A Variety of Books, Manuscripts and Visual Arts from the William Reese Company
- by Michael Stillman
Illustration by Greenland native.
Here's a rare set Rockwell Kent, with his attraction to Greenland, might have appreciated: Kaladlit Okalluktualliait... (Legends from Greenland). It is a four-volume set (1858-1863) edited by Hinrich Rink, Danish Inspector for Southern Greenland. This is a collection of native folk tales, printed on the first real, permanent press in Greenland. These tales are part of the native oral history, and while some are clearly myths, others are at least partly actual history passed down through generations. What is most notable are the illustrations, created by a native sealer and walrus hunter, Aron of Kangeq, who was no longer able to ply his trade as a result of tuberculosis. This set includes two maps that were not regularly distributed with the set and are quite rare. Item 236. $32,000.
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.
