Books and Prints
Catalogue Information: 454 lots with images
Lot 3001: A Fine and Historic Pair of African Elephant Tusks Shot by noted author Robert Ruark on Safari in Kenya, late 1950s.
A Fine and Historic Pair of African Elephant Tusks Shot by noted author Robert Ruark on Safari in Kenya, late 1950s. Each mounted on an elephant foot form metal base, the tusks with dark aged patina, measuring approximately 61 inches tip to toe [...more]
Lot 3002: BURR, AARON Letter signed, dated 6 May 1797
BURR, AARON Letter signed, dated 6 May 1797 addressed to Peter Van Gaasbeck Esq. of Kingston (N.Y.). Salutation, 8 lines, and felicitation, with a five-line footnote in response, signed "Major Van Gaasbeck." 2 pp., single leaf folded, 9 1/2 x 8 in [...more]
Lot 3003: CHURCHILL, WINSTON L.S. [SIR] Signature
CHURCHILL, WINSTON L.S. [SIR] Signature ("Winston S. Churchill"). * Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Signature ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"). Both items matted with portrait, in good condition, not examined out of frames.
Lot 3004: CIVIL WAR Scrapbook containing a group of materials pertaining to the career of a surgeon in the Confederate Army.
CIVIL WAR Scrapbook containing a group of materials pertaining to the career of a surgeon in the Confederate Army. At the beginning of the album is the letter of induction of Dr. William D. Tucker into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States [...more]
Lot 3005: [MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT] Four menus, printed on card, for meetings of the New York Farmers.
[MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT] Four menus, printed on card, for meetings of the New York Farmers. Various dates, 1887-1904. Two are pencil-signed by the attendees. One bears 36 signatures including J. P. Morgan, John Jay, James Otis, and a host of other [...more]
