![Item #1017 [Californiana, Criminology] Lot of 5 Autograph Letters Signed – Wanted Posters from...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1017.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701470850)
Fresno, Modesto & Sacramento, California: 1885-1892. [Californiana, Criminology] Lot of 5 Autograph Letters Signed – Wanted Posters from Various California Law Enforcement Offices, Fresno, Modesto & Sacramento, California, 1885-1892, 7.75 x 9.75 – 8.5 x 11 inches, 1 pp each. Five letters on lined paper, one unlined; handwriting.....
Sacramento, California: 1850. [Territorial California] Rare California Territorial Circular Date Stamp And Manuscript Note to Territorial Governor Peter Burnett, July 16, 1850. 1pp. 6.25 x 10.5 inches. Manuscript note written on thin blue paper unevenly trimmed and folded into a stampless letter. Previous folds with light toning. Note written.....
Stampless Autograph Letter Signed from Presbyterian Minister of Baltimore John C. Backus to Reverand William McDowell, Secretary Presbyterian Board of Missions, Philadelphia November 1842 Folded three-page bifolium stampless letter, 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Tear from wax seal; no loss of content but previous archival repair at tear. Light soiling.....
![Item #712 [John Barth] "Lost in the Funhouse" One-page Typed Manuscript Signed. John Barth](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/712.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690242104)
1992. [John Barth] "Lost in the Funhouse" One-page Typed Manuscript Signed, May 1992 Single-page measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Toned along top edge; slight smoky odor. Verso is blank. Very Good condition. Single-page typed excerpt from Barth's 1968 short story collection "Lost in the Funhouse". Signed and dated.....
1980-1982. Archive of Westerns Writer Robert Vaughn Bell, 1980-1982 Two spiral-bound manuscripts, pp. 165 and pp. 230 + TLS, paperback book and snapshot photo Very Good Plus Robert Vaughn Bell was born on April 25, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, earning.....
![Item #715 [John C. Fremont] [Joseph Bonaparte] ALS from Clement C. Biddle to Thomas Aspinwall,...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/715.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690328577)
[John C. Fremont] [Joseph Bonaparte] ALS from Clement C. Biddle to Thomas Aspinwall, Consul General of the United States, London--Letter of Recommendation for Gwinn Harris Heap, 1852 7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inch lined bifolium sheet with autograph letter signed, front and back only--inside is blank. Verso only contains.....
Biographer's Notebook--Original Manuscript, circa 1950, n.p., 273 pp. 8.75 x 11.5 inches. Three-quarter vellum over golden-yellow cloth binding. Binding mildly soiled and worn. edges lightly fraying. Title stamped in black on spine. Yellow cloth is bubbled. Binding signed inside front board, "F. Vaughn Binder". Three post binding holding strong.....
The Awakening, Typed Manuscript Signed Edward Borein circa 1900-1920. 5pp. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches. Five typed pages, recto only. Title and author's signature in manuscript top of page 1, a few editorial corrections, all in pencil. Toning, edgewear, and light chipping to edges of paper. Some creasing.....
1664-1665. 17th Century English Manuscript Receipt for Tithing by High Sheriff William Cotton Signed by Rector John Bradley 1664-1665 Single leaf manuscript measures 5 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches. Recto only. Light soiling. Chipping to edges on fragile paper showing microscopic holes plus one 1/2 x 1/8 inch hole.....
![Item #605 [California Gold Mining] Small Archive Related to the Sale of the Dunderberg Gold Mine...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/605.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687299873)
[California Gold Mining] Small Archive Related to the Sale of the Dunderberg Gold Mine Property, Munckton, California 1898-1899 Eight manuscript items plus stock certificate. Letters generally very good condition with exception of one short note with a small section excised. The Munckton Gold & Silver Mining Company.....
![Item #969 [ Massachusetts Arms Co] Autograph Letter Signed T.W. Carter on Credit Check for Smith...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/969.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700370386)
[ Massachusetts Arms Co] Autograph Letter Signed T.W. Carter on Credit Check for Smith & Wesson, 1858 Single folded sheet measures 4 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches. Manuscript text on front with docket on back; interior blank. Fine condition. Short note from T.W. Carter of the Massachusetts Arms.....
![Item #976 [Shakespeare] Two Autograph Letters Signed from Noted Shakespeare Historian Mary Cowden...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/976.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700524017)
[Shakespeare] Two Autograph Letters Signed from Noted Shakespeare Historian Mary Cowden Clarke--1856 and 1879 1856 letter is a folded two-page note about 4.5 x 7 inches. Tipped onto larger sheet. With embossed cameo of William Shakespeare at top of paper. Light soiling from glue. Very Good Condition. 1879.....
![Item #708 [Committee of Vigilance] Autograph Receipt Signed by William T. Coleman, April 4th,...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/708.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690152444)
Autograph Receipt Signed by William T. Coleman, April 4th, 1856, San Francisco, California Single blue leaf measures 3 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches. One previous fold. Very Good Condition. Docketed on verso. Receipt for "last quarter rent for brick house in Portland" leased to HW Corbett by William.....
![Item #1009 [Colt Firearms] Lot of 4 Autograph Letter Signed Patent Transfers from Elisha K....](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1009.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701207453)
Hartford, Connecticut: 1866. [Colt Firearms] Lot of 4 Autograph Letter Signed Patent Transfers from Elisha K. Root’s Widow to Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, January 18 1866, 8 x 12.5 inches, 4 Bifolio letters. Four bifolio autograph letters signed on lined paper; 1-3 inch section of left.....
![Item #410 [Wild Bill Hickok] Archive of Notes and Correspondence of William Connelley for His...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/410.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683234418)
[Wild Bill Hickok] Archive of Notes and Correspondence of William Connelley for His Book on Wild Bill Hickok, "Wild Bill and His Era: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok". 1923-1926. 23pp. Archive includes written manuscript pages, original typed and retained carbon pages. Very good condition. All.....
[Unrecorded Captain Jack Crawford] Amazing Archive of John Wallace “Captain Jack” Crawford Including 23 Mostly Manuscript Items Including a Number of Unpublished and Unrecorded Short Stories, Poems and Plays. Items generally in very good condition. Minor chipping to some pages with no loss of content. Toning to most.....
Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee Autograph Note Signed Card stock with printed address upper right hand corner measures 6 5/8 x 4 inches. Possibly removed from scrapbook. Verso has glue remnants on corners plus the name K.J. Turner -1985-. Light toning to edges. Very Good Condition. "Sir Francis Bernard.....
Rockingham County, Virginia: 1780. Indenture between Hugh Douglass and Joseph Douglass of Rockingham County Virginia, 1780. Manuscript indenture measures approximately 16.5 x 13.25 inches. Previous folds with some separation at folds with the middle fold 3/4 separated. Moderate foxing. Some text on verso is difficult to read but.....
ALS From Theodore Dreiser Feb. 6, 1926 Single leaf measures 10.5 x 7.25 inches. Grey watermarked paper with "Theodore Dreiser" printed at top. Previously folded into thirds. Verso blank. Fine condition. Dated February 6, 1926: "Dear Mr. Ryder: I have been in Florida & just returned. Find your.....
[Cotton Broker] Manuscript Stampless Letter From J.C. Fargo. Augusta, Georgia to Chauncey Rowe, Utica, New York 1834. 4pp. 7.75 x 9.75 inches. 4-page manuscript letter folded into stampless envelope. Bold and legible script. Slight content loss at wax seal tear. Minor separation at folds. Red Augusta, Georgia circular date.....
![Item #904 [Ford's Theater] Autograph Letter Signed by John T. Ford, Proprietor of Ford's Opera...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/904.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699566206)
[Ford's Theater] Autograph Letter Signed by John T. Ford, Proprietor of Ford's Opera House, Washington D.C. plus Two Tickets to Fords [sic] Opera House Letter measures 4.75 x 8 inches on Ford's Opera House letterhead. With previous folds with one inch of archival tape at fold on verso plus.....
![Item #321 [Earle R. Forrest] Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground-- Complete Carbon Copy of Original...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/321.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680557887)
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Press, 1936. Manuscript. Earle R. Forrest, Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground--Complete Carbon Copy of Original Manuscript with Author's and Publisher's Holographic Corrections. Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho, 1936. 295pp. plus notes. Approx. 8.5 x 11 inches. Complete carbon of the original manuscript with author's holograph corrections plus.....
![Item #322 [Earle R. Forrest] Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground--Complete Typescript with Author's...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/322.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680560485)
1934. Typescript. Earle R. Forrest, Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground--Complete Typescript with Author's Holographic Corrections. 289pp. 27pp in duplication. 8.5 x 11 inches. Complete Typescript with Author's Holographic Corrections as submitted to the Prize Travel Book Competition November 24, 1934, with typed submittal letter. Completed manuscript presented to Robert.....
Paris, France: 1898-1900. Architectural Student Drawings 1898-1900 by Ernest Hjalmar Fougner, Atelier Preparatoire D'Architecture, Godefroy & Freynet, Paris, France Six architectural drawings in pencil and watercolor wash dated 1898-1900. Paper measures 16.5 x 21 inches and is of various thicknesses. These drawings have been tacked on a basement wall.....
Norwalk, Ohio: 1833-1851. [Ohio] [Banking] [Stampless Letters] Collection of 26 Stampless Letters, 1833-1851 Addressed to Ohio Banker and Promotor John Gardner, Norwalk, Ohio Collection of 26 stampless handwritten letters in very good condition. Clearly this archive has been stored properly for the past 172 years plus. About the only.....