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Antique Books & Ephemera #302 |
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Antique Books & Ephemera #302 |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 9:00 PM Eastern
First lots ends Monday, November 11, 9:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Monday, November 11, 9:33 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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COLLECTION of BOY SCOUT Antique Juvenile Books Lot #6 (Sale Order 1 of 34) As shown, fair/good to good condition, small hardcovers all from the 1910's.
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COLLECTION of Tom Swift Antique Juvenile Books by Victor Appleton Lot #7 (Sale Order 2 of 34) Fair/good to good condition small hardcovers as shown, dates (1910-1920's).
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COLLECTION of Antique Juvenile Books Lot #8 (Sale Order 3 of 34) All in generally good condition as shown, one book has some coloring by child inside, all hardcover.
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ANTIQUARIAN BOOK LOT including Proctor's HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES (c.1880) Lot #9 (Sale Order 4 of 34) Includes four volumes as shown, Longfellow's Complete Poems - two works and The Poetical Works of Adam Lindsay Gordon.
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ANTIQUARIAN RELIGIOUS BOOK LOT Lot #10 (Sale Order 5 of 34) All small hardcovers fair/good condition with wear, smaller sized. Everything shown.
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COLLECTION of Penny Post UK Magazines Bound (c.1890's) Lot #11 (Sale Order 6 of 34) Generally in good condition, smaller sized hardcovers as shown, all from the 1890's.
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San Francisco's Great Disaster (1906) SALESMAN ISSUE includes Volcano VESUVIUS Lot #12 (Sale Order 7 of 34) San Francisco's Great Disaster. A Full Account. California and Vesuvius
Tyler, Sydney. With Ralph Stockman Tarr. Published by P. W. Ziegler & Company, Philadelphia (1906) SALESMAN ISSUE which is generally 1/3 of the book and sign up sheet on the back. Good general condition with some children writing on the sign up sheet.
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History of the JOHNSTOWN FLOOD by Willis Fletcher Johnson (1889) Lot #13 (Sale Order 8 of 34) Good- condition with rubbed covers, otherwise good condition.
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The Book Of Limericks A Collection Of The Most Famous Rhymes (1916) Lot #14 (Sale Order 9 of 34) The Book Of Limericks A Collection Of The Most Famous Rhymes Of This Type In The World From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time With Many New Ones Being The Result Of A Competition Inaugurated In The Daily Express On Behalf Of Its Cheery Fund For Sailors And Soldiers, Published by Daily Express London (1916)Very good condition, softcover.
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Every-Day Life in WASHINGTON by Charles M. Pepper (1900) Lot #15 (Sale Order 10 of 34) Good condition hardcover with many photographs and illustrations.
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EISENHOWER Soldier and President by Stephen E. Ambrose with FIRST DAY COVERS Lot #16 (Sale Order 11 of 34) As shown, softcover, good condition, opened it up and found two first day Eisenhower covers (see pic) inside! all yours!
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WASHINGTON D.C. The Nations Capital (1930) Romance Adventure Achievement Lot #17 (Sale Order 12 of 34) Good condition, hardcover, some cover wear.
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EARLY AUTOMOBILE - Automotive Starting Lighting and Ignition (1919) Lot #18 (Sale Order 13 of 34) Fair/Good condition with shop wear, as shown, illustrated.
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A Pictorial History of the U.S. Army - Colonial Times to Vietnam - 3000 Illustrations Lot #19 (Sale Order 14 of 34) Good condition, very large hardcover with some wear on the dust jacket. Published in 1982.
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Forest, Rock, and Stream - A Series of Twenty Steel Engravings (1886) CATSKILLS NEW YORK Lot #20 (Sale Order 15 of 34) Forest, Rock, and Stream - A Series of Twenty Steel Engravings by W. H. Bartlett and Others with Descriptive Text by N. P. Willis and others Including Poems by American and Foreign Authors.
Willis, N. P. and Others, Published by Estes and Lauriat, Boston (1886) Good condition, large hardcover, a few pages are loose, wonderful books.
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San Francisco and Thereabout by Charles Keller (1903) Early Travel Guide Lot #21 (Sale Order 16 of 34) San Francisco and Thereabout by Charles Keller, Published by The California Promotion Committee, San Francisco, CA (1903) good condition with fair/good condition covers. Hardcover. Illustrated by Tissue frontis and 19 photographic plates, chapter vignettes, one map. "Twelfth thousand" edition.
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RARE Hudson's Bay: Or Every-Day Life in the Wilds of North America (1859) Lot #22 (Sale Order 17 of 34) Hudson's Bay: Or Every-Day Life in the Wilds of North America by Robert Michael Ballantyne. Published by T. Nelson and Sons, London (1859) good condition with just some general wear. Autobiographical account of author's experiences of life, focusing on Hudson's Bay Fur Trade. Ballantyne went on to become a famous author of boy's books. This nonfiction account based on his journal of his experiences.
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RARE Omaha Beachhead (1945) Historical Division American Forces Book Lot #23 (Sale Order 18 of 34) Very good condition softcover with maps, many reprints of this - however this is the original. Omaha Beachhead, seventh of a series called American Forces In Action, is the first of a number of narratives dealing with U. S. military operations in France. Utah Beach to Cherbourg, planned for later publication, will round out the account of the invasion at corps level and below. Larger phases of the NEPTUNE operation, including high-level planning, naval operations, and the action of British units.
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RARE General Marshall's Report (1945) Winning of WW2 in Europe and Pacific Lot #24 (Sale Order 19 of 34) Very good condition, softcover, original 1945 reports with many illustrations and photographs.
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Eisenhower's Own Story of the War (1946) Complete Report by the Supreme Commander - WW2 Lot #25 (Sale Order 20 of 34) Eisenhower's Own Story of the War
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Published by ARCO Publishing (1946) Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.
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France and New England (1929) Three Volume Set - Revolutionary War - Lafayette Lot #26 (Sale Order 21 of 34) France and New England (complete in three volumes) Thomas C. Harbaugh, Marshall P. Thompson, Frederick C. Whitweel, Paul F. Cadman, et al. Published by State Street Trust Company, Boston (1925) Good condition bound hardcover with library markings. hey are extensively illustrated with black & white photos and drawings. They contain "Lake Champlain and the French" by Harbaugh, " A Story of the Illustrious French Regiments of Our Revolutionary War" by Thompson and Whitwell, Lagrange and Chaveneac, the Lafayette Chateau" by Cadman amonf many other works describing the unique relationship between France and New England.
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LEWIS & CLARK Crossing of North America AND Song of Hiawatha (Frederic Remington Edition) Lot #27 (Sale Order 22 of 34) Both hardcovers in good to very good condition with little wear, fully illustrated.
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RARE The Ceremonies in Honor of the Right Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill (1943) WW2 Lot #28 (Sale Order 23 of 34) The Ceremonies in Honor of the Right Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill, ANONYMOUS [Harvard University] Published by Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1943 (1943) very good condition as shown.
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International Institute COOK BOOK (1971) Reprint of 1938 Edition Lot #41 (Sale Order 24 of 34) Very good condition, spiral binding.
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RARE A Pilgrimage to Egypt, Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile (1852) Lot #42 (Sale Order 25 of 34) A Pilgrimage to Egypt, Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile; with observations illustrative of the manners, customs, and institutions of the people, and of the present condition of the antiquities and ruins
SMITH, JEROME VAN CROWINSHIELD
Published by Gould and Lincoln, Boston (1852) good condition with some wear on the upper spine (see pic).
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CONCORD FIGHT - Centennial Celebration April 19th 1875 at Concord MA - AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lot #43 (Sale Order 26 of 34) Fair/Good to good condition with rubbing on the covers, and library markings inside.
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The ANDERSONVILLE DIARY & Memoirs of Charles Hopkins (1988) Lot #44 (Sale Order 27 of 34) The Andersonville Diary & Memoirs of Charles Hopkins, 1st New Jersey Infantry by Charles Hopkins, ed. by William B. Styple and John J. Fitzpatrick. Published by Belle Grove Publishing Co, Kearny, NJ (1988) Detailed personal account of a Union soldier's capture and incarceration in the notorious Confederate POW camp. Very good condition.
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RARE Two Years in the Forbidden City Princess Der Ling (1911) CHINA EMPEROR Lot #45 (Sale Order 28 of 34) Two Years in the Forbidden City
Princess Der Ling, Published by Moffat, Yard and Company, New York (1911) good condition, however has some corner wear (we took a photo of it) Princess Der Ling was a Manchu born in 1885. In 1903, following her education abroad, she became the First lady-in-waiting to Empress Dowager Cixi, as well as a translator, staying at court until 1905. Here she gives historical insights into life at court and her service to the Dowager Empress, essentially a world that has disappeared.
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MALLORCA The Magnificent by Nina Larrey Duryea (1927) Lot #46 (Sale Order 29 of 34) Mallorca The Magnificent by Nina Larrey Duryea, Published by The Century Co, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1927) good condition with cover wear.
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Lippincott's FARM Manuals (1925) Productive Small Fruit Culture - Strawberries, Raspberries, Grapes Lot #47 (Sale Order 30 of 34) Productive Small Fruit Culture; a Discussion of the Growing, Harvesting, and Marketing of Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries and Grapes
Sears, Fred Coleman, Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia (1925) fair/good to good condition with some wear. 196 illustrations in text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated.
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LEE CONSIDERED General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History Lot #48 (Sale Order 31 of 34) Very good condition, hardcover with dust jacket. "Of all the heroes produced by the Civil War, Robert E. Lee is the most revered and perhaps the most misunderstood. Lee is widely portrayed as an ardent antisecessionist who left the United States Army only because he would not draw his sword against his native Virginia, a Southern aristocrat who opposed slavery, and a brilliant military leader whose exploits sustained the Confederate cause."
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The HOMES OF OUR COUNTRY (1881) by Walter T. Griffin Lot #49 (Sale Order 32 of 34) Large hardcover, fair/good with wear, loose title page, filled with illustrations.
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THE LAST FRONTIER - The White Man's War for Civilization in Africa (1912) Lot #50 (Sale Order 33 of 34) Good to very good condition hardcover as shown with some cover wear, by E. Alexander Powell, New York Charles Scribner's Sons (1912) - Note this is re-listed from a previous auction for non-payment by buyer.
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SIGNED Wild Horses by DICK FRANCIS First Edition Lot #51 (Sale Order 34 of 34) Good condition with dust jacket, first edition first printing, signed by Francis. - Note this is re-listed from a previous auction for non-payment by buyer.
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