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34032 (Johnson, A. J. ) JOHNSON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED (STEEL PLATE) FAMILY ATLAS. 1864 [CIVIL WAR EDITION] (Johnson, A. J. ) VG- 2 Hardcover Color Illustrations Johnson and Ward, N Y Folio 13" - 23" tall 1864 orig. Gilt-lettered & pictorial pebbled green cloth, green morocco back & covers; spine & corners rubbed. Complete with vignette title, all maps hand colored. Advert leaf at back. Internally slightly toned. Back cover detaching with tear to free end blank, Pa map chipped and detaching with partial centerfold split. At edges. Johnson's 1864 atlas, which includes the large-scale double-page map of the Vicinity of Richmond and the Peninsular Campaign in Virginia...," showing the country between Richmond and Hampton Roads; also, a double-page maps of Texas; New York; and other states, including the entire southwest region with Arizona and New Mexico in the proper positions side-by-side. Also, a full-page map of Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, Idaho & Kansas with Idaho encompassing most of present-day Montana and Wyoming. Beautifully engraved "American Atlas" frontispiece with original tissue guard. 1950.00 
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34033Frank LeslieFRANK LESLIE'S CHIMNEY CORNER PROMOTIONAL PLATE 20 X 23" ABRAHAM LINCOLN Frank Leslie G 3 Paperback 1 Frabk Leslie ca1865 A promotional plate given to purchaser's of nos 1 and 2 of Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner family paper. Those who purchased issue No 4 would be given a list of all the notables shown in the picture. Water stains, tears, not examined out of frame. There is a light crease down the center where it was folded. A throwaway at the time it is now a difficult and attractive piece of Lincolniana. Approximate dimensions are 20 x 23". Will be shipped rolled and not in frame. Can be picked up in frame. Lithograph. 249.95 
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34035Mrs Margaret Smith Hughes [Kennedy]LETTER OF MRS MARGARET SMITH HUGHES [KENNEDY] TO HER FATHER. MEMORIAM Mrs Margaret Smith Hughes [Kennedy] VG 2 Hardcover Richd Bentley London 16mo 6" - 7" tall 1845 Reprinted at Riverside Press in 1884- this is the facsimile [1884], being offered. The summary states, "The funeral of Mrs Anthong Kennedy, wife to the ex-senator Kennedy, took place in St Paul's Church, Baltimore..." letter includes, "Narrating of the loss of the Ship Poland, etc." a scarce bit of early [19th century], Kennedy ephemera. Flexible brown cloth, all edges gilt. 99.95 
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34037Napoleon I Bonaparte; Gourgaud GeneralMEMOIRS OF THE HISTORY OF FRANCE DURING THE REIGN OF NAPOLEON, DICTATED BY THE EMPEROR AT SAINT HELENA [CT IN 4 VOLS] Napoleon I Bonaparte; Gourgaud General G 3 Hardcover Henry Colburn and Martin Bossange and Co. London 8vo 8" - 9" tall 1823-4 Provenance, library of Charles Blakiston, book plate. Bound in 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards. With rubbing, front cover of vol I detached. Contents VG, clean. Folding facsimile manuscripts and four maps bound in to rear 199.95 
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