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Antique & Vintage Books #359 |
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by South Boston Books
Event Begins: Tuesday, July 27, 5:00 PM Eastern
First lots ends Sunday, August 1, 8:00 PM Eastern
Last lot ends Sunday, August 1, 9:07 PM Eastern $5 FLAT SHIPPING FOR USA BIDDERS - MORE YOU BUY LOWER THE BUYERS PREMIUM. NO RESERVES. PAYMENT BY PAYPAL INVOICE.
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SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 68) This auction is for USA bidders ONLY. SHIPPING IS $5 FLAT PER AUCTION FOR USA BIDDERS - CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT!
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HOW DO I PAY FOR THIS AUCTION? Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 68) Only one way to pay - you will receive shortly after the auction at the email address you gave Proxibid a PAYPAL invoice - pay it and we will mail the package to the address given to us through Paypal.
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Auction Rules & Other Stuff -> BUYERS PREMIUM - WHEN WE SHIP Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 68) 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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American MODEL RAILROAD Company (1942) Catalog Lot #9 (Sale Order 4 of 68) Good condition, illustrated. Softcover.
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Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston (1814) Lot #10 (Sale Order 5 of 68) Good condition, some cover wear, Volume I only. "In 1814 Bigelow published the first edition of Florula Bostoniensis--a modest volume dealing with the flora within a ten-mile radius of Boston." Published by Cummings and Hilliard, Boston, 1814 by Jacob Bigelow.
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DC VS. MARVEL : Showdown of the Century (1996) SCARCE Comic Book Lot #11 (Sale Order 6 of 68) Published by Titan Books Ltd 1996. Very good condition. "The Battle readers have asked for and dreamed about, wished for and speculated upon, demanded but never expected, finally happens within these pages. DC Versus Marvel, the four issue blockbuster miniseries is now collected into this trade paperback." Scarce.
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The Second World War: 6 Volume Set (2003) FOLIO SOCIETY with Slipcase Lot #12 (Sale Order 7 of 68) Good condition, some slight spots here and there on the hard slipcase and book ends. This has been in a box for a while. Other than that a very expensive set that would look nice on the shelf.
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How to Lay Out a GARDEN: Intended as a General Guide (1860) Lot #13 (Sale Order 8 of 68) Published by John Wiley, New York, 1860. Good general condition some cover wear. Well illustrated. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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RARE An Inquiry Into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1779) Lot #14 (Sale Order 9 of 68) Fair/Good to good condition with some cover wear. Published by The Company of Booksellers, Dublin, 1779. Small hardcover.
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RARE 1963 John F. Kennedy Boston Dinner Program Lot #15 (Sale Order 10 of 68) RARE 1963 John F. Kennedy Boston Dinner Program dated October 19th 1963, less than a month before his assassination. Good- condition some spotting on the cover wear. Some photos of JFK and a ton of advertisements.
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Memorial Life of WILLIAM MCKINLEY (1899) Our Martyred President Lot #16 (Sale Order 11 of 68) Good condition, published soon after his assassination. Hardcover.
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COLLECTION of COMIC BOOKS Lot #17 (Sale Order 12 of 68) Fourteen in total all titles as shown.
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ANTIQUARIAN BOOK LOT - Eight Books! Lot #18 (Sale Order 13 of 68) As shown, eight books, include a early geography book from the 1820's, and a early arithmetic book from the 1840's. How Plant's Grow from the 1860's. Also other good books, condition ranges from fair/good to good condition as shown.
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RARE Battle Field and Prison Pen, or Through the War and Thrice a Prisoner in REBEL DUNGEONS (1882) Lot #19 (Sale Order 14 of 68) Good condition hardcover, slightly loose binding. " A Graphic Recital of Personal Experiences throughout the Whole Period of the Late War for the Union--during which the Author Was Actively Engaged in 25 Battles and Skirmishes, Was Three Times Taken Prisoner of War, and Incarcerated in the Notorious Rebel Dungeons, Libby, Pemberton, Andersonville, Savannah, and Others."
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Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town (1919) FIRST EDITION Lot #20 (Sale Order 15 of 68) Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson, Published by B. W. Huebsch, new York, (1919). Orange-yellow cloth hardcover with title label on spine; no jacket; map inside front board; 1919 on title and copyright pages. Fair to Fair/Good condition with wear throughout. A book in very good condition can run over $700, this is in much less condition - but you don't see many around.
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Notre Voyage aux pays Bibliques (1890) EGYPT and PALESTINE Two Volumes Lot #21 (Sale Order 16 of 68) Good condition, hardcover two volumes. "Our Trip to Biblical Countries" Numerous illustrations in black and white.
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Arminius Vambery . His Life and Adventures (1883) Turkish Travel Celebrity Lot #22 (Sale Order 17 of 68) Arminius Vambery . His Life and Adventures Written By Himself with Portrait and Fourteen Illustrations. Published by Cassell & Company, New York, 1883. Good condition. Thanks to his travels Vámbéry became an internationally renowned writer and celebrity.
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Nino Fidencio: A Heart Thrown Open (1992) SIGNED BY AUTHOR Lot #23 (Sale Order 18 of 68) Inscribed inside by author Dore Gardner. "Photographic documentary about Mexican healer Jose Fidencio Sintora Constantino (1898-1938) from Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico and those who continue to pay homage to him more than 50 years after his death. Preparing medicines form herbs and plants, Nino Fidencio became a popular healer, and after curing visiting Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles of a serious illness, he became his country's most celebrated curandero." Very good condition hardcover.
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John Marshall & Philadelphia (1930) and John Paul Jones (1966) COMMEMORATIVE BOOKS Lot #24 (Sale Order 19 of 68) Both hardcovers, books memorializing statues in their honor, the 1966 book is a reprint of the 1907 original.
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The Serious Poems of Thomas Hood (1870) Lot #25 (Sale Order 20 of 68) Published by London: Moxon, 1876. Original decorated red cloth, over bevelled boards. Good condition small hardcover.
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RARE The Book of ARCHERY (1845) by George Agar Hansard Lot #26 (Sale Order 21 of 68) Good condition, some wear throughout. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1841
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RUSSIA by D. Mackenzie Wallace (1877) Two Volume Set Lot #27 (Sale Order 22 of 68) Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a folding colour map to the frontispiece. Good general condition with some wear throughout. "mportant work on Russia published at the time of the Russo-Turkish war."
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WASHINGTON ALBUM (c.1888) Illustrated Lot #28 (Sale Order 23 of 68) Very good condition with fold-out illustrations of Washington D.C.
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SIGNED Mountain Memories by James W. Whilt (1925) Lot #29 (Sale Order 24 of 68) First edition 1925, privately published by Author, printed by W.B. Conkey Co, Chicago. Signed and inscribed by Author.
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Art and Artists of Our Time (1888) SIX VOLUME SET with 188 Full Page Engravings Lot #30 (Sale Order 25 of 68) Published by Selmar Hess, New York; (1888) "Clarence Cook was not only the first but also the foremost art critic of the last part of the 19th Century. While Europeans were disdainful of American art, he was able to show how Whistler and Gardiner were the equals of the best of Europe's artists." 188 full page engravings. Many full-page steel engravings after Doré, Gerôme, etc. Good condition, interior pages very good.
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THE NUDE (c.1950) by Fritz Willis Lot #31 (Sale Order 26 of 68) As shown, large softcover in very good condition.
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1999 RYDER CUP Program and TICKETS Lot #32 (Sale Order 27 of 68) As shown, all in good condition, this was the Ryder Cup the American team made a huge comeback.
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BOOBY-TRAPS Deparment of the Army Field Manual (1965) Lot #33 (Sale Order 28 of 68) Good condition, softcover.
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SIGNED Lincoln (1984) by GORE VIDAL Lot #34 (Sale Order 29 of 68) Very good condition, Easton Press, signed by Gore Vidal.
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Great Speeches of PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (1947) & America GOES TO WAR (1942) Pearl Harbor Lot #35 (Sale Order 30 of 68) Both in good condition if not better. Both smaller format, 8" tall.
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The HAUNTED HOUSE by Thomas Hood (1896) Lot #36 (Sale Order 31 of 68) Published by Lawrence And Bullen, London,, 1896. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Illustrations for 'The Haunted House: A Romance' by Herbert Railton. Original publisher's binding of pale green boards with brown lettering and illustration. Herbert Railton (1857Ð1910), was an English artist and leading black and white illustrator of books and magazines.
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VERY NICE Essais de Montaigne (1870) Four Volume Set Lot #37 (Sale Order 32 of 68) Good to Very good condition. Montaigne's essays, critical edition by Chas. Louandre. 4 volumes, bound in 3/4 leather over elegantly marbled boards. Very nice set for shelf.
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RAREST The Shipwreck - A Poem by William Falconer (1808) Lot #48 (Sale Order 33 of 68) Published by London : Cadell and Davies, 1808. Good condition, Collated with earlier editions. With additional notes and illustrations, and a sketch of the author's life. Some wear on the covers. 8vo. xiv, 135pp, title-page vignette.
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Old Fires And Profitable Ghosts, A Book of Stories (1900) FIRST AMERICAN EDITION Lot #49 (Sale Order 34 of 68) Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1900. Quiller-Couch's best collection of short fiction, including classic ghost stories, "A Pair of Hands" and "The Seventh Man." Also "Oceanus," visions of infernal region. Hardcover, fair/good to good condition with some cover wear.
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RARE Opera Philosophica in Quatuor Volumina Digesta (1722) Lot #50 (Sale Order 35 of 68) Good condition small hardcover, illustrated. Published by Apud Rudolph et Gerard Wetstenois, Amstelodami, 1722.
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Large CHARLES DICKENS Household Edition Library (c.1880) Lot #51 (Sale Order 36 of 68) As shown, hardcover, Harper & Brothers (c.1876), includes 10 large green hardcover volumes. Not sure if this is the complete collection. All good condition, some has interior foxing on the title pages.
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WILLIAM THACKERAY Leatherbound Library (1899) Lot #52 (Sale Order 37 of 68) Fourteen volumes by William Thackeray, leatherbound, very nice for shelf. Harper & Brothers (1899), good to very good condition, some scuffing on a few volumes.
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COLLECTION of HISTORY BOOKS - Thomas Jefferson - George Washington - Mad Jack Percival Lot #53 (Sale Order 38 of 68) All in very good condition hardcovers.
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COLLECTION of MILITARY Books Lot #54 (Sale Order 39 of 68) As shown, all softcovers except the American Revolution Atlas which is hardcover. All good condition or better.
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Physical Culture Cook Book (1928) by Bernarr MacFadden Lot #55 (Sale Order 40 of 68) Fair/Good condition hardcover with wear.
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FOUR Vintage 1940's Model Railroad Catalogs Lot #56 (Sale Order 41 of 68) As shown, all in good condition with some wear, softcovers.
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ILLUSTRATED MAGIC by Ottokar Fischer (1944) Lot #57 (Sale Order 42 of 68) Published by Macmillan, 1944. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning throughout. "With an introduction by Fulton Oursler and an unpublished chapter by the late Harry Kellar, most famous of American magicians."
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THE BLACK CHRIST & Other Poems (1929) FIRST EDITION Lot #58 (Sale Order 43 of 68) Illustrated in black & white by Charles Cullen. Stated "First Edition I-D" on colophon page. Good condition in good dust jacket hardcover.
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Private Correspondence of William Cowper (1824) Two Volume Set Lot #59 (Sale Order 44 of 68) Good general condition, hardcover, London Henry Colburn (1824)
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AFRICAN GAME TRAILS by Theodore Roosevelt (1924) Lot #60 (Sale Order 45 of 68) Hardcover, Volume II only, some ex-library markings, good- condition.
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HUDIBRAS by Samuel Butler (1818) Lot #61 (Sale Order 46 of 68) Small volume, hardcover, good condition, Volume I.
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The Ghost Ship & Other Stories by Richard Middleton (1914) FIRST EDITION Lot #62 (Sale Order 47 of 68) Published by London, T. Fisher Unwin 1912. Good condition. Posthumous collection of short fiction that includes the title story, one of the most successful humorous ghost stories.
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PICTURESQUE AMERICA: Land We Live In (1872) 49 STEEL ENGRAVINGS of UNITED STATES - Two Volume Set Lot #63 (Sale Order 48 of 68) "A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of The Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. " 49 steel-engraved plates, full page & in text wood engravings throughout, good condition, interior pages very good. Some cover wear. Large Two Volume Set.
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Pair of Frameable RED SOX Commemorative Postal Covers (2004 & 2007) Lot #64 (Sale Order 49 of 68) Both never opened, 16" tall from 2004 and 2007.
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Strength and Determination of the Dimensions of Structures of Iron and Steel (1877) Lot #65 (Sale Order 50 of 68) Very good condition, hardcover. Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1877. Illustrated.
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East Wind Rain: A Pictorial History of the PEARL HARBOR ATTACK Lot #83 (Sale Order 51 of 68) Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1981, good condition softcover.
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The GO AHEAD BOYS and the MYSTERIOUS OLD HOUSE (1918) with SCOUTS COVER Lot #84 (Sale Order 52 of 68) Good- condition with general wear, hardcover.
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BOY SCOUTS COURAGEOUS (1918) Lot #85 (Sale Order 53 of 68) Good condition with some overall wear, hardcover.
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1985 BOY SCOUT Handbook Lot #86 (Sale Order 54 of 68) Good condition, softcover.
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1946 BOY SCOUTS PATROL LEADERS Handbook Lot #87 (Sale Order 55 of 68) Fair/Good condition, softcover, as shown.
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The CHILDREN"S BIBLE (1936) by Henry A. Sherman Lot #88 (Sale Order 56 of 68) Good condition, hardcover, Charles Scribner's Sons (1936) illustrations.
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The Suicide Club and the Rajah's Diamond (1894) Lot #89 (Sale Order 57 of 68) Good general condition. Published by Chatto and Windus, 1894. Hardcover.
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The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson (1930) Illustrated by Stella Langdale Lot #90 (Sale Order 58 of 68) The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson, Published by Dodd, Mead and Company (1930)
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RARE Discourse on the Revolutions of the surface of the Globe (1830) with Plates Lot #91 (Sale Order 59 of 68) Fair/Good to good condition, "Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe et sur les changements qu'elles ont produit dans le règne animal." With 2 folding tables and 4 engraved fine folding plates. Hardcover.
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Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry, Intimate Details of Her Career as Favorite of Louis XV (1903) Lot #92 (Sale Order 60 of 68) Two Volumes, Good condition. Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry, with Intimate Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV., in Two Volumes. An autobiography by Jeanne Vaubernier, the Comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV. A necklace Louis had made for her played a significant role in the French Revolution, of which she became a victim.
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Comfort Found in Good Old Books by George Hamlin Fitch (1911) Lot #93 (Sale Order 61 of 68) Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Paul Elder And Company, 1911. Terra-cotta cloth binding stamped with black & gilt. 33 Illustrations.
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Bracebridge Hall or the Humorists (1868) by Geoffrey Crayon Lot #94 (Sale Order 62 of 68) Good condition hardcover, has bookplate of famous Massachusetts Law Jusist who founded Boston University Law School.
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The Adventures of Harlequin by Francis Bickley (1923) Illustrations by John Austen Lot #95 (Sale Order 63 of 68) Good condition hardcover. With decorations by John Austen. 120 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy (1926) Lot #96 (Sale Order 64 of 68) Very good condition, hardcover, Published by William Heinemann, London, 1926.
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BASEBALL'S Greatest Players (c.1955) Lot #97 (Sale Order 65 of 68) Good condition hardcover with dust jacket.
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FOUR Antique Boys Juvenile Books Lot #98 (Sale Order 66 of 68) All in good condition, titles as shown - the Young Rancher book has more wear could be considered fair/good.
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ROCK OF AGES by Augustus Montague Toplady Lot #99 (Sale Order 67 of 68) Good condition, smaller sized hardcover, religous. "here is a legend that Augustus Toplady was inspired to write this hymn after finding shelter from a thunderstorm in a cleft in a rock at Burrington Combe"
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Tuning for Speed and Tuning for Economy (1965) AUTOMOTIVE Lot #100 (Sale Order 68 of 68) Very good condition hardcover, dustjacket.
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