Results of Ephemera, Rare Books, & Captain Jack Crawford held Friday, June 25, 2004
LotItem DescriptionHammer Price 
1DOCUMENT- CONNETICUT MEDICAL SOCIETY CERTIFICATE DATED APRIL 1804, FOR ERASTUS OSGOOD. ENGRAVED TEXT ON LAID PAPER, WAX SEAL. SIGNED BY THOMAS MOSELY, EARLY FACULTY MEMBER OF BOWDOIN. FRAMED. SS: 7 1/2" X 12". OS: 11 1/4" X 16". FOXED.$ $105.00
2MANUSCRIPT- BACK READS 'PORTION OF A LEAF FROM LITURGICAL SONGBOOK ON PARCHMENT CA. 1475, NOTES ARE GOTHIC NEUMES STYLE KNOWN AS HORSE SHOE NAIL, STAFF OF FOUR LINES', FRAME: VINTAGE BLACK MOLDED, SS: 7 1/2" X 10", OS: 9 1/2" X 12, CONDITION: GOOD.$ $50.00
3MANUSCRIPT, PAGE ILLUMINATED WITH LATIN TEXT, PROBABLY LITURGICAL, FRAME: STICK WITH DOUBLE SIDED GLAZING, SS: 12 3/4" X 8", OS: 14" X 9 1/2", CONDITION: FOXING.$ $50.00
4FAMILY REGISTER - 18TH C HAND DONE CALLIGRAPHY DETAILING THE BIRTHS OF THE CHILDREN OF HARMON & MARY SEFFORD, PAPER W/ CANVAS BACK W/ REMNANTS OF BLUE CLOTH BORDER, TEN CHILDREN W/ DATES RANGING FROM JANUARY 1756 TO JANUARY 1775 SIZE: 21''L X 14''W CO$ $100.00
6MARITIME EPHEMERA- COLLECTION APPROX. (100) STRING TAG PASSES FOR LAUNCHINGS OF USN SUBMARINES, 1930'S-40'S. OBVIOUSLY, MANY DUPLICATES. GOOD CONDITION.$ $400.00
7FIRST DAY COVER- MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE S/S NORMANDIE, THE GREATEST OCEAN LINER OF ALL TIME. MAILED FROM THE SHIP VIA LE HAVRE, ITS HOME PORT. 29 MAR 1935. WITH FLYER AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPING. TONED, SCUFFED, LACKING BACK FLAP. THE SHIP TRAGICALLY BURNT AT A $ $10.00
8(2) FIRST DAY COVERS, SUBMARINE SINKINGS- HEROIC RESCUE OF USS SQUALUS, MAY 3, 1939, POSTMARKED 'USS SCULPIN STANDING OVER SQUALUS' ON THE DATE OF RESCUE, WITH IMAGE OF MCCANN RESCUE CHAMBER AND TIPPED IN REAL PHOTO OF THE SUB; PLUS 'USS FALCON STANDING B$ $125.00
9MAPS- GEORGE W. ELDRIDGE'S HARBOR CHARTBOOK- BOSTON TO BAR HARBOR, 1909. 25 PLATES, 20" X 15". BUCHRAM BOARDS, EX LIBRIS DONALD BAXTER MACMILLAN. MINOR SPOTS AND GRIME TO COVER, CONTENTS CLEAN, SOME SMALL NOTATIONS.$ $625.00
10BOOK- 'THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT' BY EDMUND M. BLUNT. FROM PASSAMAQUODDY THROUGH THE GULPH OF FLORIDA, 7TH ED., 1812. FULL LEATHER BOUND. PARTIALLY DISBOUND, GRIMY, FOXED, STAINED. 310 PPS.$ $325.00
11BOOK- 'VOYAGE OF THE US FRIGATE POTOMAC, CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE, 1831-34' BY J.N. REYNOLDS. FOLD-OUT ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS. NEW YORK, HARPER AND BROTHERS, 1835. HALF LEATHER, MARBELIZED BOARDS, 560 PPS. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". BINDING POOR, HINGES CRACKE$ $270.00
12BOOKS, (2) JOURNALS- EXTREMELY RARE ACCOUNT BY HENRY BOUNEL OF THE JOURNEY FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO ABOARD THE US SAILING SHIP PANAMA FEB-AUG 1849, AROUND THE HORN. THE PANAMA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO MAKE THIS TRIP FOR THE GOLD RUSH. MENTION I$ $6,000.00
13BOOK- 'BOWDITCH'S NAVIGATOR', SIXTH EDITION, 1826. FULL LEATHERBOUND, 618 PPS. 8 3/4" X 5 1/4". OBVIOUSLY USED ABOARD A SHIP.$ $250.00
14BOOK- RARE 'VOYAGE OF THE US EXPLORING SQUADRON COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN CHARLES WILKES OF USN, 1838-42' WITH EXPLORATIONS BY ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS AND EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA. BY JOHN S. JENKINS. AUBURN, NY. JAMES M. ALDEN, 1850. BLINDSTAMPED CL$ $20.00
15(5) PCS MARITIME- INCLUDING (3) LOGBOOKS KEPT BY CHARLES O. EDGECOMB CARTER: 1858 VOYAGE OF SHIP THALATTA, NEW ORLEANS TO GENOA AND BACK TO NYC; 1867-76 LOG OF SHIP WHAMPOA, SAILING FROM NY TO EUROPEAN PORTS; SHIP MONTE ROSA TO EXOTIC PORTS INCLUDING BOMB$ $475.00
16BOOK- RARE 'SANDWICH ISLAND NOTES' BY A. HAOLE, NEW YORK, HARPER & BROTHERS, 1854. BLINDSTAMPED CLOTHBINDING, GILT TITLE, ENGRAVED FRONTIS. 493 PPS. 8" X 5". COVERS FADED, STAINED, CONTENTS TONED, ENDPAPERS FOXED, OWNER INSCRIBED.$ $175.00
17BOOK- RARE 'THE ISLAND OF CUBA' BY ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT, TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH WITH NOTES AND PRELIMINARY ESSAY BY J.S. THRASHER, NEW YORK, DERBY AND JACKSON, 1856. BLINDSTAMPED CLOTH BINDINGS, GILT TITLE, FOLD OUT MAP. 397 PPS. 7 1/2" X 5". COVERS FA$ $80.00
18BOOK- SCARCE 'LA PLATA, THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION AND PARAGUAY' NARRATIVE OF THE EXPLORATION OF TRIBUTARIES OF THE RIVER PLATA, 1853-56 BY THOMAS J. PAGE, USN. WITH MAP AND MANY ENGRAVINGS. NEW YORK, HARPER & BROTHERS, 1859. FOLD OUT MAP AT BACK. 632 PP$ $65.00
19BOOK- EXTREMELY RARE 'THE NATIVE RACES OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, PAPUANS' BY GEORGE WINDSOR EARL, M.R.A.S. WITH FIVE COLORED PLATES AND TWO MAPS. LONDON, HIPPOLYTE BAILLIERE, 1853. BLINDSTAMPED CLOTHBINDING, GILT TITLE. COVERS BUMPED, SPINE CHIPPED, BACK$ $225.00
20BOOK- SCARCE 'FANKWEI- OR THE SAN JACINTO IN THE SEAS OF INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN' BY WILLIAM MAXWELL WOOD, USN, SURGEON OF THE FLEET TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. NY, HARPER & BROTHERS, 1859. PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN SEAMAN'S FRIENDS SOCIETY LABEL INSIDE FRON$ $55.00
21BOOK- VERY SCARCE 'THE SAILORS HORN BOOK FOR THE LAW OF STORMS, BEING A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION OF THE THEORY OF THE LAW OF STORMS' BY HENRY PIDDINGTON. WILLIAMS & NOLGATE, LONDON., 1860. 3RD ED. BLINDSTAMPED CLOTHBOUND, GILT TITLE AND DECORATION, FIVE FOLDI$ $50.00
22BOOK- VERY SCARCE 'A NEW AND ACCURATE METHOD OF FINDING A SHIPS POSITION AT SEA' BY CAPT. THOMAS SUMNER. BOSTON, THOMAS GROOM, 1845, 2ND ED. BLINDSTAMPED CLOTHBOUND, GILT DECORATION OF SAILOR IN TOPHAT WITH SEXTANT AT HELM. 88 PPS. FOLD OUT CHARTS, 9 3/4"$ $50.00
23BOOK- 'TALES OF FISHING VIRGIN SEAS' BY ZANE GREY. FIRST EDITION. NEW YORK, HARPER AND BROS, 1925. CLOTHBOUND, GOLD EMBOSSED, PHOTO ENDPAPERS. 216 PPS. 10 1/2" X 7 1/2". GOOD CONDITION, LIGHTLY TONED.$ $160.00
23.1BOOK- 'LAND AND SEA TALES FOR SCOUTS AND GUIDES' BY RUDYARD KIPLING, COMMISSIONER OF BOY SCOUTS. LONDON, MACMILLAN & CO. 1923. FIRST EDITION, HARDCOVER. 282 PPS. 8 1/2" X 6 1/2". TONED, OWNER INSCRIBED, SPINE FADED, CHIPPED.$ $25.00
24BOOK- RARE AUTOGRAPH ALBUM COMMEMORATING 1845 REUNION OF THE CLASS OF 1825, BOWDOIN COLLEGE, WITH FOLD-OUT FITZHUGH LANE LITHO OF THE CAMPUS. MANY ENTRIES. HALF LEATHERBOUND, CLOTH BOARDS, MARBELIZED ENDPAPERS. FRONT BOARD DETACHED, LITHO FOXED.$ $105.00
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