Important Book Auction

Important Book Auction

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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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2 Revolutionary War Books

Lot # 169 (Sale Order: 176 of 444)      

Lot Includes; (1) Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb, an Officer of the Revolution. By Isaac Q. Leake. Albany: 1850. 1st edition. Howes Listed. 4 maps indexed. (2) The Life of William Alexander, Earl Of Stirling; Major Genera in the Army of the United States, During the Revolution; with Selections from his correspondence. By his Grandson, William Alexander Duer, LL. D. New Jersey Historical Society, 1847. 1st edition, Frontis, 5 maps. Pages 225 - 232 bound in after pages 233 - 240. Selling as 1 lot....more

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5 Books on American Revolution

Lot # 170 (Sale Order: 177 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) The American Revolution in the South by Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee, bookplate Bob Speelman, copyright 1969, dust jacket. 2) The Yorktown Campaign by Henry P. Johnston, reprinted October 1975, dust jacket. 3) Rebels Under Sail by William M. Fowler, Jr., copyright 1976, dust jacket. 4&5) Volume I & II, The Journal of Samuel Curwen, edited by Andrew Oliver, published by 1972, dust jackets. Selling as 1 lot....more

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6 Books on American Revolution

Lot # 171 (Sale Order: 178 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) The Life of Nathaniel Greene, edited by W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., copyright 1856. 2) A Few Painted Feathers by Stephen Longstreet, Doubleday & Co. 1963, dust jacket. 3) Carleton's Raid by Idah Washington and Paula Washington, copyright 1977, dust jacket. 4) The King's Iron by Robert Newton Peck, copyright 1977, First Edition, dust jacket. 5) The Day Is Ours, by William M. Dwyer, copyright 1983, dust jacket. 6) Hang For Treason by Robert Newton Peck, copyright 1976, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

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5 Books on Horses

Lot # 172 (Sale Order: 179 of 444)      

Lot includes: 1) The Kentucky Harness Horse by Ken McCarr, copyright 1978 by the University Press of Kentucky, color and b&w illustrations. 2) Drivers Up by Dwight Akers, copyright 1947 by Dwight Akers, dust jacket. 3) Cavalcade of American Horses by Pers Crowell. Copyright 1951, published by Bonanza Books, dust jacket. 4) Track And Road: The American Trotting Horse. Copyright 1967 by Smithsonian Institution, dust jacket. 5) The Complete Book Of The Quarter Horse by Nelson C. Nye., Fifth Printing March, 1971, dust jacket. Selling in 1 lot....more

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Warrantee Atlas Of Lawrence County Pennsylvania

Lot # 173 (Sale Order: 180 of 444)      

Henry Houck, Pennsylvania [published date: 1907] maps linen backed; 19 individual color township maps & original survey district map; township index map, With 1000s of names of lot owners. Original paper, cover is almost entirely missing, leather on spine worn, last 2 pages have curled corners, otherwise pages are great....more

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Reports of the Cases by A.J. Dallas, 1790 1st ed.

Lot # 174 (Sale Order: 181 of 444)      

Reports of the Cases Ruled and Adjudged In The Courts of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, T. Bradford,1790, first edition, x, 494, xxiv plus errata page. Original full leather with red spine label, names of a previous owners in ink inside front cover and on title page. Scarce...more

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Reports Of The Cases Ruled & Adjudged, Vol 2, 1798

Lot # 175 (Sale Order: 182 of 444)      

By A.J. Dallas, Volume 2, Philadelphia, T. Bradford, 1798, first edition, iv, 480, xix pp. Rebound, new end pages, title page has a closed tear at the top and the ink names of 2 previous owners. Printed when Philadelphia was the US and PA capital city. Scarce....more

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The Art Works of Erie, PA

Lot # 176 (Sale Order: 183 of 444)      

1906, published in paperbound 9 parts with illustrations of homes, buildings, etc of Erie, PA, very good inside with a portfolio covering, scarce....more

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The Picture of Philadelphia for 1824

Lot # 177 (Sale Order: 184 of 444)      

PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA FOR 1824 CONTAINING THE "PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA FOR 1811, BY JAMES MEASES, M.D.", WITH ALL ITS IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THAT PERIOD, Wilson, Thomas, Philadelphia, 1823, 96, xii, 358pp with 3 plates (one foldout) and a plan. Rebound long ago, new end pages, many pages tanned, a few dog eared, the last 10pp have a water stain on the lower outer corner and the last page is crooked and tattered around the edges. Howes "b" listing, very hard to find.$250$...more

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2 - Wyoming Valley Area of Pennsylvania Books

Lot # 178 (Sale Order: 185 of 444)      

Includes; 1) Chapman, A SKETCH OF THE WYOMING VALLEY…, 1830, first, no map present per normal, rebound in leather with new endpages, most pages foxed, Howes "First history of the valley". 2) Campbell, GERTRUDE OF WYOMING AND OTHER POEMS, 1819, fourth edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, front cover detacted, all edges gilt. Selling as one lot....more

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History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon....

Lot # 179 (Sale Order: 186 of 444)      

History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties by Rupp, I.D. Harrisburg: G. Hills, 1845., 568 pp, 5 plates,stains and foxing throughout, , the bottom corner of pp 271-2 is torn away affecting some text, original leather binding with black spine label, very hard to find....more

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Sally Hastings Poems & Tour Lancaster to Wash 1800

Lot # 180 (Sale Order: 187 of 444)      

Poems on different subjects, To which is added, a descriptive account of a family, tour to the west; in the year 1800. In a letter to a lady. Lancaster, pa.: William Dickson, 1808, First edition, 220pp plus a list of subscribers. The poems are followed by an account (pp 177-209) of the family tour to the West, which turns out to be a journey by wagon from Lancaster County over the Alleghenies to Washington, Pa. in October 1800. Howes listed, scarce. Rebound. Facsimilie title page and page 219,220. Foxing....more

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Penns

Lot # 181 (Sale Order: 188 of 444)      

Including the counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder, 1000s of biographies. Illustrated Chicago J. H. Beers & Co. 1898 Scarce. About 10pp soiled and stained between pp80-90....more

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The Forks of the Delaware by Ethan Allen Weaver

Lot # 182 (Sale Order: 189 of 444)      

The Fork of the Delaware, containing two hundred full page views of Easton, Phillipsburg and surrounding country with history from 1752-1900, The Eschenbach Press ,1900, first edition, Sold only by subscription, slight looseness....more

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20th Century History of Blair County, PA

Lot # 183 (Sale Order: 190 of 444)      

Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County Pennsylvania and representatives citizens by Jesse C. Sell, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.,1911, first, 972 pages, numerous illustrations, 1000s biographies. All edges gilt, some looseness....more

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History Of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 2 Volumes

Lot # 184 (Sale Order: 191 of 444)      

Chicago, 1913, first, rough condition on the outside, good inside with many biographies. Scarce. Selling as one lot....more

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History Of Berks And Lebanon Counties…., Rupp

Lot # 185 (Sale Order: 192 of 444)      

Containing a Brief Account of the Indians Who Inhabited This Region of Country ... numerous Murders by them: notices of the first Swedish, Welsh, French, German, Irish and English Settlers...names of nearly five thousand of them,. Biographical Sketches, topographical descriptions of every Township, and of the Principal Towns and Villages…Lancaster, Pa, 1844, first edition, original...more

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History Of Greene County, PA by Rev. Wm. Hanna

Lot # 186 (Sale Order: 193 of 444)      

History of Greene County, Pa Containing an Outline of the State from 1682 until the Formation of Washington County in 1781.Printed for the author in 1882, first, states Volume 1 but all published, 350pp. Hardbound, covers soiled and worn, chipping to the edges and spine top and bottom. The inside front hinge is cracking and the front end pages and title page are loose, some looseness to the binding. The pages are surprisingly clean, a scarce book with no first editions found on-line....more

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Centennial Expositions 1876

Lot # 187 (Sale Order: 194 of 444)      

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Historical Register of the Philadelphia Exposition,1876 Edited by Frank Norton. New York, embellished with nearly eight hundred illustrations drawn expressly for this work…on the Philadelphia Exposititon, rebound....more

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Lot of 2 Wennawood Press Reprints

Lot # 188 (Sale Order: 195 of 444)      

Lot Includes; (1) The Wilderness Trail - 2 volumes, Hanna, Charles A., Wennawoods Publishing 1995 reprint of 1911 edition, #160/1000 copies, with 80 maps and illustrations, small mark inside front cover, otherwise fine. (2) Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII, Rupp, I. D., Wennawoods Publishing, Lewisburg, 1995,. vi; 352pp.+ 406pp,iv,iii appendix. This has a large fold out with map reproductions on each side and an index for each section, #704 of 1000 copies, fine....more

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History Of Philadelphia, 4 Vols.

Lot # 189 (Sale Order: 196 of 444)      

Philadelphia, A history of the city and its people. A record of 225 years by Ellis Paxson Oberholter, library withdrawn, wear to covers. History plus good genealogical info. Selling as one lot....more

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Handwritten Bedford Lodge Ledger

Lot # 190 (Sale Order: 197 of 444)      

Treasure/ Secretary report from the Knights of the Pythias. 01/05/1914 through 05/26/1924. Many loose pages, Spine cover detached. Many names of members, guests, etc....more

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6 - Pennsylvania Dutch Books

Lot # 191 (Sale Order: 198 of 444)      

Includes; 1) Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania. 2) Pennsylvania Dutch American Folk Art. 3) Pennsylvania Dutch Art. 4) Pennsylvania Dutch The Plain and Fancy. 5) Pennsylvania Dutch Stuff. 6) Traditionally Pennsylvania Dutch. Selling as one lot....more

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Pa Dutch Lot of 5 Titles

Lot # 192 (Sale Order: 199 of 444)      

Includes; 1) Touch of the Dutchland. 2) Pennsylvania Dutch and their Furniture. 3) Folkart of Rural Pennsylvania. 4) Old Stuff in the Up-Country Pennsylvania. 5) Pennsylvania Dutch Plain and Fancy. Selling as one lot....more

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4 - Philadelphia Books

Lot # 193 (Sale Order: 200 of 444)      

Includes; 1) A Philadelphia Story 1752-1952, Wainwright signed by the author. 2) The Philadelphia National Bank, Wainwright. 3) Byways and Boulevards In and About Historic Philadelphia; Brandt & Gummere. 4) The Wissakickon Valley Within the City of Philadelphia. Selling as one lot....more

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