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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 55)

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Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 55)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 55)

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Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 55)

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Early Medieval Illumination. Twenty One Colour Plates (1951) Oxford Press

Lot #7 (Sale Order 5 of 55)

Early Medieval Illumination. Twenty One Colour Plates. Eight Text Illustrations. SWARZENSKI, HANNS (Introduction) Published by Iris Books, Oxford (1951) 24 pp. + 21 tipped-in color plates, 8 additional b&w illus. in text. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book. Good condition with wear on the outer spine, exterior fair/good - interior good.

Paris 1900. The Art of the Poster by Hermann Schardt (1987)

Lot #8 (Sale Order 6 of 55)

Paris 1900. The Art of the Poster. Hermann Schardt, Published by Portland House, New York (1987) with beautiful full-page color reprints of many classic posters including those of Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Mucha and others. Large folio. Good condition, dust jacket with some wear. Interior very good.

LARGE COLLECTION of 19th Century Advertising 8" x 11" Rhode Island

Lot #9 (Sale Order 7 of 55)

Looks as though someone had a book with a great deal of 19th Century 8" x 11" advertising from Rhode Island and took out the advertisements for some reason. Over 50+ of these, all illustrated, very nice.

COLLECTION of SEVEN Movie Lobby Cards - THE RAWHIDE YEARS (1955)

Lot #10 (Sale Order 8 of 55)

In fair/good to good condition, 18" x 12" as shown.

RARE Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains by George Frederick Augustus Ruxton (1848)

Lot #11 (Sale Order 9 of 55)

Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains by George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York (1848) good to very good condition in new binding, with historical society stamp on inside covers. George Frederick Ruxton (1821-1848) was a British soldier, explorer and travel writer. In 1846, he traveled to Mexico to observe the Mexican-American War, then traveled north along the Rocky Mountains through present-day New Mexico and Colorado. This is his first hand account of that journey.

RARE Mardi Gras Day (1948) with 30 Full Page Lithographs

Lot #12 (Sale Order 10 of 55)

Mardi Gras Day, Caroline Durieux, John McCrady and Ralph Wickiser. Published by Henry Holt and Company (1948) good condition, with fair/good dust jacket. 30 full-page lithographs by Wickiser, Durieux and McGrady. Cutlines with each lithograph. All lithos in very good condition. 87 pages.

Abroad at Home. American Ramblings, Observations and Adventures (1926)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 11 of 55)

Abroad at Home. American Ramblings, Observations and Adventures. Street, Julian. Published by Garden City Publishing Company, Garden City, New York (1926) good condition, Illustrated by Walter Morgan. (illustrator). Ramblings and adventures in American cities and other places. Frontispiece of NYC crowds. 517 pages. Good condition.

The Hollywood Murders by Ellery Queen (1951) with Dust Jacket

Lot #14 (Sale Order 12 of 55)

The Hollywood Murders by Ellery Queen, Published by J b Lippincott, Philadelphia (1951) good in fair/good dust jacket.

Sketching as a Hobby by Arthur L. Guptill (1936)

Lot #15 (Sale Order 13 of 55)

Sketching as a Hobby by Arthur L. Guptill, Published by Harper and Bros., New York (1936) very good condition with dust jacket in mylar protector.

RARE 1780 Hand Colored Map of WESTERN UNITED STATES & CANADA

Lot #16 (Sale Order 14 of 55)

From "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre, dressé pour L'histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des européens dans les deux indes" Good condition with little to no wear. Smallest of small pin-hole at center of map (see pic). Sized 16" x 10.5". Amazing Map. Not a replica whatsoever. Blank on back.

LARGE 18" x 9" ROMAN MILITARY ENGRAVING (c.1750)

Lot #17 (Sale Order 15 of 55)

Good condition with folds and wear. (c.1750) As shown, we did not have time to do any research on this, with Rollins name in the corner. Very nice.

RARE The Southwestern Expedition of Zebulon M. Pike (1925) with MAP

Lot #18 (Sale Order 16 of 55)

The Southwestern Expedition of Zebulon M. Pike by Pike, Zebulon M.; Milo Milton Quaife (ed) Published by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company / The Lakeside Press, Chicago (1925) Good condition some light spotting on the cover. 1925. 12mo. xxii, [2], 239, [1] pp. Pike's narrative was originally published in Philadelphia in 1810 as "An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers; performed by Order of the Government of the United States during the Years 1805, 1806 and 1807, and a Tour through the Interior Parts of New Spain, when conducted through these Provences, by Order of the Captain-General, in the Year 1807.

BEST NUDES by de Andre De Dienes (1967)

Lot #19 (Sale Order 17 of 55)

Best Nudes by de Andre De Dienes, Published by The Bodley Head (1967) good- condition with no dust jacket. Hardcover.

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (c.1940) & Honk: the Moose by Phil Strong (1955)

Lot #20 (Sale Order 18 of 55)

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Published by Hampster Books, London (c.1940) 6p, 10" x 7 1/2", illustrated boards with cloth spine. Good condition. Honk: the Moose by Phil Strong, Illustrated by Wiese, Kurt. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., N . Y. (1955) fair/good condition the cloth spine is stripped.

Homes Without Hands: Description Of The Habitations Of Animals (1865) Illustrated

Lot #21 (Sale Order 19 of 55)

Homes Without Hands - Being A Description Of The Habitations Of Animals Classed According To Their Principle Construction by Rev J G Wood, Published by Harper Brothers New York (1865) good condition, some spine wear. Engraved frontis, 20 engraved plates. A account of the "homes" built by birds & mammals of the world - from weaver bird nests to coral reefs, from burrows to hives. illustrated with many engravings.

Memories of My Life by Sarah Bernhardt (1907)

Lot #22 (Sale Order 20 of 55)

Memories of My Life by Sarah Bernhardt, Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York (1907) good- condition with cover rubbing, owner inscription. Hardcover. French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) began her career in the 1860s but lived long enough to star in several silent films.

American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities (1995)

Lot #23 (Sale Order 21 of 55)

The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities. Colin G. Calloway, Published by Cambridge University Press, Place_Pub: Cambridge, England (1995) 327 p., illus., maps, footnotes, index, DJ slightly scuffed. This study presents coverage of the Indian experiences in the American Revolution. The author focuses on eight Indian communities from Quebec to Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, as he explores how the Revolution often translated into war among Indians & their own struggles for independence.

History Of The Conquest Of Peru: iew Of The Civilization Of The Incas (1875) Two Volumes

Lot #24 (Sale Order 22 of 55)

History Of The Conquest Of Peru: With A Preliminary View Of The Civilization Of The Incas - Two Volumes. Published by George Routledge (1875) Good condition.

SCARCE The Witch of Melton Hill (c.1850) with Letter

Lot #25 (Sale Order 23 of 55)

The Witch of Melton Hill. A Tale by Harriet D. Thompson, Published by New York Sadlier (c.1850-1880?) Fair/good with cover wear. Only can find one copy online anywhere (over $300) and this is a earlier version. Includes letter pasted inside, this was given to a student as a gift in the 1884.

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1953) First Edition with Dust Jacket

Lot #26 (Sale Order 24 of 55)

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov, Published by New York: Gnome Press, New York (1953) good condition, fair/good to good dust jacket, owner bookplate, book club, First Thus, combining three previously-published works together in one volume. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾"

The Civil War by Robert P. Jordan (1969)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 25 of 55)

The Civil War by Robert P. Jordan, Published by Natl Geographic Society (1969) good condition, fair/good dust jacket. Union and Confederate insignia of rank on endpapers. military.

Autobiography: Intellectual, Moral, and Spiritual by Asa Mahan (1882)

Lot #28 (Sale Order 26 of 55)

Autobiography: Intellectual, Moral, and Spiritual (Philosophy in America) by Asa Mahan, published by T. Woolmer (1882) good condition some cover wear. Asa Mahan (November 9, 1799 – April 4, 1889) was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator and the first president of Oberlin College and Adrian College.

RARE Complete Story of the San Francisco Earthquake by Marshall Everett (1906)

Lot #29 (Sale Order 27 of 55)

Complete Story of the San Francisco Earthquake by Marshall Everett, Published by Bible House Chicago (1906) Red cloth decorated with gilt on the front panel; decorated in brown on the spine; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Very good condition, little wear.

RARE Nurse And Spy In The Union Army (1865) U.S. CIVIL WAR

Lot #30 (Sale Order 28 of 55)

Nurse And Spy In The Union Army Comprising The Adventures And Experiences Of A Woman In Hospitals, Camps And Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds, Published by W.S. Williams & Co., Hartford, Conn (1865) Edmonds was a nurse and spy in the Union army for two years. As a spy she penetrated the enemies' lines in various disguises eleven times, all without being detected. A personal account of both thrilling and touching incidents of war. Size: Thick 8vo. Good condition, some foxing, some minor cover wear.

Elegant Narratives (c.1850) Sunday Sermon Stories

Lot #31 (Sale Order 29 of 55)

Elegant Narratives, Published by American Tract Society, New York (c.1850) good-condition with wear on outer spine. 24 Sunday Sermon type stories with associated illustrations ranging from The Dairyman's Daughter to The Cottager's Wife to Mary of Toulouse.

Once a Clown, Always a Clown: Reminiscences of De Wolf Hopper (1927) Moving Picture Pioneer

Lot #32 (Sale Order 30 of 55)

Once a Clown, Always a Clown: Reminiscences of De Wolf Hopper, Published by Boston, Little, Brown, and Company (1927) Autobiography of a pioneer of the moving picture industry. Assume First Edition. Good no dust jacket.

Highways of Massachusetts (1893) Report Improve the Highways with Photographs of Roads & Vehicles

Lot #33 (Sale Order 31 of 55)

Highways of Massachusetts, Report of the Commission to Improve the Highways, Published by Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston (1893) good condition with early photographs of Boston roads and vehicles.

Sailing Alone around the World by Joshua Slocum (c.1900) First Man To Sail Around the World

Lot #34 (Sale Order 32 of 55)

Sailing Alone around the World by Joshua Slocum, Published by Blue Ribbon Books, New York (1900) Hardcover no dust jacket, good- with general wear. May be later printing than 1900 possibly 1920-1930's. Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalized American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote this book about his journey, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.

RARE The Story of the American Indian by Paul Radin (1927) First Edition

Lot #35 (Sale Order 33 of 55)

The Story of the American Indian. Paul Radin, Published by Boni & Liveright, New York (1927) good condition, hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. xiv, 371 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Culture and artifacts of the native peoples of the Americas.

RARE Over the Range to the Golden Gate (1889) Western United States Travel Guide

Lot #36 (Sale Order 34 of 55)

Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A Complete Tourist's Guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West. Stanley Wood, Published by R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Publishers, Chicago (1889) Good condition with wear. A fold-out color map is missing half. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book describes the area between the Missouri and the Pacific Ocean, detailing many of the cities along the way, and is wonderfully illustrated with many full page illustrations as well as numerous in text drawings and engravings.

RARE Popular Life of GEN. GEORGE A. CUSTER by Frederick Whittaker (1876) First Book Little Big Horn

Lot #37 (Sale Order 35 of 55)

A Popular Life of Gen George A Custer by Frederick Whittaker, Published by Sheldon & Company, New York (1876) Engraved frontis portrait; 16 plates, 9.5 x 6.5", gilt-pict green cloth, 648pp, a heavily worn copy, the front cover is loose and some binding issues. First book and noted bestseller of its time written about Custer following his death, notable due to the controversy it stirred re the alleged actions of Custer's ranking subordinates at the Battle of Little Big Horn, Major Reno and Captain Benteen.

Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year (1855) Agriculture Illustrations - Some Color

Lot #38 (Sale Order 36 of 55)

Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1855 (Agriculture) Senate Document, Published by Beverley Tucker, Printer., Washington (1855) Domestic animals, Insects, Fertilizers, Bread crops, Textile and Forage crops, Miscellaneous crops, Fruits, Nuts, Gardening, Live fences, Climatology, Commercial Statistics. Good condition with multiple plates, some colored.

Our Father's House, or the Unwritten Word by Daniel March (1869) Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE

Lot #39 (Sale Order 37 of 55)

Our Father's House, or the Unwritten Word by Daniel March, Published by Ziegler & McCurdy, Philadelphia (1869) Green cloth covered boards, 6" x 8 3/4" with 560 pages. Total of 12 b/w plates (including frontispiece) with all but one retaining tissue guards and all on unpaged leaves with the illustrations by J.M.W. Turner [Joseph Mallord William Turner], Jean Portaels, Edward Moran, Joseph John, John Martin, and Gustave Dore. Good condition, illustrations are very good.

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (1947) Illustrations by N.C. WYETH

Lot #40 (Sale Order 38 of 55)

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, Published by Charles Scribners Sons, New York (1947) Original publishers green cloth lettered gilt at spine and colour illustration on cover. 14 colour illustrations and frontis. Good condition with little wear.

These We Inherit the Parklands of America by ANSEL ADAMS (1962)

Lot #41 (Sale Order 39 of 55)

These We Inherit the Parklands of America by Ansel Adams, Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco (1962) Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 101 pages. Illustrated with 42 black & white photographs. Very good interior, fair/good dust jacket. Ansel Adams (1902-1984), the Californian photographer famous for his black-and-white photographs of Yosemite and the Western landscape, was an official photographer for the Sierra Club and a co-founder (with Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham) of f/64, a group of photographers who advocated purist "straight" photography from life, producing flawless prints with little or no manipulation in the darkroom.

RARE The Poems of Ernest Dowson (1905) Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley

Lot #42 (Sale Order 40 of 55)

The Poems of Ernest Dowson, Published by John Lane, the Bodley Head, London (1905) First edition. Gilt decorated green cloth. Good condition, rare can run over $200 on many sites. Frontispiece portrait by William Rothenstein. Interesting contemporary binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of full green calf with raised bands. Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley

The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt -- Citizen, Statesman, President (1905)

Lot #43 (Sale Order 41 of 55)

The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt -- Citizen, Statesman, President. Miller, J. Martin (Edited by) Published by J. Martin Miller (1905) illustrated, portrait frontispiece and twenty-three black and white plates, photographs, electoral map; decorated red pictorial cloth lettered in gilt with an oval portrait of TR at center. Good+ condition with little wear. Hardcover.

The House of Chan Cookbook by Chan, Sou (1952)

Lot #44 (Sale Order 42 of 55)

The House of Chan Cookbook by Chan, Sou; Drawings by Siu Lan Loh. Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY (1952) 190 pages including line drawn illustrations, good with fair/good dust jacket.

RARE LARGE 14" x 11" Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville MAP OF SICILY (1740)

Lot #45 (Sale Order 43 of 55)

Good condition with folds as shown. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was a geographer and cartographer who greatly improved the standards of map-making. His maps of ancient geography, characterized by careful, accurate work and based largely on original research, are especially valuable. Not a replica.

RARE 1780 Hand Colored Map of NEW ENGLAND & CANADA

Lot #46 (Sale Order 44 of 55)

From "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre, dressé pour L'histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des européens dans les deux indes" Good condition with little to no wear. Smallest of small pin-hole at center of map (see pic). Sized 16" x 10.5". Amazing Map. Not a replica whatsoever. Blank on back.

RARE COLLECTION of EIGHT Movie Lobby Cards - FRONTIER GUNLAW (1945)

Lot #47 (Sale Order 45 of 55)

EIGHT in total all good condition, 18" x 12" as shown.

RARE Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1903)

Lot #48 (Sale Order 46 of 55)

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Published by New York McClure, Phillips & Co. (1903) Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 249 + 7 pages publisher's ads. Blue publisher's cloth with gilt titles and design of dolphin and anchor stamped to spine. Boards lightly rubbed with shelfwear to bottom edges of boards and tail of spine. Corners and head of spine rubbed. "Special Edition" in blue cloth with "Fonrth Impression" misspelled on verso of title page. top edge gilt. Illustrated with 8 plates by Sidney Paget. Some spotting on a few of the first pages.

ARABIAN NIGHTS, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments (1900)

Lot #49 (Sale Order 47 of 55)

ARABIAN NIGHTS, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Published by Gilbert H. McKibbin, New York (1900) Contains fourteen stories; 251 pp. Part of The Manhattan Young People's Library series. Good- condition with some overall wear.

COLLECTION of EIGHT Movie Lobby Cards - FRONTIER GUNLAW (1945)

Lot #50 (Sale Order 48 of 55)

SIX in total all good condition, 18" x 12" as shown.

FOLDER with 26 Different First Day Issue Stamps from the 1980's

Lot #51 (Sale Order 49 of 55)

As shown, all in very good condition, from the early 1980's.

WAR OF 1812 BEGINS Newspaper - Columbian Centinel April 25th 1812

Lot #52 (Sale Order 50 of 55)

Good condition, incredible content, earthquakes, and the beginning of the War of 1812. Also piece on George Washington.

Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel: The True Story by Chittenden (1909)

Lot #53 (Sale Order 51 of 55)

Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel: The True Story by Chittenden, L. E. (told by) Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY (1909) good condition with little wear, two owner bookplates. 54pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A few photographs, of trees, McClellan's Headquarters, Private Scott, among a few others.

COLLECTION of FIVE Movie Lobby Cards - ASSORTED MOVIES

Lot #54 (Sale Order 52 of 55)

ALL I DESIRE (1953), BEAU GESTE (1966), Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), Let's Talk About Women (c.1970? - two of them)

RARE Another Brownie Book by Palmer Cox (1890)

Lot #55 (Sale Order 53 of 55)

Another Brownie Book by Palmer Cox, Published by The Century Co. (1890) Original glossy illustrated boards, colored endpapers, illustrated throughout in b/w. xi, 144 pages. Good- condition, some pages with slight small tears inside, owner bookplate.

Civil War in Pictures by Fletcher Pratt (1955)

Lot #56 (Sale Order 54 of 55)

Civil War in Pictures by Fletcher Pratt, Published by Garden City Publishing (1955) Drawings and reports, mostly drawn from Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper. "From the Drawing Boards of the Newspaper Artists Who Recorded the Conflict." - Cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good condition.

A SANSKRIT GRAMMAR Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects (1879)

Lot #57 (Sale Order 55 of 55)

A SANSKRIT GRAMMAR Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects, of Veda and Brahmana. William Dwight Whitney, Published by Breitkopf and Hartel / Ginn, Heath & Company, Leipzig and Boston (1879) Jointly published in Leipzig by Breitkoph and Hartel and in Boston by Ginn, Heath & Company. Brown cloth, gilt titling. Sanskrit index, General Index, text in English.; 6" x 9-1/2"; xxiv, 485 pp; Wear and rubbing to edges of boards.


Antiques, Collectibles & Books #185
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Antiques, Collectibles & Books #185
by South Boston Books Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 9:00 PM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, September 24, 9:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, September 24, 9:54 PM Eastern Great lots of antiquarian books and ephemera. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - $5 FLAT SHIPPING - Payment by Paypal Invoice only.