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Antique & Vintage Books #388
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RARE The Last Book of Wonder (1916) by Lord Dunsany
Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 85)
Published by John W. Luce & Company, Boston, 1916. Very good condition. Book published in red paper over black fabric with dual crests and title in gilt. The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien.
FOUR WW2 Era Aircraft Spotting Guides
Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 85)
As shown, all four generally in good condition.
Poems of Shelley: Selected & Arranged by Stopford A. Brooke (1893)
Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 85)
Very good condition hardcover, decorative covers for shelf. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company - New York, 1893.
Twilight Town by Mary Frances Blaisdell (1925)
Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 85)
Good condition, hardcover, some pencil writing as shown. Nice cover.
Oriental Rugs by Marshall Field & Company (c.1910?)
Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 85)
Softcover, good to very good condition. Published by Marshall Field & Company, Chicago.
The Boy Scouts Afoot in France or, With the Red Cross Corps at the Marne (1917)
Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 85)
Hardcover, good condition. Published by Published by A. L. Burt Company Publishers (1917)
Historic Textile Fabrics : A Short History of the Tradition and Development (1923)
Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 85)
Good to very good condition, hardcover. Published by New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; London : B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1923
Waverley Novels, Peveril of the Peak (1885) Decorative Binding
Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 85)
Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1885. Good to very good condition, nice decorative binding for the shelf.
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet (c.1920)
Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 85)
Published by Grosset and Dunlap (c.1920) hardcover.
She Stoops to Conquer by Olive Goldsmith (1895)
Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 85)
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1895. Hardcover.
Master Skylark by John G. Bennett (1922)
Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 85)
Published by The Century Company, 1922. A well-preserved copy of a classic, with 8 full page color illustrations by Henry Pitz, and drawings at chapter headings.
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1922) with Milo Winter Illustrations
Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 85)
Good condition, some cover wear. Published by Rand McNally & Company, 1922.
RARE Instructions in Rifle and Carbine Firing for the United States Army (1886)
Lot #20 (Sale Order 17 of 85)
Good- condition with loose front cover. Instructions in Rifle and Carbine Firing for the United States Army; Published by Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. Size 5" x 4" x 3/4".
EPHEMERA LOT - Lewis & Clark - Magazines - Tower of London
Lot #21 (Sale Order 18 of 85)
Assorted items. Five 1890's magazines called the "Nassau Literary Magazine" (c.1890's), a Illustrated Guide to the Armories - Tower of London (1910), Pamphlets on Lewis & Clark and the Marias Pass.
Compendium Theologiae Moralis (1853)
Lot #22 (Sale Order 19 of 85)
Good- condition with cover wear as shown. In Latin.
BRING YOUR DOG by Albert W. Harris (1954) Hunting Dogs
Lot #33 (Sale Order 20 of 85)
Published by Rand McNally, 1954. Albert Harris shares his adventures with hunting dogs while on shooting trips for wild turkey, mountain lion, ducks, and raccoons. Sites include Texas and Arizona. Harris was a member of Calumet Shooting Club. Scarce & entertaining hunting title.
Hunting Countries by F. A. Stewart (1935)
Lot #34 (Sale Order 21 of 85)
Good to Very good condition with dust jacket. Frank Algernon Stewart's collection on hunts richly illustrated with his iconic drawings throughout. Black and white line drawings and twelve color plates. Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall
DOGS OF EVERY DAY by Patrick R. Chalmers (1933)
Lot #35 (Sale Order 22 of 85)
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1933. Hardcover no dust jacket. "These verses specially written to accompany Mr. Aldin's drawings have appeared in the pages of "Punch" from time to time"
THE DOG BOOK by Albert Payson Terhune and Diana Thorne (1932)
Lot #36 (Sale Order 23 of 85)
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH, 1932. Interior is in very good condition, the cover has obvious wear. Pictorial cover, color illustrations by Diana Thorne.
Cecil Aldin: The Story of a Sporting Artist (1981) DOGS
Lot #37 (Sale Order 24 of 85)
Published by Webb and Bower 1981. Very good condition hardcover with dust jacket. Cecil Aldin's life story. Lavishly illustrated with his own drawings and paintings, some in color including family photographs.
Man's Best Friend: The Story of the Dog (1928)
Lot #38 (Sale Order 25 of 85)
Published by The Macaulay Company, New York, NY, 1928. Good condition, no dust jacket. With an introduction by Albert Payson Terhune and illustrations reproduced from photographs, old prints, and a series of etchings by Diana Thorne.
That Pup Butler by Ellis Parker (1909)
Lot #39 (Sale Order 26 of 85)
Small hardcover, good condition as shown. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company., New York., 1909.
Drawing Dogs by Diana Thorne (1952)
Lot #40 (Sale Order 27 of 85)
Good to very good condition, small hardcover with dust jacket.
RARE A Dog Day or the Angel in the House (1902)
Lot #41 (Sale Order 28 of 85)
Published by E. P. Dutton NY, 1902. Good+ condition as shown, hardcover. Book is distinguished by Cecil Aldin's endearing dog illustrations.
DOGS of Character by Cecil Aldin (1927)
Lot #42 (Sale Order 29 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover, some slight spotting. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. The New York edition with Scribner's on the spine.
An Artist's Models by Cecil Aldin (1930) DOG DRAWINGS
Lot #43 (Sale Order 30 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover with no dust jacket. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Contents complete with the 20 full page drawings, each with captioned tissue-guard.
Stories of BRAVE DOGS (c.1920)
Lot #44 (Sale Order 31 of 85)
Hardcover, good condition, one illustration is loose.
Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant (1900) DOGS
Lot #45 (Sale Order 32 of 85)
Published by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1900. Very good condition, hardcover.
RARE MAC by Cecil Aldin (1912) with 24 Color Lithographic Plates
Lot #46 (Sale Order 33 of 85)
Good- condition with some spotting, and some cover wear. First edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [1912] Complete with 24 color lithographic plates, plus pictorial title and illustrated endpapers.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams (1849)
Lot #47 (Sale Order 34 of 85)
Very good condition exterior, good condition interior with some spotting on the beginning pages. Published by Derby, Miller, and Co, Auburn, NY, 1849.
RARE Conversations on Botany (1818) with 20 Hand Colored Plates
Lot #48 (Sale Order 35 of 85)
Published by London Longman 1818. Hardcover, smaller sized (20 x 11 cm). Very good condition.
PRAIRIE FIRE: Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism. Statement of WEATHER UNDERGROUND (1974)
Lot #49 (Sale Order 36 of 85)
Very good condition. Published by [San Francisco:] Communications Co., 1974. There is no price on the cover; no mention of the San Francisco Communications Co., and no statement by the Prairie Fire Distribution Committee as to the copyright by the Communications Co. This would appear to be one of the first printings. Internally fine in red wrappers printed in black. Dohrn and Ayers were co-leaders of the radical group Weather Underground, which sought to establish communism and fight imperialism in the United States. A spin off of SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), the "Weathermen" chose of a more confrontable politics at the height of the unpopular war in Viet Nam.
A Letter from Brixton Prison by Lewis Kruglick (1970) - 500 Copies Printed
Lot #50 (Sale Order 37 of 85)
Published by AUGTWOFIVE, Cambridge, 1970. Very good condition, paperback.
RARE Left Wing Unionism: A Study of RADICAL Policies and Tactics (1926)
Lot #51 (Sale Order 38 of 85)
Good condition, hardcover, International Publishers New York (1926)
VIOLENCE and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter (1914)
Lot #52 (Sale Order 39 of 85)
Published by New York : MacMillan, 1914. Good condition, hardcover with some cover wear. Subjects: Anarchism and anarchists. Labor and laboring classes. Syndicalism.
History of Socialism in the United States (1903)
Lot #53 (Sale Order 40 of 85)
Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London 1903. Good condition, hardcover.
The Story of a Labor Agitator (1903) by Joseph Buchanan
Lot #54 (Sale Order 41 of 85)
Published by Outlook Company, NY, 1903. Hardcover, good condition. These memoirs include much on his involvement in strikes in the West, including the 1884 Union Pacific and Colorado Coal strikes, and his advocacy for the Chicago anarchists in the Haymarket Affair.
RARE Witchcraft in Salem Village in 1692 by Nevins (1892)
Lot #59 (Sale Order 42 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. Published by North Shore/Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1892. 1st Edition. "Witchcraft in Salem Village in 1692 plus account of other witchcraft prosecutions in New England and elsewhere"
Days in the PAINTED DESERT and the San Francisco Mountains, a Guide (1932)
Lot #60 (Sale Order 43 of 85)
Published by Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1932. Very good condition, paperback. Tells the story of northern Arizona Indians, archeology, geology, and biology in a language everyone can understand along with maps to be as a guide when traveling to these areas.
Studies of the Minerals of France (1893) THE TERTIARY LANDS OF BRESSE with MAPS
A Cycle Of Adams Letters 1861-1865: Ambassador to England During CIVIL WAR
Lot #62 (Sale Order 45 of 85)
Very good condition, two volume set, hardcover. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1920. Charles Francis Adams was Minister to England during the Civil War . He was well prepared for the important assignment and was very perceptive about the English attitudes to both the Union and the Confederacy.
Reminiscences 1819-1899: by JULIA WARD HOWE - The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Lot #63 (Sale Order 46 of 85)
Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1899. Very good condition. A prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet, and the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." "She was a frequent traveler until extreme old age. She was president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association and in 1908 became the first woman to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Selected Literary And Political Papers And Addresses of WOODROW WILSON (1927)
Lot #64 (Sale Order 47 of 85)
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1927. Good to very good condition, smaller sized hardcovers.
Diary of Gideon Welles (1911) Secretary of the Navy under LINCOLN - Three Volume Set
Lot #65 (Sale Order 48 of 85)
Very good condition, three volume set. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1911. Each volume has photogravure frontispiece (Vol. I, Welles; Vol. II, Lincoln; Vol. III, Andrew Johnson) protected with tissue paper. An important historical resource on the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Illustrated with black and white portraits.
Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? (1936) Two Volume Set
Lot #66 (Sale Order 49 of 85)
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Ny, 1936. Hardcover, good condition, some rubbing on spine. A comprehensive account of the social order of the USSR.
The War For the Land in Ireland (1933)
Lot #67 (Sale Order 50 of 85)
Published by London : Martin Lawrence, 1933. Good- condition with cover wear.
New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (1871)
Lot #68 (Sale Order 51 of 85)
Good condition with some old antiquarian bookmarks, as shown.
Walks and Talks in the Geological Field (1886)
Lot #69 (Sale Order 52 of 85)
Good condition hardcover. The author was Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University of Michigan. He takes a position of Theistic Evolution as many Christian scholars did before the Fundamentalist-Modernist era in the early 20th century. He concludes there is an overall plan of an omnipotent and omniscience being. His book Adamites and Preadamites: or, A Popular Discussion (1878) showed also he had a racist interpretation which even at the time was considered troubling.
The Life and Times of Stephen Girard: Mariner and Merchant (1918) Two Volume Set
Lot #80 (Sale Order 53 of 85)
Hardcover, very good condition. Stephen Girard was a naturalized American citizen, philanthropist, and banker of French origin. He singularly saved the U.S. government from financial collapse during the War of 1812 by personally financing the war, and is known to have been the first multi-millionaire in US history.
The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third 1760-1860 (1863)
Lot #81 (Sale Order 54 of 85)
Published by Crosby and Nichols, Boston, 1863. Good condition, two volume set.
Letters and Recollections of John Murray Forbes (1899) Railroad Abolitionist
Lot #82 (Sale Order 55 of 85)
Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1899. Very good condition, two volumes. John Murray Forbes was an American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s.
Victor Chapman's Letters From France (1917) WW1
Lot #83 (Sale Order 56 of 85)
An account of Victor Chapman's months of service in the Franco-American Aviation Corps during the Great War through the letters he sent to his family. In 1916, he was a fighter pilot in the 124th Squadron and died on a mission in October 1916. Good condition with some cover wear, interior pages very good as shown.
TALES OF WAR by Lord Dunsany (1918) WW1
Lot #84 (Sale Order 57 of 85)
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, 1918. Good condition, small hardcover with some spotting. First American edition of Dunsany's classic collection of 32 World War I stories. Written by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien.
LENIN: The Man and His Work (1919)
Lot #85 (Sale Order 58 of 85)
Good condition with some spotting. Two adverse opinions by John Spargo and Princess Radziwell, poem by Anis and impressions by Co. Raymond Robins and Arthur Ransome.
Collected Poems of Alfred Noyes (1913) Two Volumes
Lot #86 (Sale Order 59 of 85)
Published by Frederick A Stokes Company, New York, 1913. Very good condition two volumes. Includes The Flower of Old Japan, the Progress of Love, the Forest of Wild Thyme, Drake, the Enchanted Island, Sherwood, Tales of the Mermaid Tavern, New Poems.
INFANTRY JOURNAL (1937)
Lot #87 (Sale Order 60 of 85)
Good condition, fold down the middle.
THE MILITARY ENGINEER (1941)
Lot #88 (Sale Order 61 of 85)
Good condition as shown.
Collier's Magazine (1943) TRAITORS MUST DIE! by J, EDGAR HOOVER
Lot #89 (Sale Order 62 of 85)
Good condition as shown.
1940 German WW2 Era Magazine DAS ILLUSTRIERTE BLATT
Lot #90 (Sale Order 63 of 85)
As shown, generally good condition with some light tattering, dated August 24th 1940.
STARS AND STRIPES Newspaper Dec 30th 1944 - NAZI'S DIGGING IN
Lot #91 (Sale Order 64 of 85)
As shown, good condition.
WW2 London Newspaper - RUSSIANS IN GERMAN STREETS
Lot #92 (Sale Order 65 of 85)
April 23rd 1945 as shown, good with some tattering.
WW2 London Newspaper - HALF BERLIN FALLS
Lot #93 (Sale Order 66 of 85)
London Daily Mail, April 24th 1945, good condition.
WW2 London Newspaper - POTSDAM CAPTURED - STALIN - PATTON
Lot #94 (Sale Order 67 of 85)
April 24th 1945, good condition.
WW2 London Newspaper - BERLIN RINGED BY FLAMES
Lot #95 (Sale Order 68 of 85)
Good condition, London Daily Express, April 21st 1945.
On the Open Range by J. Frank Dobie (1960)
Lot #146 (Sale Order 69 of 85)
Published by Banks Upshaw And Company, Dallas, 1960. The book covers the "open" range, its wildlife, mustangs, longhorns, Indian captives, buried treasure, & more. Hardcover.
XXIV Bits of Vers de Societe (1890) 19th Century WOMEN FASHION
Lot #147 (Sale Order 70 of 85)
Good to Very Good condition. Published by New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1890. Book contains the verse of such poets as Sir John Suckling, Austin Dobson, Walter Learned & George A. Baker among others.
Delaware and Hudson by Jim Shaughnessy (1968) RAILROAD
Lot #148 (Sale Order 71 of 85)
Very good condition, large hardcover. The history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal. 476 pages with photographs, maps, rosters, bibliography and index.
Three Volumes of Shakespeare (1826) Nicely Bound
Lot #149 (Sale Order 72 of 85)
As shown, very good condition, small sized hardcovers with "1826" on the bottom of the spine. Three odd volumes.
WW2: Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II
Lot #150 (Sale Order 73 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "They were desperate, bloody affairs against some of the most experienced jungle fighters in the Japanese empire. Twenty-four Raiders served with such valor that the U.S. Navy named ships in their honor - all but one designated posthumously." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: LEFT TO DIE: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau
Lot #151 (Sale Order 74 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "Examines the mystery and controversy surrounding a devastating tragedy in U.S. naval history--the sinking of the U.S.S. Juneau in 1942, in which nearly seven hundred lives were lost" (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
Turncoat: BENEDICT ARNOLD and the Crisis of American Liberty
Lot #152 (Sale Order 75 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "This work traces Arnold's journey from enthusiastic support of American independence to his spectacularly traitorous acts and narrow escape. Brumwell's research leads to an unexpected conclusion: Arnold's mystifying betrayal was driven by a staunch conviction that America's best interests would be served by halting the bloodshed and reuniting the fractured British Empire." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf
Lot #153 (Sale Order 76 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "Retired navy US naval Captain Crenshaw shares his firsthand experience as the executive, officer of the USS Maury , along with research of official US and Japanese records bearing on these crucial 1943 battles. Particularly noteworthy is his discussion of the impact of the then new technologies of radar and voice radio, and that of the Japanese supertorpedo. Includes a few photos and maps." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
War for the Union. 4 Volume Set by Allan Nevins
Lot #154 (Sale Order 77 of 85)
Heavy large four volume set.
WW2: Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
Lot #155 (Sale Order 78 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "On June 6, 1944, American and British troops staged the greatest amphibious landing in history to begin Operation Overlord, the battle to liberate Europe from the scourge of the Third Reich. With gut-wrenching realism and immediacy, Hastings reveals the terrible human cost that this battle exacted." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: Sea Wolf: The Daring Exploits of Navy Legend John D. Bulkeley
Lot #156 (Sale Order 79 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "Traces the life and career of Admiral Bulkeley, and describes his role in World War II and as commander of the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay; Cuba" (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: Victory at Guadalcanal
Lot #157 (Sale Order 80 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "A detailed study of the Battle of Guadalcanal describes the entire campaign from the first defect to the final victory, a crucial triumph that marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific" (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: Bloody Ridge: The Battle that Saved Guadalcanal
Lot #158 (Sale Order 81 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "September 1942: American forces landed on the island of Guadalcanal, engaging the entrenched Japanese in what would be remembered as some of the worst fighting of World War II. The key to victory lay in controlling the ridge overlooking Henderson Field, a vital airfield and the prize of the Guadalcanal campaign. This was the site of a savage, three-day clash that would test the mettle of both sides. Launching a series of vicious attacks on successive nights, a vastly superior force of battle-hardened Japanese somehow lost to a mongrel battalion of Col. "Red Mike" Edson's malnourished, sickly Marines in what became known as the Battle of Bloody Ridge. The surprising victory marked the first significant Japanese defeat in the war, saved the airfield, and gave the small, under-supplied American force time to receive supplies and reinforcements. This is the true story of that harrowing battle, when the fate of the war in the Pacific would rest with those who were tough enough to take Bloody Ridge." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: Guadalcanal by Edwin P. Hoyt
Lot #159 (Sale Order 82 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "Detailed and personal information about the famous World War II battle in the Pacific Ocean." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: One More River: The Rhine Crossings of 1945
Lot #160 (Sale Order 83 of 85)
Very good condition hardcover. "This book reappraises the closing months of the war in Europe emphasizing the action in the Rhineland" (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: A French Tragedy: Scenes of Civil War, Summer 1944
Lot #161 (Sale Order 84 of 85)
Very good condition, hardcover. "As Allied troops landed in Normandy in 1944, members of the local French Resistance in the small town of Saint-Amand-Montrond embarked on an ill-fated attempt to liberate their town. Based on noble but politically questionable motives, and failing to inspire broader support, the incident quickly devolved from confrontation to a stand-off and ultimately to a tragedy. Resistance forces took and subsequently executed hostages; their opponents, the milice - collaborationist French police - and German soldiers rounded up 70 Jewish adults and children in retaliation and put many to a horrible death. Eminent literary and cultural critic Tzvetan Todorov examines the episode as history but also as a moral paradigm. Finding similar failures on both sides, he also cites "a qualitative difference between the two, an irreducible asymmetry, which resides in their ideals, in totalitarianism versus democracy." Suspenseful, compelling, and uncompromisingly honest, A French Tragedy goes beyond the events themselves to ponder the nature of sacrifice, of suffering, and of individual responsibility in a world where civil war still thrives." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
WW2: MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign
Lot #162 (Sale Order 85 of 85)
Very good condition. Hardcover. "MacArthur's Jungle War examines the campaign's strategic background and individual operations, describing the enormous challenges posed by jungle and amphibious warfare. Perhaps more important, it offers a balanced assessment of MacArthur's leadership and limitations, revealing his reliance on familiar battle plans and showing the vital role that subordinates played in his victory. Taaffe tells how MacArthur played the difficulties of the New Guinea campaign by maintaining his undivided attention on reaching the Philippines. He also discloses how MacArthur frequently deceived both his superiors and the public in order to promote his own agenda, and examines errors the general would later repeat on a larger scale up through the Korean War." (this item is re-listed from the last auction due to non-payment.)
