Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

243 243 c   (ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.) For Governor, Col. Theodore Roosevelt / For Lieut. Governor, Timothy L. Woodruff. Lithograph, 22 x 28 inches; edges worn, two closed tears extending into image; early owner’s signature on verso. NewYork: Rockwood, 1898 [300/400] Roosevelt is depicted in his Rough Riders uniform as part of the successful campaign for the NewYork governorship which led to his presidency. 3 institutional copies traced, and none known at auction. 240 c   (REFERENCE.) Alden, John; and Dennis Landis. European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas. 6 volumes. 4to, publisher’s cloth, minimal wear. NewYork and New Canaan, CT: Readex, 1980-97 [300/400] 241 c   (REFERENCE.)Wheat, Carl I. Mapping the Transmississippi West. Numerous plates. 5 volumes in 6. Small folio, publisher’s cloth, minimal wear. One of 1000 sets. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63 [800/1,200] Still the authoritative and indispensable carto-bibliography of the AmericanWest. Designed and printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. 242 c   (RHODE ISLAND.) Algerine Law. Letterpress broadside, 15 x 11 inches; folds, minimal wear and toning. [Rhode Island?, 1842] [300/400] The text begins “One other State besides Rhode-Island, has, what some people might suppose to be, an Algerine Law.” Mocks prominent Dorr Rebellion supporter David Parmenter for having once evaded a forgery prosecution on a technicality. DeSimone, Broadsides of the Dorr Rebellion 14; one copy in OCLC, at Brown University.