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Antique & Vintage Books #294 |
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Antique & Vintage Books #294 |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Wednesday, September 11, 1:00 PM Eastern
First lots ends Sunday, September 15, 9:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Sunday, September 15, 9:48 PM Eastern Great lots of antiquarian books, collectibles of all sorts, ephemera and some coins. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - REASONABLE SHIPPING!
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE We accept payment by Paypal only via a PAYPAL INVOICE after auction Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 49) 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 #2 (Sale Order 2 of 49) SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS - NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU BUY!
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AUCTION TERMS - THANKS FOR SHOPPING WITH US! Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 49) 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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AUCTION THIS THURSDAY AT 9PM - SEE YOU THERE! Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 49) Auction this Thursday with great books see you there!
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COLLECTION of Model Railroad Magazines Lot #6 (Sale Order 5 of 49) All generally good condition, everything shown.
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AFRICAN GAME TRAILS by Theodore Roosevelt (1924) Lot #7 (Sale Order 6 of 49) Good condition, some upper spine wear, states Volume I. Hardcover.
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UNCLE REMUS His Songs and Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris (c.1930) Lot #8 (Sale Order 7 of 49) Hardcover with dust jacket in protector, states copyright 1921, but this is later than that. Good condition.
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ON THE MOON WITH APOLLO 17 - A Guidebook to Taurus-Littrow (1972) Lot #9 (Sale Order 8 of 49) ON THE MOON WITH APOLLO 17. A Guidebook to Taurus-Littrow by Gene Simmons, Published by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC: December 1972. (1972) good condition softcover as shown.
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Fight for the Sky: The Story of the Spitfire and the Hurricane Lot #10 (Sale Order 9 of 49) Good condition hardcover. "the only book written by the legendary 'legless' ace Douglas Bader (immortalized by the film Reach For the Sky). He tells the inspiring story of the Battle of Britain from the viewpoint of 'The Few'"
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The Boy's Book of Sports and Outdoor Life (1896) Fishing - Hunting - Archery Lot #11 (Sale Order 10 of 49) Good condition with fading/wear on the spine. Hardcover, illustrated.
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The Book of the SONET (1867) Two Volumes - Shakespeare - Longfellow - Shelley Lot #12 (Sale Order 11 of 49) Generally good condition, some spotting on the covers. Amongst many others there are contributions from Wyatt, Sidney, Raleigh, Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, Milton, Gray, Bowles, Coleridge, Lamb, Wordsworth, Southey, Shelley, Byron, Hunt himself, the Tennysons, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Allingham & Longfellow. Hardcover
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The Bluebird Chooses (1926) Story of Maurice Maeterlinch's Play for Children Lot #13 (Sale Order 12 of 49) The Bluebird Chooses by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos, Published by Dodd Mead & Co., NY (1926) Illustrated by Herbert Paus. with 8 color, tipped in plates, fine. 159 pgs. Being the story of Maurice Maeterlinch's Play, The Betrothal, told for children. Good condition hardcover.
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume XXXVIII December 1868 to May 1869 BOUND Lot #14 (Sale Order 13 of 49) Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume XXXVIII December 1868 to May 1869, good condition, hardcover. Numerous full page in in-text illustrations. Contents: An Artist in Alaska, by Alfred H. Guernsey; Christopher Columbus, by J.S.C. Abbott, ; Freaks of Lightning, by Jacob Abbott; A Brave Lady by Dinah Mulock Craik, also Several installments of Woman's Kindgom: A Love Story, by Craik; The Plains as I Crossed Them Years Ago, by Horace Greeley; A Sleigh-Ride Through Eastern Russia, by Thomas W. Knox; The Sacred City of the Hindus, by H.M. Alden; The Witches of Hazelcopse, by H.H. Weld, etc. Many engraved illustrations.
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St. Nicholas Magazine Bound 1911 with EARLY BASEBALL Lot #15 (Sale Order 14 of 49) Good condition with general wear, hardcover, MANY early baseball stars including Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson.
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DRAGONOLOGY: The Complete Book of Dragons & EGYPTOLOGY: Search for the Tomb of Osiris Lot #16 (Sale Order 15 of 49) Both in very good condition, hardcovers, very nice. Filled with interesting reading.
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Count Luckner, The Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas (1927) Lot #17 (Sale Order 16 of 49) Count Luckner, The Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas, Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY (1927) The amazing tale of the Count Luckner, who converted a schooner to a raiding vessel and sank 14 allied ships without a single life lost. Good condition with general wear to the covers.
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THE DIMAGGIOS by Tom Clavin SIGNED - BASEBALL Lot #18 (Sale Order 17 of 49) Good condition in good dust jacket with some wear. Signed by the author Tom Clavin.
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The New Imperial ENCYCLOPEDIA and WORLD'S ATLAS (c.1900) Lot #19 (Sale Order 18 of 49) Large hardcover, good condition, filled with maps, published around the turn of the century.
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ESSENTIAL Thor - Amazing Spider-Man - Doctor Strange COMIC BOOKS Lot #20 (Sale Order 19 of 49) All in very good condition, softcover. Huge books.
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Pete Townshend - Who I Am - A Memoir SIGNED Lot #21 (Sale Order 20 of 49) Good condition with fair/good to good dustjacket with wear on the cover. Signed on the title page.
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Checked Love Affair (1903) Illustrated By Harrison Fisher Lot #22 (Sale Order 21 of 49) Checked Love Affair and "The Cortelyou Feud" by Paul Leicester Ford, Illustrated By Harrison Fisher. Decorations By George Wharton Edwards. Published by The Copp Clark Publishing Company Limited, Toronto, Ontario (1903) very good condition. Edwardian fiction in a splendid Art Nouveau illustrated binding, with Harrison Fisher illustrations and elaborate color Art Nouveau page borders throughout. Green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt, white and two shades of green, top edge gilt.
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RAREST The Free Soil Minstrel by George Clark (1848) Anti-Slavery Lot #23 (Sale Order 22 of 49) The Free Soil Minstrel by George Clark, New York Publisher: Martyn & Ely (1848) 228 pp. (8vo) original brown cloth. First Edition. Scarce song book for the short lived anti-slavery Free Soil Party. Good general condition.
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Our Environment How We Adapt Ourselves to it (1934) Lot #24 (Sale Order 23 of 49) Our Environment How We Adapt Ourselves to it by Harry A. Carpenter, Allyn and Bacon (1934) good condition hardcover. Illustrated.
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RAMONA A Story by Helen Hunt Jackson (1905) Mexican–American War Lot #25 (Sale Order 24 of 49) Ramona A Story by Helen Hunt Jackson, Frontispiece Drawing of author with Tissue Guard, Introduction by Susan Coolidge & illustrations by Henry San. Published by Boston Roberts Brothers, (1905) good condition hardcover. These are followed by 10 additional publisher's ad pages. "Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Irish–Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship."
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SIGNED Discovery at Walden - SIGNED by Author to the THOREAU Foundation Lot #26 (Sale Order 25 of 49) Discovery at Walden by Roland Wells Robbins, Published by Thoreau Foundation (1970) good condition in good dust jacket, first edition inscribed by the Author to a President of the Thoreau Society. Dust jacket in protector.
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The Adventures of TOM SAWYER (1910) by Mark Twain Lot #27 (Sale Order 26 of 49) Good condition, hardcover. General wear. Harper & Brothers (1910)
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SIGNED Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton SIGNED Lot #28 (Sale Order 27 of 49) Very good condition, hardcover, Signed "Hillary" on the blank front end page.
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GOLDFINGER by Ian Fleming (1959) Lot #29 (Sale Order 28 of 49) Very good condition hardcover, BCE edition, The Macmillian Company (1959)
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DECORATIVE Daughters of the Cross: or, Woman's Mission by Daniel G. Eddy (1856) Lot #30 (Sale Order 29 of 49) Daughters of the Cross: or, Woman's Mission by Daniel G. Eddy, Published by Wentworth & Co., Boston, MA (1856) "We have in this volume brought together the names of several of our most distinguished female heroines, who have toiled and suffered on heathen soil. They have been gathered from different denominations and sects, and form a galaxy of names as dear to the heart of Christianity as can be drawn from the records of earth. The object is, to give a series of brief memoirs, in which the lives of faithful Christians shall be unfolded; impart instruction in reference to the cause of missions; inspire the heart of the reader with Christian zeal; and do justice to the memory of those who deserve more honor that the fallen warrior and the titled senator." 250 pages. Good condition with spotting.
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A Pilgrim in Palestine: Being an Account of Journeys on Foot By the First American Pilgrim (1919) Lot #31 (Sale Order 30 of 49) A Pilgrim in Palestine: Being an Account of Journeys on Foot By the First American Pilgrim by
John Finley, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons (1919) good condition, hardcover. Being an account of journeys on foot by the first American Pilgrim after General Allenby's recovery of The Holy Land. Illustrated.
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Cairo, Jerusalem, & Damascus: Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans by D.S. Marjoliouth (1907) Lot #32 (Sale Order 31 of 49) Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans by D.S. Marjoliouth,
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York (1907) good condition hardcover with spotting. A work on the history, rulers and beauty of the three cities and surrounding areas. With beautiful reproductions of Walter Tyrwhitt's paintings of Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus, in color and accompanied by descriptions of the cities.
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A Political Pilgrim in Europe by Philip Snowden (1921) Lot #33 (Sale Order 32 of 49) A Political Pilgrim in Europe by Philip Snowden, Published by George H. Doran New York (1921) good condition hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages.
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Andy Warhol: A Retrospective (1989) with 460 Illustrative Plates Lot #34 (Sale Order 33 of 49) Andy Warhol: A Retrospective. Kynaston McShine; Robert Rosenblum; Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; Marco Livingstone; Andy Warhol. Published by The Museum of Modern Art (1989) This book measures a generous 11¼" x 10" and is almost two inches thick, with 480 pages. It is extensively illustrated, with 460 plates (277 in color). Good to Very Good condition softcover.
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AIR RAID: PEARL HARBOR! Recollections of A Day of Infamy Lot #35 (Sale Order 34 of 49) Good condition, large hardcover.
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ATLAS of the Second World War with 200 Two Color Maps Lot #36 (Sale Order 35 of 49) Good condition, softcover.
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TANK A History of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle Lot #37 (Sale Order 36 of 49) Good condition with some cover wear, softcover.
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RARE The Moonstone: A Romance (1868) Two Volume Set with Extra Wilkie Collins Book Lot #38 (Sale Order 37 of 49) The Moonstone: A Romance (2 Volume Set) by Wilkie Collins, Published by Leipzig : Bernard Tauchnitz (1868) A nice example of a very scarce set that can run in the hundreds of dollars online. Also comes with "Man and Wife" also by Collins. Small hardcovers with wear to spine.
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Thistledown by Mrs. C. V. Jamison (1903) with 13 Black & White Illustrations Lot #39 (Sale Order 38 of 49) Thistledown by Mrs. C. V. Jamison, Published by The Century Co., New York (1903) 13 black & white illustrations by W. Benda, 269 pgs. First Edition. Good condition, hardcover.
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MOVING THE CHAINS - Tom Brady and the Persuit of Everything by Charles Pierce SIGNED BY PIERCE Lot #40 (Sale Order 39 of 49) Very good condition. Hardcover.
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No Name. A Novel. Illustrated by John McLennan by Wilkie Collins (1863) Lot #41 (Sale Order 40 of 49) No Name. A Novel. Illustrated by John McLennan by Wilkie Collins, Published by New York: Harper & Brothers, (1863) good condition in fair/good condition covers. Very old library stamp on the title page.
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THE CHINESE WAR MACHINE - A Technical Analysis of the People's Republic of China Lot #42 (Sale Order 41 of 49) Good condition, hardcover, with dust jacket.
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RAREST SIGNED Poems of Home and Country (1895) LIMITED to 250 Author of MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE Lot #43 (Sale Order 42 of 49) Poems of Home and Country. Also, Sacred and Miscellaneous Verse. Edited by Gen. Henry B. Carrington by Samuel Francis Smith, Published by Silver, Burdett & Co, Boston, New York, & Chicago (1895) Edition De Luxe, limited to 250 copies signed by the author. COMES WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET IN ALMOST PERFECT SHAPE - AMAZING FIND. Smith, the author of "My Country 'tis of Thee," died the same year this book was published. "Samuel Francis Smith was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", which he entitled "America". Smith gave Lowell Mason the lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston"
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Greenbacks and Copperheads, 1859-1869 Nevada County Chronicles Lot #44 (Sale Order 43 of 49) Very Good condition, the book you see in the photographs is the book you will be receiving - not a stock photo.
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Songs Of The Sea From Rudyard Kiplings Verse by Donald Maxwell (1927) with Color Illustrations Lot #48 (Sale Order 44 of 49) Songs Of The Sea From Rudyard Kiplings Verse by Donald Maxwell (Ed.) Published by Macmillan and Co (1927) Full page color illustrations and engravings in text. Poems extracted from Kipling's writings. Original blue cloth boards, gilt lettering.
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FAMOUS SEA BATTLES by David Howarth Lot #49 (Sale Order 45 of 49) Very good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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RAILROADS An American Journey - Large Hardcover Lot #50 (Sale Order 46 of 49) Good condition with good dust jacket.
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MODEL RAILWAY ENGINES by J.E. Minns with 120 Illustrations Lot #51 (Sale Order 47 of 49) Very good condition, with dust jacket.
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GREAT RAIL TRIPS of the World by Charles Jacobs Lot #52 (Sale Order 48 of 49) Good condition, softcover.
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Shepp's World's Fair Photographed: Being a Collection of Original Copyrighted Photographs (c.1889) Lot #53 (Sale Order 49 of 49) Shepp's World's Fair Photographed: Being a Collection of Original Copyrighted Photographs
Shepp, James W. & Daniel B. Shepp, Published by Globe Bible Pub. Co (c.1889) Photographs of the thirteen original buildings; the forty state buildings; the buildings of nineteen foreign nations; the Court of Honor; the war ship Illinois; the Lake Front; the Lagoon; temples; pavilions; gardens; fountains; statues; the Midway Plaisance, and its scenes. Sold by subscription only. over 250 photographs in black & white.
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