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Antique Books & Ephemera #309 |
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Antique Books & Ephemera #309 |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Sunday, December 29, 9:00 PM Eastern
First lots ends Sunday, January 5, 9:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Sunday, January 5, 9:52 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 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 #2 (Sale Order 2 of 53) 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 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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Immortal Voyage and Pilgrim Parallels by Jack Frost (1970) SIGNED BY ARTIST Lot #5 (Sale Order 4 of 53) Immortal Voyage. And Pilgrim Parallels: Problems Protests Patriotism 1620 1970
EDITED BY JACK FROST, Published by HAWTHORN PRESS (1970) very good condition signed by Frost
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The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by THORNTON W. CADY (1945) Children's Book Lot #6 (Sale Order 5 of 53) The Adventures of Johnny Chuck.
Burgess, Thornton W. Cady, Harrison (illus). Published by Little, Brown, and Company. Boston. (1945) good condition. Contains many full color prints.
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WESTWARD HO! by Charles Kingsley (1947) Illustrations by N.C. WYETH Lot #7 (Sale Order 6 of 53) Published by Scribners (1947) Good condition, hardcover, The magnificent paintings of N.C. Wyeth complement an action-packed saga of romance and seafaring adventure set against the dramatic backdrop of Elizabethan England, the battle of the Spanish Armada, and the exploration of North America.
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THE GOLD-LACED COAT A Story of Old Niagara (1934) French and Indian War Lot #8 (Sale Order 7 of 53) THE GOLD-LACED COAT A Story of Old Niagara by Helen Fuller Orton,
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company (1934) Charming tale of old Fort Niagara, for young adults of all ages, during the French and Indian War (1755-1760).
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The Rise of the DUTCH REPUBLIC - Complete in One Volume (1894) CUSTOM BINDING Lot #9 (Sale Order 8 of 53) The Rise of the Dutch Republic - Complete in One Volume by
John Lothrop Motley, Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, England (1894) good condition, hardcover, covers are custom made from the school it was given as a gift from.
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The Life of ADMIRAL NELSON by Robert Southey (1883) with Leather Binding Lot #10 (Sale Order 9 of 53) The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey,
Published by Bickers & Son, London (1883) very good condition hardcover with leather binding. 12 plates by Westall printed in Woodburytype.
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150 Years of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER - All-Purpose Farm Tractors Lot #11 (Sale Order 10 of 53) 150 Years of International Harvester (Crestline Series) by C. H. Wendel,
Published by Motorbooks Intl (1993) "Special emphasis has been given to Harvester's role in the farm tractor business, and in particular, the development of the Farmall - the world's first all-purpose farm tractor." 1,900 illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Fifth Half Century of the Landing of John Endicott at SALEM MA (1879) Lot #12 (Sale Order 11 of 53) The Fifth Half Century of the Landing of John Endicott at Salem,
Published by Essex Institute (1879) Frontispiece is picture of Endicott, the first Governor of Massachusetts. Contents include orations, poems, correspondence. Good condition with general wear, rubbing on cover.
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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1925) CHINESE FOLK TALES Lot #13 (Sale Order 12 of 53) Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
(CHINESE FOLK TALES) Giles, Herbert A. (translated and annotated by).
Published by Boni and Liveright. New York (1925) Known to the Chinese as Liao Chai Chih I or Liao Chai," a collection of folktales and ghosts stories "many of which contain,in addition to the advantages of stule and plot, a very excellent moral. "The author of Strange Stories was a native of Tzu-ch'uan, in the province of Shan-tung. His family name was P'u; his particular name was Sung-ling" (from introduction).
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The Children's LONGFELLOW: Illustrated (1908) Color Illustrations Lot #14 (Sale Order 13 of 53) The Children's Longfellow: Illustrated
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Illustrated By Various Artists.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1908) Good condition, cover has some wear (see pic). First edition thus, with eight color plates by noted children's illustrators of the periods, color title page, many additional smaller color illustrations throughout the text.
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Tlingit MYTHS AND TEXTS Bulletin 39 (1909) Bureau of American Ethnology Lot #15 (Sale Order 14 of 53) Tlingit Myths and Texts Bulletin 39
John R. Swanton, Published by Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, DC (1909) This 447 page tan colored book includes title page, table of contents. It has 30 different Myths recored in English at Sitka, 48 different Myths recorded in English at Wrangell and more.
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Gail Hamilton's Life In Letters (1901) Two Volumes: ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT Lot #16 (Sale Order 15 of 53) Gail Hamilton's Life In Letters
Dodge, H[elen] Augusta [; editor; Gail Hamilton, Mary Abigail Dodge] Published by Lee and Shepard, Boston (1901) Gail Hamilton was the pen name for Mary Abigail Dodge, who was active in the anti-slavery movement and other liberal movements of the 19th century, as well as in the world of letters generally. Very good condition hardcover.
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COLLECTION of Vintage CHILDREN'S BOOKS - Tik-Tok of OZ - Andersen's Fairy Tales Lot #17 (Sale Order 16 of 53) All in good condition, hardcover, as shown, The Tik-Tok of OZ (c.1950?), A Nursery Companion (1980), and Andersen's Fairy Tales (1944) with dust jacket.
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The MYSTERIES Of Mithra (1910) Quintessential Work on the MITHRAIC CULT Lot #18 (Sale Order 17 of 53) Published by The Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago [1903] (1910) good condition hardcover. Illustrations Throughout. (illustrator). Cumont's work is generally considered to be the quintessential work on the Mithraic cult. "Mithras-worship in the Roman Empire was characterized by images of the god slaughtering a bull. Other images of Mithras are found in the Roman temples, for instance Mithras banqueting with Sol, and depictions of the birth of Mithras from a rock. But the image of bull-slaying (tauroctony) is always in the central niche."
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RARE Stage HYPNOTISM: A Text Book of Occult Entertainment by Professor LEONIDAS Lot #19 (Sale Order 18 of 53) Stage Hypnotism: A Text Book of Occult Entertainment by Professor
Leonidas, Published by Bureau of Stage Hypnotism (1901) very good condition, hardcover, as shown. "There are distinctly three classes of hypnotic entertainments: The first is the twenty-minute vaudeville act, an entirely new departure from the old lines of entertainment; the second is the two-hour hypnotic entertainment, and the third is the thirty-minute lecture. These three cases cover all that could be popular in the hypnotic show. The first two aim at the entertaining features and are designed to please; the last is to instruct and must be dealt with in accordance with the well established rules of the hall, the fraternal assemblage or the clinic."
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SIGNED JULIA CHILD The Way to Cook - COOKBOOK Lot #20 (Sale Order 19 of 53) Book signed by Julia Child, some dust jacket wear, and some wear on the page signed (see pic) probably by kitchen use!
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With Roberts to CANDAHAR: A Tale of the Third AFGHAN WAR (1906) Lot #21 (Sale Order 20 of 53) With Roberts to Candahar: A Tale of the Third Afghan War by F. S.
Brereton, Published by Blackie and Son, Limited, New York (1906) good- condition, inscription inside signed to student from the teachers.
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COLLECTION of Vintage Juvenile Books - Princess & The Goblin - WILD ANIMALS - Peterkin Papers Lot #22 (Sale Order 21 of 53) All in good condition, nice for shelf, vintage replicas of turn of the century classics, these are probably c.1950.
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Common ANIMAL Forms by Clarabel Gilman (1898) Lessons of ZOOLOGY Lot #23 (Sale Order 22 of 53) Good condition as shown, fully illustrated.
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COLLECTION of Antique COOKBOOKS - Household ARTS & SCIENCES Lot #24 (Sale Order 23 of 53) Household Science & Arts (c.1900) What is What in Groceries (1926), and Foods and Household Management (1917) all in good condition, many recipes and food information.
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SIGNED Rails Around the Bohemian Grove (1973) RAILROAD SAN FRANCISCO Lot #25 (Sale Order 24 of 53) Rails Around the Bohemian Grove.
Myrick, David F. Published by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy, (1973) good condition, signed and inscribed by the author. First Edition and First Printing.
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A THOUSAND FLASHES of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1881) Lot #26 (Sale Order 25 of 53) Good condition, small hardcover, small black mark on top cover, illustrated cover.
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The CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer (1930) Illustrated by Hermann Rosse Lot #27 (Sale Order 26 of 53) Good condition, hardcover, little wear, some rubbing on spine, illustrated.
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The Childhood and Youth of CHARLES DICKENS (1912) Lot #28 (Sale Order 27 of 53) The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens, with Retrospective Notes and Elucidations from His Books and Letters by Robert Langton, Hutchinson, London, 1912. Hardcover. Condition: near fine. First. Frontispiece photogravure and 82 wood engravings by the author. 8vo, green cloth stamped in gilt, with facsimile signature of Dickens. London: Hutchinson, First Edition.
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RARE Our Pioneer Heroes and Their Daring Deeds (1885) BUFFALO BILL - WILD BILL HICOCK - DANIEL BOONE Lot #29 (Sale Order 28 of 53) Our Pioneer Heroes and Their Daring Deeds. The Lives and Famous Exploits of De Soto, Champlain, La Salle, Smith, Standish, Boone, Kenton, Brady, Crockett, Bowie, Houston, Carson, Harney, Custer, California Joe, Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Miles Crook, [etc.] Kelsey, D. M.
Published by Scammell & Company,, Philadelphia and St. Louis. (1890) good condition hardcover. Some wear.
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SHIPWRECKS North of Boston, Vol. 1, Salem Bay Lot #30 (Sale Order 29 of 53) Very good condition, softcover. A richly illustrated history of shipwrecks in Salem Bay, north of Boston.
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL by Washington Irving (1892) ILLUSTRATED Lot #31 (Sale Order 30 of 53) BRACEBRIDGE HALL by Washington Irving, by Randolph Caldecott, (illustrator) Published by Macmillan (1892) decorative green publisher's gilt-stamped cloth, profusely illustrated with frontispiece, title page, and 116 B&W lithographs by R. Caldecott and engraved by J.D. Cooper.
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by De Bourrienne (1891) THREE VOLUMES Lot #32 (Sale Order 31 of 53) Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by
De Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet (edited By R. W. Phipps)
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1891), first three volumes of four volume set. All in generally good condition as shown.
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United States GOLD COINS: An Illustrated History by David Q Bowers Lot #33 (Sale Order 32 of 53) United States Gold Coins: An Illustrated History by David Q Bowers, Published by Brand: Bowers n Merena Galleries (1982) Very good condition hardcover with little to no wear.
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CHILD LIFE: A COLLECTION OF POEMS by John Greenleaf Whittier (1871) Lot #34 (Sale Order 33 of 53) CHILD LIFE: A COLLECTION OF POEMS by John Greenleaf Whittier,
Published by Houghton, Mifflin (Riverside), Boston (1871) very good condition with very slight wear.
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The Complete Works of HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (c.1880) Lot #35 (Sale Order 34 of 53) Good general condition, leather covers with some wear, Houghton Mifflin & Company (c.1880)
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JOHN PAUL JONES: Commemoration at Annapolis April 24, 1906 Lot #36 (Sale Order 35 of 53) JOHN PAUL JONES: Commemoration at Annapolis April 24, 1906
Stewart, Charles W. (Compiled Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on Printing) Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. (1907) good condition, ex-library markings.
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PUNCH BOUND July to December 1944 Filled with WW2 Illustrations NAZI HITLER STALIN Lot #37 (Sale Order 36 of 53) Very good condition with some rubbing on the covers. Incredible illustrations throughout. Hundreds of pages.
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NEW Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World Lot #38 (Sale Order 37 of 53) Brand new. "A skull held aloft, a lovesick donkey, a bloodied dagger—these familiar icons are instantly recognizable shorthand for the plays of William Shakespeare. In the four hundred years since his death, the Bard of Avon's exalted place in the pantheon of theater and poetry—indeed, all of Western culture—is unequaled. As Ben Jonson proclaimed, Shakespeare "is not of an age but for all time!"
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SIGNED Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Grand Old Game - BASEBALL BOOK Lot #39 (Sale Order 38 of 53) Very good condition with dust jacket, inscribed by author. "Describes how players from "south of the border" broke down cultural, racial, and language barriers to survive and thrive in Major League baseball"
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LACES DOWN Between the Fires of MOSCOW (1932) First Edition Lot #40 (Sale Order 39 of 53) Good condition with some cover wear. Hardcover. "In the 1931 series of reports for which he received the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence, Duranty argued that the Russian people were "Asiatic" in thought: they valued communal effort and required autocratic government. Individuality and private enterprise were alien concepts to the Russian people, which only led to social disruption and were unacceptable to them just as tyranny and Communism were unacceptable to the Western world."
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PHINEAS FINN The Irish Member (1871) by Anthony Trollope Lot #41 (Sale Order 40 of 53) PHINEAS FINN, The Irish Member.
Anthony TROLLOPE, Published by George Routledge & Sons., London & New York (1871) With Twenty illustrations by J. E. Millais. pp. (xiv), 648. Frontis and 19 plates. 8vo. Half red calf, cloth boards, spine sunned. Good condition, very nice for shelf.
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The Poor Man's Help, and Young Man's Guide by William Burkitt (1811) Lot #42 (Sale Order 41 of 53) The Poor Man's Help, and Young Man's Guide by William Burkitt,
Published by Warner & Hanna (1811) very small old leather in good- condition with hinge issues on front cover.
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In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson Lot #43 (Sale Order 42 of 53) 414 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, brown endpapers, [xviii] + 414 pages, index, bibliography, extensive endnotes, 23 b/w photos and facsimiles. 'A first-rate, one-volume biography that serves the needs of the informed reader, the scholar, and the student alike, with particular focus on Jefferson as a disciple of the Age of Reason.'
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FIRST EDITION John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet (1929) with Dust Jacket Lot #44 (Sale Order 43 of 53) John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent
Benet, Published by Doubleday, Doran And Co., Inc, Garden City : New York (1928) Stated First Edition. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, jacket has not been price clipped. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929.
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Politics for Young Americans by Charles Nordoff (1881) Lot #45 (Sale Order 44 of 53) Politics for Young Americans by Charles
NORDHOFF, Published by Harper and Brothers, 1881. Good condition, small hardcover with cover wear.
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The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary (1886) Decorative Binding Lot #46 (Sale Order 45 of 53) The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary. Cary, Alice and Phoebe Cary. Published by Houghton Mifflin., Boston. (1886) very good condition hardcover.
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JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte (1938) Lot #47 (Sale Order 46 of 53) Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by Monro Orr, Published by Dodd, Mead and Co., New York (1938) good condition with some wear on the binding.
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The Life of QUEEN VICTORIA The Story of Her Reign (c.1890) SALESMAN ISSUE Lot #48 (Sale Order 47 of 53) Good condition, title page is loose, with loose title page, salesman issue this is only about a third of the book with sign up sheet on the back to purchase. Also comes with two binding samples.
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The Scottish Chiefs by Miss Anne Porter (1819) and The Iliad of Homer (1838) Lot #49 (Sale Order 48 of 53) Both small hardcovers with general wear to the covers, both odd volumes.
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Clash of Empires: The British, French, and Indian War, 1754-1763 Lot #50 (Sale Order 49 of 53) Very good condition, "The conflict that Winston Churchill called the first First World War profoundly shaped the history of North America. Stephenson spent more than a decade locating art, objects, and manuscripts that tell the story of this colorful and dramatic clash of empires. Filled with illustrations and sidebars, this volume accompanies a major traveling exhibit and serves as a deluxe commemorative issue of the esteemed Western Pennsylvania History journal."
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Inside NAZI GERMANY: Conformity, Opposition, and Racism in Everyday Life Lot #51 (Sale Order 50 of 53) Very good condition, hardcover. "In this remarkable social history of the Third Reich, Detlev J. K. Peukert surveys how ordinary citizens evaded or accepted Nazi policies of repression, terrorism, and racism. Peukert discusses not only the popular consensus that supported Nazism but also the opposition of the German middle class, working class, and youth."
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Mr Dooley IN PEACE AND WAR (1898) Lot #52 (Sale Order 51 of 53) Mr Dooley - in Peace and War
Dunne, Finley Peter (1867-1936)
Published by Boston, Small, Maynard & Company (1898) Finley Peter Dunne was the greatest American newspaper humorist of his time. His turn-of-the-century dialect essays for the Chicago Evening Post and the Chicago Journal featured the fictional Mr. Dooley and the working-class community of Bridgeport, located on Chicago's near southwest side. Originally published in 1898, Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War was the first collection of Dunne's popular essays.
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Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography by MARK TWAIN (1909) First Edition Lot #53 (Sale Order 52 of 53) Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography by Mark Twain. Published by NY and London Harper & Bros (1909) Good condition, Portraits of Shakespeare & Bacon, owner signature on title page.
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RARE English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1856) FIRST EDITION Lot #54 (Sale Order 53 of 53) EMERSON, Ralph Waldo, ENGLISH TRAITS. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, blindstamped with gilt lettering on the spine, yellow endpapers. BAL 5226; "Emerson's superb book on his travels in England including a chapter on Stonehenge." good condition with some wear on the spine, interior pages very good.
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