2000. Sons of Liberty.

Early-Bicentennial commemorative medal based on 1765 Stamp Act crisis, symbolized by the Liberty Tree. Passed by Parliament, requiring stamps to be affixed to all documents, to finance their forces in the Colonies. Gold tone finish, 1 ¹/2” diameter. With descriptive cards, and diecut First Day of Issue sleeve, bearing block of four “Colonial American Craftsmen” 8¢ stamp. Issued by Dept. of Treasury, July 4, 1972. $4.75

2001. Uncirculated Mint Set, 1969.

One half-dollar, two quarters, two dimes, two nickels, three pennies. Issued by Bureau of the Mint. In original envelope. $5.25

2002. Reward of Merit.

Brooklyn public school, Civil War era. Beehive vignette. Decorative border. Uniform browning, some chipping, but charming and good. Four available, all to same well-behaved young man in 1st and 3rd grades. Ea., $15.00

2003. Spanish-American War Silk Ribbon.

Red and blue flag, above illustration of the ill-fated Maine. “To Hell with Spain! Remember the Maine.” Patriotic verse in black. Ivory silk, 2 ¹/2 x 6 ³/4. Choice. $18.50

2004. “Intentions of Marriage.”

Manuscript document in hand of Town Clerk, recording “an intention of Marriage” filed by a couple, Waldoborough (Mass.), 1796. About 3 x 6. $22.00

2005. “Watergate” Invitation.

Issued for Jan. 20, 1973 invitation to Inauguration, for a member of Congress. Five pieces, including exquisitely steel-engraved invitation, 6 ¹/4 x 9 ³/4, with program bearing gold Presidential Seal in high relief, bound with tri-color silk ribbon, in original, high-quality wove Congressional envelope, with tissue interleaves. Photos of Nixon and Agnew printed on stiff card; naming Mike Mansfield and soon-to-be-Pres. Gerald Ford. The former three left office in the ensuing scandal. $20.00

2006. Union Envelope.

Postally unused, with portraits of (Winfield) Scott and (Robert) Anderson, in rippling flag. In attractive grape-purple. Some handling wrinkles, else very good. $18.50

2007. Union Envelope.

Postally unused, lampooning Confederacy, showing monkey and a dog dressed in uniform: “Recruits Wanted for the Brave Southern Army - Good Pay (in Confederate Bonds) and good quarters.” Blue on ivory. By D. Murphy’s & Son, 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl Sts., N.Y. Minor wear. $17.50

2008. All-Over Union Envelope.

Depicting “Battle of Mill Spring, Ky.,” No. 6 in a series by Charles Magnus. Rather unusual example of period hand-colored on metallic bronze, his artist adding Union-blue, green grass, and red exploding shell. A superior patriotic. Light wear, else very fine. $43.50

2009. Lindbergh Flown Cover.

Bearing horseshoe stamped cachet, “Lindbergh Again Flies the Air Mail / Chicago-St. Louis / C.A.M.2...,” Feb. 1928. 10¢ airmail rate affixed. Both St. Louis origin and Chicago destination postmarks available. Each, $32.50

2010. Lindbergh As Pan Am Pilot.

First Flight cover, “Air Mail International, F.A.M. 5 / Miami-Canal Zone.” Feb. 4-13, 1929. Black pictorial cachet showing plane flying low between banks of the Canal. Fine. $28.00

2011. Airplane Landing Facilities.

Printed Aeronautical Bulletin, published by Chief of Air Service, Washington, D.C., early 1920s, 4 ¹/4 x 7. Quaint details, landing sites sometimes being open fields, hay fields, golf courses, and even a “circular salt vat”!

2011-A. San Antonio to Laredo, Texas

2 pp. $9.25

2011-B. Washington (State)

8 pp. $9.25

2011-C. Utah

3 pp. Including Salt Lake City. $9.25

2012. “First American Mailrocket Flight.”

Sheetlet (block with margins) of four small labels, Sept. 22, 1935. Holmes Airport, Astoria, Queens, N.Y. Red or blue; only 500 blocks in each color reportedly printed, by Roessler, sold as proofs. Mint. Original gum, never hinged, imperforated. Rocket Catalogue #5DZ and 5DZA. Please specify color desired. Per block, $69.00

2013. U.S.S.R. Aircraft.

On color postcards, printed 1979 in Moscow. Captions and imprint in Russian, on verso. Watercolor art; some scenes dramatic. 4 ¹/4 x 5 ³/4. From helicopters to long-range bombers. From height of the Cold War. Mint. Each different. Specify military and civilian interest. $10.75

2014. Pioneer South American Military Aviation.

Large, postally used Argentine envelope with special semi-official 5 Centavo postage air stamp sold by Argentine military to pay for expenses of experimental plane flights. Postmarked Buenos Aires, Nov. 26, 1912; backstamped La Plata. It is not clear whether these envelopes were actually delivered to recipient by plane, but highly attractive, with colorful franking. $11.50

2015. Coast-to-Coast Speed Record, 1925.

Original Underwood wire service glossy photo, 8 x 10, of a young Jimmy Doolittle, upon setting new coast-to-coast speed record, of 11 hrs., 15 min. Standing on board track, part of his plane visible, on rolling dolly. Pencil notation states taken 1925, Baltimore. Caption slip tipped below. Diagonal crease, some handling evidence, but still good plus, and dramatic. $55.00

2016. Civil War General Order.

Washington, Oct. 13, 1863, 8 pp. Two civilians accused of attempts to defraud the government, forging signatures on counterfeit pay and clothing documents. Both found guilty, and to be imprisoned for five years at the Albany Penitentiary. Signed in ink by A.A.G. E.D. Townsend. Usual binding holes at margin, else very fine. $65.00

2017. Civil War General Order.

Washington, July, 15, 1863, 1 p. Brief order issued at time of New York Draft Riots. Gen. John Dix ordered to N.Y.C., relieving Gen. Wool from command of Dept. of the East. Also, “by direction of the President...Depts. of Virginia and N.C. ordered into one....” Usual binding holes at margin, edge toning, else very fine. $70.00

2018. Civil War General Order.

Washington, July 30, 1863, 8 pp. Court martial of Pvt. Richard Green, who caused mutiny among 1st S.C. Volunteers at Fernandina, Fla., and again in St. Simon’s Sound, refusing to obey orders, and threatening to shoot his Sgt. Ordered to be “shot to death”; Pres. Lincoln commuted Green’s sentence to hard labor. Two other soldiers also ordered to be executed for other crimes at Cole’s Island and Beaufort. Binding holes, edge toning, else very fine. $80.00

2019. Civil War General Order.

Washington, Aug. 1, 1863, 6 pp. Pvt. of 11th Penna. Volunteer Cavalry charged with highway robbery and intend to commit murder while A.W.O.L., stopping a carriage and stealing “some say $16,000, two gold and one silver watch, one diamond breast-pin, and a gold-headed cane....” Sentenced to be shot. Also, a Lt. charged with signing a false muster and pay roll. Lincoln approved death sentence of former, but declared latter’s sentence to be inoperative. Lincoln’s allowance of capital punishment here was the exception; he was known for his compassion. Binding holes, else very fine. $100.00

2020. Civil War General Order.

Washington, Aug. 31, 1863, 1 p. Ordering that soldiers from Minnesota be given the right to vote “for certain State officers...,” and that commissioners from Minn. be granted access to soldiers for purpose of voting. Highly interesting offset on verso of another order printed at same time, the ink still wet when paper was stacked. Binding holes, else very fine. $75.00

2021. Civil War General Order.

Washington, Mar. 18, 1863, 5 pp. Charging Lt. John C. Walsh of 28th N.Y. Vols. with “misbehavior before the enemy,” at Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. Walsh ran and hid behind shocks of wheat as his unit was charging the enemy at commencement of the clash. He was also charged with firing a pistol in the woods, when there was no enemy in sight. Also detailing Walsh’s desertion and playing a game of cards for money; despite some charges thrown out by the Court, he was discharged. Binding holes, uniform cream toning, else very fine. $80.00

2022. Civil War era Cartes.

2022-A. Civil War Women of Ohio.

Group of five cartes by Ohio photographers: W.A. Smith, Plymouth; E.S. Walker, Columbus (studio drapery hand-tinted rich crimson); Davies & Baker, Columbus; and J. Markillis, Hudson. All with revenue stamps on verso. Assorted poses depicting women in hoop skirts; one identified. One with fraying at top edge of mount, else all good and better. $10.75

2022-B. Civil War Men of Ohio.

Group of five cartes by Ohio photographers: G.W. Davis, Columbus; B.F. Battels, “Artist,” Akron; Norton & Luther, Cleveland; Tunison & Son, Tiffin; and F. Clapsadel, Painesville. All with revenue stamps. Assorted poses depicting men in high fashion, one closeup looking remarkably like Lincoln. Latter with two clip scratches on image, some wear, else very good. $10.75

2022-C. Civil War Children of Ohio.

Group of five adorable cartes by Ohio photographers: G.A. McDonald, Coshocton; Edwin Smith, Canton; Sayre & Chase, Newark; J. Dougherty, Bucyrus; and F. Clapsadel, Painesville. All with revenue stamps. Assorted poses, including two sisters, velvet upholstery hand-tinted emerald green; and a 14-month-old boy - wearing a christening dress, identified on verso. One foxed, varied wear, but generally good and better. $10.75

2023. Cover by Thomas Nast.

Complete issue Harper’s Weekly, Nov. 22, 1884, 16 pp., with full cover by Nast, showing Pres.-elect Cleveland overseas, shaking of hands between a neatly dressed “negro” and his “best friend, a Southern Democrat, his true friend.” Numerous other full- and part-page illus., some also by Nast. Short tears at top blank edge, else fine. $34.00

2024. “Sherman and Savannah.”

Map on page one of New York Herald, Dec. 14, 1864, 8 pp. Sherman at gates of Savannah and invasion of Kentucky articles, surrounding large map. Grant article on last page. Fine. $65.00

2025. Siege of Vicksburg.

Map on page one of New York Herald, May 31, 1863, 8 pp. Articles include Grant’s victory, depicted in the map. Some edge toning, else very good. $50.00

2026. McClellan for President.

Boston Post, Sept. 3, 1864, oversize. With front page advocacy of McClellan for President: “...The peace is through the election of McClellan....” Other news of Sherman, the Confederate Army, and much more. Some fold wear, else very good. $42.00

2027. The Battle near Richmond.

Detailed in Boston Post, June 3, 1862, 4 pp., oversize. Stonewall Jackson’s Army attacked. Some fold and edge wear, else very good. $40.00

2028. “Daily Graphic.”

Popular pictorial magazine, Mar. 22, 1879, 10 pp. Last page with full-length photo of Belva Ann Lockwood, who would become the first woman to run for the Presidency. Nominated by National Equal Rights Party, 1884-88, she also became the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, in year of this issue. Dressed in floor-length skirt, lace scarf, and mens-style long jacket. Fold wear, edge tears, else good. $35.00

2029. English-Language Pro-Nazi Newspaper.

The Star, printed in Guernsey, Channel Islands. June 11, 1942 and Oct. 14, 1943, 4 pp. each. Articles include invasion of Europe, “Germany Can Endure,” the Turkish people, and more. Minor edge wear, else very good. $20.00 (2 issues)

2030. Daggafontein Mines.

Oversize share warrant (stock certificate, interestingly in bearer form), Anglo American Corp., Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936. 10 ³/4 x 14 ³/4, plus several coupons attached. Plum and black. Highly ornate border. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, London. Center fold wear, handling, else good. Bearer stocks are very uncommon. $18.00

2031. New York Central Railroad.

Stock certificate with portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Issued c. 1920s. Orange. American Bank Note. Related transfer or stock brokerage documents, some with revenue stamps, attached. One of the most powerful corporations in America at the time. $8.75

2032. Uncut Sheet of Checks.

Abraham Bell, N.Y., 1840s, to Cashier of the City Bank. Sheet of six unused checks, with blank, pink-ruled stubs. The Bell family, wealthy Quakers, were traders in Southern cotton, transported Irish to America following the Potato Famine - and owners and residents of the ancient Philipse Manor Hall, Yonkers, using it as a hub in the Underground Railroad, for onward transit of fugitive slaves to Kingston and points north. Excellent. $27.00

2033. Coin of Old Afghanistan.

“Civic copper,” c. 870-1008 A.D., pre-Islamic Buddhist and Hindu era of the Shahi Kings of Kabul. Depicting stylized lion and elephant. Struck at city of Ohind. Approx. 18 mm. One spot verdi gris, else nice toning and about good. Mitchiner 123. $15.50

2033-A. Uniform Button from first large-scale Guerilla War.

1808 style, Spain, from 1st Regt. of Vols. of Madrid (“1º Volun. de Madrid”). Likely saw service in the long, harsh Peninsula War – the Spanish War for Independence – Wellington and Spain emerging victorious over Napoleon. Copper. Nickel-size. Shank intact. Probably dug, pleasing patina, else about very good. Unrecorded type among Spanish marked buttons at artifacts.org/Marked_Buttons.htm. $46.50

2034. Copperplate Map of Old Naples, Sicily and Sardinia.

With fine detail of the two islands, together with much of Italy, and outlying “Empire Ottoman.” “Royaumes de Naples, Sicile et Sardaigne,” by Giraldon, pencil notation 1812. 11 ¹/2 x 16 ¹/2. Colored in outline. Pictorial cartouche. Varied foxing but improveable (or frame as is), and good plus. $85.00

2035. Norwalk, Conn. Town Map.

Showing each residence in this historic Fairfield County locale. 14 ¹/2 x 17 ¹/2. In colors. Inset of Winnipauk. No printer, but numbered “25” from an old atlas, judged c. 1900. Two tears, one 2”, other 4”, edges brittle with chipping, handling evidence, but mattable and otherwise good plus. Very scarce. $115.00

2036. Map of Maine.

In bright colors. 12 x 19. No printer, but from a school atlas, c. 1905. Inset of Vicinity of Portland. Verso filled with 46 facts for students on “Special Geography of Maine.” 2” break at center horizontal fold, else very fine. $46.50

2037. Map of Mexico, Central America, and West Indies – with Hawaii.

Interestingly with large, 5 x 7 inset “Map of the Sandwich Islands, Discovered by Capt. Book in 1778.” Also with smaller insets of Panama Railroad, Bermuda Islands, and Jamaica. In colors. 15 x 23. By Mitchell, 1872. Break at top and bottom of center fold, lacking blank lower left corner, few short edge tears, else very good. $55.00

2038. Map of Massachusetts one side, Rhode Island on verso.

In colors. Rand McNally, 1895. 12 ¹/2 x 14. Insets of environs of Boston, and Providence and Block Island, respectively. Fine. $52.00

2039. Map of Iowa and part of Nebraska.

Outline in colors. By Johnson & Browning, (1860). 14 x 18. Leaf border. Lacking blank lower left tip, uniform toning, few edge tears, very good. $75.00

2040. Map of South Carolina one side, North Carolina on verso.

In colors. Rand McNally, 1913. 11 x 14. Inset of western portion of N.C. Few edge tears, else about fine. $52.00

2041. Map of New York one side, Connecticut on verso.

Pastel colors. Rand McNally, 1910. 11 ¹/4 x 14. Fairly detailed inset of lower Hudson River Valley and Long Island, with N.Y.C. Fine. $29.00

2042. Map of Florida one side, Georgia on verso.

In colors. Rand McNally, 1913. 11 x 14. Small inset of Florida Keys. Fine. $70.00

2043. Map of New Hampshire and Vermont.

Outline in colors. By Mitchell, 1871. Leaf border. 12 ¹/4 x 15. Edge brittle, some chipping, else about very good. $61.00

2044. Map of “Principal Cities of the Old World.”

In pink and yellow. 11 ³/4 x 14 ¹/2. No publisher shown, but pencil notation 1899, and probably from a Cram’s atlas. Composite of nine miniature maps, each 3 x 3: London, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome, and Naples. Plus three on verso: Jerusalem, Canton, and Delhi. Light wear, else about fine. $50.00

2045. Payment for an Attorney – 1794.

Attractive partly printed pay order to Joshua Coit, State Attorney, New London County, Conn., for £4 “...for part of a Bill...against James Hart, a State Criminal.” Ornamental (anti-counterfeiting) border. Coit had defended New London when attacked by turncoat Benedict Arnold some thirteen years earlier. A fellow Federalist of Alexander Hamilton, Coit served in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Congresses, and is credited with contributing to evolution of the two-party system in America. Signed by George Pitkin, commander of 4th Regt. of Minute Men at Lexington and Concord, here Clerk of Superior Court; descendant of the noted patriot and Gov. Very fine. $80.00

2046. Revolutionary War Date.

Pay order to a named soldier “who hath served in the (Conn. Line) of the Continental Army...,” Hartford, 1782. About 3 ³/4 x 7 ¹/2. Promising payment - years in the future - “in Gold or Silver.” Signed by Treasurer J(ohn) Lawrence. Usual hole cancel through center, affecting some text. Much worn, probably pocket-carried for years, with numerous interesting signatures and endorsements on verso to at least 1788, as interest was paid. Very satisfactory. $40.00

2047. Silk Certificate.

As part of Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan for early American “home-based startup businesses.” Manuscript receipt “bounty” payment to a local resident for making raw silk in Connecticut. 1792-93. About 3 x 6. Signed by Oliver Stanley, a Revolutionary War Capt. in company of Minute Men, and by another patriot. (In 1775, Stanley named his only son George Washington Stanley.) One of Hamilton’s domestic industrial development projects after the Revolution, proven unsuccessful. Fine. $35.00

2048. Early Form of Check.

1783-92 pay order, Comptroller’s office, Conn., signed by Peter Colt, member of the famed gun family, as State Treasurer. About 4 x 6 ¹/2. Ornate border. Fine and attractive. $30.00

2049. “Lawful Silver Money....”

Revolutionary War-date pay order to Ralph Pomeroy, Conn., for war expenses. 1781. Partly printed, about 3 ¹/4 x 5 ³/4. Signed by William Moseley; Fenn Wadsworth, Brigade Maj. to Gen. James Wadsworth 1776-79; and vertically by (Maj. Gen. Jedidiah) Huntington, a Son of Liberty, who wintered with Washington at Valley Forge. Some wear, else very good. $32.00

2050. The Year of Victory.

Pay order, just-post war 1783, the year the Revolution was won. Partly printed, 5 ¹/2 x 6 ¹/2. Signed by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, and son of the Signer, who led troops in New York in 1776 as Brig. Gen.; Fenn Wadsworth, Brigade Maj. to Gen. James Wadsworth 1776-79; and vertically by (Maj. Gen.) J(edidiah) Huntington, a Son of Liberty, who wintered with Washington at Valley Forge. Fine and attractive. $38.50

2051. Early Printing.

Leaf from A Catholike and Ecclesiastical Exposition of the Holy Gospell after S(t). John. Printed in London, 1575, by Thomas Marshe. 7 x 11 ¹/2. Roman and italic interspersed with Blackletter. Fine. $19.75

2052. From the New Testament.

Leaf printed 1600, in English, by Daniel Vervliet, Antwerp. 6 ¹/4 x 8 ¹/2. Anonymous translation made by refugees from Britain. Attractive decorative large initial. This Bible produced under challenging conditions, juggling type, paper, presswork, and finances, all causing years of delay. Fine. $21.00

2053. The Holy Bible.

Leaf from Biblia cum Concordantis Veteris et Novi Testamenti (“The Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments”). Printed 1546, by widow of Johannes Crespin, Lyons, France. 9 ¹/4 x 13 ¹/2. Double-column Blackletter text, in Latin, within lined borders. Historiated initials. $27.50

2054. Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Original leaf from his Catena Aureau Super Quattor Evangelistas, printed on handmade paper by Wenssler in Basel, Switzerland, 1476. Rubrication in red and the rarer blue. From Gospel of Luke. Royal folio, 10 ¹/2 x 15 ¹/2, wide margins. A colorful figure, Michael Wenssler, a member of the guild of moneychangers, goldsmiths, and founders, was especially noted as a liturgical and music printer. A nineteenth-century scholar claimed Wenssler “as the earliest printer of Switzerland.” He fled his Basel creditors in 1491, becoming a wandering printer. His life story is dramatic, and both inspiring and heartbreaking. This complete edition is very rare; WorldCat and other research locate only six books. Individual leaves such as this are seldom seen. Old waterstain at one margin, else very fine. $80.00

2055. Peter Lombard.

Original leaf from first printing of his chief work Senteniarum Libri, a standard theological text for hundreds of years. Printed by Köberger of Nuremberg, 1481-1492. In Latin, 8 x 12. Very fine. $18.75

2056. Latin Version of the Bible.

Leaf printed 1558 by heirs of Carola Guillard, Paris. Edited by Johannes Benedictus. 10 x 14 ¹/2. Large woodcut initials, with Roman type. Notes in margin explaining how Latin text differs from Greek and Hebrew originals. Marginal foxing. $16.00

2057. King James Bible.

Second edition, 1613, of the authorized translation. Printed by Barker, London. 11 x 16. Because of the great demand at the time, the number of pages consolidated on each side here is characteristic of the edition. Forty-seven scholars from the church and universities were selected to work on this second edition, a refinement of the Bible then in use, both editions noted for their superb typography, and lavish attention to decorative detail. $42.50

2058. Ecclesiastical Law.

Leaf from one of the most important mediæval works, which evolved over three centuries: Liber Sextus of Pope Boniface VIII, this edition printed 1572 in Venice. 6 ³/4 x 9 ¹/4, in interesting shade of brownish red and black. Begun in 1298, it included constitutions following 1234, and comprised an important compendium of ecclesiastical law, by a committee of canonists. The text surrounded by commentary of Giovanni Andrea, added c. 1325. Double column, with decorative arrangement of paragraphs in red and black. Some bookworm holes, else fine. $22.00

2059. Assistance to a Civil War Wife.

Two documents: “Affidavit for Wife,” Wisconsin, June 24, 1864, 6 x 7 ¹/4 and 7 x 8 ¹/4. Granting “extra pay” to wife and child of Peter E. Thorn, 1st Wis. Vol. Cavalry, in Sullivan, Jefferson County. Signed twice by his wife and Justice of Peace. Orange-brown 5¢ revenue stamp. Documents glued at top for filing, some handling evidence and folds, else very good and interesting. $25.00

2060. 1975 Chevrolet Pickups.

Color sales catalogue. 8 ¹/2 x 11, 14 pp., front gatefold. C10 (¹/2 ton), C20 (³/4 ton), C30 (1 ton), and K10 and K20 4-Wheel Drives. Photos showing pickups in farm, fire, construction, and camping use. 454 big block option. Trivial file wear, else N.O.S. $11.50

2061. 1976 Chrysler Cordoba.

Color catalogue of the car made famous by Ricardo Montalban’s TV commercials. 8 ¹/2 x 11, 8 pp., on heavy embossed enamel. Including photo of “custom tailored optional bucket seats...in 'striking gold] genuine Corinthian leather.” With 400 cu. in. engine standard. Trivial file wear, else N.O.S. $12.25

2062. 1979 Ford Mustang.

Color catalogue, “A whole new breed.” 9 x 11, 20 pp. Colors including Medium Vaquero Glow and Tangerine with Sport Option; Cobra with hood graphics, clearly borrowed from the Firebird. Dreamy photography on location in West, with interspersed shots of a mustang in the wild. Two-page cutaway of car, “Built with American Ingenuity.” Trivial file wear, else N.O.S. $12.25

2063. 1975 Mercury Large.

Color catalogue for Grand Marquis, Marquis Brougham, Marquis, and Cougar XR-7. 9 x 12, 16 pp. Including the XR-7 on lawn of a grand estate, with a woman in black gown holding cougar on leash. “Enter the world of sleek elegance and bold glamour....” Near the end of the road for the great American land yacht, the Marquis with 124” wheelbase. Trivial file wear, else N.O.S. $7.75

2064. 1975 Mercury Midsize.

Color catalogue for Monarch, “Luxury in a new precision-size,” Montego, and Comet. 9 x 12, 24 pp. Including model in wide bellbottoms holding a baby leopard, the adorable cub also photographed in driver’s seat of a gold Comet. Monarch with Ghia interior. Rich paisley and multi-color striped velour upholsteries, and Seventies hair and fashion. Trivial file wear, else N.O.S. $8.25

2065. 1976 Plymouth Fury.

Color catalogue for Fury Sport, Fury Salon, and Fury Wagons. 8 ¹/2 x 11, 12 pp. Picturing flamboyant Boca Raton upholstery, concept-car-like all-white bucket seats, sofa-deep burgundy velour, and emerald-green paisley bench. “8-track tape deck for your listening pleasure.” Trivial file wear, else N.O.S. $7.75

3000. All Were Not Heroes.

“A Study of ‘the List of U.S. soldiers executed by U.S. military authorities’” during Civil War. By Johnson, Johnson, and Williams. Fascinating case studies. Special Canadian edition, 1997, 443 pp., soft cover. Illus. Index of some 267 Union soldiers. Excellent. $25.00

3001. Civil War Quiz and Fact Book.

By Rod Gragg. Harper & Row, 1985. 210 pp., soft cover. Illus. Hundreds of questions and answers on “facts, features, obscure details, and overlooked information about America’s most debated and discussed war.” Fine. $7.95

3002. By Scion of Kellogg Cereal.

Neurasthenia, by Dr. J.H. Kellogg, 1915, 2nd ed. “Nervous Exhaustion, with chapters on Christian Science and Hypnotism, Habits and ‘the Blues.’” How to dispel worry, with recommendations for better health. Good Health Publishing, Battle Creek, Mich., 339 pp., grey cloth. Photographic plates showing exercises. Broken at inner hinges, else internally very fine. A scarce book; this edition rare. $36.50

3003. Franz Kafka.

Letter to his Father, written in 1919, older reprint by Schocken Books, N.Y., 1966, 125 pp., cloth, d.j. In original German, with English translation. “Kafka’s principal attempt at self-clarification...One of the great confessions of literature.” Light d.j. wear, else fine. $24.50

3004. Monstrous American Car Spotter’s Guide, 1920-1980.

The massive 3-in-1 compilation, weighing 5 pounds. Over 1,000 pages, 10,000 illustrations, showing some 250 different marques. Including interior, trim, and other details not found in other modern resources. Hard cover, d.j. Very fine. Long O.P.; copies fetched up to 220.00 in the 1990s. $124.00

3005. King Cotton.

Nineteenth-century Ph.D. thesis, The Cotton Industry - An Essay in American Economic History. Part 1 (believed the only part issued), “Cotton Culture and the Cotton Trade.” By Matthew Brown Hammond, Ithaca, 1897. Sewn but never bound, signatures never opened at fore-edge and top, evidently an undistributed copy. 369 pp. Statistical charts, extensive bibliography. It was published later that year by the American Economic Association, but any printing is very scarce. Blank endleaves soiled, some brittleness, else fine. An important, if vastly underdistributed work, and a treasury of information. $49.00

3006. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War.

Davis, Kirkley, and Perry. Fairfax Press. Oversize 13 ¹/2 x 16 ¹/2. 1983 reprint of Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, originally published 1891-95 by G.P.O. Cartographic account of Civil War campaigns, showing actual maps used by Union and Confederate armies. 821 full color maps, 209 drawings, 106 engravings. Tactical and strategic maps with troop and artillery dispositions, defense lines, redoubts, and fortifications of key sites. Terrain maps often contain picket positions, signal stations, and lines of march. One-in. d.j. tear at top of spine, else near new. $48.50

3007. The Age of Expansion - Europe and the World 1559-1660.

Massive coffee-table tome, 10 x 14. Ed. by Hugh Trevor-Roper. McGraw-Hill, 1968. 360 pp., with 419 photographs, drawings, engravings and maps + 185 illus. in color. Minor d.j. wear, else fine. Riveting. $17.50

3008. Autographs c. 1870.

Older quality reprint (by ourselves) of autograph catalogue of Charles Burns, Wall St., N.Y. Possibly the earliest autograph pricelist extant: Said to be the first - and only - autograph dealer in America in his day. 5 ¹/4 x 8 ¹/4, 8 pp. plus cover. Describing and pricing several hundred offerings, all at now-bargain prices (Audubon A.L.S. 2.50, Jeff Davis 1.00, John Hancock 6.00, Patrick Henry A.L.S. 10.00). With copy of 1922 article about Burns by Walter R. Benjamin. As new. $5.00

3009. Biographical Reference of The Bronx.

They Were Here: Some Bronxites Who Have Achieved. Unique, O.P. reference, listing distinguished Bronxites in every field of endeavor, from colonial times to the present: Nobelists, authors, musicians, artists, clergy, public officials, educators, scientists, doctors, businessmen, industrialists, athletes, and others. Including years of birth and death, brief biographical information, and neighborhood where they lived, where available. Second Revised (and final) Edition, 1986, published by Bronx Society of Science and Letters, long defunct. (xiii) + 101 pp., 2 plates, 6 x 9 ¹/4. Doublethick cover. Genuine vegetable parchment overwrap toned, else new. $29.00

3010. Webster’s Biographical Dictionary.

Older edition of this long-out-of-print standard, with some 40,000 U.S. and foreign entries from all periods of history, ancient to Twentieth Century. Over 1,600 pp., cloth, d.j., with multiple reference indices. An invaluable work -- we use our desk copy many times each day. We have collected several clean, lightly used copies; may have minor ex-lib marks and d.j. wear, else internally about fine. $24.00

3011. Generals in Blue.

Warner’s companion to Generals in Gray, this work his classic reference to some 583 Union Generals. Photograph and biography of each officer. Including invaluable listing of the 1,367 additional Union General Officers who never held full rank. 680 pp., cloth, d.j. Very fine. $41.50

3012. Generals in Gray.

The classic reference on 425 Confederate Generals, with photograph and biography of each. 420 pp., cloth, d.j., appendix of battles. Many of the photographs are from private sources, heretofore little-known. One of the foundation volumes of any Civil War library. Very fine. $32.50

3013. More Generals in Gray.

A newer reference work, by Bruce S. Allardice, and adjunct to Warner’s original Generals in Gray. Containing 137 additional Confederate Generals unlisted in Warner’s book. 425 pp., illus., cloth. New. $32.95

3014. Autographs of the Confederacy.

Limited Edition of handwriting examples of the men who led the South. Nearly 600 high quality photographic reproductions. Printed on acid-free paper, bound in library-quality bookcloth, French marbled endpapers, silk ribbon placemark. Nested limitation leaf autographed by Robert E. Lee, IV (great-grandson of R.E. Lee), William Wirt Allen, III (great-grandson of C.S.A. Gen. William Wirt Allen), and compiler Michael Reese II. With today’s prices for Confederate autographs, this pictorial reference can pay for itself in short order. The original - and definitive - work on the subject. Copies reside in the libraries of many descendants of the Generals of the Confederacy whose autographs are pictured within. Not one omission. Published by us, now long O.P. Supply now very limited. Mint. $125.00

3015. Autographs of the Confederacy.

Extra-deluxe connoisseur’s edition. All edges gilt. Bound by hand, with black silk moiré boards stamped in gold, platinum-grey silk moiré endleaves. Printed on acid-free paper. Numbered limitation leaf, with signatures of Lee IV, Allen III, and compiler. In custom fitted heavy Mylar dustjacket. Content identical to preceding edition. With letter signed by publisher’s book designer, describing history of and materials used in this exceptional collectors’ keepsake binding. A stunning confection – as rare as its subject matter – for the Civil War historian and connoisseur of fine bindings alike. Only twenty copies originally made. Supply very limited. Mint. $225.00