Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 22

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Newspapers/Publications

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 406		Acts Passed At the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress of the United States. Washington: Davis and Force, 1826) 107 pp., small quarto, paper bound. Acts published include an act to appropriate funds to further negotiate and carry out treaty stipulations with the Cherokee, Creek, Sock, Fox, Iowa, Quapaw and Choctaw nations, as well as the full text of formal treaties including agreements with the Creeks, Sious Chippewa and many others. Also included is a treaty with Colombia, printed in both English and Spanish; an act funding two American observers to Simon Bolivar's Panama Congress convened to attempt to form a Latin American confederation. Binding and pages are loose; page edges chipped and rough; light soiling; overall just Good condition. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 407		Almanac Collection. A huge collection of fifty (50) almanacs. The annual almanac, forecasting agricultural and weather-related information for the upcoming year, was essential to most homesteaders and farmers. These paperback booklets detailed everything from phases of the moon to political candidates in that year's national elections…from phrenology and astrology predictions to listing home remedies/medicines and, of course, the calendar in various forms. This is a tremendous archive of such booklets from several different publishers. The group includes: eleven (11) "Lutheran Church Almanacs," various years 1886-1912; twenty-five (25) issues of the "Agricultural Almanac" for years from 1893-1931; eight (8) published in German for immigrants, representing years from 1834-1913; and six other miscellaneous examples, including the "Farmer's Almanac" for 1886. Typical age wear, minor tears and chipping; a few with some cover loss. Most have wonderful woodcuts and design elements. A fine assemblage. (50 items). Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 408		August 8, 1768, The New-York and Weekly Gazette; The Mercury. 4 pages folio. Page 3 reports from Boston that in London "…our Friends consider the late act imposing Duties upon Paper, &c., as a second Stamp Act, and as another Attempt to gain the Point of Taxation over the Colonies…That…determining not to import any Goods from Great Britain, would undoubedly and inevitably procure for us all the Relief we need…." Page 4 has a proclamation signed in print by William Franklin as Governor of New Jersey. Also, ads for runaways include "a Negro Man named Harry…can speak both Dutch and English, plays on the Violin, and loves Grog…." Attractive woodcut masthead pictures an Indian and a colonist holding a crown between them. Overall toning; a few areas of foxing. About Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 409		Five 19th Century Diaries. A grouping of five diaries kept by American women c. 1818-1854, largely bearing religious content and descriptions of quotidian life. Includes a leather-bound, 4 x 6 in. diary, kept by Sarah L. Fugol, approximately. 40 pp., c. 1854; 6½ x 8 in. diary by an unnamed person, bound by string only, approximately. 20 pp., c. 1818 (quite ragged); the third, 4 x 8½ in., by an unnamed person, bound with string only, approximately. 40 pp., c. 1853; the fourth, 4 x 5 7/8 in., by the same person as the third, bound with string, approximately. 40 pp., c. 1854; the fifth, 8 x 6 in., approximately. 50 pp. no date, bound with string. All the diaries appear to be written in a feminine hand, with much pious content. Worthy of further research by the person interested in the quotidian life of women in 19th century America. Sold "as is." Lot viewing suggested. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 410		Two Inscribed and Signed Early Massachusetts Imprints. Booklet Inscribed and Signed, "Hon Nathl, Silsbee with the respect of L Lincoln" as Governor of Massachusetts. Entitled Message of His Excellency Levi Lincoln Communicated To The Two Branches Of The Legislature, January 6, 1830, Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1830, 40 pp., uncut, 9½ x 6¼ in. The second imprint is Inscribed and Signed, "Samuel…Valley with the respect of Josiah Quincy," as Mayor of Boston. Entitled "City of Boston," 34 pp, 9½ x 5¾ in. Both imprints are bound with string, with some toning and foxing. Very Good. (2 items). Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 411		Edited by Geroge H. Crosbie, Jr. The Autograph Collector's Journal. Three bound volumes published by the National Society of Autograph Collectors, covering the quarterly issues from October 1948 through Fall 1955. The publication changed its name in the Fall 1953 issue to its current name, Manuscripts, published by The Manuscript Society. Beautifully bound, full leather covers with gilt lettering and cover designs, as well as page edges; one volume is burnt orange, one navy and one burgundy (this one with separated front cover, easily rebound); all three volumes have marbled end papers. Some wear to covers, but still attractive and all containing a plethora of material for the autograph collector. An excellent reference tool. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 412		*The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans.* 1852/1867 Edition, 4 volumes complete, published by Robert E. Peterson & Co., Philadelphia, 1852. The four volumes, each 10 x 6½ inches, contain a total of 122 engraved portraits of famous Americans. Gilt-edged pages. One quarter calf leather and marbleized board covers. Heavy to light spine loss on three of the volums. Interiors are very clean with some light foxing, mostly in margin edges of protraits. The eminent Americans include orators, statesmen, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, and others. A few of the famous names are: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Francis Marion ("The Swamp Fox"), John Adams, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Boone, Oliver Perry, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Generals Meade, Sherman and Sheridan, and many more. This is a great potential money-maker for the person willing to split the books up and offer the prints on an individual basis, or the set could be rebound beautifully because of the original boards. Three of these volumes were published in 1852 and the fourth in 1857, completing the set from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. Similar single volumes of this set, in poor condition, have sold for as much as $1,000 because of these beautifully-engraved plates. (4 volumes). Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,438