Henkels, Stan V.; An Extraordinary Collection of Historical Documents and Autograph Letters: Catalogue No. 1290
PHILADELPHIA, MAURICE H. POWER [PRINTER], 1921 , PAPER BACK
Overall Condition is: FAIR
CIRCA 1921 Stan V. Henkels, (Stan V. Henkels, Jr., Assistant). Auction Commission Merchant, Philadelphia, PA. Book wear, shelf wear. Pieces missing from three corners on front cover, top left and right and bottom right. Pieces missing from two corners on back cover, top and bottom left. Larges being 1.5 x .25 Front/back cover detatched but laid in place. Pieces of spine missing, remaining pieces attatched to front cover. Pages browning, some creased. Tear and piece missing from top right corner of title page. Faded writing from previous owner on cover. Soil marks Small moisture stain on front cover. Piece of paper with notes written on it from previous owner laid in. Excerpt from title page: Valuable Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Embracing The General Andrew Jackson Papers relating to the War of 1812. The Calhoun Controvery, The seminole War, and The Back of the United States. The Fulton Papers relating to the Submarine Torpedo. The Samuel Finley Breese Morse Papers relating to the Electric Telegraph. General Lafayette Letters during the Revolution and of other French Officers in the Revolution. Fine letters of the Signers of Declaration of Independence. Generals in the Revolution, Presidents of the United States, Colonial Governors, Generals in the Civil War, Poets Authors, Composers, &c. Also including Important Letters and Interesting Papers of General Washington. Names and/or documents include: The Andrew Jackson Papers; James Monroe; John Quincy Adams; Andrew Jackson; James McHenry; Samuel F. B. Morse; Benedict Arnold; Joseph Bonaparte; James Buchanan; Benjamin Franklin; James Grant; Ulysses S. Grant; John Hancock; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Thomas Jefferson; Robert E. Lee; Abraham Lincoln; James Madison; Horatio Nelson; George Washington and more.
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