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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"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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"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" —Shakespeare, King Richard III

(HORSE WEATHERVANE). American Index Horse Weathervane of extraordinary proportion, form and patina. West Bridgewater, MA: J. Howard, ca. 1860.

A superb American index horse weathervane, a masterpiece of sculptural Americana.
Price: $90,000
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SPECTACULAR CRIMEAN WAR QUILT

(Quilt.). Brilliantly colored handmade quilt using material from the uniform of a British soldier in the Crimean War. [n.p.], ca. 1853-1856.

This exceedingly rare and vibrantly beautiful quilt is stitched from the uniform of an English solider during the Crimean War.
Price: $15,000
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A RARE EARLY SHAKESPEARE PORTRAIT

(Shakespeare, William). Portrait of William Shakespeare. A version of the half-length portrait by Gerard Soest, First half of the 18th century.

A rare early Shakespeare portrait
Price: $90,000
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FIRST EDITION OF WALDEN, WITH A MANUSCRIPT BY EMERSON ON WALDEN POND

Thoreau, Henry David. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

First edition of Thoreau's Walden, with an autograph note signed by Emerson tipped in.
Price: $35,000
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"One of the finest revolutionary war military documents to have ever appeared"

Washington, George. Autograph manuscript signed "Commr. in Chief," an autograph Order of Battle for the Continental Army Light Infantry, the attacking advance force for the projected battle to retake New York City. Dated and titled by Washington on verso: Order of Battle 1 August 1780. , 1780.

One of the finest revolutionary war military documents to have ever appeared at auction
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THE LONGEST AND GREATEST LEAVES OF GRASS MANUSCRIPT IN PRIVATE HANDS

Whitman, Walt. Important Leaves of Grass Autograph Manuscript Signed, "A Carol of Harvest for 1867," with Whitman's corrections and notes for the printer. (Later called "The Return of the Heroes"). [n.p.], 1867.

This is almost certainly the longest and one of the most important complete poetical manuscripts by Whitman remaining in private hands. This poem appears in Leaves of Grass as "The Return of the Heroes."
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