1893. Oil on canvas, laid down on wood, 22 x 30 inches. Signed and dated lower left: "Alfred Agoust / 1893." Titled: "Buffalo Bill" on Kennedy Gallery labels. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries; Collection of Edward Eberstadt & Sons. Superb displayable condition. Handsomely presented in a period-style gilt American exhibition frame. This.....

London. 1829. Double elephant folio print, framed. Near fine condition. Audubon's depiction of the Mississippi Kite appeared in 1829 as plate 117 in THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. This plate aroused considerable debate at the time, because many natural historians were quick to note the similarity between the lower of the.....

[Bermuda. ca. 1882]. Sixteen leaves, containing thirty-one mounted photographs, each approximately 7 x 9 inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary black cloth, neatly rebacked and recornered in contemporary black morocco, gilt. Light wear and soiling to cards. Images generally crisp and clean. Very good plus. A handsome 19th-century photo album which includes.....

Wheatland, near Lancaster [Pa.]. April 28, 1852. [2]pp. on a folded folio leaf, docketed on the fourth page. One horizontal and two vertical folds. Lightly dampstained. Two tiny edge tears. Very good. In a blue half leather and cloth folding box, gilt. A remarkable political letter from future president James.....

[ 1883]. Oil on canvas, 18 x 26 inches, on original wooden stretcher, with letters in lower margin, after the lithographed view of the same title published by Bosqui. Very good. "Edward Bosqui was born in 1833 in Montreal, of French descent. When he was about seventeen years old he.....

London: William Faden, Aug. 10, 1776. Engraving, 12 x 19 1/2 inches. Small old ink stamp on verso. Near fine. A profile view of Sullivan's Island, the main fort guarding the mouth of the Charleston harbor, with a key indicating the main features, ship locations, and gun emplacements. Below the.....

New York. 1860. 226pp. Illustrated with ninety-nine lithographs of carriages, one tinted plate advertising Henry Austin (the architect), and numerous black and white engravings. Double frontis. Oblong octavo. Original cloth, stamped in blind. Inner hinges expertly repaired. A few light spots on the front free endpapers. Near fine. A handsomely.....

[London: Jodocus Hondius, ca. 1583, but printed later]. Engraved portrait, 15 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. A fine, black impression, expertly laid down on a larger sheet. Slight wear to upper edge. Very good and handsomely presented. Matted. This handsome and striking print is generally considered the finest contemporary portrait.....

London. 1830. [6],[2 blank leaves],[18]pp. plus 146 lithographic plates (some folding). Elephant folio. Modern half blue morocco and cloth, raised bands. Some slight foxing in margins of a few plates. Overall internally very good. This important series of topographical views and illustrations of Mayan artifacts, based on drawings made in.....

Venice: A. Vercellenius, 1503. 452,[9] leaves. Folio. Medieval vellum manuscript over boards, rebacked in vellum at an early date, manuscript label. Boards rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage lightly soiled and with contemporary hand-coloring. Minor soiling and foxing to text, contemporary underlining and annotations throughout, sometimes trimmed closely with loss.....

New York. 1851. 259pp. 12mo. Publisher's embossed cloth, spine gilt. Spine and edges faded, corners scuffed. Mild foxing. Good. Second edition, following the first of the previous year, of Green's memoirs, detailing his life as a gambler, and of his swift reformation after twelve years as one of the most.....

Utrecht. 1698. [70],389pp. plus folding map and four folding plates. 12mo. Handsome tan crushed morocco, gilt extra, leather labels, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., by Lucien Broca. A few tiny marginal paper repairs. Otherwise, internally clean. Near fine. First edition. This edition of Hennepin's writings is a continuation of his NOUVELLE DECOUVERTE.......

New York & Boston. 1852-1856. Two volumes. xii,100; iv,96pp., plus ninety- six chromolithographed plates. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels, t.e.g. Occasional light foxing. Overall a very good, tall set, with nice ample margins. The most beautiful American work on.....