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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 69)

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Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 69)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 69)

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UNCLE REMUS and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Negro Character (1892)

Lot #5 (Sale Order 4 of 69)

Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1892. The last of the collected Uncle Remus stories by the American folklorist, writer, and editor. Hardcover good condition if not better as shown.

Presenting Fun With Trout - Trout Fishing in Words, Paint & Lines (1952)

Lot #6 (Sale Order 5 of 69)

Published by Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, 1952. Good condition hardcover if not better as shown. "A whimsical look at trout fishing with the wet and dry fly, and chapters on fly tying, conservation, fishing stories, and more. Everett was a friend of some of the most well known fly fisherman of the day, as well as a prominent artist of the Norman Rockwell School."

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by T. Babington Macaulay (1856) Five Volume Set

Lot #7 (Sale Order 6 of 69)

Published by New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856, New York, 1856. Good- condition with wear on the spine, as shown.

Manual of Mythology (c.1880) by Alexander S. Murray

Lot #8 (Sale Order 7 of 69)

Published by Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, New York, c.1880. Hardcover very good condition.

American Practical Cyclopaedia (1876) Health, Wealth, Wisdom, and Happiness

Lot #9 (Sale Order 8 of 69)

Good general condition large hardcover with some cover wear as shown.

Mothers of the Wise and Good by Jabez Burns (1854) Motherhood

Lot #10 (Sale Order 9 of 69)

Published by Gould and Lincoln, 1854. Fair/good condition with general wear, solid. "This book was originally written in 1846 to honor the role for a mother. Brief biographical sketches are given of such wise and good men as Augustine, John Newton, Jonathan Edwards and many others with special emphasis upon the way that their mothers were used of God in their lives"

AN ARTIST'S HORIZONS by Dwight Shepler LIMITED & SIGNED

Lot #11 (Sale Order 10 of 69)

Published by Fairfiled House and Barre Publishers, Weston, MA, 1973. First edition. No. 107 of 500 copies signed by the artist. Many art pieces of New England and other areas. Comes in nice slipcase as shown.

The Truth About GERONIMO: Life With the Apache Scouts (1929)

Lot #12 (Sale Order 11 of 69)

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1929. Very good hardcover in fair/good dust jacket with some tattering. A small bit of writing on inside cover, and comes with a letter from where they purchased in from 1950 (assumed), "Considered the first accurate and fair portrayal of Geronimo and a first hand account of the final days of Apache resistance."

The PENNY MAGAZINE Bound (1832)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 12 of 69)

Good- condition, solid but worn covers, and some spotting inside, over 52 issues illustrated.

The CHRISTIAN PREACHER or Discourses on Preaching (1810)

Lot #14 (Sale Order 13 of 69)

Good general condition, leather calf boards as shown. Some wear on the outer lower spine.

HISTORY BOOK LOT Including WE by Charles Lindbergh (1925) and Lincoln's Yarns and Stories (1901)

Lot #15 (Sale Order 14 of 69)

WE by Charles Lindbergh (c.1925), Coolidge Wit & Wisdom (c.1930), By Lincoln's Hand on the Gettysburg Address (modern), and "Abe" Lincoln's Yarns and Stories (1901) all generally in good condition if not better. The "Abe" book has some rubbing wear to the front cover.

The Lady's Guide (1870)

Lot #16 (Sale Order 15 of 69)

Good- condition with some spotting on the first few pages and some cover wear. Covers many topics for women at that time.

The Art of Entertaining (1892)

Lot #17 (Sale Order 16 of 69)

Published by Dodd, mead and Company, New York, 1892, good condition hardcover.

Home and Health and HOME ECONIMICS (1880) Home Life, Health, and Domestic Economy

Lot #18 (Sale Order 17 of 69)

Good condition hardcover, "A Cyclopedia for all Departments Home Life, Health, and Domestic Economy"

Table Service For the Hostess by Edna Sidney Tipton (1926)

Lot #19 (Sale Order 18 of 69)

Good condition, hardcover.

Limited Edition ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING: Unpublished Poems and Stories with Autobiography (1914)

Lot #20 (Sale Order 19 of 69)

Limited to 453 copies. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good + set. Tall 8vos., [Vol.1] lxii, 173, [Vol.2] 243 pp., illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces (with guards), and photos of original works. Bound in full calf with title and publisher emblem on the spine in gilt. Light wear to the boards.

The One-Round War: USMC Scout-Snipers In Vietnam

Lot #21 (Sale Order 20 of 69)

Very good condition large hardcover with dust jacket. "This book is a long-overdue account of, and a well-deserved tribute to, the Marine Corps sniper program in Vietnam. It documents the circumstances behind training and employment, the equipment chosen for use, the transition from the M700 sniping rifle to the M40A1 and the extreme effectiveness of the Vietnam-era sniping effort overall."

Emblems of Southern Valor: BATTLEFLAGS of the CONFEDERACY

Lot #22 (Sale Order 21 of 69)

Published by Old Soldier Books, 1990. Good condition larger sized hardcover.

HISTORY BOOK LOT: Victory in the St. Lawrence - Unknown U-BOAT WAR

Lot #23 (Sale Order 22 of 69)

All hardcovers in very good condition, very nice. Victory in the St. Lawrence - The Unknown U-BOAT WAR, The Illustrated History of the Submarine, and U-BOAT CREWS Fighting Elite.

NAPOLEON BOOK COLLECTION - Waterloo - Elba - Surrender

Lot #24 (Sale Order 23 of 69)

All hardcovers in very good condition. All dust jackets put into protectors. Great for your shelf.

SIGNED Altered Carbon Comic Book by Richard Morgan

Lot #25 (Sale Order 24 of 69)

Very Good condition, Morgan is the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for his 2003 book Altered Carbon, which was adapted into a Netflix series released in 2018

1878 Mitchell County Map of KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE - Frameable

Lot #26 (Sale Order 25 of 69)

10¾" x 13½ in very good condition as shown. Easy to frame. t is an original, authentic antique map, not a reproduction or modern reprint.

In FRENCH-AFRICA Scenes and Memories by Miss Betham-Edwards (1912)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 26 of 69)

Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1912, good condition with some spotting. A lady traveller in the Maghreb before the First War.

Large Collection of 1950's AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINES

Lot #28 (Sale Order 27 of 69)

As shown, all in good condition, as shown. 12 in total.

SIGNED NOLAN RYAN The Authorized Pictorial History

Lot #29 (Sale Order 28 of 69)

Signed large hardcover as shown, really nice book, dust jacket in protector.

Collection of Antiquarian Books on NATURE

Lot #30 (Sale Order 29 of 69)

As shown, good condition, really nice hardcovers.

TAILSPIN TOMMY (1932) Little Book

Lot #31 (Sale Order 30 of 69)

Good to very good condition as shown, very nice.

BOUND Civil War Era 1861 Scientific American

Lot #32 (Sale Order 31 of 69)

As shown, very large hardcover, filled with illustrations. May not have much with direct Civil War content - I didn't have time to go through the book. Very good condition.

BOUND LIFE Magazine 1942 - Amazing WW2 Content - Pearl Harbor - Eddie Rickenbacker

Lot #33 (Sale Order 32 of 69)

PLEASE NOTE - The Pearl Harbor content is the first photos from the damage allowed printed - not immediately after the attack (in 1941), also photos from Eddie Rickenbacker's rescue. Very good condition, one issue has half the cover missing. SO MUCH WW2 CONTENT it's impossible to take enough photographs. Almost every page is either WW2 articles or advertisements. THE BOOK WEIGHS 10 POUNDS.

GIANT PILE OF COMIC BOOKS

Lot #34 (Sale Order 33 of 69)

Large pile as shown, about 50 of them, won't go into detail but all from the last thirty years. Didn't go through any.

Collection of ZANE GREY Books with Dust Jacket

Lot #35 (Sale Order 34 of 69)

As shown, four hardcovers, all with dust jackets, all generally good condition. All 1920's to 1930's.

Collection of MILITARY BOOKS & EPHEMERA

Lot #36 (Sale Order 35 of 69)

As shown, a 1950's Army Drill Regulations, West Point Book, Desert Storm SEALED box, and two 1970 books on terrorism.

History of NAPOLEON from the French of M. Laurent De L'ardeche (c.1850)

Lot #37 (Sale Order 36 of 69)

Fair/Good condition with the covers, interior pages good. The illustrations are hand colored (when I cannot tell you) as shown.

MATERINITY a Book for Every Wife and Mother Revised and Enlarged (1889)

Lot #38 (Sale Order 37 of 69)

Good to very good condition hardcover as shown.

The GUIDE-BOOK to Health, Peace, and Competence (c.1880)

Lot #39 (Sale Order 38 of 69)

Good condition, hardcover, as shown, nice for shelf.

THE WHITE HOUSE COOKBOOK (1906)

Lot #40 (Sale Order 39 of 69)

Fair/Good condition with wear from being in a kitchen! Hardcover, inside pages has clippings and some hand written recipes!

Scented Isles and Coral Gardens by C. D. Mackellar (1912)

Lot #41 (Sale Order 40 of 69)

Scarce travel book that includes tours of New Guinea, Makassar, Ternate, as well as Java, China, and Japan. Good general condition with some wear. With 8 plates in color and numerous others in black-and-white. 352pp.

The Century Book of Gardening (1910)

Lot #42 (Sale Order 41 of 69)

Published by The Country Life Library, 1910. Good condition, some spotting. LARGE hardcover. Publisher's beige cloth beautifully decorated and titled in black, green and red to spine and upper, speckled edges. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white photogravures.

Infantry Drill Regulations (1904)

Lot #43 (Sale Order 42 of 69)

Good condition, small hardcover with signature of soldier on inside cover.

The BLACK STALLION (1941) by Walter Farley

Lot #44 (Sale Order 43 of 69)

Very good condition hardcover with dust jacket.

ELLA FITZGERALD Sings the DUKE ELLINGTON Songbook LP ALBUM (c.1960)

Lot #45 (Sale Order 44 of 69)

Very good condition as shown.

Workin' With The MILES DAVIS Quintet (1960) ALBUM LP

Lot #46 (Sale Order 45 of 69)

Very good condition as shown.

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs (1913) & Oriental Carpets Runners & Rugs (1910)

Lot #49 (Sale Order 46 of 69)

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs (1913) good condition with some spotting throughout. Published by J.B. Lippincourt Company, London, 1913. ALSO included is ORIENTAL CARPETS RUNNERS & RUGS And Some Jacquard Reproductions (1910) (ONLINE THIS GOES FOR $300+) good condition with faded covers, as shown.

RARE George Washington and the NEGRO (1932) by Walter H. Mazyck

Lot #50 (Sale Order 47 of 69)

Very hard to find, I could only find one copy sold anytime recently. The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1932. First Edition. vii, [3], 180pp. Sm. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth. “Those biographies of Washington in which the words ‘Negroes’ and ‘Slaves’ do not appear even in the index distort him. …for the peak of his nobility of character, gauged only by the summit to which he ascended, loses much of its height unless measured from the depths of the valley from which he climbed.” (Introduction)

A New System Of Domestic COOKERY: Use of Private Families (c.1885) CARVING PICKLING

Lot #51 (Sale Order 48 of 69)

As shown, generally good condition, hardcover.

One Hundred Ways of Cooking Fish (1892) COOKBOOK

Lot #52 (Sale Order 49 of 69)

Published by New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892. Good condition small hardcover.

Modern Priscilla COOK BOOK (c.1920) One Thousand Recipes

Lot #53 (Sale Order 50 of 69)

Good condition with some cover wear. Hardcover.

Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes (1912) SOUPS CHOWDERS & FISH MEATS POULTRY

Lot #54 (Sale Order 51 of 69)

Volume 3 of large set, no title page, otherwise good- condition, hardcover as shown.

Little GIRL'S COOKING BOOK by Flora Klickmann (c.1910)

Lot #55 (Sale Order 52 of 69)

Good condition, has tape repair on spine (see pic) smaller sized hardcover, scarce.

The Gentleman's Companion: An Exotic Drinking Book or, Around the World with Beaker and Flask (1946)

Lot #56 (Sale Order 53 of 69)

Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 1946, Volume II only good condition.

The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & the Products of Craftsmen (1560-1860)

Lot #57 (Sale Order 54 of 69)

Very good condition large hardcover. Traces the development of the decorative and fine arts in the Southern states from the sixteenth century to the Civil War.

HOME CONFORTS: Things Worth Knowing in Every Household (1879)

Lot #85 (Sale Order 55 of 69)

Fair/Good to good condition with missing fep and very old library bookplate.

HOME LIFE: What it is, and What it is Needs (1873)

Lot #86 (Sale Order 56 of 69)

Good condition, the outer lower spine has wear (see pic) hardcover.

MOTHER AND CHILD (1878) Guide to the Young Mother

Lot #87 (Sale Order 57 of 69)

Good condition if not better, hardcover.

Old London Silver: Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks (1903)

Lot #88 (Sale Order 58 of 69)

Published by Scribner, 1903. Good- condition hardcover, some spotting. 405pp. 173 illustrations within the text.

Eagle Book of HOBBIES (1958)

Lot #89 (Sale Order 59 of 69)

Published by Hulton Press Ltd, 1958, very good condition hardcover with dust jacket. Fun book.

THE YEARLING by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (c.1930)

Lot #90 (Sale Order 60 of 69)

As shown, very good condition and illustrated. Hardcover.

HISTORY BOOK COLLECTION - Titanic - Bismarck - Zeppelins

Lot #91 (Sale Order 61 of 69)

As shown, all in very good condition, all in dust jacket protectors. Titanic, Bismarck, and the German Zeppelins.

Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor - THREE COPIES

Lot #92 (Sale Order 62 of 69)

Very good condition, includes earlier c.1920's edition. As shown.

SPACE STATIONS by Willy Ley (1957)

Lot #93 (Sale Order 63 of 69)

Published by Poughkeepsie, N.Y: Guild Press/ Simon & Schuster, (1958). Very good condition. Hardcover. Illustrated.

SPACE PILOTS by Willy Ley (1957)

Lot #94 (Sale Order 64 of 69)

Published by Guild Press, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY, 1957. 44p. Illustrations, some in color, by John Polgreen.

Man-Made Satellites by Willy Ley (1958)

Lot #95 (Sale Order 65 of 69)

Published by Guild Press, Inc, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1958. Very good condition hardcover. " This title was to be the first in a series called Adventure in Space. This is the story of the rocket age, before our current explorations into space. A must have for collectors."

Next Fifty Years in Space by Patrick Moore (1960)

Lot #96 (Sale Order 66 of 69)

Very good condition hardcover.

UNDER THE LILACS (c.1920) by Louisa May Alcott

Lot #97 (Sale Order 67 of 69)

Very good condition hardcover, illustrated, as shown.

The Care and Feeding of Children (1924) L. Emmet Holt

Lot #98 (Sale Order 68 of 69)

Good condition small hardcover.

SIGNED All American: Why I Believe in Football, God, and the War in Iraq

Lot #99 (Sale Order 69 of 69)

Hardcover very good condition. " McGovern asked to be mobilized from his Army Reserve duty to active duty. He was first sent to Afghanistan, where he advised battlefield commanders on legal rules of engagement. He then went to Iraq to prosecute terrorist suspects. He returned from both tours convinced that Americans needed to hear another side of the war on terrorism—the side he saw firsthand."


Antique & Vintage Books #371
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