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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 57)

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Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 57)

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RARE Indian Summer; Autumn Poems and Sketches by L. Clarkson (1881) Twelve Chromoliths

Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 57)

Indian Summer; Autumn Poems and Sketches by L. Clarkson, Published by E. P. Dutton, New York (1881) With twelve chromoliths plus four tinted plates illustrated a seasonal poem. Good condition with cover wear along the spine. 1st Edition. No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Historical ATLAS by J. E. Worcester (1830) Folio Sized Charts

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 57)

Historical Atlas by J. E. Worcester, A.A.S., S.H.S. Published by Hilliard, Gray, And Co., Boston, MA (1833) good- condition with wear. Some slight staining. Oversize atlas contains the following charts: General History; Mythology; Sacred History; Ancient Chronology; Modern Chronology; Sovereigns of Europe; England; France; German Empire; Spain; American History; Biography.

Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall. New Edition by Irving Washington (1886)

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 57)

Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall. New Edition by Irving Washington, Published by Macmillan, London (1886) good condition some dulling on the front cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated title pages + numerous black & white further illustrations designed by Randolph Caldecott and arranged and engraved by J.D.Cooper.

Wildfowling with a Camera by Lorene Squire (1938) 100 Illustrations & Photographs

Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 57)

Wildfowling with a Camera by Lorene Squire, Published by J. B. Lippincott Company (1938) very good condition with dust jacket in mylar protector. Includes 100 illustrations from photographs by Squire. First Edition. Large format. Beige cloth covered boards. 217pp text and many b + w full-page photographs of birds.

Indians of the United States. Four Centuries of Their History and Culture (1941)

Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 57)

Indians of the United States. Four Centuries of Their History and Culture. Clark Wissler, Published by New York, Doubleday, 1941. (1941) very good conditon, hardcover, no dust jacket. An anthropology of the Plains Indians collected by members of the scientific staff while sojourning among the several tribes.

The Analects of Confucius by Lionel Giles Confucius (1970) LIMITED #993/1500 With Clamshell Box

Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 57)

The Analects of Confucius by Lionel Giles Confucius; (translator) Published by Limited Editions Club, New York (1970) Copy #933 of 1500 numbered copies signed by artist. Printed by Saul Marks at the Plantin Press. Very good condition in good- publisher's clamshell box with some cover wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Churches of London: History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis (1839)

Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 57)

Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis by George Godwin, Published by C. Tilt (1839) Good condition, rubbing on the covers. Black & white frontispiece with tissue guard, multiple black & white plates with guards; slight rubbing to corners.

OLD INDIAN LEGENDS by Zitkala-Sa (1901)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 57)

OLD INDIAN LEGENDS by Zitkala-Sa, illustrated by Angel de Cora. Published by Ginn and Co., New York (1901) good condition with little wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

The Skeleton in Armor by H.W. Longfellow (1877) Wonderful Cover

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 57)

The Skeleton in Armor by H.W. LONGFELLOW, Published by Osgood, Boston (1877) A very good copy, wear on the back cover (see pic), illustrated with engravings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Wonderful cover.

ROOSEVELT'S AFRICAN TRIP by Frederick William Unger (1909)

Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 57)

Roosevelt's African Trip by Frederick William Unger, Published by W. E. Scull (1909) First Edition. 8vo. xiv, 17-392pp. Illustrated. Red cloth hardcover. Fair/Good to good condition because of some cover wear, interior very good. "The story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombassa, and the route through the heart of Africa - including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels".

English Caravanners in the wild West, the Old Pioneers' Trail (1926) Arizona to Missouri in a Wagon

Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 57)

English Caravanners in the wild West, the Old Pioneers' Trail by Gertrude E. Metcalfe-Shaw, Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh (1926) good- condition with no dust jacket, library stamp on title page and crossed out library marks on spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The English wagon made it all the way from Arizona to Missouri in 1925, across the National Old Trails road.

Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad by Peter Arno (1956) New York Cartoonist

Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 57)

Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad by Peter Arno, Published by Simon & Schuster (1956) Illustrated with author's full-page B&W cartoons throughout. Good in good dust jacket. He contributed cartoons and 99 covers to The New Yorker from 1925, the magazine's first year, until 1968, the year of his death.

The Life and Public Services of HENRY CLAY Down to 1848 by Epes Sargent (1852)

Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 57)

The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay Down to 1848 by Epes Sargent, Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia Pa. (1852) good cndition hardcoveer with slightly loose binding. VERY NICE COVERS.

THE LADIES' REPOSITORY: A Monthly Periodical BOUND for the Year 1866

Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 57)

THE LADIES' REPOSITORY: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature, large hardcover, good condition, some foxing. A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature and Religion. Good condition nice for shelf. There is one engraving of a Civil War general.

The Beatles Yellow Submarine (1968) FIRST PRINTING

Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 57)

The Beatles Yellow Submarine by The Beatles, Lee Minoff. Good condition, hardcover, Published by New American Library (1968) 1st. Stated first printing, stated. 128 pp., fully illustrated in colour, bound in pictorial hardcovers, about 7.5" X 4.25". Very good condition.

RARE Winter by HENRY THOREAU (1887)

Lot #21 (Sale Order 21 of 57)

Winter by Henry Thoreau, Published by Houghton Mifflin (1887) good condition hardcover, slightly loose binding. 14 pp undated ads. Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt.

Mission Tales in the Days of the Dons (1909) California Mission Illustrations

Lot #22 (Sale Order 22 of 57)

Mission Tales in the Days of the Dons; with nine full page illustrations and decorative drawings by Langdon Smith. Forbes, Mrs. A. S. C., illustrated by Langdon Smith. Published by A. C. McClurg & Co, Chicago (1909) good condition with some spotting on the back cover (see pic). Pictorial endpapers printed in green, text within a beautiful pictorial green border depicting various scenic views and nine illustrations by Langdon Smith.

TWO AVIATION BOOKS: The Hosts of the Air (1915) & Wonder Book of the Air (1951)

Lot #23 (Sale Order 23 of 57)

Both in good condition.

Five Years HUNTER'S Life in South Africa (1851) & Life and Times of Robert Grosseteste (1871)

Lot #24 (Sale Order 24 of 57)

Five Years of a HUNTER'S Life in South Africa (1851) VOLUME II - good with some foxing. ALSO Life and Times of Robert Grosseteste (1871) good condition.

Miki and Mary: Their Search for Treasures (1934) & David Thoreau: A Man For Our Time (1967)

Lot #25 (Sale Order 25 of 57)

Miki and Mary: Their Search for Treasures by Maud and Miska Petersham, Published by Viking Press (1934) good condition, small sticker on cover I will let you take off. ALSO Henry David Thoreau: A Man For Our Time by James Daugherty, Published by Viking Juvenile (1967) good condition with some slight dust jacket wear.

REVOLT IN THE DESERT by T.E. Lawrence (1927)

Lot #26 (Sale Order 26 of 57)

Good condition, George E. Doran Publishers (1927) with some light foxing on the first few pages. With fold out map.

Bulfinch's Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythology (1898)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 27 of 57)

Bulfinch's Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythology, Scott, J. Loughran (editor) Published by David McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (1898) good condition, owner signature, loose binding.

Yankee Enterprise or the Two Millionaires and Other Thrilling Tales (1855)

Lot #28 (Sale Order 28 of 57)

Yankee Enterprise or the Two Millionaires and Other Thrilling Tales, Published by Dayton and Wentworth, Boston (1855) Size: 12mo, fair/good with some foxing and cover wear. Solid. Material, all with exotic or foreign settings, is oddly at variance with the book's title, which (as the preface explains) alludes to the entrepreneurial-ism of the New Englander.

RARE The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (1870) FIRST EDITION - Later Printing

Lot #29 (Sale Order 29 of 57)

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford (1870) good condition, leather covers. The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. First edition, later printing with textual errors corrected. Wonderful book.

RAREST PETER & WENDY (1911) FIRST US EDITION - FIRST PRINTING

Lot #30 (Sale Order 30 of 57)

As shown, good condition, one of a kind treasure, hardcover.

LARGE COLLECTION of 1960's Postage Sheets including MAN ON MOON - STAMPS

Lot #31 (Sale Order 31 of 57)

THIRTY SIX SHEETS along with a few loose items all in one folder, all 6 cents, late 1960's (no research done on our end) all in very good shape. In postage alone over $100.

Wood Magic; A Fable by Richard Jefferies (1881) Decorative Covers

Lot #32 (Sale Order 32 of 57)

Wood Magic; A Fable by Richard JEFFERIES, Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London (1881) good condition, some wear on the outer spine, lovely decorative cover.

IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote (1965) First Edition - Third Printing

Lot #33 (Sale Order 33 of 57)

Good condition, trade edition, with good dust jacket.

Harpers New Monthly Magazine Bound (1854-1855)

Lot #34 (Sale Order 34 of 57)

Good condition with shelf wear and rubbing on covers. Interior good with slight wear. Leather spine. Articles on Andrew Jackson, Artillery, Fashion, Charles Dickens "A Lawyer's Story", Astronomy and more, 862 pages.

1939 World's Fair Guide Book

Lot #35 (Sale Order 35 of 57)

As shown, good- condition with some cover wear. Softcover.

RARE The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life (1890)

Lot #36 (Sale Order 36 of 57)

The Gamekeeper at Home. Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life. With Illustrations by Charles Whymper. Boston Roberts & Co. (1890) good+ condition with some slight cover wear, interior very good.

RARE At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald (1912)

Lot #37 (Sale Order 37 of 57)

At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald, Published by Lippincott (1912) good condition, wonderful illustrations. Highly collectible book. It is a fantasy adventure about a young boy named Diamond who flies to another country on the back of the lady North Wind.

The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens (1953) Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin

Lot #38 (Sale Order 38 of 57)

The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens, Published by Vanguard Press (1953) good condition hardcover, some cover wear. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin.

OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Earnest Hemingway (1952) First Edition Later Printing

Lot #39 (Sale Order 39 of 57)

Very good condition in very good dust jacket. First Edition Later Printing with "S-90.60 [H]" under copyright. Not a Book Club Edition.

WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS (c.1880) with Oliver Twist & Bleak House

Lot #40 (Sale Order 40 of 57)

Large hardcover, sized 10" tall, wear on the outer spine, interior good. Chapman & Hall (c.1880) Fair/good because of spine wear, otherwise nice decorative book.

RARE Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum (1879) TOM THUMB

Lot #41 (Sale Order 41 of 57)

Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum; Author's Edition. Revised, Enlarged, Newly Illustrated, and Written up to December, 1878, by the Author. P. T. Barnum, Published by The Courier Company (1879) good condition, illustrated including illustration of General Tom Thumb's wedding (see pic).

RARE Life and Scenes in Congo by Rev. Herbert Probert (1890)

Lot #42 (Sale Order 42 of 57)

Life and Scenes in Congo by Rev. Herbert Probert, Published by American Baptist Publication Society, Phila. (1890) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good condition, some foxing on illustrations.

RARE Incredible Mysteries and Legends of the Sea by Edward Snow (1967) SIGNED with ILLUSTRATION

Lot #43 (Sale Order 43 of 57)

Good condition in fair/good dust jacket with wear. With great signature by Snow with illustration.

Na Pa'i Ki'i: The Photographers in the Hawaiian Islands, 1845-1900

Lot #44 (Sale Order 44 of 57)

Na Pa'i Ki'i: The Photographers in the Hawaiian Islands, 1845-1900 (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 69) softcover, good condition, 48 pages.

Lewis Carroll Photographer by Colin Ford (1897) 14 Sepia Illustrations

Lot #45 (Sale Order 45 of 57)

Lewis Carroll Photographer by Colin Ford, Published by National Museum of Photography, UK (1987) Very good condition, 32 pages. Useful resource from an exhibition of the same name from the National Museum of Photography’s own collection. Illustrations in the informative 10 page text , plus a portfolio of 14 sepia illustrations. Size: Square 8vo over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

A TRIBUTE TO ANSEL ADAMS : Celebrating the American Earth by Ansel Adams

Lot #46 (Sale Order 46 of 57)

A TRIBUTE TO ANSEL ADAMS : Celebrating the American Earth by Ansel Adams. Published by The Wilderness Society, Washington, D. C. (1989) Good condition, softcover. His work is represented with dramatic and iconic black and white photographs, plus thoughtful comments on and assessments of his legacy and activist contributions to the environmental movement. The covers also are used to display this American's monumental images of the landscape. The image on the front cover is "Rock, Merced River, Autumn, Yosemite Valley c. !962." On the rear cover, "Rock and Grass Moraine Lake, Sequoia National Park c. 1932."

Under Western Eyes - Walls of China in Photographs

Lot #47 (Sale Order 47 of 57)

Under Western Eyes - Walls of China in Photographs. Students in the Museum Studies Program, Illustrated. Published by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1987) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

RARE The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment (1856) FUTURE LIFE - HELL

Lot #48 (Sale Order 48 of 57)

The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment, by Thomas Thayer. James M. Usher Published (1856) good condition.

THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley (1930) Illustrated

Lot #49 (Sale Order 49 of 57)

THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley, Published by John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia (1930) 282 pgs w/frontis + 7 illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good- condition with some foxing you can see on the photographs. Wonderful cover.

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK LOT of 19th Century DECORATIVE BOOKS - SHELF LOT

Lot #50 (Sale Order 50 of 57)

All books shown here wonderful lot - all for one price. Eleven books in total. We send these off to auctions but if there is interest here we will let you have at them, however we don't have the time to list the titles - so it's up to you but they would look great on a shelf.

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK LOT of 19th Century DECORATIVE BOOKS - SHELF LOT

Lot #51 (Sale Order 51 of 57)

All books shown here wonderful lot - all for one price. Eight DECORATIVE books in total. We send these off to auctions but if there is interest here we will let you have at them, however we don't have the time to list the titles - so it's up to you but they would look great on a shelf.

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK LOT of 19th Century DECORATIVE BOOKS - SHELF LOT

Lot #52 (Sale Order 52 of 57)

All books shown here wonderful lot - all for one price. NINE DECORATIVE books in total. There is a Invasion of Crimea (1851) Volume and a book by Louisa May Alcott. We send these off to auctions but if there is interest here we will let you have at them, however we don't have the time to list the titles - so it's up to you but they would look great on a shelf.

VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE BOOK LOT

Lot #53 (Sale Order 53 of 57)

Includes Annie Oakley, Robert Louis Stevenson and much more. All books shown here wonderful lot - all for one price. Eleven books in total. We send these off to auctions but if there is interest here we will let you have at them, however we don't have the time to list the titles - so it's up to you but they would look great on a shelf.

MARK TWAIN BOOK COLLECTION (1917)

Lot #54 (Sale Order 54 of 57)

All in good condition, great for shelf. Published by Collier. No volumes listed all individual books.

CIVIL WAR BOOK LOT

Lot #55 (Sale Order 55 of 57)

Prelude to the Civil War (1966), America's Robert E. Lee (1951), The North Reports the Civil War (1955), and A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years (1967).

WW2 BOOK LOT

Lot #56 (Sale Order 56 of 57)

UP FRONT by Bill Mauldin (1968), The Shadow of Pearl Harbor (1977), Tirpitz the Floating Fortress (1977), and NIMITZ (1977) with some dust jacket wear.

MILITARY BOOK LOT

Lot #57 (Sale Order 57 of 57)

Day of Infamy on Pearl Harbor (1957), The Coast Guard and Marines (1941), Coast Guard Manual (1952), Lost on the Orinoco (1902) with wear.


Antique & Collectible Books #193
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Antique & Collectible Books #193
by South Boston Books Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 8:00 PM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, November 26, 9:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, November 26, 9:56 PM Eastern Great lots of antiquarian books and ephemera. Great collection of items! $5 FLAT USA SHIPPING. NO RESERVES - PAYMENT BY PAYPAL INVOICE ONLY.