Nine (9) Early/Mid 19th century books with decorative bindings. Titles include: Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., New Edition, Vol. IX, by James Boswell, 1835. Published by John Murray, London. 335 pages with four engraved plates including frontispiece with paper guard and title page; The Aldine Edition of the British Poets, The Poetical Works of Robert […]
Lot 716: Nashville Ephemera incl. Fisk, Vanderbilt
Group of Nashville and Tennessee related ephemera, including Fisk Jubilee Singers Minstrel songbook, Centennial Exposition related items, Giers photographs, and Vanderbilt memorabilia. 1st item: MINSTREL SONGS OLD AND NEW: A Collection of Worldwide Famous Minstrel and Plantation Songs incluging the most popular of the celbrated Foster Melodies, arranged with pianoforte accompaniment. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, […]
Lot 714: 6 Buzz Aldrin Signed Items, incl. Photo & Books
Six (6) Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (born 1930) signed items, including Apollo 11 mission photograph, first/limited edition books. 1st item: Framed Buzz Aldrin signed color satin-finish photograph depicting the lunar module Eagle maneuvering for its rendezvous with Columbia during the Apollo 11 mission. Photograph taken by Michael Collins, command module pilot, on July 21, […]
Lot 715: Scopes Monkey Trial Cut Signatures, Photo
Archive of four (4) items related to The Scopes Trial, including cut signatures and photograph. Commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial but formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, The Scopes Trial was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. […]
Lot 712: Orville Wright Signed Check & Photograph
Orville Wright (1871-1948) signed check from The Winters National Bank & Trust Co., Dayton, Ohio, to Mabel Beck for $68.23, dated November 6, 1942. Ink stamp, top left, punch indicating that the check was paid, center. Includes a black and white copy of a photograph of the first flight of the Wright Flyer, December 17, […]
Lot 713: USS Constitution Relic, Early US Gov't Pubs., The Union Poem, 4 items
USS Constitution Relic, Early US Government Publications, and The Union Poem, 4 items total. 1st item: Relic from the USS Constitution taken from the hull during reconstruction in 1927. A brass tag attached to the wood reads: "This Material Was Taken From The Original hull Of The U. S. Frigate Constitution Keel Laid 1794 Rebuilding […]
Lot 711: 2 Aviator Signed items, incl. Lindbergh, Earhart
Two (2) 20th Century Aviator signed items, including Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart. 1st item: Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) signed postal cover. Ink inscriptions in collector's hand reading "11 30 AM/May 13th 1934/at Police Hdgts./St. Louis MO" indicating the date the signature was obtained. Includes PSA/DNA Letter of Authentication, number AB07370, dated Tuesday, July 26, 2016. […]
Lot 710: Buchanan-Wheelock Archive incl. FDR signed letter, mining, Titanic interest
Archive related to two families: the Wheelocks of Scotland/Manhattan, and Wall Street tycoon George Briggs Buchanan and his daughter, Janet Buchanan Wheelock, circa 1890-1930, including FDR signed letter, mining related ephemera, multiple scrapbooks/photo albums and receipts related to furnishings in a Robert Lorimar designed Scottish mansion called Bunker Hill. Part 1 – George Briggs Buchanan […]
Lot 708: 3 "Wanted" Posters, incl. Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger
Three (3) Great Depression period American criminal "Wanted" posters printed in black on heavy period wove light cardstock including Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger. 1st-2nd item: Two (2) wanted posters for Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (1910-1934) and Clyde Chestnut Barrow (1909-1934) more commonly known as Bonnie and Clyde, issued by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the […]
Lot 709: J.M. Barrie – Mrs. Patrick Campbell Letter Archive
Mrs. Patrick Campbell (born Beatrice Stella Tanner, 1865-1940) letter archive, including twelve (12) ALS written by Peter Pan author, Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) to the famous British actress. The twelve J.M. Barrie letters, written between 1888 and 1925, reflect a growing fondness between the pair over the years; James Barrie begins by formally addressing […]