The Great Republic

Presented is an original 1870 "Johnson's Illinois" map. First published in 1864, this map was issued as pages 66 and 67 in the 1870 edition of “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate...

Presented is an original 1857 printing of J. H. Colton's map of Nebraska and Kansas. First published in 1855, this is a later 1857 printing, issued as page number 50 in Colton’s Atla...

Presented is an original 1870 "Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming" map. First published in 1865, this map was issued as pages 76 and 77 in the 1870 edition of “Jo...

This 1918 National War Garden Commission poster was designed by the famed poster artist, James Montgomery Flagg. An allegorical representation of Liberty scatters handfuls of seeds f...

Presented is a photogravure by Michael Brown entitled “Surviving Amateur Champions- Hoylake 1906.” The print depicts a group of golf championship competitors waiting in the clubhouse...

Presented is a "Mount Vernon" blue-glazed transferware plate. The plate was issued as part of a series of George Washington Bicentenary Memorial Plates in 1932, celebrating the 200 y...

Presented is a "Washington and His Family" blue-glazed transferware plate. The plate was issued as part of a series of George Washington Bicentenary Memorial Plates in 1932, celebrat...

Presented is a "Surrender of Cornwallis" blue-glazed transferware plate. The plate was issued as part of a series of George Washington Bicentenary Memorial Plates in 1932, celebratin...

Presented is a "Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon" blue-glazed transferware plate. The plate was issued as part of a series of George Washington Bicentenary Memorial Plates in...

Presented is a “Washington at Valley Forge” blue-glazed transferware plate. The plate was issued as part of a series of George Washington Bicentenary Memorial Plates in 1932, celebrating the 200 year anniversary of George Washington’s birth. The plate was made by Crown Ducal, in England, for the American market. The plate’s center design features a striking kneeling portrait of George Washington, after Henry Brueckner’s 1866 “The Prayer at Valley Forge...

Hemingway, Ernest, Across the River and Into the Trees. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950. Octavo. First American edition, first printing, in publisher’s full black cloth board...

Hemingway, Ernest. A Moveable Feast. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1964]. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. In the publisher's original rust cloth backstrip over marbled boar...

Presented is a "A Trifle from Boston" Mottahedeh dish, depicting the U.S.S. Constitution. The plate was issued as part of a series commemorating early American vessels, including the...

Presented is a British nautical sextant, dating to the 1830-40s. The brass and wood sextant was made by Spencer & Co. in London. The sextant has a wood body, brass index arm, and an ...

Presented is a handsome bust sculpture depicting Abraham Lincoln, after Leo Cherne. The tabletop bust is cast in dark patinated stone resin and mounted on a square black wood base.  Leo Cherne created his bust sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln in 1955. He based the sculpture off an 1865 photograph of Abraham Lincoln. The photograph was taken hours after Lincoln learned of General Robert E...

Presented is a set of vintage cast iron George Washington bust bookends. The head to shoulder likenesses celebrate the impressive legacy of our ...

Offered is a vintage set of Washington at Valley Forge bookends. The bookends were made by the American maker Hubley Manufacturing Co. in 1925. The bookends are in the style of the f...

Presented is a pair of vintage U.S. Great Seal bookends, dating to the 1950s. The bookends feature a brass-colored, raised relief U.S. Great Seal at center. The round seal is encased...

Offered is a beautiful pair of spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The eagle is shown with its wings fully spread and a laurel branch and bundle of ar...

Presented is a blue-glazed transferware water pitcher with an oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln printed on both sides. The printed phrase “With Ma...

Presented is a photogravure by Michael Brown entitled “Amateur Championship at Sandwich.” This print features Mr. H. Hilton and Mr. J. Robb engaged in the final of the 1900 Amateur C...

Presented is an original, pencil-signed etched portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Jacques Reich. Reich completed the portrait in 1901. Reich was Hungarian-born portrait etcher, active ma...

Presented is a Jacques Reich etched head and shoulders portrait of Alexander Hamilton. Reich completed the portrait in 1904 and it was published by G.P. Putnam that same year. Jacqu...

Offered is a set of vintage brass Revolutionary War soldiers bookends. Each bookend depicts a fife player and two drummers marching in step together across a grassy battlefield. One ...

This is an exquisite and dramatic steel-engraved wall map of the United States, published by T. & E. H. Ensign in 1845. The map depicts the development and settlement of the Unit...

Presented is a rare stipple engraving of “Liberty. In the form of the Goddess of Youth giving Support to the Bald Eagle.” This engraving was drawn, engraved, and published by Edward ...

Reagan, Ronald. An American Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1990]. First trade edition. Octavo. In the publisher's original blue cloth backstrip over red boards and unclipped du...

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Photoplay edition. 8vo. In original red cloth boards, with black titles to front and s...

Benchley, Peter. Jaws. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Stated First Edition. Octavo. In original black cloth boards with silver titles to the spine, original unclip...

Kent, Rockwell. N by E. New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. Printed by Lakeside Press, Chicago. First trade edition. In the publisher's original beige cloth boards, embossed in navy blu...

Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillian and Co., 1888. First edition three volume set. Three-quarter morocco leather boards with deckled edges, gilt ruling, and gilt titles to the spine. Presented in custom matching slipcase.  This first edition, three volume set of The American Commonwealth was published in London by Macmillian and Company in 1888. The books are bound in three-quarter straight grain morocco leather and maroon linen boards with gilt embossed and banded spine. The top edges are trimmed and edged with gilt while the other page ends are left deckled. All three volumes are presented in a custom archival matching slipcase. James Bryce...

Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1959, 1955. Illustrated by John ...

Roosevelt, Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. First Edition. Octavo. In the publisher's dark blue cloth with...

Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. First edition, second state. Octavo. In the publisher's original illustr...

The Arabian Nights Entertainment. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1916 (1925). Illustrated by Louis Rhead. Octavo. In original black cloth boards with front pastedown, gilt titles to sp...

Dodge, Mary Mapes. Hans Brinker, Or, The Silver Skates. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Illustrated by Allen B. Doggett. Octavo. In publisher’s original illustrated dust jac...

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: H. S. Nichols, 1914. First Facsimile Edition. Octavo. In the publisher's original red cloth boards, blind stamped on front and back, gi...

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. [and] Kidnapped. Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto: John C. Winston, 1924, 1925. Illustrated by Frank Goodwin. Octavo. In the publisher's origi...

Swinton, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. A Critical History of the Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania from the Commencement to the Close of the War, 186...

Presented is a handsome profile portrait of George Washington. Washington is depicted in a head and shoulders pose, looking to the right and body also depicted in profile. He wears h...

This original mixed media painting, entitled “Flag Over Supreme Court”, was painted by Jim Butcher in 1983. The work originally appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S....

Presented is a charming, signed print of "Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas," by Norman Rockwell. The Christmastime panorama depicts the busy snow-covered town center at dusk with...

Presented is an original movie poster for El Dorado. El Dorado is a 1966 Paramount movie directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Loosely based on the 196...

Presented is a George Washington Bicentennial parade flag from 1932. The flag is printed with gold, white, and blue stripes, with a prominent bust portrait of George Washington at ce...

Presented here is a striking 20th century 13-star Bennington “76” style parade flag, modeled after the historic example preserved at the Bennington Museum in Vermont. This commemorat...

This is a beautiful 13-star American flag, each star sewn with zig-zag stitching. The wool flag was sewn at the turn of the century, circa 1900. The flag features 13 white stars rest...

Presented is a 44-star silk American flag, commemorating Wyoming statehood. The flag dates to 1890-1896. The flag has an “8-7-7-7-7-8” star configuration, with the stars whimsically ...

This is an uncommon 42-star flag, commemorating the addition of the state of Washington to the Union. The flag dates to 1889-1890, and is printed on cotton. The canton consists of s...

This is an antique 36-star American flag, as striking as it is scarce. The flag has a glazed cotton construction, with a blue canton printed with 36 white stars. The stars are arrang...

Offered is a spectacular 34-star American flag, produced during the Civil War. This flag features 34 printed white stars, on a blue wool blend canton. The stars are arranged in whims...

Presented is a pair of vintage plaster cast American Eagle bookends. Designed in a Federal style by Borghese of Italy, the bookends feature a stoic gold eagle on top of a black base ...

Capote, Truman, In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. New York: Random House, Inc., [1965]. First trade edition, first printing. Octavo. Original d...

Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition, first printing. Octavo, in original publisher's black boards, with silver and red embossed motif t...

Ian Fleming. For Your Eyes Only. London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Presented in original boards with white eye design and gilt stamped spine, origin...

Bush, George, Gold, Victor. Looking Forward: An Autobiography. New York: Doubleday, 1987. First edition, first printing. Octavo. In original red cloth boards with gilt titles to spin...

Presented is a vintage "Colorado, Crested Butte Sheet" topographical map, first published by the United States Geological Survey. Highly detailed, the map captures the rugged topogra...

Presented is an original movie poster for the 1983 "Return of the Jedi," the third and final installment in the original Star Wars Trilogy. Tim Reamer illustrated this one-sheet, wit...

Presented is a patriotic silk and metallic thread trapunto embroidered souvenir, dating to the late 19th century. The banner has a tan silk field, with "E. Pluribus Unum" embroidered...

Presented is an original movie poster for Warner Brothers 1983 film, “The Right Stuff.” Tom Jung designed this one-sheet poster, which features profile illustrations of the seven test pilots, set against a starry sky, and a singular pilot emerging from a wrecked test. The movie’s title, “The Right Stuff,” and catch-phrase, “How the future began,” are printed at bottom center. A collectible piece of movie history, this poster is made even more desirable with the addition of test-pilot Chuck Yeager’s signature on the poster at middle left. In 1972, journalist Tom Wolfe covered the launch of the final Moon mission, Apollo 17, for Rolling Stone. He wrote a four-part article about the astronauts for the magazine, entitled “Post-Orbital Remorse,” which appeared in Rolling Stone throughout 1973. After his piece was completed, Wolfe was still curious about the emotional and psychological bravery required to rocket into space, and so he began researching a broader history of the United States’ human spaceflight program. Throughout much of the 1970s, Wolfe worked on the research and writing for his book, The Right Stuff. In his foreword, Wolfe notes that as late as 1970, almost one in four career Navy pilots died in accidents. "The Right Stuff," he explains, "became a story of why men were willing--willing?--delighted!--to take on such odds in this, an era literary people had long since characterized as the age of the anti-hero." Focusing on the earliest American human spaceflights of Project Mercury and writing 15 years after the events themselves, Wolfe had the benefit of hindsight, archives, and first-hand recollections to help him answer that question. Wolfe interviewed test pilots, the astronauts, and their wives, among other experts in the field of space, flight, and psychology. The book was well received by critics upon publication in 1979. It was hailed as “one of the most romantic and thrilling books ever written about men who put themselves in peril." (The Boston Globe). It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. This success prompted the development and creation of the Warner Brothers film, of the same title. Written and directed by Philip Kaufman, the 1983 film chronicles the first 15 years of America’s space program. Similar to Wolfe’s book, the movie follows the Mercury Seven test pilots closely, humanizing the professional and personal trials, tribulations, stressors, and pressure each faced. The film starred Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey and Kim Stanley. It was narrated by Levon Helm...

Presented is a hand-colored engraving of “Johnson's New Chart of National Emblems.” This print was created for “Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World,” published by A.J...