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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 48)

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Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 48)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 48)

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Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 48)

For $25 you receive 12-14 books either vintage or antiquarian in good condition. Great for sellers. We sell a LOT of these but we do have some openings. If interested emails us at (bostonbookman@hotmail.com) and we will send you more information!

ERROR'S CHAINS: How Forged and Broken by Frank S. Dobbins (1883)

Lot #9 (Sale Order 5 of 48)

Error's Chains: How Forged and Broken by Frank S. Dobbins, Published by Standard Publishing House, New York (1883) First edition, thick 8vo (9½ x 6½ ), pp. 785, (1) blank, index, steel engraved extra title & 5 steel engraved plates with tissue guards, full page color map, full page color chart, 44 wood engraved plates including 8 double page plates. Good condition. Hinge professionally fixed (nicely) "a complete, graphic, and comparative history of the strange beliefs, domestic peculiarities , sacred writings, systems of philosophy, legends and traditions, customs and habits of mankind throughout the world, ancient and modern.

RARE History of England (1841) FOUR Volumes WAS ON THE U.S. OHIO

Lot #10 (Sale Order 6 of 48)

(This item was updated from two volumes to FOUR - we found two more volumes) These four volumes were on the U.S. Ohio as it is printed on the outside spine's binding. Good condition, two volumes. Amazing history. There is a pencil etching of a navy soldier on the inside cover (can't make the case it was done by someone on the OHIO at the time - but there is no reason it couldn't!) This may be a five volume set - missing #5.

Pinocchio: The Adventures of a Puppet by Collodi (c.1910)

Lot #11 (Sale Order 7 of 48)

Pinocchio: The Adventures of a Puppet, C. Collodi; M. A. Murray (translator) Published by A.L. Burt, New York, c.1910?, Fair/good to good condition with wear. Interesting cover.

Complete Home Cookery Book by Mollie Stanley Wrench (1941) COOK BOOK

Lot #12 (Sale Order 8 of 48)

Complete Home Cookery Book by Mollie Stanley Wrench, Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd (1941) good- condition with wear probably from the cover, hardcover.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) First Edition Later Printing

Lot #13 (Sale Order 9 of 48)

Dust jacket with wear and loss (see pic) in protector. Dust jacket says seventh printing, hardcover states twenty-sixth impression.

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays by VIRGINIA WOOLF (1950) Hogarth Press UK

Lot #14 (Sale Order 10 of 48)

Good condition, good dust jacket in protector. First Edition.

HURRICANE - The Miraculous Journey of RUBIN CARTER - SIGNED

Lot #15 (Sale Order 11 of 48)

Very good condition, signed by the HURRICANE Rubin Carter.

Ladies' Indispensable Assistant (1852) REPLICA - with Recipes and Family Medicine

Lot #16 (Sale Order 12 of 48)

Very nice for a replica - even replicated the spotting on the pages. Hardcover, published by the Cookbook Collector's Library (1971)

RARE CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E.B. White (1952) First Edition with Dust Jacket

Lot #17 (Sale Order 13 of 48)

Hardcover, good condition with fair/good dust jacket in protector.

The HORSFORD Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1895)

Lot #18 (Sale Order 14 of 48)

Early cookbook, small softcover, slightly loose binding.

NAVAJO WEAPON - The Navajo Code Talkers by Sally McClain

Lot #19 (Sale Order 15 of 48)

Very good condition softcover, great reading.

With Kitchener to Khartum by G.W. Steevens (1898) Battles of Athara & Omduman

Lot #20 (Sale Order 16 of 48)

With Kitchener to Khartum by G.W. Steevens, Published by William Blackwood and Sons, London (1898) good condition. Frontispiece photograph of Lord Kitchener. Pull-out map with some tape repair. "The author joined the expedition in 1897 and he toiled with it to the end. He went through the battles of Athara and Omduman. He entered Khartum with the conquerors and he saw the raising of the Union Jack on the spot where Gordon fell."

Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children (1919)

Lot #21 (Sale Order 17 of 48)

Good+ condition hardcover.

Literary Reminiscences from the Autobiography of an OPIUM EATER (1854) Two Volumes

Lot #22 (Sale Order 18 of 48)

Good condition, hardcover. Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English essayist, many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.

The WINTER SOLDIER Investigation: An Inquiry into American War Crimes

Lot #23 (Sale Order 19 of 48)

By the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, softcover, good condition.

RARE The Blue Poetry Book by Andrew Lang (1891)

Lot #24 (Sale Order 20 of 48)

The Blue Poetry Book by Andrew Lang, Published by Longmans, London (1891) hardcover, good condition - very collectible online. General wear.

RARE The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels (1911) Illustrated by H.G. Theaker

Lot #25 (Sale Order 21 of 48)

The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels, Published by Macmillan, London (1911) First edition with illustrations by H.G. Theaker. Sixteen colour plates.A very good copy in publishers dark blue cloth with gilt illustration to front board. ILLUSTRATED BY H.G. THEAKER.

ANTHROPOLOGY by Edward B. Tylor (1925)

Lot #26 (Sale Order 22 of 48)

Anthropology by Edward B. Tylor, Published by D. Appleton and Co (1925) Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Good condition illustrated.

RARE A Memoir of Zerah Colburn - CHILD GENIUS (1833)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 23 of 48)

A Memoir of Zerah Colburn; Written by Himself. Containing an Account of the First discovery of his Remarkable Powers; His Travels in America and Residence in Europe; A History of the Various Plans Devised for His Patronage; His Return to this Country and the Causes Which led Him to his present Profession; With his peculiar Methods of Calculation by Zerah Colburn, Published by Published by G. and C. Merriam, Springfield (1833) fair to fair/good condition, together but with wear as shown throughout.

WONDERFUL FOR SHELF History of Civilization - Three Volumes (1867)

Lot #28 (Sale Order 24 of 48)

Good+ condition as shown, owner stamp on title page, hardcovers are 8" each tall.

Told by UNCLE REMUS by Joel Chandler Harris (1905)

Lot #29 (Sale Order 25 of 48)

Good condition, browning pages, small hardcover.

RAREST Arithmetique Logarithmetique (1628) by John Napier MATHEMATICS HISTORY

Lot #30 (Sale Order 26 of 48)

Arithmetique logarithmetique, ou La construction et usage des table contenant les Logarithmes de tous les Nombres..... by John Napier, Lord of Marchistan. Chez Pierre Rammasein (1628) Outside covers are in fair/good - solid - but outer spine has been stripped - you can see early writing on the spine. Large sized hardcover. Two bookplates - one stripped. The first third of the book had the pages restored however it does not seem it was done recently and it was done very well. Amazing book. John Napier was a famous Scottish mathematician who is best known for his invention of logarithms which are used to help with mathematical calculations. He is also credited with bringing the decimal point into common use.

In the Reign of Terror - The Adventures of a Westminster Boy (c.1900)

Lot #31 (Sale Order 27 of 48)

Very good condition hardcover, with nice decorative covers, no date (c.1900)

1928 Handy RAILROAD ATLAS of the United States

Lot #32 (Sale Order 28 of 48)

14" tall softcover, a replica of the 1928 atlas.

The Settlement COOK BOOK (1949) The Way to a Man's Heart

Lot #33 (Sale Order 29 of 48)

Good condition hardcover.

Requiem for a Lost City: A Memoir of CIVIL WAR ATLANTA and the OLD SOUTH

Lot #34 (Sale Order 30 of 48)

Mercer University Press, very good condition if not like new.

RARE How to Build Character: Illustrated Hand-Book of PHRENOLOGY & PHYSIOGNOMY (1890)

Lot #35 (Sale Order 31 of 48)

Very good condition illustrated hardcover.

BOXING: Training Division U.S. NAVY (1943) WW2

Lot #36 (Sale Order 32 of 48)

United States Naval Institute (1943) very good condition illustrated.

A System of Moral Science (1876) by Laurens P. Hickok

Lot #37 (Sale Order 33 of 48)

Good condition small hardcover with general wear (see pic)

BAMBI by Felix Salten (1929) with Dust Jacket - VERY NICE

Lot #38 (Sale Order 34 of 48)

BAMBI by Felix Salten, illustrated by John Galsworthy. Published by Grosset & Dunlap (1929) very good condition in fair/good to good dust jacket in protector.

RARE Twenty Sermons on Various Subjects (1739) Harvard Fellow

Lot #39 (Sale Order 35 of 48)

Twenty Sermons on Various Subjects. Preach'd and Publish'd by Henry Flynt, A.M. Fellow of Harvard College in Cambridge (1739) fair/good to good condition, tear on title page, old ex-library, published year for this book came from written information on inside cover (see pic).

RAREST One Hundred Masterpieces of Ukiyoye (1937) JAPANESE WOODCUTS - Takamizawa Colour Print Studio

Lot #40 (Sale Order 36 of 48)

(in the Email this was listed as SIGNED - it is NOT SIGNED) Takamizawa Colour Print Studio, Tokyo, 1937. Hardcover. 1st. 4to. All 100 color woodbock plates are present. Red cloth with gilt decoration on spine and front board, blindstamped decoration and lettering on rear board; housed in publisher's brown slipcase with color print adhered to front cover. Grey paper fan-folded text pages printed in dark blue; 100 postcard-size color woodblock prints held by corner slit holes, 1 per page, with text primarily in Japanese with each woodblock print title & artist name in English. Very good condition.

THE LAND OF THE BOOK: Scenes and Scenery, of The Holy Land. Central Palestine and Phoenicia (1882)

Lot #41 (Sale Order 37 of 48)

The Land and the Book. Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of The Holy Land. Central Palestine and Phoenicia by William M. Thomson, Published by Harper & Bros (1882) 1st edition. Tall 8vo, 689 pp.+plates, With many engraved plates, text illustrations and two maps. Book is in fair/good to good condition. The interior pages have wear and the map is torn. This book has more value for it's decorative covers then the interior.

LONDON SOCIETY Illustrated Magazine of Amusing Literature for Hours of Relaxation BOUND (1867)

Lot #42 (Sale Order 38 of 48)

Good condition hardcover, Volume XII, London (1867) thick volume filled with illustrations.

RARE History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon (1825) with LARGE MAP

Lot #45 (Sale Order 39 of 48)

History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the Year 1812. / With a Map. General Count Philip de Segur, Published by E. Littell, Philadelphia (1825) fair/good condition with wear on the pages and covers. Somebody wrote "Napoleon's Campaign" on the spine - EARLY WRITING. With full large pull-out map.

RARE JENNY LIND TOUR THROUGH AMERICA AND CUBA (1851)

Lot #46 (Sale Order 40 of 48)

Jenny Lind in America. Cover title: Jenny Lind's Tour through America and Cuba. (Lind, Jenny) Rosenberg, C[harles] G. Published by Stringer & Townsend, New York (1851) First edition. Lithograph frontispiece portrait by Sarony & Major. 226 pp. Good condition with spotting throughout, hardcover.

TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH (1972) with Slipcase

Lot #48 (Sale Order 41 of 48)

Very good condition, with slipcase, illustrated by Fletcher Martin, Heritage Press (1972)

Hurlbut's Story Of The Bible For Young And Old by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (1932)

Lot #49 (Sale Order 42 of 48)

Hurlbut's Story Of The Bible For Young And Old Self Pronouncing by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Published by Universal Book And Bible House, Philadelphia, Pa (1932) One Hundred Sixty Eight Stories, Forming A Continuous Narrative Of The Holy Scripture From Genesis To Revelation, Map Endpapers. Good condition.

RARE 50 Engravings Matted by Martin Schongauer (c.1900)

Lot #50 (Sale Order 43 of 48)

Large format over 16" tall, 50 incredible engravings by Martin Schongauer. Book is in fair condition with wear, however the interior matted engravings are in very good condition with little wear. Schongauer was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer.

THE WAVERLY NOVELS (1852) Sir Walther Scott - Two Volumes

Lot #51 (Sale Order 44 of 48)

A. Hart Philadelphia (1852) two volumes only (of five) nice for shelf.

The Life of GENERAL FRANCIS MARION (c.1880)

Lot #52 (Sale Order 45 of 48)

Fair/Good condition with torn page and spotting, cover wear as shown.

RUMFORD Complete COOK BOOK (1945)

Lot #53 (Sale Order 46 of 48)

Good condition, small hardcover.

Cobbin's Commentary of the Bible (c.1880) with Illustrations

Lot #54 (Sale Order 47 of 48)

This very large hardcover has many nice engravings and a nice binding however there are some pages missing in this book and a few pages have cutouts.

Goethe in Karlsbad by Puchtinger (1922) with HAND DRAWN ILLUSTRATION - VERY NICE

Lot #99 (Sale Order 48 of 48)

Goethe in Karlsbad by Puchtinger. Published by Walther Heinisch, Karlsbad Leipzig, (1922) Book is obviously in fair condition - and we wouldn't normally sell it - but it has a wonderful illustration hand drawn on the inside cover we thought someone would like!


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