Scrapbook or archive devoted to George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron (1788-1824), containing Byron family letters including one attributed to the renowned English Romantic poet, various periodical clippings, and related items. At least some of these items are believed to have been owned by Thomas "Clio" Rickman (1760-1834), publisher of political pamphlets and broadsides, poetry contributor […]
Lot 438: Eisenhower autographed campaign illustration
Original 1950s illustration art for a Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) presidential campaign poster by Naegele, personally autographed by the candidate (signed lower left margin). The artwork is a collage with oil or acrylic on cardstock image of a farmer milking a cow, mounted to a larger piece of cardstock painted with the slogan in large […]
Lot 436: 1807 Byron book, Cosway binding, Sangorski & Sutcliffe
“Hours of Idleness” by Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), 1807, first edition second issue, with early 20th century jewelled Cosway-style binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the interior containing miniature portraits of Lord Byron and his ancestral home, Newstead Abbey. Original silk and velvet lined leather bound case. Hours of Idleness was the first volume […]
Lot 435: 3 Historic European books
Group of three historic European books. Item 1: Hamburg, Topographical, Political and Historical, Volume Two, by J. L. Hess, 1789, 410 pages in German. Book with 3 fold-out maps of Hamburg. Creases and some foxing on maps. Crayon marks on map of Ritzebuttel. Overall toning and grime and some crayon on pages. Poor condition, damaged […]
Lot 433: Bronze Death Mask and 3 CSA medallions
Bronze death mask, possibly Civil War Confederate General Stonewall Jackson after the original by Frederick Volck (German, 1833-1891), 11 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W x 5 1/2" W; together with 3 Confederate memorial medallions by contemporary Tennessee sculptor Jane H. Baxendale. Includes a large bronze medallion of Lt T.J. Jackson mounted on wood ( […]
Lot 434: 1895 Hans Von Volkmann, Africa
"Afrika Studien und Einfaelle eines Malers E?tudes et Caprices d'un Peintre" (Africa: A Painter's Studies and Fancies). Illustrated by Hans Richard Von Volkmann (1860-1927) and printed in Leipzig, Germany by Breitkoph & Hertel, 1895. Illustrated title page with contents in English, German and French. Twelve full-page chromolithographic plates depicting stereotypical images of African natives, animals […]
Lot 431: Cobb's Antebellum Defense of Slavery
Thomas R. R. Cobb's book, "An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America, to which is prefixed, An Historical Sketch of Slavery". Volume I. Printed by T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia and W. Thorne Williams, Savannah, 1858. 368 total pages, 9 1/4" H x 6" W, […]
Lot 432: 4 Civil War Confederate Related Books
4 Civil War Confederate Related Books. 1st & 2nd items: "Rise & Fall of Confederate Government", Volumes I & II, 1881, by Jefferson Davis. The first volume with frontispiece of Davis at age 32 and the second volume with a frontispiece of an elder Davis. Printed by D. Appelton and Company, New York. 9 3/8" […]
Lot 429: 5 Civil War Era Tintypes & Daguerreotype Locket
Collection of Civil War era photographs. Includes three (3) sixth-plate tintypes depicting a gentleman with a top hat and his wife, and a gentleman with a gun; one (1) sixth-plate size ghost image of a female; and two (2) ninth-plate tintypes depicting a husband and wife, housed in a gutta percha union case. Lot also […]
Lot 430: 2 Scarce Civil War Biographies
Two scarce Civil War biographies. 1st item: Ashby, Thomas A., "Life of Turner Ashby." New York: The Neale Publishing Co. 1914. First Edition. 8vo. 275pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original green cloth. Gilt spine. 2nd item: Noll, Arthur Howard. General Kirby-Smith. "Sewanee Tennessee: The University of the South".(1907). First Edition 8vo. Tastefully ex-library: no marks but previous […]