Sale 2432 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, November 17, 2016

330 ● (WORLD WAR TWO.) Sledes, G.[?] Oil portrait of an African-American soldier. Oil on board, 26 x 20 1 / 2 inches, in period frame, signed in the upper left corner, “G.Sledes,‘45”; minor wear. Np, 1945 [500/750] A faint pencil note on the reverse reads: “This is the property of John H. Turner, 157 West Street, Frederick.” Census records, city directories and his gravestone indicate that John H.P.Turner (1907- 1992) of Frederick, MD lived with his wife Annie at 157 West All Saints Street from 1935 to 1960.Turner served as an Army Technician, 5th grade inWWII. After the war, he worked variously as a paper-hanger, cook and elevator operator. On the reverse are the names of four German men— possibly prisoners of war inTurner’s charge, though we have been unable to find supporting evidence. 331 ● (WYOMING.) Mumey, Nolie. The Teton Mountains: Their History and Tradition. Folding map, folding plate, numerous text illustrations. xxiii, [3], 462 pages. 8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed boards, spine label chipped, otherwise minimal wear; uncut, #342 of 700 copies signed by the author on limitation page; Lee Stopple bookplate on front pastedown. Denver, CO, 1947 [250/350] Howes M892 (“aa”). WITH —Photograph of Lee Stopple andW.O.“Billie” Owens in Grand Teton National Park, 1934 * Letter Signed from mountaineer Fritiof Fryxell to Stopple, 1934 * and Autograph Letter Signed from Glenn Exum to Stopple, 1938 (both discussing the Tetons). 330