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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 52)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 52)

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RARE Filene's Department Store (c.1909) CHRISTMAS GREETING Book

Lot #6 (Sale Order 4 of 52)

Softcover, 15 pages with some early writing, dated about c.1909.

New Popular Family ATLAS of the World (1894) with MANY COLOR STATE MAPS

Lot #7 (Sale Order 5 of 52)

New Popular Family Atlas of the World 1894, 565 pages atlas and encycopedia with colored maps and a discription of each state, country ,and region of the World. Very large hardcover as shown, covers rubbed and worn but solid. Great for the maps if nothing else. Book has library mark on the outside spine but no marks on maps or pages.

Horsemen Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History (1960) CIVIL WAR CALVARY

Lot #8 (Sale Order 6 of 52)

Horsemen Blue and Gray. Johnson, James Ralph; Bill, Alfred Hoyt, Illustrated by Milhollen, Hirst Dillon. Published by Oxford, New York (1960) 1st Edition. 236 pages, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings; acknowledgments, bibliography. Illustrated with historic images and drawing by Hirst Dillon Milhollen.

EARLY PRINTING Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Lot #9 (Sale Order 7 of 52)

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Garth Williams Illustrations (illustrator). This is an early printing but NOT a first edition even though the copyright states so. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($3.95) The near fine picture cover book is sturdy, crisp and clean with the lovely vintage spiderweb endpapers.

RARE The RURAL REPOSITORY New York Journal (1844-1845) BOUND

Lot #10 (Sale Order 8 of 52)

Weekly issues from late 1844 to 1845, many illustrations. Hudson New York, a Semi-Monthly journal, some coloring inside. Also some pressed flowers and even some doll-shaped pieces (see pic) as well. Some cover wear.

SCARCE Vermont in the Great Rebellion (1869) CIVIL WAR

Lot #11 (Sale Order 9 of 52)

Vermont in the Great Rebellion - Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches, Etc. Major Otis F. R. Waite, Published by Tracy, Chase and Company, Claremont (1869) fair/good to good condition with general wear.

Mesa, Canon and Pueblo Our Wonderland of the Southwest (1925) VERY NICE

Lot #12 (Sale Order 10 of 52)

Mesa, Canon and Pueblo Our Wonderland of the Southwest - Its Marvels of Nature - Its Pageant of the Earth Building by Charles F. Lummis, 8vo. Color frontispiece and "nearly" 100 b/w halftone photographs, many by Lummis. Original brown pictorial cloth stamped in black & gold, with design Indian lighting a fire. Good condition.

RARE Thomae Sydenham EARLY MEDICAL BOOK (1749)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 11 of 52)

Thomae Sydenham med. doct. ac Practici Londinensis Celeberrimi Opera Medica. Volume I only, "Internally generally very good, with scattered foxing. "Sydenham is one of the greatest figures in internal medicine, and has been called the Father of English Medicine. His reputation rests on his first-hand accounts of such conditions as the material fevers of his times, gout, scarlatina, measles, etc." Published by Genevae [Geneve], Apud fratres De Tournes (1749)

ANSEL ADAMS Photographs of the Southwest (1976)

Lot #14 (Sale Order 12 of 52)

Photographs of the Southwest. Selected Photographs Made from 1928 to 1968 in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah with a Statement by the Photographer and An Essay on the Land by Lawrence Clark Powell. Ansel Adams, Published by The New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1976) Good condition, some dust jacket wear.

The History of the CONQUEST OF MEXICO (1880) Two Volumes

Lot #15 (Sale Order 13 of 52)

Good condition, nice for shelf, two volumes however also part of larger set as shown on the spine.

RARE Horseless Vehicles, Automobiles, Motor Cycles (1897) EARLY AUTOMOBILES

Lot #16 (Sale Order 14 of 52)

Horseless Vehicles, Automobiles, Motor Cycles operated by Steam, Hydro-Carbon, Electric and Pneumatic Motors by Gardner D. Hiscox, Published by Norman W. Henley & Co., New York (1897) Bound in contemporary maroon buckram. Very good condition, hardcover.

Images from the Storm - CIVIL WAR ART (2001)

Lot #17 (Sale Order 15 of 52)

New York: The Free Press, (2001). Hardcover. 4to. Very good condition in blue illustrated dust jacket with blue title to front panel and white title to blue spine. Illustrations on every page. Index, 263 pages. "Those who love to see pictures from a fascinating time in American History, will certainly enjoy this book, which provides a fresh viewpoint of the long studied subject of Civil War by the person who was actually there. This book constitutes "the single most important collection of Civil War art to be discovered this century."

The Harvard-Yale Boat Race, 1852-1924 and the Coming of Sport to the American College

Lot #18 (Sale Order 16 of 52)

The Harvard-Yale Boat Race, 1852-1924 and the Coming of Sport to the American College by Thomas C. Mendenball, large hardcover. Good condition with some slight cover wear, "When Harvard and Yale met for a rowing race on Lake Winnipesaukee in 1852, American intercollegiate sport was born. The author traces the sport from its first informal days as a gentleman's competition to its later significance in the growth of organized college athletics."

The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame (1904) with MAXFIELD PARRISH

Lot #19 (Sale Order 17 of 52)

The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame, Published by The Bodley Head, London (1904) fair/good to good condition with general wear. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator).

RARE The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby (1844) Early Edition

Lot #20 (Sale Order 18 of 52)

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens, Published by Boston Lewis & Sampson (1844), fourth edition, Two Volumes as One. Good condition with some internal spotting, fourth edition. With Illustrations by Phiz.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures with 30+ Albums from Set (c.1955) Vincent Van Gogh - Renoir

Lot #21 (Sale Order 19 of 52)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures with 30+ Albums from Set, Published by Book-Of-The-Month Club (c.1955) the pamphlets are in very good condition, one box slipcase has heavier wear than the others. For many, the stamps have been attached, the six orange-and-black boxes are in good condition.

I Flew for the FUHRER: the Story of a GERMAN FIGHTER Pilot by Heinz Knoke WW2

Lot #22 (Sale Order 20 of 52)

I Flew for the Fuhrer: the Story of a German Fighter Pilot (Wings of War) by Heinz Knoke, Published by Henry Holt and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 213 pages; Illustrated Boards. Reprinted 1990 from the 1954 edition. "The author was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II. He logged over 2,000 flights, shot down 52 enemy aircraft and eventually became Commanding Officer of a Fighter Wing. He had flown over 400 operational missions before being crippled in an astonishing 'last stand' towards the end of the war. He was awarded the Knight's Cross for his achievements. His autobiography describes the background of German Air Force life and the excellent morale of German airmen up to the time of the gradual disintegration of their Air Force."

BEAUTIFUL Indians of the Painted Desert Region by George Warton James (1907)

Lot #23 (Sale Order 21 of 52)

Indians of the Painted Desert Region by George Warton James, Published by Little, Brown Co., Boston, MA (1907) A study by James of the tribes of the Painted Desert region. The Hopi, Navajo, Wallapais, and Havasupais are all represented in this work. Text includes many photographs. Very good condition. Beautiful front cover, multi color embossed, horse mounted native.

1960's LORD OF THE RINGS Paperback Set by J.R.R. Tolkien

Lot #24 (Sale Order 22 of 52)

Good condition with wear as shown, printing is from 1968.

Commentaries of the Law of England 1799 & 1800 by William Blackstone

Lot #25 (Sale Order 23 of 52)

Both with condition issues as shown, dates from 1799 and 1800. Fair/Good condition with spine issues.

Collection of PRESIDENTIAL Press Releases from JOHN F. KENNEDY and EISENHOWER

Lot #26 (Sale Order 24 of 52)

All in good condition, from the 1950's and 1960's, as shown.

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 25 of 52)

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge, Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1918. 345pp. illus. Eight full color, full-page illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. 4to. pictorial cloth. Decorated endpapers, color illustrated title, and 8 color plates with tissue guards. Very good condition hardcover, with no dust jacket.

PAUL AND VIRGINIA by Bernard De Saint-Pierre (1879) DECORATIVE BINDING

Lot #28 (Sale Order 26 of 52)

PAUL AND VIRGINIA by Bernard De Saint-Pierre, Published by George Routledge & Sons, London; Glasgow; New York (1879) very good condition hardcover, nice for shelf.

WONDER BOOK by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1928)

Lot #29 (Sale Order 27 of 52)

Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne; illustrated by Anne Chuse. Published by J.H. Sears & Co., New York (1928) Very good condition, hardcover, no jacket, one color illustration is loose. "Sears Illustrated Juveniles". 232 pages; illustrations; purple cloth binding, gilt lettering with paper illustration on the cover.

WAR MAPS: World War II, from September 1939 to August 1945

Lot #30 (Sale Order 28 of 52)

War Maps - This 192-page hardcover was published in 1982 by St. Martin's Press (1st US edition). Very good condition, hardcover.

The Road to Oregon by W.J. Ghent (1934) A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail

Lot #31 (Sale Order 29 of 52)

The Road to Oregon by W.J. Ghent, Published by Tudor Publishing Co., New York (1934) very good conditon hardcover, without dust jacket. A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail illustrated w/photo illustrations, map endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

SCARCE GEN. TOM THUMB'S Three Years' Tour Around the World (1872)

Lot #32 (Sale Order 30 of 52)

Gen. Tom Thumb's Three Years' Tour Around the World, accompanied by His Wife - Lavinia Warren Stratton, Commodore Nutt, Miss Minnie Warren, and Party by Sylvester Bleecker. Published by New York, S. Booth, (1872). Octavo, original pictorial yellow wrappers missing back cover, 144 pp, illustrated, SCARCE.

RARE Fables of La Fontaine (1848) Two Volumes

Lot #33 (Sale Order 31 of 52)

Fables of La Fontaine (complete in 2 volumes) La Fontaine translated by Elizur Wright Jr. Seventh Edition, Published by White & Potter, Boston (1848) fair/good condition with cover wear, some spotting and a few pages have tears. La Fountaine (1621 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe. ALSO COMES with antique sewn bookmark that looks period to the book.

RAREST Have Faith in Massachusetts by Calvin Coolidge (1919) SIGNED TO CONFEDERATE OFFICER

Lot #34 (Sale Order 32 of 52)

Have Faith in Massachusetts by Calvin Coolidge, Published by Houghton Mifflin Company (1919) With a presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, "To Charles H. Olmstead, with Regards, Calvin Coolidge." good condition with no dust jacket. Charles Hart Olmstead (1837–1926) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. Fort Pulaski was established as a National Monument by President Calvin Coolidge in October of 1924, this was the site Confederate Colonel Charles H. Olmstead surrendered.

The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days - CLASSICS OF THE OLD WEST EDITION

Lot #35 (Sale Order 33 of 52)

Book by Andy Adams, Illustrated E. Boyd Smith, REPRINT of the Houghton Mifflin & Company 1903 edition. Part of the CLASSICS OF THE OLD WEST edition.

SIGNED Prime Directive by Judith Reeves-Stevens (1990) STAR TREK

Lot #36 (Sale Order 34 of 52)

Prime Directive by Judith Reeves-Stevens, very good condition with dust jackets, signed by both authors. "When Captain James T. Kirk destroys a world, a crime that breaks the Federation's highest law--the Prime Directive--and the Enterprise is nearly destroyed, he faces the disgrace, and it is up to the crew to find out exactly what happened."

IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote (1965) FIRST EDITION - EARLY PRINTING

Lot #37 (Sale Order 35 of 52)

With dust jacket in protector, third printing, hardcover.

The Country Kitchen by Della T. Lutes (1936) Country Life - COOKING - DISHES

Lot #38 (Sale Order 36 of 52)

The Country Kitchen by Della T. Lutes, Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston (1936) Original picnic table checkerboard cloth boards with green paper labels to spine and front cover. Story of a country family in the 1870's. Memoir of country life in southern Michigan in the 1870s, including holidays, festivals, the country fair, Christmas; no recipes per se, but instructions for cooking some notable dishes are included. Very good condition, hardcover, dust jacket in protector.

Youth History of the GREAT CIVIL WAR (1867) & History of the FRENCH REVOLUTION (1849)

Lot #39 (Sale Order 37 of 52)

Both in fair/good condition with wear as shown. Both for one price.

PINOCCHIO The Story of a Puppet by C. COLLODI (1920) with 14 Color Plates

Lot #40 (Sale Order 38 of 52)

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1920. Gift Edition. Gift Edition. With 14 color plates and other illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. 8vo. Gift Edition. Tan pictorial binding, color paste-on upper cover, good condition, with slightly cracked hinge. Paste on picture on front cover depicting Pinocchio hoisted on the shoulders of two boys. Orange flowers on front and spine.

HISTORIC Postwar Bases Philippines Islands from the National Archives (1945) WW2

Lot #41 (Sale Order 39 of 52)

This large bound book is from the National Archives with stamp on the back of some pages (see pic). Inside this large hardcover are copies (not the originals) of many of the files regarding the "POSTWAR BASES PHILIPPINES ISLANDS 1945 ", over 50 pages of once TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS.

Glass Plates & Wagon Ruts: Images of the SOUTHWEST - NATIVE AMERICANS

Lot #42 (Sale Order 40 of 52)

Very good condition hardcover, "Incorporates the entire corpus from 1905 to 1915 of two photographers who travelled the American Southwest capturing such images as Zuni Indians drilling turquoise; Jicarilla Apaches wearing eagle feather headdresses; cowboys in the territorial town of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico; a Navajo medicine man, and other sights. Also included is an essay that chronicles the photographers' lives and a journal that details a woman's view of travelling the West during the same time period. "

My Journey: From an Iowa Farm to a Cathedral of Dreams SIGNED BY EVANGELIST Robert Schuller

Lot #43 (Sale Order 41 of 52)

Very good condition with signed bookplate from Robert Schuller. "Dr. Robert H. Schuller's career has spanned more than five decades, and his ministry of hope has touched the hearts and souls of millions around the world. From one great story to the next, this disarmingly honest autobiography shows us a side of the great preacher that we haven't seen before. My Journey is Dr. Schuller's moving account of his rise from his family's struggling farm in a small Dutch community in Depression-era Iowa to the leadership of a multimillion-member international ministry. With warmth and candor, Schuller tells the stories of the events, the people, and the encounters that shaped his inspiring life and made him the ultimate possibility thinker."

Basketball with Big Baby - THREE SIGNED BOOKS by Glen Big Baby Davis of the CELTICS

Lot #44 (Sale Order 42 of 52)

All brand new signed by Glen Davis and the illustrator. Also comes with a book on Jonathan Papelbon from the Red Sox signed only by the illustrator.

Pagent of The GUN: A Treasury of Stories of Firearms (1967)

Lot #45 (Sale Order 43 of 52)

Pagent of The Gun: A Treasury of Stories of Firearms: The Romance and Lore, Development and Use Throughout Ten Centuries by Harold L. Peterson, Published by Doubleday, New York (1967) good condition with some wear on the dust jacket.

The Cunning Little Vixen by Rudolph Tesnohldek - Children's Illustrated Book

Lot #46 (Sale Order 44 of 52)

The Cunning Little Vixen by Rudolph Tesnohldek translated by Tatiana Firkusny, Maritza Morgan & Robert T. Jones. Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York (1993) Good condition with hardcover. "The adventures of Sharp-Ears, the enchanting heroine of Rudolf Tesnohlidek's classic Czech novel 'The Cunning Little Vixen". This many layered story of tangled human and animal relationships juxtaposes a world of not-so-innocent animals, living our brief in brutal harmony, with another world of longer-lived humans, who are no less brutal, scarcely more intelligent and a good deal less happy."

RARE Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1897) LINCOLN Edition with ASSASINATION

Lot #47 (Sale Order 45 of 52)

Good condition, published by Congress, Volume VI, hardcover, with all of Abraham Lincoln's correspondence including messages on his assassination.

LONE COWBOY: My Life Story by Will James (1942)

Lot #48 (Sale Order 46 of 52)

Lone Cowboy: My Life Story by Will James, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1942) good condition, hardcover, owner signature. A memoir of that famed artist of the American West, Will James (1892-1942).

RARE LIVINGSTONE'S Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone (1860)

Lot #49 (Sale Order 47 of 52)

Livingstone's Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone, Published by G. G. Evans, Philadelphia (1860) fair/good hardcover, with wear on the covers and pages. Illustrated with numerous engravings. xiv, 442 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "A sketch of sixteen years residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast, thence across the continent, down the River Zambesi, to the eastern ocean"

WORLD DISASTERS Book with Hindenburg

Lot #50 (Sale Order 48 of 52)

Good condition, hardcover filled with photographs, probably published in the 1970's or so.

Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story Of A Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue WW2

Lot #51 (Sale Order 49 of 52)

Like New condition, "In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Flags of Our Fathers , Halsey’s Typhoon chronicles the epic tale of men clashing against the ruthless forces of war and nature. In December 1944, America’s most popular and colorful naval hero, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, unwittingly sailed his undefeated Pacific Fleet into the teeth of the most powerful storm on earth. Three destroyers were capsized sending hundreds of sailors and officers into the raging, shark infested waters. "

The Portfolios of ANSEL ADAMS (1981) with 90 Black & White Photographs

Lot #52 (Sale Order 50 of 52)

The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams, Szarkowski, John [introduction] Published by New York Graphic Society, Boston (1981) Includes reprints of 7 portfolios, a total of 90 b&w photographic plates.

By Tank Into NORMANDY - WW2 Fighting at the Invasion Front by Stuart Hills

Lot #53 (Sale Order 51 of 52)

Very good condition hardcover by Stuart Hills. "A World War Two tank commander gives a direct, harrowing, and exciting account of fighting at the invasion front. On June 4, 1944, 20-year old Stuart Hills, fresh from Officer Cadet Training, went to war. Two days later, his tank sunk, and he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they had on. Then came the struggles through Normandy in a replacement tank, where he engaged the enemy in a constant round of close encounters-swiftly becoming a master of tank warfare in the process. A remarkable story of survival."

RAREST Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America (1990) POSTMORTEM PHOTOGRAPHY

Lot #54 (Sale Order 52 of 52)

Very good condition large hardcover with dustjacket, and owner signature. RARE - ONLINE GOES FOR $250-$1000. Dr. Stanley B. Burns and the Burns Archive played a large role in the rediscovery of the normalcy of postmortem photography. In 1990, the landmark publication, Sleeping Beauty, Memorial in Photography in America, ushered in a new era of appreciation of the importance of these images. Postmortem photography is the taking of a photograph of a deceased loved one, and was a normal part of American and European culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It has nothing to do with images of violence, crime, or war. Death, and personally dealing with death, was prevalent throughout the entire world as epidemics would come quickly and kill quickly. Advances in medicine removed unexpected death from everyday life and professionals took over. Commissioned by grieving families, postmortem photographs not only helped in the grieving process, but often represented the only visual remembrance of the deceased and were among a family's most precious possessions."


Antique & Vintage Books #277
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Antique & Vintage Books #277
by South Boston Books Event Begins: Monday, June 10, 8:15 PM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, June 16, 9:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, June 16, 9:51 PM Eastern Great lots of antiquarian books, collectibles of all sorts, ephemera and some coins. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - REASONABLE SHIPPING!