Lot: 49
George Catlin Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians, London, 1892 reprint of the 1841 edition, tall octavo (26cm), two volumes, original gilt cloth, t.e.g.; spotting to endpapers o/w fine internally with maps (one folding) and 400 b/w illustrations. VG (2)
Lot: 50
Charles Mackay The History of the United States of America, Virtue & Co, London [1861-63], tall octavo (26cm), two volumes, original gilt and blind-tooled cloth, rebacked, worn & marked; uncut; few loose pages in Vol.I with edges frayed, plate of James Munro cut down & torn, o/w VG internally with all maps and engravings. 816pp + 772pp
Lot: 206
All-period accumulation, Foreign & C/W; including 1868 US Carrier ‘Steinmeyer's City Post' 2c black on yellow FU tied to piece; useful Iceland, Vatican, Germany; modern mini-sheets; Australia on approval sheets; etc. (few 100)
Lot: 283
United States 1890s to 1982 mainly used ranges on printed leaves in binder with some better items noted. Fair to VF (c.1200)
Lot: 284
Lloyd Booth The Street Railway Post Offices of Pittsburgh, Mobile Post Office Society, 1983, and similar works on the Street R.P.Os of Chicago, Washington D.C., Brooklyn & N.Y. City, and Philadelphia, various authors, all published by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1978-83. Quarto, card wraps, well illustrated, the works on Brooklyn and Philadelphia with acetate sheets of cancellations loosely inserted. VG/Fine (5)
Lot: 285
C.L. Towle U.S. Route and Station Agent Postmarks, Mobile Post Office Society, 1986; A4 h/bk, leatherette binding, gilt, in slightly worn d/jkt; a major work comprising 420pp including 160pp of illustrations. 24pp of additional illustrations loosely inserted. Together with Charles Towle's Historical Supplement, 1986, A4 s/bk, spiral bound, 122pp, some fox marks to edge of text block. Both signed & inscribed by the author.(2)