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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 88)

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Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 88)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 88)

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LIMITED The Georgies of Vergil (1931) One of 500 Copies

Lot #6 (Sale Order 4 of 88)

Published by London: Published by George W. Jones, 1931, very good condition. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies.

Our Young Folks Illustrated Magazine Bound (1865) with Lincoln Assassination

Lot #7 (Sale Order 5 of 88)

Good to Very good condition, has large piece on Abraham Lincoln, his life and death. Also with mention of Booth and the trial.

SIGNED - ALBERT SPEER: His Battle with Truth

Lot #8 (Sale Order 6 of 88)

Signed by the AUTHOR Gitta Sereny. Hardcover with dust jacket.

Il piano Roosevelt (1935) The Roosevelt Plan

Lot #9 (Sale Order 7 of 88)

Italian booklet on the "Economics of the Recovery Plan" as shown. Very good condition.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Black Dossier, Absolute Edition

Lot #10 (Sale Order 8 of 88)

A stand-alone story in the League universe. This book is set in 1958, with a storyline incorporating George Orwell's Big Brother, Allan Quartermain, James Bond, and Bulldog Drummond. The final section is intended for viewing with 3-D glasses, a pair of which were issued with the book. First edition (states "First printing"). A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket.

Chef-D'oeuvres Dramatique de VOLTAIRE (1808) Four volumes

Lot #11 (Sale Order 9 of 88)

Published by Published by Au Depot General de Nouveautes, sur le Pont-Neuf, Paris, 1808. Condition as shown, some cover wear, small hardcovers.

Four Volumes BIBLIOTHEQUE ELZEVIRIENNE (1858) Complete Works of Tabarin

Lot #12 (Sale Order 10 of 88)

Published by Paul Daffis, éditeur-propriétaire de la Bibliothèque Elzevirienne (1858) Four volumes, very nice for shelf as shown with globe on spine. Includes two complete volumes of Tabarin, with meetings, fantasies and facetious coq-al'ane of Baron de Gratelard. And various pamphlets published separately under the name or about. Very good condition.

The Sketch-Book Two Volumes by Washington Irving (1895) Two Volumes with ARTHUR RACKHAM

Lot #13 (Sale Order 11 of 88)

Published by Putnam's Sons, New York, 1895. Good condition with some minor spotting, Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. Volume 1 has a one-color frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, with 17 additional plates by various artists and from photographs, and volume 2 has two one-color plates by Rackham and 12 additional plates.

SIGNED To Other Worlds. Telescopes Rockets Stars! (1954)

Lot #14 (Sale Order 12 of 88)

Good condition, hardcover, with dust jacket. On a side note - I could not find this book ANYWHERE on the internet. Not one listing. Doesn't mean anything additional about this book - just a oddity.

The Black Book: The Nazi Crime Against the Jewish People (1946)

Lot #15 (Sale Order 13 of 88)

Published by Jewish Black Book Committee, New York, 1946. Good condition with good dust jacket with wear. The manuscript of this book was submitted to the juridical authorities of the United Nations War Crimes Commission meeting at Nuremberg, Germany, as evidence of the crimes committed by the Nazis against the Jewish people.

SIGNED The Towers of New York: The Memoirs of Amaster Builder (1937)

Lot #16 (Sale Order 14 of 88)

Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1937. Very good condition, no dust jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. 271pp +index, illustrated.

The Pictorial History of the Great Civil War (1881)

Lot #17 (Sale Order 15 of 88)

Published by The National Publishing Co., 1881. Good- condition with general wear throughout. "with graphic descriptions of heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals; narratives of personal adventure; thrilling incidents; daring exploits; wonderful escapes; life in camp, field and hospital; adventures of blockade life, etc, containing carefully prepared biographies of the leading Generals and Naval commanders." MANY great illustrations as shown in the photographs.

Great African Travellers, From Mungo Park to Rescuing of Emin Pacha by Henry Stanley (1890)

Lot #18 (Sale Order 16 of 88)

Published by George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Good- condition, binding slightly loose, some browning pages.

The Book of Adventure and Sport (1925)

Lot #19 (Sale Order 17 of 88)

Published by London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, [ca. ], 1925. Good- condition, some spotting, binding slightly loose. Including "The Prince of Wales as Scout" by Lord Baden-Powell. 160 pages.

FIFTEEN Decorative VICTOR HUGO Volumes (1879)

Lot #20 (Sale Order 18 of 88)

Published by Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur N.d. [c. 1875], Paris. All volumes in good condition. 15 volumes are present (There was more in the complete set). Contemporary dark brown half morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spines with gilt panels & lettering. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers.

Historical Collections Of The State Of New Jersey (1844) with COLOR MAP

Lot #21 (Sale Order 19 of 88)

Fair/Good condition, solid but with spotting. Does come with map as shown. Published by Benjamin Olds for Justus H. Bradley, (1844), also 620 pages of text and illustrated with a hand-colored double frontis and with 120 from engravings.

A Catalogue of the Books of JOHN ADAMS Deposited in the Boston Athenaeum (1938) LIMITED TO 300

Lot #22 (Sale Order 20 of 88)

Published by Printed for the Athenaeum, Boston, 1938. Introduction by Worthington Chauncey Ford. 152 pp. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition; one of 300 copies printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press.

RARE Boys and Girls of Bookland by Nora Archibald Smith (1923) Illustrations by Jesse Wilcox Smith

Lot #23 (Sale Order 21 of 88)

Published by Cosmopolitan Corp, New York, 1923. Hardcover, good to very good condition as shown. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith with 11 full-page colour plates. Adaptations of the originals of David Copperfield, Little Women, Hans Brinker, Heidi, Mowgli (The Jungle Book) and others.

SIGNED I Choose Freedom: Political Life of a Soviet Official by Victor Kravchenko (1949)

Lot #24 (Sale Order 22 of 88)

Charles Scribners and Sons (1946) Very good condition, no dust jacket signed. Kravchenko defected to the United States during World War II, and began writing about his experiences as an official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Svenskt Silversmide 1520-1850 - Sweddish Gold and Silversmiths

Lot #25 (Sale Order 23 of 88)

This is Volume II, rebound, Published by Nordisk Rotogravyr, Stockholm, 1940. This volume came from "The definitive scholarly 3-volume set on Swedish gold and silver smiths published between 1940-1945"

Cloud-Lands of France by Amy Oakley (1927)

Lot #26 (Sale Order 24 of 88)

Published by The Century Company, New York, 1927. One of eight travel books collaborated on by the husband and wife team Amy and Thornton Oakley. Very good condition.

RARE Anus Mundi: 1,500 Days in Auschwitz/Birkenau (1946)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 25 of 88)

Good condition, ex library. Published by Times Books, New York, 1972. Hardcover. "He spent almost five years in different parts of the complex. He held various positions, including nurse, writer and "prison senior". After the Second World War he went to the National Film School and worked as a filmmaker. About his stay in Auschwitz he wrote the book Anus Mundi: 1,500 Days in Auschwitz/Birkenau."

RARE Oeuvres Philosophiques de Condillac (1792) Four Volume Set

Lot #28 (Sale Order 26 of 88)

Published by s.n.,, A Parme,, 1792. Good- condition with cover wear. The four uniformly bound volumes contain all of Condillac's great philosophical works in which the theory of sensualism and the birth of psychology were established. Volume I: Essay on the origin of human knowledge. Volume 2: Treaty of sensations. Volume 4: logic and the treaty of animals. Volume 3: the Treaty of systems. is erected the theory of sensualism and the birth of psychology. Volume I: Essay on the origin of human knowledge. Volume 2: Treaty of sensations. Volume 4: logic and the treaty of animals. Volume 3: the Treaty of systems. is erected the theory of sensualism and the birth of psychology. Volume I: Essay on the origin of human knowledge. Volume 2: Treaty of sensations. Volume 4: logic and the treaty of animals. Volume 3: the Treaty of systems.

Nouvelles Confidences by Lamartine (1856)

Lot #29 (Sale Order 27 of 88)

Published by Michel lévy frères, 1856. Very good condition hardcover with decorative binding.

RAREST Seventeen Original Sketches from THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DOGS

Lot #30 (Sale Order 28 of 88)

Box with seventeen hand drawn by pencil illustrations by E.M. Thomas from the book, "The Hidden Life of Dogs". All 12" x 15" and in very good condition. Many not signed but most detail where in the book they would be placed.

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (1972) Three Volume Set

Lot #31 (Sale Order 29 of 88)

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons n.y., New York, 1972. Very good condition, hardcovers. A tight and handsome much later printing of Freeman's 1942-44 opus, described by Warren W. Hassler Jr. as "The ablest descriptive and evaluative study of the leading generals. massively documented, movingly written, highly authoritative, and faintly smug."

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (1933) Illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM

Lot #32 (Sale Order 30 of 88)

Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1933, hardcover, good condition with dust jacket.

The Night Before Christmas (c.1938) Illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM

Lot #33 (Sale Order 31 of 88)

Published by JP Lippincott, no dust jacket, good+ condition as shown, small hardcover.

The Erotic Lives of Women (1998)

Lot #34 (Sale Order 32 of 88)

Hardcover, very good condition. With dust jacket. 240 pp. Color illustrations. "What does the word 'erotic' mean to you? What was your first erotic experience? What was your strongest erotic experience? Do you have any fantasies? These were the questions that photographer Linda Troeller and writer Marion Schneider asked over 30 women from almost a dozen countires because they believe that women need to share their erotic knowledge and experience. The result is a fasicnating collection of texts and images of women who tell their moving personal stories of eroticism, sexuality, and desire."

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885) Two Volimes

Lot #35 (Sale Order 33 of 88)

Good condition with overall wear as shown, hardcovers. Published by Charles L. Webster, New York, 1885. Volume I features a facsimile signature and dedication from Grant on the page adjacent to the copyright page. "The best memoirs of any general's since Caesar" (Mark Twain). NOTE - There is a large inscription to a "Peter Throckenorton" remote chance this the man who was an American photojournalist and a pioneer underwater archaeologist - but we can't be sure.

The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales by A. Conan Doyle (1894)

Lot #36 (Sale Order 34 of 88)

These ten tales by Doyle were first published by Longmans in 1890. Good condition with some wear, paperback.

Intriguing and Eccentric Characters and Stories from the World of Dentistry

Lot #37 (Sale Order 35 of 88)

Published by Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, 2008. b/w illustrations, references each of 33 historical articles, most previously published by Bulletin or Journal of the History of Dentistry. Very good softcover.

The Knickerbocker Gallery: A Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine (1855)

Lot #38 (Sale Order 36 of 88)

Published by Samuel Hueston, New York, 1855. Good condition hardcover, some cover wear, light spotting. "A very attractive volume that is itself a snapshot of a large segment of the intellectual / literary community in America during the mid-nineteenth century."

Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (2001) UK Bloomsbury Edition

Lot #39 (Sale Order 37 of 88)

Harry Potter Paperback Box Set: Four Volumes. The Philosopher's Stone. The Chamber of Secrets. The Prisoner of Azkaban. The Goblet of Fire. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2001. Very good condition, some box scuffing.

The Valley of the Moon (1914) by Jack London

Lot #40 (Sale Order 38 of 88)

First edition, no dust jacket, Published by Mills and Boon, London, 1914. Hardcover.

SIGNED Forever Young: A Memoir by HAYLEY MILLS

Lot #41 (Sale Order 39 of 88)

Very good condition, signed. "Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a famous acting family and becoming a Disney child star, trying to grow up in a world that wanted her to stay forever young."

ADMIRAL DUNCAN by The Earl of Camperdown (1898) Fought Against the Dutch at Camperdown in 1797

Lot #42 (Sale Order 40 of 88)

Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1898. Hardcover, some cover wear. (Those scuff marks are just dust - I should've cleaned it before the photo.) Admiral Duncan (1731–1804) led the British fleet to victory against the Dutch at Camperdown in 1797.

RARE The Life and Trial of Guiteau the ASSASSIN (1882)

Lot #43 (Sale Order 41 of 88)

Published by Jones Brothers, Cincinnati, 1882. Good+ condition, some light spotting. Guiteau murdered President James Garfieldon July 2, 1881, at the train station in Washington.

SIGNED Songs Of A Lifetime by Marion Franklin Ham (1953) POETRY

Lot #44 (Sale Order 42 of 88)

Published by Boston, Beacon Press 1953. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Ed. VG+ in Good dust jacket with upper edge chips. A collection of 5 volumes of poems, including the highly-acclaimed volume 'Golden Shuttle'.

HAUNTED CASTLES: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell (1985)

Lot #45 (Sale Order 43 of 88)

Published by Maclay & Associates, 1985. Very good condition, hardcover. Collects three novellas, "Sardonicus," "Sagittarius" and "Sanguinarius," and four shorter tales. "Sanguinarius" is a fictionalized account of the life of "blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory."

THE GREEN BAG: An Entertaining Magazine for Lawyers (1900)

Lot #46 (Sale Order 44 of 88)

Published by The Boston Book Company, Boston, MA, 1900. Very good condition, hardcover. Bound periodical.

AN OUTBOARD CRUISING GUIDE New England, Eastern New York State and Adjacent Canadian Waters (1958)

Lot #47 (Sale Order 45 of 88)

Published by Dodd Mead & Co, New York, 1958. Good condition hardcover with dust jacket.

STAR WARS RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) Marvel Official Comic Book

Lot #48 (Sale Order 46 of 88)

Published by Marvel Books, New York, 1983. Good to Very good condition as shown, softcover.

SIGNED Ethan Hawke & Greg Ruth MEADOWLARK - First Edition Hardcover

Lot #49 (Sale Order 47 of 88)

As shown, very good condition with dust jacket, signed by ETHAN HAWKE.

The Little Girl's Cooking Book (c.1920)

Lot #50 (Sale Order 48 of 88)

Small hardcover, 68 pages. Recipes and extensive explanation of the methods of working and the reasoning behind it. The author addresses the reader directly. Apple tarts, cakes, making lemonade, trifle, plum pudding, boiling fish and eggs and potatoes and many similar items, as well as laying and clearing a table, washing up dishes, weighing ingredients.

RARE Some Recollections of our Antislavery Conflict (1869)

Lot #51 (Sale Order 49 of 88)

Published by Fields, Osgood, & Co, Boston, 1869. "Some Recollections of Our Antislavery Conflict is a fascinating historical account of abolition and the various honorable figures involved in the fight to end slavery."

Letters of Lydia Maria Child (1883) American Abolitionist - Women's Rghts Activist

Lot #52 (Sale Order 50 of 88)

Published by Boston. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Very good condition.

Memories of a Hostess (1922) A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships

Lot #53 (Sale Order 51 of 88)

Published by Atlantic Monthly Press - Boston, 1922. Very good condition hardcover. Drawn from the diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields and contains chapters on many important people of the day, including Louis Agassiz, Charles Dickets, Longfellow, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Juila Ward Howe, Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, etc.

RARE Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1852) First Female War Correspondent

Lot #54 (Sale Order 52 of 88)

Very good condition two volume set. Published by Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1852. A cooperative effort from her friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Freeman Clarke, and William Henry Channing. Ossoli was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.

Life of RALPH WALDO EMERSON (c.1900) Five Volume Set

Lot #55 (Sale Order 53 of 88)

Good to very good condition. No Jacket. nd, 423pp, 603pp, 574pp, 554pp, 322pp, illus., paste-on label to spines, v. 1 -Essays - First and Second Series; v. 2 - English Traits, Representative Men, Addresses; v. 3 - Conduct of Life, Solitude and Society, and Other Essays and Addresses; v. 4 - Nature, Addresses, Papers from the Dial; v. 5 - Life of Emerson, Poems.

Memoir Of Samuel Joseph May (1873) Women's Rights - Slavery - Education

Lot #56 (Sale Order 54 of 88)

Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1873. Very good condition. Includes a first hand account of Prudence Crandall's attempt to open a school ".for young ladies and little misses of color" in Canterbury, CT and the persecution of the town's people against her. May was an American reformer during the nineteenth century who championed education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. May argued on behalf of all working people that the rights of humanity were more important than the rights of property, and advocated for minimum wages and legal limitations on the amassing of wealth.

Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert (1854)

Lot #58 (Sale Order 55 of 88)

Very good condition hardcover. Boston Donahoe (1854) Cardinal John Henry Newman was one of the leading members of the Oxford Movement and one of the first converts to Catholicism during its revival. Soon after his conversion he published a novel, Loss and Gain: the Story of a Convert that sheds some light on his path to Rome.

The Diary Of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1794 - 1845

Lot #59 (Sale Order 56 of 88)

The Diary Of John Quincy Adams 1794 - 1845: American Political, Social And intellectual life From Washington To Polk. Published by Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1928. Very good condition hardcover. "The edited diaries of the American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829"

Collected Works of Victor Hugo (c.1900) Five Volumes

Lot #60 (Sale Order 57 of 88)

As shown, smaller sized hardcovers, No clear date given. Includes complete La Légende des Siecles. Odes et Ballades/ Les Orientales, and Les Contemplations

Nimrod of the Sea; or, The American WHALEMAN (1874)

Lot #61 (Sale Order 58 of 88)

Published by Harper & Brothers, 1874. Very good condition. Nimrod closely resembles Herman Melville's Moby-Dick in many ways, but in no way mentions or credits it; nor do either of the two reviews in Harper's Magazine, including one of 10,000 words. "That the silence regarding Melville's greatest novel could be shared by author and reviewer of Nimrod convincingly demonstrates that within a single generation Melville had become the 'buried author.

TOM SWIFT and Ken Holt Juvenile Book Lot

Lot #62 (Sale Order 59 of 88)

As shown, all in good to very good condition. The Secret of the Old Mill has the dust jacket and is in very good condition.

Juvenile Chip Hilton SPORTS LOT (c.1950's)

Lot #63 (Sale Order 60 of 88)

All from the 1950's and 1960's, hardcover, most in good+ condition, no dust jackets, all sports themed.

LIMITED Life in Lebanon - La vie au Liban (1959) with 10 Large Woodcuts

Lot #64 (Sale Order 61 of 88)

The folder contains ten woodcuts, indicating what is depicted in three languages. 3000 copies have been published. Very good condition.

The Life and Correspondence of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1894) Two Volumes

Lot #65 (Sale Order 62 of 88)

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Hardcover. 2 vols. Very good condition. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

Recollections of WWII - Typed Personal Memoir

Lot #66 (Sale Order 63 of 88)

Henri B. Atkins' "Recollections of WWII," a typed memoir detailing his experiences during his World War II service. Serving with the 99th Infantry Division focused in the European theater, his recollections detail his time training and serving, including his participation in the Battle of the Bulge. As shown, very good condition, softcover.

AIR POWER Naval Military Commercial (1917)

Lot #67 (Sale Order 64 of 88)

Published by Champman & Hall, 1917. Hardcover, fair/good to good condition. "This book is composed of seven parts discussing the war by air, problems in construction, and the British policy after the Great War. It also focuses on the factors of safety, the popularization of air travel as well as the laws of the air. Finally, it studies the prospect of commercial flying."

The Art of Close-Up Magic by Lewis Ganson (1967) Volume One

Lot #68 (Sale Order 65 of 88)

Published by Harry Stanley, London, 1967, good to very good with dust jacket, hardcover. "A superb collection of advice and routines in the field of intimate magic, by the compiler and a host of eminent contributors. No card effects are included, and a few of the effects call for difficult handling. Of special value is the compiler's chapter . on the presentation of close-up magic."

Two Early Juvenile Mystery Books with Dust Jackets

Lot #69 (Sale Order 66 of 88)

Both in good condition with fair/good to good dust jackets in protectors. As shown.

COCA-COLA: Kiss the Past Hello

Lot #70 (Sale Order 67 of 88)

Very good condition, hardcover, some slight cover wear. "One of the most famous and unmistakable shapes in the world since its introduction in 1915, the Coca-Cola bottle is an influential symbol of design, art, and culture. Identified by its iconic contour fluted lines and described by noted industrial designer, Raymond Loewy as the “perfect liquid wrapper,” the bottle has been celebrated and revered in such mediums as art, music and advertising. From representations as a symbol of mass culture expressed by greats like Andy Warhol and Clive Barker to serving as a reference point for industry influencers such as Volkswagen who compared the shape of the Beetle to the bottle, the Coca-Cola bottle has been a benchmark for the past hundred years."

THE HOBBIT 50th Anniversary Edition (1987) with Slipcase

Lot #88 (Sale Order 68 of 88)

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Very good condition with slipcase.

WW2 The Royal Navy and the Sino-Japanese Incident, 1937-41

Lot #89 (Sale Order 69 of 88)

Very good condition, hardcover. 167 pages. the author explores the Royal Navy's role in the Sino-Japanese War which started in July 1937

The Treasury of History; Being a History of the World (1850) Two Volumes

Lot #91 (Sale Order 70 of 88)

Fair/Good to good condition, one volume missing spine label. Heavily illustrated. "A History of the United States to 1848, Edited by John Inman, Esq., including the Late War with Mexico"

The Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers 1861-1866, "New England Guard Regiment"

Lot #93 (Sale Order 71 of 88)

Published by Twenty-Fourth Regimental Veteran Association, 1907. "For this work Roe leaned heavily on the writings of Cols. Thomas G. Stevenson (q.v.) and Francis A. Osborn; other memoirs were also employed in describing the regiment's several campaigns along the South Atlantic Coast.". Good condition, ex-library.

Boyhood & Youth Of Joseph Hodges Choate (1917) Only 600 COPIES Printed

Lot #94 (Sale Order 72 of 88)

Privately printed by Caroline Sterling Choate. Was given to someone from the daughter of Choate (see inscription) Good+ with some spine wear, hardcover. Privately Printed 1917. Joseph Hodges Choate was an American lawyer and diplomat. Choate was associated with many of the most famous litigations in American legal history, including the Kansas prohibition cases, the Chinese exclusion cases, the Isaac H. Maynard election returns case, the Income Tax Suit, and the Samuel J. Tilden, Jane Stanford, and Alexander Turney Stewart will cases. In the public sphere, he was influential in the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

RARE A Voyage Around the World: Visits to Foreign Countries, United States Frigate Columbia (1847)

Lot #95 (Sale Order 73 of 88)

Published by H. Mansfield, New Haven, 1848. Good- condition with some spine wear, two volumes in one. Taylor was Chaplain to the East India Squadron which made this voyage in 1838. Includes a hand-colored stipple engraving of the Emperor of China.

CIVIL WAR General John Buford: A Military Biography

Lot #96 (Sale Order 74 of 88)

Hardcover, very good condition, "The film Gettysburg introduced the general public to Union cavalry leader John Buford and his key role on the first day of the battle; no full-length biography of the general has ever been written until now."

RARE Practical Flying. Complete Course of Flying Instruction (1917)

Lot #97 (Sale Order 75 of 88)

George H. Doran - New York, 1918. Hardcover, good condition.

The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World

Lot #98 (Sale Order 76 of 88)

Picador; (January 13, 2015) Very good condition, hardcover. "From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America's struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond"

WW1 Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders of Battle

Lot #99 (Sale Order 77 of 88)

Softcover, very good condition. "A detailed account of the composition, structure and organization of the First World War German Army has long been needed by English-language readers - this work will fill the gap admirably. In more than 300 pages, the authors examine all aspects of the army. A detailed analytical text is followed by an extensive compendium of order-of-battle data."

CIVIL WAR The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864

Lot #100 (Sale Order 78 of 88)

Very good hardcover. "Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written."

CIVIL WAR Command And Strategy: The Process Of Victory And Defeat

Lot #101 (Sale Order 79 of 88)

Very good condition hardcover. Compares the wartime strategies of the high command of the Union and Confederate Armies

CIVIL WAR The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7–12, 186

Lot #102 (Sale Order 80 of 88)

Very good condition, hardcover. "The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7–12, 1864 continues Gordon C. Rhea’s peerless treatment of the Civil War’s clash of titans: Grant’s Army of the Potomac versus Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Inlaid with detail, innovative analysis, riveting prose, and an abundance of supporting primary evidence, it is a worthy sequel to Rhea’s first, acclaimed work, The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864."

CIVIL WAR Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History

Lot #103 (Sale Order 81 of 88)

Very good condition hardcover. "Richard McMurry compares the two largest Confederate armies, assessing why Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was more successful than the Army of Tennessee. His bold conclusion is that Lee's army was a better army--not just one with a better high command."

RARE Studies and Exercises in Formal Logic (1906) John Neville KEYNES

Lot #104 (Sale Order 82 of 88)

Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1906. Hardcover good condition with cover wear. Almost every copy I see online is $250-$1000. Take that info as you will. One reason is John Neville Keynes was a British economist and father of the famous John Maynard Keynes whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.

HELEN KELLER Sketch for a Portrait (1956)

Lot #105 (Sale Order 83 of 88)

Published by E. P. DUTTON & CO, NEW YORK, 1956. Good condition hardcover, no dust jacket.

Elements of Logic. Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana (1869)

Lot #106 (Sale Order 84 of 88)

Published by New York: Sheldon & Company (1869) good condition hardcover.

RARE Ireland: A Study in Nationalism (1918) LIMITED TO 10 COPIES!

Lot #107 (Sale Order 85 of 88)

Published by B.W. Huebsch, New York, 1919. SIGNED by the author and the publisher. One signature is Benjamin W. Huebsch who was an American publisher in New York City in the early 20th century. The author Francis Hackett was an Irish novelist and literary critic. He is most famous for writing a detailed book about Henry VIII but was also a noted critic and published several other books most of which were either non-fiction or biographies.

The Book of Self by James Oppenheim (1917)

Lot #108 (Sale Order 86 of 88)

Very good condition, hardcover. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917. Oppenheim was a prolific writer, and his work spanned a range of genres including poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. His writing often focused on social justice issues, and he was a prominent member of the socialist and labor movements in the early 20th century.

The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham (1857)

Lot #109 (Sale Order 87 of 88)

Published by James Nichol, Edinburgh, 1857. Good condition, hardcover. Collected works of two early British poets, heavily influential in the Augustan or more formalized stylings of Eighteenth Century.

SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by Edgar Lee Masters (1915) First Edition

Lot #110 (Sale Order 88 of 88)

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1915. Very good condition, hardcover. The collection consists of over 200 free-verse poems, each of which is written from the perspective of a resident of the fictional town of Spoon River, Illinois. What makes Spoon River Anthology unique is its use of the first-person perspective to tell the story of the town. Each poem is written from the point of view of a different character, and as the collection progresses, a complex and multifaceted picture of the town and its people emerges.


Antique & Vintage Books #383
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