Mar 31, 2001, The B. H. Manuscript/Collectible/Philatelic Sale, Sale 9
Lot 746
Gazette of the
United States, 1789. Oswego, New York: John Fenno, July 4, 1789, 4
pages. 10 x 16½". Framed to an overall size of 15 x 19½".
Water staining to left portion, time staining. In fair to good
condition.
This early Independence Day periodical includes a front
page article discussing the distribution of values among denominations in
American currency. Also featured on the back page, is the
ratification of the Constitution by the state of Georgia.
Estimated
Value $75-125.
Lot 747
Gazette of the
United States, 1792. Philadelphia: John Fenno, Wednesday, February
15, 1792, volume. III, no. 84, 4 pages, 16½ x 10¼". Time
staining, a few small chips along left edge and small paper loss at lower
left, with a few small stains. In fine condition.
In circulation for
less than 30 years, this early edition of The Gazette of the United
States prints the Constitution of the State of Delaware, as well as a
scientific article on magnetic tides.
Estimated Value $50-75.
Lot 748
Gross, Chaim.
Fantasy Drawings. New York: Beechurst Press, 1956, black cloth,
116 pages. Signed by Chaim Gross, with an elaborate original sketch in ink
on the first blank endpaper. In Fine condition. A very clean copy of Gross'
book of fantastic drawings, inscribed on the endpaper below his original
sketch:
" To my dear friends -
[ ? ] and Helen Cohn
Feb. 1960
Chaim Gross."
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 749
Hammond, Percy and
Wharton, George C. Poker Smoke and Other Things. Chicago: The
Reilly & Britton Co., 1907, 67 pages, 5½ x 8". Handwritten
inscription by original owner on the front free endpaper. Light staining to
the cover. In good to very good condition overall.
Accented with
two-color illustrations, this witty book serves as a guideline for the
perfect poker party. In addition to the rules of the game, this
instructional book is complete with drink recipes and snack suggestions.
Estimated Value $100-125.
Lot 750
Holloway, W.R.
Indianapolis: A Historical and Statistical Sketch of the Railroad
City.... Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal Print, 1870, 390 pages, 6 x
9". Illustrated. Hard bound. Very minor wear to cover, toning to a few
pages, inscription from original owner on front free endpaper. In very good
to fine condition overall.
Complete with maps, statistical charts,
advertisements, and illustrations, this guide offers a complete view of
Indianapolis including information on schools, churches, amusements, and
local trade and manufacturing industries.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 751
The Independent
Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser. Massachusetts: Nathaniel
Willis, March 9, 1780, 9½ x 15". A few light folds, and a small
stain at center. Otherwise in good to very good condition
overall.
This issue of the Massachusetts periodical, with
sword-in-hand vignette, features an excerpt of Ethan Allen's
recently published work, Narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's Captivity.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 752
The Independent
Chronicle and The Salem Gazette. 1. The
Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser. Boston: Nathaniel
Willis, May 27, 1779, 4 pages, 10 x 15¾". Uncut edges, toning from
age, otherwise in good condition. 2. The Salem Gazette. Salem,
Massachusetts: Samuel Hall, March 7, 1782, 4 pages, 10 x 15¾". Uncut
edges, warm brown tone from aging. In fine condition overall.
Delicately accented at the mast head with a sword-in-hand
vignette -- a design which has been attributed to Paul Revere -- this
edition of the Independent Chronicle features numerous excerpts of
letters regarding events during the Revolutionary War. One passage reads:
"The American prisoners at Forton had once more nearly effected their
escape, but were prevented by the vigilance of the guards."
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 753
[Jessie James]. Donald,
Jay. A Complete and Authentic History of the Lives of Frank and
Jesse James and Younger Brothers.... Philadelphia: Douglass Bros.,
1882, 520 pages, 5¼ x 7¾". Illustrated. Hard bound with blue,
gold stamped covers. Light toning to front pages, wear to cover. Still in
very good condition.
Published the year Jesse James was murdered,
this account of the James brothers begins during the Civil War when Charles
William Quantrell was rounding up a band of hooligans to patrol boarder
states. Dozens of crimes are detailed, the book concluding with the hunt
for James and his eventual murder.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 754
Journal of the Third
Session of the Senate of the United States of America....
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1790, 203 pages, 8 x 12". Rebound. With a
former owner's handwritten inscription. Spots throughout with minor
dampstaining throughout. Fine.
With daily accountings of Senate
activity, this journal includes the act for the admission of the states of
Vermont and Kentucky into the Union, an act to establish a Land Grant
office, an act to establish the temporary and permanent seat of the
government, as well as the voting habits of each Senator on these issues.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 755
[Joyce, James].
Coughlin, Jack. Portrait of James Joyce. James Joyce (1882-1941)
was an Irish novelist who developed an interior monologue and
stream-of-consciousness narrative. Works include Dubliners,
Ulysses, and Finnegan's Wake.
Etching on paper. Signed
at the lower right, "Jack Coughlin", and numbered and inscribed at the
lower left, "83/100 James Joyce"; all in pencil. Sheet size: 10 x
11". Very light stains in margins. In very good condition
overall.
Here, the epic novelist appears with his characteristic
round glasses and fedora.
Estimated Value $50-100.
Lot 756
Late Literature on
Witches and Apparitions. Joseph Glanvil. Saducismus Triumphatus: or,
Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions. London: by
F. Collins and S. Lownds, 1681, 328 pages, 4½ x 7¼". Spine
chipped and leather loss to backboard, pages wrinkled, paper loss to one
page. In fair condition.
While describing in detail the nature of
witches and witchcraft, the unnatural characteristics are described as:
"their flying out of windows, after they have anointed themselves, to
remote places. Their transformation into cats, hares, and other
creatures..." The discussion continues giving graphic detail of their
obscenity including chapters proving their existence as evidenced through
Scripture and eye-witness accounts of witchery.
Estimated Value
$200-300.
Lot 757
Laws of the State of
New Jersey. William Paterson. Laws of the State of New Jersey;
Revised and Published ... Newark: Matthias Day, 1800. 455 pages,
measuring 7 x 10½". Bound in leather. Pages are toned from age,
front free endpapers are stained, a few abrasions to leather cover. In fair
to good condition overall.
This comprehensive book covers the laws
of the third state admitted to the Union, dating from 1703 through 1800,
complete with index. Interestingly, this book covers such laws as slavery
and witchcraft.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 758
The Laws of the
United States of America. Philadelphia: by Authority printed by
Richard Folwell, 1796, volumes I, II, and III, 5 x 8". Inscribed, "The
property of the town of Northborough 1790" in each volume. Spines are split
with separation of backboard on volume II, light staining to front free
endpapers, light foxing. In good condition overall.
This three
volume set includes printed editions of the First session of the Second
Congress, First session of the Third Congress, as well as the Constitution
of the United States.
Estimated Value $600-800.
Lot 759
Life and
Esquire Magazines, First Issues. Esquire
and Life magazines both debuted during the Depression and both
offered entertainment, albeit of very different kinds. 1. Esquire
Magazine, Autumn 1933, volume. 1, no. 1. Aimed at affluent men with
an eye for natty attire and beautiful women, Esquire magazine offered
stories and articles by some of the great names in American culture (the
first issue featured Hemingway, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Dos Passos, Erskine
Cladwell, Dashiell Hammett, Bobby Jones, Gene Tunney and Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr., among others) and racy cartoons vividly presented in the large format
the 10 x 14" magazine offered. The copy offered here has several loose
pages at the center and the front and back covers are soiled (the back more
so). Overall, good condition. 2. Life Magazine, November 23,
1936, volume. 1, no. 1. From Helen Hayes' portrayal as Queen Victoria
to the hardscrabble life in construction towns of the Northwest, this first
issue of Life set the tone the magazine would take for many decades, mixing
the glamour of Hollywood, Broadway and the jet-set with the more mundane
aspects of existence. Unfortunately, the front and back covers of the issue
offered here both show water stains with a faint 2" band at the top of each
page that testifies to the damage, and one center section of pages has come
loose. Poor to fair condition.
Estimated Value $100-150.
Lot 760
The London
Chronicle. Eight pages, recto and verso. Size: 8½ x
11½". London, England, December 20-22, 1791. Stamped "Halfpenny" at
the lower corner of page two. Small strip of paper loss at lower edge of
page one, toning from age. Still, in very good condition.
This
edition of the London Chronicle features a short report on the death of
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Also included is an article on a series
of earthquakes felt in Italy, a proposal for an English lottery, as well as
the activities of the King.
Estimated Value $100-125.
Lot 761
Massachusetts Bay Acts
and Laws, 1776. Acts and Laws, Passed by the Great and General Court
or Assembly of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England...
Boston: Benjamin Edes, 1777, pages 61-106, 8¾ x 14½". Unbound.
Uncut edges, age toning. In fine condition.
Published subsequent to
the Declaration of Independence, this periodical clearly identifies the
Acts and Laws of Massachusetts, beginning with provisions for new currency.
Interestingly, this piece was published by the controversial publisher,
Benjamin Edes.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 762
The National
Portrait Gallery. Four volumes, large quarto, n.proof., n.d.
Publisher Cassell, Peter & Glapin, London, Paris & New York. 632 pages, 79
color printed portraits. Red embossed cloth covers, gilt edges. All volumes
inscribed by previous owner, dated 1888, in black ink. Two volumes show
water stains on the right edge and two show front joint cracking with some
separation, minor cover warping on one volume, there is soiling and foxing
and shelfwear is evident. Conditions range from very good to
fair.
Beautifully colored prints and detailed biographies of 79 of
the great men of Victorian England including Gladstone, Browning,
Carlyle, Tennyson, Lord Selbourne, Michael Costa and the Marquis of
Salisbury. Additional clergymen, judges and Prime Ministers are among
the featured personages. Complete printed signatures of each notable appear
under their respective portraits. A valuable resource for scholars and
collectors of Victoriana.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 763
Newspapers and
Periodicals - Interesting Early Accumulation. Featuring 9 pieces
including 4 California items The Steamer, San Francisco 12-6-1858;
The Daily Gazette, Martinez, 2-18-1909; The Calaveras
Prospect, San Andreas 12-22-1923; also Happy Days (a paper for
young Americans) 1896; Gleason's Pictorial, Boston 5-28-1853;
Dexter Smiths - featuring various sheet music of the day; New
York Weekly Tribune 6-27-1857; The Illustrated London News
9-8-1894; and Pacific States Watchman, San Francisco 1893 newspaper
of the A.O.U.W. for guards and law enforcement officers. Conditions range
from poor to very good.
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 764
Newspapers and
Periodicals - Puck magazines. Twenty-three different issues, circa
1880-1882. Fantastic array of interesting political articles and great
colorful cartoons as well as fascinating display advertising including
guns, horse carriages, and pool tables, etc. Conditions range from fair to
very good.
Intended for the masses as well as the politically savvy,
Puck offers insight into the issues and concerns of the day. The
hugely popular magazine made no attempt at subtlety while excoriating the
hypocritical and mocking the well-intentioned, from Presidents to
businessmen.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 765
The Pennsylvania
Gazette and Chronicle. Three Pennsylvania periodicals regarding
early Colonial currency issues. First, the July 20, 1785 edition of
The Pennsylvania Gazette, featuring articles on a new regulation
against the import of counterfeit coppers; also the August 11, 1773 edition
of The Pennsylvania Gazette featuring a front page article offering
a reward for the capture of counterfeiters of Pennsylvania money; and
finally the May 18, 1767 edition of The Pennsylvania Chronicle and
Universal Advertiser including a story on the history of
currency in North America which also expresses opposition to the new
issues. One paper has light stains. Otherwise the group is in very good
condition.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 766
Pennsylvania Journal of
the House of Representatives, 1795. Journal of the Fifth House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... Philadelphia:
Hall and Sellers, 1795, 433 pages with appendix, 7¾ x 13". Rebound,
small paper loss to title page, heavy toning to first few pages, light
stains, inscribed by an earlier owner on front pastedown. Still, in good
condition overall.
Capturing the political proceedings in
Philadelphia, this comprehensive journal captures the day by day activity
of the House of Representatives, including an address made by Governor
Thomas Mifflin describing the events of the Whiskey Rebellion,
and a call for public funds for French refugees escaping the reign of
Terror in France in 1793.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 767
Poor, Henry V.
Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States for 1890.
London: Effingham Wilson, 1890, 1,424 pages, 6 x 8¾". Hard bound.
Wear to spine, light stains to front and back pastedowns. In very good
condition overall.
Covering all of the railroad companies in the
United States, this almanac details train routes, their histories,
earnings, passenger capacities and enough additional information to satiate
any locomotive enthusiast. A horde of front-matter features interesting
period advertisements with a fold out map.
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 768
The Post Boy.
London: L. Beardwell, September 10-13, 1709, number 1236. 7½
x 14. Toning, horizontal fold line, three small (less than ½")
stains on recto and penciled notation at top. Good to very good
condition.
"With the Freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick," this
issue of the Post Boy provides the most current information
regarding ongoing battles in the War of Spanish Succession,
particularly the bloody Battle of Mons. Additional news covered includes
ship arrivals, new bills before Parliament and privateers.
Estimated
Value $100-150.
Lot 769
Priestley, Joseph.
Observations on the Increase of Infidelity. Philadelphia: John
Thompson for Thomas Dobson, 1797, 179 pages, measuring 5-3/4 x 8-3/4".
Third edition. Bound. With original light boards, no blanks, top and
fore-edges uncut. Front inner joint re-glued, rear joint partially
re-glued. Foxing throughout. In fair to good condition overall.
This
moral guidebook includes chapters entitled: "Of Causes of Infidelity not
unfavorable to the moral character, and a method of judging when they
operate", "Of the tendency to Atheism in modern Unbelievers", and "General
Observations on the Prevalence of Infidelity".
Priestley (1733-1804)
was an English Presbyterian minister and chemist and a proponent of
Unitarianism, a belief which rejected the doctrine of original sin and
eternal punishment, replacing it with a belief in individual conscience and
reason as a guide to right action.
Estimated Value $100-150.
Lot 770
Pulp Magazine
Collection. An outstanding collection of 178 pulp magazines.
Titles include: Daredevil Aces, Ace High Detective,
Romantic Detective, South Sea Stories, Golden Fleece
Historical Adventure, Saucy Detective and many more!
Dates range from 1935-1940. Each of the magazines is in a protective
sleeve. Conditions range from poor to very good, with the majority in good
condition.
Pulp magazines steadily gained popularity in the first
half of the 20th century, providing sex, adventure, science fiction,
mystery and, most of all, escape from daily worries. "I Was a Strip-Tease
Girl", "One Vote for the Corpse", "Death Paints the Sky", "Angel Without
Wings", "Homicide Honeymoon" and "The Sea Drinks Blood" are just a few of
the hundreds of stories featured in the magazines offered here. The
delightfully lurid cover art was another selling point and provided
scintillating glimpses of the seamy underbelly of a deviant society.
Happily, this sampling lives up to the aforementioned tawdry promises.
Notable in this collection are the only two published issues of
Real Mystery Magazine..
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.