare American Boxing Champions Signed Photograph Collection; signed by James J. Braddock, Max Baer, James 'Red' Burman, Sixto Escobar, and Bob Pastor
BRADDOCK, JAMES J.; MAX BAER; JAMES "RED" BURMAN; SIXTO ESCOBAR; BOB PASTOR.
American Boxing Champions Signed Photograph Collection.
: c. 1937.
Collection of six original photographs signed and inscribed by five 1930s American boxing champions, including: “Cinderella Man” James J.Braddock, World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer, James ‘Red’ Burman, Sixto Escobar, and top-ranked heavyweight Bob Pastor. In near fine condition. An exceptional collection.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119265
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Rare 19th century example of Johnson's Map of Florida
WARD, BENJAMIN P. AND ALVIN JEWETT JOHNSON.
Johnson’s Map of Florida.
New York: Johnson and Ward c. 1866.
Rare 19th century example of Johnson’s famed post-Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county shortly following the close of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes, forts and battle sites related to the Seminole Wars, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Indian Hunting Grounds between Fort Poinsett and Key Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Additionally notes the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic and the Arredondo Grant to the west of St. Augustine. An inset map in the lower left hand quadrant details the Florida Keys. Featuring the fretwork style border common to Johnson’s atlas work from 1863 to 1869, the map was published by Alvin Jewett Johnson and Benjamin P. Ward as plate number 43 in the 1866 edition of Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas, the last edition of the Johnson Atlas to bear the Johnson and Ward imprint. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 15.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 138512
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"My dear Johnnie": Rare typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill to his brother Major John Churchill; framed with an original duotone print of Yousuf Karsh's iconic portrait of Churchill “The Roaring Lion”
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. [YOUSUF KARSH].
Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.
London: December 9, 1955.
Rare typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill to his brother and only sibling, Major John Churchill, framed with an original duotone print of Yousuf Karsh’s famed portrait of Churchill “The Roaring Lion” which, in May 1941, was featured on the cover of Life magazine and brought Karsh international fame. One page, on Churchill’s 21 Hyde Park Gate, London letterhead, the letter is addressed to Major John Churchill and reads in full, “9” December, 1955. “My dear Johnnie,” I am indeed obliged to you and Kitty for your birthday token and good wishes. The portraits are beautifully done and I am delighted to be able to hang them in Chartwell. Thank you both so much. “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill.” John Strange Spencer-Churchill, known as Jack Churchill, was the younger son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his wife Jennie, and Winston Churchill’s only sibling. He served in the South African Light Horse alongside Winston in the Second Boer War in 1899–1900 and later fought in World War I. After the war, he became a businessman in the City of London firstly as a partner at stockbrokers Nelke, Phillips & Bendix from 1906 and then at Vickers, da Costa, making partner in 1921. In fine condition. Double matted and framed with an original duotone print of Yousuf Karsh’s famed portrait of Churchill taken in 1941. The portrait measures 9 inches by 10.5 inches. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 20 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 139273
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Rare Early American Map of Wall Street; detailing lots owned by early new York City mayor and chief justice Abraham de Peyster
LUDLAM, STEPHEN [WALL STREET].
Early American Wall Street Survey Map.
: April 8, 1817.
Rare 1817 hand-colored copy of an original map of early 18th century Wall Street attached to a Deed of Partition between Col. Abraham de Peyster and Samuel Bayard dated January 3rd 1718, copied on April 8th 1817 by Stephen Ludlam, City Surveyor. One page, the hand-colored map details the intersection of Wall Street, Broad Street, and Kip Street (now Nassau Street) and includes the Presbyterian Church, the original City Hall, and 23 partitioned lots each labeled as owned by Abraham DePeyster or Samuel Bayard. Born in 1657 in New Amsterdam, wealthy merchant and ship owner Abraham de Peyster received numerous political appointments in New York City at the turn of the 19th century. He became the 20th mayor of New York City in 1691, a position he held for three years, and on October 4, 1698, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Judicature. Because of regular conflicts of interest that arose due to his extensive business involvement, he was recused from many cases. Despite this, he served as acting Governor of the Province New York in 1700 and, subsequently, Chief Justice on January 21, 1701. In near fine condition. The map measures 12.5 inches by 30 inches.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139509
