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American Revolutionary War Political Cartoon Print 1778 Tea Tax $2,000
The Tea-Tax-Tempest or the Anglo-American Revolution. Engraving. 16 x 19.5. VG, with vertical center fold. Published in 1778 in Germany, this elegant cartoon depicts Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened British troops as American troops advance, as figures representing World players look on.
Political Cartoon Boston Gazette Newspaper Caleb Strong Governor 1814 $300
The Well Equipt (sic) and Disciplined Ship. Broadsheet. 19.25 x 13. This is a complete March 31, 1814, issue of the Boston Gazette featuring a large ship-of-state political cartoon on the front page promoting Governor Caleb Strong’s reelection (which he won).
Native American Peace Treaty at Prairie du Chen Wisconsin Territory 1825 $800
View of the Great Treaty Held at Prarie [sic] du Chen/ September 1825. (Philadelphia: James Lewis, 1835). 9.5 x 13.5. Hand-colored lithograph printed by Lehman and Duval commemorating the pivotal first treaty of Prairie du Chen, which attempted to reduce inter-tribal warfare in the midwest.
The Great Transcendentalist Organ Complete in Four Volumes 1840-44 $6,000
The Dial (Boston). Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1840) to Vol. 4, No. 4 (April 1844), comprising sixteen issues, a complete run, bound in four volumes of 19th century black cloth. Octavos. Bindings VG, with modest wear to spine heads. Contents VG,with considerable foxing. The original owner, perhaps a contributor to the magazine, has written in light pencil at the head of each piece the names of the semi-anonymous authors. The Dial was edited, in its first two years, by the intellectual and feminist Margaret Fuller and, in its last two years, by Ralph Waldo Emerson and, for one issue when Emerson was traveling, Henry David Thoreau. Each issue featured essays, poetry, and reviews by Emerson (94 contributions), Thoreau (29 contributions, many to be later included in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, including “Sympathy” in Volume 1, #1, Thoreau’s first appearance in print), Fuller, James Russell Lowell, Theodore Parker, George Ripley, future founder of Brook Farm, and others. Included with this set is an attractive reprint of the comprehensive index issued by the Rowfant Club in 1901.
Henry Clay Almanac for 1844 Campaign Biography $100
Henry Clay Almanac for 1844. (Phila: Grigg & Elliott, 1843). Octavo. Fair with stained covers and toning. Contains all of the usual almanac information along with a biography of the Whig statesman.
A Bigoted Street Thug Becomes a Martyr in Anti-Catholic Riots 1844 $400
John Magee. The Death of George Shifler in Kensington. (Philadelphia: William Smith, 1844) 18 x 11.5. Hand-colored lithograph. VG. This print depicts George Shifler (or Schiffler) being struck down during the Kensington Philadelphia Bible Riots of May 1844. He was killed, supposedly, while defending an American flag, by shots fired from the Hibernia Hose Company firehouse. This is the first edition of this print, issued in the spring. The second edition, issued in the summer, lists the last names of other nativist casualties of the riots.
Topffer Histoire De. M. Cryptogame Paris 1846 First French Edition $250
Rudophe Topffer. History of Mr. Cryptogame. (Paris: J. J. Dubochett, 1846) Oblong quarto. Original period binding of cloth and marbled boards. Binding BG with edge wear, especially to the head and foot of the spine. Contents VG with spotting. 64 pages. This is the French first printing of this classic.
Matagorda Texas Colorado House Hotel Lettersheet 1850s $300
This is an uncolored lettersheet (complete) with seven views of buildings in Matagorda, Texas. Most prominent among the views is one of the Hotel at Matagorda, Texas, with the name Colonado House on the front. 10.75 x 8.5 VG, toned. The views were drawn by Helmuth Holtz and lithographed by Ed. Lang of Hamburg. Milgram states This is an interesting lettersheet because it appears to have been printed in Hamburg, Germany, although it may only be saying that the engraver was from Hamburg.
Daniel Webster at Home Lithograph Gold Leaf Border Tappan & Bradford 1852 $800
Dan’l Webster at Home. (Boston: Tappan & Bradford, 1852) Chine colllé lithograph with a bronze dust boarder. 22 x 18. VG+, with degradation to edges. Mounted on acid-free paper. Worldcat records only two holdings. Published by the Boston Artist Agency and Tappan & Bradford.
America’s First Great Magazine of Music John Sullivan Dwight 1852 $300
Dwight’s Journal of Music (New York). Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 10, 1852) to Vol. 6, no. 26 (March 31, 1855), comprising the first 156 issues, bound in three volumes of leather and marbled boards. Quartos. Bindings good with modest general wear. Contents very good. John Sullivan Dwight invented American musical criticism. His eponymous journal lasted 25 years. Mott calls it “the best musical magazine of the times,… authoritative and dignified.”
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Mitchell & Croasdale Whaling Advertisement Hand-Colored Lithograph Phila. 1857 $1,500
Mitchell & Croasdale. Hand-colored lithograph. Framed. Reveal: 12 x 15.5. Near fine. Lithograph by W. H. Rease, printed by Wagner & McGuigan. The firm dealt in sperm, whale lard & tanners oil, candles, rice etc.
Valentine’s Manual of the City of New York 1862 $200
This is a complete 1862 edition of David Valentine’s celebrated Manual of the City of New York, containing forty-three plates and illustrations. Octavo. 775 pages. Binding fair, with edge wear especially to the spine heel. Contents VG.
Valentine’s Manual of the City of New York 1866 $200
This is a complete 1866 edition of David Valentine’s celebrated Manual of the City of New York, containing twenty plates and illustrations. Octavo. 820 pages. Binding fair, with wear to the head and heel of the spine. Contents VG.
Tinted View of Boston’s Haymarket Square by Bufford c. 1860 $400
Haymarket Square, Boston, Mass. (Boston: J. H. Bufford’s, c. 1860) Tinted lithograph. Framed. Reveal: 9.5 x 13.5. Near fine. The square has been obliterated over time, but we can place its exact location because Fanuel Hall is pictured to the right.
Heenan & Sayers Hand-Colored Engraving Boxing Match 1860 $400
Great Contest Between Heenan & Sayers. Hand-colored engraving. Reveal: 19 x 23.75. Near fine. A British view of the legendary fight drawn by J. B. Rowbotham and J. Brown based on photographs by G. Bonner, engraved by Rowbotham and J. R. Mackrell, and published by C. Roker, London.
Stephen A. Douglas Original Wash Portrait 1860 $1,200
[Stephen A. Douglas]. (Baltimore, [1860]) Original wash drawing. Reveal: 19.25” x 14”. VG. A remarkable likeness, possibly drawn during the June 1860 Democratic Convention in Baltimore, based on Douglas’ official campaign portrait taken by Matthew Brady in 1860. The artist’s name appears to be Bentham, but we have been unable to locate anyone by that name working in Baltimore at that time.
Frank Leslie’s War Maps #2 Scarce Civil War Periodical 1861 $500
Frank Leslie’s War Maps #2. Broadsheet. 22.5 x 16. VG except split along spine. This obscure Leslie publication was issued nine times between 1861 and 1864. It was eight pages long and given over almost entirely to maps of war zones. This is the second issue (or Second Edition) published in 1861 with maps of Hilton Head, Port Royal, South Carolina coast, Savannah Bay, New Orleans. The entire Confederacy, the seat of war on the Potomac, Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, and others.
John McLenan Unpublished Full Color Caricature of Horace Greeley 1862 $2,000
[Horace Greeley|. Original watercolor. Reveal: 14.25 10. Near fine. This is an unpublished full-color watercolor by the great John McLenan (1820-65) depicting Greeley, carrying a sheaf of papers labeled Irish Relief Fund, in front of the New York Tribune office. The Tribune promoted relief for the poor in Ireland in 1862.
1860s CDV album Containing Forty-Nine Jeff. Davis Caricatures 1861-65 $5,000
This is an extraordinary collection of forth-nine comic CDVs, all featuring Jeff Davis and housed in a handsome 1860s CDV album. 12mo. Album near fine with edge wear and one pearl button missing. All edges gilt. Contents generally VG, with a few short tears and discoloration to the album pages.
The Civil War Through the Eyes of a Confederate Sympathizer $1,250
Adalbert Volck. Confederate War Etchings. ([Philadelphia: 1880s]). Large folio portfolio. Portfolio Good, general wear. Images printed on rice paper and tipped onto heavy paper boards. Contents VG, some creasing to rice paper, some chipping to boards. All twenty-nine plates and the table of contents sheet present. Originally published in 1864, these sets reproduced in the 1880s are the only versions readily available to collectors.
John Geary for PA Governor Color Campaign Poster 1866 $800
For Governor Maj. Gen. John W. Geary. Mechanically colored woodcut. 21 x 14.5. Near fine. Laid down on acid-free paper. Geary was the former mayor of San Francisco, former governor of Bleeding Kansas, former Civil War Major General when he ran and won the Pennsylvania governorship in 1866.
Ascutney Mountain VT View Advertisement for Balm of Gilead Quack Medicine 1868 $300
View of Ascutney Mountain. (Windsor, VT: M. K. Paine, 1868). Tinted lithograph. Framed. 19,5 x 13.75 VG, lightly toned, a few smudges. This is an attractive lithographic view by Forbes of Boston of Mt. Ascutney brought to you by the makers of Green Mountain Balm of Gilead and Cedar Plaster, M. K. Paine, Windsor, Vermont.
Thomas Nast Almanacs Complete Set of Five 1871-75 $1,250
This is a complete run of Thomas Nast’s almanacs published by McLoughlin in 1870 and Harper Brothers in 1871-74. The 1871 almanac is an octavo with chromolithographic covers. Cover poor, mounted on stiff paper. Contents VG, toned. This copy has two variant back covers, The 1872-75 almanacs are 12mos, the first two previously bound, VG covers, with a few corner chips and modest edge wear. Contents near fine
The Wheelman Bicycling Magazine Volumes 1 to 5 Complete 1882-85 $500
The Wheelman and The Wheelman and Outing (Boston) Vol. 1, No. 1 (October 1882) to Vol. 5, No. 6 (March 1885), consisting of a complete run of the magazine under these titles (it shortened its name to Outing with the next volume). Octavos. Publisher’s decorated brown binding. Bindings good, with edge wear mainly to the head and heels of the spines. Volume 1 spine cloth is wrinkled. One interior back hinge cracked but solid. Contents VG, with toning to some pages.
Corrupt Living in 1880s NYC Fox’s Illustrated Week’s Doings Scandal Sheet 1884 $100
Life at Full Speed. Broadside. 25 x 19. This is a complete sixteen-page issue of Fox’s Illustrated Week’s Doings for March 29, 1884, featuring an llustrated broadside entitled Life at Full Speed!
Cleveland, Lady Liberty, and Civil Service Reform by Nast x Two 1885 $5,000
Thomas Nast. Victory– For the Moment and This Would Be a Lasting Victory! Two original pen and ink drawings, both signed Th: Nast. Both reveals: 8.25 x 8.25. Mat: 13.75 x 23.50. VG+ on thick paper. Modest soiling and a dent to the first drawing and even toning to the second. This set of two cartoons, which appeared on page 767 of the November 21, 1885, issue of Harper’s Weekly (which is sold with the art), is a good example of Nast’s later work at its best: well-drawn, artfully composed, and with a strong and simple message.
Racist Native American Comic Strip from Puck 1886 $500
J. S. Goodwin. Higher-Water, A Tale of the Bad Lands. Pen and ink original. 13 x 9.25. This five-panel strip depicts two Indians vying for the affections of a squaw, with fatal consequences. Attractively laid out with intricate borders. The cartoon appeared on page 32 of Puck on Wheels #6 (1886).
L. Samuel West Shore Pacific Northwest Viewbook 1886 $200
Views of the Pacific Northwest. (Portland, OR: L. Samuel, c. 1886). 16mo oblong. Binding VG, spotted. Contents VG, with reinforced hinges. This is an accordion book of photolitho views taken from and published by The West Shore magazine of Portland, OR.
Ward Brothers Album of Sioux City IA Viewbook 1888 $100
Album of Sioux City, Iowa. (Columbus, OH: Ward Brothers, 1886). 16mo oblong. Binding VG, with edge wear. Contents VG, with a descriptive booklet pasted in the rear. This is an accordion book of photolitho views published by the Ward Brothers of Columbus, OH.
Victor Cigar Large Goldleaf Trade Card Horse Racing Binghampton NY 1888 $400
Buy Victor Cigars. (Binghampton, NY: Reynolds, Lovelace & Day, 1888) Lithograph. 7.5 x 9.5 Large trade card for Binghampton’s Victor Cigar capitalizing on a July 3, 1888, horse race between two Binghampton fire companies, the gray team of Alert Hose and the bays of Crystal Hose. The Grays won.
Keppler’s Puck Cartoons in a Deluxe Signed Limited Edition 1893 $400
A Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler. (NY: Keppler and Schwarzmann, 1893). Folio. Covers good with spotting and fading to cloth. Contents near fine. 1/300 copies. Signed by Keppler.
Will Bradley Harriet Monroe Columbian Ode 1893 Chicago World’s Fair $250
Harriet Monroe. The Columbian Ode. (Chicago: W. Irving Way, 1893) 12mo. Near fine. This handsome booklet, designed by Will Bradley, is the first printing of Monroe’s long poem celebrating the opening of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Will Bradley Chap-Book Magazine Poster 1895 $1,250
The Chap-Book. Two-color lithograph. Framed. Reveal: 21 x 14.5. Near fine. Bradley’s XX poster promoting the Chicago little magazine The Chap-Book.
Will Bradley Chap-Book Magazine Poster 1895 Pan $1,250
The Chap-Book. Two-color lithograph. Framed. Reveal: 21 x 14.5. Near fine. Bradley’s fifth poster promoting the Chicago little magazine The Chap-Book.
Will Bradley Chap-Book Magazine Poster 1895 Pegasus $1,250
The Chap-Book. Two-color lithograph. Framed. Reveal: 20.5 x 14. Near fine. Bradley’s sixth poster promoting the Chicago little magazine The Chap-Book.
Will Bradley Echo Magazine Poster 1895 $1,250
The Echo. Two-color lithograph. Framed. Reveal: 20 x 13.25. VG+, soiling to the nose of the lady in the background. Bradley’s poster promoting the first issue of the Chicago little magazine The Echo.
The Poster Magazine Will Clemens New York No. 1 January 1896 $100
The Poster (New York). January 1896 (No. 1). Octavo. 12 pages. VG. Illustrated with posters from around the world.
The Poster Magazine Will Clemens New York No. 2 February 1896 $100
The Poster (New York). February 1896 (No. 2). Octavo. 12 pages. VG. Illustrated with posters from around the world.
The Poster Magazine Will Clemens New York No. 3 March 1896 $100
The Poster (New York). March 1896 (No. 3). Octavo. 12 pages. VG. Illustrated with posters from around the world.
The Poster Magazine Will Clemens New York No. 5 May 1896 $100
The Poster (New York). May 1896 (No. 5). Octavo. VG. Illustrated with posters from around the world. Final issue.
Anti-McKinley 1900 Cartoon Campaign Poster Hanna & Workingman Full Dinner Pail $500
The Bulwark of our Liberty. 27.25” x 20.25” VG, with minor loss at a few points. In the style of Homer Davenport, this cartoon decries the strong-armed tactics of big business to coerce voters into vote for McKinley.
Jose Guadalupe Posada Turn of the Century Mexican Illustrator Archive $4,000
A collection of thirty-eight handbills, two broadsides, and one game board, all illustrated by the celebrated Posada. All late 19th and early 20th century. Highlights include handbills devoted to Zapata (two), natural disasters, deaths, murders, executions, and popular songs, along with the gameboard Juego de la Oca.
Barker’s Racist Cartoons to Sell Animal Medicines 1904 $300
Barker’s Komic Picture Souvenir. (volumes 1 through 4). Philadelphia: Barker, 1904). Oblong octavo. Wrappers. Near fine with rare mailing envelope. This is the final, complete edition of Barker’s outrageously racist book of cartoons advertising its agricultural foods and powders.
Jack Johnson Bob Fitzsimmons Boxing Cartoon by Ritchie Boston Post 1907 $500
Norman Ritchie. To Each Man, His Time. Pen and ink original on stiff paper. 15 x 12. Good, tightly trimmed with creasing and a few short tears to the right margin. This Norman Ritchie sports cartoon appeared in the July 18, 1907 Boston Post the day after Johnson knocked out former boxing champ Bob Fitzsimmons.
The Complete Ding Darling 1908-1922 $1,000
This is a complete set of Darling’s eight cartoon collections published from 1908 to 1922, most by the Des Moines Register. The collections include: Cartoons from the Register and leader (Second edition, 1909); The Education of Alonso Applegate (1910) Cartoons from the Register and Leader Book III (1912); Condensed Ink (1914); In Peace and War (1916); Aces and Kings (1918); The Jazz Era (1920); Our Own Outlines of History (1922). All small folios. All Vg with minor cover wear.
Pre-WW1 C. H. Cross Montpelier Crackers Confectionery Crate Label $200
Montpelier Crackers. Three-color litho. 16 in diameter. VG+ with discoloration and tear above the first e in Montpelier. Handsome.
Alfred Steiglitz Camera Work June 1913 Gertrude Stein Armory Show $300
Camera Work (New York) Large quarto. Covers yapped edges badly chipped. Contents near fine. This is a special number (June 1913) of Camera Works, Stieglitz’s legendary photo arts magazine, which includes an appreciation of Mabel Dodge Luhan by Gertrude Stein and an in-depth appreciation of the 1913 Armory Show.
Suffrage Woman’s Journal Poster-Like Cover Political Cartoon 1915 $400
Woman’s Journal (Washington, DC) Folio. 19.25 x 13. VG. A complete issue for August 13, 1915, featuring a full-page cover cartoon by Fredrikke Palmer entitled Lucy Stone’s Vision.
Egmont Erens Playboy Art and Satire Magazine No. 6 1919 $200
Playboy Art and Satire Magazine (New York). No. 6 (1919) Small folio. VG, toning to covers. Spine reinforced with archival tape. Much of the content is devoted to the work of Paul Gauguin and to contributions by Rockwell Kent.
Egmont Erens Playboy Art and Satire Magazine No. 7 1921 $200
Playboy Art and Satire Magazine (New York). No. 7 (1921). Small folio. VG, smudging to covers. Contributions by Rockwell Kent, Djuna Barnes, George Biddle, and Richard Arlington.
Christian Science Mary Baker Eddy Engraved 1926 Portrait Signed By Timothy Cole $300
[Mary Baker Eddy]. Wood engraving. Framed (lower right corner glass broken). Reveal: 11 x 9. VG with toning. A posthumous portrait of the founder of Christian Science signed by the artist Timothy Cole.
Jack Sheridan Society of Illustrators Dance Poster Nude c. 1930 $300
Jack Sheridan. In the Good Old Days. Two-color lithograph. 23 x 16.5 VG, though fragile, with chips to margins. Saturday Evening Post artist Jack Sheridan drew many posters for the Society of Illustrators. This one features a knight in full regalia embraced by a nude maiden.
