Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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[CALIFORNIA]. ?? [SAN FRANCISCO]. The Clipper Ship Challenger. New York: Nesbitt & Company, 1859. Full color advertisement on porcelain-coated card stock (102 x 171 mm) with a color wood?engraved illustration of a conquistador for the clipper ship Challenger. Toning with lightly bumped edges. The Challenger was famous for making some of the fastest runs between Boston and San Francisco during the 1850s.