Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Jay I. Kislak. Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation.

The Atlantic Neptune, Published for the Use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F. W. Des Barres Esq. under the Directions of the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

[The Great and Small Voyages].

A Regiment for the Sea: Conteyning Most Profitable Rules, Mathematical Experiences, and Perfect knowledge of NaVigation, for all Coastes and Countreys: most Needefull and Necessarie for all Seafaring Men and Travellers, as Pilotes, Mariners, Marchants, &c

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.

The Arte of Navigation, conteyning a Compendious Description of the Sphere, with the Makyng of Certayne Instrumentes and Rules for Navigations: and Exemplified by Many Demonstrations. Written in the Spanishe Tongue by Martin Curtes, and Directed to the Em

The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, and the United States of America. Signed at Paris, the 3d of September, 1783. Published by Authority.

New-Englands Rarities Discovered: in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents and Plants of that Country.

Autograph draft letter to a friend, with mathematical diagrams and pencil drawings of the Little Prince. [Np, nd]

The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw, original drawing from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, circa 1909

Admiranda narratio, fida tamen: De commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae …

Manuscript letter signed ("HKnox") as Secretary of War, "To the Cornplanter and other Chiefs of the Seneka Nation on and near the waters of Alleghany river," rallying the Seneca People to the Washington administration in the wake of Arthur St. Clair's "Ma

Archive of autograph letters and documents. [1778-1797]

Autograph document signed five times in text ("George Washington"), being a certified copy of an indenture signed by his Mount Vernon neighbor John Posey

Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") to Gustavus Scott, seeking updates on bank shares and livestock

Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") as Commander-in-Chief to Henry Knox, relaying paroles and countersigns for the week

An important archive related to the Six Nations land cessions, and the subsequent settlement of Ontario County, New York

Autograph draft manuscript, written as Governor of California, of his speech before the Economic Club of New York, 17 January 1968

Authentic Memoirs of William Augustus Bowles, Esquire, Ambassador from the United Nations of Creeks and Cherokees, to the Court of London. 

Document signed ("J. Wilkes Booth for M.A. Booth"), being a receipt for $125 from John B. Nedy for five months rent due Booth's sister, Mary Ann

Photograph portrait of John Wilkes Booth, signed ("J. Wilkes Booth")

Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson"), as 2nd President, to Craven Peyton, concerning a financial transaction, Washington, 1 November 1801

A Booke called the Treasure for Traveilers, devided into Five Bookes or Partes, contaynyng very Necessary Matters, for all Sortes of Travailers, eyther by Sea or by Lande. 

The Sea Coast of Nova Scotia; Exhibiting the Diversities of the Coast, and Face of the Country Near It: The Banks, Rocks, Shoals, Soundings, &c. Together with Remarks and Directions for the Conveniency ofNavigation and Pilotage. Survey's by Order of The R

Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris...for...1763.

Inaugural Address of President Roosevelt March 4, 1905.