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[051] Mawson, Sir Douglas. The Home of the Blizzard - Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 Volumes. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Circa 1915. Half-title, xxx, 349pp; Half-title, xiii [1] 338pp. Vol. 1 - in half leather & blue cloth, frontis has tg with text illustrations & plates throughout (some folding, some color). Front hinge cracked, binding tight, backstrip wear & chips. Vol. 2 - in blue cloth with library cloth tape backstrip, frontis has tg, with text illustrations & plates throughout (some folding, some in color), 2 (of 3) folding maps in back (1 has paper repair, 1 needs paper repair). Binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[052] Hurley, Captain Frank. Argonauts of the South - Being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. xv [1] 290pp in a library binding, with binding & hinges tight. 2 folding maps (1 with tears), lacks frontis, b/w photographic plates throughout. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $200.00 |
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[053] Armitage, Albert B.. Two Years in the Antarctic - Being A Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. London : Edward Arnold, 1905. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Half-title, xix [1] 315pp, color map in back (with tears and cello-tape repairs), no ads in back. In a library binding with binding & hinges tight. Complete with frontis (has paper tape hinge), b/w plates & text illustrations throughout. EST: $200.00 - $400.00
Realized bid price - $400.00 |
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[054] Darwin, Charles. Selected Works of Charles Darwin - 15 Volumes. New York : D. Appleton and Co., 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. LIMITED #282/1000, Authorized Westminster Edition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Circa 1890. Bound in original maroon blind stamped cloth with Darwin 's signature in gilt on covers, top edged gilt, deckled page edges. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Occasional foxing, occasional damp mark on cover. EST: $400.00 - $600.00
Realized bid price - $750.00 |
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[055] Frost, John. Thrilling Adventures Among the Indians: Comprising the Most Remarkable Personal Narratives of Events in the Early Indian Wars, as Well as of Incidents in the Recent Indian Hostilities in Mexico and Texas . Philadelphia : J.W. Bradley, 1850. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Colored Frontis, 448pp, bound in tooled leather with gilt illustrated spine, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around. Text illustrations and b/w plates throughout. Covers show edge wear, slight bow, interior foxing, occasional damp mark, back hinge split, owners name on ffp. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $120.00 |
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[056] Catlin, George. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America - 2 Volumes. Philadelphia : Willis P. Hazard, 1857. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair to Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY SET. 402pp; 403-792pp, bound in original brown, blind stamped cloth, with gilt Indian on a bucking horse & gilt illustrated spines (rubbed). Frontis in each volumes, b/w with plates & text illustrations throughout. Covers show edge/corner wear, rebacked with original spines laid over, 2 hinges cracked, interior foxing, owners name on ffp. BINDINGS TIGHT. EST: $100.00 - $300.00
Realized bid price - $425.00 |
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[057] . The Pictorial History of the American Revolution; with a Sketch of the Early History of the Country, the Constitution of the United States , and a Chronological Index. New York : Robert Sears, 1846. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. 432pp in original gilt illustrated cloth covers, with gilt illustration on spine (rubbed). Bumped corners, one signature sprung, occasional foxing. Black & white plates and text illustrations throughout. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $90.00 |
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[058] SCIENCE. A Group of 10 Volumes as Listed. All Published in New York : D. Appleton and Co., 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. LIMITED #282/1000, Westminster Edition. 1872-1899. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY SET. ****Selected Works of John Tyndall - 6 Volumes. Original blue cloth bindings with authors' signature in gilt on covers, top edges gilt. Includes Hours in the Alps , New Fragments, Forms of Water, Sound, Fragments of Science (2 vol). Bindings & hinges tight. Occasional foxing to to covers & interiors. Back cover on one book is heavily foxed. ****Selected Library of Modern Science - 4 Volumes. Original tan cloth binding, with authors' signature in gilt on covers, top edges gilt. Includes Electricity by Trowbridge, Evolution by Le Conte, Mental Disease by Maudsley & The Sun by Young. Bindings & hinges tight. Occasional foxing. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[059] HARVARD COLLEGE . A Group of 13 Volumes as Listed. Good Condition. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY BOOKS. ***The Harvard Book Selections From Three Centuries edited by William Bentinck-Smith (1965) Cambridge " Harvard University Press. Bound in original 3/4 red leather & cloth, raised bands on spine, binding & hinges tight, presentation slip on ffp. *** Harvard College Class of 1915 - Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report (1940) Cambridge : Cosmos Press. Includes photos, binding & hinges tight, owners name on ffp. *** Harvard College Class of 1942 - Anniversary Reports for the Sixth, Tenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-Fifth, Thirtieth, Thirty-Fifth, Fortieth, Forty-Fifth & Fiftieth Anniversary Reports - 10 Volumes. First 2 are soft covers with wear, others bound in maroon cloth, with foxing to one cover. ***The Nineteen Forty-Two Harvard Senior Album. Folio with photographs throughout. Foxing to covers. Binding & Hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
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[060] THE WEST. A Group of 5 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Good Condition. In original cloth bindings, may be occasional foxing. ***The Land of Poco Tiempo by Charles F. Lummis (1906) NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 8vo, frontis with tissue guard, illustrated throughout, on glossy paper, binding tight. Front hinge starting, spine sunned, news articles laid or tipped in. ****"Boots and Saddles" or Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth B. Custer (1885) 1st Edition, NY: Harper & Brothers. 12mo, includes map and frontis with tissue guard, ex-lib stamp inside cover, binding & hinges tight. ***The Book of Cowboys by Francis Rolt-Wheeler (1921) 1st Edition, Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. 8vo, frontis with illustrations throughout, notes & notations in pencil, binding & hinges tight. ***Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by Captain Charles King (1890) 1st Edition, Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co. 12mo, minimal ex-lib marks, binding & hinges tight. ***On the Old West Coast, Being Further Reminiscenses of a Ranger, Major Horace Bell edited by Lanier Bartlett (1930) NY: William Morrow & Co. 8vo, ex-lib, frontis with illustrations throughout, binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $80.00 |
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[061] Cather, Willa Sibert. O Pioneers!. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Ribbed tan cloth binding, color frontis by Clarence Underwood with tissue guard, "Willa Cather" on spine & front cover, brown lettering on cover, "chince-bugs" on page 60. In a protective mylar jacket. lettering on spine rubbed, small one-inch spot on back cover, foxing on prelims. Binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $300.00
Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[062] HORSES. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Fair Condition. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY BOOKS. ***Hints to Horse-Keepers. A Complete Manual for Horsemen.....and Chapters on Mules and Ponies by Henry William Herbert (1859) NY: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co. 12mo, in original blind stamped cloth, spine sunned. Frontis with illustrations throughout, 2 signatures sprung, foxing. ***The Illustrated Horse Management.....Anatomy, Medicine, Shoeing......also Carriages and Harness by Edward Mayhew (circa 1880) Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott. 8vo, original gilt illustrated cloth, frontis with illustrations throughout. Puncture marks on front cover extends to some pages, hinges cracked, binding tight. ***The Trotting Horse of America : How to Train and Drive Him. With Reminiscenses of the Trotting Turf by Hiram Woodruff, edited by Charles Foster (1874) Philadelphia : Porter & Coates. 12mo, in original gilt illustrated cloth, frontis with tissue guard and illustrations throughout. Damp mark first few pages, binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $80.00 |
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[063] . The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table - ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur by Alfred Pollard. With 15 (of 16) color plates with captioned tissue guards, and all 7 b/w plates, in orginal gilt illustrated cloth. xxiv, [2] 517pp, 3 publisher ads. Light corner/edge wear, interior foxing and occasional damp mark, lacks one leaf of the glossary, light cup ring on cover. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[064] POETRY. A Group of 13 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Good Condition. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY BOOKS. ***Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Works - 4 Volumes (1900) NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 16mo, leather bound with gilt floral spray on front & back covers, gilt decorated spines, marbled endpapers with inner gilt border, teg, ribbon markers intact, with half-titles, and frontis with tissue guard in each volume. Binding & hinges tight, owners name on ffp in one volume. slight surface/edge rubbing. ***Pauline, Paracelsus, Pippa Passes & King Victor and King Charles by Robert Browing in one volume (1898) Same description as above (matched bindings). Occasional foxing. ***Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Chronologically Arranged, with Notes, Glossaries and Index - 4 Volumes. The Edinburgh Edition, NY: Brentano's. 16mo, bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, teg, marbled endpapers, lacks black leather spine labels. Frontis with tissue guard in each volume, bindings & hinges tight. ***Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant. Collected and Arranged by the Author (1878) NY: D. Appleton and Co. 8vo, bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, black leather spine label, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around. Engraved frontis with tissue guard, illustrated throughout, binding & hinges tight. Covers rubbed. ***Songs of the Affections by Felicia Hemans (1860) Philadelphia : E.H. Butler & Co. 8vo, blind stamped leather binding with gilt decoration, raised bands on spine. aeg, engraved frontis with tg, engraved title portrait, owner's name in pencil, binding & hinges tight. ***The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Complete in One Volume, Corrected by the Last London Edition (1875) NY: James Miller. 24mo, Diamond Edition in lavendar cloth, spine sunned, double column format, occasional foxing, binding & hinges tight. ***Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (nd) Philadelphia : Henry Altemus. 16mo, in gilt & red decorated cloth (gilt rubbed), additional title, frontis, binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $250.00
Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[065] Adams, Andy. The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith, complete with tissue guarded frontis and an additional 5 b/w plates. Bound in illustrated cloth, showing edge wear & surface rubbing. Envelope with letter tipped-in, which says "This book is historical. It describes the first great cattle drive from the Rio Grande to the Blackfoot Indian Agency in Montana . Letter (enclosed) with Norris C. Bacheller's comments on the book. He was in Montana in the early days himself". The letter also describes early cattle driving. News articles also, laid in, tipped-in or pasted-in on pages, including the copyright page, list of illustrations page & dedication page (not obstructing the lettering). Hinges cracked, occasional foxing, ffp detached, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $120.00 |
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[066] Bodge, George Madison. Soldiers in King Philip's War Being a Critical Account of That War With a Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England From 1620-1677, SIGNED. Leominster , Mass: Printed for the Author, 1896. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Author's autograph & subscription #251, pasted-in. ALSO Author's SIGNED letter, pasted-in. ALSO ownership name of Ellis B. Usher on ffp, one of the Subscriber's. xiii [1] 502pp in original cloth binding, with binding & hinges tight. Bio of Author, pasted in, from the N.E. Historic Genealogical Society. EST: $200.00 - $400.00
Realized bid price - $210.00 |
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[067] CHILDREN'S. A Group of 14 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Fair to Good Conditions. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY BOOKS. ***Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys by Louisa M. Alcott (1871) 1st American Edition, Boston : Roberts Brothers. 12mo, original green cloth, 4 pp publisher ads in front of book, with last ad being "Pink & White Tyranny nearly ready". Binding loose, gutters peeling, upper/lower backstrip loss. ***The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, written & illustrated by Howard Pyle (1925) NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 8vo, frontis with b/w illustrations throughout, binding & hinges tight, occasional foxing. ***The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper (1933) NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. ILLUSTRATED BY N.C. WYETH. 8vo, original cloth binding with color illustration pasted-on, gilt on spine rubbed off. Color vignette on title page, complete with 9 color plates, binding & hinges tight. Foxing on covers, occasional damp mark on pages. ***Father's Gone A-Whaling by Alice Cushing Gardiner & Nancy Cabot Osborne, Illustrated by Erick Berry (1926) 1st Edition, Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co. 8vo, in original orange cloth, complete with color frontis & 8 b/w plates. Illustrated endpapers, binding & hinges tight, covers bowed. ***Lone Cowboy - My Life Story by Will James (1930) 1st Edition, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 8vo, original illustrated cloth, photo frontis with illustrations throughout, binding & hinges tight, occasional foxing. ***The Way of an Indian, written & illustrated by Frederic Remington (1906) 1st Edition-Second State, NY: Fox Duffield & Co. 8vo, original red cloth with color illustration pasted-on, complete with color frontis & 13 b/w plates. Points - page #9 omitted, Duffield on base of spine. Damp mark on base of backstrip & lower back cover, onto back endpaper only, news article pasted in, binding & hinges tight. ***Silver Chief - Dog of the North by Jack O'Brien, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese (1934) NY: Junior Literary Guild. 8vo, original silver illustrated cloth, silver illustrated endpapers, complete with color frontis & 13 plates (some in color), binding & hinges tight, edge wear. ***The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (nd) NY: A.L. Burt Co. 8vo, original cloth binding, illustrated endpapers, b/w frontis, binding & hinges tight. ***Two Little Savages - Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned, written & illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton (1903) NY: Doubleday Page & Co. 8vo, original cloth, title vignette, illustrated throughout, damp stain, back hinge split, binding tight, covers worn. ***Handicraft - Simplified Procedure and Projects by Lester Griswold (1945) self published. 8vo, original cloth, handicraft projects throughout, front hinge split, binding tight, musty. ***Rob: A Story For Boys by Margaret Sidney (1891) Boston : Lothrop Publing Co. 12mo, original illustrated cloth, frontis with tissue guard, illustrated, binding & hinges tight, occasional foxing. ***The Magic Forest - A Modern Fairy Tale by Stewart Edward White (1903) NY: Macmillan Co. 8vo, original illustrated cloth, teg, illustrated, hinges starting, binding tight. ***National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Set to Music by J.W. Elliott (nd) London : George Routledge and Sons. 4to, in original illustrated cloth with bevelled edges, frontis with illustrations throughout, binding & hinges tight, corner wear, new backstrip. ***The Christ Child as told by Matthew and Luke, made by Maud and Miska Petersham (1931) Garden City: Doubleday & Co. Inc. 4to, in color illustrated paper over boards, color illustration on title, color illustrations throughout, back hinge split, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $110.00 |
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[068] Malte-Brun, M.. A System of Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World - 3 Volumes. Boston : Samuel Walker, 1834. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With additions and corrections by James G. Percival. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY BOOKS. Complete with all engravings - 3 frontis, 3 engraved titles, 33 views, 28 maps and 4 mathematical plates (2 folding). Bound in full leather with gilt borders and blind stamping, raised bands on gilt decorated spines, marbled endpapers. xx, viii, 3-640pp; xx, 1-680pp; xv [1] 681-1394, 1 Directions to Binder. Slight bow to covers, occasional foxing, corner water stain in vol. 3 with front cover starting, corner & backstrip wear. Bindings and hinges tight. EST: $400.00 - $600.00
Realized bid price - $425.00 |
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[069] Ridpath, John Clark. Great Races of Mankind (6 of 8 volumes). Cincinnati : Jones Brothers Publishing Co., 1893. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. Edition De Luxe - LIMITED #16 of 400. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY BOOKS. Includes volumes II, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII. Original cloth bindings with paper labels on spines, top edges gilt, illustrated throughout, glossy paper. Some hinges cracked, occasional foxing, sold as is. EST: $100.00 - $300.00
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[070] ILLUMINATED BOOKS. A Group of 2 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. BOTH IN SLIPCASES. ***Gutenberg and The Book of Books, With Bibliographical Notes, Reproductions of Specimen Pages and A Listing of Known Copies by Henry Lewis Johnson (1932) 1st Edition, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, NY: William Edwin Rudge. In Fine Condition, elephant folio in original tan cloth with bevelled edges, top edges gilt. No library marks. Black paper over boards slipacse, shows some edge/corner wear. ***The Book of Kells - Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College , Dublin . With a Study of the Manuscript by Francoise Henry (1977) 1st American Edition, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Good Condition, folio in original green cloth with gilt celtic knot, 126 colour plates & 75 monochrome illustrations. Hinges taped, binding tight, water marks on green cloth slipcase (only), with paste-on, scuffed. EST: $80.00 - $150.00
Realized bid price - $110.00 |
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[071] Dennis, George. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria - 2 Volumes. London : John Murray, 1878. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Revised Edition, Recording the Most Recent Discoveries. With 2 frontis (one in color), 22 (of 23) Plans, of which 4 are folding. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. cxxviii, 501pp, 1 addenda, 1 errata; xv [1] 579pp, 1 errata, in library bindings, with bindings & hinges tight. Slight lean. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $60.00 |
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[072] BRITISH. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1899) LIMITED #324/1475, London : Goupil & Co. Folio with color frontis (lacks tissue guard), 32 plates with captioned tissue guards & 12 vignettes with captioned tissue guards. v, 216pp in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, with raised bands on spine. Binding & hinges tight. ***Debates in the House of Commons in 1625 edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1873) printed for the Camden Society. 8vo in original cloth, xxiv, 190pp, binding & hinges tight. ***Prince, Princess and People by Henry C. Burdett (1889) 1st Edition, London : Longmans, Green & Co. 8vo in a library binding, with binding & hinges tight. Lacks folding Family Tree. EST: $80.00 - $140.00
Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[073] . Beauties and Curiosities of Engravings. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 75 (of 76) engravings, with descriptive tissue guards, bound in 3/4 leather & cloth with raised bands on spine. No title page, nor publication information. Binding & hinges tight. Library marks show as light ink stamp on back of plates. Covers rubbed with corner wear. EST: $200.00 - $400.00
Realized bid price - $210.00 |
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[074] . Original "Penny Dreadfuls" or Vinegar Valentines - A Group of 24. New York : John McLaughlin, Ex-Library. Good Condition. Circa 1860. Sarcastic COLOR comics printed on pulp paper, known as "Vinegar Valentines" or "Penny Dreadfuls" because they cost a penny and were dreadful. Many carry the "H." for the American cartoonist Charles Howard. Not many survived due to the cheap pulp paper. 18 with small edge chips or tears as follows: A Bag of Wind, Scandal-Monger, A Jeweler's Sign, Ill-Bred, A Shoddyite, Gag and Giddy Girl, A Fat Slob, An Old Skin, Sleepy-Head, A Feminine Man, False All Over, So Clevah Ye Know, Scare-Crow, A Tailor's Dummy, Weighed and Found Wanting, Jumping-Jack, Would-Be Aristocrat & Used Up. 6 show some loss and tears as follows: A Cabbage Head, A VERY LOUD COON, Dude, Jilted, A Bad Habit & An Old Hen. 9 1/8" wide by 21" tall, colors still bright, unbound as issued. Light library ink stamp on back. EST: $600.00 - $1,000.00
Realized bid price - $650.00 |
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[075] Great Britain Record Commission. Facsimiles, Engraved for the Report on the Public Records of the Kingdom - 9 Plates. Great Britain : L. Hansard & Sons, 1803. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. 9 individual plates of British Public Records, ie. Magna Carta Regis Johannis, Bulla Leonis X Papae Pro Titulo, etc. Mounted on hard stock, in a folding portfolio. Ranging in size from 12 to 30 inches. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $40.00 |