South Boston Books Auction Catalog - Antique & Vintage Books #365 Online Auctions

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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 60)

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Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 60)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 60)

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Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 60)

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Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph (1917) Relief Work WW1

Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 60)

Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1917. Introduction by Herbert Hoover. Illustrated wtih photographs. Very good condition. Relief work in Belgium during WWI.

Christianity in Modern Japan (1905) by Ernest W. Clement

Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 60)

Published by American Baptist Publication Society, 1905. Good condition if not better, old library markings (not extreme). 205 pages, illustrated with a folded map and illustrated with photographs. "The object of this book is to give a bird's eye view of the work of Christianity in Japan."

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1882) Two Large Quatro Volumes

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 60)

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1882. This is two large quarto volumes containing a steel portrait by William E. Marshall and illustrated by more than 600 fine wood engravings, good condition with some cover wear. The interior pages are very good.

Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the Wonderland West (1887)

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 60)

Published by The Henry Hill Publishing Company. Norwich, CT (1887). Good- condition with cover wear, spotting. Interior pages very good. "vivid portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the Vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River." Profusely illustrated with black and white full and partial-page illustrations.

THE HOBBIT or There and Back Again (1977) by J.R.R. Tolkien - With Additional Hobbit Book

Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 60)

Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1977. Scarce hardcover. 220pp. with color illustrations throughout. Also includes a 1997 edition hardcover as well.

ROLLER-DERBY THE BOOK by Lisa Carver (1996) Artwork Sexuality Pop

Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 60)

Very good condition softcover. "An in-your-face compendium of trash princess Lisa Carver's literate vision of the outrageous fringe of pop, alternative, and twenty-swomething subcultures, Rollerderby--based on the top-selling magazine of the same name--is "berserk and brilliant . . . always possessed of great wit, astonishing artwork, and volcanic sexuality" (Hustler). 45 photos. 50 illustrations."

JOHN BROWN: A Poem by William Ellery Channing (1886)

Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 60)

Scarce volume could not find listed anywhere - maybe you can. Small hardcover, Boston (1886)

WW2 COLLECTION including Hitler's Secret War in South America - Life Magazine

Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 60)

All in good condition, the magazine is in fair/good condition.

The SEASONS of James Thomson (1802)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 60)

Good condition, wear on thecovers, published in 1802. James Thomson was a British poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!".

PLATFORM ECHOES: or, Living Truths for Head and Heart (1886) TEMPERANCE MINISTER

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 60)

Platform Echoes: or, Living Truths for Head and Heart. Illustrated by Nearly Five Hundred Thrilling Anecdotes and Incidents, Humerous Stories.Drawn from the Bright and Shady Sides of Life. With a History of Mr. Gough's Life and Work, by Rev. Lyman Abbott. Published by A.D. Worthington & Co., Publishers, Hartford, Conn, 1886, good condition if not better, hardcover. Hefty memoir by the famed British-born temperance lecturer and reformer (1817-86) who toured the United States for many years, delivering thousands of lectures to thousands of audiences.

Round the Year in the GARDEN (c.1900) & Name this FLOWER (1936) GARDENING

Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 60)

Both in good condition, hardcovers, highly illustrated.

A Distant War Comes Home: MAINE in the Civil War Era & What They Fought for, 1861-65

Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 60)

Both in good if not better condition. Hardcovers as shown.

CONSTANTINOPLE And The Scenery Of The Seven Churches Of Asia (1839) with 45 Steel Engravings

Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 60)

PLEASE READ - There is no covers for this book or spine. You either want the steel engravings or maybe rebind the book. Published by London & Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., [c1839]., with over 45 steel engravings. Some with spotting.

Pull My Daisy by JACK KEROUAC (1957) FIRST PRINTING

Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 60)

Published by Grove Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. 8vo. over 7¾" - 9¾" Unpaginated. Numerous black and white stills from the film by Robert Frank.

Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (1897) by Rudyard Kipling

Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 60)

Published by The Macmillan Co., 1897. Very good condition hardcover. First American Edition. Original blue gilt buckram with black title on front cover.

Personal Memoirs of U. S. GRANT (1892) Two Volume Complete Set

Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 60)

Published by Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892. Very good condition two volume set. "The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican American War and the American Civil War, and completed as he was dying of throat cancer in 1885."

Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis (1886)

Lot #21 (Sale Order 21 of 60)

Published by Hubbard Brothers, Philadelphia, 1886. Good condition, hardcover two volumes. Some wear on the covers, hinge slightly cracked. "From his profession of journalist and official positions as Clerk of the Senate Printing Records and Editor of the Congressional Directory, Perley knew well the "in's and out's" and all the personalities of the Capitol."

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol XL, Dec. 1869 to May, 1870

Lot #22 (Sale Order 22 of 60)

Very good condition, red binding. Articles on Frederick the Great (J.C.C. Abbott), Count Bismarck (C.S. Connant), Andes and the Amazon (A.H. Guernsey), Simon Bolivar (Eugene Lawrence), The War in Paraguay (T.M. McMahon), Hugh Walpole (Lord Lytton) stories by Jane G. Austin, D.R. Castleton, innumerable etched illustrations, poetry, etc.

The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses by THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1902)

Lot #23 (Sale Order 23 of 60)

Good to Very good condition hardcover. "Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian — a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901 embodies the Rough Rider's enduring ideals for attaining a robust political, social, and personal life."

ORR ON ICE (1973) by Bobby Orr

Lot #24 (Sale Order 24 of 60)

Good condition, some wear on the dust jacket, signature is a facsimile.

MINISTER'S MANUAL (1889) Christenings Weddings & Funerals

Lot #25 (Sale Order 25 of 60)

Good condition, smaller sized hardcover as shown.

RARE The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 - Yale University Press (1911)

Lot #26 (Sale Order 26 of 60)

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1911. Good condition, LARGE hardcover. "Farrand's work is first-rate and this is one of the most important publications about the history of American government and politics." Three Volumes , complete set.

ANTIQUE Charles Dickens Book Collection

Lot #27 (Sale Order 27 of 60)

All in generally very good condition, hardcovers. New York Hurst & Company (c.1880) very nice for the shelf.

CIVIL WAR BOOK LOT - Gettysburg - Antietam - Grant - Lincoln

Lot #28 (Sale Order 28 of 60)

All in very good condition, hardcovers.

LARGE WIZARD OZ Book Collection

Lot #29 (Sale Order 29 of 60)

As shown, all published recently. All in very good condition, one hardcvoer, the rest are softcover.

OZMA OF OZ (c.1930) by L. Frank Baum

Lot #30 (Sale Order 30 of 60)

Good to very good condition hardcover as shown.

The Grecian History to the DEATH of Alexander the Great (1826)

Lot #31 (Sale Order 31 of 60)

Fair/Good to good condition, leather covers as shown.

A Journey To Nature by J. P. Mowbray (1902)

Lot #32 (Sale Order 32 of 60)

Good condition, loose title page, first Edition. 8vo., 315pp. Illustrated with 16 photographs by Henry Troth. Author's conviction 'that external Nature has a lesson of obedience and love behind all her aberrations and laws, and whispers that God is in his world'.

EXTINCT ANIMALS by E. Ray Lankester (1905)

Lot #33 (Sale Order 33 of 60)

Published by Archibald Constable & Company, 1905 First Edition, Historic photos and illustrations as well as detailed diagrams and maps throughout. 8vo. 366 pp.

The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War by Donald Stoker

Lot #34 (Sale Order 34 of 60)

Very good condition hardcover. "Of the tens of thousands of books exploring virtually every aspect of the Civil War, surprisingly little has been said about what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy."

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography by Jeffry D. Wert

Lot #35 (Sale Order 35 of 60)

Very good condition, hardcover. "this major biography of J.E.B. Stuart—the first in two decades—uses newly available documents to draw the fullest, most accurate portrait of the legendary Confederate cavalry commander"

Life and Correspondence of JOHN PAUL JONES (1830)

Lot #36 (Sale Order 36 of 60)

Good to Very good condition, ublished by A, Chandler, New York, 1830, as shown. "Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones, Including His Narrative of the Campaign of the Liman From Original Letters and Manuscripts in the Possession of Miss Janette Taylor"

BIG GUN MONITORS The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy s Monitors

Lot #37 (Sale Order 37 of 60)

Published by World Ship Society, Tynemouth, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by HUNTER S. THOMPSON (1971)

Lot #38 (Sale Order 38 of 60)

Good condition in good dust jacket with some wear/loss in protector. Stated First Edition.

RARE HISTORIC Scout to Explorer Back with Byrd in the Antarctic (1936) SIGNED ILLUSTRATED

Lot #39 (Sale Order 39 of 60)

Good condition, with dust jacket in protector, Raymond Butler (illustrator). First Edition. G.P. Putnam's sons. NY. 1936. SIGNED WITH ILLUSTRATION by PAUL SIPLE who was an American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two Byrd expeditions of 1928–1930 and 1933–1935, representing the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout. He died on November 25, 1968, at the Army Research Center.

Collection of Antiquarian Books on Boston & Massachusetts

Lot #40 (Sale Order 40 of 60)

As shown, four books including Old Landmarks and Historic Personages (1895) and Old Houses of New England (1927)

The Special Kinesiology of Educational Gymnastics (1894)

Lot #41 (Sale Order 41 of 60)

380 pp. With two hundred and sixty-seven illustrations, and an analytic chart. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the Baron Posse. The Swedish system was distinguised from the earlier-introduced German system in that it was less rigid and stressed freer movements and elasticity. Good condition.

The Book of the American Indian (1923) by Hamlin Garland - with Frederic Remington

Lot #42 (Sale Order 42 of 60)

Fair/good condition, cover wear, loose illustration. Publisher's quarter black cloth over printed paper boards; pictorial paste-down by Remington affixed to center of front board, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 35 drawings by Frederic Remington, three of which are in color.

Early AMERICAN HURRICANES 1492-1870 & Terror From The SKIES!

Lot #43 (Sale Order 43 of 60)

Two weather related publications, the hurricane book is hardcover. The Skies book (on lightning) is softcover.

TWO Rand McNally World Atlases (1940's)

Lot #44 (Sale Order 44 of 60)

The photos show one, but there are two that are identical, one is a year older then the other. These are large and heavy, great maps.

LARGE ANTIQUARIAN Religious Book Lot - 14 BOOKS

Lot #45 (Sale Order 45 of 60)

As shown, all in good condition generally, many on Universalism, a few have a nameplate of a Massachusetts Representative. These books are mostly from the 1840's to 1860's.

DOROTHY Q With A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of BUNKER HILL BATTLE (1893)

Lot #46 (Sale Order 46 of 60)

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1893. Hardcover very good condition. Profusely illustrated with plates, drawings, head and tail-pieces by Howard Pyle.

Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them (1873)

Lot #47 (Sale Order 47 of 60)

Published by A. D. Worthington Hartford, CT 1873. Good to Very good condition, hardcover, 35 Engravings (illustrator). "Mary Clemmer Ames’ book tells of the “inner life,” wonders, marvels, mysteries, secret doings etc. of the nation’s capital, “as a woman sees. them.” The chapters are overflowing with spicy revelations, humor, pathos and good things for all"

RAREST Gauntlet 2 (1991) Signed by STEPHEN KING and 30 Additional Authors - ONE OF 500 COPIES

Lot #48 (Sale Order 48 of 60)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition including the dust jacket. Limited Edition. Octavo, 288pp. In the publisher's slipcase, very good, This is numbered edition of 500 limited copies SIGNED by all of the contributors on two tipped-in leaves. Among the signing contributors and subjects are STEPHEN KING, Art Spiegelman (WHO WROTE MAUS), and Piers Anthony. An important volume, which explores many angles and arguments surrounding free expression and the First Amendment.

The GODS are ATHIRST by Anatole France (1927)

Lot #49 (Sale Order 49 of 60)

Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1927. Translated from the French by Alfred Allinson. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fictional story set during the French revolution and The Reign of Terror in Paris. Tells the story of the rise of a young idealist Parisian painter who becomes a juror on the Revolutionary Tribunal, who descends into madness of mass execution.

PRYOR CONVICTIONS by Richard Pryor (1996) Early Advance Copy

Lot #50 (Sale Order 50 of 60)

As shown, softcover, with contact information written on cover, early advance reader copy.

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1954)

Lot #51 (Sale Order 51 of 60)

Very good condition hardcover, with dust jacket.

SHOOK OVER HELL: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War

Lot #52 (Sale Order 52 of 60)

Softcover very good condition. "Vietnam still haunts the American conscience. Not only did nearly 58,000 Americans die there, but--by some estimates--1.5 million veterans returned with war-induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This psychological syndrome, responsible for anxiety, depression, and a wide array of social pathologies, has never before been placed in historical context. Eric Dean does just that as he relates the psychological problems of veterans of the Vietnam War to the mental and readjustment problems experienced by veterans of the Civil War."

SIGNED One Man's Road by Arthur Waugh (1935) Father of Evelyn Waugh

Lot #53 (Sale Order 53 of 60)

Published by Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1931. 390 pages; autobiography by the father of authors Evelyn Waugh and Alec Waugh. Front end page inscription by the author.

LEFTY LOCKE Pitcher-Manager (1916) Early Baseball Book

Lot #54 (Sale Order 54 of 60)

Good condition hardcover as shown.

The Writings of HENRY DAVID THOREAU (c.1900)

Lot #55 (Sale Order 55 of 60)

Good condition hardcover, Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Co. (c.1910)

A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties NEW JERSEY (1890)

Lot #56 (Sale Order 56 of 60)

Very good condition hardcover, Bayonne NJ (1890) fully illustrated.

JOHN BROWN'S BODY by Stephen Vincent Benet (1929)

Lot #57 (Sale Order 57 of 60)

Good condition hardcover, Doubleday New York (1929)

THE BEATLES Abbey Road US Original 1969 Apple LP Album

Lot #58 (Sale Order 58 of 60)

Album is in very good condition, the jacket is in good condition as shown.

THE BEATLES '65 US Original LP Album

Lot #59 (Sale Order 59 of 60)

Album vinyl in very good condition, the jacket has wear on the lower corner see pic.

THE BEATLES Rubber Soul Original LP Album

Lot #60 (Sale Order 60 of 60)

Album is in very good condition, the jacket is in good condition as shown.


Antique & Vintage Books #365
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Antique & Vintage Books #365
by South Boston Books Event Begins: Thursday, December 23, 7:15 PM Eastern First lots ends Thursday, December 30, 8:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Thursday, December 30, 8:59 PM Eastern AUCTION ENDS THURSDAY 8PM! $5 FLAT USA SHIPPING and Buyers Premium is more you buy less it gets. NO RESERVES. Great collection of antiquarian and vintage books!