Catalogue 134 Americana A collection of original historical sources No. 134 1954 BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & PAINTINGS RELATING TO America Offered for Sale by EDWARD EBERSTADT & SONS 888 Madison Avenue, at 72nd Street New York 21, N. Y. [1] [ADAMS, J. Q.] A sketch of the life and services of John Quincy Adams, President of the United States of America. 16 pp., 8vo, sewn as issued. N. p., 1828. 10.00 [2] [ALABAMA.] Constitution of Alabama, as revised and amended by the convention assembled at Montgomery. 19 pp., 8vo, sewn. Washington, 1868. ALABAMA'S "MENAGERIE" CONSTITUTION 15.00 [3] [ALABAMA.] Roll of the black dupes and white renegades who voted in Mobile City and County for the Menagerie Constitution for the State of Alabama. Published by order of the Constitutional Club of Mobile, February, 1868. 24 pp., 8vo, half morocco. Mobile: Register job print, 1868. 75.00 Of excessive rarity, and great historical importance. [4] [ALASKA.] Direct route-Yukon and Klondike-San Francisco, best place to outfit. Elephant folio colored "Map showing routes from San Francisco to Alaska and the Klondike," and "Route Map, Dyea to Dawson." 18 pp., oblong 8vo, folder. San Francisco: Dakin, 1897. 75.00 The map is one of the best of the contemporary gold-region maps, and was drawn by Professor George Davidson. The text strongly favors San Francisco as an outfitting point; compares the American versus the Canadian gold regions; gives the text of the mining laws of the two nations, and describes the formation of the various mining districts; weighs the advantages of the several routes, with tables of distances; and lists the necessary outfit in complete detail. [5] [ALASKA.] Ebner, W. M. Grand celebration at Juneau, Alaska, July 4th, 1899. Official program. 4 pp., printed in red and blue, 12mo, folded. Juneau: Alaska Dispatch print, 1899. 35.00 A crude and interesting early imprint, describing the procession, sports events, balloon ascension, parachute jump, grand ball, committees, etc. [6] [ALASKA.] Empire Transportation Company. Alaska and the gold fields by the all water route. Seattle-St. Michael, and Yukon River points. Elephant folio route map, and plates. 15 pp., oblong 12mo, folder. Chicago, 1898. 50.00 The text is headed "Alaska and the Gold Fields." It describes life in the gold camps; complete outfit to take; mining laws; methods of mining, etc. miners; number of passengers; freight capacity ions and fares. Interesting notes are appended. Archdeacon. Ochikthudettunetle rorzi ochikthud ettunetle loth. London, 1885. . . Dr. 15.00 ers. Map of Alaska and portions of ng the routes to the gold fields. Coland gold fields heavily stamped in 35.00 k. The Sunday Sun. Vol. I, No. 5. =, 4to. Juneau, July 30, 1899. 20.00 of local news, gossip, and gold reports. THE MINING DISTRICTS I. Map of the Willow Creek Mining and miners' notes and government 25.00 ap, showing the trails, Indian villages, mines, illiam M. A mile of gold. Strange p and plates. 219 pp., 12mo, picry, 1898. 15.00 breeding. [19] [AMERICAN FICTION.] E An episode of the early settlements o plus ads, 12mo, pictorial wrappers. N [20] [AMERICAN FICTION.] ] Indian-slayer. A tale of forest and pr pictorial wrappers. New York: Del [21] [AMERICAN LABOR.] Ow history and its prospects. 39 pp., 8vo, "THE GREATEST RARITY IN A [22] [AMERICAN LITERATURE ders in the rue morgue, and the man wrappers in facsimile, in full red mor lished by William H. Graham, 1843. FIRST EDITION OF THE GREATEST TURE. The Murders is by far the rarest book It is more than that: it is an important work thousands of later imitators an entirely new (and the detective story. The work has been called "th not only of America but of the world." Even the to the Murders, both in point of rarity and, of co history of English and American auctions the w time in 1909 when J. P. Morgan acquired his co been paid for an American book. [See illustration, |