"WHEN THOU SEEST AN EAGLE, THOU SEEST A PORTION OF GENIUS; LIFT UP THY HEAD."– William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

(American Eagle.). Finely detailed folk art American eagle. [n.p.], Late 19th century.

A splendid American folk carving of a spreadwing eagle.
Price: $12,000
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A RARE AUDUBON PROOF

Audubon, John James. Belted Kingfisher (Plate LXXVII). [ R. Havell], ca. 1830.

A rare color proof for the first edition of The Birds of America.
Price: $27,500
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ENLIST NOW! NEW YORK CAVALRY BROADSIDE

(CIVIL WAR). Enlist Now And Get Your $100 Bounty! Don't wait to be drafted and lose the bounty. The only chance for cavalry! A few recruits are wanted for Scott's 900 United states volunteers. . . apply to Lieut. Ellsworth. Co. D, Canton. St. Lawrence County. New York: Baker & Godwin, [1862].

New York Cavalry Broadside
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Mark Twain On Good Writing

Clemens, Samuel L. Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Barr. [Weggis, Switzerland, 16? September], 1897.

Mark Twain on Good Writing
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ELEPHANT OF ILL REPUTE

(Coney Island). The Elephant Bazar [sic], Coney Island. John Johnstone, photographer, ca. 1889.

The Coney Island Elephant
Price: $4200
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"I regard the work you do as one of the most valuable works which any American could do now." Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Curtis

Curtis, Edward S. Original glass plate photograph, prepared by Curtis for the printing of The North American Indian. [n.p.], [n.d.].

An absolutely unmatched masterpiece of visual anthropology, and one of the most thorough, extensive and profound photograph works of all tim
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"No other objects evoke such immediate and romantic images of the sea as figureheads."

(FIGUREHEAD). Carved and Painted Pine Figurehead of a Woman in a Green Dress with Shawl and Red Brooch. Probably American, Second half of the 19th century.

A fine 19th-century ship's figurehead
Price: $45,000
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AN AMERICAN LITERARY TREASURE TROVE WITH 26 AUTOGRAPHS

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot. The Prose Writers of America. . . new edition revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, (c.1870).

Griswold's famous American prose anthology in its original deluxe alligator-skin binding, with autographs of many of the contributors.
Price: $3800
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HESLER'S FAMOUS PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN

Hesler, Alexander. Mammoth silver print photograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, June 3, 1860 [printed in 1890s by George B. Ayres], 1890.

Hesler's famous portrait of Abraham Lincoln
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HOLMES PROPOSES A NATIONAL ANTHEM

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Autograph Manuscript Signed, "The Flower of Liberty". Boston, January 22, 1864.

One of Holmes's submissions to a contest to choose a national anthem
Price: $2200
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