ELIZABETH’S AUCTIONS EPHEMERA and BOOKS Sale 150
Monday, September 11, 2017 at 6:00 pm
The Auburn Elks,
754 Southbridge Street (Route 12), Auburn, Mass.
Preview: 3:00-6:00pm
ATLASES * AUTOGRAPHS & DOCUMENTS
HISTORICAL ARCHIVES * POSTAL HISTORY
PHOTOGRAPHS * POSTCARDS * TRADE CARDS
POSTERS * PRINTS

This sale includes many large lots of autographs, archives of American letters, large groups of early billheads and letterheads, posters, many large lots of postcards, trade cards, Civil War newspapers.
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ATLASES AND BOOKS— [Achille St. Onge, publisher] Four miniature books, plus exhibit catalogue. * ATLAS, MITCHELL’S NEW GENERAL… Embraced in Forty-Seven Maps. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. * ATLAS OF FRANKLIN CO., MASS. NY: F.W. Beers & Co., 1871. * ATLAS OF MASSACHUSETTS. Walker, Geo. H. maps (31): Boston, 1891. Maps include Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.* ATLAS OF YORK CO., MAINE. Philadelphia, 1872.* [Baseball] REACH’S OFFICIAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION BASE BALL GUIDE. 1884. * Bradley, William. BRADLEY’S ATLAS OF THE WORLD. Philadelphia, 1889. * [Civil War (9)] MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES IN THE CIVIL WAR. Nine volumes. 1931.* [D.H. Lawrence] BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS. NY, 1923. First American Edition. * Doyle, Arthur Conan.THE CASE FOR SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS. NY, [1927], and THE NEW REVELATION. NY, [1918].* Gray, O.W. GRAY’S ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH GENERAL MAPS OF THE WORLD. Philadelphia, 1877. * Hall, Joseph (1574-1650). HALL’S MEDITATIONS. London: Felix Kyngston for Henry Featherstone, 1620. * Newhall, Charles L. ADVENTURES OF JOHN, OR A LIFE ON THE WAVE. Southbridge, Mass., 1859. * etc.
AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, ARCHIVES—Archive (575): Providence Tool and Armory, Providence, R.I. Civil War period records and bills of lading ca 1858-1860. * Autographs (33), signed nude photographs of Rachel Welch, Bridget Bardot, Ursula Andress, Sophia Loren, Suzanne Somers, etc.* Autographs (33), political: Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Grace Coolidge, Gerald Ford, etc.* Autographs (45). Sports & Hollywood, signed photographs: Stan Musial, Bobby Orr, Yogi Berra, Larry Bird, Luis Tiant, Lucille Ball, Charlton Heston, etc.* [Benjamin Butler] Printed document, signed. Civil War: Commission for the 22nd U.S. Colored Troops. * [Calvin Coolidge] Typed letter, signed as Governor of Massachusetts, ca 1920. * Document, memberform blank, signed by William Howard Taft as University Club President, ca 1904.* Documents (475), receipts for shipping, ca 1830-1860. William Bowers, Providence, R.I. Involving shipping between Mobile Alabama and New York.* [McKinley, William] State of Ohio, printed document, signed by Governor McKinley. Dated, 1895.* etc.
POSTERS, PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS—[Advertising] Calendars and signs (6): Harley-Davidson 1919 calendar, Sleepy Eye fan, Petri Italian American Cigar Co. sign, etc.* WWI poster, Adolph Treidler, artist: “Make Every Minute Count for PERSHING, ” Philadelphia, ca 1917.* WWII poster; Robert Sloan, artist: “Doing all you can brother?” Buy War Bonds. 1943.* [Art Nouveau] French cabaret poster: Tabarin, Skating. A. Bosc, Directeur. “Montmartre.” Paris: SAM Publicity, ca 1910. Full-sheet color lithograph * Berger, Oscar (1901-1997), “At Molotov’s Cocktail Party.” A large signed political cartoon: 1945 U.N. Peace Conference in San Francisco.* [Clinton, Mass.] Hand-drawn “Plan of road leading from Clinton to Boylston.” Surveyed and drawn by J. Thissell Jr., Clinton, November, 1861.* Falls, C.B., artist:
“E-E-E-YAH-YIP. GO OVER WITH U.S. MARINES.” Marine recruitment poster, ca 1917. *Film, movie stills (344). ca 1920-1960 photos of actors and sets. * Gilbert & Bacon, Philadelphia. Two large photographs of the Hospital and the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. ca 1865. * etc.
OTHER EPHEMERA— [Advertising] Labels (150): airlines luggage, hotels, National Air Races (1932-1939).* Album of trade cards (600), e.g., Higgins’ Soap Black Series, Alley Cat Series, Comic Baseball, etc. Excellent album.* Battleship postcards (72): realphotos.* Bicycle advertising (200-225): billheads and letterheads for bicycle makers, ca 1890-1915.* Billheads and letterheads (400): Brooks Bank Note Co., Gilbert Clock Co., Hill Brass Co., etc.* Bills of lading (125-140): American Railroads and Express companies, ca 1850-1890. * Boston Post, Vol. LIX, Civil War issues July 1 – Dec. 31, 1861.* Circus performer postcards (32) * Cruise and Ocean-Liner ephemera (80), ca 1870-1940.* Cuba Railroad Co. stock certificate signed by William Cornelius Van Horne. * [Israelite Colony] Postcard views of the Israelite Colony in Benton, Michigan, ca 1910.* Lottery and newspaper broadsheets (130): advertising for Delaware State Lottery “Schemes”, available from E.C. Cooper, ca 1853-1858. * etc.
PICK LOTS OF BOOKS & EPHEMERA—to be sold at the beginning
of the sale.
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Terms: cash or known check; 15% buyer’s premium.
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, Rt. 20. Several hotels & restaurants plus many fast food restaurants within less than half a mile.
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Auctioneer: Peter Mancevice (Mass. Lic. 1740).
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