Collection of Rare and Antiquarian Books & Historical Memorabilia
PRESENTING an EXTREMELY RARE, TRULY HISTORIC, IMPORTANT and HIGHLY DESIRABLE set of 5 leather bound Volumes of the Fourth Edition 1781 State Trials for High Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanors, editorialized by Francis Hargrave Esq. and 2 of which are signed by their owner, John Howes of Grays Inns, Read more…
Set of 9 John Bull Annuals from 1820 to 1829. PRESENTING AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE and IMPORTANT Set of 9 leather bound ‘John Bull Weekly Magazine’ yearly annuals from 1820 to 1829. Each volume contains ALL the weekly newspaper publications of ‘John Bull’ for the years 1820 to 1829 (Inclusive), bound Read more…
PRESENTING a FABULOUS First Edition Book, namely, The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A Rackham First Edition. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. Published in London by William Heinemann and in New York by Doubleday-Pace & Co in Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue, Complete Edition IN ONE VOLUME with Illustrations by GAVARNI and GIRARDET,, published by George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London and New York: 416 Broome Street – UNDATED….probably 1879/1880 Whilst there are other First Editions of this Read more…
PRESENTING A VERY RARE and Original J Mack Moore Photo of Virginia Memorial in Vicksburg, MISS and probably taken circa 1907/08, after it’s dedication. Paper photograph mounted on board, on it’s original matting. Taken by famous photographer John Mack Moore of Vicksburg and signed by him in red ink on Read more…
PRESENTING AN HISTORIC AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT American Civil War Collection consisting of: (1) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Confederate Field Map of Richmond, VA 1864 belonging to Capt W.A. Obenchain C.S. Engineers, (2) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Surrender/Parole Paper for Capt. W.A. Obenchain dated 1st May 1865 at Greensboro, Read more…
PRESENTING a FANTASTIC and HISTORIC Early 19C American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with OUTSTANDING Provenance. This Secretary Chest was made in Virginia in the Early 19th Century, circa 1810. It is made of cherry, walnut and maple and is most definitely in the Hepplewhite Style of the period, with it’s Read more…
PRESENTING A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT Original Scrap Book and Photograph of Major WA Obenchain, pertaining to Ogden College, Bowling Green, KY. The photograph is ‘new’ to the market and has never left family ownership until NOW! It is a previously, unseen image, of a significant historical figure, Major William Alexander Read more…
PRESENTING a UNIQUE and ORIGINAL piece of AMERICAN HISTORY, namely, an ORIGINAL photograph, of the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis Statue in the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by Adele Hayes-Davis, Jefferson Davis’s great-granddaughter, (clearly with the honor of carrying out the unveiling as she is holding the unveiling cord) as Read more…
PRESENTING an EXTREMELY RARE and ORIGINAL piece of AMERICAN HISTORY, namely, an ORIGINAL engraving of a very rare Portrait of an early/young Jefferson Davis, by Enoch Wood Perry, together with accompanying letter from Jefferson Davis’ Grandson, Jefferson Hayes Davis dated 2nd April 1935. Signed by him in ink. We estimate Read more…
