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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Harpers Weekly Volume III, 1859
Lot # 294 (Sale Order: 301 of 444)
Harpers Weekly a Journal of Civilization 1859. Condition issues: missing pages, some loose and soiled, mainly nice. Notes; Lacks all Winslow Homers illus.. Illustrations of air baloons, Harper's Ferry, John Brown. Illustrations by Darley, Bierstadt, and others.
Harpers Weekly XLIII
Lot # 295 (Sale Order: 302 of 444)
Harpers Weekly a Journal of Civilization for July-December 1899. 1336pp. Front cover dettached but present. Illustrations by Remington, Mora, Rogers, Frost, Boar War and college football.
Vol. I and II Wild Flowers of W. PA.
Lot # 296 (Sale Order: 304 of 444)
Wild Flowers of Western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin, Text by O. E. Jennings, Watercolors by Andrey Avinoff. University of Pittsburgh Press 1953. Signed by the Author. Plus Letters, photos loose in front. Selling as a set.
The Birds Of Ohio..., 2 Vols
Lot # 297 (Sale Order: 305 of 444)
1903, First edition, leather spines and corners scuffed, volume 2 has a former owner's inscription on the title page. There are 83 color and numerous black and white illustrations. Selling as one lot.
The New Nature Library, Bird Neighbors, Blanchan
Lot # 298 (Sale Order: 306 of 444)
The New Nature Library, Bird Neighbors, Blanchan, Neltie, 9 Volumes. Many color and b&w photo illustrations, by Neltie Blanchan, 1916. 1) Bird Neighbors 2) Game Birds 3) Butterfly Book 4) American Animals 5) Insects 6) Wild Flowers 7) Moths 8) Trees 9) Fishes Selling as one lot.
3 Audubon Books
Lot # 299 (Sale Order: 307 of 444)
Lot Includes; (1&2) Volume I and II, Letters of John James Audubon 1826 - 1840 edited by Howard Corning. Boston MCMXXX. First edition, limited to 225 copies. Robert Lodowick bookplate. (3) Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America. Wellfleet Press 1989. Dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot.
3 Books on Birds
Lot # 300 (Sale Order: 308 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states by Edward Howe Forbush. Part 1 Water birds, marsh birds, and shore birds. Issued by authority of the legislature 1925. Color illustrations. 2) Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states by Edward Howe Forbush. Part 2 Land birds from the bob-whites to grackles. Issued by authority of the legislature 1927. Color Illustrations. 3) Key to North American Birds Living and Fossil Bird by Elliott Coupes, Salem: Naturalists' Agency New York: Dodd and Mead, Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1872. Selling as 1 lot.
5 Books on Birds
Lot # 301 (Sale Order: 309 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) The Warblers of America by Ludlow Griscom, Alexander Sprunt, Jr., illustrated by John Henry Dick, copyright 1957 by the Devin-Adair Company, printed in the USA, color illustrations printed in Holland, 1st printing, 50 plates, 35 color. 2) Hawaiian Birdlife, Andrew J. Berger, The University Press of Hawaii, First Printing 1972. 3) American Water & Game Birds, Austin L. Rand, silhouettes by Ugo Mochi, photographs by Allan D. Cruickshank, Eliot Porter, Helen Cruickshank, Cy La Tour, Eric Hosking and others. A Chanticleer Press Edition, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1956, 1st edition. 4) Audubon's Birds of America, text by George Dock, Jr., Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, published in 1979, dust jackets. 5) Menaboni's Birds by Athos and Sara Menaboni, copyright 1950, dust jacket. Selling at 1 lot.
4 Books on Birds
Lot # 302 (Sale Order: 310 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) THE BIRD BOOK Illustrating in Natural Colors more than seven hundred north American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs by Chester A. Reed, B.S., Doubleday, Page & Company 1915. 2) Bird of America with 106 Plates in Full Color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, copyright 1936 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. 3) Reader's Digest Edition BIRDS Their Life - Their Ways - Their World, illustrations by Ad Cameron, copyright 1979 Reader's Digest, dust jacket. 4) Birds That Hunt And Are Hunted by Neltje Blanchan, copyright 1904 by Doubleday, Page & Company. Selling as 1 lot.
7 Books on Wildflowers
Lot # 303 (Sale Order: 311 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Wild Flowers of New York by Homer D. House, The University of the State of New York 1923. 2-7) British Wild Flowers In Their Natural Haunts, Described by A. R. Horwood with sixty-four plates in color, representing 350 different plants from drawings by J. N. Fitch and many illustrations from photographs. Volumes 1 through 6, The Gresham Publishing Company, LTD. 1919. Three missing spine covers. Selling as 1 lot.
5 Books on Birds
Lot # 304 (Sale Order: 312 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Useful Birds And Their Protection by Edward Howe Forbush, Fourth Edition, published 1913. 2) Birds And Man by W. H. Hudson, Duckworth & Co. 1915. 3) Birds Of Venezuela text and illustrations by Kathleen Deery de Phelps, Third edition: Editorial Lectura, 1963. 4) Song and Garden BIRDS of North America by Alexander Wetmore. 550 illustrations, 509 in full color, copyright 1964, dust jacket. 5) Audubon's America, edited by Donald Culross Peattie, copyright 1940. Selling as 1 lot.
3 Books on Animals
Lot # 305 (Sale Order: 313 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) The Ray Harm Nature Sketchbook written and illustrated by Ray Harm. Copyright 1967 by Ray Harm, Second Printing 1967, dust jacket. 2) The Mammals of Louisiana And It's Adjacent Waters by George H. Lowery, Jr. Copyright 1974, dust jacket. 3) A Social History of the American Alligator, Vaughn L. Glasgow. First Edition September 1991, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot.
Hell I Was There, Elmer Keith His Life Story
Lot # 306 (Sale Order: 314 of 444)
By Elmer Keith. Los Angeles, California, Petersen Pub Co, 1979, first, xii, 308 pp., many black and white illustrations. Hardbound in brown with wear along the edges, in a good dust jacket that has some chips and a piece missing from the top of t front cover. This has the adventures of a Montana cowboy who gained world fame as a big game hunter. The dean of American gun writers, Elmer Keth tells his own story, cowboy, bronco buster, hunting guide and rancher, Keith maintained an abiding and active interest in firearms, here he takes you from Alaska to Africa on his big game hunts.
3 Books on Hunters & Trappers
Lot # 307 (Sale Order: 315 of 444)
Lot includes; 1) Hunters and Trappers Guide, Illustrating the Fur Bearing Animals of North America. Andersch Bros., Minneapolis, Minn., 1903. 2) The Lost Trappers, by David H. Coyner, Cincinnati, 1850. 3) The Hunter and Trapper, by Halsey Thrasher, illustrated. New York, 1868, first edition. Selling as 1 lot.
6 Books on Trapping
Lot # 308 (Sale Order: 316 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) The Hunter and Trapper by Halsey Thrasher, Reprint 1914. 2) Fox Trapping by A. R. Harding, copyright 1934. 3) Science of Trapping by E. Kreps, Revised Edition 1909. 4) Fifty Years A Hunter And Trapper by A. R. Harding, copyrig 1941. 5) The Three Trappers by Achilles Daunt, 1884. 6) Trapper Days Tales of the Prairies, Ralph V. Hunkins and Regina Hunkins Allen. Copyright 1942 by American Book Company. Selling as 1 lot.
6 Books on Taxidermy and Animal Furs
Lot # 309 (Sale Order: 317 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit by Albert B. Farnham, copyright 1916. 2) Fur Farming by A. R. Harding, revised edition, copyright 1909. 3) Fur Buyers' Guide by A. R. Harding, copyright 1915. 4) The Taxidermist's Manual, Designed for the use of Travelers, Conservators of Museums, and Private Collectors., by Captain Thomas Brown, F.L.S., Sixteenth Edition, London and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. 1860. 5) Guide to Taxidermy by Charles K. Reed, 1904. 6) Furs by Astor by John Upton Terrell, William Morrow & Co. 1963. Selling as 1 lot.
5 Books on Gaming
Lot # 310 (Sale Order: 318 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Practical Muskrat Raising by E. J. Dailey, copyright 1927. 2) The Coon Hunter's Handbook by Acil B. Underwood and Leon F. Whitney, D.V.M., copyright 1980, dust jacket. 3) A History of New Hampshire Game and Furbearers by Helenette Silver, New Hampshire Fish and Game Departments, copyright 1957. 4) Blood stoppers & Bear walkers, Richard M. Dorson, Second Printing 1972, dust jacket. 5) Tan Your Hide!, by Phyllis Hobson, copyright 1977. Selling as 1 lot.
5 Books on Fishing
Lot # 311 (Sale Order: 319 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) How to Tie Freshwater Flies by Kenneth E. Bay, photographs by Matthew M. Vinciguerra, copyright 1974, dust jacket.. 2) NYMPHS by Ernest Schwiebert, copyright 1973, dust jacket. 3) Dressing Flies for Fresh and Salt Water by Paul Jorgensen, copyright 1973, dust jacket. 4) The Fisherman's Encyclopedia, Ira N. Gabrielson, copyright 1954, dust jacket. 5) Hatches, Al Caucci/Bob Nastasi, First Printing, copyright 1975, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot.
7 Books on Hunting
Lot # 312 (Sale Order: 320 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) The Deer Hunter's Guide by Francis E. Sell, copyright 1964, dust jacket. 2) Bear!, by Clyde Ormond, copyright 1961, dust jacket. 3) North American Head Hunting by Grancel Fitz, copyright 1957, dust jacket. 4) On the Edge of the Wilderness by Walter Prichard Easton, copyright 1920. 5) Animal Tracks And Signs Of North America, by Richard P. Smith, copyright 1982, dust jacket. 6) Hunting Our Medium Size Game by Clyde Ormond, copyright 1958, dust jacket. 7) Elk And Elk Hunting, Hartt Wiom, copyright 1986, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot.
9 Books on Fly Fishing
Lot # 313 (Sale Order: 321 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Fishing with the Fly, copyright in Japan 1967 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., dust jacket. 2) Fly-Tying by William Bayard Sturgis, copyright 1940 by Charles Scribner's Sons, dust jacket. 3) How To Take Trout On Wet Flies And Nymphs, Ray Ovington, copyright 1974, dust jacket. 4) Limestone Legends, Papers and recollections of the fly fishers' club of Harrisburg 1947-1997, compiled by Norm Shires and Jim Gilford, copyright 1997. 5) Fly-Fishing For Trout by Richard W. Talleur, copyright 1974, dust jacket. 6) Mulberry Trout by Ogden Bigelow, copyright in Japan 1969, First edition, dust jacket. 7) Hook, Line And Sinker, by Ralph Seaman, copyright 1956, First edition, dust jacket. 8) Fly Tackle, Harmon Henkin, copyright 1976, dust jacket. 9) Feather in the Breeze, J. Edson Leonard, copyright 1974, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot.
Fishery Industries of the US
Lot # 314 (Sale Order: 322 of 444)
Fishery Industries of the United States by George Brown Goode, Section I, Washington Government Printing Office, 1884. Notes: Half of plate #12 missing. Plates #174,175,176,177 & 277 missing. Has extra pages.
11 Trapping and Archery
Lot # 315 (Sale Order: 323 of 444)
Lot includes: 1) Catalog: Anderson Archery Sales Co. Catalog 301 1964-65. 2) Bow hunting For Deer by H. R. Wambold, copyright 1964. 3) All About Elk, copyright 1987. 4) Space-Age Fox Trapping by John Clouser, Fourth Printing March -1973. Trapping North American Furbearers by S. Stanley Hawbaker, Revised Eleventh Edition, copyright 1974, dust jacket. 6) Trap lines And Trails by E. J. Dailey , copyright 1945, Revised Seventh Edition, dust jacket. 7) Animal Traps and Trapping by James Bateman, Second Impression 1973, dust jacket. 8) Trapping by Harold McCracken and Harry Van Cleve, Thirteenth Printing 1975, dust jacket. 9) Trapping And Tracking by George B. Clawson, copyright 1977, dust jacket. 10) The Complete Book of Trapping by Bob Gilsvik, copyright 1976, dust jacket. 11) Trappers, Traps, and Trapping by Edward W. Finnerty, 1976 by A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc. Selling as 1 lot.
2 - Agricultural Books
Lot # 316 (Sale Order: 324 of 444)
Includes; 1) The Wheat Plant, Klippart,1860, first edition, some staining on front pages, tight. 2) Storer's Agriculture, in 2 Volumes, 1887, Selling as one lot.
2 - Architecture Books
Lot # 317 (Sale Order: 325 of 444)
Includes; 1) Encyclopedia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture, Loudon,1850s?, worn covers; 2) Historical Studies of Church building in the Middle Ages, Norton, 1880, ex libra. Selling as one lot.
