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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.8vo (207 x 130 mm). 1pp. publisher 's advertisement, engra...

VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia. Basel: Henricum Petri, 1561.  Small folio (303 x 202 mm). Woodcut device o...

VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Works. John Dryden, translator. London, 1697.Folio (355 x 216 mm). Title-page printed in red and black withi...

[16th CENTURY PRINTING - EUROPE]. A group of 4 works, comprising:  CLARAVACEO, Girolamo. Hieronymi Claravacaei Cremonensis ad Paulum III Pont. Max...

[16th CENTURY PRINTING - LYON]. A group of 3 works, comprising:  VALLA, Laurentius. Laurentii Vallae de Linguae Latinae Elegantia ... Lyon: Sebast...

[16th CENTURY PRINTING - VENICE]. A group of 3 works, comprising:  BEMBO, Pietro (1470-1547).   Gli asolani.... Venice: Aldus, 1505. Woodcut devic...

[17th CENTURY PRINTING - ENGLAND]. A group of 6 works, comprisingSANDYS, George (1578-1644).   A Relation of a Journey... London: for Andrew Crook...

[17th CENTURY PRINTING - EUROPE]. A group of 8 works, comprising:  OWEN, John (ca 1564-ca 1622/1628). Epigrammatum. Amsterdam: Ioanne Ianssonium, ...

[17th CENTURY PRINTING - ITALY]. A group of 5 works, comprising:  TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595). La Gerusalemme liberata. "Il Goffredo...." Padua: B...

[18th & 19th CENTURY PRINTING - ITALY]. A group of 4 works, comprising:  OVID (43 BC-17? AD). Opera omnia. Amsterdam: Waesbergios, Boom & Goethals...

ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848).   Engraved document signed as President ( "J. Q. Adams"), countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office...

ATWATER, Caleb (1778-1867). Remarks Made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien; thence to Washington City, in 1829. Columbus: Jenkins and Glover, 1831.8vo...

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon; Phil...

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).Common Cormorant (Plate CCLXVI)Phalacrocorax CarboEngraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1838, on J W...

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).Florida Cormorant...View Florida Keys (Plate CCLII)Carbo FloridanusEngraving with etching, aquatint and hand-color...

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).American Crossbill (Plate CXCVII)Loxia curvirostra  Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1838, on J...

BRADFORD, John (1749-1830). A General Instructor: or the Office, Duty, and Authority of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables,...

BRADFORD, John (1749-1830). A General Instructor; or the Office, Duty, and Authority of the Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners and Constabl...

BROWN, Samuel R. (1775-1817).  The Western Gazetteer; Or Emigrant's Directory. Auburn, NY: H. C. Southwick, 1817.  8vo (202 x 127 mm). (Some brown...

[CAPONE, Alphonse]. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. ALPHONSE CAPONE. An archive of approximately 443 carbon copy typescript pages and 58 mimeograp...

[CHICAGO]. NORRIS, J. Wellington.  A Business Advertiser and General Directory of the City of Chicago, for the Year 1845-6, together with a Histor...

[CHICAGO] -- [DALEY, Richard M. (b.1942)]. -- [CLINTON - 52nd PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION]. A group of personal effects and tickets, comprising:  Cu...

[CHICAGO] -- [DALEY, Richard J. (1902-1976), his copy]. TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884-1972). Memoirs: Year of Decisions. Garden City, New York: Doubleday...

[CHICAGO] -- [DALEY, Richard J. (1902-1976), his copy]. WILSON, Woodrow (1856-1924). Leaders of Men. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952.8...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- after Arthur F. TaitAmerican Hunting Scenes: "An Early Start." 1863. (G.0187). Large format lithograph with hand-c...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- after Louis MaurerThe Last Shot. 1858. (G.3720). Large format lithograph with hand coloring heightened in gum arab...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- after Francis F. PalmerThe "Lightning Express" Trains: "Leaving the Junction." 1863. (G.3803). Large format lithog...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- after Robert A. ClarkeThe Road,--Summer. 1853. (G.5606). Large format lithograph with hand coloring heightened in ...

CURRIER and IVES, publishersView of Harpers Ferry, VA (From the Potomac Side). Ca 1860. Medium format lithograph with hand coloring heightened in ...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- Louis Maurer, afterHiawatha's Wedding. 1858. (G.3055). --  Hiawatha's Wooing. 1860. (G.3037). -- 2 lithographs wit...

CURRIER and IVES, restrikes -- Frances F. Palmer, after"High Water" in the Mississippi. 1868. (G.3057). --  "Low Water" in the Mississippi. 1868. ...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- Louis Maurer, afterThe American Fireman: Facing the Enemy. 1858. (G.0166). -- The American Fireman: Prompt to the ...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- Louis Maurer, afterThe Life of a Fireman: The Fire. – “Now Then with a Will - Shake Her Up, Boys!''. (G.3783). -- ...

CURRIER and IVES, publishers  Louis Maurer, after.  Camping Out:  ["Some of the Right Sort"]. 1856. (G.0867). Trimmed with loss of portion of capt...

[RURAL SCENES]. CURRIER and IVES, publishersArthur F. Tait, after. Arguing the Point. 1855. (G.0287). -- Eastman Johnson, after. Husking. 1861. (G...

[HORSE RACING AND COACHING].  CURRIER and IVES, publishersLouis Maurer, after. "Four-in-Hand". 1861. (G.2271). -- Scott Leighton, after. The Queen...

DARBY, William (1775-1854). The Emigrant's Guide to the Western and Southwestern States and Territories. New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1818.  8vo (215...

DUKE, Basil (1838-1916). 3 works in 3 volumes, including:  History of Morgan's Cavalry. Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Co., 1867. Prove...

EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937). Photograph signed.  2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. photo, n.d. (Some loss to surface lower right corner, some minor creasing, tiny...

[THE FEDERALIST PAPERS]. -- HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802), James MADISON (1751-1836) and John JAY (1745-1829).   The Federalist, on the New Cons...

FILSON, John (ca 1747-1788). The Discovery, Settlement and present State of Kentucke: and An Essay towards the Topography, and Natural History of ...

FILSON, John (ca 1747-1788). Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie a l'oueste de la Virginie. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1785.  8vo (202 x 120 mm). Hal...

FILSON, John (ca 1747-1788).   A Map of Kentucky Drawn From Actual Observations.  London: John Stockdale, 1793.  Engraved map with hand-coloring i...

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). The Way to Wealth, written by the late Dr. Franklin. Extracted from his Political Works. Nottingham: C. Sutton, n....

GORDON, William (1728-1807). The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including ...

GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Engraved document signed as President ( "U. S. Grant"), countersigned by George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, ...

[GREAT AWAKENING]. CAMPBELL, John (1691-1761). A Treatise of Conversion, Faith, and Justification... Boston: Rogers & Fowle, 1743.  8vo (162 x 95 ...

HENRY, Alexander (1739-1824). Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories, between the years 1760 and 1776. New York: I. Riley, 18...

[ILLINOIS -- MAP]. Illinois. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1833.  Engraved map of Illinois with hand-coloring, 480 x 332 mm, matted and framed, un...

[ILLINOIS -- MAPS]. A group of 4 maps, comprising:  BURR, David. Map of Illinois with parts of Indiana, Ouisconsin, &c. N.p., 1836. Engraved map. ...

IMLAY, Gilbert (ca 1754-1828). A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America. London: J. Debrett, 1793.  8vo (204 x 125 mm...

[JEFFERYS, Thomas]. La Peninsule et Golfe de la Floride ou Canale de Bahama avec les Isles de Bahama. Paris: Le Rouge, 1777.  Engraved map of Flo...

LEWIS, James Otto (1799-1858). [Aboriginal Port Folio. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1835-1836].8 parts (of 10) bound in one volume, foli...

LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph endorsement signed as President ( "A. Lincoln"), 24 February 1863.  1 page, 4to, 249 x 192 mm. Accomplishe...

[KENTUCKY].  Laws of Kentucky.... To which is prefixed the Constitution of the United States, with the amendments. The act of separation from the ...

[KENTUCKY--JURISPRUDENCE]. Acts Passed...for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Frankfort: Gerard & Berry, 1816; Jacob H. Holeman, 1824, 1826, 1831; Am...

[KENTUCKY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY]. JILLSON, Willard Rouse (1890-1975). A group of six reference works on Kentucky, comprising:  The Big Sandy Valley. Lou...

[KENTUCKY--GEOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 works, comprising:  [FLAGG, Edward] The Far West: Or, A Tour Beyond the Mountains. New York: Harper & Brothers...

[KENTUCKY HISTORY]. A group of 8 works, comprising:  BUTLER, Mann. A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Louisville: Wilcox, Dickerman & Com...

[KENTUCKY--JURISPRUDENCE]. A group of 4 works, comprising:  MADISON, James and Thomas JEFFERSON. Resolutions of Virginia and Kentucky Penned by Ma...

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