Important Book Auction

Important Book Auction

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We are pleased to offer from the collection of Rosemary Sullivan, a long time rare and out of print book dealer, and her late husband Bob “Sully” Sullivan, 1000’s of fine & collectible books.

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The Pop-Up Mickey Mouse Book

Lot # 219 (Sale Order: 226 of 444)      

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1933, First edition. Three pop-ups in color plus black & white illustrations. Pictorial boards. Note child's name on the title page, 1 partially water-painted b/w illus, wear on covers etc. Scarce....more

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4 Children Books

Lot # 220 (Sale Order: 227 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) Stories That Never Grow Old, edited by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman. New York, The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. Copyright MCMLI Dust jacket. 2) A Nursery Companion, provided by Iona and Peter Opie, published by the Oxford University Press. 1980 reprint dust jacket. 3) The First Book of The Early Settlers by Louise Dickinson Rich, pictures by Douglas Gorsline. Franklin Watts, Inc. New York, published 1959 1st edition. 4) Hedgehog for Breakfast by Ann Turner, illustrated by Lisa McCue, Macmillan Publishing Co. New York 1st American edition 1989 dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

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5 Children's Books

Lot # 221 (Sale Order: 228 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) HUMPY by P. Yershov, copyright 1959, First Edition, dust jacket. Illustrations by Jacqueline Ayer 2) TYPEE by Herman Melville, published by Dodd, Mead & Co. Illustrations by Mead Schaeffer 3) An Old Sweetheart Of Mine by James Whitcomb Riley, copyright 1902. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy 4) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald, publisher Thomas Y. Crowell Co., presentation box. Illustrations by Willy Pogany 5) Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes by Marguerite de Angeli's, copyright 1954 Doubleday, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

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The Mystery Of Self-Deceiving, 1642

Lot # 222 (Sale Order: 229 of 444)      

By Dycke, 1642, 438 (24) pp, a Puritan work, first published in 1614 and frequently reprinted. Rebound long ago with rustic lettering, pages yellow, some stains....more

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Sewel's History Of Quakers 1823, 2 Vols

Lot # 223 (Sale Order: 230 of 444)      

The History of the rise, increase and progress of the Christian People Called Quakers. Intermixed with several remarkable occurrences, Sewel, W., Philadelphia, 1823, first, 604,671pp, covers scuffed and worn, some foxing throughout....more

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2 - Quaker Journals

Lot # 224 (Sale Order: 231 of 444)      

Includes; 1) A Collection of Memorials concerning Divers, Deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and parts adjacent from nearly the first settlement thereof to the year 1787. Philadelphia, Joseph Crukshank, MDCCLXXXVII (1787), some foxing throughout, rebound. 2) The Journal and Essays of John Woolman, New York, The MacMillan Co., 1922, Rancocas Edition. Selling as one lot....more

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4 - Quaker Related Books

Lot # 225 (Sale Order: 232 of 444)      

1)Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, Late of Byberry, Pennsylvania. Published by His Children. Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Chapman, No. 1 S. Fifth Street. 1853. Rebound 2-3) A History of the A History of the People called Quakers: From Their First Rise to the Present Time. From their firft Rife to the prefent Time. Compiled from Authentic Records, and from the Writings of the People. By John Gough. Vol II &. III. Dublin: Printed for Robert Jackson, Meath-Street 1790. 4) The Works of that Eminent Minister of the Gospel, Job Scott, Late of Providence, Rhode Island. Vol I. only, Philadelphia: Published by John Comly: 1831. Selling as one lot....more

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Complete Body of Speculative & Practical Divinity

Lot # 226 (Sale Order: 233 of 444)      

A Complete Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity by Thomas Stackhouse, Third Edition, 1743, 978 pages, plus 16 index pages, newer inside front and back covers, lacks end pages, some soil and foxing...more

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2 - Religious Books

Lot # 227 (Sale Order: 234 of 444)      

Includes; 1) Account of the Life of that ancient Servant Jesus Christ, John Richardson, Philadelphia, Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, MDCCLXXXIII (1783), vi, 236, rebound in leather. 2) A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings; Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion,Rev. David Simpson, M.A. and several additional notes by the Rev. John Gaulter. Liverpool. Printed and published by Nuttali, Fisher and Dixon, Duke St. March 11, 1812 Selling as one lot....more

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Exposition of the Faith,PA Gov. Camby autograph

Lot # 228 (Sale Order: 235 of 444)      

Kimber & Sharpless & Thomas Kite, Philadelphia, 1828, xxxvii, 319 pp. leather, black spine label, nice marbled end pages, signed on the blank front end page by Pennsylvania governor Caleb H. Camby. Some wear and scuffing covers....more

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2 - Early Quaker Titles

Lot # 229 (Sale Order: 236 of 444)      

1)Yearly Meeting of Friends, A review of the General and Particular Causes which have produced late disorders and divisions in the Yearly Meeting Friends, held in Philadelphia, with introductory remarks of the state of the Primitive Churches. Their gradual declension and subsequent advancement in reformation to the rise of the Society of Friends, by James Cockburn, Philadelphia. Printed for the author by Philip Price and sold by John Townsend, No. 346 Market St. 1829. 2) A Portraiture of Quakerism, Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Economy, and Character, of The Society of Friends by Thomas Clarkson, M.A., Vol. 2 & 3 only, The Second American, from the Second London Edition. Philadelphia: Published by James P. Parke, No. 119, Market Street. 1808. Selling as one lot....more

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History of the Baptists

Lot # 230 (Sale Order: 237 of 444)      

A History of the Baptists; Traced by their Vital Principles and Practices by Thomas Armitage, D.D., L L. D. Deluxe edition illustrated by175 Engravings. Bryan, Taylor & Co. 1889, all edges gilt....more

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Churches of France

Lot # 231 (Sale Order: 238 of 444)      

Churches of France, Text by Dorothy Noyes Arms with Fifty-one reproductions of etchings and drawings by John Taylor Arms, The Macmillan Company MCMXXIX, 1929, First Edition....more

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C B and Q Railroad, 2 Volumes

Lot # 232 (Sale Order: 239 of 444)      

Documentary History of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 2 volumes, Baldwin, W.W, Vice President, Compiler, 1928, 1929, First Edition, Volume 1 has Lines East of the Mississippi River, 1,997pp, index. Volume 2 has Lines in Iowa an Missouri, 1,552 pp, index. Scarce set with volume 3 published later. Very good....more

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Poor's Manual Of Railroads, 1906

Lot # 233 (Sale Order: 240 of 444)      

Street railway and traction companies, industrial and other corporations and statements of the debts of the US, the several states, municipalities, etc. Poor's Railroad Manual Co., 68 William St., NY. Effingham Wilson 54, Threadneedle St., London 39th Annual Number, some condition issues....more

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2 - Burlington Railroad Histories

Lot # 234 (Sale Order: 241 of 444)      

Includes; 1) Overton, BURLINGTON WEST, Harvard, first, some soil covers, worn, torn dust jacket. 2) BURLINGTON STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. Selling as one lot...more

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The Beginnings of the New York Central Railroad

Lot # 235 (Sale Order: 242 of 444)      

By Frank Walker Stevens. 1926, first, fold-out map, some wear covers, corners jammed, 2 small old tape marks on front end page....more

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2 - Pennsylvania Railroad Books

Lot # 236 (Sale Order: 243 of 444)      

Includes; 1) CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY 1846-1946, Burgess & Kennedy, 1949, first. 2) The Pennsylvania Railroad: A pictorial history, Alexander, Bonanza, 1947, b/w illus, dust jacket, very good. Selling as one lot....more

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Erie Railway, Summer Excursion Rates And Routes

Lot # 237 (Sale Order: 244 of 444)      

B. Thomas, Superintendent, J. Abbot, Passenger Agent, 1884, Sunshine Publishing, 90 pps plus 22pp of ads, 2 foldout maps - 1 torn on the side. The covers are very chipped and missing chunks, inside nice with great illustrations and ads, a very hard to find item on routes from New York, Boston,MA, New Jersey and western New York state....more

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2 - Two Railroad Titles

Lot # 238 (Sale Order: 245 of 444)      

Includes; 1) Historic Railroads, Holland,1927, 1st, bumped corners, some pencil notes, drawings by owner, owner name inside front cover. 2) Catalogue of the Centenary Exhibition of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad, 1927, second printing that year of the first edition, soft cover chipped on edges and cracked at spine. Selling as one lot....more

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Jane's World Railways

Lot # 239 (Sale Order: 246 of 444)      

Jane's World Railways Edited by Paul J. Goldsack. 1976. Dust jacket. 18th edition....more

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3 Railroad Books

Lot # 240 (Sale Order: 247 of 444)      

Lot Includes; (1) Historic Alpine Tunnel by Dow Helmers 1963. Dust jacket. (2)Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California Volumes I and II, Volume I, The Northern Roads by David F. Myrick.1962. Volume II The Southern Roads by David F. Myrick. 1963. Selling as 1 lot....more

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7 Books on Railroads

Lot # 241 (Sale Order: 248 of 444)      

Lot includes; 1) By Rail and Trail by Mae Foster Jay, illustrated by Photographs, W. A. Wilde Co. publishers, copyright 1928 by W.A. Wilde Company, dustjacket. 2) Cavalcade of the Rails by Frank P. Morse, illustrated 1940 E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. First printing February1940, Second printing February 1940. 3) Then Came The Railroads, The Century from Steam to Diesel in the Southwest by Ira G. Clark, copyright 1958 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Publishing Division of the University, dustjacket. 4) Railroads The Great American Adventure by Charlton Ogburn, photographed by James A. Sugar, published by The National Geographic Society, copyright 1977 National Geographic Society, dustjacket. 5) Pacific Slope Railroads from 1854 to 1900 by George B. Abdill. Superior Publishing Co.- Seattle, copyright 1959, LIMITED EDITION 98/250 signed by author. 6) Symphony in Steam, The History and Development of the 4-4-0 or American Type Locomotive by Jan Gleysteen, published by Trogon Publications, copyright 1966 by Jan Gleysteen, Second, revised edition 1970,dustjacket. 7) The Trains We Rode Volume I Alton - New York Central, Lucius Beebe & Charles...more

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6 Books on Transportation

Lot # 242 (Sale Order: 249 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) A Grosset All-Color Guide TRAINS by John Day, illustrated by David A. Warner and Nigel W. Hearn, publishers Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1970, dustjacket. 2) Charles Morgan and the Development of Souther Transportation, James P. Baughman, copyright by Vanderbilt University Press 1968, dustjacket. 3) SWITZERLAND Its Railways and Cablways Mountain Roads and Lake Steamers, Cecil J. Allen F.R.S.A., M.Inst.T., A.I.Loco.E., published by Ian Allan Ldectd., copyright 1967, dustjacket. 4) The Nickel Plate Road, The History of a Great Railroad by Taylor Hampton, published by The World Publishing Company, First published December 1947. 5) The Iowa Pool, A Study in Railroad Competition 1870-84, by Julius Grodinsky, copyright 1950 University of Chicago, published 1950, dustjacket. 6) Pioneering The Union Pacific, A Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad. Charles Edgar Ames, copyright 1969 by Meredith Corporation. Much on the Ames family. Selling as 1 lot....more

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4 Books on Railroads

Lot # 243 (Sale Order: 250 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) The Pictorial Encyclopedia of RAILWAY, Hamilton Ellis, A I Loco E, FRSA, First published in 1968 by Crown Publishers, Inc., copyright 1968, dust jacket. 2) The Railroads of the South 1865-1900, A Study in Finance and Control by John F. Stover, copyright 1955 by The University of North Carolina Press, dust jacket. 3) Iron Road To Empire, The history of 100 years of the progress and achievements of the Rock Island Lines. Copyright 1953 by William Edward Hayes, dust jacket. 4) The Search For Safety: A History of Railroad Signals and the People Who Made Them by Mary Brignano and Hax McCullough with graphic design by Sid Navratil. Copyright 1981 by American Standard Inc., dust jacket. Selling a 1 lot....more

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