Sale 449 Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:00 PM Rare Americana – Travel & Exploration Cruise Ship Memorabilia – Cartography Auction Preview Tuesday, March 8, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Wedesnsday, March 9, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Thursday, March 10, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Other showings by appointment 133 Kearny Street 4th Floor:San Francisco, CA 94108 phone: 415.989.2665 toll free: 1.866.999.7224 fax: 415.989.1664 [email protected]:www.pbagalleries.com REAL-TIME BIDDING AVAILABLE PBA Galleries features Real-Time Bidding for its live auctions. This feature allows Internet Users to bid on items instantaneously, as though they were in the room with the auctioneer. If it is an auction day, you may view the Real-Time Bidder at http://www.pbagalleries.com/realtimebidder/ . Instructions for its use can be found by following the link at the top of the Real-Time Bidder page. Please note: you will need to be logged in and have a credit card registered with PBA Galleries to access the Real-Time Bidder area. 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Administration Roger Wagner, Chairman Scott Evans, President Shannon Kennedy, Vice President, Client Services Angela Jarosz, Receptionist Dan Sweetnam, Shipping Clerk Consignments, Appraisals & Cataloguing Bruce E. MacMakin, Senior Vice President George K. Fox, Vice President, Market Development & Senior Auctioneer Gregory Jung, Senior Specialist Erin Garland, Specialist Marketing Maureen Gross, Vice President of Marketing Photography & Design Chad Mueller, Photographer Winter - Spring Auctions, 2011 March 10, 2011 - Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cruise Ship Memorabilia - Cartography March 24, 2011 - Fine Literature from a Private East Coast Collection April 7, 2011 - Illustrated & Children’s Books - Fine Books in All Fields April 21, 2011 - Americana & Cartography with Cruise Ship Memorabilia May 5, 2011 - Rare Books and Manuscripts with Science and Medicine Schedule is subject to change. Please contact PBA or pbagalleries.com for further information. Consignments are being accepted for the 2010 Auction season. Please contact Bruce MacMakin at [email protected]. Front Cover: Lot 209 Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots 1, 189, 43, 254 Bond # 14425383 Lot 1 Section I: Rare Americana, Lots 1-103 Section II: Travel & Exploration, Lots 104-154 Section III: Cruise Ship Memorabilia – The Collection of the late Theodore Marcollo, Lots 155-220 Section IV: Cartography, Lots 221-291 Section I: Rare Americana MARVELOUS LITHOGRAPH OF CUSTER’S LAST STAND 1. [AdAms, CAssilly]. Custer’s Last Fight. The Original Painting has been Presented to the Seventh Regiment U. S. Cavalry by Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. [caption title]. Chromolithograph poster on stiff board, 81x105.6 cm. (approx. 32x41½”). Original gilt gesso frame with Anheuser-Busch plaque at top, overall 123x97 cm. (48½x38¼”). Milwaukee Litho Co, 1896 An early printing of this famous beer hall advertising poster by Otto Becker, based on the painting by Cassilly Adams. This issue is without the descriptive legend, “Taken From the Artist’s Sketches. The Original Painting by Cassilly Adams”, or Becker’s printed signature. Though replete with historical inaccuracies this image remains one of the most iconic depictions of the American West and of Custer’s last battle. Some chipping to frame, tape residue on glass from prior shipping; just a touch of wear to edges of lithograph; colors vivid. Additional shipping charges will apply. (5000/8000) 2. (Alaska) lottie. Two Autograph Letters signed, from Lottie bound by ship to Alaska, mailed to her parents. July 1, 6 leaves written on both sides, and July 10, 9 leaves written on both sides. In pencil. 8x5. At sea & Seward: 1906 Two long and newsworthy letters written by a young woman, apparently from Sacramento, bound for Alaska in the company of several other women. The first letter, written over a period of four days, records the beginning of the voyage, and events aboard ship, including the meals, seasickness, celebrating the 4th of July, the discovery of a stowaway (“...he was set to feeding the cattle but has refused to work and is ugly and surly - the captain has had him hand-cuffed and tied to an upper deck near the bridge. He will be left there and fed on bread and water until he is willing to obey orders...), etc. The second letter sees them having made landfall, “The scenery around Valdez is grand - the mountains have never been measured. The little town, with about 500 population, is beautifully located - the immense glacier back of the town often threatens it with destruction...” She later notes “The further north one goes the more expensive it becomes to live. Lucile said that one time while they lived at Valdez a church social was postponed as there was not an egg in town for the ice cream - butter, meats & vegetables are high. A short time ago all the meat in town was sold and the people lived on canned goods until a steamer arrived. Everything is sent from Seattle...” A very interesting pair of letters, rich in detail of early Alaska. Very good. (200/300) Page 1 3. Ambrose, stephen e. Six volumes by Stephen E. Ambrose. Includes: Americans at War. Cloth, dj. University Press of Mississippi, [1997]. * Published by Simon and Schuster, and in cloth-backed boards, dust jackets: The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II. [1998]. * The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-245 Over Germany. [2001]. * Undaunted Courage. [1996]. * The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869: Nothing Like it in the World. [2000]. * D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. Wrappers. Together 6 volumes. Various places: Various dates Near fine. (200/300) RARE ORIGINAL DIARY KEPT BY AMERICAN OFFICER IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 4. (American Revolution) Manuscript Diary kept by an Officer in the Continental Army, recording events and action from late 1776 to the beginning of 1778. 74 pp., of which 41 pp. comprise the main diary, the others being used for accounts and other details. 14.5x9.5 cm. (5¾x3¾”), original pastepaper wrappers. New York & Pennsylvania: 1777-1778 Rare original diary kept by an unknown junior officer during the midst of the American Revolu- tion, recording events in daily fashion. The diary was undoubtedly kept contemporaneously to the events, judging by the different pens and inks used, and at times unevenness of the writing, although it is likely that at times several days’ experiences were written at one time, as breaks in the action allowed. What is given is a vivid, if at times sparse account of action and events during 1777, with a few days in early 1778, and a recap of the end of 1776, from the officer’s enlistment until his departure from Valley Forge in January of 1778. His service began in New York, under Benedict Arnold’s command, and ends as Washington’s army was at winter quarters northwest of Philadelphia. The main diary takes up over half of the booklet, with the remain- der used for accounting from 1776 to 1778, and also some later entries from 1826 and 1827, as the unused portions were pressed into service once again. Though the officer keeping the diary is not recorded, the later entries are signed by one Caleb Smith. A few excerpts, beginning with a recapitulation of events from his enlistment in 1776 until the middle of Augusts 1777: “No- vember 21 1776 took my Commission and lay at Fishkill Barracks until the 20th of March 1777, then march to Peach Hill (?) Barracks and lay in them until the 28th of April then incamped by Cortlandt’s _____ lay there until 30th of May the Regt.