Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana - bidstart 10/1

Lee, Richard Henry. The Virginia Senator informs George Washington of his unanimous selection as President

Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay. First edition of the most important work of American political thought ever written

Gates, Horatio. A very rare broadside printing of Gates's Articles of Convention with British General Burgoyne after the American victory at Saratoga

Hemingway, Ernest. First edition of the author's first book

Washington, George. A letter to Major General Alexander McDougall, relaying the results of the latter's court martial

Roberts, David. An unusually fine copy of Roberts' monumental representation of the Near East — "the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph"

Washington, George. A document signed as Commander of the Continental Army, being Cash Pallentine's military discharge

[Dickens, Charles] — Edgar Allan Poe. Dickens personal copy of Poe's Poetical Works

[Williams, Roger]. First edition of one of William's most significant—and rarest—works on religious tolerance

Frost, Arthur Burdett. A complete copy of Frost's masterpiece with large-scale chromolithographs after one of America's most celebrated sporting artists

Washington, George. A document signed as 1st President, being a military commission for Nanning J. Nischer

Harris, Sir William Cornwallis. A fine copy of the large paper issue of one of the most important and valuable of the large folio works on South African fauna

Garrett, Pat. F. The "first genuine biography of America's most spectacular example of juvenile delinquency

Lincoln, Abraham. A manuscript letter in which President Lincoln thanks a fellow Illinoisan for a literary gift

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Richard the Third... From Shakespeare's Second Folio

Adams, John. A letter in which Adams discusses strengthening the Army for the Quasi-War with France

Arrowsmith, Aaron. The first edition of Arrowsmith's sweeping survey of the Caribbean

Des Barres, J.F.W. The very rare Des Barres chart of Yorktown

Edwards, John. One of the most highly artistic flower books of the eighteenth century

Munting, Abraham. The most extraordinary botanical work of the pre-Linnean period

Bill Of Rights. An early printing, executed by the printer of the Declaration of Independence

[Lexington and Concord Militia]. A rare militia payroll from the battles of Lexington and Concord, the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War

Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, and Gaspard de Saunier. First edition in English of the Duke of Newcastle's celebrated work on the training of horses

Washington, George. A Society of the Cincinnati document signed, being a membership certificate for Henry Heath

Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure. From Shakespeare's Second Folio