|
|||
|
|
Antique & Vintage Books #335 |
|
| Art, Antiques & Collectibles > South Boston Books > Antique & Vintage Books #335 | |
|
Antique & Vintage Books #335 |
|
|
by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Wednesday, August 12, 1:30 PM Eastern
First lots ends Sunday, August 16, 9:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Sunday, August 16, 9:40 PM Eastern Great lots of antiquarian books, collectibles of all sorts, ephemera and some coins. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - REASONABLE SHIPPING!
|
|
|
PLEASE TAKE NOTE We accept payment by Paypal only via a PAYPAL INVOICE after auction Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 41) PLEASE TAKE NOTE We accept payment by Paypal only via a PAYPAL INVOICE after auction
|
|
|
SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 41) SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS
|
|
|
AUCTION RULES - PLEASE READ Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 41) 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. 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 t
|
|
|
BUYERS PREMIUM - MORE YOU BUY LESS YOU PAY Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 41) If your bids are under $49.99 then the premium is 15%, $50 to $99.99 is 10%, $100 and up is 5%!
|
|
|
TWO Antique Books on Presidents - Life of George Washington (1841) & Life of James Garfield (c.1880) Lot #6 (Sale Order 5 of 41) Both in fair/good to good condition as shown, hardcover. Washington book has some writing (see pic), Garfield edition has some cover wear.
|
|
|
THE SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN by Ellsworth Cowles - American Revolution - Native American Studies Lot #7 (Sale Order 6 of 41) Very good condition, spiral bound, published in 2003 by the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center. "The 1779 Sullivan Expedition, also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, or Sullivan Campaign was an extended systematic military campaign during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists ("Tories") and the four Nations of the Haudenosaunee which had sided with the British."
|
|
|
A Gallery of Distinguished English and American Poets (1859) with 100 Engravings - VERY NICE BINDING Lot #8 (Sale Order 7 of 41) A Gallery of Distinguished English and American Female Poets,
Henry Coppee intro. Published by E.H. Butler & Co., Philadelphia (1859) very good condition, large hardcover. Very Good. 400 pages. Pleasing contemporary binding in full leather with gilt. Over 100 engravings.
|
|
|
Elements of LOGICK by Levi Hedge (1818) Different Modes of Reasoning Lot #9 (Sale Order 8 of 41) Fair/Good to good condition in old leather binding, hardcover, as shown.
|
|
|
SEQUEL to the ENGLISH READER (1809) Prose & Poetry Lot #10 (Sale Order 9 of 41) Fair/Good condition with wear, early owner signature, hardcover, old leather covers.
|
|
|
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1853) by Daniel De Foe Lot #11 (Sale Order 10 of 41) The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a Memoir of the Author, and an Essay on his Writings
De Foe, Daniel. Published by D. Appleton, New York (1853) fair/good condition hardcover.
|
|
|
The STRAWBERRY CULTURIST (1903) Lot #12 (Sale Order 11 of 41) Good condition, small hardcover as shown, possibly missing front end page. Illustrated.
|
|
|
Finding the Worth While in CALIFORNIA (1923) TRAVEL GUIDE Northern Pacific RR Lot #13 (Sale Order 12 of 41) Finding the Worth While in California
by Charles Francis Saunders, Published by Robert M. McBride, NY (1923) good condition. Southern Pacific/Northern Pacific/Santa Fe railroads all advertised in thisbook.
|
|
|
RARE SIGNED Tales of the Werewolf Clan (1980) by H. Warner Munn Lot #14 (Sale Order 13 of 41) Tales of the Werewolf Clan, volume II by H. Warner Munn, Published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., West Kingston (1980) very good condition hardcover with dust jacket in protector. With signed index card on title page as shown. Harold Warner Munn was an American writer of fantasy, horror and poetry, Best remembered for his early stories in Weird Tales. He was an early friend and associate of authors H. P. Lovecraft and Seabury Quinn.
|
|
|
Von Rundstedt: The Soldier And The Man by Guenther Blumentritt (1952) NAZI Germany Field Marshall Lot #15 (Sale Order 14 of 41) Von Rundstedt: The Soldier And The Man by Guenther Blumentritt.
Published by Odhams Press Limited (1952) good condition in good dust jacket as shown. Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt was a German field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
|
|
|
RARE First Collected Edition Complete Set of WILLIAM MORRIS (1902) Limited to 315 COPIES! Lot #16 (Sale Order 15 of 41) First Collected Edition Published by Longmans, Green & Co. with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press & Printed at the Chiswick Press. Complete As Issued in Eight Volumes; The House of The Wolfings, Architecture Industry And Wealth, The Odyssey Of Homer, Volsunga Saga: The Story Of The Volsungs And Niblungs (Three Northern Love Stories), The Aeneids Of Virgil, Hopes And Fears For Art and Signs Of Change, The Roots Of The Mountains, The Story Of Grettir The Strong. LISTS ONLINE FOR OVER $1000 MULTIPLE SITES. Covers with wear, fair/good condition as shown, interior pages very good. All are Limited editions of 315 copies. All mostly unopened, printed in red and black on "Primrose" paper
|
|
|
Large GIANT SUPERHERO HOLIDAY GRAB-BAG Comic Book - Large Format Lot #17 (Sale Order 16 of 41) Fair/good to good condition with general wear, all done by Stan Lee.
|
|
|
The WASHINGTON PAPERS - Private Writings of George Washington EASTON PRESS Collector's Edition Lot #18 (Sale Order 17 of 41) Very good condition, full leather deluxe edition.
|
|
|
SIGNED CAB CALLOWAY Of Minnie the Moocher & Me (1976) Lot #19 (Sale Order 18 of 41) Of Minnie the Moocher & Me
Calloway, Cab and Bryant Rollins.
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York (1976) SIGNED INSCRIBED by Cab Calloway.
|
|
|
RARE JEFFERSON DAVIS and the World's Tribute to His Memory (1890) Davis Memorial Volume Lot #20 (Sale Order 19 of 41) Davis Memorial Volume; or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis and the World's Tribute to His Memory by J. WM. Jones,
Published by B.F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, VA (1890) fair/good to good condition, hardcover. classic tribute to Jefferson Davis, who presided over the Confederacy from its earliest days to its final collapse, when he fled Richmond, made his way to Danville for a last stand, and then onward to the southern regions.
|
|
|
RARE Life and Trial of Guiteau the Assassin by Alexander (1882) GARFIELD ASSASSINATION Lot #21 (Sale Order 20 of 41) Life and Trial of Guiteau the Assassin by H.H. Alexander, Published by Jones Brothers & Company, Cincinnati (1882) good condition hardcover with some wear and some slight spotting. "Embracing a sketch of his early career, his dastardly attack upon the President, the conduct of the murderer in prison, his autobiography, the strange drama of the courtroom, the testimony of experts and celebrated witnesses, the progress of the judicial proceedings, striking scenes of the trial, the verdict and the sentence of death."
|
|
|
Sailing the Skies GLIDING AND SOARING by Malcolm Ross (1931) Lot #22 (Sale Order 21 of 41) Sailing the Skies Gliding and Soaring
by Malcolm Ross, Published by Macmillan (1931) good condition with fair/good dust jacket in protector.
|
|
|
Daughters of the UNION: Northern Women Fight the CIVIL WAR Lot #23 (Sale Order 22 of 41) Like new, hardcover, never read. "Daughters of the Union casts a spotlight on some of the most overlooked and least understood participants in the American Civil War: the women of the North. Unlike their Confederate counterparts, who were often caught in the midst of the conflict, most Northern women remained far from the dangers of battle. Nonetheless, they enlisted in the Union cause on their home ground, and the experience transformed their lives."
|
|
|
Memoirs of ROBERT E. LEE, His Military and Personal History (1886) Lot #24 (Sale Order 23 of 41) Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, His Military and Personal History by
A.L. Long, Published by J.M. Stoddart, New York (1886) very good condition rebound in green cloth, interior pages good.
|
|
|
SIGNED Lincoln on Race and Slavery by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Lot #25 (Sale Order 24 of 41) Very good condition, hardcover. "Acclaimed Harvard scholar and documentary filmmaker Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents the full range of Lincoln's views, gathered from his private letters, speeches, official documents, and even race jokes, arranged chronologically from the late 1830s to the 1860s."
|
|
|
Oeuvres de M. De Florian (1805) with 10 Full Page Engravings Lot #26 (Sale Order 25 of 41) Good condition, some slight hinge wear, sized 8" x 5" with 10 full page wonderful engravings.
|
|
|
SIGNED AUTHORS EDITION Making Freedom: The Extraordinary Life of Venture Smith LIMITED EDITION Lot #27 (Sale Order 26 of 41) Very good condition, numbered and signed. "Making Freedom is the first in-depth exploration of the life of Venture Smith (1728–1805), a New England slave who was sold into bondage as a boy in Africa and labored for nearly a quarter-century before purchasing his own freedom and transforming himself into a highly respected American citizen. Drawing on years of research and documentation, including Venture Smith's rare personal autobiography, Saint and Krimsky vividly recount the extraordinary challenges he overcame."
|
|
|
The CONFEDERACY'S Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville Lot #28 (Sale Order 27 of 41) Very good condition if not like new. Softcover. Following the fall of Atlanta, rebel commander John Bell Hood rallied his demoralized troops and marched them off the Tennessee, desperately hoping to draw Sherman after him and forestall the Confederacy's defeat. But Sherman refused to be lured and began his infamous "March to the Sea," while Hood charged headlong into catastrophe.
|
|
|
My Fifty Years in Flying by Harry Harper (1956) World's First AIR REPORTER Lot #29 (Sale Order 28 of 41) My Fifty Years in Flying by
Harry Harper, Published by Associated Newspapers Limited, London (1956) very good condition, in good dust jacket in protector.
|
|
|
SIGNED Caballeros by Ruth Laughlin Barker (1931) Romance of Santa Fe and the Southwest Lot #30 (Sale Order 29 of 41) Caballeros by Ruth Laughlin Barker,
Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York and London (1931) very good condition in good dust jacket with some wear. Signed by author.
|
|
|
RARE ANDERSONVILLE Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead (1881) CIVIL WAR Lot #31 (Sale Order 30 of 41) Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead; With Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery by John L. Ranson, Published by Published by Author, Auburn (1881) good condition, hinge slightly cracked. Known as a superior and gripping account of prison life at Andersonville prison in Georgia. The author of this book features prominently in Mackinlay Kantor's Pulitzer prize winning Andersonville.
|
|
|
WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR by Virginia Watson (1917) Lot #32 (Sale Order 31 of 41) Good condition hardcover, small mark on the cover, nice illustations.
|
|
|
RARE The Unexploited WEST: Northern Canada by Major Ernest Chambers (1914) Lot #33 (Sale Order 32 of 41) Good condition, some wear along the spine, softcover. All of the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of NORTHERN CANADA, with photogtaphs.
|
|
|
Famous FANTASTIC Mysteries (1942) Magazine - Polaris of the Snows Lot #34 (Sale Order 33 of 41) Good condition with some overall wear see pics, filled with stories and illustrations.
|
|
|
RARE History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons (1899) FREEMASONRY Lot #35 (Sale Order 34 of 41) History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons and Concordant Orders [Freemasonry] Stillson, Henry Leonard; Hughan, William James; et al Published by The Fraternity Publishing Company (1899) VERY GOOD CONDITION with little wear - over 900 pages large hardcover.
|
|
|
1817 New York Newspaper with JAMES MONROE State of the Union Lot #36 (Sale Order 35 of 41) New York Spectator December 5th 1817 as shown, good condition.
|
|
|
The LONDON GAZETTE January 31st 1712 Lot #37 (Sale Order 36 of 41) Very good condition as shown, one page both sides, news from the Queen.
|
|
|
WAR OF 1812 NEWSPAPER Boston - WAR to be DECALARED Lot #38 (Sale Order 37 of 41) Very good condition, Columbian Centinel, June 10th 1812, Boston MA with many declarations of WAR articles, and/or news on the upcoming news.
|
|
|
1862 Kansas CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER Lot #39 (Sale Order 38 of 41) Very good condition, large format, many articles on the ongoing war as shown.
|
|
|
1941: A World at War by USPS with Commemorative STAMPS Lot #50 (Sale Order 39 of 41) Very good condition hardcover. Many pages come with commemorative stamps enclosed, as shown in the photographs.
|
|
|
Attack on Pearl Harbor: A Pictorial History Lot #51 (Sale Order 40 of 41) Softcover - 310pp - maps - Photos - The two hour attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941, ranks among the most remarkable moments that changed not only American history but events in the rest of the world. On December 8th, President Roosevelt made his famous "Day of Infamy" speech. Within days, the United States had declared war on all the Axis powers Japan, Germany and Italy.
|
|
|
FIRST EDITION Walt Disney's Bambi by Felix Salten (1941) with Dust Jacket Lot #52 (Sale Order 41 of 41) Walt Disney's Bambi by Felix Salten,
Published by Simon & Schuster (1941) good condition with good dust jacket. Folio, publisher's boards illustrated in color, in illustrated dust jacket. First edition.
|
|
