[Rarebooks] FS: SOME AMERICAN AUCTION CATALOGS

[Norman Kane]

Original wrappers, very good, unless otherwise described:

G. A. BAKER & CO., N. Y.  7 CATALOGS, NOS. 33, 34, 36, 42, 54, 55, 78. 1939 – 1941.  Over 50 letters                              from Mark Twain to E. N. House; 2 documents by Button Gwinnett; Jefferson Davis’s file of war telegrams; 
Rowlandson drawings; Conrad; Shaw; library of Francis Wilson (actor, bibliophile) in 2 parts; &c.

MERWIN SALES CO., N. Y.  2 CATALOGS, NOS. 569 & 600. 1914, 1915. (1) LIBRARY OF JOHN R. THOMSON,  U.S.   SENATOR FROM N.J. + BOOKS ON OLD NEW YORK. Americana. (2) LIBRARY OF JAS. S. GRINNELL (chief clerk of             the US Patent Office). Light stain. Shakespeare 2nd & 4th folios; large group of books on patents.

CHICAGO BOOK AND ART AUCTIONS.  2 CATALOGS, NOS. 17 & 45. 1932, 1934. (1) LIBRARY OF COL. DANL. FRENCH.
4 sessions in 1. General Beauregard Papers (lengthy description); Incunabulum; &c. (2) ROBT. W. THOMPSON,         (Secy of the Navy). Presidents, Signers, Twain, lengthy Whitman ALS, &c. 

STAN V. HENKELS, PHILA.  6 CATALOGS, NOS. 815, 1163, ADDENDA TO 1231, 1238, 1295, 1382. 1898-1925. 
(815) Very large cat., 213 items, somewhat worn. Americana, association copies, early US printers, &c.
Priced. Illus. (1163) Autographs. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Lee, &c. Mss of Hearn Whitman, &c.
(Addenda to 1231) Franklin imprints. (1238) GREAT HISTORICAL & LITERARY SALE. ESTATE OF CAESAR RODNEY (Signer), &c. Cover worn. Revolutionary orderly books, rare imprints & broadsides, mss. of Trollope, Byron,
Jefferson, &c.  (1295)  LIBRARY OF JOHN BACH McMASTER (Historian). Americana, pamphlets, Franklin Indian
Treaty, &c.  Priced.  (1382)  LIBRARY OF WM. LUDWIG BAKER. Amer. Indians, Western narratives, &c. 

The lot, $  155.00 ($ 140 to the trade)

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