Antique & Collectible Books #217 MEMORIAL DAY

Antique & Collectible Books #217 MEMORIAL DAY

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Great lots of antiquarian books and ephemera. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - $5 FLAT RATE SHIPPING!

South Boston Books


(978) 331-0895
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Walter's Tour in the East: Walter in Athens by Daniel C. Eddy (1868)

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Walter's Tour in the East: Walter in Athens by Daniel C. Eddy, Published by Sheldon and Company, New York (1868) fair/good condition with wear as shown in photographs. "M...moreoral teaching has been blended with geography and history, and the aim has been to impart a knowledge of the customs and manners of Eastern people living in Oriental lands."

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The Walks Abroad of Two Young Naturalists by David Sharp (c.1890)

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Good condition, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (c.1880) no date, illustrated....more

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Gotthold's Emblems: Invisible Things Understood by Things That are Made by Christian Scriver (1859)

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Gotthold's Emblems: or, Invisible Things Understood by Things That are Made by Christian Scriver, Published by American Tract Society Boston (1859) good condition. Early ...moreAmerican edition of this older German religious work is uncommon, especially in this condition. Christian Scriver was a German Lutheran minister and devotional writer.

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The Flying Saucer by John Sylvester (1963) with Dust Jacket

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The Flying Saucer by John Sylvester, Published by Ward Lock & Co. Limited [1963], London (1963) fair/good condition with spotting and wear on the dust jacket. Size: 12mo ...more- over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "A children's adventure story set in South America. A young engineer goes to join his father in a tin mine in South America where he discovers a plot to overthrow the government which not surprisingly for its era involves Russia and some' flying saucers"

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Clouds and Sunshine (1856) The Life of a VILLAGE PASTOR

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Good condition, Lindsay & Blackiston (1856) good general condition with some wear on the covers....more

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The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather (1862) TRIALS OF SEVERAL WITCHES IN NEW ENGLAND

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The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, Published by John Russell Smith, London (1862) good condition, owner inscription. "Being an account of the trials of...more several witches lately executed in New England, to which is added a farther account of the trials of the New England witches." Portrait of Cotton Mather with tissue-guard.

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New Worlds to Conquer by Richard Halliburton (1929) with Dust Jacket - ADVENTURER PERU MEXICO PANAMA

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New Worlds to Conquer by Richard Halliburton, Published by The Bobbs Merrill CO (1929) good condition in good dust jacket in protector. Halliburton tells of his adventure...mores in South America which include following Cortez's trail through Mexico, a fifty-mile swim along the Panama Canal, climbing the Darien peak and finding the hidden mountain city of Manchu Picchu in Peru. Large hardcover.

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MILITARY The Devil's Wind; The Story of the Naval Brigade and the Campaign in India, 1857-58

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The Devil's Wind; The Story of the Naval Brigade at Lucknow, from the letters of Edmund Hope Verney and Other Papers concerning the Enterprise of the Ship's Company of H....more M. S. Shannon in the Campaign in India, 1857-58 by G. L. Verney, Published by Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd, London (1956) good condition, hinge slightly cracked. Fold-out maps Illustrations. Verney served in the Crimean War between 1854 and 1855l. Following his involvement in the Indian Mutiny between 1857 and 1858, where he was mentioned in dispatches and received the Indian Mutiny Medal with the Lucknow clasp, he was promoted to lieutenant.

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WESTWARD HOBOES: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring (1921) Women Trip in Cadillac to Southwest

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Westward Hoboes: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring by Winifred Hawkridge Dixon, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY (1921) good condition, missing fep. So...moreme browning on pages. The adventures of two women from Boston and their trip in a Cadillac Eight. They shipped their car from New York to Galveston by freight steamer. They traveled through Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Canada, Wisconsin, Illinois, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, and New York. Size: 8vo - Over 8" - 9" Tall.

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LIMITED The Dramatic Works of John Lacy, Comedian (1875) Leather Covers

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The Dramatic Works of John Lacy, Comedian by John Lacy, Published by Edinburgh: William Paterson & London: H. Sotheran & Co., (1875) fair/good to good condition with wear...more on spine, book does rub off - you cannot handle this book without getting red dust on you. Would look nice on shelf, chip missing on spine. Printed for Subscribers only - as shown 633 copies made.

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Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts by Jonathan Swift (1880)

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Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts by Jonathan Swift; Gulliver, Lemuel; Taylor, W. C. Published by Porter & Coates, London (1880) fair/good to...more good condition, loose title page (which can be fixed) as shown, browning pages.

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VEGETABLES in the GARDEN and their LEGENDS (1942) Illustrated

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Good condition, J.B. Lippincott (1942) fully illustrated, hardcover....more

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HOUSE PLANTS and How to Grow Them (1909) - GARDENING

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Good condition, Doubleday, Page and Company (1909) fully illustrated....more

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RARE Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey (1917) SIGNED BY WWI HERO SOLDIER AND WRITER

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Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey; Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London (1917) SIGNED. Empey was a professional American soldier who enlisted in the Britis...moreh Army and served with it in France during World War I until he was wounded and discharged. Returning to the States, he embarked upon a writing career (this wartime memoir sold over a quarter of a million copies), and also went into the movie business, owning his own production company and starring in several early silent era films. Later, Empey wrote and published a number of pulp war adventure stories. Empey produced and acted in the movie version of Over the Top [1918]. Good condition, hardcover with some light spotting and a "Compliments of Jordan Marsh Company" stamp on inside cover.

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The Book of NEGRO SPIRITUALS (1925) Viking Press

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Good condition, large hardcover, as shown....more

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Margaret Tarrant's Christmas Garland (1942) Hans Christian Andersen, Browning, Tennyson & MORE

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Margaret Tarrant's Christmas Garland, Published by Charles T. Branford Company (1942) good condition with nineteen tipped-in color plates. Text opens with The Christmas S...moretory According to Saint Luke, and includes historical works dating back to the 1100's, Czech and early English Christmas-carol lyrics, writings by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Hans Christian Andersen among others, plus prayers by Saint Francisis of Assisi and Allah's Prayer. Hardcover.

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OUR NORTHERN SHRUBS And How To Identify Them (1903) GARDENING

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Good condition hardcover, fully illustrated, Charles Scribner's & Sons (1903) as shown....more

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In Quest Of The Perfect Book: Reminiscences of a Bookman (1926) SIGNED with Dust Jacket

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In Quest Of The Perfect Book: Reminiscences And Reflections Of A Bookman by William Dana Orcutt, Published by Little, Brown And Company, Boston (1926) good condition with...more some spotting on some pages, good dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A relatively well crafted tale, nicely illustrated, exploring the nuances of the book arts in nearly all its facets. Sections include Baskerville, Gutenberg, illuminated manuscripts, Mark Twain, William Morris, etc.

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Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties (1951) Illustrations Photographs Maps

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Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties. History, Landscape, Geology, Fossils, Minerals, Industry, and Routed to Travel. Published by State of California, Sa...moren Francisco (1951) Profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs and a large, geological fold-out diagram. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Includes a map of California's Golden Chain, the Mother Lode Highway. Stae Highway 49. From the collection of Geologist Dr. Sherman Wengard.

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GHOSTS AND HAUNTS OF THE CIVIL WAR : Authentic Accounts Of The Strange And Unexplained

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GHOSTS AND HAUNTS OF THE CIVIL WAR : Authentic Accounts Of The Strange And Unexplained by Christopher K. Coleman, Published by Barnes & Noble, New York (2003) brand new...more never read as shown.

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Our Country In War - And Relations With All Nations (1898) REMEMBER THE MAINE - Spanish-American War

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Our Country In War - And Relations With All Nations - A History Of War Times And American Heroes On Land And Sea by Murat Halstead, Published by The United Subscription B...moreook Publishers Of America (1898) Profusely illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. The Spanish-American War and the so-called "Yellow Journalism" of the time fed the rash of publications such as this. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawing, some in color.

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RAREST The Experience of Rev, Thomas H. Jones A SLAVE for 43 YEARS (1885)

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Rev. Thomas H. Jones was born a slave in Wilmington, NC and was a prominent African-American abolitionist in antebellum America. Jones escaped slavery, traveled to Canada...more and subsequently relocated to Worcester, MA. Fair/Good condition, softcover paper pamphlet, some wear on the cover, no back cover with some spotting.

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The Life and Letters of JOHN HAY by William Roscoe Thayer - LINCOLN'S TRAVELING SECRETARY

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The Life and Letters of John Hay by William Roscoe Thayer, Published by Houghton and Mifflin, Boston & New York (1915) Very good condition. John Hay was one of Lincolns t...morerusted aides, far more than a secretary. He was a traveling companion and eyes and ears for Lincoln. His service to the United States extended far beyond the Lincoln Administration to include the positions of Ambassador to Great Britain and eventually Secretary of State.

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RAREST Deutschland Erwacht - GERMANY AWAKES Nazi Party Scrapbook (1933) Adolf Hitler

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Deutschland Erwacht (GERMANY AWAKES): Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP by Wilfrid BADE, Published by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld (1933) Nazi Party Adolph H...moreitler scrapbook, good condition with some cover wear, back cover has spain (see pic), amazing paste on photographs as shown. A heavily illustrated history of the rise of the National Socialist Party in Germany.

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RAREST The Excavations at Babylon by Robert Koldewey (1914) with Color Plates

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The Excavations at Babylon by Robert Koldewey, Published by Macmillan and Co, London (1914) Extensive b/w illustrations, with 7 color plates and a fold-out map. Bound in ...moredark blue cloth with gilt lettering. A very desirable book. Unlike the Assyrian excavations, Babylonia yielded nothing until this epic expedition on the eve of World War I.

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