![[De Luxe Binding:] The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ… [and] The Book of Psalms…. Bible.](/pictures/thumb/3724735_1.jpg?v=1534362293)
Remarkably fresh, American publisher’s de luxe bookbinding with bright gilt decoration and a woman’s ownership inscription. The red morocco hand-volume—a combination New Testament and Psalter—was... Read More
![Lincoln Collector. The Story of Oliver R. Barrett’s Great Private Collection. [Signed Limited First Edition]. Carl Sandburg, 1878–1967.](/images/noimage-req.png)
Story of the celebrated collection of Lincolniana assembled by autograph, artifact, and manuscript collector, Oliver R. Barrett of Illinois. Written by Lincoln biographer, Carl Sandburg... Read More
With thematic slogans of the French Revolution, in the hands of de la Reussille family, a serious book like L’Homme Moral, ou L’Homme Considéré, became... Read More
![[Bayard Bookplate and Primitive Iron Bookmark within:] Histoire de Pierre Terrail, dit Le Chevalier Bayard, Sans Peur & sans Reproche. . De Berville, 1697–1770, uyard, onsieur.](/pictures/thumb/372114_1.jpg?v=1534362286)
Biography of celebrated French Renaissance soldier, Pierre Terrail (1476–1524), more generally known as the Chevalier (Knight) de Bayard or simply, le bon chevalier—the good knight... Read More
A collection of 18th century books from the library of Ulster-born John McKinly (1721–1796), elected in 1777 as Delaware’s first “governor.” (The word “governor” in... Read More
![[Elaborate Binding Owned by Edith Witteborg] Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Louis E. Nollau; German Evangelical Synod of North America.](/pictures/thumb/3726590_1.jpg?v=1534362418)
Eye-candy. A remarkably well-preserved highly-decorative binding owned by an Edith Witteborg; her name stamped in gilt to the upper cover. St. Louis: Eden Pub. House... Read More
![[Bible given by Captured Union Soldier to a Woman in 1862 “at The line of the Surrender” at the Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia]. New Testament.](/pictures/thumb/3725554_1.jpg?v=1537471783)
In the aftermath of the 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry in Virginia, a small pocket New Testament Bible was given to a woman, Mollie E.... Read More
![[Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy. Ray Stannard Baker, 1870–1946.](/pictures/thumb/3728065_1.jpg?v=1543874735)
Important study on race in America written by journalist Ray Stannard Baker in the aftermath of the Atlanta race riot of 1906. This copy with... Read More
![[American Revolutionary War Content and Presentation Copy] A Sermon Preached at Plymouth, December 22, 1775. Being the Anniversary Thanksgiving, in commemoration of the first landing of the Fathers of New-England, there; anno domini, 1620. Samuel Baldwin, 1731–1784.](/pictures/thumb/3727266_1.jpg?v=1537975789)
Presentation copy to a woman of an American Revolutionary War sermon published in Boston in 1776. The patriotic sermon dually evokes the Pilgrims’ struggle for... Read More
![The plain Truths of the Gospel ... A Discourse Deliver’d at Hanover, December 1st. 1756. When the Reverend Mr. Samuel Baldwin was Ordained Pastor of the Church there. [Presentation Copy]. William Cook, 1696–1760.](/pictures/thumb/3727267_1.jpg?v=1535480927)
Presentation Copy. Rare colonial Boston sermon given on the occasion of the installation of the Reverend Samuel Baldwin (1731-1784) as pastor of the First Congregational... Read More
![[Wilberforce Eames’ Copy; Annotated with Lenox Library Bids:] Catalogue of the Library and Autographs of William F. Johnson Esq., of Boston Mass. ...To Be Sold At Auction…January 27-30, 1890, by Bangs & Co. William F. Johnson Esq., 1855–1937, Wilberforce Eames.](/pictures/thumb/3728168_1.jpg?v=1544633433)
Catalog of the 1890 auction sale of the books and manuscripts of William F. Johnson, Esq. of Boston, possibly documenting bids on behalf of the... Read More
![Lectures of George Thompson, With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the Pro-Slavery Agent Held at the Royal Ampitheatre [...] Also, A Brief History of His Connection With the Anti-Slavery Cause in England. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, 1805–1879, 1804–1878, 1815–1882, William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson, Samuel C. Fessenden.](/pictures/thumb/3728094_1.jpg?v=1543442809)
Anti-slavery lectures of British abolitionist George D. Thompson (1804–1878) collected and with an historical introduction to his career by American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879)... Read More
