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RARE Through the South Seas With Jack London (1913)

Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 54)

Good condition, ex-library as shown, faded spine, complete with 34 illustrations, including a frontispiece. "Martin Johnson (1884-1937) sailed with Jack London from 1907-1909 aboard the Snark to explore around the world. While touring the United States to showcase the memorabilia from his voyage, he met his future wife Osa Leighty (Johnson). The two traveled together on safaris and big game hunting expeditions, filming television shows and documentaries that were later used in notable locations like Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge."

RARE The Little Book of LIFE AFTER DEATH (1905)

Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 54)

Good condition, ex-library hardcover as shown.

FIRST EDITION Tell Me How Long the Train's Gone by JAMES BALDWIN (1968)

Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 54)

Good condition, good dust jacket in protector, hardcover.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness (1925) by THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 54)

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover, very good condition as shown. "Travelogue of sportsman and the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) in a scientific exploration in Brazilian hinterlands with co-leader Colonel Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon which took place on the completion of the presidential term."

The Book of American Negro Spirituals (1925)

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 54)

Published by The Viking Press 1925-1926, New York, 1925. Very good condition, hardcover.

AUTOGRAPH OF PHILLIP BROOKS

Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 54)

As shown 10"x5" with signatures from two unknown people. Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

AUTOGRAPH OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 54)

This is a autograph collection that includes BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.This piece is 10" x 5" with signatures on both pages. Who are the other people? I have no idea. If you find someone famous - ALL THE BETTER!

1865 ANTI-SLAVERY NEWSPAPER

Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 54)

As shown, dated October 28th 1865, good condition with some light spotting.

SALESMAN ISSUE The San Francisco Calamity by EARTHQUAKE and FIRE (1912)

Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 54)

Good condition as shown. About 1/3 of the actual book with sign-up sheet in the back pages. The back cover has a spine replica for those perspective buyers to purchase.

THE WATER WORLD or, The Ocean, Its Laws, Currents, Tides, Wind-Waves (1883)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 54)

Published by Union Publishing House, 1883. Good- condition with spotting, decorative covers.

LIMITED GUNNERMAN by Horatio Bigelow with Slipcase (1989) HUNTING

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 54)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 1989 edition. Includes slipcase. One of 2500 copies.

LIMITED Night Visions 7 - SIGNED BY ALL AUTHORS

Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 54)

Limited edition of 550 copies, this is the publisher copy. Very good condition hardcover with slipcase. Signed by all authors: Richard Laymon, Chet Williamson, Gray Brandner, as well as Stanley Wiater and artists Wendy and Charles Lang.

Whitman's Ideal Democracy and Other Writings (1902) LIMITED to 500

Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 54)

Published by Everett Press, Boston, MA, 1902. Good+ to Very good condition, uncut pages, limited to 500 copies, this is un-numbered.

RARE A Journey in Search of Christmas (1905) Illustrations by FREDERIC REMINGTON

Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 54)

Good condition hardcover with some spotting. Frederic Remington (illustrator). Octavo red pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, black and green. Illustrated with 3 full-page duotone plates and text borders on every page by Remington.

Bishop Burnet's History Of The Reformation Of The Church Of England (1820) SIX VOLUMES

Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 54)

Good condition hardcovers rebound at some point, condition as shown. Six volumes.

The British Drama: Collection of the Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies, Operas TWO VOLUMES (1832)

Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 54)

Good condition, signs of repair om the spine, hardcover. Both copies bound in full leather with gilt edges on the covers - Painted edges - Engraving on the frontispie.ce

WINCHESTER: The Golden Age of American Gunmaking and the Winchester 1 of 1000

Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 54)

Published by Winchester Arms Museum, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1983. Hardcover very good condition in dust jacket.

Collection of BOY SCOUT Books 1930's through 1950's

Lot #21 (Sale Order 21 of 54)

All in good general condition with wear - these were used by scouts.

Lake Champlain and Its Shores (1890) Vermont

Lot #22 (Sale Order 22 of 54)

Published by De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., Boston, 1890. Good general condition hardcover.

Our World Geography or Second Series of Lessons (1875)

Lot #23 (Sale Order 23 of 54)

Illustrations, maps. Color maps. Internally good. Published by University Press, 1875

The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 1767-1768

Lot #24 (Sale Order 24 of 54)

Large hardcover very good condition with dust jacket. "The French entered the Pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a Spanish preserve until British navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid 1760s. France's concerns that Britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed Louis de Bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken in 1766-9. After handing over the colony he had established in the Falkland Islands to Spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown Straits of Magellan into the poorly charted South Pacific. He made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover Tahiti, where Samuel Wallis had preceded him by less than a year. Reports on Bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in Europe. He then sailed to the Samoan Islands and on to Vanuatu, as far as the Great Barrier Reef, and north towards New Guinea and the Samoan Islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of Bougainville and the Bougainvillea flower. He returned home by way of the Dutch East Indies and the Indian Ocean. Although Bougainville published an account of his voyage in 1771, his original journal was published only in 1977; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in English translation."

Architectural Drawing and the Design of FARM STRUCTURES (1915)

Lot #25 (Sale Order 25 of 54)

Very good condition hardcover without dust jacket. Illustrated with diagrams.

Tolstoy's Letters: Volumes I & II with Slipcase

Lot #26 (Sale Order 26 of 54)

Lev N Tolstoy (Tolstoi); Translated from Original Russian and Edited by Leo Wiene. Published by Charles Schriber's Sons, 1991. Very good condition in good slipcase.

Travels in the Colonies in 1773-1775 Described in the Letters of William Mylne

Lot #27 (Sale Order 27 of 54)

Published by The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1993. Hardcover very good condition some wear on the dust jacket - minor. "In late summer 1773, William Mylne furtively departed Edinburgh, Scotland, for the American colonies, his journey precipitated by misfortune, misery, and debt. One of the city's most promising architects and master masons, Mylne had been driven to mental and financial exhaustion following the partial collapse of a bridge he had been commissioned to build on Edinburgh's north side - a tragic accident that claimed the lives of five pedestrians."

GOLD Placers of California. Bulletin No. 92 with MAPS

Lot #28 (Sale Order 28 of 54)

First edition. Important reference work. Illustrated. Large folding map in rear pocket. Go out and find your fortune.

Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War NEW SEALED

Lot #29 (Sale Order 29 of 54)

"McElfresh, a cartographer, a map historian, and president of the McElfresh Map Company, has assembled a remarkable corpus of Civil War-period maps and essays about them." New and Sealed.

A Memoir SIGNED BY FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH

Lot #30 (Sale Order 30 of 54)

Very good condition hardcover, signed as shown.

Promise Me, Dad SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

Lot #31 (Sale Order 31 of 54)

Very good condition hardcover signed as shown.

RARE An Abridgement of the History of New-England, for the Use of Young Persons (1805)

Lot #32 (Sale Order 32 of 54)

Published by Belcher & Armstrong, Boston, 1805. Good condition, covers rubbed as shown.

The Great American PIN-UP (2002)

Lot #33 (Sale Order 33 of 54)

Published by TASCHEN, 2002. Very good condition hardcover. Artists include Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran, Higgins, De Vors, Art Frahm, Earl MacPherson, Munson, Thompson, Vargas, Willis, Withers, and many more. 380pp including illustrated bibliography and Index of Artists.

MILITARY BOOKS - The BATTLE OF BRITAIN & Infantry Combat - The Rifle Platoon

Lot #34 (Sale Order 34 of 54)

Both in very good condition, the Battle of Britain is hardcover, the Infantry Combat book is softcover.

The AIR WAR in Indochina by Neil Sheehan (1972)

Lot #35 (Sale Order 35 of 54)

Beacon Press; Boston, 1972. Softcover. Revised Edition, by Raphael Littauer and Norman Uphoff.

STREET WITHOUT JOY : Indochina at War, 1946-1954 EASTON PRESS Full Red Leather

Lot #36 (Sale Order 36 of 54)

Published by Easton Press, 1995. Very good condition, some minor wear. 8vo. Full red leather with extensive gilt pictorial design on covers. All edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Silk end-papers. 322pp. Illustrations. Part of The Leather-Bound Library of Military History

The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan (1888) Union General of the Civil War

Lot #37 (Sale Order 37 of 54)

Published by J. A. & R. A. Reid, Providence, 1888. good general condition with wear.

History of Massachusetts from 1764 to 1775 by Alden Bradford (1822) Interesting Ownership!

Lot #38 (Sale Order 38 of 54)

Fair condition, maybe fair/good with loose boards. The interesting note on this book is as original owner noted this was owned by "JOHN PRINCE". Most likely this is Reverend John Prince. Among many things -> "He was a native of Boston and although he was not apart of the tea boarding party during the Boston Tea Party, he was a witness to the destruction of tea, as he informed Colonel Russell of the “Centinel.”

Three 1940's LITTLE BOOKS

Lot #39 (Sale Order 39 of 54)

As shown, good condition generally. Sized 3" tall.

First Lines of Physiology (1769) by William Cullen, M.D.

Lot #40 (Sale Order 40 of 54)

Edinburgh : Printed for for Charles Elliot, 1779. Early full calf, moderately scuffed but very sound. 530 pp.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail (1902) with Frederic Remington

Lot #41 (Sale Order 41 of 54)

Published by The Century Co., New York, 1902. Good condition hardcover. With 94 black and white illustrations by Frederic Remington.

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. And the Comedy: Those Extraordinary Twins MARK TWAIN (1900)

Lot #42 (Sale Order 42 of 54)

Good condition hardcover with some spotting. Published by American Publishing Company, Hartford, CT, 1900.

The Romance of Insect Life: Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Insect World (1906)

Lot #43 (Sale Order 43 of 54)

Good condition with wear on the upper spine (see pic). Published by Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1906. Some spotting. There are 26 Chapters covering Interesting descriptions of the strange and curious in the insect world. There are 16 illustrations.

ANDREW JACKSON Two Volume Set by Robert Remini (1998)

Lot #44 (Sale Order 44 of 54)

Hardcovers in very good condition with dust jacket.

Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster & GENRAL PATTON: A Soldiers Life

Lot #45 (Sale Order 45 of 54)

Both hardcover, the Zhukov book is very good, the Patton book is brand new and sealed.

The Government of England (1909) Two Volume Set

Lot #46 (Sale Order 46 of 54)

Published by New York : MacMillan, 1909. Very good condition. Two volume set. Owned by Copley Armory Jr. who curiously was the first to discover fossil camel remains in northern North America in 1912. "Measured by the standards of duration, absence of violent commotions, maintenance of law and order, general prosperity and contentment of the people, and by the extent of its influence on the institutions and political thought of other lands, the English government has been one of the most remarkable the world has ever known. This valuable study is, therefore, an attempt to study it."

THE ROOSEVELT BEARS, Their Travels and Adventures (1906)

Lot #47 (Sale Order 47 of 54)

Published by Edward Stern, 1907. Fair/Good to good condition with general wear, someone repaired the inner hinge. Hardcover. "Seymour Eaton's anthropomorphic bears were the subject of some of the most popular children s books in America. Their topical popularity was due to the tie-in between the bears and Teddy Roosevelt during the 1900s when TR was President of the U.S., and the 1910s when there was widespread speculation whether he would try to run for a third term"

SIGNED Stalking the Nightmare by HARLIN ELLISON (1982) PHANTASIA PRESS

Lot #48 (Sale Order 48 of 54)

Published by Phantasia Press, Huntington Woods, MI, USA, 1982. Good condition with dust jacket.

Original German WWII Luftschutz Gladiator Helmet

Lot #49 (Sale Order 49 of 54)

As shown, authentic.

RARE The Greater German Fight for Freedom (1940) Speeches by ADOLF HITLER

Lot #50 (Sale Order 50 of 54)

The Greater German Fight for Freedom. Speeches by Adolf Hitler from September 1, 1939 to March 10, 1940 Complete edition in the original publisher's binding. With bookplate thanking owner for Socialist efforts and with inscription signed by unknown? WITH DUST JACKET. Good condition some dust jacket wear.

1919 PUNCH BOUND

Lot #51 (Sale Order 51 of 54)

Good to very good condition as shown, hundreds of pages and illustrations. Only the first page has the color cover.

Galactic Empires (1976) Two Volume Set by Brian Aldiss

Lot #52 (Sale Order 52 of 54)

Two hardcovers in good condition with dust jacket as shown, BCE.

The History of Emperor Charles the Fifth (1857) Three Volumes

Lot #53 (Sale Order 53 of 54)

Good- condition with spine wear (see pic), one volume has missing label. By Charles Prescott.

1856 Documents Relative to Central American Affairs and the Enlistment Question

Lot #54 (Sale Order 54 of 54)

Fair condition. Map is present (I did not unfold it for fear I couldn't get it back together) Correspondence between U.S. and Great Britain on arbitration of disputes in Belize and Nicaragua, and recruitment for British army within U.S.


Antique & Vintage Books #378
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