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Antique & Vintage Books #353 |
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Antique & Vintage Books #353 |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 8:15 PM Eastern
First lots ends Sunday, March 21, 8:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Sunday, March 21, 9:12 PM Eastern $5 FLAT USA SHIPPING - PAYMENT BY PAYPAL INVOICE ONLY - BUYERS PREMIUM SHRINKS THE MORE YOU BUY - OVER 70 BOOKS!
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Auction Rules & Other Stuff -> PAYPAL INVOICE ONLY - $5 FLAT USA SHIPPING Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 73) 8PM START - PLEASE TAKE NOTE We accept payment by Paypal only via a PAYPAL INVOICE after auction. SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS. USA BIDDERS ONLY. 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 the post office. If your bids are under $49.99 then the premium is 15%, $50 to $99.99 is 10%, $100 and up is 5%!
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ULYSSES S. GRANT: Politician by William Hesseltine (1935) Lot #6 (Sale Order 2 of 73) As shown, very good condition hardcover, no dust jacket.
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The Poetical Works of LORD BYRON (c.1880) Lot #7 (Sale Order 3 of 73) Good condition hardcover, decorative covers.
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SIGNED From Boyhood to Manhood (1890) The Life of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Lot #8 (Sale Order 4 of 73) Very good condition, slightly browned pages, Thayer, William M., 1820-1898. New York : Hurst & Company, c.1890.
[2], [5]-497 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. "Log cabin to White House" series. Inscribed inside "By the Author"
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Seeing the MIDDLE WEST by John T. Faris (1923) with 91 Doubletone Illustrations Lot #9 (Sale Order 5 of 73) Faris, John Thomson, 1871-1949. Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott, 1923. 53 p., [73] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Contents include "On the Great Lakes -- Around water bound Minnesota -- Amid the Minnesota iron ranges -- Along Minnesota's Mississippi -- In the land of the Dakotas -- Where flows the Platte River -- In Kansas, "The battleground of freedom" -- Oklahoma, "The land of red people" -- Missouri meanderings -- Along the rivers of Iowa -- In Michigan's twin peninsulas -- Through the heart of Wisconsin -- The interstate Mississippi -- Down the winding Ohio -- Amid the marvels of Illinois -- In beautiful Indiana -- Following the rivers of Ohio."
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THE JEWEL CITY (1913) Panama-Pacific International Exposition - SAN FRANCISCO Lot #10 (Sale Order 6 of 73) Good condition, smaller sized hardcover, color illustrations.
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Astonishing SCIENCE FICTION Magazine - June 1950 with ISSAC ASMINOV Lot #11 (Sale Order 7 of 73) As shown good condition.
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The KING of the GOLDEN ROVER (c.1900) by John Ruskin Lot #12 (Sale Order 8 of 73) Good condition, small hardcover, "A Legend of Syria", Illustrations in color, A.L. Burt & Company (c.1900)
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The SANDMAN'S HOUR Stories for Bedtime by Abbie Phillips Walker (1917) Lot #13 (Sale Order 9 of 73) Good condition small hardcover.
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GENERAL CROOK and the SIERRA MADRE ADVENTURE (1972) Geronimo & Apache Indians Lot #14 (Sale Order 10 of 73) by Dan L. Thrapp, very good condition, hardcover with dust jacket. "eneral George Crook's aide de camp recounts the pursuit of Geronimo and other Apache Indians across southern Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico's Sierra Madre in 1883."
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The BLOODY BOZMAN by Dorothy M. Johnson (1956) Perilous Trail to Montana Gold Lot #15 (Sale Order 11 of 73) Very good condition, hardcover with dust jacket. "Using many old journals, diaries, letters and pioneers' reminiscences, the author has re-created the story of this Trail, marked in 1863 by John Bozeman and John Jacobs, which went right through the Indians' last remaining great hunting country. "
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The SAND CREEK MASSACRE by Stan Hoig (1961) First Edition Lot #16 (Sale Order 12 of 73) Hardcover, very good condition.
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THE WAR IN KANSAS - A Rough Trip to the Border, Among New Homes and a Strange People (1856) Lot #17 (Sale Order 13 of 73) Fair/Good condition with wear a shown, hardcover. Much on Kansas as a frontier state and the contentious slavery issue on the eve of the Civil War.
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Trials and Persecutions of Miss Edith O'Gorman (1878) Cruelties to Nuns and Orphans Lot #18 (Sale Order 14 of 73) Trials and Persecutions of Miss Edith O'Gorman: Otherwise Sister Teresa de Chantal, of St. Joseph's Convent, Hudson City, N.J. by Edith Gordon, Published by Connecticut Publishing Company, Hartford, CT (1878) tells of cruelties to nuns, orphans.
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From the Cannon's Mouth: The CIVIL WAR Letters of General Alpheus S. Williams (1959) Lot #19 (Sale Order 15 of 73) Very good condition hardcover with dust jacket in protector. "A candidate for the title of “unsung hero” among the Union generals of the Civil War, Alpheus Williams, “Old Pap” to his men, wrote as frequently as he could to his family in Detroit of his successes, achievements and battles during that terrible period of strife. ..."
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RARE Household Stories from the Collection of the BROTHERS GRIMM (c.1890) Lot #20 (Sale Order 16 of 73) Good to Very good condition hardcover as shown. Lovely book.
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SAILING SHIPS of WAR 1800-1860 Including the Transition to Steam (1926) Large Hardcover Lot #21 (Sale Order 17 of 73) Good condition, large hardcover, with illustrations from engravings. London (1926), someone left a note with a sailing photograph inside which I kept in the book (see pic)
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House Undivided: The Story of Freemasonry and the Civil War (1976) Lot #22 (Sale Order 18 of 73) Good condition with dust jacket, hardcover. "House Undivided - The Story of Freemasonry and the Civil War. This book is by Allen Roberts and was published in 1976 by Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. It has 356 pages and explains the Masonic role in the Civil War. The brotherhood was confronted with a difficult conflict when the Civil War broke out in 1861."
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems (1913) Lot #23 (Sale Order 19 of 73) Very good condition hardcover, nice for shelf. Matching spine put down, 6 compartments, raised ridges. All edges gilt. Cover has oval stamp (see pic) from a school, also with bookplate.
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The Only True MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES (c.1905) Lot #24 (Sale Order 20 of 73) Very good condition, small hardcover, illustrations.
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THE RAMBLER - Two Volumes (1820) Lot #25 (Sale Order 21 of 73) Both in fair/good condition, leather, illustrated, needs a little fixing as shown. Small hardcovers.
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RARE Sketches of BUNKER HILL Battle and Monument (1844) AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lot #26 (Sale Order 22 of 73) Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle and Monument with Illustrative Documents - Fourth Edition, Charlestown MA (1844) small hardcover in very good condition with good map as shown, slightly cracked hinge, owner signature.
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The BOSTON ALMANAC For the Year 1848 with CITY MAP Lot #27 (Sale Order 23 of 73) As shown, very good condition, map is in very good shape, some diary entries (not many) very small hardcover.
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RARE The Posthumous Works Of Mr Samuel Butler Compleat In One Volume (1732) Lot #28 (Sale Order 24 of 73) Fair/Good condition, small leather hardcover. London (1732). In addition there is a slip with a recipe for sore eyes from the time period (see pic)
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Autobiography of an Actress by Anna Cora Mowatt (1859) Lot #29 (Sale Order 25 of 73) Fair/Good to good condition, some light staining on beginning pages. Boston (1859) "Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (1819–1870) was a French-born American author, playwright, public reader, and actress."
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Poems of SHELLEY (1920) Lot #30 (Sale Order 26 of 73) As shown, hardcover, some slight cover wear.
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The Iliad for Boys and Girls: Told From Homer in Simple Language (1911) Lot #31 (Sale Order 27 of 73) Hardcover, some staining on inside pages, nice binding for shelf. New York MacMillan (1911)
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The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1910) Two Volumes - Founder of British Physics Lot #32 (Sale Order 28 of 73) Good general condition, some cover wear. Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), widely considered to be the founder of British physics. He was a foremost figure in the world of nineteenth-century science, particularly as a scientist involved with the practical application of theoretical physics as well as his numerous contributions to the field of physical instrumentation. Hardcover set.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (c.1910) and Poor Richard - Knickerbocker Press Lot #33 (Sale Order 29 of 73) As shown, two smaller sized volumes, felt covers. New York Knickerbocker Press (c.1910)
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RARE The Book of Common Prayer (1720) Lot #34 (Sale Order 30 of 73) Very small hardcover as shown, with wear. Fair/Good condition, Edinburgh (1720)
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The WAR IN CRIMEA by Sir Edward Hamley - Leather Bound EASTON PRESS Lot #35 (Sale Order 31 of 73) Good condition, some cover wear, leather bound as shown.
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Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue (1908) Lot #36 (Sale Order 32 of 73) Fair/Good condition, solid hardcover as shown.
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MEIN KAMPF by Adolf Hitler (1941) with Dust Jacket Lot #37 (Sale Order 33 of 73) As shown, hardcover, very good condition, dust jacket with some minor wear.
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The Rival Treasure Hunters: A Tale of the Debatable Frontier of British Guiana (1910) VERY NICE Lot #38 (Sale Order 34 of 73) Very Good IF NOT BETTER Condition, lovely covers. Published by New York H.M. Caldwell Company [1910] n excellent copy of this adventure tale of exploration, discovery, and lost races in British Guiana. With several full-page illustrations. Hardcover.
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The Handmaid to THE ARTS (1796) SKETCHING BRONZING GOLD Lot #39 (Sale Order 35 of 73) As shown, Fair/Good condition, hardcover, torn fep. London (1796)
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RARE LIFE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, and of Her Divine Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ (1876) Lot #40 (Sale Order 36 of 73) John Kelly & Sons, Philadelphia, 1876. Leather. Illustrated with 16 full page steel cut engraving of memorable scenes in the life of Jesus and the Holy Family. Scuffing to corners. Pages dedicated to Marriages, Births and Baptisms are clean and free of any entries. Large Hardcover.
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SIGNED The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy: Report of the Scholars Commission (2011) Lot #41 (Sale Order 37 of 73) Very good condition, signed by author, ""In 2000, the newly formed Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society asked a group of more than a dozen senior scholars from across the country to carefully examine all of the evidence for and against the allegations that Thomas Jefferson fathered one or more children by Sally Hemings, one of his slaves, and to issue a public report. "
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WILD HORSES and GOLD From Wyoming to the Yukon (c.1932) Lot #42 (Sale Order 38 of 73) by Elizabeth Page; illustrated by Paul Brown. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, inc. [c1932] xiii, 362 p. front., illus., fold. map. 24 cm. Narrative of the journey of "Kansas Gilbert" and his party driving a herd of wild horses to the Klondike, 1897/98, based upon Gilbert's diary and other contemporaneous sources.
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Life of DANIEL WEBSTER by George Ticknor Curtis (1870) Two Volume Set Lot #43 (Sale Order 39 of 73) Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894. New York : D. Appleton, 1870. 2 v. : ill., port. ; 24 cm. Good condition. Includes bibliographical references and index. Good to Very good condition as shown.
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The HORSE and HIS RIDER by Sir Francis B. Head (1861) Lot #44 (Sale Order 40 of 73) Sir Francis Bond Head 1793-1875. London, J. Murray, 1861. Good condition, hardcover.
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FARM BALLADS by Will Carleton (1874) Lot #45 (Sale Order 41 of 73) Carleton, Will, 1845-1912. Good condition, some slight cover wear.
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From THE HUB to the HUDSON (1869) Nature History and Industry of NW Massachusetts Lot #46 (Sale Order 42 of 73) Gladden, Washington, 1836-1918. Boston, New England News Co., 1869. iv, [5]-149 p. plates. 17 cm. Good condition, some owner signatures.
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Astonishing SCIENCE FICTION Magazine - September 1950 Lot #47 (Sale Order 43 of 73) As shown, good condition.
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RARE The Life of the Col. James Gardiner - Slain at the Battle of Preston-Pans (1796) Lot #48 (Sale Order 44 of 73)
Some remarkable passages in the life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner, who was slain at the battle of Preston-pans, 21st September 1745: with an appendix, relating to the ancient family of the Munroes of Foulis. London: Printed for S. Crowder and F. Rivington, 1796. 276 p. 18 cm. Good condition. Colonel James Gardiner (11 January 1688 – 21 September 1745) was a Scottish soldier who fought in the British Army, including during the 1745 Jacobite rising, in which he was killed at the Battle of Prestonpans. Good condition as shown.
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The Case of the BLONDE BONANZA by Earle Stanley Gardner (1963) PERRY MASON Lot #49 (Sale Order 45 of 73) Good condition hardcover in good dust jacket.
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COLLECTION of MILITARY Books on WW2 and Aviation Lot #50 (Sale Order 46 of 73) All hardcovers good condition as shown.
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COMMAND THE HORIZON: A Pictorial History of Aviation Lot #51 (Sale Order 47 of 73) Good condition large hardcover with dust jacket.
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The ROOSEVELT Myth (c.1937) and HITLER vs. ROOSEVELT (c.1980) Lot #52 (Sale Order 48 of 73) Both in good condition hardcovers with dust jacket.
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RUMFORD Complete COOK BOOK (c.1920) filled with Hand Written Recipes Lot #53 (Sale Order 49 of 73) Small hardcover jammed with inserted recipes, taped inside, written, attached etc . Filled.
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HEALTH KNOWLEDGE: Prevention, Causes and Treatments of Disease (1938) Two Volume Set Lot #54 (Sale Order 50 of 73) Two very large thick volumes, with color illustrations. Some seem to be loose as shown.
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SKORZENY Hitler's Commando & MAGDA GOEBBELS The First Lady of the Third Reich Lot #55 (Sale Order 51 of 73) Both good condition hardcovers with dust jacket.
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COLLECTION of 1960's DR. SEUSS BOOKS Lot #56 (Sale Order 52 of 73) All fair/good condition hardcovers with wear.
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COLLECTION of 1930's Magazines - LIFE FORTUNE ESQUIRE POST MCCALL'S Lot #57 (Sale Order 53 of 73) All fair/good to good condition with wear, eight in total, HEAVY LOT.
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Louis' EVERY WOMAN'S COOK BOOK by Louis Muckensturm (c.1900) Lot #58 (Sale Order 54 of 73) Good condition hardcover, diary for meals with recipes (never filled out) interesting Cook Book.
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The History of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (c.1820) by William Jones Lot #59 (Sale Order 55 of 73) As shown, hardcover, good condition, some light spotting. Leather covers.
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Notes on the CRUISE of Warrior in the Far East (1927) Lot #60 (Sale Order 56 of 73) Garden City, N.Y., The Country life press, c.1927, Hardcover.
ix, 179 p., front., plates, ports., diagr. 20 cm. Maps on lining-papers
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The GIRAFFE-HUNTERS by Captain Maybe Reid (1875) Lot #61 (Sale Order 57 of 73) Good to Very good condition hardcover as shown. ""No one who has written books for the young during the present century ever had so large a circle of readers as Captain Mayne Reid, or ever was so well fitted by circumstances to write the books by which he is chiefly known.."
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Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797 Lot #62 (Sale Order 58 of 73) As shown published by Southern Illinois University, 10 illustrations plus end paper maps, 336 pages, first edition, hardcover. Very good+ condition with little wear.
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A Treatise on ANATOMY, Physiology and Hygiene by Calvin Cutter (1861) Lot #63 (Sale Order 59 of 73) Good condition, some wear on the spine, illustrated.
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COLLECTION of FRANKLIN PRESS Books including The Scarlett Letter Lot #64 (Sale Order 60 of 73) As shown, four leather volumes in very good condition.
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Tyrwhitt of the Harwich Force: Life of Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt (1973) NAVAL HISTORY Lot #65 (Sale Order 61 of 73) Good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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Our Admiral: A Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty (1980) NAVAL HISTORY Lot #66 (Sale Order 62 of 73) Good condition hardcover, with dust jacket.
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The Critical Convoy Battles of March 1943 (1977) WW2 NAVAL HISTORY Lot #67 (Sale Order 63 of 73) Good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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DESTROYER! German Destroyers in World War II (1983) WW2 NAVAL HISTORY Lot #68 (Sale Order 64 of 73) Good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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U-BOATS Under the SWASTIKA: An introduction to German Submarines (1973) WW2 NAVAL HISTORY Lot #69 (Sale Order 65 of 73) Good condition hardcover, with dust jacket.
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Hold the Narrow Sea: Naval Warfare in the English Channel, 1939-1945 (1984) WW2 NAVAL HISTORY Lot #70 (Sale Order 66 of 73) Good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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FIGHTING FLOTILLA: HMS Laforey and Her Sister Ships (1976) NAVAL HISTORY Lot #71 (Sale Order 67 of 73) Good condition, hardcover, with dust jacket.
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THE LAST HERO Charles A. Lindbergh & HAP ARNOLD Architect American Air Power Lot #72 (Sale Order 68 of 73) Both good condition with dust jacket.
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THE BEER STEIN BOOK - A 400 Year History Lot #73 (Sale Order 69 of 73) Large hardcover, very good condition, " Of special interest are the makers marks (usually found on the bottoms of steins); the authors describe how to decipher the maker, mold number, and year produced. There is an interior section of select color illustrations and values."
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AMERICANS ON EVEREST - Official Account on the Ascent by Norman Dyhrenfurth (1964) Lot #74 (Sale Order 70 of 73) Very good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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RARE Pilgrimage to EGYPT Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile (1852) Lot #75 (Sale Order 71 of 73) Good condition hardcover, some wear on the upper spine. Embracing a diary of Explorations on the Nile; with observations illustrative of the manners, custom and institutions of the people, and of the present condition of the antiquities and ruins. Hardcover. Octavo, 383pp., woodcut illustrations, original stamped cloth.
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JOHN L. SULLIVAN: An Intimate Narrative (1925) FAMOUS BOXER Lot #76 (Sale Order 72 of 73) Very good condition hardcover. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA (1925)
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MILITARY BOOKS - Stonewall Jackson - AIRMEN and the Headhunters - Remember Santiago with T.R. Lot #77 (Sale Order 73 of 73) All in good to very good condition, with dust jacket.
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