Historic Americana

MARIE THERESE AUTOGRAPHED LETTER. Single page ALS by Marie Therese, 8 x 11.5", n.d., n.p. Marie Therese was the daughter of Marie Antoinette a...

RARE THOMAS EDISON MEMORIAL. McChesney, L.W. A Light is Extinguished. 1932. Copyright by author. Inscribed, signed, and dated May 4, 1932 by author o

AUTOGRAPHED CABINET CARD OF W.T. SHERMAN. A fine cabinet card of Sherman as Major General, by the celebrity photographer Sarony. Boldly autographed

AUTOGRAPHED ALBERT EINSTEIN PHOTOGRAPH. Einstein signature with 1929 date ("A. Einstein") plus 4 x 6" photograph of Albert. Signatur...

TLS FROM WILLIAM OSLER, HISTORY OF MEDICINE. TLS, 1p, on Dr. Osler's Baltimore letterhead. The type of this letter has faded to be nearly unrea...

PORTRAIT OF LEE DE FOREST, INVENTOR. Oil portrait of American inventor Dr. Lee De Forest holding a vacuum tube. Painted by George L. Camarero in 195

WILLIAM OSLER AUTOGRAPHED PRESCRIPTIONS. Five prescriptions from William Osler, one on printed Rx form. All initialed "W.O." 3 have faint...

AUTOGRAPHED LETTER OF BENJ. C. BRODIE. ALS by Benjamin C. Brodie (1783-1862). Date uncertain, possibly London address. Brodie was the surgeon to the

ST. LOUIS SHEET METAL 1898 CATALOG. Dated 1898. This company sold everything from statuary to signs to brackets and capitals. The catalog is 64pp wi

WOOD MOULDING 1900s TRADE CATALOG. Catalog for Geo. Mertz's Sons, Port Chester, NY, "Manufacturers of Patent Turned Art Mouldings, Spindle...

INDIANA FURNITURE COMPANY TRADE CATALOG. Catalog from the Indiana Furniture Company, Connersville, IN, dated January 1905. This one illustrates &qu...

EARLY IRON FENCE CATALOG. Cincinnati Iron Fence Company, Cincinnati, OH, 8vo in horizontal format, 144pp., printed paper wraps, illustrated, includes

MASONIC SUPPLIES TRADE CATALOG. Catalog of "Masonic Blue Lodge Supplies," Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co., Cincinnati. 4to, 112pp., printed pape...

FARWELL 1892 UPHOLSTERY HARDWARE & DRAPERY CATALOG. A large 8vo illustrated catalog of "Upholstery Hardware & Draperies," John V....

RARE HEYWOOD-WAKEFIELD TRADE CATALOG 1894. Catalog of Reed & Rattan Furniture 1893-1894, Haywood & Morrill Rattan Co., Gardiner, Mass. 224p...

GAS FIXTURES 1870s TRADE CATALOG. 57 loose plates from a Mitchell, Vance & Co. gas fixtures catalog, including a page of gas cigar lighters. Mo...

1890s FURNITURE TRADE CATALOG. The Robert Mitchell Furniture Company, catalog of household furniture, Cincinnati, folio in horizontal format, over 14

ORNAMENTAL METALS 1920S TRADE CATALOG. Catalog for the Wm. H. Jackson Company, NY City, folio in horizontal format, 220pp., cloth cover with gilt let

STUDEBAKER CARRIAGES 1899 TRADE CATALOG. Catalog from Studebaker Carriages, 1899, 12mo horizontal format, 132pp., lithographed illustrations, printed

ELKHART CARRIAGES 1904 TRADE CATALOG. Lot of 2. Includes catalog from 1904, 8vo horizontal format, 240pp., printed paper wraps. The back cover is mis

BURTON RANGE TRADE CATALOG. Burton Range Co., Cincinnati (OH) catalog No. 11. This catalog of "Kitchen Utensils and Supplies, China, Glass and...

BRUSH AND WIRE GOODS 1910 TRADE CATALOG. Catalog of The Bromwell Brush and Wire Goods Co., Cincinnati, 1910, 8vo, 76pp., soft cloth cover with gilt l

ORNAMENTAL IRON COMPANY 1894 TRADE CATALOG. Catalog from Nov. 1, 1894, Winslow Bros. Co. Ornamental Iron Works, Chicago. 4to, photographic edition, s

EARLY JEWELRY TRADE CATALOG. Catalog from R. Chester Frost & Co. Jewelers, Chicago, 8vo, 146pp., 1890, with printed heavy paper covers stamped ...

ANDERSON FURNITURE CO TRADE CATALOG. The cover advertises "Our Perpetual Catalogue," from the Anderson Furniture Co., Ltd., Woodstock, On...

EARLY SHEET METAL TRADE CATALOG. Catalog from Friedley & Voshardt, Chicago, for 1896, small folio, 176pp., printed paper wraps. Illustrated with...

1887 CATALOG OF SHADES, WALLPAPER, ETC.Catalog from S.A. Maxwell & Co., Chicago, 1887, large 8vo, 40 pp. in printed wraps. Includes several inse...

GALLOWAY POTTERY CATALOG. Catalog from the Galloway Pottery Company, c. 1910-20 (Catalogue No. 29), illustrated with photographs, 4to, 52pp., printed

UNCOMMON ATLAS FOR MARSHALL'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON. Tall quarto in original boards, with lilac printed label, "Atlas to Marshall's Life ...

TWO VOLS. HARPERS WEEKLY, 1857-1858. Vols. I & II of Harper's Weekly, Nos. 1 through 104. Both folio, bound in half-calf with marbled board...

1768 BICKERSTAFF'S BOSTON ALMANAC. "Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1768; Being bisextile or leap Year." ...

LOT OF 19TH CENTURY ADMISSION TICKETS. Lot of 50 tickets, from sources such as "Buckskin Bill's Wild West" (pencil note on back 1898)...

LITHOGRAPHS OF EARLY NEW YORK. Lot of 45 items. Includes lithographs of various scenes and buildings in mid-19th century New York, some are colored o

TOM THUM CDVS AND SHEET MUSIC. Lot of 3. Includes a cdv of Brady's "The Fairy Wedding Group", a hand-tinted cdv Ms. Jenny Quigley by...

RARE CIRCULAR FOR HOT AIR BALLOON AT THE FAIR. Broadside advertising "Schenevus FAIR! Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sept. 16, 17 & 18, '...

VICTORIAN STATIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR. A late 19th century frictional static electricity generator, this one with a brass plaque identifying it as...

SECTION OF ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE AND LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY. This 4" long section of TransAtlantic Cable comes with the original certificat...

LOT OF BUSINESS EPHEMERA. Lot of 11. Includes pre-fire notice that wooden row houses will not be insured (Chicago, Jan. 19th, 1866); a call for a mee

ANHEUSER-BUSCH WALL PLAQUE DIECUTS. Lot of 4. These diecuts are nearly 12" in diameter and represent the 4 seasons. The back says there are 5 ...

NYU THEATRICAL FARCE BROADSIDE 1861. Broadside, 23 x 10". "IMBECILE. PERFIDIOSE MISERABILITER." A fine sheet advertising a farce ...

EARLY SEWING MACHINE EPHEMERA. A fine lot relating to 19th (most 1870s) century sewing machines. All relate to the salesman William H. Doty of South

PHELPS' 1846 UNITED STATES AT A GLANCE. "The United States at One View / 1776 / 1846". Poster just "chock full" of informat...

RUSSIAN HEBREW TRADE CARD. Chromolithographed card promoting "Grand Festival and Fete Champetre, In aid of a Fund For the Shelter, etc. of the...

TWO 19TH CENTURY COUNTY ATLASES. Lot of 2. Includes "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Clinton County, Ohio." Compiled, drawn and publis...

CHINA RECOVERED FROM ALASKAN SHIP WRECK. 44 Piece Set: 10 dinner, 8 dessert, 8 bread and butter, six soup plates, and 6 cups and saucers were all rec

FIRST RAILROAD TO SKAGWAY ALASKAN BOOKENDS. Lot of 2 steel bookends made from tracks: stamped on one side edge "WP & YR First Rail Lake Be...

PHOTO ALBUM, NATIONAL RAILWAY COMMISSONERS. An 8 x 10" photo album with paper wrappers entitled "National Association of Railway Commissi...

RELICS FROM A STRATOSPHERE BALLOON FLIGHT. This lot includes several relics (small pieces) from the National Geographic Stratospheric Balloon flight

2 LARGE BOXED LOTS, AUTO LITERATURE 1900-1950. One box has 25 books, mostly repair manuals for cars in the teen's and 20's, plus gems such ...

2 LARGE BOXED LOTS, AUTO LITERATURE 1900-1950. Lot of 53 books. Including "Starting, Lighting and Ignition Systems" in various editions 1...

2 BOXED LOTS AUTO LITERATURE, CA 1900-1950. Lot of 34 books, including titles such as "Gasoline, What Everyone Should Know About It"(1925...

HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION LOT. Lot of 6 items from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Hudson, NY, Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, 1909. Three are multicolored cello

WILLIAM PAGE RAILROAD LOT. Lot of 3 items. Includes a .5" thick section of rail with "Baltimore," "R. C. Hoffman," "W....

CABINET CARDS OF 19TH CENTURY BASEBALL PLAYERS. Lot of 5, all on same trimmed green mounts, one with imprint of Bower, of East Liverpool, Ohio and We

JOHN L. SULLIVAN BOXING LITHOGRAPH. Hand-tinted lithograph of "John L. Sullivan, Champion Pugilist of the World." 1883, Currier & Ive...

GREAT JACK JOHNSON BOXING LITHOGRAPH. Lithograph of Jack Johnson, boxer, with vignettes showing his log cabin birthplace and his new automobile. 1909,

RARE BOXING TICKET FOR WILLARD-DEMPSEY FIGHT. Ticket, c. 2.5 x 5", to "Boxing Exhibition - 12 Rounds / Under the auspices of the Toledo ...

HUGE COLLECTION OF LATE 19TH C. TRACK MEDALS. Lot of 44 medals for various track and field events, most from the late 1880s-90s, some from later, vir

CINCINNATI FLY CASTING CLUB EPHEMERA. Lot of ephemera relating to the Cincinnati (Ohio) Casting Club, an early 20th century fly-fishing club. Includ

JACKSON BROTHERS CDV OF INDIANS. An early (1868-70) image with Jackson Brothers Omaha imprint. Identified in crayon on recto as "Red Cloud an...

JACKSON BROTHERS CDV OF INDIAN WOMEN. An early (1868-70), candid image of two women seated before a shade, sorting what appear to be berries (chokech

JACKSON BROTHERS CDV OF INDIAN HOLDING BOW. An early (1868-70) Jackson Brother's cdv on their Omaha mount, with crayon id "Long Tail"...

CDV OF JULIUS MEYERS AND RED CLOUD. Cdv of Meyers, who billed himself as an interpreter and curio store operator in Omaha. He stands next to Red Clo

RARE CDV OF KIT CARSON AND EDWIN PERRIN. Studio pose of Carson and Edwin Perrin, taken in Albuquerque, January 1862. Perrin was a Civil War Governmen

RARE CDV OF EDWIN PERRIN. Fine cdv of Edwin Perrin, U.S. expediter sent by the Secretary of War to help arm Civil War troops in the southwest. Imag

CDV OF EDWIN PERRIN AND KIOWA CHIEF. Great image of Edwin Perrin, U.S. expediter sent by the Secretary of War to help arm Civil War troops in the sou

CDV OF EDWIN PERRIN AND SOUTHERN PLAINS INDIANS. An outdoor image of Edwin Perrin, U.S. expediter sent by the Secretary of War to help arm Civil War

CDV OF WINNEBAGO INDIAN MAN, LITTLE HILL. Fine image by Joel Whitney of St. Paul, showing this blanket-draped chief. Very good, with discoloration in

LANDMARK BOOK. FILSON'S HISTORY OF KENTUCKY. Filson, John. "Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie, a L'Ouest de Virginie." M. P...

LEWIS AND CLARK 1842 EDITION. Lewis (Meriwether) and Clark (William). "History of the Expedition...during the Years 1804, 1805, 1806." Ab...

THREE VOLUME "DIARY IN AMERICA" 1839. Marryat, Frederick. "A Diary in America, with Remarks on its Institutions." Part II. 1839...

EARLY HISTORY OF KING PHILLIP'S WAR. Church, Thomas. "The History of King Philip's War; Also of Expeditions Against the French and Ind...

TWO GREAT BOOKS BY GEORGE CATLIN. Catlin, George. "Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life." 6th ed. 1875. London: Trubner & Co. 12mo, 102p...

MCKENNEY AND HALL 1933 EDITION. McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall. "The Indian Tribes of North America." 1933. Edinburgh: John Grant. ...

SCARCE EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN ACCOUNT. Kane, Paul. "Wandewrings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America..." 1859. London: Longman,...

BANCROFT'S WORKS ON AMERICAN INDIANS. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. "The Works of ... Native Races." Vol. I-V. 1883. San Francisco: A.L. Ban...

SCARCE CUSTER AND SITTING BULL BOOK. Beede, A. McG. "Sitting Bull and Custer." Bismarck: Bismarck Tribune Co., 1913. 8vo, 50pp. in suede ...

RARE BOOK ON RIFLES AND MARKSMANSHIP. Gildersleeve, (Judge). "Rifles and Marksmanship. With Illustrations." 1878. New York: The Spirit of...

"TRAILS I RODE" BY CON PRICE-INSCRIBED BOOK. Price, Con. "Trails I Rode. Memories of Old Cowboy Days and Charlie Russell." T...

GREAT WESTERN AMERICANA BROADSIDE. Great advertising broadsheet, 28 x 14.5" issued to promote the book "Pioneer Heroes and Their Daring D...

THREE GREAT WESTERN BOOKS. Lot of 3. Includes LeClaire, Antoine. "Black Hawk's Autobiography." 1912. Rock Island, IL: American Publis...

FORTY-NINER GOLD MINER DIARIES AND MORE. Edwin Pickering Drew (1828-1892) and his elder brother Joseph (b.1825) were Dartmouth-educated New Hampshire

ALLENDER PATENT COUNTERFEIT GOLD COIN DETECTOR. An exceptionally scarce fulcrum scale, patented by J. Allender with pans marked for $10, 20, 5, 2.5 a

EARLY CALIFORNIA GOLD MINING BOOK. Kelly, William. A Stroll through the Diggings of California. 1852. London: Simms and M'Intyre. 16mo, 240pp.,...

LEADVILLE MINING MAP. Chromolithographed map of the "Leadville Mining District," copyright 1901 by Chas. F. Saunders, printed by Denver L...

CDV OF GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER. From negative by Mora. This may be a copy print; on light blue mount. Bend in upper right corner, else VG+. PLEASE NO

GENERAL HENRY B. CARRINGTON'S BROKEN SWORD. Ames presentation-grade militia officer's sword with cast full bodied eagle pommel, with silver...

PHOTOGRAPH OF YANKTON CHIEF BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board, titled in negative "L(ower) Yankto...

PHOTOGRAPH OF ARAPAHOE BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board, with typed strip label "Powder Face &a...

OGLALLAH SIOUX WOMAN BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board. Original negative likely by Alexander Gardne...

UPPER YANKTON CHIEF BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board. Identified in negative as an Upper Yankontai ...

BANNOCK PRISONERS AT FORT HALL BY W.H. JACKSON. Lot of 2 albumen photographs, each 5 x 7.5" on larger mounts. Negative by W.H. Jackson, taken ...

PHOTOGRAPH OF UMATILLA CHIEF BY A. GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board, with strip label "Umatilla. Wolf. (prof...

LITTLE WOUND, OGLALLAH CHIEF BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7" mounted on large board. Not signed, but attributed to Bell on the basis...

PHOTOGRAPH OF STANDING BUFFALO BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board of this Ponca chief. Not signed, but attrib...

PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICAN HORSE BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7" mounted on larger board. Not signed, but attributed to Bell on the basis...

GROUP OF ROOKWOOD POTTERY INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of 11, various sized images, all mounted on 8 x 10" card stock. Most copies, printed by the ...

CABINET CARD OF BLACK COYOTE, ARAPAHO CHIEF OF POLICE. Anonymous, albumen image mounted on cream mount, with inked id on verso "Chief of Polic...

PONCA INDIAN PHOTOGRAPH BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7", mounted on larger board of "Hairy Bear" a Ponca chief. Not signed...

TWO CABINET CARDS OF NORTHERN PLAINS INDIANS. Albumen photographs with imprint of W.E. Hoo, on orange mounts, One of Tall Bear, a Minneconjou Sioux m