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Lot # 41:
MARK TWAIN - 2 FIRST EDITIONS.
(1) "The American Claimant" NY (Webster) 1892.
Sage green cloth. Gilt lettering on front board and spine.
Publisher ads at end. Spine slightly faded. (2) "Following
the Equator" Hartford, 1897. Pictorial blue cloth.
Gilt spine lightly faded. Some stains on rear board.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 |
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#42: LA PRIMAUDAYE, PIERRE DE "THE FRENCH ACADEMIE
WHERIN IS DISCUSSED THE INSTITUTION OF MANERS, AND ..." LONDON
1589, 1594. 2ND EDITION OF VOLUME 1; 1ST EDITION OF VOLUME
2 (IN ENGLISH). 2 VOLUMES, LARGE 8VO.
Translated into English by T.B. (Thomas Bowes). Missing 3
leaves in volume 1 - p. 289 - 292 and 341 - 342. A compendium
of scientific, moral and philosophical knowledge. Numerous
lofty claims have been made for the work, (1) it was by Francis
Bacon, (2) it may have been a source for Shakespeare's "Loves
Labour Lost", (3) the first encyclopedia. Despite the
missing leaves a nice copy of an important work. Bound in
later half calf.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $500 |
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#43: CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH DIARY, 1849
- 1851.
129 Pages written in pencil and ink. Not identified by name
but apparently a doctor and well supplied; he arrives at
San Francisco on August 5, 1849. A large amount of material
was unloaded and foodstuffs were purchased in San Francisco.
All of the news from the gold fields was good and someone
showed him 10 lbs of gold dust and Moffat ingots. Diary gives
great detail on his trip to Sacramento and then to Clear
Creek. Tells of meals, trading with Indians and learning
to make flour from acorns. At Clear Creek he describes problems
with the Indians during his stay in California. Attacks and
retaliations on both sides result in many deaths, captures
and burnings. His time spent in California was in his own
words a failure. Many pages of the Diary have fine details
on the mining process; pages 99 - 100 describe a difficult
day at Clear Creek (a rocky hilly area) - the result $16
in gold. All through the diary, the writer is prescribing
medicine to his sick partners. At page 115 he performs surgery
on an Indian Boy who was kicked by a horse - his fee $16.
During August of 1850 he begins to lose heart and begins
his journey back. His first stop is Sacramento. Pages 120
- 123 describe a mob of squatters rioting in an attempt to
help fellow squatters going on a prison ship. Sacramento
was put under martial law. Working in San Francisco for a
period, he finally departs on March 15, 1851 on the Steamship "New
Orleans". An interesting aspect of his trip home was
the traverse of the Isthmus of Panama and boarding the steamship "Prometheus" on
the Gulf side. The rear of the diary contains one drawing "North
East View of Islands of Juan Fernandez". In addition
there is an accounting of purchases of supplies.
Estimate: $ 8000.00 - $ 10,000.00 Sold at $18,000 |
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#44: CIVIL WAR DIARY - DIARIES WRITTEN IN THE FIRST DECADE
OF THE 20TH CENTURY - STORY OF LIFE IN THE MID-WEST AND THE
CIVIL WAR.
Writer was for the most part an undercover agent from Indiana.
He never dresses in a military uniform but rose to the rank
of Colonel - all under an assumed name. Diaries were written
at the request of his granddaughter.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $300 |
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#45: (WILLIAM BRADFORD) TWO 17TH CENTURY AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
BOTH SIGNED BY WILLIAM BRADFORD (SON OF THE SECOND GOVERNOR).
(1) Plymouth Colony - 1686 - Land sale from Thomas Snell
to Elihu Brett. 15 x 12 in. - Margin fraying. Red wax seal.
(2) Plymouth Colony - 1685 - Land sale from William Brett
to Elihu Brett. 15 x 12 in. Left margin frayed with some
loss of text. Red wax seal.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 |
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#46: (WILLIAM BRADFORD) TWO 17TH CENTURY
AMERICAN DOCUMENTS - BOTH SIGNED BY WILLIAM BRADFORD (SON
OF THE SECOND GOVERNOR).
(1) Plymouth Colony - 1683 - Land sale from William Snow
to Elihu Brett - 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. - frayed edges. Red wax
seal. A few closed tears at the fold. (2) Plymouth Colony
- 1690 - land sale from F. Robbins to Elihu Brett. 12 x 8
in. (area where document is written) but on a bi-fold sheet.
Edges frayed, red wax seal.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 |
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#47: (PLYMOUTH COLONY) THREE 17TH CENTURY LAND DOCUMENTS.
(1) Plymouth Colony - 1685 - land from Walter Cook to Elihu
Brett - 15 x 12 in. - some fraying at right margin with some
word loss. Remnants of black wax seal. (2) Plymouth Colony
- 1687 - land from J.E. Forbes to Elihu Brett - 11 1/2 x
7 1/2 in. (bi-fold). Small pieces missing from left margin
with a few words lost. Red wax seal. (3) Plymouth Colony
- 1690 - land from George Gurney to Elihu Brett. 11 3/4 x
7 3/4 in.. (Bi-fold). Red wax seal.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $
750.00 Sold at $550
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#48: AMERICAN DOCUMENTS - ABOUT 30 - MOST ARE LAND TRANSFERS
IN COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS.
7 are from 1701 - 1711. One is an 1820 indenture on vellum.
Varying sizes and conditions.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $750 |
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#49: (FREED SLAVE) MANUSCRIPT
LAND GRANT - 1743 - PLYMOUTH COUNTY, NEW ENGLAND.
1 page manuscript transfer of land from "William
Turner to Scippio free negro man". Document signed
by Turner but not signed or marked by Scippio. Separation
at the center fold and a few stains - all very readable.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold
at $750
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#50: "FREED SLAVE DOCUMENT" LONDON,
1810. ROLLED IN ORIGINAL WOODEN CONTAINER.
Proof of freedom for Jacob George Cope - document on vellum
- 2 1/2 x 15 1/2". Gives details of manumission. Mr.
Cope would carry this official copy on his person to prove
his freed status. Contained in a hollow wooden cylinder with
paper label "Copy of Freedom - City of London".
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $800 |