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Lot 241
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* 3 vols. * 3 vols.
American Patriots - Primarily Mid 19th-Century Color & Lithographic Printing:
(Orr, Hector, editor & printer.) The Native American: A Gift for the People. Philadelphia, 1845. 4to, later 19th-century 3/4 olive-green morocco & marbled bds, gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g., raised bands; spine fading to brown, occasionally scuffed. With 3 engraved portraits, ornamental ownership leaf, vignette titles. Ptd in red with blue borders on white paper. Occasional light to moderate foxing. Sabin 52038. * Reigart, J. Franklin. The United States Album. Lancaster, 1844-45. 4to, gilt-pictorial & decorated brick red publisher's morocco; rubbed & repaired, casing coming loose. With plain & hand-colored plates, vignettes & facs. Presentation copy to Richard Rush, US Minister to France, on behalf of the publisher by an associate. * Preble, George Henry. Our Flag Origin and Progress. Albany: Joel Munsel, 1872. 1st ed. 8vo, orig brown cloth, spine gilt; foot of spine rubbed away, light edge wear, hinges stressed. With 12 color litho plates, other illus. Frontis detached. With (2) autograph letters signed by author mtd to front matter. Darkening to endpapers. Bookplate of Admiral Preble among bookplates on front pastedown.