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“THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN POLITICAL WORK”
(HAMILTON, Alexander; MADISON, James; JAY, John). Federalist. New York, 1788. Two volumes bound in one. First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history, which “exerted a powerful influence in procuring the adoption of the Federal Constitution.” An exceptional copy in full contemporary sheep. $260,000.
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“REVEALED A STRANGE AND UNKNOWN WORLD, FULL OF EXCITING WONDERS… POINTED THE WAY TO ITS POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT”
LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William. History of the Expedition Under the Command. Philadelphia, 1814. Two volumes. Exceptionally rare first edition, one of only 1,417 copies printed, of the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent, with the famous large folding map of the course of the expedition and five in-text maps.
$250,000.
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“ONE OF THE FINEST ORNITHOLOGICAL WORKS EVER PRINTED”
AUDUBON, John James. Birds of America. New York and Philadelphia, 1840-44. Seven volumes. First octavo edition, containing 500 superb hand-colored plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen. One of only 1200 copies. An exceptional set of this American classic, beautifully bound. $95,000.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON’S COPY OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SULLY, WITH HIS OWNERSHIP INITIALS
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully. Londres [i.e., Paris], 1767. Eight volumes. Thomas Jefferson’s copy of the memoirs of the Duke de Sully, with Jefferson’s manuscript initial “T” written in front of the letter “I” (substituting for “J”) signature in each volume, and with his manuscript initial “I” written after the letter “T” signature in each volume (save for the final volume, which has no “T” signature). The front fly leaf of the third volume is signed in pencil by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Thomas Jefferson’s grandson and the executor of his estate), the signature reading “Th. J. Randolph/Edge Hill/Virginia.” Sarah N. Randolph (T.J. Randolph’s daughter and Thomas Jefferson’s great-granddaughter), also of Edge Hill, has also signed her name on a slip of paper laid into the third volume. This set was sold by Hammer Galleries in 1941 as part of the sale of books from William Randolph Hearst’s library. Jefferson’s initials as here are as found in most of his own books, which are rarely ever seen on the market. $115,000.
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“A LANDMARK IN AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHY”
TANNER, H. S. New American Atlas. Philadelphia, 1825. Scarce 1825 edition of Tanner’s Atlas, “one of the most magnificent atlases ever published in the United States,” engraved during the “Golden Age of American Cartography” (Ristow), with 18 very large double-page hand-colored engraved maps (two even larger, double-page and folding). An excellent copy in contemporary presentation binding from the City of New York to Alderman William H. Ireland. $75,000.
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“THE VIRGINIA OF HIS IMAGINATION WAS INDISPUTABLY HIS IDEALIZED AMERICA”: FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF JEFFERSON’S NOTES ON VIRGINIA
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Observations Sur le Virginie. Paris:, 1786. Rare first published edition of the only book-length work by Jefferson to be published in his lifetime, preceding the first published edition in English, a seminal work that “laid the foundations of Jefferson’s high contemporary reputation as a universal scholar and of his present fame as a pioneer American scientist,” with the important large folding map engraved by Neale. Preceded only by a privately printed edition of 200 copies, making this the first obtainable edition. $75,000.
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THE FIRST VIRGINIA PRINTINGS OF THE RATIFIED ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND THE TREATY OF PARIS, AND THE FIRST VIRGINIA PRINTINGS SINCE 1776 OF THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION
(VIRGINIA). Articles of Confederation. Richmond, Virginia, 1784 or 1785. An exceptional copy of this rare and important official publication of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a collection of four foundational government documents of Virginia and the United States. Commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly, which ordered it “to be printed and bound together” and distributed throughout the state so it may be “accessible to all who may think proper to consult them.” The work contains the first Virginia printings of the ratified Articles of Confederation (America’s first national constitution, which Virginia was the first state to ratify) and the Treaty of Paris (the peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States that ended the American Revolution). It also contains the first Virginia printings since 1776 of two of the most profoundly important documents in American history: the Virginia Declaration of Rights (the first American Bill of Rights and a direct influence on the Declaration of Independence), and the Virginia Constitution (the first permanent state constitution). $75,000.
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“IT IS DIFFICULT TO OVERRATE THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE
OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF VOYAGES”
HAKLUYT, Richard. Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation. London, 1589. Rare first edition of one of the greatest of all travel books, without the very scarce folding engraved world map (almost never present), but with the rare suppressed account of Drake’s voyage, handsomely bound by William Pitt Pratt. $60,000.
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“ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT OF ALL BOOKS RELATING TO MONTANA”: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION, ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES
FRANCIS, Charles Spencer. Sport Among the Rockies. Troy, New York, 1889. Limited first edition, one of only 15 copies issued for private distribution, a collection of 25 letters authored by newspaper publisher Charles Francis, this presentation copy inscribed by him in the year of publication to “Mr. L. L. Warren, with the compliments of Charles S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1889,” featuring 48 vintage albumen prints (each five by eight inches and mounted on heavy card stock) displaying exceptional images of 19th-century Western America. This extremely scarce copy from the library of photographer and musician Graham Nash, with his signed bookplate. $55,000.
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“THE LADY-BEARER OF THIS—A QUAKERESS—WISHES TO DO SOME ACTS OF HUMANITY FOR SECESSION PRISONERS…”
(LINCOLN, Abraham). Autograph album. Washington, circa 1844. Stirring and very unusual autograph note signed by Lincoln from 1863 authorizing the bearer, a “Quakeress,” to tend to Confederate prisoners of war, whom he here describes as “secession prisoners.” The recipient tipped this note into her original mid-19th-century autograph album that contains more than 250 original historic signatures, including those of Presidents Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and John Quincy Adams, as well as many other figures important in politics leading up to and during the Civil War, both in the Union and in the Confederacy, most signed during the years 1843-1845. Also with a warm letter from the owner’s cousin, Dolley Madison, tipped in. $55,000.
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