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Antique & Collectible Books #217 MEMORIAL DAY |
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Antique & Collectible Books #217 MEMORIAL DAY |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Saturday, May 19, 5:30 PM Eastern
First lots ends Monday, May 28, 9:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Monday, May 28, 9:52 PM Eastern Great lots of antiquarian books and ephemera. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - $5 FLAT RATE SHIPPING!
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NEXT AUCTION MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 53) The website was having some issues this week - and we need a week off so we will run this auction on Memorial Day Monday Night SEE YOU THERE - HAVE A NICE WEEK!
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE We accept payment by Paypal only via a PAYPAL INVOICE after auction. Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 53) PLEASE TAKE NOTE We accept payment by Paypal only via a PAYPAL INVOICE after auction. You will receive the invoice a few hours after the auction ends. Thanks. We do not have your credit card info and it will not be charged by us.
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SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 53) SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PURCHASE.
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AUCTION TERMS - THANKS FOR SHOPPING WITH US! Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 53) BUYERS PREMIUM IS 15%. After seven days the consignor can request his item back if they wish. If your invoice is cancelled we reserve the right to ban you from future purchases. PLEASE NOTE NO RETURNS FOR ANY ITEMS - please review items thoroughly before bidding. Any unpaid PAYPAL invoices after 7 DAYS will be sent to Proxibid for review and your items will be relisted. Buyers Premium is waived for this auction. Books shipped within 5-7 business days - we try to ship out earlier than that. (10/17/2017) All packages delivered are the responsibility of the BUYER. Once the tracking shows delivered our end of the transaction is over. If your package is stolen you must contact the Post Office, no refund will be given through us or Paypal.
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SPECIAL Antique and Vintage CHILDREN'S Books this JULY Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 53) All of the antique and vintage children's books we receive the next month will be sold at a special auction ending July 12th 2018 Thursday at 8pm EST. Hope to see you there! Books slowly beginning to be listed as we speak!
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COMING SOON Antique & Vintage NAUTICAL and MARITIME Books Auction Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 53) All of our Marine, Maritime books will be sold on July 26th 2018. We are starting to list them now. See you there!
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Walter's Tour in the East: Walter in Athens by Daniel C. Eddy (1868) Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 53) 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. "Moral 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) Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 53) Good condition, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (c.1880) no date, illustrated.
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Gotthold's Emblems: Invisible Things Understood by Things That are Made by Christian Scriver (1859) Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 53) 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 American 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 Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 53) 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 - 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 Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 53) Good condition, Lindsay & Blackiston (1856) good general condition with some wear on the covers.
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The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather (1862) TRIALS OF SEVERAL WITCHES IN NEW ENGLAND Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 53) 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 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 Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 53) 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 adventures 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 Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 53) 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. 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 Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 53) 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. Some 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 Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 53) 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 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) Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 53) 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 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 Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 53) Good condition, J.B. Lippincott (1942) fully illustrated, hardcover.
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HOUSE PLANTS and How to Grow Them (1909) - GARDENING Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 53) Good condition, Doubleday, Page and Company (1909) fully illustrated.
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RARE Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey (1917) SIGNED BY WWI HERO SOLDIER AND WRITER Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 53) 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 British 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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Margaret Tarrant's Christmas Garland (1942) Hans Christian Andersen, Browning, Tennyson & MORE Lot #21 (Sale Order 21 of 53) 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 Story 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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The Book of NEGRO SPIRITUALS (1925) Viking Press Lot #22 (Sale Order 22 of 53) Good condition, large hardcover, as shown.
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OUR NORTHERN SHRUBS And How To Identify Them (1903) GARDENING Lot #23 (Sale Order 23 of 53) Good condition hardcover, fully illustrated, Charles Scribner's & Sons (1903) as shown.
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In Quest Of The Perfect Book: Reminiscences of a Bookman (1926) SIGNED with Dust Jacket Lot #24 (Sale Order 24 of 53) 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 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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RAREST The Experience of Rev, Thomas H. Jones A SLAVE for 43 YEARS (1885) Lot #25 (Sale Order 25 of 53) 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 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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Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties (1951) Illustrations Photographs Maps Lot #26 (Sale Order 26 of 53) Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties. History, Landscape, Geology, Fossils, Minerals, Industry, and Routed to Travel. Published by State of California, San 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 Lot #27 (Sale Order 27 of 53) 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 never read as shown.
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Our Country In War - And Relations With All Nations (1898) REMEMBER THE MAINE - Spanish-American War Lot #28 (Sale Order 28 of 53) 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 Book 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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The Life and Letters of JOHN HAY by William Roscoe Thayer - LINCOLN'S TRAVELING SECRETARY Lot #29 (Sale Order 29 of 53) 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 trusted 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 Lot #30 (Sale Order 30 of 53) Deutschland Erwacht (GERMANY AWAKES): Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP by Wilfrid BADE, Published by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld (1933) Nazi Party Adolph Hitler 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 Lot #31 (Sale Order 31 of 53) 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 dark 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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The Boy Hunters or Adventures in Search of a White Buffalo (1854) Lot #32 (Sale Order 32 of 53) Ticknor and Fields (1854), fair/good condition with general wear and some spotting. Illustrated.
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EVE'S DAUGHTERS (1882) Common Sense for Maid, Wife, and Mother Lot #33 (Sale Order 33 of 53) Good condition, John R. Anderson (1882) decorative covers, as shown, hardcover. ALSO inside is a facsimile letter from First Lady Garfield on the book - not sure where it comes from but there it is.
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RARE A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the MORMONS by Elizabeth Whitney Williams (1905) Lot #34 (Sale Order 34 of 53) A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Elizabeth Whitney Williams, Published by Self Published (1905) fair/good condition, title on covers are rubbed off, hinge cracked, spotting, owner signature. Williams' account of "life on Beaver Island and other places near Lake Michigan, with account of the "Mormon kingdom" on Beaver Island."
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The Billy Yank (1952) and Johnny Reb (1943) Two Volume CIVIL WAR Set Lot #35 (Sale Order 35 of 53) A two-volume set. The Billy Yank volume published 1952 and the Johnny Reb volume published 1943. Famous history of the Civil War as a composite portrait of the common soldier. One volume for each side of the war. Both in good condition.
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FOUR! The Great Old Bubble Gum Cards and Some Cigarette Cards (1977) with 137 Cards Lot #36 (Sale Order 36 of 53) The Great Old Bubble Gum Cards and Some Cigarette Cards by Len Gelmanm Woody & Brown, Published by Prime Press, New York (1977) Oversize Paper. First Edition. Very nice collection of 137 cards that were given away with products. Includes baseball gum cards, comics, dixie lids, cigarette cards, cowboys and more. Can be punched out if you like or just keep them as they are. YOU GET FOUR OF THEM! ALL LIKE NEW!
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine BOUND June to November (1873) - General SHERMAN - TELEGRAPH - HAWAII Lot #37 (Sale Order 37 of 53) Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June to November (1873) good condition, many articles include General Sherman in Europe and the East, a look at the telegraph, and Hawaii, large hardcover.
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NOA NOA The Tahiti Journal of PAUL GAUGUIN (c.1920) Lot #38 (Sale Order 38 of 53) Noa Noa The Tahiti Journal of Paul Gauguin (South Seas Edition) by Paul Gauguin, Published by Greenberg, New York, fair/good to good condition small hardcover. Some cover wear and lightly browning pages. First edition not stated, but have seen others say South Seas is the first edition.
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German-English Dictionary (1848) Leather Decorative Cover Lot #39 (Sale Order 39 of 53) Good condition, Mentz & Rovoudt (1848) good condition, volume I only, a nice book for your shelf.
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RARE A Brief Course in Mediumship by KHEI (1940) Trance - Mediums - Clairvoyance - SPIRITS Lot #40 (Sale Order 40 of 53) Good condition, small hardcover, Macoy Publishing (1940) as shown.
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Frank Wildman's Adventures on Land and Water by Frederick Gerstaecker (1876) PIRATE ADVENTURES Lot #41 (Sale Order 41 of 53) Frank Wildman's Adventures on Land and Water by Frederick Gerstaecker; Wraxall, Lascelles (trans.) Published by Lippincott, Philadelphia (1876) good condition, browning pages, cracked hinge, owner stamp. "From the German, with preface by translator Lascelles Wraxall. Pirate adventure; aborigines; voyages to Tonga Island, Java, Malaysia; big-game hunting, and Robinsonade elements, incorporating a lot of natural history and folklore. Gerstaecker, a German Jew and celebrated opera singer literally inspired by "Robinson Crusoe," set out by sea seeking a life of adventure, and would spend several years as a hunter and trapper in Indian Territory, North America, and even ran a hotel in Point Coupee, Louisiana, in 1842. He would later make it to the South Seas, Australia, West Indies, Egypt, Abyssinia.which would inspire some 44 books of travel or adventure both fiction and nonfiction."
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INCREDIBLE LOT of Modern Travellers (1830's) with MULTIPLE MAPS - EARLY AMERICA! Lot #42 (Sale Order 42 of 53) Fourteen volumes of Modern Traveller small hardcovers, all with some cover wear, includes Brazil two volumes with MAP, Turkey, two volumes of Mexico-Guatemala with EARLY AMERICA, three volumes of AFRICA with MAP, India, Greece two volumes with MAP, China Persia WITH MAP, Persia with MAP, Berma-Siam with MAP, as shown. Many if not all have nice engravings inside as well - we are selling them all in one giant lot.
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THE REPUBLICAN COURT American Society in the Days of Washington by Rufus Wilmont Griswold (1856) Lot #43 (Sale Order 43 of 53) The Republican Court. Or, American Society in the Days of Washington by Rufus Wilmont Griswold, Published by D. Appleton & Co, NY (1856) fair/good condition, spotting throught and wear on covers. Large folio hardcover. Engraved from Orginal Pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Gainsborough, Stuart, Trumbull, Pine, Malbone, and Other Contemporary Painters. New and Revised Edition.
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On The Trail of Grant and Lee (National Holiday Series) by Frederick Trevor Hill (1923) Lot #44 (Sale Order 44 of 53) On The Trail of Grant and Lee (National Holiday Series) by Frederick Trevor Hill, Published by D. Appleton, New York, 1923. Good- condition with some cover wear. Hinge is cracked.
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Back Trailers from the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland (1928) Midwestern Tale Lot #45 (Sale Order 45 of 53) Back Trailers from the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland, Published by Macmillan, New York (1928) "Author's account of experiences had in connection with his writing, meeting Theodore Roosevelt, Irving Bacheller, Kipling etc." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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THE PRAIRIE CRUSOE (1866) Illustrated WEST ADVENTURES Lot #46 (Sale Order 46 of 53) The Prairie Crusoe, unlisted author, Published by Lee and Shepard (1866) fair/good condition with wear, illustrations, some pages with pencil underlining.
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Collection of Antique LOUIS MAY ALCOTT Decorative Books Lot #47 (Sale Order 47 of 53) Three in good condition with little wear, three in fair/good with more cover wear. All from the 1910's as shown, very nice for shelf. Titles in photos.
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ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD! The Heroic Work of the Ice Patrol SIGNED Lot #48 (Sale Order 48 of 53) Author is Leo Subow who signed this book, good with dust jacket, Bruce Humphries (1959) many photographs.
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Weapons and Equipment of the VICTORIAN SOLDIER (1978) Lot #49 (Sale Order 49 of 53) Good condition hardcover, Blandford Press (1978) fully illustrated.
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The Road to Reunion 1865-1900 by Paul H. Buck (1937) Pulitzer Prize for History Lot #50 (Sale Order 50 of 53) The Road to Reunion 1865-1900 by Paul H. Buck, Published by Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (1937) Paul Herman Buck was an American historian. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1938 and became the first Provost of Harvard University in 1945.
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GREAT CRIMES OF THE WEST by Pete Fanning (1929) SIGNED BY AUTHOR - S.F. POLICE OFFICER Lot #51 (Sale Order 51 of 53) Great Crimes of the West by Pete Fanning, Published by Pete Fanning, San Francisco, California (1929) good condition, The author, a thirty-seven year vetern as a San Francisco police officer was fascinated by the stories of famous criminals of the late 1800's. Included in this factual book are 33 stories of stage robbers, bank robbers, train robbers, murderers, stranglers, prison escapees and more which included the names of Black Bart, The Dalton Gang and Charles Becker. SIGNED BY FANNING.
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WILD WOOD LIFE or A TRIP to PARMACHENEE (1884) Bostonians in the Wilds of Maine Lot #52 (Sale Order 52 of 53) WILD WOOD LIFE or A TRIP to PARMACHENEE, Containing : The Adventures of the Party of Boston Boys Who Figure in "Eastward Ho !" And in This Volume Penetrate farther Into the Wilderness and Meet with a Great Variety of Thrilling Adventures & . Experiences. Capt. Charles A. J. Farrar, fair/good condition with wear throughout as shown. Adventures of some young Bostonians in the wilds of Maine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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BOBBY ORR and the BIG BAD BRUINS (1969) Lot #53 (Sale Order 53 of 53) Good condition in good dust jacket with owner signature. Dodd Mead & Comapny (1969)
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