Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - July - 2007 Issue
California Promotional Items from Dawson's Book Shop
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Here is an unusual promotion for California. Written in French, English, and German, it is Californie: Illustration pour l'Exposition de Paris, 1900. French predominates as it was prepared for California's exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition (Universal Exposition). The Exposition introduced filmmaking and moving stairways (escalators) to the world, as well as highlighting new forms of telegraphic communications. Over 50 million people attended, while most nations (and the State of California) offered exhibits. Item 14. $100.
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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. -
