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Book Details: Titles in this collection of antiquarian American history include "The Life and Letters of a Forty-Niner's Daughter," authored and signed by Aurora Esmeralda; "On the Trail of the Immigrant," by Edward Steiner; a history of Lewiston, Maine; "De Soto in the Land of Florida,: and the autobiographical "Buffalo Bill's Life Story."
Book Details: This sumptuous collection of art history reference is composed of lavishly illustrated, large-format volumes. Included are books of the artful photographs of Provence (in slip-case), the rocks of Gloucester, Massachusetts and of lusciously pregnant women, "Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century" (also in slip-case); the grafitti art of Peter Kuper, and a catalog from a show by the painter Mel Bochner. Two volumes are signed: the "Chicago Sketchbook," by Bill Olendorf, and a catalog of the paintings of Robert Glenn Ketchum. Also included is a packet of materials by and about the painter and illustrator Harry Devlin, a long-time, prominent resident of Westfield, New Jersey, known for his architectural portraits, children's books, and commercial art. The packet includes autographed catalogs of retrospectives, signed letters, and original family photographs.
Author: Sir John Barrow - Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS was an English statesman.
Condition / Notes: Antique volume is bound in blind-stamped maroon cloth with stamped gilt lettering to spine and green clover on front cover. The volume shows very light external wear, and is solidly bound with clean, unmarked pages. Previous owner's name appears on front endpaper.
Details: Included in this unusual collection of antique postcards is a vintage 1935 booklet of cards from Lithuania, showing kings, knights, and heroes from that country's history. Other interesting items include a set of cards from Centralia, PA, which no longer exists due to an underground fire that has burned for more than a century; many real photo postcards (RPPCs), and cards showing military, battleship and ocean liner, and Coney Island scenes. Several cards are handsome chromolithograph Christmas and other holiday cards. Other antique cards show scenes along the Riviera, including Marseille; and one shows Andrew Jackson's slave, "Uncle" Alfred.
Condition / Notes: These postcards are generally in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications; older items are more likely to have advanced flaws.
Book Details: This large collection of vintage and antiquarian books on nature and its appreciation includes works on agriculture and wild and domestic animals. Certain volumes focus on bears, snakes, insects, wildflowers, birds, and whales. Several books are on hunting of various game. Three books, with dust jackets in Mylar, are by the noted nature Canadian writer Farley Mowat.
Book Details: This collection of antique Massachusetts history is led by a handsome five-volume set on the history of the Commonwealth by Albert Bushnell Hart (1930). Supplementing it is an older, three-volume set on the state's history by John Stetson Barry (1857). Also included are histories of the towns of Winchester and Plymouth.
Book Details: This lot includes the group of antique books on American history shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the titles in this collection are a hardcover edition of "The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary, 1748-1898, of the Congregational Church of East Hampton, (Chatham,) Conn," "In My Youth: From the Posthumous Papers of Robert Dudley" (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1914), and a two-volume edition of "George Washington" (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895) by Henry Cabot Lodge, part of the American Statesmen series.
Details: This collection of vintage and antique printing blocks includes nineteen pictorial ones of copper or lead mounted on wooden blocks; and a cigar box full of wooden alphabet blocks in different sizes and type faces. Among the pictorial blocks are goth motifs, like the devil or the zodiac with a skeleton; different sports, advertising, anatomical, undersea creatures, and patriotic themes -- the figure of Columbia, a parade drum major, and the Liberty Bell.
Condition / Notes: These printing blocks are in very good condition.
Book Details: This is a scarce history of the Western Hemisphere, covering aboriginal America, the history of British, Spanish and Portuguese America, as well as various aspects of the history of the United States (treating in detail the adoption of the Constitution). There is a exhaustive and generally critical account of the printing and manuscript sources and of the secondary authorities on American history.
Condition / Notes: Antique set is bound in three-quarter leather, with raised bands and gilt lettering to spines. These ex-library books show mild external wear, with taping to lower portions of spines and wear to edges. Name of library has been stamped to bottom and top edges of text blocks. Bindings are firm. Volumes have marbled endpapers and gilt top edges. Discreet library markings appear on title pages. Card pockets and bar code strips can be seen on rear pastedowns. Mildly age-toned pages do not appear to have library markings. The work is richly illustrated with facsimiles of maps, historical illustrations and portraits.
Condition / Notes: Antique volume is bound in gray cloth with stamped gilt lettering to front cover. Ex-library book shows external wear, with label taped to spine and light soiling to covers. Binding is firm. Antique library bookplate can be seen on front pastedown. Library markings are visible on verso of title page and card pocket is attached to rear flyleaf. Pages of text are clean and without markings. This work is illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece.
Book Details: V. 1. Feb. 3, 1764-Mr. 2, 1789. Town meetings and selectmen's records. 1898; V. 2. Feb. 9, 1789-Apr. 18, 1796. Town meetings, selectmen's and miscellaneous records ... also vital statistics (from ms. 1 and 2) 1899; V. 3. Vital statistics (from ms. v. 2, 4, and 5. bringing record down to 1843) and miscellaneous records. 1900; V. 4. Apr. 20, 1796-Dec. 4, 1809. Town meetings and selectmen's records. 1901; V. 5. Feb. 14, 1810-Oct. 31, 1829. Town meetings and selectmen's records. 1902; V. 6. Feb. 13, 1830-Jan. 1, 1844. Town meetings and selectmen's records. 1903; V. 7. Mar. 4, 1844-Jan. 21, 1850. Town meetings and selectmen's records. 1907; V. 8. Birth, May 1843-1849, marriages, May 1844-Oct. 1851, and deaths, May 1845-1855. 1913.
Condition / Notes: Antique set is bound in brown/black cloth over beveled boards with bright stamped gilt lettering to spines and front covers. Ends of spine may display minor fraying. Books otherwise show light external wear. Bindings are firm. Name of library is blindstamped on title page. No other institutional markings or attachments are present. Interiors are clean and without markings. This work is illustrated with tissue-guarded plates.
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett - Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was an English-American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (published in 1885-6), "A Little Princess" (1905), and "The Secret Garden" (1911).
Condition / Notes: Antique volume is bound in light blue cloth with stamped dark blue lettering to spine and front cloth. Pastedown appears on front cover. Book shows external wear, with light soiling to covers and loss of lower left corner of pastedown. Binding is cracked at page 51. Pages display occasional smudging and/or spotting at margins. Work is illustrated with color plates.
Book Details: This extra-large lot of New York City and state history is dominated by a handsome eleven-volume set of "Messages from the Governors," which comprehensively covers the years 1683-1906. Many government reports and bulletins from different state agencies and departments accompany it. Individual volumes document the histories of Oneida County and the cities of Binghamton and Oswego, and several books highlight aspects of NYC. Literary cachet is imparted by Edmund Wilson's book, "Upstate."
Book Details: This group of antiquarian science and technology books has volumes on the scientific method and its practice; as well as practical volumes on the physics of light and refraction, the cultivation and manufacture of rubber, early electrical manuals, and a U.S. Department of Commerce directory of amateur radio stations in the 1920s.
Book Details: This lot includes the group of vintage and antique books on Canadian and European history shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the titles in this collection are the second volume of "The Postage Stamps and Postal Stamps of Canada: A Handbook for Philatelists" (Chambers Publishing Company, 1945, in dust jacket) signed by author Winthrop S. Boggs, "A Portrait of Canada" (Oxford U. P., 1943, in dust jacket) by Jasper H. Stembridge, jand "My Past" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913) by Countess Marie Larisch.
Book Details: This lot includes the group of antique compilations of The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle shown in the corresponding image(s). These volumes contain the issues of this periodical corresponding to the years 1808 and 1809. Texts are in double column. Title pages are illustrated. These volumes contain numerous engraved plates, including portraits, a view of the west front of York cathedral, images of fragments of Bermondsey Abbey, and of Mendham Priory Church and Chapel.
Condition / Notes: Volumes are bound in green cloth. Volumes for 1808 show taping to spine and mild external wear, with light soiling to covers. Volumes for 1809 display greater wear, with detaching portions of spine covers. Bindings are firm. Pages display very occasional light foxing.
Condition / Notes: Antique volume is bound in blind-stamped brown cloth with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library book shows taping to spine with call number label at its foot. Spine cover lacks top inch and a half. Minor loss of material can be seen at outside corners. Name of library is stamped on bottom edge of text block. Binding is firm. Library markings in pencil appear on copyright page. No other institutional markings or attachments are visible. Pages display occasional pencil marginalia and very sporadic foxing, largely confined to margins. Illustrated with an intact ethnographic tableau, measuring 29.75" x 29.5" when folded out, exhibiting tear along one fold of bottom row and small tears at intersection of folds. This work also contains an intact fold-out chart, "Illustrative of the Geographical Distribution of Monkeys," at rear of volume. All called-for lithographic plates are present. Book is also illustrated with in-text drawings.
Book Details: This collection of antiquarian American history includes several leather-bound volumes on the Civil War. One is a biography of Abraham Lincoln. "A Brief Narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment," by George B. Guild is bound in green cloth. Other decorative volumes include a biography of George Washington and "Woman's Work in the Civil War."
Book Details: This lot includes the group of books shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the titles in this collection are a first edition of "Sunshine and Teardrops: A Book of Poems" (Vantage Press, 1970, in dust jacket) signed by author Mimi Piombino, "Whar' the Hand o' God Is Seen and Other Poems" (New York Lyceum Publishing Co., 1913) and "The Poet Scout: A Book of Song and Story" (Funk & Wagnalls, 1886) signed by author Jack Crawford.
Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons Ltd.
Condition / Notes: Antique volume is bound in green cloth with black lettering and decorative designs to front cover. Seal stamped in gilt appears at center of front cover. Book shows moderate external wear. Binding is sound. Edges of text block are foxed. Inscription on front pastedown reads "Prize / presented to / Hugh John Salberg / for / good work / in / Form IV. July, 1931. / Geo. E. Wollen, M. A. Cantab." Pages display occasional foxing. This work contains in-text and full-page illustrations by Honor C. Appleton.
Book Details: This lot includes the group of vintage and antique collectible books on aviation history shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the titles in this collection are ""There I Was...Flat on My Back"" (Aero Publishers, Inc., 1975, in dust jacket) signed by author Bob Stevens, "Back from the Deep: The Strange Story of the SIster Subs Squalus and Sculpin" (Naval Institute Press, 1994, in dust jacket) signed by Carl la Vo, with photographs of crew and veterans laid in, "Complete Model Aircraft Manual" (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933) by Edwin T. Hamilton, and "The Student Pilot's Training Primer" (D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1942, in dust jacket).
Book Details: This lot includes the group of collectible books on finance, industry and commerce shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the vintage and antique titles in this collection are a 1975 edition of "History of Shimano" (Shimano Industrial Co., Ltd., 1975, in dj and slipcase) signed by Yoshio (?) Shimano, a first edition of "When Foreman and Steward Bargain" (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1945) signed by author Glenn Gardiner, a first edition of "World Commodities and World Currency" (McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1944) by Benjamin Graham, and "Essays in Persuasion" (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932) by John Maynard Keynes.
Book Details: Three thick mulberry-colored volumes of the "Legal and Judicial History of New York" (1911) dominate this collection, which also includes "Letters from New York" from the prolific Lydia Maria Child (1848). Other titles are "Highway Manual of New York" (1893) and "The Lives of the Governors of New York" (1851).
Book Details: The preponderance of these reference works on military history concern World War I, and most of them were written by participants and observers, including aviators. Books on World War II focus on naval operations, Chiang Kai-Shek, and other topics. Included is a three-volume set, "The Ineffective Soldier: Lessons for Management and Nation," by Eli Ginzburg (1959); and three volumes on the history of the British Empire between the years 1754-1763. Interesting single volumes include a United States Air Force biographical dictionary, a submarine signal log, and an ambitious study of the Roman army.
Book Details: This lot includes the group of antique books on theology and church history shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the titles in this collection are a first edition of "A Description of the Cathedral Church of Ely; With Some Account of the Conventual Buildings" (John White, 1807, ex-library), "Campbellism Examined" (Sheldon, Lamport, & Blakeman, 1855) by Jeremiah B. Jeter, "A Candid Discussion of Christian Baptism" (Derby & Miller, 1854) by Daniel Clark, and a two-volume edition of "The Life and Epistles of St. Paul" (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1867) by W. J. Conybeare and J. S. Howson.
Publisher: Samuel H. Zahm & Co.
Condition / Notes: Antique volume is bound in dark green cloth with bright stamped gilt lettering and pictorial design to front cover. Book shows light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Volume has decoratively patterned endpapers. Interior is clean and without markings. Work is illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author.
Condition / Notes: Antique leather-bound volume has been encased in tan cloth showing tears at edges and corners. Binding is separating between third and fourth plate. Gilt-edged pages are clean and without markings. Full-page illustrations offer photos and drawings of architectural decoration and ornament.
Title: A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical: in Which a New and Accurate Translation of That of the Celebrated Mr. Bayle, with the Corrections and Observations Printed in the Late Edition at Paris, Is Included; and Interspersed with Several Thousand Lives Never Before Published. The Whole Containing the History of the Most Illustrious persons of all ages and nations particularly those of Great Britain and Ireland, Distinguished by Their Rank, Actions, Learning and Other Accomplishments. With Reflections on Such Passages of Bayle, as Seem To Favor Scepticism and the Manichee System. By the Reverend Mr. John Peter Bernard ; the Reverend Mr. Thomas Birch ; Mr. John Lockman ; and other hands. And the articles relating to Oriental history by George Sale, Gent.
Author: George Sale - George Sale was an Orientalist and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the "Qur'an" into English. He was also author of The General Dictionary, in ten volumes, folio., John Lockman, John Peter Bernard, Pierre Bayle - Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the "Dictionnaire historique et critique," published beginning in 1697.
Book Details: The dictionary was first published in 1697, and enlarged in the second edition of 1702. An English translation was first published in 1709. The overwhelming majority of the entries are devoted to individual people, whether historical or mythical, but some articles treat religious beliefs and philosophies. Many of the more controversial ideas in the book were hidden away in the voluminous footnotes, or slipped into articles on seemingly uncontroversial topics.
Condition / Notes: This folio set has been rebound in brown cloth with gilt-lettered label to spines. These ex-library volumes show minimal external wear. Bindings are tight. Books have new endpapers. Library stamp can be seen on title pages and elsewhere in margins of texts. No other institutional markings or attachments are visible. Pages are clean and bright. Text appears in double columns.
Book Details: This lot includes the group of books shown in the corresponding image(s). Among the titles in this collection are "Her Honor Forever Maintain: A History of the Cornell Alumni Association on the Occasion of Its One Hundredth Anniversary" (Cornell University, 1972) signed by author Hunt Bradley, and a first edition of "A History of Cornell" (Cornell U. P., 1962) signed by author Morris Bishop.

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