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Antique & Vintage Books #355 |
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Antique & Vintage Books #355 |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 1:00 PM Eastern
First lots ends Sunday, April 18, 8:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Sunday, April 18, 8:57 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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Auction Rules & Other Stuff -> PAYPAL INVOICE ONLY - $5 FLAT USA SHIPPING Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 58) 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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The Compleat Compting-House (c.1727) Lot #4 (Sale Order 2 of 58) Fair to Fair/Good condition, no title page but somewhere between 1710-1740. "The Compleat Compting-House: Or, The Young Lad taken from the Writing-School, and fully Instructed, by Way of Dialogue, in all the Mysteries of a Merchant." Hardcover.
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The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray (1947) with Slipcase - Illustrated Manuscript Lot #5 (Sale Order 3 of 58) The Rose and the Ring by
William Makepeace Thackeray,
Published by Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (1947) First Edition. Reproduced in facsimile from the Author's original illustrated manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library. With an Introduction by Gordon Ray. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Red cloth. Very good in original slipcase, owner signature. Reproduced in facsimile from the Author's original illustrated manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library.
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Life of Gen. BENJAMIN HARRISON: A Full Account of His Ancestry and Recent Political Triumphs (1892) Lot #6 (Sale Order 4 of 58) Hardcover good condition, collective biography of General Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid, with emphasis on important political matters of the late Nineteenth Century.
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The PIONEER BOY and how he Became President (1863) ABRAHAM LINCOLN Lot #7 (Sale Order 5 of 58) Good condition hardcover, Boston Walker & Wise (1863)
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COLLECTION of CIVIL WAR BOOKS - Stonewall Jackson - Arms & Equipment Lot #8 (Sale Order 6 of 58) As shown, everything in good condition if not better.
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1939 WAR DEPARTMENT Basic Field Manual - Scouting & Patroling Lot #9 (Sale Order 7 of 58) Good condition softcover with some wear.
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LIMITED SIGNED Tales From the Forbidden Planet (1987) with 29 SIGNATURES Lot #10 (Sale Order 8 of 58) Edited by Roz Kaveney (signed) Titan Books First Edition (1987), Limited Edition. Very good condition with slipcase. Signed by all the authors and illustrators on special loose signatures pages contained in a pocket on the rear pastedown. 29 signatures in total.
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LIMITED SIGNED Portraits of His Children by GEORGE R.R. MARTIN (1987) with Slipcase Lot #11 (Sale Order 9 of 58) Published by Dark Harvest, Arlington Hts., IL (1987) Signed by GRRM, Roger Zelazny (who did the forward) and illustrators Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn. A collection of stories.; 263 pages. Very good condition with slipcase.
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SIGNED Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by SALMAN RUSHDIE Lot #12 (Sale Order 10 of 58) Very good condition hardcover as shown, signed.
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SIGNED No Apology the Case for American Greatness by MITT ROMNEY Lot #13 (Sale Order 11 of 58) Very good condition hardcover as shown, signed.
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SIGNED Living History by HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Lot #14 (Sale Order 12 of 58) Very good condition hardcover as shown, inscribed and signed "Hillary" inside.
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The Boy's Story of LINDBERGH, The Lone Eagle (1928) Lot #15 (Sale Order 13 of 58) Good condition, faded spine, hardcover as shown.
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RARE LIMITED EDITION (1950) Golden Cockerel by Alexander Pushkin - Illustrator Edmund Dulac SIGNED Lot #16 (Sale Order 14 of 58) Very Good condition, signed by illustrator Edmund Dulac, some spotting on the gold cockerel (see pic), LIMITED, NUMBERED. Dulac was a a French British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer.
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COLLECTION of Books on BIKE GANGS & MOTORCYCLES - Hell's Angels - OUTLAW BIKERS Lot #17 (Sale Order 15 of 58) All in good to fair/good condition with general wear, all four books titles as shown.
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WW1 Abridged Prayer Book for SOLDIERS for Jews in ARMY and NAVY Lot #18 (Sale Order 16 of 58) As shown, hardcover, smaller sized book dated 1917.
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HAND AND RIFLE GRENADES (1944) WW2 Era War Department Manual Lot #19 (Sale Order 17 of 58) Good- condition, with wear, as shown softcover, restricted, dated February 11th 1944.
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RARE SIGNED CLIVE BARKER The Damnation Game - Limited & Numbered Edition with Slipcase (1985) Lot #20 (Sale Order 18 of 58) First Edition. Original black cloth, gilt titles on spine. In original acetate jacket, in publisher's slipcase. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by Clive Barker. Author's first book. Very good condition in good_ slipcase with some slight shelf wear.
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The 509th Remembered: Veterans That Dropped the ATOMIC BOMBS on Japan (2003) Lot #21 (Sale Order 19 of 58) The 509th Remembered: A History of the 509th Composite Group as Told By the Veterans That Dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan. Very good condition, softcover, inscription on title page (not signed with name), with reunion booklet.
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WW2 GERMANY/SOVIET Book Lot - Der Fuerer (1941) & Hitler's Henchmen Lot #22 (Sale Order 20 of 58) A shown all in good condition if not better. Includes Der Fuehrer (1941) and The Great Terror on Stalin (1967).
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COLLECTION of Vintage Children's Books - Walt Disney - Golden Books - Uncle Wiggly Lot #23 (Sale Order 21 of 58) All shown, all in good general condition, did not see any inner writings. All one lot.
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LOG OF THE CENTURION: The HMS Centurion 1740-1744 Lot #24 (Sale Order 22 of 58) Hardcover with dust jacket very good condition. "Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation, 1740-1744 (The Age of Sail)"
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CAMOUFLAGE Basic Principles (1944) WW2 War Department Manual Lot #25 (Sale Order 23 of 58) As shown, good- condition with general wear.
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Christmas in Plains SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER Lot #26 (Sale Order 24 of 58) Easton Press, very good condition as shown, leather hardcover.
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Collection of MAGAZINES - FLYING ACES - AVIATION - STAG - SAGA Lot #27 (Sale Order 25 of 58) Everything shown, all in fair/good to good condition - they DO have wear, nice cover regardless.
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SIGNED Tour of Duty Douglas Brinkley - SIGNED BY JOHN KERRY Lot #28 (Sale Order 26 of 58) Very good condition hardcover as shown, signed.
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ECCLESIASTICAL LAW by Richard Burn (1767) Lot #29 (Sale Order 27 of 58) As shown, hardcover, good general condition, volume II only, London.
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RARE The FAIRY FAMILY: A Series of Ballads & Metrical Tales (1857) Mythology of Europe Lot #30 (Sale Order 28 of 58) Published by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts (1857) engraved frontispiece and title page, wood-engraved tailpiece, all by Edward Burne-Jones. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good condition.
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COLLECTION of Books on PRESIDENTS - Washington - Lincoln - Jefferson Lot #31 (Sale Order 29 of 58) Everything shown in one lot, all in good to very good condition.
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COLLECTION of WW2 BOOKS - D-DAY - Kamikazes - Indianapolis Lot #32 (Sale Order 30 of 58) All in good or very good condition. Hardcovers.
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WKCR Billie Holiday Festival Handbook (2005) SIGNED BY LAST LIVING MEMBER Lot #33 (Sale Order 31 of 58) Very Good condition, inside is signed by the last living member of her band (see pic), softcover. Designed as a souvenir of WKCR's Billie Holiday Festival with the main text being a discography, a thorough accounting of every known recording of Holiday. Also signed by the authors on another page.
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The Personal History of DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens (c.1880) Lot #34 (Sale Order 32 of 58) Good condition, decorative hardcover as shown.
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COCAINE COMIX (1975) #2, Stories and Art by George Dicaprio Lot #35 (Sale Order 33 of 58) Stories and Art by George Dicaprio (Father of Leonardo DiCaprio), Rich Chidlaw, Rogerio, Warren Greenwood, Dennis Ellefson, Pete Von Sholly, Palle Jensen, Robert Williams, Bruce Sweeney, Jim Valentino, Basil Hatte, Roldo, Loondancer, Gary Whitney, and Chris Statler. Cover by Rogerio. This issue focuses on the darker side of cocaine, and drug use. 36 pages, good condition.
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RARE LIMITED Out of Halifax: A Collection of Sea Pictures (1937) only 950 PRINTED Lot #36 (Sale Order 34 of 58) By Wallace R. MacAskill. First edition, no. 875 of 950 copies of the first state. Good to Very good condition with some slight cover wear. Large owner signature. With 100 superb black and white photographs by the author. A splendid collection of captioned sailing and nautical photographs of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, by the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Halifax.
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Songs the Dead Men Sing by George R.R. Martin (1987) FIRST UK EDITION Lot #47 (Sale Order 35 of 58) Published by Victor Gollancz, London (1985) First Edition. A collection of stories. Author of "The Games of Thrones." Hardcover with dust jacket.
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Handbook of SMALL BORE SHOOTING (1941) by Col. Townsend Whelen Lot #48 (Sale Order 36 of 58) As shown, softcover, good condition with some wear, illustrated with photographs.
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COLLECTION of Vintage & Antique CHILDREN'S BOOKS - Heidi - Robin Hood - Campfires Lot #49 (Sale Order 37 of 58) As shown, all in general good condition.
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Breezes from the ORIENT by Ira Francis Harris (1913) Lot #50 (Sale Order 38 of 58) Breezes from the Orient by
Ira Francis Harris, Published by Nashua, Hew Hampshire: The Colonial Press, (1913) "The following letters, written by Ira F. Harris, Cashier of the Indian Head National Bank, Nashua, NH, to the Nashua Daly Telegraph, are herewith reprinted at the request of numerous friends."
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U.S. Carbine Caliber .30 M1 (1944) WW2 War Department Handbook Lot #51 (Sale Order 39 of 58) As shown, fair/good condition, with soldier's name signed on title page.
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Military Individual Score Book for THE RIFLE (1926) Lot #52 (Sale Order 40 of 58) As shown, never used, with wear, government issued.
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WW2 Basic Field Manual - First Aid For Soldiers (1943) Lot #53 (Sale Order 41 of 58) Fair/Good condition with wear, softcover. Government issued 1943.
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USS SHANGRI-LA CVA-38 (1944-1964) 30th Anniversary Book Lot #54 (Sale Order 42 of 58) Very good condition, hardcover as shown.
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LIMITED SIGNED Prisoners by Ed Gorman (1992) with Slipcase Lot #55 (Sale Order 43 of 58) First Printing of this Special Signed edition, limited to 250 copies of which this is #141. 22 short stories. Afterword by Dean R. Koontz. Very good condition, small mini-tears on the top/front dust jacket (see pic).
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MODERN EGYPT by the Earl of Cromer (1908) Two Volumes Lot #56 (Sale Order 44 of 58) Good condition, two volumes, some spotting on the title pages, hardcovers.
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (1926) by Miguel De Cervantes TWO VOLUMES Lot #57 (Sale Order 45 of 58) Two volumes in black cloth with gold decorations. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1926) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good condition, nice collection.
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Three Years of ARCTIC SERVICE (1886) An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition 1881-84 Lot #58 (Sale Order 46 of 58) Good condition, Volume II only, some general cover wear, by Adolphus W. Greely, New York Charles Scribner's & Sons (1886)
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RARE LIMITED Stalking the Nightmare by Harlan Ellison SIGNED NUMBERED (1982) Lot #59 (Sale Order 47 of 58) First trade edition. SIGNED by Harlan Ellison on title page. Very good in very good dust jacket and slipcase. Number 670 of 700 numbered copies signed by Ellison.
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ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second and Last United States Grinnell Expedition (1870) Lot #60 (Sale Order 48 of 58) Fair/Good to good condition, hardcover, as shown, illustrated.
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RARE The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1856) from MARATHON to WATERLOO Lot #61 (Sale Order 49 of 58) Hardcover good condition, by E.S. Creasy, Seventh Edition, London Richard Bentley (1856) leather covers.
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LIMITED EDITION The Sportsman's Portfolio of American Field Sports (1929) Only 400 Copies Printed Lot #62 (Sale Order 50 of 58) Published by Ernest R. Gee (1929) First edition. Vignette title-page, 20 full-page wood-cut illustrations. Four hundred copies of the sportsman's portfolio have been printed by Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press. Book contains twenty superb woodcuts delineating the various FIeld Sports practiced at the time. Book has illustrations of snipe shooting, trout fishing, woodcook shooting, deer hunting, salmon fishing and more. Very good condition, owner signature on title page.
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LIMITED EDITION Tranquility Revisited by Col. Harold P. Sheldon (1940) Only 400 ISSUED - GUNS Lot #63 (Sale Order 51 of 58) First edition of the sequel to Tranquility: Tales of Sport with the Gun. Quarto, original boards decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated by A. Lassell Ripley. One of four hundred and eighty-five numbered copies, this is number 405. Revisited contains fifteen reminiscences of hunting and fishing excursions including The Groundhog's Revenge, Dusking Ducks in the Money Hole, An October Incident, Ducks at Stone Bridge, and more. Good to Very good condition with some slight cover wear, and large owner signature.
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Audubon's America: The Naratives and Experiences of John James Audubon (1940) Lot #64 (Sale Order 52 of 58) Very good condition large hardcover. Published by Riverside Press, Cambridge (1940) 328 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles of Audubon's prints and paintings.
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LARGE COLLECTION of Dr. SEUSS BOOKS Lot #65 (Sale Order 53 of 58) Everything in one lot - as shown in the photos - not vintage all published fairly recently. All in very good condition.
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SIGNED Hanoi Commitment by POW Captain James A. Mulligan (1981) VIETNAM WAR Lot #66 (Sale Order 54 of 58) The author was a Navy captain imprisoned for 42 months of solitary confinement as a prisoner of war of the Vietnamese. Very good condition softcover.
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SIGNED Mr. Red Sox - The JOHNNY PESKY STORY Lot #67 (Sale Order 55 of 58) Hardcover very good condition signed by Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky.
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LARGE MILITARY HISTORY BRAND NEW DVD SETS - WW2 - American Revolution - Jesse James Lot #68 (Sale Order 56 of 58) As shown, seven sets all new and sealed.
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THE HEROES OF '76 - A Dramatic Cantata (1877) Lot #69 (Sale Order 57 of 58) Play and song included, good condition, small stain on cover that doesn't enter pages, hardcover.
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1840's Student's Hand-Written Notebook Lot #70 (Sale Order 58 of 58) Hardcover, 20 pages, handwritten pages from New York, dates listed are from the 1830's and 1840's. As shown interesting read.
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