ELIZABETH’S AUCTIONS EPHEMERA and BOOKS ~ Sale 147
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 AT 6:00 PM
Preview: 3:00-6:00pm
The Auburn Elks, 754 Southbridge Street (Route 12), Auburn, Mass.
ADVERTISING * AUTOGRAPHS & DOCUMENTS * LITERARY EDITIONS * BROADSIDES * POSTERS * PHOTOGRAPHS * CIVIL WAR * POLITICAL MEMORABILIA *ATLASES * MAPS * TRADE & TRAVEL-RELATED EPHEMERA

EPHEMERA, including Documents & Autographs, Posters, Broadsides & Prints, 19th Century Photographs, Advertising, Sheet Music, Postcards, Postal History, Maps, Periodicals, Trade Cards, and Travel. The following are condensed descriptions of some ephemera lots from our catalogue.
*** Foch, Ferdinand Jean Marie, autographed portrait print: Drawn by Arthur G. McCoy and autographed November
26th,1921. Signed “F. Foch” *** [Civil War, letters (50)] Fifty letters from Union soldiers located mostly in Virginia and the Carolinas. Army of the Potomac, in several groups, including those from the 5th Michigan, 1st, 9th, and 10th Army Corps. *** [Connecticut recipe books (2)] Handwritten recipe books by Clarissa Deming Perkins (1795-1837) and her daughter Lucretia Deming Perkins (1832-1883) of Litchfield, Connecticut . *** [John Tyler (1790-1862)] Printed document, signed. U.S. ship passport ca 1842. *** [Army Air Force poster] “AAF. The Greatest Team in The World.” Artist: Baskerville, 1945. Full sheet. *** [Humphrey Bogart poster] “Call it Murder”, onesheet movie poster. 1947. *** [Jimi Hendrix] “Newport 69 at Devonshire Downs.” Poster for Newport Pop Festival, held June 20-22, 1969. *** WWII Poster, the five Sullivan brothers “missing in action” off the Solomons. 1943. *** Broadside, “Steamer Melvin, Excursion, July 4, 1889, Melvin Village ( NH) to Weirs and Return.” 10”x14” broadside with a woodcut view. *** [F.C. Turner, artist] “Hawking” series of four hand-colored copper-plate engravings. Painted by F.C. Turner. London, 1839. *** [George Cruikshank, artist] Engraved plates (40), ca 1826. Various size sheets up to 15”x10”, some hand-colored examples. *** [Photographs] Nantucket, Massachusetts photographs (6). Six ca 1870 albumen photos of island views: Sconset pump, Main Street views, old mill, etc. *** Stereoviews (270-280). 19th and early 20th century topical and local views: American Indians, African Americans, military, political, transportation, etc. *** Photographs (193). Three albums of original 8”x10” photographs of American professional wrestlers, ca 1930-1960. *** [Gun Powder] E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., game bird prints (10) by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Du Pont, ca 1917. Ten 13”x15” color bird prints. *** [Sheet Music] African- American song sheets (57). Large folio vaudeville, black caricature, and ethnic songs. ca 1890-1920. *** [Civil War] American song sheets (90), ca 1850-1866: “Lieutenant Grant’s Grand March”; “We’ve a Million in the Field”, by Stephen C. Foster; “Ellsworth’s Funeral March”; etc. *** Hold-to-light postcards (37). American and foreign hold-to-light cards, ca 1900-1913. *** Postal History (1,800-2,000). A large collection of stamped covers, postal cards and advertising covers. ca 1857-1900. *** etc.
BOOKS include EARLY PRINTING, PAMPHLETS, ILLUSTRATED, CHILDREN & CIVIL WAR, etc. The following are condensed descriptions of some book lots from our catalogue. *** Milton, John. PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS. London: Richter for Spilsbury & Sons, 1794. Full morocco. Rare subscription issue. *** Sharp, Abraham (1651- 1742). GEOMETRY IMPROV’D. London, 1717. *** Barbier, Georges. VINGT-CING COSTUMES POUR LE THEATRE. Paris: Chez Camille Bloch & Jules Meynia. Limited to 275 copies. Folio. 25 colored Art Deco plates. *** [British Costume] THE COSTUME OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. Samuel Rush Meyrick and Charles Hamilton Smith. London,1821. Folio. 25 colored aquatint plates. *** Lewes, George Henry. THE LIFE OF MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE. Extra illustrated. London, 1849. First Edition. *** NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GLOBE, OF MAN, OF BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS AND PLANTS. Five volumes. John Wright, editor. Philadelphia, 1831. 500 engravings. *** MITCHELL’S NEW GENERAL ATLAS, Philadelphia: William M. Bradley & Bro., 1884. 93 hand-colored maps. *** [Sports] THE AMERICAN BOY’S BOOK OF SPORTS AND GAMES. NY, [1864]. 4 color plates including baseball, hundreds of illustrations. *** ACTS OF CONGRESS. 1803-1848. 44 volumes. Reports include Indian Treaties, Legislation, International Treaties, Embargos, Military activity, etc. *** Bronte, Emily. WUTHERING HEIGHTS. NY, 1848. First American Edition. *** [Ethnology] ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY, Eight Volumes. J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, 1894-1928. *** [Explorations and Surveys (8)]… THE ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 1853-1856. Eight volumes. Washington: Beverly Tucker, 1855-1860. *** Holmes, Oliver Wendell. THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co., 1858. First printing. *** Plus, Local Histories of New England towns.*** etc.
PICK LOTS OF BOOKS & EPHEMERA
—to be sold at the beginning of the sale.
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Directions: The Auburn Elks is located on Rt. 12; near the intersection of Rt. 12 & Rt. 20; it is conveniently accessible from I-290, I-395, I-90, and Route 20. There are several hotels and restaurants plus many fast food restaurants within less than half a mile from the Auburn Elks.
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Time of the sale is 6:00PM; Preview 3:00-6:00PM.
Auctioneer: Peter Mancevice (Lic. 1740)
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Our Late Summer Sale includes a large selection of rare books from Ben Franklin Book Store, Worcester, Mass. We will also offer many large lots of specialized ephemera, including 19th century American document archives, travel and transportation items, photographs, posters, prints, postcards, and trade cards. The following is a sample from our catalogue.
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