LONDON, Jack (1876-1916). The Call of the Wild. Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull, illustrators. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1903. 8vo. Pictorial title-page printed in black and blue, pictorial frontispiece, 25 illustrations (19 full-page and 8 in-text), leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Original publishers’ pictorial cloth stamped in red, white, and black and gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut, decorated endpapers (slightly cocked spine, some light rubbing); publisher’s printed dust jacket (some minor chipping with one small chip from the head of the spine preserved). FIRST EDITION, fourth issue of London’s enduring adventure novel set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. BAL 11876; Peter Parley to Penrod, p 119. Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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BLACKWALL, John (1790-1881). A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1861-1864. Two parts bound in one, folio (357 x 256 mm). 29 engraved plates with hand-coloring. Modern green calf with overall spider web design in relief, central leather and stone onlay spider on upper cover, signed "John F. Newman Dublin 1976"; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION. "Since the publication of Dr. Lister's treatise [Tractatus de Araneis] in 1678, little attention has been bestowed upon the natural history of spiders in this country, till within the last thirty years...under these circumstances, it is hoped that the present imperfect endeavour...will be regarded with due consideration for the numerous and great difficulties by which the undertaking is surrounded" (Preface, p.[1]). Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward ( "T.E.") (1888-1935). Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. 4to (248 x 187 mm). Photographic frontispiece, 46 plates, 4 folding maps in red and black, printed document from Jonathan Cape laid in. (Some leaves uncut and unopened.) 20th-century dark brown levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2 compartments, covers gilt paneled with floral corner-pieces, marbled endsheets, original tan cloth spine and cover bound neatly in, top edge gilt, others uncut (endsheets soiled). FIRST TRADE EDITION of Lawrence 's epic account of his war experiences, including the Arab Revolt. He began writing this work in 1919 while attending the Paris Peace Conference. After several mishaps (including leaving the first manuscript at the Reading Railway Station), this work was first published in 1926. Lawrence was played by Peter Seamus O 'Toole the 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia. Property from the Estate of Timothy E. Burton, Brookfield, WisconsinFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695)] "“ A group of 5 works in 9 volumes by Fontaine for children: MARSH, Edward, translat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/a1440024-8efa-4179-97ae-adc201507251/468x382.jpg)
[FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695)] "“ A group of 5 works in 9 volumes by Fontaine for children: MARSH, Edward, translator. The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Stephen GOODEN, illustrator. London & New York: William Heinemann Ltd. & Random House, 1931. 2 volumes. Original vellum gilt; slipcases. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 446 of 525. SIGNED BY MARSH AND BY GOODEN. "“Fables of La Fontaine"¦ Translated from the French by Elizur Wright, Jr. Boston, New York, & London: Elizur Wright, Jr. & Tappan and Dennet & William A. Colman & Edward Moxon. 2 volumes in one. Publisher 's brown cloth blind-stamped gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine, avec un Nouveua Commentaire par M. Coste. Paris: N.p., 1759. 2 volumes. Contemporary polished calf gilt; slipcase. "“Fables mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. Dijon and Paris: Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1793. 4 volumes. Later half roan, paste-paper covered boards. -- Together, 5 works in 9 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, condition generally good, complete list available upon request. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800). Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Paris: Desray, An XIII [1799-1800].2](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/15725916-f4ed-493e-b6c9-adc2017eb66c/468x382.jpg)
AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800). Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Paris: Desray, An XIII [1799-1800].2 volumes, folio (489 x 321 mm). 61 engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand, 2 uncolored anatomical plates. (Some very minor spotting or soiling, minor dampstain to outer margin of a few plates.) Contemporary boards with modern rebacking and recornering, edges stained red (some light wear to boards). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH DEVOTED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF PRIMATES. Audebert employed a new technique in the printing of the plates in which all of the colors were printed from one plate, substituting oil paint for gouache. The resulting plates depict the animals in their natural brilliance. Nissen ZBI 156; Wood p.206. A FRESH COPY. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LAURENCE, John ( "John Lawrence" or "Charles Evelyn") (1688-1732). The Clergy-Man 's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening. "“The Gentleman 's Recreation. "“The Lady 's Recreation"¦ by Charles Evelyn. London: Bernard Lintott, 1717. 3 works in one volume, 8vo (192 x 118 mm). 3 engraved frontispieces by Simon Gribelin, 3 folding engraved plates, numerous woodcut initials, head-and-tail-pieces. (Some spotting, browning or staining, some marginal chipping.) Contemporary English panelled calf gilt (rebacked, preserving old endpapers, some minor rubbing.) Provenance: Baron Buchan Hepburn Bar (armorial bookplate). Fifth edition of the first work, second edition of the second work. FIRST EDITION of the third work, the first publication of Kalendarium Hortense by Lawrence, which is a reduction of John Evelyn 's work, interspersed with many useful additions. "The first original eighteenth-century English treatise on gardening did not appear until the London bookseller Barnaby Bernard Lintot, or Lintott, published in 1714 The Clergy-Man 's Recreation by John Laurence" (Henrey II, pp. 415). Not only was The Clergy-Man 's Recreation Laurence's first published treatise on gardening, it also "possesses a historic interest because it contains one of the earliest published records of the transmission of a virus by grafting" (Henrey, p. 416, 417). Henrey II, p. 415; Hunt and Willis, editors. The Genius of Place: The English Landscape Garden, 1620-1820. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Arrowsmith. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. 8vo (225 x 159). Title-page printed in red and black. Original buckram backed boards, printed paper label on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (some wear, stitching on front and rear quires weak, repair to front pastedowns); blue slipcase (chipping). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 380 of 500 copies SIGNED BY LEWIS. In 1926, Lewis was offered the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for this work but refused stating other authors were more worthy. Only four years later, he accepted the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters" (The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930). For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[NEWSPAPER]. The Massachusetts Centinel. Volume 8, No. 24. Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, December 8, 1787.4 pages, foli](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/5bcf5d32-84d4-4878-ba29-adc201449b6c/468x382.jpg)
[NEWSPAPER]. The Massachusetts Centinel. Volume 8, No. 24. Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, December 8, 1787.4 pages, folio (367 x 238 mm). Disbound. (Some spotting, chipping to left margin.)An early contemporaneous printing of Federalist Paper XII, printed on p.94, in the first and second column. Written by Hamilton, the Federalist Paper XII concerns the establishment of currency and the collection of revenue. Hamilton argues that taxes should be levied on imports and exports, and recommends that the federal government administer tax collection to reduce the amount of resources needed to ensure taxes aren't being evaded. He asserts that funding the government is essential. It would be easier for the federal government to protect one border on the Atlantic Ocean, rather than ask each state to protect its borders, and ships stationed at America's ports would ensure the collection of duties. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] -- A group of 35 children’s books, including:PAPASHVILY, George and Helen (1898-1978). Yes and No Stories.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/329c1b4c-22d8-4ced-89b9-adc20152791c/468x382.jpg)
[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] -- A group of 35 children’s books, including:PAPASHVILY, George and Helen (1898-1978). Yes and No Stories. A Book of Georgian Folk Tales. New York and London: 1946. 8vo. Illustrations by Simon Lissim. Dark blue publishers cloth, dust jacket clipped. FIRST EDITION. -- THURBER, James (1894-1961). The 13 Clocks. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. 8vo. Illustrations by Mark Simon. Cloth backed boards, original dust jacket. -- THURBER. The Great Quillow. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. Square 8vo. Illustrations by Doris Lee. Yellow publishers’ cloth, title card affixed to cover. -- BRILL, Edith. The Golden Bird. New York: Franklin and Watts, 1970. 8vo. Illustrations by Jan Pienkowski. Yellow publishers’ cloth. -- And 31 others. Together, 35 works in 35 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDING - AMERICAN] -- [PARRISH, Maxfield (1870-1966), designer]. READ, Opie Percival (1852-1939). Bolanyo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/36af3475-ef91-440a-87fd-adc2016a6e94/468x382.jpg)
[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDING - AMERICAN] -- [PARRISH, Maxfield (1870-1966), designer]. READ, Opie Percival (1852-1939). Bolanyo. Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece by Charles Francis Browne. Publisher's pictorial brown cloth with design by Maxfield Parrish, top edge gilt, others uncut (very slight soiling or a touch of rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), American writer and bibliophile (bookplate, signature). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK COVER DESIGNED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH. VINCENT STARRETT'S COPY SIGNED BY HIM. From the Private Collection of Richard CadyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 volumes, 8vo (192 x 118 mm). Half-titles to vols. I&II with advertisements verso, publisher's advertisements vols.I&III. Etched frontispiece to each volume and 21 plates after George Cruikshank. (Some minor offsetting or spotting.) 20th-century polished calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (some minor rubbing). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL TO FEATURE A YOUNG CHILD AS A PROTAGONIST, with "Boz" on the title-page and the "Fireside" plate. When Bentley decided to publish Olive or Twist in book format before completing its completion in Bentley's Miscellany magazine, Cruikshank had to rush to complete the illustrated plates. Dickens didn't review the plates until the eve of publication, and he objected to the "Fireside" plate (present here) which depicted Oliver at Rose Maylie's knee with Harry and Mrs. Maylie gathered around the living room fire. Cruikshank revised the illustration, using the same title ("Rose Maylie and Oliver"), to show Rose and Oliver standing before Oliver's mother's church memorial. The altered plate was used in later issues of Oliver Twist in book form, as well as in the conclusion of the periodical run. Eckel, p.59-60; Gimbel A27; Smith I:4.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[EARLY PRINTING - LEAVES] A collection of approximately 40 leaves, 15th-18th century, including examples from:Caxton, Chronic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/cadfe38b-5009-4068-b4d7-adc20155e5c2/468x382.jpg)
[EARLY PRINTING - LEAVES] A collection of approximately 40 leaves, 15th-18th century, including examples from:Caxton, Chronicles of England, 1480; broadside with zodiacal woodcut (mounted and restored, some loss of text); Voragine's Golden Legend, Cologne: von Renchen, 1485; Bible, Basel, 1491 (2); leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle; Wechtlin, woodcut of Christ preaching; Eliot Indian Bible, 1685; the first Irish Bible, 1685; Ortelius, Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descrip, hand-colored map, Latin text on verso; and others. Provenance: Cornelius J. Hauck (his sale, Christie's, 27 June 2006, Lot 157).Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
BOSSE, Abraham (1604-1676), artist and engraver. Girard DESARGUES (1591-1661). La Maniere Universelle de Mr. Desargues Lyonnois, Pour Poser L'essieu, & placer les heures & autres choses aux Cadrans au Soleil. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes, 1643.8vo (175 x 125 mm). Engraved allegorical title-page, engraved dedication, engraved title-page, 66 engraved plates. (Some staining, some annotations.) Contemporary vellum (some soiling, some light wear, book seller 's description pasted to front flyleaf).FIRST EDITION of this important manual for setting up sundials, including many engraved diagrams of sundials by artist and engraver Abraham Bosse. Berlin Kat. 4716; Brunet I, 1127; Cicognara 817; Fowler 56. Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[BINDINGS]. A group of 8 works published by the Live Oak Press for the Sporting Heritage Collection, comprising: BISHOP](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/a2a23c61-a544-4519-9777-adc2016653e3/468x382.jpg)
[BINDINGS]. A group of 8 works published by the Live Oak Press for the Sporting Heritage Collection, comprising: BISHOP, Richard (1887-1975). Bishop 's Wildfowl. St. Paul, MN: Brown & Bigelow, 1948. 4to. Original prospectus tipped it. First edition. -- CLARK, Roland (1874-1957). Gunner 's Dawn. 1983. 4to. LIMITED EDITION, number 153 of 500 copies. -- BISHOP Bishop 's Wildfowl. 1993. 4to. LIMITED EDITION, number 153 or 500 copies. -- HUNT, Lynn Bogue (1878-1960). An Artist 's Game Bag. 1993. 4to. LIMITED EDITION, number 153 of 450 copies. -- KUHNERT, Wilhelm (1865-1936). The Animal Art of Wilhelm Kuhnert. 1993. Oblong 8vo. LIMITED EDITION, number 153 of 450 copies. -- SCHALDACH, William J. (1896-1982). Fish by Schaldach. 4to. 1993. LIMITED EDITION, number 153 of 450 copies. -- SCHALDACH. Big Game Printed: Fifty Years with Brush and Rifle. 4to. 1993. LIMITED EDITION, number 153 of 450 copies. -- JAQUES, Francis Lee (1887-1969). The Shape of Things: The Art of Francis Lee Jaques. 1994. 4to. LIMTED EDITION, number 153 of 450 copies. -- All in original leather bindings, edges gilt. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, condition fine. From the Private Collection of Richard CadyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[TEXAS]. Report of the Commissioner of the Court of Claims. Printed by order of the legislature of the State of Texas. Austin: John Marshall & Co., 1857.8vo (214 x 137 mm). 22pp. (Some browning or spotting.) Folded as issued, partially uncut, unsewn with stab-holes for sewing. Provenance: Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA Galleries, 20 October 2005, Sale 319, Lot 528.FIRST EDITION. Including James C. Wilson's notice of retirement, 1 June, 1857. "In retiring from this Office, I beg leave to present to you, and through ou to the Legislature, the following Report. No written statement of all that has been done in the office can possibly be made" (p.3). Also including James O. Illingsworth's report of certificates issued: "It will require at least four competent courts in this office during the session of Legislature...to perform the duties" (p.22). RARE EARLY TEXAS IMPRINT: we trace no other copies of this imprint at auction in at least 50 years .Winkler 902.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- ROGERS, Woodes. A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South Sea, thence to the East](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/c1b8b32f-966e-471e-a9c1-adc201649d74/468x382.jpg)
[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- ROGERS, Woodes. A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South Sea, thence to the East Indies.... Second edition. London: For Andrew Bell and Bernard Lintot, 1718.8vo (195 x 107 mm). 5 copper engraved maps. (6 1/2-in tear to world map repaired verso). Contemporary calf (old rebacking to style, upper joint starting, some overall wear). Second edition, preceded by the first edition of 1712. Rogers' privately funded voyage was more financially successful than any since Drake and Cavendish; Rogers maintained good order despite a "mongrel crew and with officers often mutinous." Privateer William Dampier was pilot and navigator (see lot 53). After they rounded Cape Horn, they sheltered at Juan Fernandez; there, they rescued Alexander Selkirk, whose story (as told by Rogers) was an inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Their attack on Spanish ships on the west coast of Mexico and South America resulted in the taking of an Acapulco galleon (among others), whose bounty included important information in the form of maps. Included here are 5, taken by Rogers from "The best Spanish manuscript draughts." Hill 1479; Sabin 72754; Wagner-Camp 78a.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![HONDIUS, Henricus (1597-1651) America Septentrionalis. [Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1639]. Hand-colored engraved map of the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/327274d5-ef90-43bb-84db-adc2014303d3/468x382.jpg)
HONDIUS, Henricus (1597-1651) America Septentrionalis. [Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1639]. Hand-colored engraved map of the Americas, 498 x 599 mm sheet. Two cartouches, the lower left without text, Latin text on verso. (Some pale offsetting). FIRST STATE of Hondius' map with no text in the cartouche lower left. According to Burden: "Hondius' beautifully engraved map of North America had greater influence than any other to date in perpetuating the theory of California as an island"¦Cartographically, this map is a careful composition of many different sources" including maps by Henry Briggs (1625), John Smith (1616), Hessel Gerritsz (c.1631), and Thomas James (1633). Burden 245; Tooley, p.113.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892. Small 4to. In-text illustrations by Sidney Paget. (Some spotting.) Original light-blue gilt-decorated pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, edges gilt (some soiling and rubbing, spine leaned, hinges reinforced). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE of the text, with the misprint Miss "Violent" Hunter for "Violet" in the final sentence of "The Copper Beeches" (p.317). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first collection of Holmes stories to be published, was released shortly after the success of the series in the Strand Magazine. [With:] DOYLE. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1894. Small 4to. Frontispiece of the Death of Holmes at Reichenbach Falls and numerous illustrations in text by Sidney Paget. Original blue gilt-decorated pictorial cloth over heavy bevelled boards, edges gilt (some rubbing and soiling, spine leaned, hinges reinforced); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Property from the Estate of Charles and Lorraine Janda, Hinsdale, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
STIFF, Edward. The Texan Emigrant: Being a Narration of the Adventures of the Author in Texas, and a Description of the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, Towns, Bays, Harbors, Rivers, Institutions, and Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of that Country.... Cincinnati: George Conclin, 1840.8vo (194 x 120 mm). Engraved folding map of Texas hand-colored in outline (a few separations to folds); 2 full-page wood-engraved illustrations; 1p. publisher's advertisements at end. (Some offsetting of map to title, some spotting.) Contemporary sprinkled sheep, smooth spine gilt, black morocco lettering-piece gilt (upper joint starting, some overall wear). FIRST EDITION, WITH THE RARE MAP of Stiff's popular work on Texas. At least 7 subsequent editions were issued, none of which included the map. "By an independent thinker, and not always favorable to Texas and the United States. In fact, somewhat of a Tory in politics. Notwithstanding, one of the best books on Texas issued during the Republic. Very scarce" (Raines pp.195-196). The two woodcuts show early views of Galveston City and Bay and the Battle of San Jacinto. Graff 3989; Howes S-998; Streeter Texas 1367 ( "Here conventional accounts of the physical features of Texas and of its cities and towns are interspersed with gossipy comments on various named individuals and on life in Texas in general, making it quite an entertaining book"). Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. The Journals of the Proceedings of Congress. Held at Philadelphia, from January to May, 1776. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken, 1776. 4 parts bound in one, 8vo (195 x 119 mm). [2], 1-93; 1-70; [71]-146, INCLUDING THE TITLE-PAGE which is usually lacking in most copies; 147-237pp. (Some spotting and browning throughout.) Contemporary sheep (worn, joints starting, losses to spine ends); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: V. L. Howard (several signatures on pastedown and front free endpaper dated 1777; Henry Howard (signature); Caleb Dorsey (early signature on half-title of second work); pencil note about W. Howard's sale, 26 March 1831; Lucy C. Hank Finley (signature, Baltimore). THE RARE ORIGINAL PRINTING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS FOR 1776 - THE "CARTRIDGE PAPER" EDITION The Bradford family had the contract to print the Journals of Congress through 1775, after which, beginning with these journals, the contract was moved to Robert Aitken. The journals were issued in monthly parts, although whole runs generally disposed with the monthly titles issued in February and March (as here, none were issued in January and April). After April, Aitken was told to cease publication, and his "Waste Book" at the Library Company of Philadelphia records that he had sold only 80 copies of this edition. In the fall of 1776, Aitken was contracted to reprint all of Congress's earlier journals from 1774 through April 1776 as the first volume of the collected Journals of Congress. Once the work commenced, Aitken disposed of the remaining January to April edition, giving them to the Army to be used as cartridges (hence the "Cartridge Paper" edition). These Journals of early 1776 cover some of the most critical moments of the Revolution. As only 80 copies survived, the present edition is perhaps the rarest of all of the early Journals of Congress. Evans 15145. [Bound after:] Journal of the Congress of the United States of America; Continued. Philadelphia: William & Thomas Bradford, at the Coffee-House 1776. 8vo. With half-title. Covering September through January, 1775. The last issue printed by the Bradford family before the contract was moved to Aitken. Evans 15186. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[UNITED STATES SENATE] -- [BILL OF RIGHTS]. Journal of the First Session of the Senate of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New York, March 4, 1789 and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of said States. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789.Folio (295 x 175 mm). (Some minor soiling or spotting to a few leaves). Modern calf (original sewing holes visible in gutter margin). Provenance: Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797), American merchant and politician (signature on title-page).FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, containing a number of important enactments including the official tally of electoral votes in the first presidential election, President Washington's opening address to the newly-convened Senate, the Judiciary and Treasury Bills, and, on pp.163-164, following a blank page the 12 "proposed amendments" to the Constitution, 10 of which would become the Bill of Rights when ratified by the states. ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED VERSIONS OF THESE HISTORIC AMENDMENTS. Peter Van Gaasbeck's copy, with his signature. Van Gaasbeck, a merchant from Kingston New York, served as a Major in the Ulster County militia during the Revolutionary War. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New York in the 3rd United States Congress, from March 4, 1793 through March 3, 1795. Evans 22207; Grolier American 20; Sabin 15551. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. 8vo (212 x 125 mm). Half-title; engraved frontispiece, engraved title (disbound, marginal chipping); 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the addition of ca 22 plates. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) 20th-century maroon morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (some slight rubbing to joints, minor wear to spine ends). Provenance: Sold Halle Bros. Co. (envelope and bookseller notes laid-in).FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. An EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED copy of Dickens's first novel with all of Smith's first issue points present except signature E is present on p.25. Gimbel A15; Grolier English78; Smith I:3. WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY DICKENS TIPPED IN.[Tipped in:] Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"), to Miss Loretta Huffam. Kent, 8 February 1870. 2 pages, 8vo, on Gad's Hill Place Stationery, with original envelope. In part: "I was more amazed than displeased. I beg to assure you, by finding that your friends had used my name without my knowledge. I received a letter from...Hurt & Rockwell of Bond Street, informing me that they had had the pleasure of voting for 'my case.'...They then gave me your name. Not having the faintest idea that you were a candidate...I mentioned this in a general way to my sister." For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
HALLER, Albrecht von (1708-1777). Opuscula sua Botanica. Prius Edita Recensuit Retractavit Auxit Coniuncta Edidit. Gottingen: J. Wilhelm Schmid, 1749. 8vo (185 x 105 mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved coat of arms on title-page, 5 folding engraved plates, numerous woodcut decorations. (Some occasional light toning.) Contemporary half calf over marbled boards gilt, edges speckled edges (chipping to spine ends, some rubbing , corners lightly bumped); glassine. Provenance: Robert James Shuttleworth (1810-1874), English Botanist (bookplate) FIRST EDITION of Haller 's work including information about plants from different localities, habitats, and developmental phases. Haller was a Swiss naturalist and was the first botanist to realize the importance of herbaria to study variation in plants. Opuscula sua Botanica derives from 6 pamphlets, each providing extensive discussion on alpine plants, and the history of botany from his own observations. From the collection of Robert James Shuttleworth, noted British Botanist and malacologist. Hunt 535; Pritzel 3722; Stafleu & Cowan 2308. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943)] – A group of 3 books written and illustrated by Beatrix POTTER, comprising: The Tale of Pigling Bland. 1913. Maroon boards. Provenance: Mildred Greenhill (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate). --The Tale of Mr. Tod. 1912. Gray boards. Provenance: Mildred Greenhill (bookplate); gift inscription “To Kenneth From Geoffrey.” --The Tailor of Gloucester. Green boards. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1903. Later American edition. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in London and New York by Frederick Warne & Co. (except where noted), all 16mo, FIRST EDITIONS (except where noted), color illustrated frontispieces, numerous colored plates, numerous woodcut illustrations. (Some occasional staining, some light toning.) All in original publisher’s colored boards, color pictorial labels to front cover, lettered in green or white. THE MILDRED GREENHILL COPIES of two of the works, one additionally from THE COLLECTION OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN.Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
MOSHEIM, John Lawrence ( "Johann Lorenz von Mosheim") (1693-1755). Commentaries on the Affairs of the Christians Before the Time of Constantine the Great; or, an Enlarged View of the Ecclesiastical History of the First Three Centuries. Robert Studley Vidal, translator. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813-1835. 3 volumes, 8vo (215 x 128 mm). (Spotting throughout, browning.) Later half calf, spines gilt, brown and tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rubbed, some chipping, endleaves spotted). Provenance: John St. James (signature, 8 May 1867); 2 shelfmarks. FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH, including copious notes and references added by Vidal. Mosheim was the Chancellor of The University of Gottingen, and a church historian. Property from a Prominent Chicago CollectionFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857.8vo (218 x 139mm). Frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne. (Some mostly marginal toning to plates, text generally clean, final two text leaves and plate detached.) Late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards, with original printed front wrappers to each part bound in at rear (minor wear to spine ends and extremities, some rubbing to boards). FIRST EDITION, bound from the original monthly parts, FIRST ISSUE, with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pages 469, 470, 472, and 473. Hatton & Cleaver 307-330; Eckel 82-85; Smith I:12.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
SCHULZE, Christian Friedrich (1730-1775). Kurtze Betrachtung derer versteinerten Holzer, worinnen diese naturlichen Corper sowohl nach ihrem Ursprunge, als auch nach ihrem eigenthumlichen Unterschiede und ubrigen Eigenschafften in Erwegung gezogen werden. Leipzig: Friedrich Hekel, 1754. Small 4to (220 x 170 mm). One folding engraved plate. (Some minor browning.) Original plain blue wrappers (a few repairs, minor soiling). Provenance: Hoefer (early signature on title-page). FIRST EDITION, later summarized in Hamburgisches Magazin in 1755 (pp.354-359), of Schulze's early work on petrified wood. Schulze studied at Leipzig and was a member of the Leipziger Ökonomische Sozietat. He gave the name "Pechstein" (in English, Pitchstone) to the dull black glassy volcanic rock he found near Meissen. RARE: we trace no copies of Schulze's early work at auction in the last 50 years. Wellcome V p.65.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LEEUWENHOEK, Antoni Van (1632-1723), Nehemiah GREW (1641-1712), Robert BOYLE (1627-1691). Recueil d'experiences et observations sur le combat, qui procede du melange des corps. Sur les saveurs, sur les odeurs, sur le sang, sur le lait, &c. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1679. 8vo (160 x 90 mm). Engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate; 1p. publisher's advertisements at end. FIRST EDITION. In his introduction, Louis Le Vasseur describes the three articles, and explains their inclusion in the work. Grew's article, originally published in English, has been translated to French of the importance of his experiments. Boyle's treatise includes information on 24 experiments, 12 dealing with flavors, and 12 dealing with odors. Le Vasseur explains that he decided to include Leeuwenhoek's article because his experiments and observations on blood and milk are worthy of the curiosity of scholars. The treatise by Leeuwenhoek contains five articles written between April 1674 and February 1678, providing observations for experiments conducted in April, June and July 1674, August 1675, and February 1678. The fifth article, apparently unrecorded in Dobell, may be published here for the first time. In these articles, Leeuwenhoek describes in particular the deformability and agglutination of red blood cells. RARE: according to online records, only two copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 45 years. NLM/Krivatsy 4991; Wellcome III, 164Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
SAMINIATI, Federico (fl. 1599). Tabulae astronomicae: quibus facile omnia capita, quae ad usum sphaerae primi mobilis praecipiuntur, confici possint... Fundamentum, apodixis... Methodus... quibus astronomiae studiosus, suo marte, per triangula plana & sphaerica omnes tabulas primi motus condere possit. Antwerp: Martinus Nutius, 1599.4to (212 x 167 mm). 3 engraved folding plates; woodcut diagrams in-text. (Some overall browning.) Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges (spine reinforced in old vellum manuscript waste, some soiling, small loss to corner, lacking ties). Provenance: Sancte Marie Curtis Orlandingorum (early inscription on title). FIRST EDITION of Samianti's rare astronomical treatise on determining location using dialing and tables for the sun at different ascension and descension points. The second part of the treatise deals with fundamental geometry for the construction of dials following astronomical protocols. Not in Adams; Riccardi 414-415. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
WATSON, James Dewey (1928 - ). The Double Helix A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. 8vo. 19 Photographic illustrations, 11 diagrams. (Some annotations.) Publisher 's original blue cloth lettered in gilt and blind (some minor rubbing or sunning to extremities); original printed dust jacket (some chipping to head-and-foot of spine and lower top joint, spine sunned). FIRST EDITION, second issue of the author 's groundbreaking account of the events which led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). I Remember Grandpa. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1987. 4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original boards; dust jacket. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. Accompanied by another signed copy (no dust jacket). Originally written in 1946 as a gift for Capote 's aunt, it was not published until three years before this illustrated edition. [With:] [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. RUDISILL, Marie. Sook 's Cookbook. Memories and Traditional Receipts from the Deep South. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1989. 4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of a cookbook collected by Truman Capote 's aunt. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING FOR AN ILLUSTRATION, a portrait of Truman Capote 's cousin, Jenny Faulk, signed and dated 1989. With a signed statement from Moser recounting his friendship with Rudisill which developed over the course of illustrating this book, and resulted in her sending Moser a gift of a family quilt with log cabin design, which Truman Capote had while he was a boy. THE ORIGINAL QUILT ACCOMPANIES THIS LOT. The quilt: A Pieced Cotton Log Cabin Quilt, circa 192573 x 65 inches.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserThe quilt, assembled a various pieces of cotton, exhibits several tears and areas where the filling has become exposed due to rough usage. Areas of discoloration.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[MANUSCRIPT - MEDICINE]. PLUMB, Ovid. "Notes from the Lectures of Nathaniel Chapman, M. D. Professor of the Materia Medica In the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Course of 1814-1815." -- "Notes From the Lectures of Nathaniel Chapman M.D. Professor of the Materia Medica In the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Course of 1814-15." -- "Notes taken at the New York Eye Infirmary by Ovid Plumb 1821&2 Montgomery House Barclay Street No 65." New York, 1821 and later. 3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo (196 x 158 mm or smaller). Comprising some 450pp., in English, in ink (Some minor browning.) Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards (some light wear). Provenance: Scoville Memorial Library Salisbury Connecticut (stamps). Dr. Ovid Plumb M.D. (1787-1856) spent most of his life in Connecticut. Chapman and Barton were noted physicians at the University of Pennsylvania, and Chapman later became the first president of the American Medical Association in 1848. Barton had been professor of materia medica from 1796 until 1812, and he succeeded Dr. Benjamin Rush as Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. Barton published his books on materia medica in 1798 and 1804, and Chapman published his in 1817. Plumb's lecture notes from his coursework in Philadelphia include sections on "Modus operandi of medicines generally," "Sympathy," "Emetics," "Cathartics,'" Diuretics," and "Bitters & Astringents." Each section includes a number of plant and chemical remedies. The third volume comprises Plumb's notes from his visits to the New York Eye Infirmary. The volume also includes information on fruit trees grown on the Plumb farm.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION] -- [FRANKLIN, Benjamin, printer.] Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de L'Amerique. Philadelphia and Paris: [Printed for Franklin by] Ph.-D. Pierres and Pissot, Father and Sons, 1783. 8vo (195 x 122 mm). Title-page with circular woodcut Great Seal of the United States: its first use in a printed book. (Some minor spotting to several leaves.) Contemporary French calf-backed paste-paper covered boards, smooth spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (some minor toning or rubbing, short separation to upper joint at head of spine). FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, one of 600 copies (there was also a large-paper issue of 100 copies). The work includes the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the treaties between the Untied States and France, the Low countries, and Sweden, and was translated by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld with over fifty footnotes by him. "Franklin's grand gesture in publishing and distributing these constitutions, about which there was an intense interest and curiosity among statesmen, was one of his chief achievements as propagandist for the new American republic" (Streeter). Howes C-716; Livingston, Franklin and His Press at Passy, pp.181-188; Sabin 16118; Streeter sale II:1035.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
NEISON, Edmund (1849-1940). The Moon and the Condition and Configurations of its Surface. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876.8o (226 x 160mm). Half-title, tinted lithographic frontispiece, 4 tinted lithographed plates, 24 (of 26) maps. (Light spotting, lacking: Key Map, Map I, a few short marginal tears.) Publisher's marron cloth, stamped in black, smooth spine gilt-lettered (stitching weak, spine faded, extremities a little worn); glassine. Provenance: Edward H. McLachlin (signature, 10 May 1894). FIRST EDITION of Neisen's work, a translation and expansion of Johann Heinrich von Madler 's work. Neison was frequently published in the Selenographical Journal and co-founded the Selenographical Society with amateur astronomer William Radcliffe Birt. The present work is still prized by Selenographers and spurred interest in selenography, the study of the topography of the Moon. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[NEWSPAPER]. Our Camp Journal. Vol 1, Nos. 1 (April 1, 1863), 3 (September 7, 1863); 5 (January 15, 1864), and 6 (April, 1864). Various places. Civil War Regimental newspapers are rare in any form or condition. Our Camp Journal is a fine example of the genre, a full-size multi-sheet paper typeset on a press with woodcut vignettes. No. 1 was published from a "Camp near Alexandria, Va."; No. 3 was published from "Ft. Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y."; No. 5 was published in the winter quarters with the "Army of the Potomac, Va.," and No. 6 was published from "Headquarters, First Division, 2nd Army Corps, Va." Content includes recent war news including events in the western theater, regimental sketches from other units in the brigade and division, news from the home front and obituaries. [With:] Evening Whig, 4 April 1865. [Richmond]: William Ira Smith, 1865. "Publication being resumed this afternoon with the consent of military authorities." All of the above were preserved by Corporal B. F. Batcheler, Company E. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LAURIE, Robert (1755-1836) and James WHITTLE (d.1818). A New and General Map of the Middle Dominions Belonging to the United States of America, viz. Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware-Counties, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. With the Addition of New York, & of the Greatest Part of New England... London: Laurie and Whittle, 1794. Engraved map with contemporary hand-coloring of the Northeastern United States, 495 x 673 mm visible area, matted and framed (laid down on backing board). Inset map of the Great Lakes. Laurie and Whittle first re-issue, issue unknown (watermark unobservable). Originally published by Thomas Kitchin in 1756, the plate was revised numerous times by Thomas Jefferys, Sayer & Jefferys, Sayer & Bennett, and finally, Laurie & Whittle. See Tooley p.68-69.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LONDON, Jack (1876-1916). A group of 31 works, most first or early editions, comprising: The Scarlet Plague. Gordon Grant, illustrator. 1915. (Lacking front fly leaf.) Woodbridge 128. --The Valley of the Moon. 1913. Woodbridge 117. --Burning Daylight. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. --White Fang. New York and London: The Macmillan Company, 1906. Second Issue (only one copy of the 1st issue recorded). Woodbridge 46. --The Little Lady of the Big House. 1916. Woodbridge 138. -- And 27 others. Together, 31 works in 32 volumes, including 2 works about London, most published in New York by The Macmillan Company (except where indicated), all 8vo, many with frontispieces, all original publisher 's cloth pictorial bindings, many with glassines, condition generally good. For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray, 1875.8vo (190 x 125 mm). Half-title; numerous in-text wood engravings after Darwin. Original publisher's green cloth, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt (hinges just starting, some light wear to spine ends). Provenance: Rowland Ward (1848-1912), British taxidermist and founder of Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, third thousand, with an updated errata slip. "These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions" (Freeman p.149). Rowland Ward's firm specialized in taxidermy work on birds and big game trophies, and he was a well-known publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives. His father, Edwin Henry Ward, was also a taxidermist who traveled with John James Audubon. Ward prepared bird skins for Audubon, which were later used in The Birds of America. Freeman 1219; Norman 601. A BRIGHT COPY.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America Being the First Session of the Second Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, October 24, 1791. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791 [i.e. 1792]. Folio (316 x 192 mm). (A few tiny spots on a few leaves, some minor darkening to outer margin.) Contemporary sheep (worn, joints starting, minor losses to spine ends). Provenance: James Bourne Ayer (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, with p. 228 misnumbered 224. The Journal for the session includes information about the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the Presidential Succession Act debate and passage, the establishment of the U. S. Mint and Coinage, the first militia act, and the foundation of the Northwest Territory Acts. Evans 24911. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[BROADSIDES]. A group of 4 of Moser 's earliest printed broadsides from his Castalia Press. Comprising: Whistler. The Red Rag. Castalia Press. Prospectus. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press, 1969]. Unfolded sheet, 303 x 207 mm. Illustrated with a small oval portrait of Whistler in mauve; title printed in red; text on verso. One of an unspecified number printed. SIGNED BY MOSER beneath portrait. Regarding his first book Red Flag, Moser writes: "So inept at engraving wood was I, that I drew a portrait of Mr. Whistler on scratch-board and had a line etching made so that it would look like an engraving. The Castalia Press was started as part of the Art Department at Williston Academy, Easthampton, Mass. in the Spring of 1969. It took a year for the first book to come off the press""”Pennyroyal Checklist 1. The text on verso announces The Red Flag as the first limited edition from the Castalia Press, which preceded his Pennyroyal Press. This announcement does not appear in the Pennyroyal Checklist. [With:] ONITSURA, Uejima. Thus too my lovely life Must end, another flower"¦ To fall and float away [Haiku]. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press], 15 November 1969. Broadside, 194 x 300 mm. Illustrated with a small flower device; printed in red. One of an unspecified number printed. SIGNED BY MOSER. "This broadside was an offshoot of the Death of Narcissus, printed more or less as part of the continuing set of exercises I was practicing to learn the craft of printing""”Pennyroyal Checklist [B]2. [With:] The Art of the Book. Announcement for an exhibit of handmade books from Leonard Baskin 's Gehenna Press held at the John Stark Gallery, Williston Academy, Easthampton, MA. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press, 1969]. 226 x 213 mm. Printed in red and black. One of an unspecified number printed. SIGNED BY MOSER. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]3. [With:] MILTON, John. For what can Warr, but endless Warr still breed"¦[quotation from Paradise Lost]. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press], 15 October 1969. 103 x 329 mm. SIGNED BY MOSER. "This was the first politically motivate bit of printing I ever did, protesting quietly the absurdity of war. Political commentary is a practice I 've maintained to this day""”Pennyroyal Checklist [B]4. Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). An Address by Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain Delivered before members of the Congress of the United States "“ 19 May 1943. Stamford, Connecticut: Overbrook Press, September 1943. 4to (263 x 190 mm). Title printed in red and black. (Very slight toning to edges). Publisher 's original black boards, red gilt-lettered label on front cover (some minor scuffing, endleaves toned). FIRST EDITION, one of 600 copies, of Churchill 's second speech before U.S. Congress urging cooperation between Great Britain and the U.S. Cohen A181.4; Woods A93(b). Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
NICERON, Jean Francois (1613-1636). La Perspective curieuse. Paris: widow of F. Langlois, 1652. Folio (342 x 240 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 50 engraved folding plates (one double-page). (Neat early repair to lower corner of title-page, short marginal tear on one plate, some very minor soiling.) Contemporary brown sprinkled sheep, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands gilt, tan and brown lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: Frantz Carl Antoni von und zu Enzentriedt (armorial bookplate).Third edition, edited by Roberval, the first to contain Mersenne's important optical treatise L'Optique et las catoptrique. Niceron, a friar of the Minim order, studied perspective in Italy, where he taught mathematics. In the first edition of this, his major work, he demonstrated a keen understanding of the science of perspective. The first edition of his work contained the first published reference to Descartes' derivation of the law of refraction. Later editions of the work "simply provide more detail" (DSB). Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
LINNAEUS, Carolus (1707-1778). Materia Medica, Liber I. de Plantis. Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius, 1749. 8vo (205 x 115 mm). Engraved folding frontispiece (bound to face p.1) and one engraved folding plate. (Some minor spotting, minor worming to gutter margin of first and last few leaves.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece and endpapers). Provenance: a few early annotations on flyleaf; engraved plate tipped to front free endpaper. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF LINNAEUS'S MOST IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK, including the Linnaean names of over 500 medicinal plants, including proper genera and species for several, and noting their medicinal effects. Linnaeus never completed subsequent editions of his work, although unauthorized editions based on his dissertations on animals (Book II) and minerals (Book III) were published in 1763. VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 45 years. Soulsby 948; Wellcome III, 526.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
WESTON, Richard (1733-1806). The English Flora: Or, A Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, Plants and Fruits, Natives as well as Exotics, Cultivated, for Use or Ornament, in the English Nurseries, Greenhouses and Stoves, Arranged According to the Linnaean System. London: Printed for the Author, 1775. 8vo (232 x 139 mm). (Some creasing, occasional light spotting.) Original paper-backed boards, uncut and unopened (some light wear). FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Weston's early English flora includes an extensive catalogue of seeds both domestic and foreign, an index in English referring to Latin names, and a general catalogue of seeds for various gardens. Weston was an English Botanist connected to many horticultural and agricultural societies and published similar works on a variety of topics in those fields. ESTC T228382. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870.6 original parts (224 x 143 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by J.H. Baker from a photograph, engraved title after Luke Fildes, 12 wood-engraved plates by Dalziel, C. Roberts and others after Fildes. (A few minor stains or spots.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers (repairs to some spines, some minor mostly marginal chipping, soiling); green cloth folding-case. FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. The "Edwin Drood Advertiser" is present in each part, as well as all the inserted advertisements listed in Hatton and Cleaver except: Dr. Jongh's ad in part I, the scarce "Cork Hat" ad in part II; p.1-2 of the Cassel ads in part III; 8pp. Chapman & Hall ad in part IV. Part IV with the additional 8pp. Chapman & Hall ads not found in all copies; part VI with the printed slip "Price Eighteenpence" pasted over the original price of "One Shilling". Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
COMENIUS, John Amos ( "Johann Amos KOMENSKY" or "Jan Amos") (1592-1670). Orbis Sensualium Pictus: Hoc est Omnium Principalium in Mundo Rerum, et in Vita Actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura. Charles Hoole, translator. Alexander Anderson, illustrator. New York: T. & J. Swords, 1810. 12mo (173 x 104 mm). Numerous woodcuts. (Some marginal chipping, some creasing or browning.) Original publisher 's sheep gilt, edges sprinkled brown (rubbing, joints starting, a few wormholes to spine); quarter calf gilt folding case. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE FIRST CHILDREN 'S PICTURE BOOK, ENGRAVINGS BY THE FIRST WOOD-ENGRAVER IN THE UNITED STATES. "The World Around Us in Pictures was the first European schoolbook based on the principle of what is now called visual education. Each page consists of a woodcut of some subject or object and, underneath, a bilingual Latin-German text in two columns, which in simple terms explains the picture, with numerical references to the items shown"¦ it is the combination of text and picture which has made Orbis Pictus a milestone in the history of education" (PMM). Comenius was an important figure in the field of education. He wrote many books on education, many were translated into a variety of languages, such as the present work, which was translated from the original Latin and High Dutch by Charles Hoole in 1659 from the twelfth London edition with corrections and enlarged. "His universal importance rests on the pedagogic theories and writings of educations from the ages of four to twenty-four (Didactica, written 1632, published 1657)" (PMM). Anderson was a self-taught wood-engraver and produced the first wood-engravings in the United States. Muir, English Children 's Books, pp. 217-218; PMM 139. Not in Rosenbach or Welch. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). Beatrix Potter 's The Tale of Peter Rabbit a New Printing from the Original Line-blocks Made for the First Private Edition of 1901. Maurice Sendak, illustrator. Kingston, New York: Battledore Ltd., 1995. 35 parts, 12mo. 34 line-block plates printed in dark brown. Original publisher 's green printed wrappers, each print laid in individual limp gray printed wrappers; original blue-gray cloth folding case, green painted lettering-piece gilt to spine, gray and brown stamped illustration to front cover (some very minor rubbing). Provenance: acquired from Justin G. Schiller, Ltd. (correspondence laid in). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, No. 111 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY SENDAK AND IAIN BAIN. Sendak introduced the present work, which contains "restrikes of all the surviving linecut zinc plates (34 of a total 42) that were used for printing the original 1901 private edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" (Introduction, p. 5). Iain Bain was a Scottish historian of printing and served as the president of both the Thomas Bewick Society, and of the Printing Historical Society. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[CIVIL WAR] -- GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. 2 volumes, 8vo (230 x 147 mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces, numerous maps, numerous wood engravings, several facsimile letters (2 folding). (Some short tears, some spotting, slight offsetting.) Contemporary sheep gilt, red and black calf lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled (joints starting with previous repairs, some soiling, rubbed). Provenance: shelfmarks from previous owner(s). FIRST EDITION of Grant's classic memoirs, written on his deathbed as a justification for his conduct in the Civil War.Property from the Estate of Timothy E. Burton, Brookfield, WisconsinFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
CHOPIN, Kate (1850-1904). The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. 8vo. Title-page printed in black and red. (Some minor spotting or staining.) Publisher 's pictorial green cloth uncut (darkened and soiled, separation along lower joint). FIRST EDITION of Chopin's novel, whose frank and sexual themes drew condemnation from contemporary reviewers. In light of these reviews, the publisher declined subsequent printings of the work, which is now regarded not only as a major early feminist work, but also a precursor to American modernist literature. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 3 copies of Chopin's novel have sold at auction in the last 45 years. BAL 3246.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Mathematical Discourses Concerning Two New Sciences relating to Mechanicks and Local Motion. London: Samuel Baker, 1734. 4to (254 x 196 mm). Engraved table, numerous in-text illustrations. (Lacking final leaf of advertisements, title a bit browned.) Spine present only (lacking both covers, a few leaves becoming loose). Provenance: The Franklin Institute (perforated stamp); sold Swann Galleries, 2014 (sale 2362, lot 310). Second edition, so stated on the title-page, apparently a reissue of the first edition with the title-page reset (see ESTC). of Thomas Weston's translation of Galileo's 1638 Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Mathematiche. Galileo's final work, the Discorsi "represents the first systematic attempt to extend the mathematical treatment of physics from statics to kinematics" (Norman). ESTC T119010.Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). The Writings of George Washington. Jared Sparks, editor. Boston: American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837. 24 volumes, large 8vo (265 x 165 mm). Half-titles, illustrated. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 360 PLATES AND 87 DOCUMENTS (see below). 20th-century navy blue crushed levant gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Mrs. D. C. Cleveland (presentation inscription window-mounted to half-title); H. W. L. Cleveland (note).PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR JARED SPARKS: "Mrs. D. C. Cleveland, with the kind regards of Jared Sparks." With an additional inscription of H. W. L. Cleveland memorializing the gift of these volumes from his mother to him. [Also with:] SPARKS. Autograph letter signed ("Jared Sparks"), to A. B. Durand. Cambridge, 26 July 1833. Sparks writes the engraver about the engraving of the plates for the work: "You had better send me a proof of the profile, before you finish it..."ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS NEATLY BOUND IN THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING CORRESPONDENCE FROM SEVERAL AMERICAN HISTORIC FIGURES, including: WASHINGTON, Bushrod, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Autograph endorsement signed ("Bushrod Washington"), Richmond, July 4th 1795. Accomplished lower margin of 3 1/2-page manuscript document signed by John Taylor, 30 June 1795. "I concur in opinion with Col. Taylor upon the principle points which arise in this case; except that I am inclined to think that only a half of the £3,000 will be considered as land, and the Balance as slaves & stocks..." -- MORRIS, Robert, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of the Confederation, and the U. S. Constitution. Autograph note signed. Philadelphia, 30 October 1794. Regarding a payment to Thomas Fitzsimmons. -- McHENRY, James, Signer of the U. S. Constitution. Autograph note signed ("James McHenry"). Baltimore, 1 April 1804. Regarding a payment to David Caldwell. -- PINCKNEY, Charles, Signer of the U. S. Constitution. Manuscript document signed as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Court of Madrid. -- STODDERT, Benjamin, first Secretary of the Navy. Autograph letter signed ("Ben Stoddert"), to an unnamed recipient. Georgetown, 7 January 1793. -- And others. Complete list available on request. Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill BinderyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. 3 volumes, 8vo (246 x 162 mm). Engraved frontispieces and numerous in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). 20th-century half green polished calf gilt, marbled boards, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (spines sunned, a few tiny scuffs); board slipcase. Provenance: Unidentified signature on title-page vol.I (faded and partially shaved). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first appearing as a weekly serial from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841, including short stories and two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Gimbel A51; Smith I:6.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
WORLIDGE, John (1640-1700). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered... and Dictionarium Rusticum: or, The Interpretaion of Rustick Terms. London: for Tho. Dring, 1687.Folio (318 x 197 mm). Engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate; woodcut initials. (First and last few leaves frayed, "The Explanation of the Frontispiece" leaf bound in on a stub, some overall browning or staining.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, endpapers renewed, corners repaired). Provenance: Thomas Jones (signature, 1763, inscription on recto of first leaf); a few 19th-century annotations. Fourth edition of Worlidge's Systema, which was first published in 1668, outlining general improvements, enclosing meadows and pastures and watering and draining them, and with information about clovers, vetches, Wiltshire long-grass, hemp, and flax.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] -- A group of 41 works in 42 volumes of children’s books, comprising:LOBEL, Arnold (1933-1987). Fables. New York: Harper and Row, 1980. 4to. Color illustrations by the author. Blue publishers cloth, dust jacket clipped. Stated first edition. SIGNED BY ARNOLD LOBEL. -- Song of Robin Hood. Selected and edited by Anne Malcolmson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947. 4to. Designed and illustrated by Virgina Lee Burton. Original black cloth with silver and red decoration, dust jacket clipped. -- Contes de Perrault. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1927. 4to. Illustrations by Felix Lorioux. Original cloth backed boards. -- KEIZOBURO, Tejima. Ho-Limlim: A Rabbit Tale from Japan. New York: Philomel Books, 1990. 4to. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket. -- And 37 others. Together, 41 works in 42 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert (1834-1894). Etching and Etchers. London: R. Clay, Son, and Taylor for MacMillan & Co., 1868. 4to (253 x 166 mm). Title printed in red and black, frontispiece etching, 35 etchings or drypoints (5 double-page, 1 folding). (Very occasional spotting, light offsetting.) Maroon morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment gilt decoration in the rest, sides and turndowns gilt, all edges gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (some scuffs to sides). Provenance: Newton Hall, Cambridge (bookplate, initials J.S.). FIRST EDITION, including etchings after famous etchers, including Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Jacques Callot, Samuel Palmer, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and others. For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
SMITH, Joseph Mather (1789-1866). Elements of the Etiology and Philosophy of Epidemics. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1824. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo (230 x 142 mm). (Some spotting throughout, minor marginal chipping, some creasing.) Original publisher 's green boards, printed lettering-piece to spine, uncut and unopened (some staining, some chipping to spine). Provenance: A. W. Kennedy (early signature). FIRST EDITION of this medical text, containing references to epidemics in the United States and the West Indies. Smith was born in New York, and practiced medicine in New York. He was one of the founders of the Medico-Physiological Society, contributing "Efficacy of Emetics in Spasmodic Diseases" to the first volume of the Medico-Physiological Society Transactions in 1817. He published many contributions to medical periodicals on cholera, Puerperal fever, and other epidemics. Smith also served as the editor of the New York Medical and Physical Journal and was President of the New York Academy of Medicine. Sabin 83362. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Serialized in: The National Era. Volume V, Nos. 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34 [typographical error], 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1851-December 25, 1851. 21 chapters in 26 parts only (of 40), folio, on a bifolium (each 685 x 486 mm). (Tears to folds affecting letters, some marginal chipping, some spotting or staining.) Provenance: E. McGregor (early signatures). Prior to the publication of the first edition, Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin first appeared serially in The National Era, which was printed weekly. In this serial form, Stowe's work was printed one chapter at a time. The present run of issues comprises chapters: 1, 4-7, 9-19, 22, 24-27 (with Chapter 9 in two parts, Chapter 10 mis-labeled, Chapter 18 in three parts). A RUN OF THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL PARTS AS PUBLISHED SERIALLY of Stowe's work. The present run includes two numbers with no installment of Uncle Tom's Cabin: No. 34, August 21 1851 (with a note that Chapter 12 arrived too late for publication), and No. 51, December 18, 1851. Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 40 installments between 1851 and 1852, and based on the reception, Stowe was approached by a Boston publisher to publish her work. The first edition sold three hundred thousand copies in the first year, and by 1857, nearly two million copies had been sold. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION] -- A group of 3 works related to scientific education, comprising: LEVER, Francis. Francis Lever, the Young Mechanic. London: John Harris, 1835. (132 x 108 mm). (Lacking most of quires A-B, some staining.) Original leather-backed cloth-covered boards (chipped, stained, text-block separating). RARE. -- SLOANE, Thomas O 'Conor. Facts Worth Knowing Selected Mainly from The Scientific American for the Household, Workshop, and Farm. Hartford: S.S. Scranton & Co., 1890. (220 x 136 mm). (Some browning.) Contemporary sheep, morocco lettering-piece gilt (joints starting, rubbed). -- BRANNT, William T. and William H. WAHL (1848-1909), Editors . The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts, Covering the Latest, Most Important and Most Useful Discoveries in Chemical Technology, and their Practical Application in the Arts and the Industries. Philadelphia and London: Henry Carey Baird & Co. and Sampson Low, 1896. Printed table laid-in. Original publisher 's decorated red cloth (some minor soiling). Later edition. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, engraved plates, all FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated. Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Los Proverbios. Madrid: Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1864.The complete set of 18 etchings with aquatint and drypoint, with the lithographic title-page, on heavy wove paper, without watermarks, plates 245 x 355 mm, sheets 308 x 438 mm, some dampstaining, a few corners creased or chipped, a few sheets with short mostly marginal tears or creases, title-page gutter margin recto and plate 4 gutter margin verso with old adhesive. Disbound with remnants of stab-sewing and sewing holes (occasionally with short tears) in the gutter margin, modern wrappers with modern adhesive.FIRST EDITION, one of 300 copies, of Goya's print series, completed in the years between 1815 and 1824. The original series comprised 22 plates, which were left with Goya's son Xavier on his departure from Spain in 1824; they remained hidden until Xavier's death in 1854. Eighteen passed through two different owners before the came to the Royal Academy of San Fernando in 1862, where they were published in this first, posthumous edition in 1864. Four remaining plates were discovered in Paris in the early 1870s, and were eventually published in the periodical, L'Art, in 1877. (Deltiel 202-219; Harris 248-265).Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[MATAGORDA PROPRIETORS]. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript. A land deed signed by two of the proprietors, both Old Three Hundreds, Ira Ingram and Elias Wightman. [San Felipe de Austin: Printed by G.B. Cotten, 1830 or early 1831]. 1 page, oblong 8vo, annotated verso, lightly browned, old creasing, a few tiny chips. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 383). "Town of Matagorda, April 4th, 1831. This Certifies, That, at the sale of In and Out-Lots in said town, held on the date hereof"”Daniel D.D. Baker became the highest bidder for Lots No. 5 & 6, in Block No. 2 & Tier No. 4 in the Colorado front of said town"¦". Ingram, the first alcalde of Matagorda, and Wightman, surveyor and partner of Stephen F. Austin in the founding of Matagorda, signed the original deed, as did Daniel D. D. Baker, who attempted to found the town of Preston on the lot. Ownership records the transfer of one lot to Hamilton Cook, who was from an Old Three Hundred family. FIRST PRINTING of a broadside relating to early printing in Texas. According to Streeter (locating only one copy): This certificate is in effect a form for a deed. It and the entry No. 18.2 were not available for [earlier] inclusion with the other early forms. Mr. John C. Wyllie, Librarian of the University of Virginia and a recognized authority on type, has examined the photostats of these two forms for me and reports that they were undoubtedly printed on the press Godwin B. Cotten had set up at San Felipe in the fall of 1829. The date of printing was probably 1830 or early 1831. From the manuscript records, formerly in my collection and now at Yale, of meetings of 'Proprietors of the town of Matagorda' held on August 1 and 2, 1830, and on January 28, 1831, it appears (records of the January 28, 1831, meeting) that Stephen F. Austin held a quarter interest or two shares in the partnership or association known as 'Proprietors of the town of Matagorda,' and Ira Ingram a three-eighths interest, with Seth Ingram, H.H. League, and Elias Wightman each holding a one-eighth interest, and that what is referred to in the Minutes as the 'constitution' of the Proprietors was adopted on July 8, 1830. ...The 'Out' lots of the 'In and Out' lots referred to in the certificate were the lots not included in the laid-out blocks making up the center of the town" (Streeter Texas 18.1). Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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