Dush: Dush : 1997, 1997,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1997 - January 01, 1997
Page Size: 409 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
001 ABERT, JAMES W. (1820-1897). "Jay-bird." Original ink and watercolor drawing of male blue jay perched on branch of chestnut tree, titled and dated (January 22,1880) in pencil at bottom, signed in ink at bottom left.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,100.00
002 ABERT, JAMES W. (1820-1897). "Mottled Owl" Original ink and watercolor drawing of owl perched on branch of maple tree, ca. 1880, titled in pencil at bottom and signed in ink at bottom right.

1880

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,200.00
003 ABERT, JAMES W. (1820-1897). "Blue bird" and "Robin." Pair of original ink and watercolor drawings of male bluebird and robin, each shown perched on branch of hickory or hawthorn tree, each titled in pencil at bottom, each signed in ink at bottom.

1880

USD 600.00 - 800.00 1,200.00
004 ABERT, JAMES W. (1820-1897). Pair of original ink and watercolor drawings of medium-sized ground birds (first is titled "Ortslan," the other is an uncaptioned view of a meadowlark)

ca 1880

USD 500.00 - 700.00 1,300.00
005 ABERT, JAMES W. (1820-1897). "Barn Swallow" and "Tawny Thrush and Golden-crested Wren." Pair of original ink and watercolor drawings, the first dated (November 25, 1878), each captioned in pencil lettering or script at bottom, second signed in ink at bottom.

USD 450.00 - 600.00 1,100.00
006 FINLEY, ANTHONY. A New American Atlas, Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States in Which Every County in Each State and Territory of the Union Is Accurately Delineated. Philadelphia

1826

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 5,100.00
007 Seth Pease & Abm. Tappen "A Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve, from Actual Survey, by Seth Pease & Abm. Tappen."

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 7,000.00
008 "Californien." "Californien." Large b/w lithograph map with hand-colored outlines Weimar

1849

USD 350.00 - 450.00 900.00
009 BRADLEY, ABRAHAM, JR. "Map of the United States, Exhibiting the Post-Roads, the Situations, Connexions & Distances of the Post-Offices, Stage Roads, Counties, & Principal Rivers." Philadelphia

1804

USD 600.00 - 900.00 2,300.00
010 HOWARD, JOSEPH. "Map of the District of Delaware in Ohio." Large engraved map with briefs hand-colored outlines, published Delaware, 1824, "by the Author."

USD 200.00 - 400.00 1,800.00
011 MITCHELL, S. AUGUSTUS. "Map of the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with the Settled Parts of Michigan & Wisconsin." Philadelphia

1840

USD 150.00 - 225.00 500.00
012 ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. "Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio." Antwerp

1574

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 1,700.00
013 TURNBULL, JAMES. "Ohio." Steubenville

1828

USD 700.00 - 900.00 4,000.00
014 WEBSTER, JAMES. "Map of the United States." New York

1836

USD 100.00 - 200.00 375.00
015 (SOUTHWELL, VISCOUNT). "Great Bend of the Arkansaw River - Arapahoe Camp."

USD 300.00 - 450.00 500.00
016 ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826). ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826). Square folio DS on vellum, January 24, 1798, a land grant to Abijah Hunt

1798

USD 700.00 - 900.00 1,900.00
017 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848). Oblong folio DS on vellum, July 15, 1825, a land grant for 81 1/2 acres in Ohio, signed by Adams, as President.

1825

USD 200.00 - 300.00 350.00
018 ASTOR, WILLIAM B. (1792-1875). One-page ALS, New York, February 22, 1844, to Henry Clay Washington, D. C.

1844

USD 250.00 - 350.00 250.00
019 BLENNERHASSETT, HARMAN (1765-1831). Lengthy one-page manuscript promissory note, 1802, signed at bottom by Blennerhassett, along with the signature of his partner, Jacob Westfall.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 350.00
020 CALHOUN, JOHN C. (1782-1850). Lengthy 1 1/2-page LS, (Washington), War Department, August 6, 1824, signed by Calhoun as Secretary of War. [Washington]

1824

USD 100.00 - 150.00 190.00
021 CHASE, SALMON P. (1808-1873). 1 1/2-page ALS, Senate Chamber, [Washington], February 20,1850, as U.S. Senator from Ohio. [Washington]

1850

USD 125.00 - 225.00 375.00
022 Chase, Salmon P. [1808-1873] Two-page ALS, Washington, February 21, 1870, written as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, text concerning recent decision by the Court in the matter of Hepburn v. Griswold (75 U.S. 603). Washington

1870

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,400.00
023 CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812). CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812). Large oblong folio DS, 1791, a land grant for 600 acres in the township of Hannibat in the County of Montgomery, New York

1791

USD 50.00 - 100.00 100.00
024 DICKINSON, JOHN (1732-1808). Oblong small folio DS, Philadelphia, August 12, 1784, a commission of Thomas Doyle as Lieutenant, signed at left margin by Dickinson as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia

1784

USD 100.00 - 200.00 110.00
025 GREELEY, HORACE (1811-1872). One-page ALS, Washington, December 23, 1848, written to an unidentified resident of Ohio, text concerning the elections of 1848. Washington

1848

USD 100.00 - 200.00 220.00
026 HAMILTON, JAMES (c.1710-1783). Oblong narrow folio DS, November 23, 1749, authorizing safe passage for Michael Knobb, of Philadelphia [Pennsylvania]

1749

USD 50.00 - 100.00 60.00
027 JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845). Very large folio DS on vellum, September 28, 1830, a land grant in Ohio, signed in ink by Jackson, as President.

1830

USD 500.00 - 700.00 900.00
028 JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826) OHIO LAND GRANT SIGNED BY JEFFERSON, MADISON, AND DEARBORN [Washington, D.C.]

1807

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 3,600.00
029 LONG, STEPHEN H. (1784-1864). One-page ALS, Cincinnati, May 25, 1844, to Dr. Thomas P. James of the Patent Office in Washington, seeking copies of patents issued to Long in 1830 and 1836 for bridge improvements to assist in a Taw suit for patent infringements. Cincinnati

1844

USD 150.00 - 225.00 200.00
030 MADISON, JAMES (1751-1836). Small oblong folio DS, March 15, 1815, a land grant to George McNeelance of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...

1815

USD 400.00 - 600.00 750.00
031 MARSHALL, JOHN (1755-1835). LEGAL OPINION BY MARSHALL ON TORN CURRENCY, WRITTEN WHILE CHIEF JUSTICE Richmond

1821

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,900.00
032 MIFFLIN, THOMAS (1744-1800). Oblong large folio DS on vellum, April 22, 1797, a land grant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, signed at left margin by Miffiin as Governor. Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

1797

USD 75.00 - 100.00 130.00
033 MONROE, JAMES (1758-1831). Oblong small folio DS on vellum, July 19, 1824, a land grant in Ohio, signed by Monroe, as President.

1824

USD 100.00 - 150.00 150.00
034 MORRIS, ROBERT (1734-1806). Short one-page ALS, (Philadelphia?), October 30, 1797, "Yours in distress," to his financial partner John Nicholson regarding unpaid debts. [Philadelphia?]

1797

USD 150.00 - 225.00 500.00
035 (POLITICIANS). Group of four (4) short ALsS by notable 19th Century U.S. politicians Various

Various

USD 200.00 - 300.00 190.00
036 IRVINE, WILLIAM (1741-1804). (REVOLUTIONARY WAR). IRVINE, WILLIAM (1741-1804). Two-page ALS [near] Morristown

1780

USD 200.00 - 300.00 450.00
037 SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866). JARED SPARKS TO MATHEW CAREY. Two-page ALS, Boston, July 12, 1831, to Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey. Boston

1831

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
038 ST. CLAIR, ARTHUR (1736-1818). PAIR OF AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS BY ARTHUR ST. CLAIR Pennsylvania & Northwest Territory

Various

USD 300.00 - 500.00 475.00
039 [Washington] U. S. Congress Monuments of Washington's Patriotism Washington

1838

USD 600.00 - 800.00 1,500.00
040 BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND AMERICANA REFERENCE Various

Various

USD 70.00 - 90.00 100.00
041 Ernest J. Wessen's Personal Copies (CATALOGS). Midland Notes.

1939 to 1961

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,200.00
042 EVANS, CHARLES. American Bibliography: a Chronological Dictionary of All Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States from the Genesis of Printing in 1639 Down to and Including the Year 1820. Metuchen

1967

USD 200.00 - 300.00 325.00
043 GOULD, CHRISTOPHER, and MORGAN, RICHARD PARKER. South Carolina Imprints, 1731-1800: a Descriptive Bibliography. Santa Barbara

1985

USD 60.00 - 80.00 260.00
044 POORE, BENJAMIN PERLEY. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5,1774 - March 4, 1881. Washington, D.C.

1885

USD 90.00 - 120.00 160.00
045 One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900 New York

1947

USD 100.00 - 200.00 185.00
046 TURNER, FREDERICK JACKSON. The Early Writings of ~ with a List of All His Works, Compiled by Everett E. Edwards. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press

1938

USD 30.00 - 45.00 15.00
047 HARGRETT, LESTER. The Gilcrease-Hargrett Catalogue of Imprints. Norman

[1972]

USD 50.00 - 75.00 60.00
048 PILLING, JAMES C. Bibliography of the Algonquian Languages. Washington

1891

USD 125.00 - 175.00 180.00
049 JOHNSON, ALLEN, and others, Editors. Dictionary of American Biography. New York

1943-1944

USD 300.00 - 500.00 550.00
050 NEWMAN, ERIC P. The Early Paper Money of America. Racine

1876

USD 30.00 - 45.00 70.00
051 COYLE, WILLIAM. Ohio Authors and Their Books: Biographical Data and Selective Bibliographies for Ohio Authors, Native and Resident, 1796-1950. New York

[1962]

USD 75.00 - 100.00 60.00
052 McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C, Editor. American Imprints Inventory ~ No. 17. A Check List of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1820. Columbus

1941

USD 80.00 - 120.00 80.00
053 OSWALD, JOHN CLYDE. Printing in the Americas. New York

1968

USD 35.00 - 50.00 55.00
054 [PASKO, W.W., Editor]. American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking, Containing a History of These Arts in Europe and America, with Definitions of Technical Terms ... New York

[1970]

USD 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
055 PHILLIPS, P. LEE. A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress Washington

1901

USD 125.00 - 175.00 180.00
056 SABIN, JOSEPH. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time. 29 Volumes in two. New York

ca. 1970

USD 200.00 - 300.00 350.00
057 SHAW, RALPH R. and SHOEMAKER, RICHARD H., and others. American Bibliography: a Preliminary Checklist ... 1801-1831. New York or Metuchen

1958-1975

USD 300.00 - 600.00 850.00
058 Shaw, Ralph R., and Shoemaker, Richard H. American Bibliography: a Preliminary Checklist, 1801 to 1819. New York and London

1965-1967

USD 80.00 - 120.00 140.00
059 SHIPTON, CLIFFORD K, and MOONEY, JAMES E. National Index of American Imprints Through 1800: The Short-Title Evans. Worcester

1969

USD 100.00 - 200.00 140.00
060 MacDONALD, GRACE E. Group of three (3) bibliographic check-lists of state legislation, all compiled by MacDonald for the Public Document Clearing House Committee of the National Association of State Libraries. Various

Various

USD 125.00 - 175.00 325.00
061 ALLEN, WILLIAM. An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in North America ... Cambridge

1809

USD 50.00 - 75.00 20.00
062 (ANTE-BELLUM POLITICS). The Whig Almanac and United States Register. New York

1843-1857

USD 100.00 - 200.00 130.00
063 Biography. Group of five (5) titles, biographies of notable 18th and 19th Century Americans, primarily politicians. Various

Various

USD 50.00 - 75.00 80.00
064 BROOKES, RICHARD. Brookes' General Gazetteer Abridged. Containing a Geographical Description of the ... Known World ... London: for many

1795

USD 200.00 - 300.00 325.00
065 BRYAN, DANIEL. The Mountain Muse: Comprising the Adventures of Daniel Boone; and the Power of Virtuous and Refined Beauty. Harrisonburg: for the author

1813

USD 70.00 - 90.00 90.00
066 BRYCE, JAMES The American Commonwealth. London

1888

USD 150.00 - 225.00 310.00
067 (BURR, AARON). Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr ~. for Treason, and for a Misdemeanor, In Preparing the Means of a Military Expedition Against Mexico ... Taken in Short Hand by David Robinson. Philadephia

1808

USD 125.00 - 175.00 270.00
068 SAFFORD, WILLIAM H. The Life of Harman Blennerhassett. Chillicothe

1850

USD 60.00 - 90.00 70.00
069 [CHEETHAM, JAMES]. A Narrative of the Suppression by Col. Burr, of the History of the Administration of John Adams... New York

1802

USD 30.00 - 50.00 60.00
070 BURR, AARON. Memoirs of Aaron Burr With Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence by Matthew L. Davis. 2 Volumes. New York

1837

USD 70.00 - 90.00 140.00
071 (CALIFORNIA). Small shelf lot of titles, primarily concerning the gold rush plus a few general histories. Various

Various

USD 80.00 - 120.00 160.00
072 GALVIN, JOHN, Editor. The Coining of Justice to California: Three Documents. San Francisco

1963

USD 40.00 - 60.00 20.00
073 JACKSON, HELEN HUNT. Glimpses of California and the Missions. Boston

1902

USD 20.00 - 40.00 40.00
074 (CAXTON PRINTERS). Various

Various

USD 70.00 - 100.00 50.00
075 COLBERT, ELIAS, and CHAMBERLIN, EVERETT. Chicago and the Great Conflagration. Cincinnati and New York

1871

USD 75.00 - 125.00 500.00
076 CLAY, HENRY. The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay Compiled and Edited by Daniel Mallory. New York

1844

USD 30.00 - 45.00 60.00
077 (COAST SURVEY). Sketches Accompanying the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851. Washington

1851

USD 300.00 - 400.00 425.00
078 LEVERMORE, CHARLES H., Editor. Forerunners and Competitors of the Pilgrims and Puritans, or Narratives of Voyages Made by Persons Other Than the Pilgrims and Puritans of the Bay Colony to the Shores of New England During the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century, 1601-1625 ... Brooklyn

1912

USD 80.00 - 120.00 60.00
079 Columbian Magazine, The, for 1788. Philadelphia

1788

USD 300.00 - 500.00 1,800.00
080 [DENNIE, JOSEPH, and BIDDLE, NICHOLAS, Editors]. The Portfolio, by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. New Series Philadelphia

1809-1814

USD 200.00 - 400.00 200.00
081 (ENGRAVINGS). Pictorial Album. Cincinnati

ca 1847

USD 100.00 - 200.00 100.00
082 FLINT, TIMOTHY. Francis Berrian, or the Mexican Patriot. Boston

1826

USD 700.00 - 900.00 800.00
083 FRARY, I.T. Thomas Jefferson, Architect and Builder. Richmond

1931

USD 60.00 - 90.00 90.00
084 [DERMOTT, LAURENCE]. Ahiman Rezon Abridged and Digested: as a Help to all that are, or would be, Free and Accepted Masons. Philadelphia

1783

USD 200.00 - 300.00 80.00
085 GALLATIN, ALBERT. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals; Made in Pursuance of a Resolution of Senate, of March 2, 1807. Washington

1808

USD 200.00 - 400.00 500.00
086 H. S. Tanner General Outline [A] of the United States of North America, Her Resources and Prospects. Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1825. Philadelphia

1825

USD - Not Sold
087 GIDDINGS, JOSHUA R. The Exiles of Florida: or, the Crimes Committed by Our Government Against , the Maroons, Who Fled from South Carolina and Other Slave States, Seeking Protection under Spanish Laws. Columbus

1858

USD 75.00 - 100.00 90.00
088 (GOVERNMENT REPORTS). Unstated

1820s-1870s

USD 300.00 - 400.00 110.00
089 HALL, BENJAMIN F. The Land Owner's Manual, Containing a Summary of Statute Regulations, in New-York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin ... with an Appendix, Containing the Constitutions of the Said States. Auburn

1847

USD 125.00 - 225.00 120.00
090 COOK, JAMES, and KING, JAMES. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cooke, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777,1778, 1779,1780. New York

1796

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,900.00
091 HILDRETH, SAMUEL P. Original Contributions to the American Pioneer. [Cincinnati]

1844

USD 80.00 - 120.00 160.00
092 ELDEN, BAUMAN L. Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States. New York

1927

USD 100.00 - 200.00 400.00
093 Howard, A. C. A.C. Howard's Directory, for the City of Indianapolis: Containing a Correct List of Citizen's Names, Their Residence and Place of Business ... Indianapolis

1857

USD 100.00 - 200.00 100.00
094 BRICE, WALLACE A. History of Fort Wayne,from the Earliest Known Accounts ... to the Present Period. Fort Wayne

1868

USD 70.00 - 90.00 100.00
095 (INDIANS). Indian Treaties, and Laws and Regulations Relating to Indian Affairs... Washington City

1826

USD 80.00 - 120.00 300.00
096 KAPPLER, CHARLES J., editor Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Washington

1904

USD 150.00 - 225.00 170.00
097 LILLY, ELI. Prehistoric Antiquities of Indiana: a Description of the More Notable Earthworks, Mounds, Implements, and Ceremonial Objects Left in Indiana by Our Predecessors ... and the Prehistory of Indiana. Indianapolis

1937

USD 60.00 - 80.00 80.00
098 McKENNEY, THOMAS L. Removal of the Indians Westward. Letter ... in Relation to the Disposition of the Several Tribes of Indians, to Emigrate West of the Mississippi ... January 3, 1827 Washington

1827

USD 125.00 - 175.00 80.00
099 Report on Indians Taxed and Indians Not Taxed in the United States (Except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census, 1890. Washington

1894

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,600.00
100 C.F. Voegelin Walam Olum, or Red Score: the Migration Legend of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians. A New Translation ... Indianapolis

1954

USD 70.00 - 90.00 100.00
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