Twenty-seven (27) proof steel plate engravings from "American Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Distinguished American Statesmen and Generals" published by Virtue and Yorston, New York, circa 1866. The folio engravings depict nineteen (19) portraits of Founding Fathers, Presidents, and Military figures, mostly Civil War, some with decorative vignettes, including George Washington (1732-1799) engraved Edwards after […]
Lot 384: 4 1864 Presidential Ballots, inc. Lincoln
Four (4) 1864 Presidential Ballots. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) 1864 Republican Presidential election ballots, from Ohio soldiers voting in the field, Abraham Lincoln ñ Andrew Johnson, one depicting Lady Liberty wielding a sword, one depicting the American flag with the slogan "Rally round the Flag Boys!" and one plain, all with inscription indicating voting for […]
Lot 383: 5 Confederate Items including Flags
Group of five (5) Confederate items including reunion flags. 1st item: Lithograph titled "Confederate Commanders with Compliments of the Travelers Insurance Company" published by the Notman Photo Company, Boston, 1885. Depicts a composite image of President Jefferson Davis and Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, A.P. Hill, John Bell Hood, J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, James […]
Lot 382: 3 Confederate Prints inc. Robert E. Lee
Three (3) Confederate related Civil War prints. 1st item: Lithograph titled GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. Depicts all of the Confederate Army Generals with their names listed below including Morgan, Forrest, A.S. Johnston, Polk, Gordon, Wade, Hampton, Stuart, Ewell, Beauregard, Lee, Price, Jos. E. Johnston, Hill, Jackson and Bragg, with Jefferson Davis, center, posed in […]
Lot 380: Bien (Partial) Civil War Atlas: Maps and Framed Prints, 28 items
Twenty-eight (28) Civil War Atlas maps and prints, including Bien and Colton. 1st-25th items: Twenty-five (25) plates (2 framed) from the Julius Bien & Co., Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Published 1895, United States War Department. Several maps, illustrations, and diagrams. Included in the count of 25 are […]
Lot 381: Robert E Lee & Stonewall Jackson Prints by A. B. Walter
Pair of colored engravings depicting the Civil War generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, both depicting the generals from photographs, engraved by A. B. Walter, published by Bradley & Co., Washington, 1870 (Lee) and 1871 (Jackson). Housed in matching ebonized and gilt wood frames. Sight – 25 3/8" H x 20" W. […]
Lot 377: 6 Jesse James Related Books
Six (6) Jesse James Related Books. 1st item: Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James The Noted Western Outlaws, First Edition, by J. A. Dacus, Ph.D., 1880. Published by W. S. Bryan, St. Louis. Octavo, 384 pages including advertisement and engraved illustrations with double-sided frontispiece, hardbound in tooled green cloth covers with gilt lettering […]
Lot 378: 2 Ku Klux Klan Related Books, inc. S.L. Davis Signed
Two (2) Ku Klux Klan related books. 1st item: Author Signed, Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan 1865-1877, First Edition, by Susan Lawrence Davis, 1924. Published by Susan Lawrence Davis, New York. Octavo, 316 pages with illustrations, hardbound in tooled gray cloth covers with gilt lettering and pictorial design to covers and spine. Inscription […]
Lot 375: Lot of 28 Decorative Arts Books, mostly Asian
Twenty-eight (28) Decorative Arts related book, mostly Asian. Includes vols. 3, 5, and 7 from JAPAN: ITS HISTORY ARTS AND LITERATURE – ORIENTAL SERIES by Captain F. Brinkley, published by the J.B Millet Company, Boston and Toronto, 1902 with half leather bindings and marbled boards (chips and shelf wear). Other Japanese related books include: Japanese […]
Lot 376: 4 Theodore Roosevelt Books
Four (4) Theodore Roosevelt books. 1st item: The Wilderness Hunter, First Edition, by Theodore Roosevelt, 1893. Published by G. P. Putnam's, New York, London. Octavo, 472 pages including index, 24 lithographic illustrations including frontispiece with tissue paper guard, hardbound in tooled brown cloth covers with gilt and black lettering and pictorial design to covers and […]