Collectibles and Original Historical Documents

Currier & Ives. Handcolored lithograph, "Midnight Race on the Mississippi." Depicting two riverboats, the Memphis and James Howard, ra...

Sunset Dreams. By R. Atkinson Fox, Canadian artist of 1880's, later in New York, where he was best known for his prints. This 10 x 17 -1/2 print...

R.A. Fox. Another print by Fox, of girl holding a baby, entitled "Love's Paradise." 10 x 17 -1/2 . In contemporary frame, under glass.

Copperplate Print. Street scene, signed in pencil by Musart. Label on verso states, "Artist proof, original color, painted by hand, hand made p...

North America. "A New and Accurate Map of North America," printed in London, 177579. Decorative border, 14 x 16 -1/2 . Showing Canada and ...

Louisburg. Plan of the city's fortifications, c. 1750, with various inset maps along two sides, delineating layout of city, Bay, and Harbor. Dra...

Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America. Map, 1790, outlined in green, yellow border, showing "Head of Mississippi River.....

Under Instructions of George Washington. Map of "the wilderness through which Gen. Arnold marched to attack Quebec," from among the first ...

Positions of the American and British Armies in 1776. Appearing on another map from above group authorized by George Washington, this of northern New

On the Eve of World War II. Group of seven large wall maps, prepared by Army Map Section, U.S. Army, Aug. 31, 1939, titled "The World." In...

Map Books. Group of four map books, including two by the noted 19th century cartographer Mitchell. 1) New Primary Geography, by Mitchell, 1891, 20 col

By Shear. Color print of two young women, sky above. 1935. 12 x 15 -1/2 . In contemporary frame, under glass.

French & Indian War. "A New Chart of the Vast Atlantic Ocean Exhibiting the Seat of War both in Europe and America," printed 1755 for ...

Currier & Ives. Political cartoon by the famed printmakers, 1870, black and white. Showing two businessmen, one in tattered clothing, thin, &quo...

Aboard a ship on the flooding Mississippi River. Letter, Mar. 22-23, 1874, 2 -1/4 pp., during "the hardest trip in 20 or 25 years running the r...

Gold Rush. Letter, 1851, 5 pp., from Milford, N.H., commenting on gold finds in California. "I was never more surprise(d) in my life than to he...

A Near Shipwreck. Interesting documents between France and America in midst of undeclared war. An American ship Sarah & Rebecca was declared not...

From "South Pacific Ocean, Coast of Chile". A brother writes to his sister on Orchard St., New York City, Feb. 20, 1839, 1 p., integral ad...

Two Letters from Baltimore. The first, 1825, 2 pp., to Dr. Edward, with personal and business news. "...Part of our bank most exposed to the w

We Sailed 2,667 Miles.... Ship's letter, June 26, 1849, "Atlantic Ocean, 4565 miles from N. York, Latitude 2.46, Longitude 29.44," 4 p...