Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family Historical Documents

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Featuring over 220 lots from the 17th to the 20th centuries, the auction includes antique and vintage books on many subjects and in diverse languages. There is also a wide selection of works on paper – engravings, vintage photographs; maps; war posters, lithographs, and several artworks. Historical documents from the Chapman family are part of a collection related to Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, author, and descendant of one of Saybrook’s first settlers.
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Fine Bindings: Shakespeare, Poets, Queen Victoria.91 - Fine Bindings: Shakespeare, Poets, Queen Victoria.
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Lot of four Folio/4to Fine Bindings: 1.-2. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Whole Historical Dramas of William Shakspeare.  Illustrated by an
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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PECULIARITIES OF THE SHAKERS, 1832.92 - PECULIARITIES OF THE SHAKERS, 1832.
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ANONYMOUS. Peculiarities of the Shakers, Described in a Series of Letters from Lebanon Springs, in the Year 1832, Containing an Account of the Origin,
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PRICE, RICHARD. OBSERVATIONS ON... THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.93 - PRICE, RICHARD. OBSERVATIONS ON... THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
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Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and The Means of making it a Benefit to the World. Boston: Powars and Willis, 1784 (first p
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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ARTEMUS WARD AMONG THE MORMONS; with another.94 - ARTEMUS WARD AMONG THE MORMONS; with another.
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HINGSTON, E. P. ARTEMUS WARD (HIS TRAVELS) AMONG THE MORMONS. London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. 12mo (7 1/2in.). Burgundy cloth, gilt to spine. Fronti
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SAN FRANCISCO IN THE SPRING OF '50, SIGNED BY USS SARANAC SURGEON.95 - SAN FRANCISCO IN THE SPRING OF '50, SIGNED BY USS SARANAC SURGEON.
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BARRY, T. A.; and PATTEN, B. A. Men and memories of San Francisco, in the "Spring of '50." San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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DICKENS, CHARLES.96 - DICKENS, CHARLES.
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Volume I and II. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. 8vo. Green mo
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.97 - HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.
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Six volumes of Hawthorne's Works (of a 13-vol. set). Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Riverside Edition, 1893-1895. 8vo. Half...
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY.98 - ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY.
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Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1888. 16mo (6 1/2in.). Volumes 1-6. Uniformly bound in brown cloth, blindstamped blocked cov...
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BURGESS, GELETT.99 - BURGESS, GELETT.
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Two editions of The Lark magazine, stapled 8vo booklets published by William Doxey, San Francisco: 1. Edition No. 18. October 1, 1896.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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REYOLDS, GEORGE W.100 - REYOLDS, GEORGE W.
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Pickwick Abroad; or, the Tour in France. London: Thomas Tegg; Glasgow: R. Griffin and Co.; Dublin: Tegg and Co.; Sidney and Hobart Town: J. and S. A.
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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