I don't know if there were 50 shades to Zane Grey, but there were at least two. There is his more familiar role – author of countless stories of the Old West. Grey was comfortable in the saddle. However, less well known is he was also at home in a boat. Grey was a great fisherman, and he wrote a bunch of books, not as well known, about fishing. Item 62 is one such book, TalesofFishingtheVirginSeas.With100illustrationsfromphotographstakenbytheauthorandothers. This book was published in 1925. Grey traveled to far off ports to try the waters. £650 (US $1,012).
Item 37 is ACompleteDictionaryofPracticalGardening...ByAlexanderMcDonald,Gardener, published in 1804. Actually, there was no Alexander McDonald. That was a pseudonym for R.W. Dickson. However, not even that is the important name here. The book is better known for the illustrations by Sydenham Edwards. Edwards was a prolific botanical illustrator, providing many drawings for BotanicalMagazine and other publications of the time. These plates were republished in TheNewBotanicGarden in 1812. Many of the illustrations in this earlier book were hand colored. £3,000 (US $4,670).
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.
