Rare Book Monthly
Articles - August - 2007 Issue
An Auction in Indiana August 9th
Jeffrey's The Natural and Civil History. 1760
1145 & 1146. There are two copies of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage signed "Best wishes Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy." Mrs. Kennedy is of course JFK's mother and an ardent Catholic.
No. 1117: The History and Topography of the United States of North America edited by John Howard Hinton, A.M. 1834 $$$
1119. Heriot's Travels through the Canadas. 1807 $$$$
1123. Moeurs Des Sauvages Ameriquains: $$$$ if it has all 42 maps.
1131. Jeffrey's The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions [1760] is now commanding in the neighborhood of $10,000 if complete and in very good condition $$$$
1132. MacKenzie's Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence; London 1801 $$$$. The AED value estimate is $2,925
1133. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean by Samuel Hearne; London 1795 $$$$
1149. James Fenimore Cooper's "The History of the Navy of the United States" 1839 $$$
Robert J. Brown of Indianapolis is conducting the sale, taking place on the grounds of the college indoors. On Thursday and Friday the books and various miscellanea are up. On Saturday paintings will be sold and on Sunday an interesting group of dolls. There is of course much more.
Here are links both to our listings of their items and to the auctioneer's site. From August 1st until the sale is complete the person to contact is Shelly Dubick and her number 317.460.3701. The firm's email address is rjbappraisals@hotmail.com.
