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Lot 32
[CIVIL WAR ERA] A Civil War Era Miscellany.
A group of Civil War era books and related items. Comprising: BAKER, L.C., General. History of the United States Secret Service. Philadelphia: L.C. Baker, 1867. First edition. Original cloth, slipcase, some staining, acquired from Bauman Rare Books. Sabin 2841; FOOTE, SHELBY. The Civil War: A Narrative. New York: Random House, [1958-74]. Each stated first edition or first printing, two of the volumes signed by Shelby Foote which is uncommon, publisher's cloth in facsimile dust jackets, fine overall; CAIRNS, J.E. The Slave Power... London and Cambridge: MacMillan, 1863. Second edition. Original cloth, slipcase, hinges cracked; CLAYTON, POWELL. The Aftermath of the Civil War in Arkansas. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1915. First edition. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Wear to cloth and jacket extremities; NEWMAN, RALPH G., ed. Lincoln for the Ages. Garden City: Doubleday, 1960. One of 525 especially bound, boxed and signed copies, with further inscription from Newman. Cloth with facsimile signature, slipcase, fine; HERTZ, EMANUEL, ed. Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue. New York: Bloch, 1927. First edition. Cloth, fine; The New York Times. New York: 17 December 1863. Broadsheet newspaper. 8 pp., disbound; WELLS, FARGO & CO. Two printed forms accomplished in manuscript. San Francisco: 1872 & 1878 respectively, the earlier requesting $3000 in small coin and silver, the later acknowledging receipt of a gold bar, the earlier with folds with a short split and stamps, both toned; A Civil War Era Patriotic Fan. A paper fan with embossed design issued by the Ladies Memorial to the Brave Defenders of this Glorious Union, circa 1863, fine overall; And a framed display presenting a Civil War era bullet below a colored Harper's Weekly illustration, with authentication from the Caren Archive. Frame overall 20 x 24 inches. An interesting miscellany, sold as is.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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